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{{Era|Human|HCW|H2|H3|ODST|H2A}}
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'''UNSC starships''' were [[Human starship]]s operated by the [[United Nations Space Command]]. The UNSC operated these starships through several different branches.
{{Series/Species/Sangheili}}
Many countless '''[[world]]s''' would fall under the control of the [[Covenant]]{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg232|Enc22|Page=232}} in a "Covenant sphere".{{Ref/Reuse|rtasstatus}}{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=43|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=13|M=04|Y=2016|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post_.2311}} The  base worlds established by the [[Sangheili]] were considered the Covenant's primary worlds.{{Ref/Reuse|coviewaypoint}}
 
[[Ages of Conversion|With each species added to the alliance]], so too were their worlds on top of new worlds being settled and the subsuming of certain Forerunner installations.{{Ref/Site|Id=coviewaypoint|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Factions|Page=Covenant|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant.html}} Various physical materials from each of the incorporated species' homeworlds were used in the [[Skin of the First Worlds]], itself a component of ''[[High Charity]]''.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg227|Enc22|Page=227}}
 
As the Created came to control many of these worlds, only echoes of the empire remain.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg194}}


==History==
==History==
===Insurrection===
===Pre-Great Purification===
{{Main|Insurrection}}
{{Main|Human-San'Shyuum alliance}}
The time of the Insurrection saw a number of class additions and developments to the UNSC's fleet. In [[2493]], the {{Class|Valiant|super-heavy cruiser}} entered service. Though serious cost problems over five years cast doubt in the class' future.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-bulkhead-banter ''Halo Waypoint:'' Canon Fodder - Bulkhead Banter]</ref> At some point in the Insurrection, a new carrier, the {{Class|Orion|assault carrier}}, was built to help with ground operations.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-armory-amore ''Halo Waypoint:'' Canon Fodder - Armory Amore]</ref> One of the last known class additions during the Insurrection was the {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}}. In [[2510]], the class first entered service.<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets]]'', p. 60</ref>
The [[Forerunners]] built numerous facilities on various other Covenant worlds including the [[Guardian Custode]] support areas on Sanghelios,{{Ref/Level|H5G|[[Alliance]]}} a portal to [[Sarcophagus]] from Hesduros,{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Thursday War|Page=398-399}} and a facility in the Y'Deio system.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc192|Enc22|Page=192}} They also maintained facilities on other worlds that they Covenant would subsume such as Zhoist.{{Ref/Novel|HSS|Chapter=26}}
 
[[File:HM WarOfBeginnings.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Sangheili colony of Ulgethon was a major battlefield during the War of Beginnings.]]
===The Former Age===
{{Main|The Former Age|Age of Abandonment}}
Following the Great Purification, an unknown complication occurred and the [[Forerunner starship]] ''Anodyne Spirit'' crashed onto the surface of Janjur Qom.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/mendicant-bias|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Characters|Page=Mendicant Bias|D=30|M=10|Y=2021|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/mendicant-bias.html}}{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=27}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P384&385|Enc22|Page=384-385}} This would invariably lead to the [[War of Wills]], where two factions would fight over control of the ship.
 
Several hundred years before the Covenant,{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg198}} the Sangheili colonized dozens of worlds which ranged from thriving population hubs to frontier worlds with only a handful of pioneer keeps.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg234|Enc22|Page=234}} [[Qikost]] and [[Suban]], the moons of Sanghelios, were among the first colonized, with the Sangheili setting up armories on Qikost{{Ref/Novel|Id=HBC1|BC|Chapter=1}} and mines on Suban.{{Ref/Book|EVG|Page=128}} The [[Age of Seven Worlds]] appears to have started about the time of or after the colonization of the seventh world.{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=6}} Interstellar Sangheili colonies included [[Glyke]],{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg232}} [[Hesduros]],{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg235|Enc22|Page=235}} [[Codisfold]],{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P258|Enc22|Page=258}} and [[Ulgethon]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=191}} The 76th explored world was [[Creck]].{{Ref/Reuse|HBC1}} These collective worlds were bound by blood and belief over any centralized authority.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg198|Enc22|Page=198-199}}
 
It was on one such colony world, Ulgethon, that the Sangheili [[Desecration of Ulgethon|first encountered]] the San'Shyuum thus commencing the [[War of Beginnings]].{{Ref/Game|H2A|[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal 5]]}} Fighting in the war would take place on other Sangheili colonies{{Ref/Reuse|HBC1}} [[Raid at Codisfold|such as]] [[Codisfold]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=258}} The Dreadnought which was in possession of the San'Shyuum at the time, would cause untold destruction on several Sangheili worlds.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg226}} Battling in the war would even reached [[Battle of Sanghelios|Sanghelios itself]].
 
[[File:HM-HighCharityBC.png|thumb|left|200px|''High Charity'' under construction over [[Tuluk'katho]].]]
===Covenant era===
====Early era====
Following the War of Beginnings, Sanghelios would be the capital of the Covenant until ''High Charity'' was completed.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=229}} The remaining Sangheili colonies became some of the primary worlds for the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|coviewaypoint}} A few of these worlds would be given an alternate name by the Prophets. Glyke would be 'blessed' with the name "Sphere of Praise"{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg232}} while Hesduros would be referred to as "Silent Homage" by San'Shyuum scientists.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg235}} The signing of the [[Writ of Union]] would however lead to the [[Rending]] which would take place at several points in Covenant space including [[Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=bcchapt1|BC|Chapter=1}} It would also lead to the settlement and destruction of [[The Refuge]]. At roughly the same, the Covenant would undertake [[Mission to Janjur Qom|a secret mission]] to [[Janjur Qom]].
 
The homeworld of the Covenant,{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg188-189|Enc22|Page=188-189}} ''[[High Charity]]'' began construction in [[851 BCE]] over Sanghelios.{{Ref/Reuse|bcchapt1}} Construction of the station would continue over [[Tuluk'katho]] and eventually completed in [[791 BCE]].{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg226|Enc22|Page=226}} In [[648 BCE]], the San'Shyuum would claim that their cradle world would be destroyed by stellar collapse.{{Ref/Generic|[[Bestiarum]]}}{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=113}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc192}}
 
====Incorporation and expansion====
[[File:H2A Terminals - Balaho discovered.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Balaho is discovered and occupied by the Covenant.]]
The [[Yanme'e]] species had at some point progressed in technology to the point of allowing them interplanetary travel and the colonization of two of their homeworld's moons.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=205}} In [[1112]], the Covenant discovered [[Palamok]] and would incorporate the species after warring with them for a time.{{Ref/Reuse|enc192}} Following this, Sangheili and [[Yanme'e Queen]]s would settle [[Malurok]] together.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=55}}
 
For several years prior to [[1342]], the [[Kig-Yar]] would wage war against the Covenant.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc206|Enc22|Page=206}} Eayn would subsequently be folded into the Covenant. The gas giant in which it orbited would eventually become the only known Covenant controlled world to humanity prior to first contact.<ref name="Bestiarum">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|enc11pg308}}
 
In 2142, [[Balaho]] and the [[Unggoy]] species were discovered by the Covenant subsequently brought under their authority.{{Ref/Site|Id=unggoy|D=4|M=8|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/unggoy|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Species|Page=Unggoy|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/unggoy.html}} Balaho would eventually become a backwater in Covenant space with most shipping routes avoiding it.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc11pg308|Enc11|Page=307-308}}


===Human-Covenant war===
In at least one case, the Covenant [[Extermination of Karava|wiped out]] an [[List of unidentified species#Karava|unidentified civilisation]] on the planet [[Karava]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p289|Enc22|Page=289}} and settled the world afterward.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE5|HE|Issue=5}}
[[File:Punic orbit.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A few UNSC starship classes during the Human-Covenant war.]]
{{Main|Human-Covenant war}}


====CAA and CMA Absorption====
In [[2462]], the [[Unggoy Rebellion]] began. In a play to end the conflict, the Covenant would end up glassing part of [[Balaho]].<ref name="h2a terminal10">''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'', [[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal 10]]</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|unggoy}}
In [[2525]], the UNSC would strip away the CMA's naval resources and give them to [[UNSC Naval Command|NAVCOM]].<ref>''[[Halo Wars]]'', collectible, [[Halo Wars Timeline Events]]</ref> As well, the UNSC would begin to take over the [[Colonial Administration Authority]] in the midst of the [[Human-Covenant war]]. With these additions, the UNSC received several different types of ships. This included the CAA's {{Class|Springhill|mining ship}}<ref>''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p. 208</ref><ref>''[[Halo 4]]'', multiplayer map, [[Adrift]]</ref> and the {{Class|Diligence|destroyer|}} from the CMA.<ref name="canonfodder">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-clarity-grace ''Halo Waypoint'': Canon Fodder - Clarity & Grace]</ref> Both of which would be brought back to service or continued service such as with the {{UNSCShip|Kronstadt}} and the {{CAAShip|Heavy Burden}}.


