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==Events==
==Events==
===January===
===January===
*'''Unknown date''':  
*'''January 1''': After days of no indications that they were soon to be rescued following the destruction of [[Glyke]] and the {{UNSCship|Vacuna}}, [[Gray Team]] enters [[cryostasis]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Envoy]]''', ''Chapter 12''</ref>
**[[Jun-A266]] visits [[Sarah Palmer]] aboard [[Lockhart medical station|''Lockhart'' medical station]] to recruit her into the nascent [[SPARTAN-IV program]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Initiation]]''', ''[[Halo: Initiation Issue 1|Issue #1]]''</ref>
*[[Jun-A266]] visits [[Sarah Palmer]] aboard [[Lockhart medical station|''Lockhart'' medical station]] to recruit her into the nascent [[SPARTAN-IV program]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Initiation]]''', ''[[Halo: Initiation Issue 1|Issue #1]]''</ref>
**A [[New Colonial Alliance]] strike force led by [[Ilsa Zane]] [[Raid on UNSC Infinity|infiltrates]] the {{UNSCship|Infinity}} and briefly commandeers the new UNSC [[flagship]] before the attack is driven back by the newly-created SPARTAN-IVs aboard the vessel.<ref name="hi3">'''Halo: Initiation''', ''[[Halo: Initiation Issue 3|Issue #3]]''</ref>
*'''January 1''': After days of no signs that they were soon to be rescued following the destruction of [[Glyke]] and the {{UNSCship|Vacuna}}, [[Gray Team]] enters [[cryostasis]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Envoy]]''', ''Chapter 12''</ref>
*'''January 7''': The first class of the [[SPARTAN-IV program]], consisting of 145 volunteers, is initiated.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/spartans '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Spartans'']</ref>
*'''January 7''': The first class of the [[SPARTAN-IV program]], consisting of 145 volunteers, is initiated.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/spartans '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Spartans'']</ref>
*'''January 8''': The [[Unified Earth Government]] formally regains its power back from the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="CatalogUEG">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969317_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969317 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction (Query Answer: Human records indicate transition to noncombatant administrative control <nowiki>[ref: UEG] [January 8, 2553]. No notable adjustment in military [bureaucratic tactical]</nowiki> behavior and scope of authority.)'']</ref> The newly-elected [[President of the Unified Earth Government|president]], Dr. [[Ruth Charet]] gives her inaugural address.<ref name>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/news/headline/the-halo-bulletin-101211-exclusive-book-excerpt-glasslands/280887 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo: Glasslands'' excerpt, Chapter 2]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/685549382628868096 '''Jessica Shea Twitter''' ''Today in Halo - 1/8/2553'']</ref>
*'''January 8''': The [[Unified Earth Government]] formally regains its power back from the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="CatalogUEG">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969317_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969317 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction (Query Answer: Human records indicate transition to noncombatant administrative control <nowiki>[ref: UEG] [January 8, 2553]. No notable adjustment in military [bureaucratic tactical]</nowiki> behavior and scope of authority.)'']</ref> The newly-elected [[President of the Unified Earth Government|president]], Dr. [[Ruth Charet]] gives her inaugural address.<ref name>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/news/headline/the-halo-bulletin-101211-exclusive-book-excerpt-glasslands/280887 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo: Glasslands'' excerpt, Chapter 2]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/685549382628868096 '''Jessica Shea Twitter''' ''Today in Halo - 1/8/2553'']</ref>
*A [[New Colonial Alliance]] strike force led by [[Ilsa Zane]] [[Raid on UNSC Infinity|infiltrates]] the {{UNSCship|Infinity}} and briefly commandeers the [[flagship]] but is defeated by the newly-created [[Spartan-IV]]s aboard the vessel.<ref name="hi3">'''Halo: Initiation''', ''[[Halo: Initiation Issue 3|Issue #3]]''</ref>
*'''January 26''': The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] black operations cell, [[Kilo-Five]], is formed by [[CINCONI]] [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]].  
*'''January 26''': The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] black operations cell, [[Kilo-Five]], is formed by [[CINCONI]] [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]].  
*'''January 27''': Kilo-Five departs [[Earth]] aboard the {{UNSCship|Port Stanley}}.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 79''</ref>
*'''January 27''': Kilo-Five departs [[Earth]] aboard the {{UNSCship|Port Stanley}}.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 79''</ref>
*'''January 27-31''':  
*'''January 27-31''': The [[UNSC Security Council]] takes actions to address the state of [[human]] [[Human colonies|colonies]]. Lord [[Terrence Hood]] plans to journey on a diplomatic mission to surviving worlds in order to discuss plans for reconstruction. Kilo-Five supplies arms to the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]] on [[New Llanelli]] in the [[Brunel system]]. The unit also retrieves an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] spy, [[Mike Spenser]], from a UNSC listening post on [[Reynes]]. [[Commander]] [[Musa Ghanem]] holds a meeting with several admirals at [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]] to discuss the recent creation of the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] and the independent branch of the [[UNSC Armed Forces]], [[Spartan Operations]].<ref name="hi3"/>
**The [[UNSC Security Council]] takes actions to address the state of [[human]] [[Human colonies|colonies]]. Lord [[Terrence Hood]] plans to journey on a diplomatic mission to surviving worlds in order to discuss plans for reconstruction.
**Kilo-Five supplies arms to the Servants of the Abiding Truth on [[New Llanelli]] in the [[Brunel system]]. The unit also retrieves an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] spy, [[Mike Spenser]], from a UNSC listening post on [[Reynes]].
**[[Commander]] [[Musa Ghanem]] holds a meeting with several admirals at [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]] to discuss the recent creation of the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] and the independent branch of the [[UNSC Armed Forces]], [[Spartan Operations]].<ref name="hi3"/>
*'''January 31''': Dr. [[William Arthur Iqbal]] sends a message to his colleagues concerning the ongoing study of [[Forerunner]] artifacts and the [[Portal at Voi|Excession]] in particular.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal]]''</ref>
*'''January 31''': Dr. [[William Arthur Iqbal]] sends a message to his colleagues concerning the ongoing study of [[Forerunner]] artifacts and the [[Portal at Voi|Excession]] in particular.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal]]''</ref>


