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These pressures also helped make space colonization seem more attractive in later centuries, as the Unified Earth Government would sign off on a colony ship program that was revealed in [[2310]] to ease the burden on the ailing home world. This would not have been possible without the invention of the [[Slipspace]] [[Slipspace|Shaw-Fujikawa drive]] in the late 2200s, which allowed the ships to travel far greater distances than ever before. | These pressures also helped make space colonization seem more attractive in later centuries, as the Unified Earth Government would sign off on a colony ship program that was revealed in [[2310]] to ease the burden on the ailing home world. This would not have been possible without the invention of the [[Slipspace]] [[Slipspace|Shaw-Fujikawa drive]] in the late 2200s, which allowed the ships to travel far greater distances than ever before. | ||
It took 52 years before the first colony ship, the ''[[Odyssey]]'', was launched, and what became the so-called Inner Colonies were not fully colonized until the end of the 24th century. The apex of human colonization would come in [[2492]], when more then 800 worlds were inside UNSC territory and a handful of them were under development or had already developed into colonies. By this time, a ring of [[Outer Colonies]] was providing the UEG with the raw materials that made the macro-economy work; the political power, however, remained with the | It took 52 years before the first colony ship, the ''[[Odyssey]]'', was launched, and what became the so-called Inner Colonies were not fully colonized until the end of the 24th century. The apex of human colonization would come in [[2492]], when more then 800 worlds were inside UNSC territory and a handful of them were under development or had already developed into colonies. By this time, a ring of [[Outer Colonies]] was providing the UEG with the raw materials that made the macro-economy work; the political power, however, remained with the aforementioned [[Inner Colonies]]. The massive difference in wealth distribution and political power, which became a hallmark of humanity by this period, led to new threats of secession from the outer ring. Fearing the consequences of the breakup of the interstellar empire and seeing the benefits of avoiding all-out war to defend their hold on the colonies, the Earth government would embark on the [[SPARTAN-I]]s, the predecessors to the [[SPARTAN-II]] program in [[2491]], beginning with the [[ORION Project]]. | ||
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Stemming from the chance encounter of human and Covenant forces at [[Harvest]], the first contact made between humanity and the Covenant involved the ship ''[[Minor Transgression]]'', and was less peaceful than the second contact made between the two factions. A less aggressive meeting between representatives of the two factions took place on the fields of [[Harvest]], but the peaceful meeting soon turned into a blood bath, with the Covenant claiming the planet for the numerous "[[Forerunner]] relics" present (unaware that the humans ''are'' the relics), slaughtering most of the colony's population.<ref name="Contact"/> | Stemming from the chance encounter of human and Covenant forces at [[Harvest]], the first contact made between humanity and the Covenant involved the ship ''[[Minor Transgression]]'', and was less peaceful than the second contact made between the two factions. A less aggressive meeting between representatives of the two factions took place on the fields of [[Harvest]], but the peaceful meeting soon turned into a blood bath, with the Covenant claiming the planet for the numerous "[[Forerunner]] relics" present (unaware that the humans ''are'' the relics), slaughtering most of the colony's population.<ref name="Contact"/> | ||
On April 20, a scout ship, the ''[[UNSC Argo]]'', was sent to investigate the cessation of communications between Harvest and the rest of the UEG's colonies. Before being destroyed by Covenant forces, it discovered that everything on the planet had been completely incinerated, and the surface covered by fields of magma, leaving nothing alive. Soon after, [[Battlegroup 4]], consisting of the frigates ''[[UNSC Arabia]]'' and ''[[UNSC Vostok]]'' and the [[UNSC Destroyer|destroyer]] ''[[UNSC Heracles]]'', were sent to investigate. On October 7, the battle group dropped out of Slipspace and to Harvest. In orbit around the remains of the colony world was a single alien ship which proceeded to attack the battle group, destroying all the ships except one. Intercepted communications identified the enemy as the Covenant, a caste-driven, theological | On April 20, a scout ship, the ''[[UNSC Argo]]'', was sent to investigate the cessation of communications between Harvest and the rest of the UEG's colonies. Before being destroyed by Covenant forces, it discovered that everything on the planet had been completely incinerated, and the surface covered by fields of magma, leaving nothing alive. Soon after, [[Battlegroup 4]], consisting of the frigates ''[[UNSC Arabia]]'' and ''[[UNSC Vostok]]'' and the [[UNSC Destroyer|destroyer]] ''[[UNSC Heracles]]'', were sent to investigate. On October 7, the battle group dropped out of Slipspace and to Harvest. In orbit around the remains of the colony world was a single alien ship which proceeded to attack the battle group, destroying all the ships except one. Intercepted communications identified the enemy as the Covenant, a caste-driven, theological organization made up of several alien species. The message "''Your destruction is the will of the gods...and we are their instrument''" was broadcast in perfect [[English]].<ref name="Reach">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'''</ref> | ||
Since the later [[Second Battle of Harvest]] in [[2526]], where a huge human fleet led by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] barely won against a smaller [[Covenant]] fleet in a symbolic "victory" for humanity, the humans' grip on their territories declined significantly in the course of their struggle. The Covenant had managed to capture the majority, if not all of the [[Outer Colonies]], and a portion of the [[Inner Colonies]]. | Since the later [[Second Battle of Harvest]] in [[2526]], where a huge human fleet led by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] barely won against a smaller [[Covenant]] fleet in a symbolic "victory" for humanity, the humans' grip on their territories declined significantly in the course of their struggle. The Covenant had managed to capture the majority, if not all of the [[Outer Colonies]], and a portion of the [[Inner Colonies]]. | ||