Human-Covenant War: Difference between revisions

[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]

|image=[[File:Human-Covenant War composite.png|400px]]^{Clockwise from top left: the UNSC responds to a Covenant invasion of a UEG colony world; [[Fleet of Righteous Vigilance|a Covenant fleet]] glasses [[Kholo]]; the UNSC, Covenant and the [[Flood]] battle on [[Installation 04]]; the [[Battle of Installation 00|war's final battle at the Ark]]; the [[Battle of Earth]]; and the ''Pillar of Autumn'' fleeing from the [[Fall of Reach]].}

|place=The [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]]<ref group="notes">The Human-Covenant War briefly extended outside the Milky Way galaxy for the [[Battle of Installation 00]]</ref>

|result='''Pyrrhic human and Swords of Sanghelios victory<ref>'''[[Believe]]''', ''[[Museum]]''</ref>  

*[[Chieftain of the Jiralhanae]] [[Tartarus]]†

*[[Rtas 'Vadum|Special Operations Commander Rtas 'Vadumee]] <small>''(pre-Great Schism)''</small>

*[[Thel 'Vadamee|Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee]] <small>''(pre-Great Schism)''</small>

|commanders3=[[Gravemind]]†

Humanity and the Covenant first came into direct contact on February 3rd, 2525, when a [[Kig-Yar]] [[missionary ship]], the ''[[Minor Transgression]]'', discovered [[Horn of Plenty|a human ship]] transitioning out of [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] and subsequently raided the vessel.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 27''</ref> The raid continued to [[This End Up|another]] unfortunate human ship.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 97-100''</ref> Some time after, [[Sif]], Harvest shipping operations AI, investigated the raids and reported her findings to an undercover [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] agent, [[Jilan al-Cygni]], believing that the attacks were Insurrectionist activity. The ONI agent devised a trap for the raiding parties, which resulted in a [[Skirmish Over Harvest|minor skirmish]] between [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Nolan Byrne]] and [[Avery Johnson|Avery Johnson]], and the Kig-Yar privateers.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 128-134''</ref> When the Covenant returned with [[Rapid Conversion|another ship]] and a contingent of [[Jiralhanae]] and [[Yanme'e]], the UNSC proposed a meeting (via pictogram) with the intention to make amends and to trade with the alien species.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 229''</ref> The Covenant met the UNSC on Harvest, but were only interested in claiming the relics that the [[Luminary]] had detected on Harvest, completely oblivious that the humans were the "relics" in question. The meeting was botched after [[Osmo]], a member of the [[Harvest militia|Colonial Militia]], was attacked by a nervous [[Unggoy]] who was part of a second Covenant force sent to look for the relics. As a result, a firefight erupted between the two groups and the Covenant promptly retreated back to their ship.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 213''</ref>

The first battle of the war was the extended, albeit one-sided, engagement which took place on Harvest. The UNSC managed to delay the Covenant long enough to evacuate many of Harvest's civilians.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 352''</ref> Eventually, the Covenant ship responsible for the attack [[Glassing|glassed]] the planet's surface.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 387''</ref>

===2552===

====April====

====July====

*[[Battle of New Jerusalem]]. Following an attack on the UNSC colony of [[New Jerusalem]], the [[26th Marine Expeditionary Force]] is sent to reinforce the UNSC forces already present. The colony is eventually lost to the Covenant and the survivors fall back to Earth.

*[[Battle of Installation 04]]. The ''Pillar of Autumn'' engages the Covenant Fleet of Particular Justice at Halo Installation 04. After four days the battle degenerates into a four-way melee as the Flood organisms are released and Forerunner constructs, Sentinels seek to contain the outbreak. The crew of the ''Pillar of Autumn'' are instrumental in preventing the Flood from escaping and the installation from firing by destroying the installation. There are only a handful of survivors.

**''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''

*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''

*''[[Halo: Landfall]]''

**''[[Halo: Combat]]''

*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''

*''[[Remember Reach]]''

**''[[Deliver Hope]]''

*''[[Halo: Reach]]''

**''[[Data pads]]''

*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''

**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''

**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''

**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''

*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''

**''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminals]]''

*''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''

*''[[Halo 4]]'' <small>([[Prologue]] Only)</small>

*''[[Halo: Initiation]]''

*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' {{Mo}}

*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''

*''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''

*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''

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