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*[[Second | *[[Second human-Covenant war]] | ||
|image=[[File:Human-Covenant War composite.png|400px]]<sup>Clockwise from top left: the UNSC responds to a Covenant invasion of a UEG colony world, [[Fleet of Righteous Vigilance|a Covenant fleet]] glasses [[Kholo]], the UNSC, Covenant and the [[Flood]] battle on [[Installation 04]], the [[Battle of Installation 00|war's final battle at the Ark]], the [[Battle of Earth]], and the ''Pillar of Autumn'' fleeing from the [[Fall of Reach]].</sup> | |image=[[File:Human-Covenant War composite.png|400px]]<sup>Clockwise from top left: the UNSC responds to a Covenant invasion of a UEG colony world, [[Fleet of Righteous Vigilance|a Covenant fleet]] glasses [[Kholo]], the UNSC, Covenant and the [[Flood]] battle on [[Installation 04]], the [[Battle of Installation 00|war's final battle at the Ark]], the [[Battle of Earth]], and the ''Pillar of Autumn'' fleeing from the [[Fall of Reach]].</sup> | ||
|date=February 11, [[2525]]<ref>[[First Battle of Harvest]]</ref> – February 2553 <small>(informal ceasefire)</small><ref name="ceasefire">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''pages 358-361''</ref> <br/> *[[2553#March|March 3, 2553]] <small>(official cessation of hostilities)</small><ref name="Dr. Iqbal">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal]]''</ref> | |date=February 11, [[2525]]<ref>[[First Battle of Harvest]]</ref> – February 2553 <small>(informal ceasefire)</small><ref name="ceasefire">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''pages 358-361''</ref> <br/> *[[2553#March|March 3, 2553]] <small>(official cessation of hostilities)</small><ref name="Dr. Iqbal">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal]]''</ref> | ||
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The conflict was also the cause of the [[Great Schism]] within the Covenant. Forced to fight a war on two fronts, the formerly monolithic empire was torn apart. While the [[Battle of Installation 00|deciding battle]] of the war was fought on [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]],<ref name="fortitude">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herofortitude/bfe5038b-314a-4f17-a6be-f7613e0e3788 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Hero-Fortitude'']</ref> an informal ceasefire was not agreed upon until [[2553#February|February 2553]].<ref name="ceasefire"/> The official cessation of hostilities was declared on [[2553#March|March 3, 2553]].<ref name="Dr. Iqbal"/> The war was incredibly costly to both sides, with over twenty-three billion humans and billions of Covenant killed during the hostilities. An outbreak of the virulent parasite known as the Flood almost consumed both factions near the war's end. The conflict lasted for a total of twenty-eight years. | The conflict was also the cause of the [[Great Schism]] within the Covenant. Forced to fight a war on two fronts, the formerly monolithic empire was torn apart. While the [[Battle of Installation 00|deciding battle]] of the war was fought on [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]],<ref name="fortitude">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herofortitude/bfe5038b-314a-4f17-a6be-f7613e0e3788 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Hero-Fortitude'']</ref> an informal ceasefire was not agreed upon until [[2553#February|February 2553]].<ref name="ceasefire"/> The official cessation of hostilities was declared on [[2553#March|March 3, 2553]].<ref name="Dr. Iqbal"/> The war was incredibly costly to both sides, with over twenty-three billion humans and billions of Covenant killed during the hostilities. An outbreak of the virulent parasite known as the Flood almost consumed both factions near the war's end. The conflict lasted for a total of twenty-eight years. | ||
After the ceasefire was declared, the Great Schism continued as late as [[2559]], albeit with a greatly diminished scope and scale.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''The Return''</ref> Concurrent to this, the Sangheili species fell into [[Sangheili civil war|civil war]], as did the Jiralhanae. [[Shipmaster]] [[Jul 'Mdama]] manipulated the disarray following the war to [[Covenant remnant|reform the Covenant]] in 2553. This reborn Covenant would eventually spark a [[Second | After the ceasefire was declared, the Great Schism continued as late as [[2559]], albeit with a greatly diminished scope and scale.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''The Return''</ref> Concurrent to this, the Sangheili species fell into [[Sangheili civil war|civil war]], as did the Jiralhanae. [[Shipmaster]] [[Jul 'Mdama]] manipulated the disarray following the war to [[Covenant remnant|reform the Covenant]] in 2553. This reborn Covenant would eventually spark a [[Second human-Covenant war|new war with humanity]] that would be fought at least through [[2558|February 2558]].<ref name="Reed">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/06/03/Halo-Initiation-Writer-Interview.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo Initiation Writer Interview''] ''("Experience a new war with the Covenant ...")''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