====Final year of the war====
The Jiralhanae had managed to achieve spaceflight and established colonies within the [[Oth Sonin system]].{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=309}} Shortly prior to [[2492]], Doisac suffered a [[nuclear weapon|nuclear]] war known as the [[Great Immolation]]. In 2492, the Covenant would find and quickly incorporate Doisac and the Jiralhanae into the Covenant.{{Ref/Novel|CH|Page=194}} Since then, the [[San'Shyuum]] settled Jiralhanae on resource-rich worlds to guard them against anyone seeking to claim them for themselves;{{Ref/Comic|Id=esc1|HEsc|Issue=1}} mostly ambitious members of the other client species.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFShocks|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-system-shocks|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - System Shocks|D=30|M=06|Y=2023}}
{{Main|Fall of Reach|Battle of Earth}}
With 152 ships present at the of Battle of Reach,<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', p. 295-297</ref> a large number of these ships were destroyed. This included many capital ships such as the {{UNSCShip|Trafalgar}}, the flagship of the [[Epsilon Eridani Fleet]] and pride of the Navy.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', p. 168</ref>


Starting [[2552#September|September 5, 2552]] all remaining UNSC starships and their fleets were consolidated under a single command grouping under the [[UNSC Home Fleet]].<ref>''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'', [[:File:LC 002 Doc 3.jpg|Naval Records Archives]]</ref> By the end of the war, the plethora of UNSC starships had been reduced to only a few hundred.<ref name="mythospg132"/>
At some point following 2492, but before 2531, new tithes were implemented by ''High Charity''. In response, a series of heretical uprisings took place on various Covenant worlds. [[Avitus]] would be sent to quell these rebellions.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=254}}


===Post-war===
[[File:HM PROMETHEUS.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Operation: PROMETHEUS on K7-49.]]
[[File:H4 Infinity escort.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The UNSC ''Infinity''-class supercarrier, the largest UNSC vessel, and the ''Autumn''-class heavy cruiser.]]
Following the Human-Covenant war, the surviving UNSC starships were brought back to Sol to be repaired, refitted and counted.<ref name="mythospg132">''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'', p. 132</ref>


A variety of starship classes and several ship improvements that were created during the war finally became commonplace. The {{Class|Autumn|heavy cruiser}}, the {{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}} and the {{Class|Infinity|supercarrier}} were all added to the fleet. All three have shielding,<ref>''[[Spartan Ops]]'', [[Departure|Episode 1: Departure]]</ref><ref name="envoyage">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/en-voyage ''Halo Waypoint:'' Canon Fodder - En Voyage]</ref> an unprecedented addition to UNSC ships.
===War of Annihilation===
{{Main|Human-Covenant War}}
Early in the War of Annihilation, the [[UNSC]] [[Operation: SILENT STORM|counterattacked]] the invading Covenant and [[Battle of Zhoist|struck]] at [[Zhoist]]. This would result in the regional capital of the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]] being destroyed,{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg225}} along with UNSC [[Nuclear weapon]]s destroying two out of the [[Ten Cities of Edification]].{{Ref/Novel|HSS|Epilogue}}


As part of ongoing offenses, UNSC ''Strident''-class frigates and {{Class|Anlace|frigate}}s were being deployed to the [[Outer Colonies]] to route out [[Covenant remnants|Covenant remnant]] occupiers.<ref>''Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo'', p. 38 & 39</ref>
The UNSC would make further attempts to strike Covenant-controlled worlds. In 2537, [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III]] [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] was [[Operation: PROMETHEUS|deployed]] to asteroid [[K7-49]] in order to disrupt Covenant operations there. While they succeeded, 300 SPARTAN-IIIs were killed in the process.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Page=83-86}} A similar action would be repeated at [[Pegasi Delta]] in [[2545]] with [[Operation: TORPEDO]]. While also a victory, it would cost the lives of 298 SPARTAN-IIIs of [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Beta Company]].{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Page=16-27}}


====The Reclamation====
At some point during the war, [[Linda-058]] was [[Operation: HORN AND HIDE|deployed]] to the world of Odenli'sh to assassinate a San'Shyuum missonary.{{Ref/Site|Id=Waypoint-linda|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/linda-058|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Characters|Page=Linda-058|D=30|M=10|Y=2021|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/linda-058.html}}
{{Main|Created conflict}}
At the beginning of the Reclamation, many UNSC starships were disabled by [[Guardian Custode]]s under the control of the [[Created]].<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', campaign level, [[Guardians (level)|Guardians]]</ref> Some ships, were ripped out of [[Slipstream Space]] with the activation of the Guardians, like the {{UNSCShip|Nereid}}.<ref>''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'', [[Undefeated]]</ref>


==Organization==
As well, in 2552, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] had made a breakthrough and learned the locations of several Covenant worlds including Sanghelios and Glyke. With this knowledge, when [[Condition Endgame]] was declared at the [[Battle for Earth]], [[Operation: SUNSPEAR]] began resulting in [[Gray Team]] being deployed to Covenant space.{{Ref/Novel|Id=env12|Env|Chapter=12}}
===Management===
In the UNSC, ships can also be operated by different departments and branches. Warships like the {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} were often operated by the [[UNSC Navy]].<ref>''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo]]'', p. 36 & 37</ref> In the case of the {{UNSCShip|Swift Justice}}, it was operated by the [[Incident Response and Investigation]] division of the UNSC.<ref>''[[Halo: Retribution]]'', Chapter 2</ref>


Smaller craft were often operated by other branches or were overlapped with another branch. The [[F-41 Exoatmospheric Multirole Strike Fighter]], for example, was operated by the [[UNSC Air Force]].<ref>''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide'', p. 114</ref> The [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping]] also operated a number of [[Freighter]]s.
During the [[Great Schism]], the world Joyous Exultation would act as a rallying point for the Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg232}} A [[NOVA bomb]] was detonated there by accident resulting in a quarter of the world being vaporized and its moon shattering.{{Ref/Novel|HGOO|Page=244-245}} Most of the San'shyuum governors of worlds joined the rest of the species on their mass exodus during the Great Schism.{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet 54}}


===Tactical Groupings===
===Postwar===
UNSC ships were organized into [[fleet]]s and further down into [[Battle group|Battlegroups]].
{{Main|Sangheili-Jiralhanae war|Blooding Years}}
[[File:Hroa4 raid.png|thumb|right|250px|The Banished [[Raid of Kostroda|raiding]] [[Kostroda]].{{Ref/Comic|Id=roaissue4|HRoA|Issue=4}}]]
Just days after [[Treaty of 2552|a tentative peace treaty]] was formed between the [[Fleet of Retribution|group]] that would become the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and the UEG, the Sangheili colony of [[Glyke]] was mysteriously destroyed, killing billions. Rumors had it that the colony's destruction was either an internal conflict or a [[Jiralhanae]] retaliation, but in truth it was destroyed by [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Gray Team]] with a [[NOVA bomb]] as part of [[Operation: SUNSPEAR]], an effort to strike a blow at a major enemy world to try to cause the Covenant to reconsider. Having last heard that [[Earth]] was under attack, Gray Team were unaware of the war's end due to damaged deep-space communications equipment and thus that their mission was no longer necessary.{{Ref/Reuse|env12}}


===Identification===
The destruction of ''High Charity'' would lead to the former Covenant's worlds going into disarray with many of each species returned to their respective homeworlds{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg194}} including the Yanme'e.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=204}} Sangheili soldiers returned to Sanghelios to find feuding and civil unrest.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
There were a few known ways of identifying UNSC ships. There was the [[Hull classification symbol]], which gives each ship a letter classification and a number. There was the [[Ship emblem|ship emblem]], which was a unique image that was special to each ship.  


Some warships also used the [[UNSC REG system]], which was also a special serial number.<ref>''Halo 4'', campaign level, [[Dawn (level)|Dawn]]</ref><ref name="h2acairo"/> There was also the UNc system, which had an unknown meaning.<ref name="h2acairo">''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'', campaign level [[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]</ref>
After the dissolution of the Covenant and the exodus of the local San'Shyuum governors,{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet 54}} many of the Covenant worlds fell into the control of various factions such as [[Sephune III]] ending up under [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]],{{Ref/Comic|HLW|Issue=2}} or [[Otraak]] under the [[Banished]].{{Ref/Comic|HRoA|Issue=3}} Some worlds were contested between species and governments,{{Ref/Reuse|HE5}} while [[Joint Occupation Zone]]s were established between the [[Unified Earth Government]] and the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] to allow colonies to be administrated by multiple species.{{Ref/Anthology|Fra|[[Oasis]]}}


The UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping operated its own identification codes for freighters that were primarily used in [[COM]] transmissions.<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', p. 34</ref>
The various Sangheili colonies fell into internecine conflict{{Ref/Generic|Id=eleventhhour|[[Eleventh Hour reports]]|Report 2}} such as on [[Malurok]].{{Ref/Reuse|en22pg233}} These conflicts would see many {{Pattern|Rwaru|carrack}}s pulled into military service, which would cripple much of the interstellar commerce binding the Sangheili worlds together.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=270}} Sangheili colonies also had to contend with raids and other fighting with the [[Jiralhanae]].{{Ref/Reuse|esc1}}{{Ref/Site|Id=rtasstatus|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=14|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=21|M=10|Y=2018|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post_.236}}{{Ref/Reuse|envoy}} Similarly, Jiralhanae worlds also became embroiled in internecine conflict as rival clans fought each other for a number of reasons including land.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg194}} The worlds placed under Jiralhanae control would be used leverage against humanity and other members of the Covenant, though many of the dominant master-packs lacked the knowledge to fully exploit the worlds.{{Ref/Reuse|CFShocks}}


===Leadership===
In contrast, the Kig-Yar interplanetary colonies and Balaho remained stable though Buwan was abandoned.{{Ref/Reuse|eleventhhour}}
The leader of a UNSC starship, like other human starships, is referred to as a Captain regardless of actual rank.<ref>''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo]]'', p. 90-92</ref> Common ranks of this position include [[Commander (UNSC)|Commander]] (ex: [[Miranda Keyes]], [[Richard Lash]]) and [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] (ex: [[Jacob Keyes]], [[James Cutter]]).


