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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Founding=== | ===Founding=== | ||
The Outer Colonies were colonized and founded by the [[Unified Earth Government]] mostly over the course of the 25th century, following [[human]]ity's first wave of extrasolar colonization between [[2362]] and [[2390]].<ref name="enc43">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''pages 43-45'' (2011)</ref> The settlement of [[Alluvion]] in [[2412]] is generally considered the start of the Outer Colonies.{{Ref/Novel|HO|Chapter=9}} Unlike the inhabitants of the [[Inner Colonies]] who had been selected from [[Earth]]'s "best and the brightest", the recruiting standards for the Outer Colonials were far more varied. Due to the colonization contractors' main interests being in valuable resource rights rather than having the best personnel, some Outer Colony settlers were selected from pardoned law-breakers, while others were illegally conscripted. In addition, some colonists used their own means, legal or illegal, to transport to the distant colonies in order to escape Earth's control. All of these factors led the colonists having no particular loyalties to Earth.<ref name="history">'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''pages 428-429''</ref> | The Outer Colonies were colonized and founded by the [[Unified Earth Government]] mostly over the course of the 25th century, following [[human]]ity's first wave of extrasolar colonization between [[2362]] and [[2390]].<ref name="enc43">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe]]''', ''pages 43-45'' (2011)</ref> The settlement of [[Alluvion]] in [[2412]] is generally considered the start of the Outer Colonies.{{Ref/Novel|HO|Chapter=9}} Unlike the inhabitants of the [[Inner Colonies]] who had been selected from [[Earth]]'s "best and the brightest", the recruiting standards for the Outer Colonials were far more varied. Due to the colonization contractors' main interests being in valuable resource rights rather than having the best personnel, some Outer Colony settlers were selected from pardoned law-breakers, while others were illegally conscripted. In addition, some colonists used their own means, legal or illegal, to transport to the distant colonies in order to escape Earth's control. All of these factors led the colonists having no particular loyalties to Earth.<ref name="history">'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''pages 428-429''</ref> | ||
The Outer Colonials' resentment of UEG control often manifested as various forms of civil disobedience, such as refusal to pay taxes or living in illegal settlements outside the government's [[surveillance grid]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "[[Pariah]]", ''pages 13-14''</ref> It was also common for Outer Colony citizens to avoid registering births and deaths to [[Colonial Administration Authority]] databases; as such, there was no complete gene registry of Outer Colony inhabitants. However, these registrations were not mandatory, as the UNSC suspected it would have further agitated the Outer Colonials.<ref name="oc">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 82''</ref> Most Outer Colony citizens, however, took advantage of the benefits offered to them by the CAA, including the free [[Outer Colony vaccination program]], which was secretly used to catalog children's DNA. This program was later used in drawing suitable recruits for both the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] and [[SPARTAN-III program]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|oc}}<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''', ''February 15, 2511''</ref> While the Outer Colonials were often reluctant to trust the UEG's [[United Nations Space Command]], the [[Colonial Military Administration]] was significantly more accepted after the organization was forced to make the Outer Colonies its province after the UNSC continued to encroach on the CMA's powers in the Inner Colonies.<ref name="ENC68">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''pages 68-69'' (2011)</ref> | The Outer Colonials' resentment of UEG control often manifested as various forms of civil disobedience, such as refusal to pay taxes or living in illegal settlements outside the government's [[surveillance grid]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "[[Pariah]]", ''pages 13-14''</ref> It was also common for Outer Colony citizens to avoid registering births and deaths to [[Colonial Administration Authority]] databases; as such, there was no complete gene registry of Outer Colony inhabitants. However, these registrations were not mandatory, as the UNSC suspected it would have further agitated the Outer Colonials.<ref name="oc">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 82''</ref> Most Outer Colony citizens, however, took advantage of the benefits offered to them by the CAA, including the free [[Outer Colony vaccination program]], which was secretly used to catalog children's DNA. This program was later used in drawing suitable recruits for both the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] and [[SPARTAN-III program]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|oc}}<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''', ''February 15, 2511''</ref> While the Outer Colonials were often reluctant to trust the UEG's [[United Nations Space Command]], the [[Colonial Military Administration]] was significantly more accepted after the organization was forced to make the Outer Colonies its province after the UNSC continued to encroach on the CMA's powers in the Inner Colonies.<ref name="ENC68">'''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe''', ''pages 68-69'' (2011)</ref> | ||
===Insurrection=== | ===Insurrection=== | ||
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[[File:Harvest Plasma Glassed.jpg|thumb|250px|Harvest, the first Outer Colony to be glassed by the Covenant.]] | [[File:Harvest Plasma Glassed.jpg|thumb|250px|Harvest, the first Outer Colony to be glassed by the Covenant.]] | ||
