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*[[Second human-Covenant war]] | *[[Second human-Covenant war]] | ||
|image=[[File:Human-Covenant War.png|400px]]<sup>Clockwise from top left: | |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> | ||
|place=The [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]]<ref group="notes">The Human-Covenant War briefly extended outside the Milky Way galaxy for the [[Battle of Installation 00]]</ref> | |place=The [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]]<ref group="notes">The Human-Covenant War briefly extended outside the Milky Way galaxy for the [[Battle of Installation 00]]</ref> | ||
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=====Aftermath===== | =====Aftermath===== | ||
{{Quote|Decades from now, when historians evaluate the war, what will they say about us? Will they claim that our victory was ultimately fruitless? That it failed to secure a lasting peace, or worse, that it was only a prelude to far greater horrors that now lay ahead?|[[Codename: SURGEON]] prefacing the first [[Eleventh Hour reports|Eleventh Hour report]].<ref>'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''': ''Aftermath (1/5)''</ref>}} | |||
On [[2553|March 3, 2553]], a [[Voi Memorial|monument was erected on a hillside]] near the Portal to the Ark to commemorate the billions of men and women killed during the war, and [[John-117]]'s tag was included as he was presumed MIA by the UNSC, as no Spartan could be declared dead. Lord Hood shook hands with the Arbiter to signify an end to hostilities. | On [[2553|March 3, 2553]], a [[Voi Memorial|monument was erected on a hillside]] near the Portal to the Ark to commemorate the billions of men and women killed during the war, and [[John-117]]'s tag was included as he was presumed MIA by the UNSC, as no Spartan could be declared dead. Lord Hood shook hands with the Arbiter to signify an end to hostilities. | ||
The Great Schism would continue for at least another six years between Elite and Brute factions, further depleting their now crumbling infrastructure. Their blind reliance upon the sciences and technology of the Forerunners, while neglecting their own, proved a fatal weakness. The fate of the Prophets proved especially ironic, as the infestation of High Charity resulted in the near-extinction of their race, while the survivors fled to unknown space. The most destructive conflict in human history had ended in victory, but at a staggering cost. Both the UNSC and the former members of the now-broken Covenant then turned to the enormous task of rebuilding their once great societies. | The Great Schism would continue for at least another six years between Elite and Brute factions, further depleting their now crumbling infrastructure. Their blind reliance upon the sciences and technology of the Forerunners, while neglecting their own, proved a fatal weakness. The fate of the Prophets proved especially ironic, as the infestation of High Charity resulted in the near-extinction of their race, while the survivors fled to unknown space. The most destructive conflict in human history had ended in victory, but at a staggering cost. Both the UNSC and the former members of the now-broken Covenant then turned to the enormous task of rebuilding their once great societies. | ||
[[Shipmaster]] [[Jul 'Mdama]] eventually reunited some of these disparate factions and [[Covenant remnant| | However, the end of the war only provided a short period of calm for humanity, before new threats began to emerge. [[Shipmaster]] [[Jul 'Mdama]] eventually reunited some of these disparate factions and [[Covenant remnant|reformed the Covenant]]. At some point after early 2553, this new Covenant started a [[Second human-Covenant war|second war with humanity]], which later saw the involvement of reawakened [[Forerunner]] [[Promethean]]s led by the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]. This war would be fought as late as [[2558|February 2558]].<ref name="Reed"/><ref>'''Halo 4'',' ''Spartan Ops''</ref> | ||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||