==Design==
Just prior to the Created uprising, Doisac and its moons had become a base of operations for most [[piracy|pirates]] in the Orion Arm. At the same time, independent packs were consolidating under the [[Banished]].{{Ref/Book|OSFM|Page=90}}
A number of corporations helped construct UNSC ships. Some of these manufacturers include [[Sinoviet Heavy Machinery]], [[Aerofabrique SA]] and [[TanSec AB]].


Design guidelines for ships emphasize that the command crew should have visibility of the surrounding exterior area of the ship. This is usually achieved through windows on the [[Bridge|bridge]].<ref>''Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo'', p. 33</ref>
====Created uprising====
{{Main|Created uprising}}
[[File:HINF Concept GuardianRising.jpg|250px|left|thumb|A Guardian Custode over Sanghelios.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg194|Enc22|Page=194-195}}]]
As the Created uprising began to take shape in 2558, a [[Sanghelios global war|global war]] started on Sanghelios.{{Ref/Novel|HLOO|Chapter=21}} With the onset of the [[Cortana Event]], Sanghelios was [[Subjugation of Sanghelios|directly hit]] by [[Guardian Custode]]s{{Ref/Novel|BadB|Chapter=1}} and despite proximity, Suban suffered minimal damage.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22-230|Enc22|Page=230}} The immediate loss of communications and disruption of logistics would inhibit previously ongoing independence movements on [[Qikost]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=231}}


UNSC ships have an internal deck naming structure. On most ships, the Hangar deck is considered Zero Deck. Decks below that are "belowdeck" and are numbered in descending order starting at First Deck. Everything above the hangar deck is a "level", starting at Level One and going in an ascending order.<ref>''Halo: Silent Storm'', Chapter 4</ref>
The Cortana Event did not affect the Urs system alone. Created forces would end up occupying Malurok, prompting a detente among the warring parties on the world.{{Ref/Book|Id=en22pg233|Enc22|Page=233}}


===AI===
[[Balaho]] sided with the Created, meaning no Guardian was sent to the world.{{Ref/Novel|Id=badbchapt3-4|BadB|Chapter=3-4}} Old factories were reactivated and supplies from the Created were shipped to the planet.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFDF|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-driving-force|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Driving Force}} A [[Battle of Balaho|skirmish]] would break out on the planet between various forces of the UEG and Unggoy on the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|badbchapt3-4}}
{{Main|Artificial intelligence}}
UNSC Starships were often given a [[Ship Director]], an AI who could manage much of the ship's tasks with the Captain's authority. Generally, these AI were "[[Smart artificial intelligence|Smart]]".<ref>''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo]]'', p. 90-92</ref>


===Armament===
Doisac was hit quite hard, [[Razing of Oth Sonin|being completely destroyed]] by a fleet of Guardians on the direct orders of Cortana.{{Ref/Quest|Id=rep|HI|Reckoning|[[Repository (Halo Infinite level)|Repository]]}} The exploding debris of the planet would obliterate the moon of [[Soirapt]], and heavily damaged the moons of [[Teash]] and [[Warial]]. A large amount of survivors from Teash managed to resettle on the colonies of [[Gathved]], [[Ordun Dal]], and [[Savadok]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=446-447}} The news of this action would reach the Sangheili on Sanghelios three days later, around the time of the [[High Gathering]].{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=1}}
====MACs====
{{Main|Magnetic Accelerator Cannon}}
[[File:HW - MII Light coil 56A2D4 MAC2.png|thumb|right|200px|The MAC of a ''Stalwart''-class frigate.]]
MACs are massive coil guns that are used to accelerate multi-ton projectiles at extremely high velocities. These projectiles are composed of [[Titanium-A armor|Titanium-A]], depleted Uranium, and/or Tungsten with a ferrous (iron) core.


As an example, frigate based MACs are capable of firing 600-ton slugs at roughly 30/kms.<ref name="for108">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', p. 108 (2001 edition); p. 130 (2010 edition)</ref>
====Post-Created domination====
With the end of the Created conflict and the rise of the [[Banished]], many Sangheili worlds waited to get direction from Sanghelios.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg198}} However, the debilitated security situation in Urs saw several factions make claims on the moon of Suban.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22-230}}


UNSC ''Infinity'' has [[Mark 2551 Portable Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|miniature MAC guns]] along its hull, to compliment its built in, larger MAC guns.
==Government and politics==
===Administration===
====Interstellar====
Collectively, the non-cradle worlds of the Covenant were referred to as "tithe worlds"{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg232}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg234}} and described as protectorates.{{Ref/Reuse|out23}} Worlds employed with military planning and production were known as "fortress worlds."{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=189}} The fortress worlds would often be patrolled by {{Pattern|Ekesan|heavy transport}}s{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=275}} and vast urban areas would require transport in vehicles such as the {{Pattern|Iqnucekk|transport}}s, {{Pattern|Maravelotz|transport}}s, and {{Pattern|Khaulio|administrator}}s.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=219}} Overall, these key fortress and stronghold worlds served as key proxies for High Charity in administering the empire.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/the-new-halo-encyclopedia-is-out-today|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=The New Halo Encyclopedia is Out Today|D=11|M=03|Y=2023}}


====Missile batteries====
Spread throughout the empire were regional capital sites known as [[harborage]]s; [[city-ship]]s and command-and-control centers. From them, the Prophets could be broadcasted, [[Covenant starship]]s could be resupplied, and [[Forerunner]] artifacts safeguarded. As well, each inhabited system was given a [[Coordination platform]] and garrison overseen by the [[Ministry of Concert]]. Smaller platforms were placed in strategic locations.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg225}}
UNSC ships generally carry an array of missile batteries. Most UNSC ships carry [[Archer Missile]]s in one of many pods. These include the [[M58 Archer Missile Delivery System]] and the [[M42 Archer Missile Delivery System]]. These were complemented with [[Fusion rocket]]s.


A common tactic among UNSC ships was to disable the target's shields with MAC rounds and then pummel it with Archer missiles.
The [[High Council]] was responsible for the administration of these interstellar territories, assigning tithes and levies, and allocating resources across the numerous member worlds.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=52}} San'Shyuum governors handled administrative duties on a local scale.{{Ref/Book|Id=warfleet 54|HWF|Page=54}} Worlds had their own emissaries, some of which would be sent to ''High Charity''.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg227}} Trade between these worlds appeared to have been handled by more local authorities as [[Ghe 'Talot]]'s clan would supply production materials to [[Kolaar Manufactorum]] on [[Sanghelios]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=outchapt4|Out|Chapter=4}}


====Point defense batteries====
Known worlds to the Covenant had information recorded to the [[Covenant World Registry]].{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=4}} On some stellar charts, systems can be given a scarlet colored border, which means "Forbidden".{{Ref/Novel|BC|Chapter=19}}
[[File:Reach 3003793 Full.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The {{UNSCShip|Savannah}} firing its M910 Rampart guns.]]
Point defense batteries were common on UNSC warships. Some of these batteries include the [[M910 Rampart point defense network|M910 Rampart]], the [[M870 Rampart point defense gun|M870 Rampart]], the [[M710 Bulwark point defense gun|M710 Bulwark]], and the [[Mark 57 Arena point defense gun|Mark 57 Arena]].


====Nuclear weapons====
====Planetside====
UNSC warships usually contain nuclear weapons of some sort. Generally they were the {{Class|Shiva|nuclear missile}}.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', p. 147</ref> Though, in the post-war era, UNSC ships generally use the [[M4093 Hyperion nuclear delivery system]].
Covenant planets had considerable autonomy in running their own affairs.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg225|Enc22|Page=225}}
=====Sangheili=====
[[File:Outcasts - State of Vadam.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Vadam on Sanghelios.]]
Sangheili planets are run in a style similar to [[Wikipedia:Manorialism|feudal manorialism]]. Multiple Sangheili [[clan]]s, known as [[Keep]]s, ally together and are led by a single [[Kaidon]] who controls the surrounding territory. Smaller Sangheili colonies are often governed by only a handful of keeps, which control the entirety of the world's resources. On larger worlds like Sanghelios, hundreds of keeps vie for power and influence using politics and military force.{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sangheili|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Species|Page=Sangheili|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sangheili.html}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg198}}


==Types==
After the fall of the Covenant, some keeps have transformed into military sects.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg198}}
===Starfighters===
The UNSC operates several types of starfighters. The most common being the [[GA-TL1 Longsword-class Interceptor|GA-TL1 ''Longsword''-class Interceptor]]. The [[YSS-1000 Prototype Anti-Ship Spaceplane|YSS-1000 ''Sabre'']] was a secretive starfighter that was mostly used in the [[Inner colonies]]. The [[F-41 Exoatmospheric Multirole Strike Fighter|F-41 ''Broadsword'' XMSF]] was a mainline starfighter that lacked the technology of the Sabre. The [[S-14 Baselard]] was also another type of starfighter used by the UNSC.


===Dropships===
-confusion in the meaning of keep
[[File:D77H-TCI Pelican Gunship.jpg|thumb|right|150px|D77H-TCI, a model of the ever present Pelican Dropship.]]
=====Jiralhanae=====
{{Main|Dropship}}
Doisac was largely controlled by two [[skein]]s, or master-packs.{{Ref/Reuse|envoy}} Several of their other settled worlds were controlled by master-packs.{{Ref/Reuse|CFShocks}} Despite being settled on numerous resource worlds by the San'Shyuum, the Jiralhanae lacked the ability to mine the resources themselves.{{Ref/Reuse|esc1}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFShocks}}
The most common dropships in the UNSC were the [[Pelican]]s. This included the [[D77-TC Pelican]], [[D78-TC Pelican]] and the [[D79H-TC Pelican]]. Heavier dropships were also used such as the [[D81-LRT Condor]], the [[D82-EST Darter]], and the [[D96-TCE Albatross]]. The largest of which was the [[D20 Heron]]. The UNSC also had dropship escape pods, the [[Class-3 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboat, Controlled|Class-3 Bumblebee]].


