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{{Title|''Domus Diaspora''}} | {{Title|''Domus Diaspora''}} | ||
{{Era|UNSC}} | {{Era|UNSC}} | ||
[[File:HM-DomusD 1.jpg|thumb|300px|A [[colony ship]] preparing for departure.]] | [[File:HM-DomusD 1.jpg|thumb|300px|A [[colony ship]] preparing for departure.]] | ||
'''''Domus Diaspora''''', often referred to as the '''Colonial Era''',<ref name="mythos52">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 52''</ref> 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]]ity'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 | '''''Domus Diaspora''''', often referred to as the '''Colonial Era''',<ref name="mythos52">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 52''</ref> 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]]ity'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 eight hundred habitable worlds falling into the [[Unified Earth Government]]'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]].<ref name="mythos52"/> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||