===February===
===February===
*'''February 1''': [[Jul 'Mdama]] joins [[Avu Med 'Telcam]] and the Servants of the Abiding Truth in its opposition to the [[Arbiter]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/694237634420297729 '''Jessica Shea Twitter''' ''Today in Halo - 2/1/2553'']</ref>
[[File:HM-Crew of Onyx.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The survivors of the [[Onyx Conflict]] within the shield world]].
*'''February 1-15''':
*'''February 1''': [[Jul 'Mdama]] joins [[Avu Med 'Telcam]] and the Servants of the Abiding Truth in their opposition to the [[Arbiter]], [[Thel 'Vadam]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/694237634420297729 '''Jessica Shea Twitter''' ''Today in Halo - 2/1/2553'']</ref>
**Terrence Hood arrives at [[Sanghelios]] to meet with [[Thel 'Vadam]] and to formalize a [[Treaty of 2552|treaty of peace]] between the UEG and the [[Swords of Sanghelios]]. Hood also invites Thel to attend a [[Voi Memorial|memorial ceremony]] on [[Earth]] dedicated to those who died during the war.
*'''February 1-15''': Terrence Hood arrives at [[Sanghelios]] to meet with [[Thel 'Vadam]] and to formalize a [[Treaty of 2552|treaty of peace]] between the [[Unified Earth Government]] and the [[Swords of Sanghelios]]. Hood also invites Thel to attend a [[Voi Memorial|memorial ceremony]] on [[Earth]] dedicated to those who died during the war. [[Lucy-B091]] discovers a population of [[Huragok]] within [[Shield World 006]] and the human survivors within the [[shield world]] are able to establish communications with the [[ONI]] ships prowling the debris field of [[Onyx]]. The Huragok bring the shield world into normal space from the [[slipspace bubble]] it was residing in, allowing ONI to retrieve Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], SCPO [[Franklin Mendez]], and the [[Spartan-II]]s and [[SPARTAN-III]]s of [[Blue Team]]. Dr. Halsey is arrested by Captain Serin Osman. ONI dispatches science teams to recover Forerunner technologies from the shield world, designating the sphere as [[Trevelyan|ONI Research Facility Trevelyan]] at Dr. Halsey's request. Jul 'Mdama is captured by Kilo-Five and is transported to ONIRF Trevelyan.
**After [[Lucy-B091]] discovers a population of [[Huragok]] within [[Shield World 006]], the the human survivors within the [[shield world]] are able to establish communications with the ONI ships prowling the debris field of [[Onyx]]. The Huragok soon bring the shield world into normal space from the [[slipspace bubble]] it was residing in, allowing ONI to retrieve Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], SCPO [[Franklin Mendez]], and the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] and [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-IIIs]] of [[Blue Team]]. Per an order from Admiral Parangosky, Dr. Halsey is arrested by Captain Serin Osman.
*'''February 15''': Jun-A266  meets with [[Edward Buck]] on [[Sundown]], where the latter had travelled with [[Veronica Dare]] for a vacation while on shore leave. Jun offers Buck the opportunity to join the [[SPARTAN-IV program]]. To Jun's surprise, Buck declines the offer, feeling that accepting would mean abandoning his team and Dare.<ref name="nb49">'''Halo: New Blood''', ''pages 49-55'' (Google Play edition)</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/699269947944382464 '''Twitter''': ''Today in Halo 2/15/2553'']</ref>
**ONI dispatches science teams to recover Forerunner technologies from the shield world, designating the sphere as [[Trevelyan|ONI Research Facility Trevelyan]] at Dr. Halsey's request.
*'''February 28''': The ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' is stationed at Earth.<ref name="Catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969315_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969315 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction - Page 14'']</ref>
**Jul 'Mdama is captured by Kilo-Five and is transported to ONIRF Trevelyan.
*'''February 15''': Jun-A266  meets with [[Edward Buck]] on [[Sundown]], where the latter had travelled with [[Veronica Dare]] for a vacation while on shore leave. Jun offers Buck the opportunity to join the first class of the new SPARTAN-IV program. To Jun's surprise, Buck declines the offer, feeling that accepting would mean abandoning his team and Dare.<ref name="nb49">'''Halo: New Blood''', ''pages 49-55'' (Google Play edition)</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/699269947944382464 '''Twitter''': ''Today in Halo 2/15/2553'']</ref>
*'''February 28''': ''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' remains stationed on Earth for a diplomatic mission.<ref name="Catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969315_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969315 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction - Page 14'']</ref>