{{Quote|Many of you may have come from Outer Colonies. Colonies that fell to the alien Covenant while the UNSC took their time to enact methods of dealing with the aliens. Colonies that you know were not as well protected as they could have been, because the UNSC's loyalties are to Earth first, the Inner Colonies next, and the Outer Colonies last.|[[Maria Esquival]] of [[the Rubble]]<ref name="hcp206">'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 206''</ref>}} | {{Quote|Many of you may have come from Outer Colonies. Colonies that fell to the alien Covenant while the UNSC took their time to enact methods of dealing with the aliens. Colonies that you know were not as well protected as they could have been, because the UNSC's loyalties are to Earth first, the Inner Colonies next, and the Outer Colonies last.|[[Maria Esquival]] of [[the Rubble]]<ref name="hcp206">'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 206''</ref>}} | ||
Beginning in [[2525]], [[Harvest]] was the first Outer Colony and human world to [[First Battle of Harvest|fall]] to the [[Covenant]]'s genocidal wrath.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 96-98'' (2003); ''pages 118-120'' (2010)</ref> The technologically superior alien empire succeeded in pushing its way through the Outer Colonies, [[glassing]] the human worlds in its path. Vice Admiral [[Preston Cole]] mounted a defense in the Outer Colonies against the Covenant; despite his tactical prowess in [[space warfare]], the Covenant still proved to be unstoppable. By [[2535]], with the [[Battle of Jericho VII|destruction]] of [[Jericho VII]], most Outer Colonies had been lost.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 205'' (2011)</ref> In the same year, Cole had established the [[Cole Protocol]] that forbade human vessels from retreating directly to a human-occupied system after an encounter with the Covenant, to prevent leading the Covenant to other colonies.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 159'' (2010)</ref> Some Outer Colonists were displeased with how long it had taken for such a protocol to be established, as many Outer Colonies had been destroyed by the time of its creation.{{Ref/Reuse|hcp206}}<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 131''</ref> Meanwhile, the war had finally moved closer towards the Inner Colonies. The Inner Colonies that were located around the border between the Outer and Inner Colonies soon became staging points for the UNSC.<ref name="hcp26">'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 26-31''</ref> | Beginning in [[2525]], [[Harvest]] was the first Outer Colony and human world to [[First Battle of Harvest|fall]] to the [[Covenant]]'s genocidal wrath.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 96-98'' (2003); ''pages 118-120'' (2010)</ref> The technologically superior alien empire succeeded in pushing its way through the Outer Colonies, [[glassing]] the human worlds in its path. Vice Admiral [[Preston Cole]] mounted a defense in the Outer Colonies against the Covenant; despite his tactical prowess in [[space warfare]], the Covenant still proved to be unstoppable. By [[2535]], with the [[Battle of Jericho VII|destruction]] of [[Jericho VII]], most Outer Colonies had been lost.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe''', ''page 205'' (2011)</ref> In the same year, Cole had established the [[Cole Protocol]] that forbade human vessels from retreating directly to a human-occupied system after an encounter with the Covenant, to prevent leading the Covenant to other colonies.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 159'' (2010)</ref> Some Outer Colonists were displeased with how long it had taken for such a protocol to be established, as many Outer Colonies had been destroyed by the time of its creation.{{Ref/Reuse|hcp206}}<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 131''</ref> Meanwhile, the war had finally moved closer towards the Inner Colonies. The Inner Colonies that were located around the border between the Outer and Inner Colonies soon became staging points for the UNSC.<ref name="hcp26">'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 26-31''</ref> | ||
With the destruction of most of the Outer Colonies, whom the Inner Colonies had relied on for resources, the Inner Colonies were forced to begin extracting their own resources. Open fields and even forests on Inner Colonies, such as [[Chi Rho]], were converted into farmland to allow the colonies to produce their own food supplies, in an attempt to stave off the food shortages experienced due to the loss of the Outer Colonies. Inner Colonies also saw an influx of [[asylum seeker]]s fleeing the Outer Colonies, which led to the establishment of [[Wikipedia:Tent city|tent cities]].{{Ref/Reuse|hcp26}} In [[2543]], there was a brief pause in Covenant activity in the Outer Colonies. Soon, the empire renewed its efforts and began eliminating the remaining Outer Colonies, while invading the Inner Colonies.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 483''</ref> By [[2552]], though some Outer Colonies still remained in UNSC hands, most were small and rather insignificant worlds. The significant colonies still under UNSC control lived in constant fear of Covenant invasion. | With the destruction of most of the Outer Colonies, whom the Inner Colonies had relied on for resources, the Inner Colonies were forced to begin extracting their own resources. Open fields and even forests on Inner Colonies, such as [[Chi Rho]], were converted into farmland to allow the colonies to produce their own food supplies, in an attempt to stave off the food shortages experienced due to the loss of the Outer Colonies. Inner Colonies also saw an influx of [[asylum seeker]]s fleeing the Outer Colonies, which led to the establishment of [[Wikipedia:Tent city|tent cities]].{{Ref/Reuse|hcp26}} In [[2543]], there was a brief pause in Covenant activity in the Outer Colonies. Soon, the empire renewed its efforts and began eliminating the remaining Outer Colonies, while invading the Inner Colonies.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 483''</ref> By [[2552]], though some Outer Colonies still remained in UNSC hands, most were small and rather insignificant worlds. The significant colonies still under UNSC control lived in constant fear of Covenant invasion. | ||