Human-Covenant War: Difference between revisions
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|begin = February 3, [[2525]]<ref>[[First Battle of Harvest]]</ref> | |begin = February 3, [[2525]]<ref>[[First Battle of Harvest]]</ref> | ||
|end = December [[2552]] | |end = December [[2552]]<ref>[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]], ''[[From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal]]</ref>/March 3 [[2553]] (official end of hostilities.) | ||
|place = The Orion Arm of the [[Milky Way|Milky Way galaxy]] (except for the [[Battle of Installation 00]], which took place outside of the Milky Way). | |place = The Orion Arm of the [[Milky Way|Milky Way galaxy]] (except for the [[Battle of Installation 00]], which took place outside of the Milky Way). | ||
|result = [[UNSC]] Pyrrhic victory, [[Covenant Separatist]] victory<ref>''[[Believe]]'', ''[[Museum]]''</ref> | |result = [[UNSC]] Pyrrhic victory, [[Covenant Separatist]] victory<ref>''[[Believe]]'', ''[[Museum]]''</ref> | ||
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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 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. | 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 official cessation of hostilities occurred on March 3, [[2553]].<ref>[[Hillside Memorial]]</ref> 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)=== | ||
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===2553 ''(Post War)''=== | ===2553 ''(Post War)''=== | ||
====March==== | ====March==== | ||
* | *While the fighting finished in December, hostilities were not ceased officially until March, with the UNSC and their allies emerging victorious. The victors erect a [[Hillside Memorial|monument]] on a hillside near the Ark's Gateway to commemorate those fallen. Despite being listed MIA as per protocol, the UNSC widely believe John-117 to be dead. The [[Sangheili]] then depart for the return to [[Sanghelios]]. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