===March===
===March===
*[[Andrew Del Rio]] is chosen as the [[commanding officer]] of the experimental vessel {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.<ref name = "ThursdayWar">''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''</ref>
[[File:HM-BloodingYears.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The Servants of Abiding Truth launch an attack on [[Kolaar Mountain]].]]
*'''March 3''': In a ceremony presided over by [[Lord Hood]], a [[Voi Memorial|monument]] is erected in the [[Kenya]]n savannah near [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] to officially mark the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]], and in remembrance of those who gave their lives in the war, including [[John-117]], who is labeled [[MIA]] and is (presumably) posthumously promoted to [[Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy]]. A full military detail, led by [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Stacker]] and including [[Private First Class|PFC]] [[Chips Dubbo]], deliver a [[Wikipedia:Three-volley salute|three volley salute]] to the fallen. All the remaining SPARTAN-II super-soldiers are present for the ceremony. After the ceremony, [[Thel 'Vadam]] and his comrades depart [[Earth]] for their homeworld, [[Sanghelios]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)#Eulogy|Halo]]''</ref> On this date also, Admiral [[I. Zhou]] submits a full report of the [[URNA Southwest Campaign]], labeled Sequence Log 03-0997.<ref name="loot2">'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]''</ref>
*[[Andrew Del Rio]] is chosen as the [[commanding officer]] of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.<ref name = "ThursdayWar">''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''</ref>
*Dr. Catherine Halsey is interrogated by Admiral Margaret Parangosky at [[Ivanoff Station]].
*'''March 3''': In a ceremony presided over by [[Lord Hood]], a [[Voi Memorial|monument]] is erected in the [[Kenya]]n savannah near [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] to officially mark the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] and to remember those who gave their lives in it. After the ceremony, the ''Shadow of Intent'' departs for [[Sanghelios]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)#Eulogy|Halo]]''</ref> Admiral [[I. Zhou]] submits a full report of the [[URNA Southwest Campaign]], labeled Sequence Log 03-0997.<ref name="loot2">'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]''</ref>
*Dr. Catherine Halsey is interrogated by Admiral Margaret Parangosky on [[Ivanoff Station]].
*[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]] is locked up after being analyzed by ONI.
*[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]] is locked up after being analyzed by ONI.
*'''March 16: '''[[Evan Phillips]] is assigned on an intelligence-gathering mission on Sanghelios.<ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/710159126056165376 '''Jessica Shea's Twitter''' - ''Today in Halo: 3/16/2553'']</ref>
*'''March 16: '''[[Evan Phillips]] is assigned to an intelligence-gathering mission on Sanghelios.<ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/710159126056165376 '''Jessica Shea's Twitter''' - ''Today in Halo: 3/16/2553'']</ref>
*Kilo-Five travel to the Insurrectionist-controlled colony [[Venezia]] and meet with the local ONI contact, [[Mike Spenser]].
*Kilo-Five travels to [[Venezia]] and meets with [[Mike Spenser]] once again.
*Insurgent attacks, carried out by [[Jiralhanae]] servants, result in the death of dozens of Sangheili in [[Ontom]] on [[Sanghelios]].<ref name = "ThursdayWar"/> During the attack, Evan Phillips and a fragment of [[Black-Box]] make their way into the [[Temple of the Abiding Truth]]. Eventually, Phillips activates a [[slipspace translocation|translocation portal]] within the structure and is transported to [[Acroli]].
*An insurgent attack by [[Jiralhanae]] servants results in the death of dozens of Sangheili in [[Ontom]] on [[Sanghelios]].<ref name = "ThursdayWar"/> During the attack, Evan Phillips and a fragment of [[Black-Box]] make their way into the [[Temple of the Abiding Truth]]. Eventually, Phillips activates a [[slipspace translocation|translocation portal]] within the structure and is transported to [[Acroli]].
*Kilo-Five arrive at Sanghelios to retrieve Phillips. Upon failing to find Phillips in Ontom, they track him down to Acroli, specifically the [[Nes'alun Keep]], under attack by forces from the nearby [[Lacalu Keep]]. Phillips is rescued while the Sangheili in the keep are killed by the invaders.
*Kilo-Five arrives at Sanghelios to retrieve Phillips. Upon failing to find Phillips in Ontom, it tracks him to [[Nes'alun Keep]], under attack by forces from the nearby [[Lacalu Keep]]. Phillips is rescued but the Sangheili in the keep are killed by the invaders.
*{{UNSCShip|Infinity}} is installed further Forerunner upgrades, most notably the ship's slipspace drive, by Dr. Catherine Halsey and a number of Huragok recovered from ONIRF Trevelyan.
*The {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} is upgraded further with Forerunner technology, most notably the ship's slipspace drive.
*Forces loyal to the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]] launch an assault on [[Vadam]], starting the [[Blooding Years]].<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 28''</ref> This attack is eventually repelled by the arrival of UNSC ''Infinity''. During the orbital battle between 'Vadam's forces and the Sangheili insurgents, Jul 'Mdama's wife, [[Raia 'Mdama]], is killed.
*Forces loyal to the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]] launch an assault on [[Vadam]], starting the [[Blooding Years]].<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 28''</ref> This attack is eventually repelled by the arrival of the UNSC ''Infinity''. During the battle, Jul 'Mdama's wife, [[Raia 'Mdama|Raia]], is killed.
 
