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'''2526''' was a year in the 2520s in the 26th century.


*'''March 1''': [[Preston Cole]]'s [[Battle Group X-Ray|fleet]] reaches [[Harvest]] and the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] begins. It is a [[human]] victory, but at an enormous cost. However, the Covenant also claim victory and celebrate through fasting and prayer. The [[Prophet of Regret]] televises the executions of "those who failed their duty" at the battle. The Covenant would return to Harvest later in the year, and the UNSC would respond. This led to a five-year long series of engagements on the planet, known by the UNSC as the [[Harvest Campaign]].
==Events==
*'''March 10''': The [[WINTER CONTINGENCY]] protocol is enacted by the UNSC.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=intel&cid=27030 '''Bungie.net''': ''CAA FACTBOOK/UNSC Operational Reports-Γ'']</ref>
===January===
*'''October 21''': The [[Battle of Alpha Aurigae]] takes place in the [[Alpha Aurigae System]].
'''January 17'''
*The [[Committee of Minds for Security]] analyzes the Covenant's [[glassing]] capabilities based on recorded data from prior engagements.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 10|Data pad 10]]''</ref> They also discuss changing the primary focus of the [[UNSC Special Forces]], with the protection of infrastructure, previously the main focus of the SPARTAN-IIs, being shifted to the ODSTs.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 11|Data pad 11]]''</ref> Later in the year, the Committee discusses the possibility of a hypothetical Covenant counterpart to the Assembly and the possibility of contacting it.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 12|Data pad 12]]''</ref>
*At 0930 hours, [[Chris Preston]], undergoing medical rehabilitation on board a [[refit station]], records a message for [[David Dominguez]]'s parents recounting his sacrifice in securing [[Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet]]s during the evacuation of [[Harvest]].{{Ref/Generic|Id=Unspoken|Heading=[[Become]]|Subheading=[[UNSC Archives]]|Detail=[[Unspoken]]}}
 
===February===
'''February 13'''
*Between 0153 and 0314 hours; while surveying the [[Outer Colonies|outer colony]] planet [[Bliss]], the {{UNSCShip|Accra}} encountered a Covenant ships before being destroyed,{{Ref/Game|Id=HRLEHJRTAI|HR|Part=Halo: Reach Limited Edition|PartText=Limited Edition|Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail="The Accra Incident"}} starting the [[Battle of Bliss]], and the [[glassing]] of the planet.{{Ref/Game|Id=HRLEHJINBD|HR|Part=Halo: Reach Limited Edition|PartText=Limited Edition|Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail=Intersystem News "Bliss Decimated"}}
'''February 19'''
*Following it's recovery by the {{UNSCShip|Prophecy}}, the ''Accra''s voyage data recorder is accessed and the final event logs are made into a document called the "The Accra Incident".{{Ref/Reuse|HRLEHJRTAI}}
 
'''February 24'''
*Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] makes an entry in her [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal|personal journal]] in which she ponders the nature of the [[Covenant]] and the relationships between its client species.{{Ref/Game|Id=HRLEHL2526February|HR|Part=Halo: Reach Limited Edition|PartText=Limited Edition|What=Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail=February 24, 2526}}
 
===March===
'''March 1'''
*[[Preston Cole]]'s [[Battle Group X-Ray]] reaches [[Harvest]] and the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] begins, achieving a Pyrrhic victory. However, the Covenant also claim victory and celebrate through fasting and prayer. The [[Prophet of Regret]] broadcasts the executions of "those who failed their duty" in the battle. The Covenant return to Harvest later in the year, leading to a [[Harvest campaign|five-year campaign]] for control of the planet.
'''March 4'''
*The {{class|Razor|prowler}} {{UNSCShip|Starry Night}} covertly observes the [[Covenant frigate|frigate]] ''[[Radiant Arrow]]'' and its complement of {{Pattern|Elsedda|Banshee}}s at the planet [[Netherop]].<ref name="HSS1">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref>
'''March 5'''
*Twelve [[Spartan-II]]s of [[Blue Team|Blue]], [[Green Team|Green]], and [[Gold Team]]s [[Skirmish over Netherop|infiltrate]] the ''Radiant Arrow'' in high equatorial orbit over Netherop.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS3}}<ref name="HSS9">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 9''</ref> The [[frigate]] is intentionally scuttled by its [[shipmaster]] but all [[Spartans]] make it off in time.<ref name="HSS3">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref><ref name="HSS4">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref>
'''March 7'''
*[[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]] meets with [[Admiral]]s [[Preston Cole]] and [[Michael Stanforth]] and Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] aboard the {{UNSCShip|Everest}} and agrees to be recruited for [[Operation: SILENT STORM]].{{Ref/Reuse|HSS4}}
'''March 8'''
*The particulars of Operation: SILENT STORM are formalized aboard the {{class|Point Blank|prowler}} {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}}.<ref name="HSS5">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 5''</ref>
'''March 10'''
*The [[WINTER CONTINGENCY (protocol)|WINTER CONTINGENCY]] protocol is enacted by the UNSC.{{Ref/Site|Id=HBNPROAssaultRifle|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=intel&cid=27030|Site=Halo.Bungie.Net|Section=Project, Halo: Reach, Intel, CAA Factbook|Page=Operational Reports-Γ|D=25|M=10|Y=2020|LocalArchive=}}
'''March 23'''
*Insurrectionists bomb civilian spaceport in [[Troisi City]], [[Lodestone]].<ref name="fudp1">'''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''', ''Part 1''</ref>
'''March 26'''
*The [[Jiralhanae]] [[Pavium]] is born on [[Doisac]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P457|Enc22|Page=457}}
 