===Colony starships===
=====Kig-Yar=====
{{Main|Colony ship}}
For the Kig-Yar, and in the case of [[Eayn]] specifically, it is ruled by an alliance of arch-matriarchs{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=54}} with pseudo-governments on the world being [[Wikipedia:Ochlocracy|ochlocracies]] and [[Wikipedia:luck egalitarianism|Luck egalitarianism]] forming the base of justice systems.{{Ref/Generic|[[Bestiarum]]}} Some of these pseudo-governments ruled over full continents of the world such as with the continents of [[Ruuht]] and [[Ah'lomet]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=48|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=13|M=04|Y=2016|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post_.2312}}
The UNSC also operated a colony ship class, the {{Class|Phoenix|colony ship}}.


===Support starships===
====Fringe====
{{Main|Support starship}}
{{Main|Covenant fringe}}
Several types of support ships that were used include the stealthy [[UNSC prowler|Prowler]] and its subtypes. Other stealth ship classes existed including the {{Class|Chiroptera|stealth vessel}}. There was also the incredibly small [[sloop]]. Another type of ship that was used by the UNSC included the {{Class|Calypso|exfiltration craft}}. Following the UNSC's take over of the CAA, the {{Class|Springhill|mining ship}} helped build materiel for UNSC forces.
Most of the Fringe species were relegated to their homeworld or remote locations and most often locally administered by San'Shyuum executors and a cortege of Kig-Yar enforcers.{{Ref/Book|Id=encfringe|Enc22|Page=214}} Fringe space would be protected by [[Covenant fleet]]s such as the [[Fleet of Recalcitrant Ire]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CFFire|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-covering-fire|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Covering Fire|D=31|M=01|Y=2024}}


===Warships===
==Scale==
{{Main|Warship}}
The Covenant occupied hundreds of worlds,{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg227}} though the Covenant would often leave a world untouched unless it offered particular treasures both religious and practical.{{Ref/Reuse|coviewaypoint}} These worlds were based primarily out of the [[Orion Arm]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg188-189}}{{Ref/Book|Id=warfleet galaxy|HWF|Page=12-13}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sanshyuum|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Species|Page=San'Shyuum|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/sanshyuum.html}}{{Ref/Note|The [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant Halo Waypoint article] for the Covenant claims that the empire "dominated much of the galaxy". However, most sources (including ''Halo: Warfleet'' and several Waypoint articles) agree that the Covenant Empire was based out in the Orion Arm.}} A few of these worlds like [[Strilun IV]]{{Ref/Site|Id=BWU|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13160|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update 01/11/08|Quote=It’s on an alien world discovered and controlled by the Covenant. It’s location is secret, but it is in this spiral arm of the Galaxy. Close to human occupied space. If you look through the glass floors of the Covenant structures, you’ll see Forerunner artifacts buried beneath the ice.|D=30|M=01|Y=2021}} and [[Ealen IV]]{{Ref/Reuse|esc1}} were near human occupied space. The space between Covenant space and human space was referred to as "wild space".{{Ref/Novel|Id=out23|Out|Chapter=23}}
[[File:UNSC Capital Vessels (Spartan Games).jpg|thumb|right|200px|A few UNSC warships and their sizes]]
The UNSC employs a number of warships including [[UNSC frigate|frigates]], [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]] and [[UNSC cruiser|cruisers]]. The {{Class|Vindication|light battleship|}} was unique as it was a [[Battleship]], an uncommon warship in UNSC ship design and classification. [[UNSC carrier]]s were among the largest, most heavily armed ships the UNSC possesed.


===Other===
The Covenant fringe's worlds were scattered around the Orion Arm.{{Ref/Site|Id=waypoint axl|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/axl|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Characters|Page=Axl|D=19|M=1|Y=2021|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/axl.html}}
ONI's [[Reverse Engineering and Prototyping–Xenotechnology department]] have recovered, refit and begun testing on multiple [[Covenant starship]]s.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=23 ''Halo Waypoint:'' Catalog Interaction - Page 23]</ref>


