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{{Quote|Oh, death was never an enemy of ours!<br>We laughed, knowing better men would come, and greater wars:<br>When each proud fighter brags<br>He wars on death, for lives: not men, for flags.|"[[The Next War]]"}} | {{Quote|Oh, death was never an enemy of ours!<br>We laughed, knowing better men would come, and greater wars:<br>When each proud fighter brags<br>He wars on death, for lives: not men, for flags.|"[[The Next War]]"}} | ||
The '''Human-Covenant War''', also known as '''The Great War''', was a major interstellar conflict pitting the [[Unified Earth Government]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant Empire]] during the mid-26<sup>th</sup> century between February 11, 2525 and March 3, 2553. There were two additional factions of the conflict; The [[Flood]] and a small number of surviving Forerunner constructs. Both additional factions proved to be invaluable to the efforts of humanity, as the information taken from [[Forerunner]] constructs and the Flood invasion of ''[[High_Charity_(Structure)|High Charity]]'' were helpful in [[Great Schism|splitting the Covenant apart]] in | The '''Human-Covenant War''', also known as '''The Great War''', was a major interstellar conflict pitting the [[Unified Earth Government]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant Empire]] during the mid-26<sup>th</sup> century between February 11, 2525 and March 3, 2553. There were two additional factions of the conflict; The [[Flood]] and a small number of surviving Forerunner constructs. Both additional factions proved to be invaluable to the efforts of humanity, as the information taken from [[Forerunner]] constructs and the Flood invasion of ''[[High_Charity_(Structure)|High Charity]]'' were helpful in [[Great Schism|splitting the Covenant apart]] in October of [[2552]]. | ||
The war was instigated by the Covenant, whose [[Prophet]]s discovered that humans were directly related to the [[Forerunner]]s. In order to keep the Covenant intact, war was declared against humanity. Over the next few decades, the Covenant, with superior firepower, numbers and technology, overpowered humanity on hundreds of worlds, including heavily defended strongholds such as [[Reach]]. The Humans would only win scattered and costly victories. | The war was instigated by the Covenant, whose [[Prophet]]s discovered that humans were directly related to the [[Forerunner]]s. In order to keep the Covenant intact, war was declared against humanity. Over the next few decades, the Covenant, with superior firepower, numbers and technology, overpowered humanity on hundreds of worlds, including heavily defended strongholds such as [[Reach]]. The Humans would only win scattered and costly victories. | ||