Human-Covenant War: Difference between revisions
The war was already over before March 2553 accordin to Halo: Evolutions.
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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, tactics (debatably), 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, tactics (debatably), 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 conflict was closely connected with, and the cause of, the [[Covenant Civil War]], both of which resulted in the final defeat of the Covenant Loyalists and [[Flood | The conflict was closely connected with, and the cause of, the [[Covenant Civil War]], both of which resulted in the final defeat of the Covenant Loyalists and [[Flood]]. The war was incredibly costly to both sides, with over twenty-three billion humans and likely hundreds of millions (potentially billions) of Covenant killed during the hostilities and further heavy casualties during the Flood plague. The war ultimately lasted for a total of twenty-eight years. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
===Declaration of War (2525)=== | ===Declaration of War (2525)=== | ||