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After achieving space flight, the Sangheili began travelling from [[Sanghelios]] to colonize other worlds. [[Qikost]] and [[Suban]], the moons of Sanghelios, were among the first colonized, with the Sangheili setting up armories on Qikost{{Ref/Novel|Id=HBC1|Novel=Halo: Broken Circle|Chapter=1}} and mines on Suban.<ref>''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p. 128</ref> Dozens of other worlds were colonized.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg234|Enc22|Page=234}} By the time of the [[War of Beginnings]], there were a total of seventy-six Sangheili colonies.{{Ref/Reuse|HBC1}} It was on one such world, [[Ulgethon]], that the Sangheili first encountered the San'Shyuum.<ref>''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'', [[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminal 5]]</ref> Fighting would take place on several other Sangheili colonies and even [[Battle of Sanghelios|Sanghelios itself]].

Following the War of Beginnings, the remaining Sangheili colonies became some of the primary worlds for the Covenant. [[Ages of Conversion|With each species added to the alliance]], so too were their worlds.{{Ref/Reuse|coviewaypoint}}

The Covenant as an organization would go on to settle new worlds and subsume certain Forerunner installations.{{Ref/Site|Id=coviewaypoint|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/covenant|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Universe - Covenant}} An example of this would be [[Strilun IV]].{{Ref/Site|Id=BWU|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13160|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Bungie Weekly Update 01/11/08|Quote=It’s on an alien world discovered and controlled by the Covenant. It’s location is secret, but it is in this spiral arm of the Galaxy. Close to human occupied space. If you look through the glass floors of the Covenant structures, you’ll see Forerunner artifacts buried beneath the ice.|D=30|M=01|Y=2021}} In at least one case, the Covenant wiped out an [[List of unidentified species#Karava|unidentified civilisation]] on the planet [[Karava]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p289|Enc22|Page=289}} and settled it afterward.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE5|HE|Issue=5}}

Prior to their inclusion into the Covenant,{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Contact Harvest|Page=194}} the [[Jiralhanae]] on their homeworld suffered through the [[First Immolation]], a nuclear war.

Elsewhere following the end of the war, the Sangheili who lacked a centralized government, were thrown into political turmoil, ultimately resulting in [[Blooding Years|civil war]]. While some colonies, like [[Hesduros]], would join the [[Covenant remnants]], most colonies like [[Duraan]], [[Khael'mothka]] and [[Rahnelo]] joined with Sanghelios under [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]'s new [[Swords of Sanghelios]], fighting off the other remnant groups and the [[Jiralhanae]].{{Ref/Site|Id=Catalog|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969315_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969315|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Catalog Interaction - Page 14}} The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] found it difficult to track the true extent of the Sangheili colonial sphere and the military growth present in the dozens of active Sangheili colonial polities, particularly due to their differing political structures.<ref>''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]'' - Report 2</ref>

With the onset of [[The Reclamation]] in 2558, various Covenant worlds came to be affected by the Created. Sanghelios was directly hit by [[Guardian Custode]]s{{Ref/Novel|BadB|Chapter=1}} and despite proximity, Suban suffered minimal damage.{{Ref/Book|Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)|Page=230}} The immediate loss of communications and disruption of logistics would inhibit previously ongoing independence movements on [[Qikost]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=231}}