*Admiral Parangosky approves the deployment of an automated probe delivery craft to [[Installation 00]] using advanced slipspace technology.<ref name="hitd c2">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', Chapter 2</ref>
*Admiral Parangosky approves the deployment of an automated probe delivery craft to [[Installation 00]] using advanced slipspace technology.<ref name="hitd c2">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', Chapter 2</ref>


===April===
===April===
'''April 1'''
*'''April 1''': Jul 'Mdama escapes captivity on Trevelyan via a slipspace portal. He is transported to [[Hesduros]], where he is welcomed by the local Sangheili as a messenger of the gods. Jul uses the locals' religious devotion to his own advantage and the result is the start of a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|new faction]] devoted to Covenant ideals.<ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/715956593452560385 '''Twitter''': ''Today in Halo 4/1/2553'']</ref>
*Jul 'Mdama escapes captivity on Trevelyan via a slipspace portal. He is transported to [[Hesduros]], where he is welcomed by the local Sangheili as a messenger of the gods. Jul plans to use the locals' religious devotion to his own advantage, banding them together to form a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|new splinter group]] of Covenant.<ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/715956593452560385 '''Twitter''': ''Today in Halo 4/1/2553'']</ref>
*'''April 5''': Kilo-Five returns to Venezia in order to track down the [[Kig-Yar]] pirate, [[Sav Fel]], and the insurrectionist, [[Staffan Sentzke]]. Serin Osman is promoted to [[Rear admiral (lower half)|Rear Admiral]] and a small party is held aboard ''Port Stanley'' in her honor by Kilo-Five.
 
