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'''Earth''' is the home planet of [[Human]]s and various animals. It consists of seven continents. It is home to a wide array of different creatures. Earth's history goes back as far as about 4.6 billion years ago when the planet first formed, with the first single celled organisms appeared about 3.5 billion years ago. These simple organisms eventually began to evolve into more and more advanced creatures. A certain species of exceptional intelligence, humans or ''Homo Sapiens'', evolved about 200,000 years ago. They eventually began to show signs of sentience and made it into space in 1961. Several centuries after they became a spacefaring race, humans encountered a collective of intelligent, hostile extraterrestrials known as the [[Covenant]]. Thus begins the story of Halo.

The Covenant originally had no knowledge about humanity's home world, mostly thanks to the development of the [[Cole Protocol]]. Sometime between the events of Halo and Halo 2, the Covenant eventually discovered Earth's location. The [[Prophet of Regret]] led a small expeditionary force consisting of 15 ships(2 assault carriers in the fleet), but was surprised to find that humans had inhabited the planet. At the end of Halo 2, the Covenant had eventually begun a full-scale invasion of Earth, and have completely overrun Africa by the beginning of Halo 3.

The [[Covenant]] had discovered a massive [[Forerunner]] structure several miles wide buried under the ground where the city of [[New Mombasa]] used to be. Is this the [[Ark]]? If so, why was it on Earth?

The [[Prophet of Regret]] had obviously come to Earth in search of a [[Forerunner]] artifact that might determine the fate of all sentient life in the galaxy, as the massive firepower that the Halos yield could destroy all life "with sufficient biomass to sustain the [[Flood]]" "within 3 radii of the galactic center," as stated by [[343 Guilty Spark]] in the games.  

[[Africa]] is the most important place on Earth in regards to the Halo story, it seems, and, coincidentally, it is theorized to be the birthplace of humanity.  

It is revealed through the storyline of the first two games that the [[Forerunners]] have some sort of connection to humanity.

Thus, the power of the [[Covenant]] was not fully dedicated into glassing Earth. Though the [[Covenant Fleet]] consisted [[capital ships]], [[flagships]] and such, several of the [[Covenant Fleet]] were hanging around in the outer regions of the Milky Way Galaxy. In fact, many of the [[Covenant Fleet]] were still at [[Reach]] and others were dedicated in finding more [[Halos]]. Moreover, given that Cario Station and its planetside power generator are still intact at the end of Halo 2, it may be assumed that the UNSC is having some success, however small, with at least holding the Covenant forces at bay. The conclusion of the Second and the ultimate fate of Earth herself wait to be revealed in Halo 3