==List of UNSC starships==
===Sangheili===
The following is a list of the starships that belong to and are used by the [[United Nations Space Command]].
Around the time of the War of Beginnings, 76 worlds were explored by the Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|HBC1}} By the time of the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]], there was a primary "complex"{{Ref/Novel|HitD|Page=87 (Google Play edition)}} or "core sphere"{{Ref/Reuse|rtasstatus}} of Sangheili worlds. The total amount of Sangheili worlds was equivalent to that of [[human colonies|humanity's colonies]].{{Ref/Novel|Out|Chapter=12}} There was also a "Sangheili frontier"{{Ref/Novel|Id=envoy|Env|Chapter=3}} and a region of space known to the Sangheili called the [[Out Sectors]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=outchapt2|Out|Chapter=2}}
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<div class="tabbox"><div class="tab">Carriers</div>
==List of known worlds==
====[[UNSC Carrier|Carriers]]====
===Post-Great Purification===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! System !! Role !! Status !! Source
|-
|-
!scope="col"|Class
|colspan="5"; align="center"|'''[[Sangheili]]'''
!scope="col"|Ship Name
!scope="col"|Status
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Class|Epoch|heavy carrier}}
|[[Hesduros]] || [[Aspero system]] || War colony || ||
|{{UNSCShip|Epoch}}
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Atlas}}
|[[Creck]] || [[Baelion system]] || || ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Class|Infinity|supercarrier}}
|[[Rahnelo]] || [[Bosthra system]] || Frontier world || ||
|{{UNSCShip|Eternity}}
|Not Completed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Infinity}}
|[[Duraan]] || [[Duraan's red dwarf star]] || || ||
|Active
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"|{{Class|Orion|assault carrier}}
|[[Saepon'kal]] || [[Salia system]] || Fortress world || Destroyed by a [[NOVA bomb]]; ||
|{{UNSCShip|Orion}}
|Unknown
|-
|-
|[[Phoenix-class colony ship|''Phoenix''-class carrier]]
|[[Glyke]] || [[Keskus system]] || Civilian world || [[Operation: SUNSPEAR|Destroyed]] in the wake of the [[Human-Covenant War]] by [[Gray Team]]; ||
|{{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}
|Active but officially listed as lost with all hands.
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Class|Poseidon|light carrier}}
|[[Sanghelios]] || [[Urs system]] || Sangheili cradle world || ||
|{{UNSCShip|Milwaukee}}
|Active
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Poseidon}}
|[[Qikost]] || [[Urs system]] || || ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Class|Punic|supercarrier}}
|[[Suban]] || [[Urs system]] || || ||
|{{UNSCShip|Punic}}
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Trafalgar}}
|[[Unidentified moon (Urs system)|Unidentified moon]] || [[Urs system]] || || ||
|Destroyed over Reach
|-
|-
|rowspan="6"|Unknown
|[[The Refuge]] || [[Ussan system]] || ||Under [[Ussans|Ussan]] control ||
|{{UNSCShip|All Under Heaven}}
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Magellan}}
|[[Feldokra]] || [[Zethro'Kal system]] ||Fortress world || ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Musashi}}
|[[Aru'spaw]] || || || ||
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}}
|[[Bhedalon]] || ||Fortress World || devastated during the [[Great Schism]] ||{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Legacy of Onyx|Chapter=8}}
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Totem Lake}}
|[[Codisfold]] || || || Ringed world and battleground during War of Beginnings ||
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Witness}}
|[[Eshin]] || || || ||
|Unknown
|}
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<div class="tabbox"><div class="tab">Cruisers</div>
====[[UNSC cruiser|Cruisers]]====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!scope="col"|Class
|[[Eudolaan]] || || || ||
!scope="col"|Ship Name
!scope="col"|Status
|-
|-
|rowspan="8"|{{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}}
|[[Karava]] || || ||Independent colony ||
|{{UNSCShip|Canberra}}
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Dresden}}
|[[Khael'mothka]] || || || Frontier colony ||
|Destroyed over Biko
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Hannibal}}
|[[Anvarl]] || || ||Attacked, unknown status ||
|Destroyed over Reach
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Io}}
|[[Ulgethon]] || || [[Reliquary]] ||Destroyed during the [[War of Beginnings]] ||
|Destroyed in the [[Psi Serpentis system]]
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Leviathan}}
|[[Whispering Trees]] || || ||Independent colony ||
|Unknown, presumed destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Marathon}}
|[[Om'a'Varo]] || [[Emauzs system]] || Frontier world || Still being colonized as of [[2559]]. ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Prophecy}}
|colspan="5"; align="center"|'''[[Kig-Yar]]'''
|Destroyed over Harvest
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Say My Name}}
|[[Eayn]]
|Unknown, presumed Destroyed
|[[Y'Deio system]]
|Kig-Yar homeworld
|
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="7"|{{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}}
|[[Dal'koth]]
|{{UNSCShip|Constantinople}}
|[[Y'Deio system]]
|Destroyed
|
|
|
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Dawn Under Heaven}}
|[[T'vao]] || [[Y'Deio system]] || [[T'vaoan]] asteroid homeworld || ||
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Halcyon}}
|[[Valyanop]] || || || ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Persian Gate}}
|[[Muloqt]] || || || ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}
|[[Kaelarot]] || || || ||  
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Roman Blue}}
|colspan="5"; align="center"|'''[[Jiralhanae]]'''
|Crashed on [[Eiro]].
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Toulouse}}
|[[Doisac]] || [[Oth Sonin system]] || Jiralhanae homeworld || [[Razing of Oth Sonin|Destroyed]] by the [[Created]] ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{Class|Autumn|heavy cruiser}}
|[[Teash]] || [[Oth Sonin system]] || || ||
|{{UNSCShip|Euclid's Anvil}}
|Active
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn II}}
|[[Warial]] || [[Oth Sonin system]] || || ||
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Song of the East}}
|[[Gathved]] || || || ||
|Active
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Unto the Breach}}
|[[Ordun Dal]] || || || ||
|Active
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Class|Valiant|super-heavy cruiser}}
|[[Savadok]] || || || ||
|{{UNSCShip|Everest}}
|Unknown, presumed destroyed/AWOL
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Valiant}}
|[[Odenli'sh]] || || || ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|Heavy Cruiser
|colspan="5"; align="center"|'''[[Yanme'e]]'''
|{{UNSCShip|Matador}}
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Swiftsure}}
|[[Palamok]] || [[Napret system]] || Yanme'e homeworld || ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Weeping Willows}}
|[[Ka'amoti]] || [[Napret system]] || || ||
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|Unknown
|[[Oquiu]] || [[Napret system]] || || ||
|{{UNSCShip|Chares}}
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Endeavor}}
|colspan="5"; align="center"|'''[[Lekgolo]]'''
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Sparrow}}
|[[Rantu]] || [[Svir system]] || || ||
|Unknown
|}
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<div class="tabbox"><div class="tab">Destroyers</div>
====[[UNSC destroyer|Destroyers]]====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!scope="col"|Class
|[[Rentus]] || [[Svir system]] || || ||
!scope="col"|Ship Name
!scope="col"|Status
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Class|Diligence|destroyer}}
|colspan="5"; align="center"|'''[[Unggoy]]'''
|{{UNSCShip|Diligence}}
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Kronstadt}}
|[[Balaho]] || [[Tala system]] || || ||
|Unknown, presumed active
|-
|-
|rowspan="5"|{{Class|Halberd|destroyer}}
|[[Buwan]] || [[Tala system]] || || ||
|{{UNSCShip|Iroquois}}
|Unknown, presumed destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Halberd}}
|colspan="5"; align="center"|'''[[San'Shyuum]]'''
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|The Heart of Midlothian}}
|[[Janjur Qom]] || [[Qom Yaekesh system]] || [[San'Shyuum]] cradle world || Purportedly destroyed by stellar collapse ||
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Herodotus}}
|colspan="5"; align="center"|'''[[Covenant fringe|Fringe]]'''
|Heavily damaged
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Pioneer}}
|[[Reme]] || || [[Dazreme]] cradle world || ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"|{{Class|Hillsborough|destroyer}}
|[[Yonhe]] || || [[Yonhet]] cradle world || ||
|{{UNSCShip|Hillsborough}}
|Unknown
|-
|-
|rowspan="21"|Unknown
|colspan="5"; align="center"|'''Jointly settled'''
|[[UNSC Agincourt (Destroyer)|UNSC ''Agincourt'']]
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Armageddon's Edge}}
|[[Carrow|Rak]] || [[Holdhorne system]] || Jointly settled world with Humans || ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Brasidas}}
|[[Sarcophagus]] || [[Zeta Doradus system]] || ||Under joint UEG and Swords of Sanghelios control ||
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Calcutta}}
|[[Malurok]] || [[Greaw-Jomel system]] || War colony; jointly settled with [[Yanme'e]] || Uneasy peace ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Clearidas}}
|colspan="5"; align="center"|'''Other'''
|Unknown, presumed active
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Do You Feel Lucky?}}
|[[Pegasi Delta]] || [[51 Pegasi system]] || Home to a starship fuel refinery and staging area || ||
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}}
|[[Zhoist]] || [[Buta system]] || Relic World || ||
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Gorgon}}
|[[Ealen IV]] || [[Ealen system]] || || ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Iwo Jima}}
|[[Kostroda]] || [[Mis'Fah system]] || [[Assembly Forges|Assembly Forge]] || ||
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Jericho}}
|[[Sephune III]] || [[Sephune System]] || || ||
|Heavily damaged
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Lancelot}}
|[[Unidentified moon (Headhunters)|Unidentified moon]] || || || ||
|Unknown, presumed destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Las Vegas}}
|[[K7-49]] || || || ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Majestic}}
|[[Ansket IV]] || [[Ansket system]] || || ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Minotaur}}
|[[Okal'supen]] || || Fortress world || ||
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Persephone}}
|[[Otraak]] || || || ||
|Unknown, presumed destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Resolute}}
|[[Song of Victory]] || || || ||
|Unknown
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Seattle}}
|[[Strilun IV]] || [[Strilun system]] || || ||
|Moderately damaged
|-
|-
|[[UNSC Tharsis (Reach)|UNSC ''Tharsis'']]
|[[Tuluk'katho]] || || || ||
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Thermopylae}}
|[[Ulumari]] || || || ||
|Moderately damaged
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Virginia Capes}}
|Destroyed
|}
|}
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<div class="tabbox"><div class="tab">Frigates</div>
====[[UNSC frigate|Frigates]]====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!scope="col"|Class
!scope="col"|Ship Name
!scope="col"|Status
|-
|rowspan="1"|{{Class|Anlace|frigate}}
|{{UNSCShip|Anlace}}
|Unknown
|-
|rowspan="6"|{{Class|Charon|light frigate}}
|{{UNSCShip|Aegis Fate}}
|Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Bellerophon}}
|Captured by [[Insurrectionist]]s, renamed ''Bellicose''.
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Charon}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Chioglossa}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}
|Destroyed
|-
|''[[Unidentified UNSC frigate (Algolis)|Unidentified UNSC frigate]]''
|Unknown
|-
|rowspan="8"|{{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}
|{{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}}
|Decommissioned, in process of being scrapped during [[Fall of Reach]].
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Cascadia}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Grafton}}
|Destroyed over Reach
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Paris}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Promise of Dawn}}
|Destroyed on [[Sephune III]].
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Saratoga}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Savannah}}
|Destroyed over Reach
|-
|rowspan="1"|{{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}}
|{{UNSCShip|Strident}}
|Unknown
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}}
|{{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Meriwether Lewis}}
|Probably Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}}
|Heavily Damaged
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Stalwart Dawn}}
|Unknown
|-
|rowspan="17"|Unknown
|[[AC-54]]
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Allegiance}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Buenos Aires}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Burlington}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Euphrates}}
|Presumed destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Fair Weather}}
|Destroyed
|-
|[[FFG-045]]
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Plateau}}
|Likely destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Providence}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Purpose}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Ready or Not}}
|Presumed Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Redoubtable}}
|Presumed Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Swift Justice}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Tannenberg}}
|Presumed Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Tripping Light}}
|Decommissioned
|}
</div>
<div class="tabbox"><div class="tab">Prowlers</div>
====[[UNSC prowler|Prowlers]]====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!scope="col"|Class
!scope="col"|Ship Name
!scope="col"|Status
|-
|rowspan="1"|{{Class|Eclipse|prowler}}
|{{UNSCShip|Eclipse}}
|Unknown
|-
|rowspan="5"|{{Class|Razor|prowler}}
|{{UNSCShip|Black Widow}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Ghost Flag}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Ghost Song}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Razor's Edge}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Starry Night}}
|Unknown
|-
|rowspan="5"|{{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}}
|{{UNSCShip|Aladdin}}
|Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Dusk}}
|Unknown, likely active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Port Stanley}}
|Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Sahara}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Silent Joe}}
|Unknown, likely active
|-
|rowspan="4"|{{Class|Winter|prowler}}
|[[ONI Acrisius|ONI ''Acrisius'']]
|Abandoned on [[Meridian]]. Likely destroyed or inoperable.
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Fast Gus}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|From the Ashes}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Winter}}
|Unknown
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Class|Point Blank|Stealth Cruiser}}
|{{UNSCShip|Point Blank}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}}
|Unknown
|-
|[[UNSC stealth cruiser|Stealth Cruiser]]
|{{UNSCShip|Point of No Return}}
|Active
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Unidentified prowler class]]
|{{UNSCShip|Circumference}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Red Horse}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|rowspan="17"|Unknown
|{{UNSCShip|Apocalypso}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Applebee}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Athens}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Edge of Umbra}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Ghost Star}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Ghost Wind}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Hush Now}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Lark}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Last Gleaming}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Night Watch}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Quiet Death}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Quiet Man}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Rubicon}}
|Crashed on [[Geranos-a]]
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Taurokado}}
|Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Tokyo Rules}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Wink of an Eye}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|}
</div>
<div class="tabbox"><div class="tab">Corvettes</div>
====[[UNSC Corvette|Corvettes]]====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"|Class
! scope="col"|Ship Name
! scope="col"|Status
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Class|Gladius|corvette}}
|{{UNSCShip|Gladius}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Sagan Blue}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|rowspan="1"|Fast-attack Corvette
|{{UNSCShip|Two for Flinching}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|rowspan="6"|Unknown
|{{UNSCShip|Bum Rush}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Callisto}}
|Unknown, presumed Scrapped
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Chalons}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Coral Sea}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Pony Express}}
|Unknown, presumed Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Glamorgan}}
|Active
|}
</div>
<div class="tabbox"><div class="tab">Colony ships</div>
====Colony Ships====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"|Class
! scope="col"|Ship Name
! scope="col"|Status
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Class|Phoenix|colony ship}}
|{{UNSCShip|Phoenix}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Skidbladnir}}
|Scrapped in colonization of [[Harvest]]
|}
</div>
<div class="tabbox"><div class="tab">Cargo/Transportation</div>
====Cargo and Transportation Ships====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"|Class
! scope="col"|Ship Name
! scope="col"|Status
|-
|rowspan="2"|Ammunition Ship
|{{UNSCShip|Diadochi}}
|Crashed on what became [[Partition]]
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Taulanti}}
|Attacked in [[2553]]. Unknown status after
|-
|[[Unidentified civilian cargo ship|Cargo ship]]
|{{UNSCShip|Dartmouth}}
|Destroyed
|-
|rowspan="2"|Cargo Freighter
|{{UNSCShip|Onan}}
|Unknown
|-
|''[[Mona Lisa]]''
|Converted to a prison transport, Destroyed
|-
|Diplomatic Shuttle
|''[[Han]]''
|Unknown
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[UNSC passenger schooner]]
|{{UNSCShip|Donoma}}
|Boarded and destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Santori}}
|Unknown
|-
|Unknown
|{{UNSCShip|Nereid}}
|Likely destroyed
|}
</div>
<div class="tabbox"><div class="tab">Other</div>
====Other Ships====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"|Class
! scope="col"|Ship Name
! scope="col"|Status
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Class|Chiroptera|Stealth Vessel}}
|''[[Beatrice]]''
|Decommissioned, later destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Chiroptera}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{Class|Vindication|light battleship}}
|{{UNSCShip|Vindication}}
|Unknown
|-
|rowspan="2"|Auxiliary Vessel
|{{UNSCShip|Belleisle}}
|Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Dunedin}}
|Active
|-
|Exploration
|{{UNSCShip|Gannick}}
|Unknown, likely settled on [[Gannick 22]]
|-
|[[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] Prospecting Vessel
|''[[Long Time Coming]]''
|Destroyed
|-
|[[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[Sloop]]
|{{UNSCShip|Walk of Shame}}
|Unknown, presumed active
|-
|Patrol Ship
|{{UNSCShip|Ariadne}}
|Destroyed over Venezia
|-
|Surveying Shuttle
|{{UNSCShip|Iceni}}
|Active
|-
|Science Vessel
|{{UNSCShip|Hilbert}}
|Destroyed
|-
|Stealth Ship
|{{UNSCShip|Silberg}}
|Unknown
|-
|Shuttle Pod
|''[[Coda]]''
|Destroyed
|-
|rowspan="44"|Unknown
|{{UNSCShip|Abstract Endurance}}
|Unknown, [[Ship Director]] defected to [[Created]].
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Accra}}
|Destroyed over Bliss
|-
|[[UNSC Agincourt (Ghosts of Onyx)|UNSC ''Agincourt'']]
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Armstrong}}
|Heavily damaged
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Austerlitz}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Basra}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Battle of Minden}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Belfast}}
|Destroyed over Arcadia
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Brilliant Shores}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Bunker Hill}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Burden of Proof}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Buteo's Talon}}
|Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Campo Grande}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Chevalier}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Compton-Hall}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Dark Was the Night}}
|Crashed on [[Losing Hand]], some crew recovered
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Eminent Domain}}
|Destroyed over [[Draetheus V]]
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Excellence}}
|Destroyed over Harvest
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Final Summit}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Glasgow}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Herald}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Hermes II}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Lance Held High}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Lowrentz}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Maelstrom}}
|Destroyed over Harvest
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Melbourne's Pride}}
|Unknown. Ship Director defected to Created.
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Midway}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Of Uncommon Courage}}
|Destroyed over Beat Gabriel
|-
|[[ONI PRO-49776]]
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Pompadour}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Resolute Harmony}}
|Unknown. Ship Director defected to Created.
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Rochester}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Sacramento}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Sentry of El Morro}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Sevenfold Gates}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Texas}}
|Destroyed over Arcadia
|-
|[[UNSC Tharsis (Harvest)|UNSC ''Tharsis'']]
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Troy}}
|Destroyed
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Verdant Sumerian}}
|Unknown. Ship Director defected to Created.
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Vociferous}}
|Unknown
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Waterloo}}
|Destroyed over Harvest
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Welcome to the Snipehunt}}
|Active
|-
|{{UNSCShip|Witch Bucket}}
|Unknown
|}
</div>
<div class="tabbox"><div class="tab">Non-Canon</div>
===Non-Canon===
*{{UNSCShip|Andraste}}
</div></div>