*'''April 14''': Sav Fel sells the {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' to Staffan Sentzke, who intends to use the ship to force UEG authorities to provide answers about the disappearance of [[Naomi-010|his daughter]] many years earlier. Fel demonstrates the ship's capabilities by using its [[energy projector]] to glass Forerunner ruins on [[Shaps III]].<ref name="hll22">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 22-23'' (Google Play edition)</ref> This causes [[Line Installation 444-447]] to send an automated distress signal to [[Covert Support Base 4276]], located on planet [[Gao]] in the nearby [[Cordoba system]]. The distress call awakens the support base's {{Class|archeon|ancilla}}, [[Intrepid Eye]], from stasis. After her requests for a status report, Intrepid Eye attempts to launch a reconnaissance drone, triggering a cave-in which cripples Support Base 4276 almost entirely.<ref name="hll36">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 36-39'' (Google Play edition)</ref>  
'''April 5'''
*[[Vasily Beloi]] and [[Malcolm Geffen]] infiltrate the [[Venezian militia]] in order to gather information about Sentzke and ''Pious Inquisitor''. Following a series of suspicious incidents, Sentzke begins to doubt their cover story and has them detained and tortured. [[Naomi-010]] and [[Lian Devereaux]] eventually arrive and successfully extract Mal and Vaz. During the rescue, Sentzke is also taken captive aboard ''Port Stanley''.  
*Kilo-Five return to Venezia in order to continue their mission of tracking down the [[Kig-Yar]] pirate [[Sav Fel]] and the terrorist [[Staffan Sentzke]].
*A [[Kig-Yar]] crew led by [[Shipmistress]] [[Chol Von]] tracks down and boards ''Pious Inquisitor'' with the intent of seizing the ship for itself. Kilo-Five boards ''Pious Inquisitor'' and a skirmish occurs between it and the Kig-Yar. Chol Von eventually has her crew destroy the ship. Staffan Sentzke is presumed dead in the ensuing explosion, but he actually had managed to escape.
*Serin Osman is promoted to [[Rear admiral (lower half)|Rear Admiral]] and a small party is held aboard ''Port Stanley'' in her honor by Kilo-Five.
*Several tourists exploring Gao's [[Montero Cave System]] find themselves miraculously cured of various illnesses and the caves quickly see an influx of sick people hoping for similar miracle cures.<ref name="hll8">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 8-10'' (Google Play edition)</ref> The cures are actually the work of the [[Lifeworker]] Huragok [[Roams Alone]], attached to Gao's Support Base 4276.<ref name="hll36"/>
 
'''April 14'''
*Sav Fel sells the [[CCS-class battlecruiser|Covenant battlecruiser]] ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' to Staffan Sentzke, who intends to use the ship to force UEG authorities to provide answers about the disappearance of [[Naomi-010|his daughter]].
**In a demonstration of the ship's capabilities, Fel uses the ''Inquisitor'''s [[energy projector]] to glass Forerunner ruins on [[Shaps III]].<ref name="hll22">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 22-23'' (Google Play edition)</ref> This causes [[Line Installation 444-447]] to send an automated distress signal to [[Covert Support Base 4276]], located on planet [[Gao]] in the nearby [[Cordoba system]]. The distress call awakens the support base's {{Class|archeon|ancilla}}, [[Intrepid Eye]], from stasis. After her requests for a status report, Intrepid Eye attempts to launch a reconnaissance drone, triggering a cave-in which cripples Support Base 4276 almost entirely.<ref name="hll36">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 36-39'' (Google Play edition)</ref>
 
