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The '''Covenant''', also referred to as the '''Covenant Empire'''<ref name="xytan">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 239''</ref><ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 269'' (2003 edition); ''page 323'' (2010 edition)</ref> or '''Covenant Hegemony''',<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 338'' (2003 edition); ''page 405'' (2010 edition)</ref> was a religious hegemony of multiple alien species that controlled a large portion of the [[Orion Arm]] in the [[Milky Way|Milky Way Galaxy]]. Originally a mutual alliance between the [[San'Shyuum]] and the [[Sangheili]], the Covenant expanded to include at least six other species united in the worship of the [[Forerunner]]s and the [[Halo Array]]. | The '''Covenant''', also referred to as the '''Covenant Empire'''<ref name="xytan">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 239''</ref><ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 269'' (2003 edition); ''page 323'' (2010 edition)</ref> or '''Covenant Hegemony''',<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 338'' (2003 edition); ''page 405'' (2010 edition)</ref> was a religious hegemony of multiple alien species that controlled a large portion of the [[Orion Arm]] in the [[Milky Way|Milky Way Galaxy]]. Originally a mutual alliance between the [[San'Shyuum]] and the [[Sangheili]], the Covenant expanded to include at least six other species united in the worship of the [[Forerunner]]s and the [[Halo Array]]. | ||
They waged a [[Human-Covenant War|genocidal campaign]] against [[human|humanity]] until they were defeated in [[2552#December|December of 2552]]. Despite being ostensibly the most powerful military force in the known Milky Way galaxy at the time, [[Great Schism|internal conflict]] combined with stubborn human resistance were formidable enough to shatter the bonds that held the empire together. While the Covenant's original leadership was lost either during the [[Flood]] infection of ''[[High Charity]]'' or during the [[Battle of Installation 00]], a number of [[Covenant remnants|remnant factions]], some of which maintain many of the ideals of the Covenant's religion as well as many of its former subject species, continue to exist after the conclusion of the war [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|continued]] their conflict with the [[United Nations Space Command]], spanning a total of at least 43 years of war with the humans and would eventually side with the [[Promethean]]s. In the post-war insurgency, the | They waged a [[Human-Covenant War|genocidal campaign]] against [[human|humanity]] until they were defeated in [[2552#December|December of 2552]]. Despite being ostensibly the most powerful military force in the known Milky Way galaxy at the time, [[Great Schism|internal conflict]] combined with stubborn human resistance were formidable enough to shatter the bonds that held the empire together. While the Covenant's original leadership was lost either during the [[Flood]] infection of ''[[High Charity]]'' or during the [[Battle of Installation 00]], a number of [[Covenant remnants|remnant factions]], some of which maintain many of the ideals of the Covenant's religion as well as many of its former subject species, continue to exist after the conclusion of the war [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|continued]] their conflict with the [[United Nations Space Command]], spanning a total of at least 43 years of war with the humans and would eventually side with the [[Promethean]]s. In the post-war insurgency, the Sangheili were [[Sangheili civil war|fighting each other]] as well as the [[Jiralhanae]]. The [[Insurrectionist|human rebel]]s became a third party in the conflict and at least [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group|one]] Covenant faction had sided with them.<ref name="h4guide">[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-US/halo4guide ''Halo 4 Interactive Guide'']</ref><ref name="H3 Assem">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Assembly (level)|Assembly]] description''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||