==Gallery==
==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==
===Concept art===
===Silver Timeline===
<gallery widths="150" spacing="small">
{{Main|Silver Timeline}}
File:HW2C-Space.jpg|Concept art of a space combat mode for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', featuring several UNSC starships.
{{Notice/Silver}}
</gallery>
*Aspero
===Overview===
 
<gallery widths="150" spacing="small">
==Notes==
File:HM-Infinity.png|Several types of UNSC starships in orbit.
{{Ref/Notes}}
File:BootCamp - Reach.png|A number of UNSC starships in orbit of Reach.
 
File:HM-PoA-escape.jpg|The UNSC ''Pillar of Autumn'' fleeing through a debris field of UNSC starships over Reach.
==Sources==
File:HFB-ClassicUNSC.jpg|The UNSC starship line-up for ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''.
{{Ref/Sources}}
File:HFB-EpochPOA&Paris.jpg|A {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}}, {{Class|Epoch|heavy carrier}}, and several {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}s.
 
File:H2A Terminals - Camber holograph.jpg|Several UNSC starships in orbit over [[Camber]].
[[Category:Covenant worlds]]
File:Battle of Sigma Octanus 4.jpeg|Numerous UNSC ships fighting Covenant over [[Sigma Octanus IV]].
[[Category:Sangheili culture]]
File:Mac.jpg|Several ''Charon''-class light frigates at the [[Battle of Voi]].
 
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=Ancestor ships=
The [[Ancestors]] produced several different ship classes of varying sizes
<gallery>
File:H4-Terminal-Human-ShipDesigns.jpg|Turnarounds of various Ancestor ships.
File:H4-Terminal-Forthencho-Fleet.jpg|Ancestor ships in use.
</gallery>
</gallery>
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=I love bees=
==character locations==
*[[Jersey Morelli]] and [[Janissary James]] - New Jersey
**Chapter 9 mentions Kamal needing to head to New Jersey. This is in reference to having to go meet Jersey Morelli. This is reiterated in Chapter 10 with Kamal being told that a driver at [[Jerry's Diner]] (possibly in Pittsburgh) will take him to New Jersey. When Kamal and Jersey meet, Jersey makes a sarcastic remark about heading to Atlantic City. When Jersey meets Rani in Boston in Chapter 10, he has NYC on his bags, something that Rani notices immediately. Also, he has an NYC accent something that Jersey himself mentions. As for Janissary, Jersey and Janissary live in the same building as mentioned in Chapter 1. Also when Durga brings up the emergency call it is for Bergen County, New Jersey which is on the western banks of the Hudson in the NYC area.
*[[Rani Sobeck]] - Boston, Kentucky, and Washington DC
**Sarah and Rani talk about leaving Boston in Chapter 10.


==Sources==
==other info==
<references/>
*Chapter 9, public health law requires people to be tested for intestinal TB if they are exposed to it. Testing costs money
{{Human Ships}}
*Chapter 10, people not from Earth referred to as colonial. Jersey turned 18 in June of that year.
[[Category:United Nations Space Command ships]]
[[Category:Human Ships]]
[[Category:UNSC Vehicles]]

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Many countless worlds would fall under the control of the Covenant[1] in a "Covenant sphere".[2][3] The base worlds established by the Sangheili were considered the Covenant's primary worlds.[4]

With each species added to the alliance, so too were their worlds on top of new worlds being settled and the subsuming of certain Forerunner installations.[4] Various physical materials from each of the incorporated species' homeworlds were used in the Skin of the First Worlds, itself a component of High Charity.[5]

As the Created came to control many of these worlds, only echoes of the empire remain.[6]

History

Pre-Great Purification

Main article: Human-San'Shyuum alliance

The Forerunners built numerous facilities on various other Covenant worlds including the Guardian Custode support areas on Sanghelios,[7] a portal to Sarcophagus from Hesduros,[8] and a facility in the Y'Deio system.[9] They also maintained facilities on other worlds that they Covenant would subsume such as Zhoist.[10]

Artwork of the War of Beginnings
The Sangheili colony of Ulgethon was a major battlefield during the War of Beginnings.

The Former Age

Main articles: The Former Age, Age of Abandonment

Following the Great Purification, an unknown complication occurred and the Forerunner starship Anodyne Spirit crashed onto the surface of Janjur Qom.[11][12][13] This would invariably lead to the War of Wills, where two factions would fight over control of the ship.