'''April 14-'''
*[[Vasily Beloi]] and [[Malcolm Geffen]] infiltrate the Venezian militia in order to gather information about Sentzke and ''Pious Inquisitor''. Following a series of suspicious incidents, Sentzke begins to doubt the ODSTs' cover story of deserters and has them captured and tortured. However, [[Naomi-010]] and [[Lian Devereaux]] eventually arrive and successfully extract Mal and Vaz. During the rescue, Sentzke is also taken captive aboard ''Port Stanley''.
*A [[Kig-Yar]] crew led by [[Shipmistress]] [[Chol Von]] track down and board ''Pious Inquisitor'' with the intent of seizing the ship for themselves.
*Kilo-Five board ''Pious Inquisitor'' and a skirmish occurs between them and the Kig-Yar. Chol Von eventually has her crew destroy the ship. Staffan Sentzke is presumed dead in the ensuing explosion, but he actually manages to escape without ONI's knowledge.
*Several tourists exploring Gao's [[Montero Cave System]] find themselves having been miraculously cured of various illnesses and the caves quickly see an influx of sick people hoping for similar miracle cures.<ref name="hll8">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 8-10'' (Google Play edition)</ref> The cures are actually the work of the [[Lifeworker]] Huragok [[Roams Alone]], attached to Gao's Support Base 4276.<ref name="hll36"/>
*Commander [[Murtag Nelson]], a field analyst at an ONI listening post, takes note of strange transmissions emanating from the [[Montero Cave System]] on Gao. Nelson correctly hypothesizes that a Forerunner [[ancilla]] is responding to the bombardment on Shaps III. Admiral Parangosky subsequently gives Nelson command of the [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion]] and tasks them with retrieving the Forerunner AI.<ref name="hll22"/>
*Commander [[Murtag Nelson]], a field analyst at an ONI listening post, takes note of strange transmissions emanating from the [[Montero Cave System]] on Gao. Nelson correctly hypothesizes that a Forerunner [[ancilla]] is responding to the bombardment on Shaps III. Admiral Parangosky subsequently gives Nelson command of the [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion]] and tasks them with retrieving the Forerunner AI.<ref name="hll22"/>


===May===
===May===
*[[ONI]]'s [[Materials Group]] forms the [[UNSC_Ordnance_Commission|Damascus Ordnance Commission]], headed by the major defense companies and sponsored by ONI.<ref>'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 128''</ref> The commission several conditions on the use of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR GEN2]] variants.<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref>
*[[ONI]]'s [[Materials Group]] forms the [[UNSC_Ordnance_Commission|Damascus Ordnance Commission]], headed by major defense companies and sponsored by ONI.<ref>'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 128''</ref> The commission places several conditions on the use of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR GEN2]] variants.<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref>
 
*'''May 6''': ONI learns the [[Banished]] had raided an air base formerly belonging to the Covenant, and that its leader, [[Atriox]], had been captured and taken aboard the assault carrier ''[[Enduring Conviction]]''. Twelve hours later, the ''Enduring Conviction'' broke formation and contact with the rest of its fleet. The ''Conviction'' was hailed, warned, and then fired upon when it ignored orders. The ship performed evasive maneuvers, returned fire and escaped. Shortly after this, the ship and its crew, led by [[Let 'Volir]], swore fealty to the Banished.<ref name="RoA3">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] — Rise of Atriox III''</ref>
'''May 6'''
*'''May 7''': The research and development vessel ''[[Argent Moon]]'' is commissioned by ONI.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/argent-moon '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Argent Moon'']</ref>
*ONI learns the [[Banished]] had raided an air base formerly belonging to the Covenant, and that their leader, [[Atriox]], had been captured and taken aboard the assault carrier ''[[Enduring Conviction]]''. Twelve hours later, the ''Enduring Conviction'' broke formation and contact with the rest of its fleet. The ''Conviction'' was hailed, warned, and then fired upon when it ignored orders. The ship performed evasive maneuvers, returned fire and escaped. Shortly after this, the ship and its crew, led by [[Let 'Volir]], swore fealty to the Banished.<ref name="RoA3">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] — Rise of Atriox III''</ref>
*'''May 14 ''(approximately.)''''': A UNSC [[task force]] enters the [[Cordoba system]] and requests permission to conduct research in Gao's Montero Cave System. While [[Gao Republic|Gao's planetary government]] initially denies the requests, [[Tejo Aponte|President Aponte]] eventually allows a small research team to land. The UNSC subsequently deploys the 717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion, along with the attached [[Blue Team]], to the [[Montero]] region and declares the caverns off-limits to anyone else.<ref name="hll8"/>
 
*After the UNSC battalion's arrival, several people are found brutally murdered in the Montero Cave System. The murders are the work of the Forerunner ancilla Intrepid Eye, who seeks to generate conflict among the humans in order to force the UNSC to cease its efforts to capture her.<ref name="hll36"/>
'''May 7'''
*The research and development vessel ''[[Argent Moon]]'' is commissioned by ONI.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/argent-moon '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Argent Moon'']</ref>
 