===April===
'''April 2'''
*UNSC forces working with ONI agents prevent an attack on [[New Harmony (city)|New Harmony]], [[Mars]]. Two Insurrectionists, [[Christina Rice]] and [[James McCann]], were disguised as [[UNSC Army|Army]] specialists and were stealing weapons for a possible attack.{{Ref/Reuse|fudp1}}
'''April 6'''
*At 9:15+0 MMT; [[Intersystem News]] reported on the Battle of Bliss.{{Ref/Reuse|HRLEHJINBD}}
'''April 15'''
*The [[Battle of Zhoist]] takes place, ending with the UNSC destroying several Covenant assets on [[Zhoist]], incluying the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]], ''[[Hammer of Faith|a]]'' [[Covenant carrier|Covenant supercarrier]], and two of the [[Ten Cities of Edification]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=oblv5|Oblv|Chapter=5}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=ssepi|SS|Chapter=Epilogue}}
'''April 26'''
*The [[Battle of Circinius IV]] takes place: the Covenant launch an assault on [[Circinius IV]], killing almost the entire human population of the planet. [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]] is deployed to retrieve survivors from [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]]; only four cadets from [[Hastati Squad]] remain alive after the initial assault, three of whom make it to the extraction point and evacuate as the planet is glassed.<ref>'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn'''</ref>{{Ref/Twitter|Id=TwitterHaloTIH2526April|Halo|327936966106693632|Halo|Y=2013|M=4|D=27|Quote=#TodayInHalo 04/26/2526 - Circinius-IV is attacked by the Covenant, forcing the evacuation of the planet.}}
'''April 28'''
*Vice Admiral [[Michael Stanforth]] requested for the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to repurpose all assets to aid the war against the Covenant and to refocus all research on wartime strategy.{{Ref/Game|Id=HRLEHL2526April|HR|Part=Halo: Reach Limited Edition|PartText=Limited Edition|What=Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail=April 28, 2526}}
 
===May===
'''May 3'''
*Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] devises a new matrix strata with random-access couplers that could theoretically expand an AI's lifespan. Those protocols are authorized by Vice Admiral Michael Stanforth some time later.{{Ref/Game|Id=HRLEHL2526May|HR|Part=Halo: Reach Limited Edition|PartText=Limited Edition|What=Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail=May 3, 2526}}
'''May 30'''
*The [[Battle of Mesra]] takes place as the Covenant invade the Outer colony of [[Mesra]] in the [[Qusdar system]] with the intent of capturing its vast mining infrastructure; Admiral [[Preston Cole]] launches a counteroffensive in a bid to wipe out the invaders, led by Spartan [[Blue Team]].<ref name="Oblivion1">'''[[Halo: Oblivion]]''' - '''Chapter 1'''</ref>
 
===June===
'''Unknown date'''
*By June, FLEETCOM is unable to consolidate battlefield intelligence before it became inactionable, and stops trying to coordinate core strategy, granting operational autonomy to each battle group.{{Ref/Reuse|Oblivion1}}
*A [[Battle of Netherop (2526)|battle]] between the UNSC, the Covenant, and [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]]'s [[Flotilla of Unsung Piety]] takes place on Netherop. The battle would end with Nizat's forces exiled into the planet and Netherop being space-mined. Nizat's forces and stranded UNSC forces led by [[Amalea Petrov]] would fight each other for the next thirty-three years.
 
===October===
'''October 21'''
*The [[Battle of Alpha Aurigae]] takes place in the [[Alpha Aurigae system]].
 
