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==Primary factions== | ==Primary factions== | ||
In the Halo | In the Halo universe, there are lots of players, factions, political groups, races, planets and species. The main factions are as follows: | ||
===United Nations Space Command=== | ===United Nations Space Command=== | ||
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In the 26th century, most of humanity is ruled by the [[United Nations Space Command]] (UNSC). As most of the [[canon]] material from the Halo universe is from the ongoing war we see the future mainly through the eyes of the UNSC's military arm called the [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force]] (UNSCDF). During the events of ''Halo 2'' and ''Halo 3'', the UNSCDF [[Battle of Earth|fought]] the Covenant over [[Earth]] in a last-ditch attempt to protect the human race. The events of ''Halo: Reach'' are fought defending the planet [[Reach]], the UNSC's military headquarters. | In the 26th century, most of humanity is ruled by the [[United Nations Space Command]] (UNSC). As most of the [[canon]] material from the Halo universe is from the ongoing war we see the future mainly through the eyes of the UNSC's military arm called the [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force]] (UNSCDF). During the events of ''Halo 2'' and ''Halo 3'', the UNSCDF [[Battle of Earth|fought]] the Covenant over [[Earth]] in a last-ditch attempt to protect the human race. The events of ''Halo: Reach'' are fought defending the planet [[Reach]], the UNSC's military headquarters. | ||
The UNSC was formed by the [[United Nations]] | The UNSC was formed by the [[United Nations]] when overpopulation on Earth and conflict in the Sol System started becoming a severe problem in the early 22nd century. In the wake of the conflicts in the 2160's, the UNSC became the military and space exploratory arm of the newly-established [[Unified Earth Government]] (UEG). Due to the emergence of the Covenant threat, the UNSC has been given power over the UEG and its colonial governing agency, [[Colonial Administration Authority]]. | ||
Run by [[HIGHCOM]], the UNSC is Earth's premiere defense against the Covenant. The Navy houses the divisions of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] (including the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]), the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] (ONI), and the fleet. Originally designed to keep the peace between neighboring planets and star systems, when certain [[Insurrectionist|rebellious factions]] began to present a problem in the late 2490s, the UNSC was forced to police its colonies to keep privateers and [[Space piracy|pirates]] from raiding them. | Run by [[HIGHCOM]], the UNSC is Earth's premiere defense against the Covenant. The Navy houses the divisions of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] (including the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]), the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] (ONI), and the fleet. Originally designed to keep the peace between neighboring planets and star systems, when certain [[Insurrectionist|rebellious factions]] began to present a problem in the late 2490s, the UNSC was forced to police its colonies to keep privateers and [[Space piracy|pirates]] from raiding them. | ||
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{{Main|History of the Covenant}} | {{Main|History of the Covenant}} | ||
Dozens of millennia after the disappearance of the Forerunners, two original species of the Covenant, the San 'Shyuum and the Sangheili, spent years locked in a bitter war over the control of the remains of the Forerunners. The Prophets wished to use the technology to search and explore the galaxy, but the Elites believed such usage to be a desecration of their holy artifacts. As the devastating war ravaged both species, the Elites saw that the only way for them to win was to do the exact thing they opposed; use their own Forerunner technology to adapt and befit their vessels. Eventually, the two species formed an alliance which was formalized with the [[Writ of Union]]. Over the following centuries, many species would be absorbed under the power of the Covenant hegemony. | Dozens of millennia after the disappearance of the Forerunners, two original species of the Covenant, the San 'Shyuum and the Sangheili, spent years locked in a bitter war over the control of the remains of the Forerunners. The Prophets wished to use the technology to search and explore the galaxy, but the Elites believed such usage to be a desecration of their holy artifacts. As the devastating war ravaged both species, the Elites saw that the only way for them to win was to do the exact thing they opposed; use their own Forerunner technology to adapt and befit their vessels. Eventually, the two species formed an alliance which was formalized with the [[Writ of Union]]. Over the following centuries, many species would be absorbed under the power of the Covenant hegemony. | ||