'''May 14 ''(approx.)'''''
*A UNSC [[task force]] enters the [[Cordoba system]] and requests permission to conduct research in Gao's Montero Cave System. While [[Gao Republic|Gao's planetary government]] initially denies the requests, [[Tejo Aponte|President Aponte]] eventually allows a small research team to land. The UNSC subsequently deploys the 717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion, along with the attached [[Blue Team]], to the [[Montero]] region and declares the caverns off-limits to anyone else.<ref name="hll8"/>
*After the UNSC battalion's arrival, several people are found brutally murdered in the Montero Cave System. The murders are the work of the Forerunner ancilla Intrepid Eye, who seeks to generate conflict among the humans in order to force the UNSC to withdraw in their efforts to capture her.<ref name="hll36"/>


===June===
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2553 was the first year that saw relative peace for humanity and some of the disparate member species of the collapsed Covenant following twenty-eight years of interstellar war.

Events

January

February

The survivors of the Onyx Conflict within the shield world

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March

Artwork for the Blooding Years
The Servants of Abiding Truth launch an attack on Kolaar Mountain.

April

  • April 1: Jul 'Mdama escapes captivity on Trevelyan via a slipspace portal. He is transported to Hesduros, where he is welcomed by the local Sangheili as a messenger of the gods. Jul uses the locals' religious devotion to his own advantage and the result is the start of a new faction devoted to Covenant ideals.[20]
  • April 5: Kilo-Five returns to Venezia in order to track down the Kig-Yar pirate, Sav Fel, and the insurrectionist, Staffan Sentzke. Serin Osman is promoted to Rear Admiral and a small party is held aboard Port Stanley in her honor by Kilo-Five.
  • April 14: Sav Fel sells the CCS-class battlecruiser Pious Inquisitor to Staffan Sentzke, who intends to use the ship to force UEG authorities to provide answers about the disappearance of his daughter many years earlier. Fel demonstrates the ship's capabilities by using its energy projector to glass Forerunner ruins on Shaps III.[21] This causes Line Installation 444-447 to send an automated distress signal to Covert Support Base 4276, located on planet Gao in the nearby Cordoba system. The distress call awakens the support base's archeon-class ancilla, Intrepid Eye, from stasis. After her requests for a status report, Intrepid Eye attempts to launch a reconnaissance drone, triggering a cave-in which cripples Support Base 4276 almost entirely.[22]
  • Vasily Beloi and Malcolm Geffen infiltrate the Venezian militia in order to gather information about Sentzke and Pious Inquisitor. Following a series of suspicious incidents, Sentzke begins to doubt their cover story and has them detained and tortured. Naomi-010 and Lian Devereaux eventually arrive and successfully extract Mal and Vaz. During the rescue, Sentzke is also taken captive aboard Port Stanley.
  • A Kig-Yar crew led by Shipmistress Chol Von tracks down and boards Pious Inquisitor with the intent of seizing the ship for itself. Kilo-Five boards Pious Inquisitor and a skirmish occurs between it and the Kig-Yar. Chol Von eventually has her crew destroy the ship. Staffan Sentzke is presumed dead in the ensuing explosion, but he actually had managed to escape.
  • Several tourists exploring Gao's Montero Cave System find themselves miraculously cured of various illnesses and the caves quickly see an influx of sick people hoping for similar miracle cures.[23] The cures are actually the work of the Lifeworker Huragok Roams Alone, attached to Gao's Support Base 4276.[22]
  • Commander Murtag Nelson, a field analyst at an ONI listening post, takes note of strange transmissions emanating from the Montero Cave System on Gao. Nelson correctly hypothesizes that a Forerunner ancilla is responding to the bombardment on Shaps III. Admiral Parangosky subsequently gives Nelson command of the 717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion and tasks them with retrieving the Forerunner AI.[21]