===Unknown date===
*[[Biko]] is [[glassed]] by the [[Covenant]].
*The [[Committee of Minds for Security]] analyze the Covenant's [[glassing]] capabilities based on recorded data from prior engagements.{{Ref/Game|HR|Data pads|Data pad 10}} They also discuss changing the primary focus of the [[UNSC Special Forces]], with the protection of infrastructure, previously the main focus of the Spartan-IIs, being shifted to the ODST.{{Ref/Game|HR|Data pads|Data pad 11}} Later in the year the Committee discuss the possibility of a hypothetical Covenant counterpart to the Assembly and the possibility of contacting it.{{Ref/Game|HR|Data pads|Data pad 12}}
*The [[Type-32 Rapid Assault Vehicle]] is first observed by the UNSC.{{Ref/Site|Id=HWUVGhost|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/ghost|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Weapons|Page=Shade Turret|D=4|M=1|Y=2020|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/ghost.html}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Intersystem News Bliss.jpg
File:HWG SecondBattleOfHarvest.png
File:HWG RasusInterdictor Showdown.png
File:HSS full cover.jpg
File:CirciniusIV attacked1.jpg
File:FUD-Corbulo-Glassed.jpg
File:Oblivionart.PNG
</gallery>


==Sources==
==Sources==
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2526 was a year in the 2520s in the 26th century.

Events

January

January 17

February

February 13

February 19

  • Following it's recovery by the UNSC Prophecy, the Accras voyage data recorder is accessed and the final event logs are made into a document called the "The Accra Incident".[2]

February 24

March

March 1

March 4

March 5

March 7

March 8

March 10

March 23

March 26

April

April 2

April 6

April 15

April 26

April 28

May

May 3

  • Dr. Catherine Halsey devises a new matrix strata with random-access couplers that could theoretically expand an AI's lifespan. Those protocols are authorized by Vice Admiral Michael Stanforth some time later.[18]

May 30

June

Unknown date

  • By June, FLEETCOM is unable to consolidate battlefield intelligence before it became inactionable, and stops trying to coordinate core strategy, granting operational autonomy to each battle group.[19]
  • A battle between the UNSC, the Covenant, and Nizat 'Kvarosee's Flotilla of Unsung Piety takes place on Netherop. The battle would end with Nizat's forces exiled into the planet and Netherop being space-mined. Nizat's forces and stranded UNSC forces led by Amalea Petrov would fight each other for the next thirty-three years.

October

October 21

Unknown date

Gallery

  • Intersystem News Bliss.jpg
  • HWG SecondBattleOfHarvest.png
  • HWG RasusInterdictor Showdown.png
  • HSS full cover.jpg
  • CirciniusIV attacked1.jpg
  • FUD-Corbulo-Glassed.jpg
  • Oblivionart.PNG

Sources

  1. ^ Become - UNSC Archives: Unspoken
  2. ^ a b Halo: Reach: Limited Edition, Dr. Halsey's personal journal: "The Accra Incident"
  3. ^ a b Halo: Reach: Limited Edition, Dr. Halsey's personal journal: Intersystem News "Bliss Decimated"
  4. ^ Halo: Reach: Limited Edition, Dr. Halsey's personal journal: February 24, 2526
  5. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, Chapter 1
  6. ^ a b Halo: Silent Storm, Chapter 3
  7. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, Chapter 9
  8. ^ a b Halo: Silent Storm, Chapter 4
  9. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, Chapter 5
  10. ^ Halo.Bungie.Net - Project, Halo: Reach, Intel, CAA Factbook, Operational Reports-Γ (Retrieved on Oct 25, 2020) [archive]
  11. ^ a b Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, Part 1
  12. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 457
  13. ^ Halo: Oblivion, chapter 5
  14. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, Epilogue
  15. ^ Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
  16. ^ Twitter, Halo (@Halo): "#TodayInHalo 04/26/2526 - Circinius-IV is attacked by the Covenant, forcing the evacuation of the planet." (Retrieved on Apr 27, 2013) [archive]
  17. ^ Halo: Reach: Limited Edition, Dr. Halsey's personal journal: April 28, 2526
  18. ^ Halo: Reach: Limited Edition, Dr. Halsey's personal journal: May 3, 2526
  19. ^ a b Halo: Oblivion - Chapter 1
  20. ^ Halo: Reach, Data pad 10
  21. ^ Halo: Reach, Data pad 11
  22. ^ Halo: Reach, Data pad 12
  23. ^ Halo Waypoint - Universe, Weapons, Shade Turret (Retrieved on Jan 4, 2020) [local archive] [external archive]
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