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{{Main|United Nations Space Command}} | {{Main|United Nations Space Command}} | ||
Prior to first contact with the [[Covenant]] at [[Harvest]], the Unified Earth Government kept no foreign relations, with the exception of battles against [[Insurrectionists]] on rebellious colonies, whose independence the UEG did not recognize.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref> As of [[2553]], the UEG maintains its earlier truce with | Prior to first contact with the [[Covenant]] at [[Harvest]], the Unified Earth Government kept no foreign relations, with the exception of battles against [[Insurrectionists]] on rebellious colonies, whose independence the UEG did not recognize.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref> As of [[2553]], the UEG maintains its earlier truce with [[Thel 'Vadam's Covenant faction]], which serves as the diplomatic face of the Sangheili as a whole, under the leadership of [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]. By [[2558]], [[Rear Admiral]] [[Horatio Temkin]] was in charge of the diplomatic relations to [[Sanghelios]].<ref name="HE5">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue #5''</ref> However, tensions remain as the UEG must again deal with elements of the weakened Insurrectionist movement, with worlds like [[Venezia]] actively seeking to secede.<ref>''Halo: Glasslands''</ref> | ||
The United Nations Space Command is the UEG's primary military, exploratory, and scientific arm. The military arm, known as the [[UNSC Defense Force]], is intended to protect innocent colonists and colony worlds from attack by [[piracy|pirates]], [[Insurrectionist]]s and other threats, such as the Covenant. It includes various [[UNSC Special Forces|special forces]], and [[Colonial Militia|militia]] organizations, but is mainly comprised of the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]] and [[UNSC Army|Army]]. The UNSC also maintains a number of scientific organizations, among them [[UNSC Astrophysics]],<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 138''</ref> while the [[UNSC Engineering Corps]] is devoted to surveying viable planets for colonization or [[terraforming]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 123''</ref> | The United Nations Space Command is the UEG's primary military, exploratory, and scientific arm. The military arm, known as the [[UNSC Defense Force]], is intended to protect innocent colonists and colony worlds from attack by [[piracy|pirates]], [[Insurrectionist]]s and other threats, such as the Covenant. It includes various [[UNSC Special Forces|special forces]], and [[Colonial Militia|militia]] organizations, but is mainly comprised of the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]] and [[UNSC Army|Army]]. The UNSC also maintains a number of scientific organizations, among them [[UNSC Astrophysics]],<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 138''</ref> while the [[UNSC Engineering Corps]] is devoted to surveying viable planets for colonization or [[terraforming]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 123''</ref> | ||