===Origin of the UNSC=== | ===Origin of the UNSC=== | ||
{{Main|History of the UNSC}} | {{Main|History of the UNSC}} | ||
In the late 21st and early 22nd centuries, humanity colonized several worlds in the [[Sol System]], including [[Luna|Earth's moon]], [[Mars]], the [[Jovian Moons]], and several [[asteroid]]s. In the years [[2160|2160-2200]], various [[National government|governments]] and factions fought for control of Earth and its first colonies. As overpopulation and unrest on Earth mounted, new political movements formed including the Jovian [[Frieden]] and [[Koslovics]] led by [[Vladimir Koslov]], resurgences of [[fascism]] and neo-[[communism]] which waged the [[Interplanetary War|Interplanetary]], [[Rain Forest Wars]] and [[Argyre Planitia Campaign|Mars]] clashes and were defeated by the victorious United Nations Space Command | In the late 21st and early 22nd centuries, humanity colonized several worlds in the [[Sol System]], including [[Luna|Earth's moon]], [[Mars]], the [[Jovian Moons]], and several [[asteroid]]s. In the years [[2160|2160-2200]], various [[National government|governments]] and factions fought for control of Earth and its first colonies. As overpopulation and unrest on Earth mounted, new political movements formed including the Jovian [[Frieden]] and [[Koslovics]] led by [[Vladimir Koslov]], resurgences of [[fascism]] and neo-[[communism]] which waged the [[Interplanetary War|Interplanetary]], [[Rain Forest Wars]] and [[Argyre Planitia Campaign|Mars]] clashes and were defeated by the victorious United Nations Space Command. The Unified Earth Government was established following the conflicts, emerging as the rulers of most of humanity who now faced the problem of overpopulation, famine and economic instability caused by the wars. | ||
In the late 23rd century, humanity developed the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], a device which enabled faster-than-light travel through a domain of alternate space-time known as [[slipstream space]]. The first extrasolar colony ships went on to colonize worlds in nearby systems within the next decades. The [[Inner Colonies]], as they later came to be known, would be considered the elite, in contrast to the more remote and less wealthy [[Outer Colonies]], formed over the course of the 2400's. | |||
In the 2490's, with over 800 settled worlds across the [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy, humanity's "Golden Age" of expansion was coming to an end. Gradually, the Outer Colonies had became more isolated and unstable. Their populations had widely varying loyalties to Earth, and taxes and trade restrictions set up by the UEG's colonial governing agencies caused dissent against the Earth government. This eventually led to the [[Insurrection]], an undeclared civil war between the UNSC and the various [[Insurrectionist|rebel groups]] that rose up against it in the Outer Colonies. | |||
===Insurrection and the SPARTAN-II Project=== | ===Insurrection and the SPARTAN-II Project=== | ||
{{Main|Insurrection|SPARTAN Program|Halo: The Fall of Reach}} | {{Main|Insurrection|SPARTAN Program|Halo: The Fall of Reach}} | ||
[[File:Blueteam.jpg|thumb|Super-soldiers, clad in MJOLNIR armor, of the SPARTAN-II Project]] | [[File:Blueteam.jpg|thumb|Super-soldiers, clad in MJOLNIR armor, of the SPARTAN-II Project]] | ||
By [[2517]], the UNSC was facing extremely low morale due to [[Space piracy|piracy]] and the ongoing Insurrection. In order to remove the rebellion without a significant sacrifice of human life, [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] decided to move forward with the [[SPARTAN-II]] project. 75 physically and mentally gifted children were abducted and replaced by flash-clones, and drafted into the UNSC. The children went through rigorous training and physical augmentations. Code-named SPARTANs, these genetically enhanced troopers were trained from the age of six into a life of battle, and would become a great asset against the Covenant.<ref name="TFoR">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref> | |||
===The Human-Covenant War begins=== | ===The Human-Covenant War begins=== | ||