Several hundred years before the Covenant,[14] the Sangheili colonized dozens of worlds which ranged from thriving population hubs to frontier worlds with only a handful of pioneer keeps.[15] Qikost and Suban, the moons of Sanghelios, were among the first colonized, with the Sangheili setting up armories on Qikost[16] and mines on Suban.[17] The Age of Seven Worlds appears to have started about the time of or after the colonization of the seventh world.[18] Interstellar Sangheili colonies included Glyke,[1] Hesduros,[19] Codisfold,[20] and Ulgethon.[21] The 76th explored world was Creck.[16] These collective worlds were bound by blood and belief over any centralized authority.[14]

It was on one such colony world, Ulgethon, that the Sangheili first encountered the San'Shyuum thus commencing the War of Beginnings.[22] Fighting in the war would take place on other Sangheili colonies[16] such as Codisfold.[23] The Dreadnought which was in possession of the San'Shyuum at the time, would cause untold destruction on several Sangheili worlds.[24] Battling in the war would even reached Sanghelios itself.

High Charity under construction over Tuluk'katho.

Covenant era

Early era

Following the War of Beginnings, Sanghelios would be the capital of the Covenant until High Charity was completed.[25] The remaining Sangheili colonies became some of the primary worlds for the Covenant.[4] A few of these worlds would be given an alternate name by the Prophets. Glyke would be 'blessed' with the name "Sphere of Praise"[1] while Hesduros would be referred to as "Silent Homage" by San'Shyuum scientists.[19] The signing of the Writ of Union would however lead to the Rending which would take place at several points in Covenant space including Sanghelios.[26] It would also lead to the settlement and destruction of The Refuge. At roughly the same, the Covenant would undertake a secret mission to Janjur Qom.

The homeworld of the Covenant,[27] High Charity began construction in 851 BCE over Sanghelios.[26] Construction of the station would continue over Tuluk'katho and eventually completed in 791 BCE.[24] In 648 BCE, the San'Shyuum would claim that their cradle world would be destroyed by stellar collapse.[28][29][9]

Incorporation and expansion

A Covenant fleet arrives over Balaho.
Balaho is discovered and occupied by the Covenant.

The Yanme'e species had at some point progressed in technology to the point of allowing them interplanetary travel and the colonization of two of their homeworld's moons.[30] In 1112, the Covenant discovered Palamok and would incorporate the species after warring with them for a time.[9] Following this, Sangheili and Yanme'e Queens would settle Malurok together.[31]

For several years prior to 1342, the Kig-Yar would wage war against the Covenant.[32] Eayn would subsequently be folded into the Covenant. The gas giant in which it orbited would eventually become the only known Covenant controlled world to humanity prior to first contact.[33][34]

In 2142, Balaho and the Unggoy species were discovered by the Covenant subsequently brought under their authority.[35] Balaho would eventually become a backwater in Covenant space with most shipping routes avoiding it.[34]

In at least one case, the Covenant wiped out an unidentified civilisation on the planet Karava[36] and settled the world afterward.[37]

In 2462, the Unggoy Rebellion began. In a play to end the conflict, the Covenant would end up glassing part of Balaho.[38][35]

The Jiralhanae had managed to achieve spaceflight and established colonies within the Oth Sonin system.[39] Shortly prior to 2492, Doisac suffered a nuclear war known as the Great Immolation. In 2492, the Covenant would find and quickly incorporate Doisac and the Jiralhanae into the Covenant.[40] Since then, the San'Shyuum settled Jiralhanae on resource-rich worlds to guard them against anyone seeking to claim them for themselves;[41] mostly ambitious members of the other client species.[42]

At some point following 2492, but before 2531, new tithes were implemented by High Charity. In response, a series of heretical uprisings took place on various Covenant worlds. Avitus would be sent to quell these rebellions.[43]

Alpha Company Spartan-IIIs fighting on K7-49 during Operation: PROMETHEUS.
Operation: PROMETHEUS on K7-49.

War of Annihilation

Main article: Human-Covenant War

Early in the War of Annihilation, the UNSC counterattacked the invading Covenant and struck at Zhoist. This would result in the regional capital of the Ring of Mighty Abundance being destroyed,[44] along with UNSC Nuclear weapons destroying two out of the Ten Cities of Edification.[45]

The UNSC would make further attempts to strike Covenant-controlled worlds. In 2537, SPARTAN-III Alpha Company was deployed to asteroid K7-49 in order to disrupt Covenant operations there. While they succeeded, 300 SPARTAN-IIIs were killed in the process.[46] A similar action would be repeated at Pegasi Delta in 2545 with Operation: TORPEDO. While also a victory, it would cost the lives of 298 SPARTAN-IIIs of Beta Company.[47]

At some point during the war, Linda-058 was deployed to the world of Odenli'sh to assassinate a San'Shyuum missonary.[48]

As well, in 2552, the Office of Naval Intelligence had made a breakthrough and learned the locations of several Covenant worlds including Sanghelios and Glyke. With this knowledge, when Condition Endgame was declared at the Battle for Earth, Operation: SUNSPEAR began resulting in Gray Team being deployed to Covenant space.[49]

During the Great Schism, the world Joyous Exultation would act as a rallying point for the Sangheili.[1] A NOVA bomb was detonated there by accident resulting in a quarter of the world being vaporized and its moon shattering.[50] Most of the San'shyuum governors of worlds joined the rest of the species on their mass exodus during the Great Schism.[51]

Postwar

Main articles: Sangheili-Jiralhanae war, Blooding Years
The Banished raiding Kostroda.[52]

Just days after a tentative peace treaty was formed between the group that would become the Swords of Sanghelios and the UEG, the Sangheili colony of Glyke was mysteriously destroyed, killing billions. Rumors had it that the colony's destruction was either an internal conflict or a Jiralhanae retaliation, but in truth it was destroyed by SPARTAN-II Gray Team with a NOVA bomb as part of Operation: SUNSPEAR, an effort to strike a blow at a major enemy world to try to cause the Covenant to reconsider. Having last heard that Earth was under attack, Gray Team were unaware of the war's end due to damaged deep-space communications equipment and thus that their mission was no longer necessary.[49]

The destruction of High Charity would lead to the former Covenant's worlds going into disarray with many of each species returned to their respective homeworlds[6] including the Yanme'e.[53] Sangheili soldiers returned to Sanghelios to find feuding and civil unrest.[54]

After the dissolution of the Covenant and the exodus of the local San'Shyuum governors,[51] many of the Covenant worlds fell into the control of various factions such as Sephune III ending up under Jul 'Mdama's Covenant,[55] or Otraak under the Banished.[56] Some worlds were contested between species and governments,[37] while Joint Occupation Zones were established between the Unified Earth Government and the Swords of Sanghelios to allow colonies to be administrated by multiple species.[57]

The various Sangheili colonies fell into internecine conflict[58] such as on Malurok.[59] These conflicts would see many Rwaru-pattern carracks pulled into military service, which would cripple much of the interstellar commerce binding the Sangheili worlds together.[60] Sangheili colonies also had to contend with raids and other fighting with the Jiralhanae.[41][2][61] Similarly, Jiralhanae worlds also became embroiled in internecine conflict as rival clans fought each other for a number of reasons including land.[6] The worlds placed under Jiralhanae control would be used leverage against humanity and other members of the Covenant, though many of the dominant master-packs lacked the knowledge to fully exploit the worlds.[42]

In contrast, the Kig-Yar interplanetary colonies and Balaho remained stable though Buwan was abandoned.[58]

Just prior to the Created uprising, Doisac and its moons had become a base of operations for most pirates in the Orion Arm. At the same time, independent packs were consolidating under the Banished.[62]

Created uprising

Main article: Created uprising
Pre-production concept art of a Guardian Custode on Sanghelios, made canon on page 195 of the Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition).
A Guardian Custode over Sanghelios.[6]

As the Created uprising began to take shape in 2558, a global war started on Sanghelios.[63] With the onset of the Cortana Event, Sanghelios was directly hit by Guardian Custodes[64] and despite proximity, Suban suffered minimal damage.[65] The immediate loss of communications and disruption of logistics would inhibit previously ongoing independence movements on Qikost.[66]

The Cortana Event did not affect the Urs system alone. Created forces would end up occupying Malurok, prompting a detente among the warring parties on the world.[59]

Balaho sided with the Created, meaning no Guardian was sent to the world.[67] Old factories were reactivated and supplies from the Created were shipped to the planet.[68] A skirmish would break out on the planet between various forces of the UEG and Unggoy on the planet.[67]

Doisac was hit quite hard, being completely destroyed by a fleet of Guardians on the direct orders of Cortana.[69] The exploding debris of the planet would obliterate the moon of Soirapt, and heavily damaged the moons of Teash and Warial. A large amount of survivors from Teash managed to resettle on the colonies of Gathved, Ordun Dal, and Savadok.[70] The news of this action would reach the Sangheili on Sanghelios three days later, around the time of the High Gathering.[71]

Post-Created domination

With the end of the Created conflict and the rise of the Banished, many Sangheili worlds waited to get direction from Sanghelios.[14] However, the debilitated security situation in Urs saw several factions make claims on the moon of Suban.[65]

Government and politics

Administration

Interstellar

Collectively, the non-cradle worlds of the Covenant were referred to as "tithe worlds"[1][15] and described as protectorates.[72] Worlds employed with military planning and production were known as "fortress worlds."[73] The fortress worlds would often be patrolled by Ekesan-pattern heavy transports[74] and vast urban areas would require transport in vehicles such as the Iqnucekk-pattern transports, Maravelotz-pattern transports, and Khaulio-pattern administrators.[75] Overall, these key fortress and stronghold worlds served as key proxies for High Charity in administering the empire.[76]

Spread throughout the empire were regional capital sites known as harborages; city-ships and command-and-control centers. From them, the Prophets could be broadcasted, Covenant starships could be resupplied, and Forerunner artifacts safeguarded. As well, each inhabited system was given a Coordination platform and garrison overseen by the Ministry of Concert. Smaller platforms were placed in strategic locations.[44]

The High Council was responsible for the administration of these interstellar territories, assigning tithes and levies, and allocating resources across the numerous member worlds.[77] San'Shyuum governors handled administrative duties on a local scale.[51] Worlds had their own emissaries, some of which would be sent to High Charity.[5] Trade between these worlds appeared to have been handled by more local authorities as Ghe 'Talot's clan would supply production materials to Kolaar Manufactorum on Sanghelios.[78]

Known worlds to the Covenant had information recorded to the Covenant World Registry.[79] On some stellar charts, systems can be given a scarlet colored border, which means "Forbidden".[80]

Planetside

Covenant planets had considerable autonomy in running their own affairs.[44]

Sangheili
The State of Vadam on Sanghelios
Vadam on Sanghelios.

