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'''''Domus Diaspora''''' is the historical term applied to the period of rapid interstellar colonization that began in the early twenty-fourth century.<ref name="fb">'''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''', ''Core Rulebook''</ref> This period of [[Human|humanity's]] history saw the mass exodus of huge numbers of colonists, enabled by the discovery of [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|faster-than-light travel]], headed for alien worlds beyond the bounds of the [[Sol system]].<ref name="fb"/> This explosive growth would result in over 800 habitable worlds falling into the [[UNSC|UNSC's]] sphere of control and, within two-hundred years, billions of people would be living and dying outside of the Sol system. However, this period also laid the seeds of future conflict, creating tensions that would eventually erupt into the [[Insurrection]]. | |||
'''''Domus Diaspora''''' is historical term applied to the period of rapid interstellar colonization that began in the early twenty-fourth century.<ref name="fb">'''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''', ''Core Rulebook''</ref> This period of [[Human|humanity's]] history saw the mass exodus of huge numbers of colonists, enabled by the discovery of [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|faster-than-light travel]], headed for alien worlds beyond the bounds of the [[Sol system]].<ref name="fb"/> This explosive growth would result in over 800 habitable worlds falling into the [[UNSC|UNSC's]] sphere of control and, within two-hundred years, billions of people would be living and dying outside of the Sol system. However, this period also laid the seeds of future conflict, creating tensions that would eventually erupt into the [[Insurrection]]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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[[File:Shaw-Fujikawa Noble Prize.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The invention of the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine initiated the ''Domus Diaspora'']] | [[File:Shaw-Fujikawa Noble Prize.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The invention of the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine initiated the ''Domus Diaspora'']] | ||
The aftermath of the Interplanetary War left the Unified Earth Government with a different threat, overpopulation and a massive military with no enemy to fight. The post-war period saw massive growths in population on Earth and on her colonies, as well as increasing famine among the populace bred from the [[Rainforest Wars]]. These situations threatened to destabilize the economy.<ref name="timeline">[http://www.halowars.com/gameinfo/timeline.aspx#1 '''Official Halo Wars Community Site''': ''Timeline'']</ref> However, in [[2291|April 2291]], a team of researchers, physicists, and mathematicians led by Doctors [[Wallace Fujikawa]] and [[Tobias Fleming Shaw]] saw the invention of the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], a device that allowed ships to travel [[slipstream space]] to traverse interstellar distances. In [[2310]], the Unified Earth Government unveiled their first line of [[colony ship]]s, designed to bring rigorously tested, highly qualified colonists and military personnel to settle nearby worlds. In theory, only the best-qualified citizens and soldiers were allowed to colonize humanity's new colonies, leading to the formation of the [[Inner Colonies]].<ref name="enc42"/><ref name="timeline"/> As colony ships were built in ever-increasing numbers, the trickle of colonists became a mass exodus from the Sol system, leading to the ''Domus Diaspora''.<ref name="fb"/> | The aftermath of the Interplanetary War left the Unified Earth Government with a different threat, overpopulation and a massive military with no enemy to fight. The post-war period saw massive growths in population on Earth and on her colonies, as well as increasing famine among the populace bred from the [[Rainforest Wars]]. These situations threatened to destabilize the economy.<ref name="timeline">[http://www.halowars.com/gameinfo/timeline.aspx#1 '''Official Halo Wars Community Site''': ''Timeline'']</ref> However, in [[2291|April 2291]], a team of researchers, physicists, and mathematicians led by Doctors [[Wallace Fujikawa]] and [[Tobias Fleming Shaw]] saw the invention of the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], a device that allowed ships to travel [[slipstream space]] to traverse interstellar distances. In [[2310]], the Unified Earth Government unveiled their first line of [[colony ship]]s, designed to bring rigorously tested, highly qualified colonists and military personnel to settle nearby worlds. In theory, only the best-qualified citizens and soldiers were allowed to colonize humanity's new colonies, leading to the formation of the [[Inner Colonies]].<ref name="enc42"/><ref name="timeline"/> As colony ships were built in ever-increasing numbers, the trickle of colonists became a mass exodus from the Sol system, leading to the ''Domus Diaspora''.<ref name="fb"/> | ||
It was at this time that the [[Colonial Administration Authority]] was established by the Unified Earth Government as an agency tasked with the governing of human colonies and the direction of further colonization efforts. The [[Colonial Military Administration]] was formed alongside the CAA,<ref name="evg">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 228''</ref> to serve as the military body responsible for protecting the UEG's extra-solar colonies, while the United Nations Space Command largely kept their operations confined to the Sol system.<ref name="enc42"/> The first colonies formed in the ''Domus Diaspora'' were established on verdant worlds and above resource-rich [[Natural satellite|moons]]. As early [[terraforming]] efforts were a lengthy process, already habitable worlds—however rare—were preferred by the UEG's expansion effort. Habitable worlds that could be quickly reached through slipspace soon housed sprawling cities and orbital factories connected through trade and the influence of massive interstellar corporations.<ref name="fb"/> Despite early successes, for the first decades of the ''Domus Diaspora'', colonization efforts faced significant challenges in marshalling political and economic support. The [[Epsilon Eridani system]], home to several worlds within the habitable zone of the system's [[Epsilon Eridani|host star]], became a prime candidate for colonization efforts.<ref name="tribute">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/tribute '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tribute'']</ref> On [[2362|January 1, 2362]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' and a [[fleet]] of other colony ships were launched to Epsilon Eridani to colonize [[Reach]],<ref name="enc42"/> and [[Tribute]] and [[Circumstance]] in the following years.<ref name="tribute"/> | |||
Following colonizing successes and improvements in slipspace navigation spurred further exploration increasingly distant from Sol. For a time, much of the Unified Earth Government's resources were directed towards further colonial expansion.<ref name="fb"/> By [[2390]], the Inner Colonies were formally established, consisting of 210 worlds in various stages of terraforming. The population burden across human space had largely stabilized in the ''Domus Diaspora''.<ref name="enc42"/><ref name="timeline"/> In subsequent years, the Inner Colonies exponentially grew and prospered, drawing in investment and building infrastructure extensive enough to become self-sufficient and send their surpluses back to Earth. Meanwhile smaller colonies and outposts of the greater human civilization spread ever outward along slipspace routes from this developed and tightly controlled zone to become the [[Outer Colonies]].<ref name="fb"/> | |||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' | *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' | ||
**''[[From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal]]'' {{ | **''[[From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal]]'' {{Fm}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'' | *''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' | *''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' | ||