May

  • ONI's Materials Group forms the Damascus Ordnance Commission, headed by major defense companies and sponsored by ONI.[24] The commission places several conditions on the use of MJOLNIR GEN2 variants.[25]
  • May 6: ONI learns the Banished had raided an air base formerly belonging to the Covenant, and that its leader, Atriox, had been captured and taken aboard the assault carrier Enduring Conviction. Twelve hours later, the Enduring Conviction broke formation and contact with the rest of its fleet. The Conviction was hailed, warned, and then fired upon when it ignored orders. The ship performed evasive maneuvers, returned fire and escaped. Shortly after this, the ship and its crew, led by Let 'Volir, swore fealty to the Banished.[26]
  • May 7: The research and development vessel Argent Moon is commissioned by ONI.[27]
  • May 14 (approximately.): A UNSC task force enters the Cordoba system and requests permission to conduct research in Gao's Montero Cave System. While Gao's planetary government initially denies the requests, President Aponte eventually allows a small research team to land. The UNSC subsequently deploys the 717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion, along with the attached Blue Team, to the Montero region and declares the caverns off-limits to anyone else.[23]
  • After the UNSC battalion's arrival, several people are found brutally murdered in the Montero Cave System. The murders are the work of the Forerunner ancilla Intrepid Eye, who seeks to generate conflict among the humans in order to force the UNSC to cease its efforts to capture her.[22]

June

July

July 2

July 3

July 4

July 5

July 6

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August

September

October

October 14

November

  • A pioneer group arrives at Reach to prepare for the planet's eventual reterraforming,[33] an undertaking that would be well underway by 2589.[34]
  • The ONI probe delivery drone dispatched in March arrives at Installation 00 and deploys its probes. After initial transmissions confirming the Ark's survival, all of the probes go offline.[19]
  • November 28: Luther Mann, while exploring Trevelyan, discovers the location of Zeta Halo.[35]

December

Two ONI agents, 'D' and 'S', speculate which are Atriox's motivations after the demise of the Covenant empire.[37]

Unknown date

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: Envoy, Chapter 12
  2. ^ Halo: Initiation, Issue #1
  3. ^ Halo Waypoint - Spartans
  4. ^ Halo Waypoint: Catalog Interaction (Query Answer: Human records indicate transition to noncombatant administrative control [ref: UEG] [January 8, 2553]. No notable adjustment in military [bureaucratic tactical] behavior and scope of authority.)
  5. ^ Halo Waypoint - Halo: Glasslands excerpt, Chapter 2
  6. ^ Jessica Shea Twitter Today in Halo - 1/8/2553
  7. ^ a b Halo: Initiation, Issue #3
  8. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 79
  9. ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal
  10. ^ Jessica Shea Twitter Today in Halo - 2/1/2553
  11. ^ Halo: New Blood, pages 49-55 (Google Play edition)
  12. ^ Twitter: Today in Halo 2/15/2553
  13. ^ Halo Waypoint: Catalog Interaction - Page 14
  14. ^ a b Halo: The Thursday War
  15. ^ Halo 3, campaign level Halo
  16. ^ Halo Legendary Crate, Data Drop #2
  17. ^ Jessica Shea's Twitter - Today in Halo: 3/16/2553
  18. ^ Halo: The Thursday War, page 28
  19. ^ a b c Halo: Hunters in the Dark, Chapter 2
  20. ^ Twitter: Today in Halo 4/1/2553
  21. ^ a b Halo: Last Light, pages 22-23 (Google Play edition)
  22. ^ a b c Halo: Last Light, pages 36-39 (Google Play edition)
  23. ^ a b Halo: Last Light, pages 8-10 (Google Play edition)
  24. ^ Halo Mythos, page 128
  25. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide
  26. ^ Halo Wars 2, Phoenix Logs — Rise of Atriox III
  27. ^ Halo Waypoint: Argent Moon
  28. ^ Halo: Last Light, pages 5-6 (Google Play edition)
  29. ^ Halo: Last Light, Chapter 28
  30. ^ a b Halo: Last Light, Chapter 28, pages 330-331 (Google Play edition)
  31. ^ a b Halo Waypoint: Catalog Interaction - Page 38
  32. ^ Halo: Fractures, "A Necessary Truth"
  33. ^ Halo Waypoint - Catalog Interaction (Page 43)
  34. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Lone Wolf
  35. ^ https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/670658429149540352, Today in Halo
  36. ^ Halo: Retribution Chapter 1
  37. ^ Halo Wars 2 - Phoenix Logs: Rise of Atriox IV
  38. ^ Halo: Escalation - Issue #7
  39. ^ Halo: Reach Legendary Edition - Noble team Statue Instructions
  40. ^ Halo: Escalation - Issue #17
  41. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide - Page 152
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