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*'''February 3''': [[Bliss]] is glassed by the Covenant. | *'''February 3''': [[Bliss]] is [[glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]]. | ||
*'''March 1''': [[Preston Cole]]'s [[Battle Group X-Ray| | *'''March 1''': [[Preston Cole]]'s [[Battle Group X-Ray|battlegroup]] reaches [[Harvest]] and the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] begins. It is a [[human]] victory, but at an enormous cost. However, the Covenant also claim victory and celebrate through fasting and prayer. The [[Prophet of Regret]] televises the executions of "those who failed their duty" at the battle. The Covenant would return to Harvest later in the year, and the UNSC would respond. This led to a five-year long series of engagements on the planet, known by the UNSC as the [[Harvest Campaign]]. | ||
*'''March 10''': The [[WINTER CONTINGENCY]] protocol is enacted by the UNSC.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=intel&cid=27030 '''Bungie.net''': ''CAA FACTBOOK/UNSC Operational Reports-Γ'']</ref> | *'''March 10''': The [[WINTER CONTINGENCY]] protocol is enacted by the UNSC.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=intel&cid=27030 '''Bungie.net''': ''CAA FACTBOOK/UNSC Operational Reports-Γ'']</ref> | ||
*'''March 23''': Insurrectionists bomb civilian spaceport in [[Troisi City]], [[Lodestone]].<ref name="fudp1">'''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''', ''Part 1''</ref> | *'''March 23''': Insurrectionists bomb civilian spaceport in [[Troisi City]], [[Lodestone]].<ref name="fudp1">'''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''', ''Part 1''</ref> | ||
*'''April 2''': UNSC forces working with ONI agents prevent an attack on [[New Harmony (city)|New Harmony]], [[Mars]]. Two Insurrectionists, [[Christina Rice]] and [[James McCann]], were disguised as [[UNSC Army|Army]] specialists and were stealing weapons for a possible attack.<ref name="fudp1"/> | *'''April 2''': UNSC forces working with ONI agents prevent an attack on [[New Harmony (city)|New Harmony]], [[Mars]]. Two Insurrectionists, [[Christina Rice]] and [[James McCann]], were disguised as [[UNSC Army|Army]] specialists and were stealing weapons for a possible attack.<ref name="fudp1"/> | ||
*'''April 26''': The [[Battle of Circinius IV]] takes place | *'''April 26''': The [[Battle of Circinius IV]] takes place: the Covenant launch an assault on [[Circinius IV]], decimating almost the entire human population of the planet. [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]] is deployed to retrieve survivors from [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]]; only four cadets from [[Hastati Squad]] remain alive after the initial assault, three of whom make it to the extraction point and successfully escape via Pelican as the planet is glassed.<ref>'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn'''</ref><ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2482554_Today-in-Halo.aspx#post2482554 '''Halo Waypoint Forums''' - ''Today in Halo'']</ref> | ||
*'''October 21''': The [[Battle of Alpha Aurigae]] takes place in the [[Alpha Aurigae system]]. | *'''October 21''': The [[Battle of Alpha Aurigae]] takes place in the [[Alpha Aurigae system]]. | ||
*The [[Committee of Minds for Security]] analyzes the Covenant's [[glassing]] capabilities based on recorded data from prior engagements.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 10|Data pad 10]]''</ref> They also discuss changing the primary focus of the [[UNSC Special Forces]], with the protection of infrastructure, previously the main focus of the SPARTAN-IIs, being shifted to the ODSTs.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 11|Data pad 11]]''</ref> Later in the year, the Committee discusses the possibility of a hypothetical Covenant counterpart to the Assembly and the possibility of contacting it.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 12|Data pad 12]]''</ref> | *The [[Committee of Minds for Security]] analyzes the Covenant's [[glassing]] capabilities based on recorded data from prior engagements.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 10|Data pad 10]]''</ref> They also discuss changing the primary focus of the [[UNSC Special Forces]], with the protection of infrastructure, previously the main focus of the SPARTAN-IIs, being shifted to the ODSTs.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 11|Data pad 11]]''</ref> Later in the year, the Committee discusses the possibility of a hypothetical Covenant counterpart to the Assembly and the possibility of contacting it.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 12|Data pad 12]]''</ref> | ||
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