Sangheili planets are run in a style similar to feudal manorialism. Multiple Sangheili clans, known as Keeps, ally together and are led by a single Kaidon who controls the surrounding territory. Smaller Sangheili colonies are often governed by only a handful of keeps, which control the entirety of the world's resources. On larger worlds like Sanghelios, hundreds of keeps vie for power and influence using politics and military force.[54][14]

After the fall of the Covenant, some keeps have transformed into military sects.[14]

-confusion in the meaning of keep

Jiralhanae

Doisac was largely controlled by two skeins, or master-packs.[61] Several of their other settled worlds were controlled by master-packs.[42] Despite being settled on numerous resource worlds by the San'Shyuum, the Jiralhanae lacked the ability to mine the resources themselves.[41][42]

Kig-Yar

For the Kig-Yar, and in the case of Eayn specifically, it is ruled by an alliance of arch-matriarchs[81] with pseudo-governments on the world being ochlocracies and Luck egalitarianism forming the base of justice systems.[82] Some of these pseudo-governments ruled over full continents of the world such as with the continents of Ruuht and Ah'lomet.[83]

Fringe

Main article: Covenant fringe

Most of the Fringe species were relegated to their homeworld or remote locations and most often locally administered by San'Shyuum executors and a cortege of Kig-Yar enforcers.[84] Fringe space would be protected by Covenant fleets such as the Fleet of Recalcitrant Ire.[85]

Scale

The Covenant occupied hundreds of worlds,[5] though the Covenant would often leave a world untouched unless it offered particular treasures both religious and practical.[4] These worlds were based primarily out of the Orion Arm.[27][86][87][Note 1] A few of these worlds like Strilun IV[88] and Ealen IV[41] were near human occupied space. The space between Covenant space and human space was referred to as "wild space".[72]

The Covenant fringe's worlds were scattered around the Orion Arm.[89]

Sangheili

Around the time of the War of Beginnings, 76 worlds were explored by the Sangheili.[16] By the time of the Post-Covenant War conflicts, there was a primary "complex"[90] or "core sphere"[2] of Sangheili worlds. The total amount of Sangheili worlds was equivalent to that of humanity's colonies.[91] There was also a "Sangheili frontier"[61] and a region of space known to the Sangheili called the Out Sectors.[92]

List of known worlds

Post-Great Purification

Name System Role Status Source
Sangheili
Hesduros Aspero system War colony
Creck Baelion system
Rahnelo Bosthra system Frontier world
Duraan Duraan's red dwarf star
Saepon'kal Salia system Fortress world Destroyed by a NOVA bomb;
Glyke Keskus system Civilian world Destroyed in the wake of the Human-Covenant War by Gray Team;
Sanghelios Urs system Sangheili cradle world
Qikost Urs system
Suban Urs system
Unidentified moon Urs system
The Refuge Ussan system Under Ussan control
Feldokra Zethro'Kal system Fortress world
Aru'spaw
Bhedalon Fortress World devastated during the Great Schism [93]
Codisfold Ringed world and battleground during War of Beginnings
Eshin
Eudolaan
Karava Independent colony
Khael'mothka Frontier colony
Anvarl Attacked, unknown status
Ulgethon Reliquary Destroyed during the War of Beginnings
Whispering Trees Independent colony
Om'a'Varo Emauzs system Frontier world Still being colonized as of 2559.
Kig-Yar
Eayn Y'Deio system Kig-Yar homeworld
Dal'koth Y'Deio system
T'vao Y'Deio system T'vaoan asteroid homeworld
Valyanop
Muloqt
Kaelarot
Jiralhanae
Doisac Oth Sonin system Jiralhanae homeworld Destroyed by the Created
Teash Oth Sonin system
Warial Oth Sonin system
Gathved
Ordun Dal
Savadok
Odenli'sh
Yanme'e
Palamok Napret system Yanme'e homeworld
Ka'amoti Napret system
Oquiu Napret system
Lekgolo
Rantu Svir system
Rentus Svir system
Unggoy
Balaho Tala system
Buwan Tala system
San'Shyuum
Janjur Qom Qom Yaekesh system San'Shyuum cradle world Purportedly destroyed by stellar collapse
Fringe
Reme Dazreme cradle world
Yonhe Yonhet cradle world
Jointly settled
Rak Holdhorne system Jointly settled world with Humans
Sarcophagus Zeta Doradus system Under joint UEG and Swords of Sanghelios control
Malurok Greaw-Jomel system War colony; jointly settled with Yanme'e Uneasy peace
Other
Pegasi Delta 51 Pegasi system Home to a starship fuel refinery and staging area
Zhoist Buta system Relic World
Ealen IV Ealen system
Kostroda Mis'Fah system Assembly Forge
Sephune III Sephune System
Unidentified moon
K7-49
Ansket IV Ansket system
Okal'supen Fortress world
Otraak
Song of Victory
Strilun IV Strilun system
Tuluk'katho
Ulumari

Non-canon and dubious canon appearances

Silver Timeline

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  • Aspero

Notes

  1. ^ The Halo Waypoint article for the Covenant claims that the empire "dominated much of the galaxy". However, most sources (including Halo: Warfleet and several Waypoint articles) agree that the Covenant Empire was based out in the Orion Arm.

Sources

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  4. ^ a b c d Halo Waypoint - Universe, Factions, Covenant (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [local archive] [external archive]
  5. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 227
  6. ^ a b c d Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 194-195
  7. ^ Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level Alliance
  8. ^ Halo: The Thursday War, page 398-399
  9. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 192
  10. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 26
  11. ^ Halo Waypoint - Universe, Characters, Mendicant Bias (Retrieved on Oct 30, 2021) [local archive] [external archive]
  12. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 27
  13. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 384-385
  14. ^ a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 198-199
  15. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 234
  16. ^ a b c d Halo: Broken Circle, chapter 1
  17. ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 128
  18. ^ Halo: Outcasts, chapter 6
  19. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 235
  20. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 258
  21. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 191
  22. ^ Halo 2: Anniversary, Terminal 5
  23. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 258
  24. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 226
  25. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 229
  26. ^ a b Halo: Broken Circle, chapter 1
  27. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 188-189
  28. ^ Bestiarum
  29. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 113
  30. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 205
  31. ^ Halo: Warfleet, page 55
  32. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 206
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  60. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 270
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  62. ^ Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual, page 90
  63. ^ Halo: Legacy of Onyx, chapter 21
  64. ^ Halo: Bad Blood, chapter 1
  65. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 230
  66. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 231
  67. ^ a b Halo: Bad Blood, chapter 3-4
  68. ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Driving Force
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  71. ^ Halo: Outcasts, chapter 1
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  87. ^ Halo Waypoint - Universe, Species, San'Shyuum (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [local archive] [external archive]
  88. ^ Bungie.net, Bungie Weekly Update 01/11/08: "It’s on an alien world discovered and controlled by the Covenant. It’s location is secret, but it is in this spiral arm of the Galaxy. Close to human occupied space. If you look through the glass floors of the Covenant structures, you’ll see Forerunner artifacts buried beneath the ice." (Retrieved on Jan 30, 2021) [archive]
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  90. ^ Halo: Hunters in the Dark, page 87 (Google Play edition)
  91. ^ Halo: Outcasts, chapter 12
  92. ^ Halo: Outcasts, chapter 2
  93. ^ Halo: Legacy of Onyx, chapter 8

Ancestor ships

The Ancestors produced several different ship classes of varying sizes

  • Turnarounds of various Ancestor ships.

    Turnarounds of various Ancestor ships.

  • Ancestor ships in use.

    Ancestor ships in use.

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character locations

  • Jersey Morelli and Janissary James - New Jersey
    • Chapter 9 mentions Kamal needing to head to New Jersey. This is in reference to having to go meet Jersey Morelli. This is reiterated in Chapter 10 with Kamal being told that a driver at Jerry's Diner (possibly in Pittsburgh) will take him to New Jersey. When Kamal and Jersey meet, Jersey makes a sarcastic remark about heading to Atlantic City. When Jersey meets Rani in Boston in Chapter 10, he has NYC on his bags, something that Rani notices immediately. Also, he has an NYC accent something that Jersey himself mentions. As for Janissary, Jersey and Janissary live in the same building as mentioned in Chapter 1. Also when Durga brings up the emergency call it is for Bergen County, New Jersey which is on the western banks of the Hudson in the NYC area.
  • Rani Sobeck - Boston, Kentucky, and Washington DC
    • Sarah and Rani talk about leaving Boston in Chapter 10.

other info

  • Chapter 9, public health law requires people to be tested for intestinal TB if they are exposed to it. Testing costs money
  • Chapter 10, people not from Earth referred to as colonial. Jersey turned 18 in June of that year.
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