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'''[[Insurrectionists]]''' | '''[[Insurrectionists]]''' | ||
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'''[[Forerunner constructs | '''[[Sentinel|Forerunner constructs]]'''<ref group="notes">'''Allied''' with UNSC/Fleet of Retribution '''only''' during the 1st half of the Battle of Installation 04 (UNSC only), Battle of Installation 05 and Battle of the Ark. Elsewhere and excluding these battles, Forerunner constructs were '''hostile''' to the UNSC/Fleet of Retribution' (including during the 2nd half of the Battle of installation 04 (UNSC only), Battle of Shield World 0459 (UNSC only), Battle of Onyx (UNSC only) and the Raid on Installation 04B). However, Forerunner constructs were '''hostile''' to both Flood and Covenant forces throughout the entire war.</ref> | ||
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*Governor [[Jacob Jiles]]† | *Governor [[Jacob Jiles]]† | ||
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*[[343 Guilty Spark]]† | *[[343 Guilty Spark]]† | ||
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{{Quote|Your destruction is the will of the Gods... and we are their instrument.|The Covenant's declaration of war.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 98'' (2001)</ref>}} | {{Quote|Your destruction is the will of the Gods... and we are their instrument.|The Covenant's declaration of war.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 98'' (2001)</ref>}} | ||
The '''Human-Covenant War''',<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Flood (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref> also known as the '''Covenant War''',<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''pages 19, 74, 75, 92, 95, 98, 105, 112, 113, 120''</ref><ref>'''Halo Waypoint''': [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/headhunters-1/c3d2dcb3-ac3d-4771-a270-e55e33ae118b ''Headhunters'' Part 1], [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 ''Hero - Courage'']</ref><ref name="title" group="notes">The name "Covenant War" is most often used by media from [[343 Industries]]. However, the less common "Human-Covenant War" is more descriptive and is therefore used by ''Halopedia''.</ref> the '''Human-Covenant Conflict''',<ref>'''[[Halo: New Blood]]''', ''page 5'' (Google Play edition)</ref> and the '''Great War''',<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''' (2010), ''[[Petra]]''</ref> was a major interstellar conflict pitting [[humanity]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant]] during the mid-26<sup>th</sup> century between [[2525#February|February 11, 2525]] and [[2553|March 3, 2553]]. There were two additional factions sporadically involved in the conflict: the [[Flood]] and a small number of surviving [[Forerunner constructs | The '''Human-Covenant War''',<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Flood (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref> also known as the '''Covenant War''',<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''pages 19, 74, 75, 92, 95, 98, 105, 112, 113, 120''</ref><ref>'''Halo Waypoint''': [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/headhunters-1/c3d2dcb3-ac3d-4771-a270-e55e33ae118b ''Headhunters'' Part 1], [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 ''Hero - Courage'']</ref><ref name="title" group="notes">The name "Covenant War" is most often used by media from [[343 Industries]]. However, the less common "Human-Covenant War" is more descriptive and is therefore used by ''Halopedia''.</ref> the '''Human-Covenant Conflict''',<ref>'''[[Halo: New Blood]]''', ''page 5'' (Google Play edition)</ref> and the '''Great War''',<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''' (2010), ''[[Petra]]''</ref> was a major interstellar conflict pitting [[humanity]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant]] during the mid-26<sup>th</sup> century between [[2525#February|February 11, 2525]] and [[2553|March 3, 2553]]. There were two additional factions sporadically involved in the conflict: the [[Flood]] and a small number of surviving [[Sentinel|Forerunner constructs]]. Both factions proved to be invaluable to the efforts of humanity, as the information taken from Forerunner constructs and the Flood invasion of ''[[High Charity]]'' were helpful in [[Great Schism|splitting the Covenant apart]] in November 2552. | ||
The war was instigated by the Covenant whose [[Hierarchs|High Prophets]] made a discovery which led them to believe that humans were directly related to the Forerunners, contradicting their ancient religion. Seeking to keep various political and religious orders intact, a war of genocide was declared against the human race. Over the next few decades the Covenant with superior firepower, numbers and technology, would repeatedly overpower the UNSC across hundreds of worlds, including heavily defended strongholds such as [[Reach]] and even [[Earth]]. Humanity would win only scattered and costly victories. | The war was instigated by the Covenant whose [[Hierarchs|High Prophets]] made a discovery which led them to believe that humans were directly related to the Forerunners, contradicting their ancient religion. Seeking to keep various political and religious orders intact, a war of genocide was declared against the human race. Over the next few decades the Covenant with superior firepower, numbers and technology, would repeatedly overpower the UNSC across hundreds of worlds, including heavily defended strongholds such as [[Reach]] and even [[Earth]]. Humanity would win only scattered and costly victories. | ||
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====Battle of Onyx==== | ====Battle of Onyx==== | ||
[[File:Ghosts of Onyx Cover.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[SPARTAN Program|SPARTANs]] at the [[Battle of Onyx]].]] | [[File:Ghosts of Onyx Cover.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[SPARTAN Program|SPARTANs]] at the [[Battle of Onyx]].]] | ||
Long before the events around Halo, the classified UNSC colony of [[Onyx]] had been designated the headquarters and training ground for the SPARTAN-III Program. However, the UNSC had no idea that the planet was in fact a huge [[Forerunner constructs | Long before the events around Halo, the classified UNSC colony of [[Onyx]] had been designated the headquarters and training ground for the SPARTAN-III Program. However, the UNSC had no idea that the planet was in fact a huge [[Sentinel|Forerunner constructs]], integral to the [[Halo Array]], and containing trillions of [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 377-378''</ref> After John-117's destruction of Alpha Halo, the Sentinels were roused by the disruption of the Halo network and the portal leading into the [[Sharpened Shield|Shield World]] at the planet's core began to close. At this time, a small group of SPARTAN-IIIs were training in a top honors exercise on the surface. After the humans failed to exchange the proper counter-responses, the Sentinels relabelled the [[Reclaimer]]s as an "aboriginal subspecies" and began to exterminate them.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 133''</ref> Led by [[Kurt-051]], the SPARTAN-IIIs fought a guerrilla war against the Sentinels until Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] arrived on Onyx and explained the wider situation. Knowing that the Forerunner technology buried in Onyx's core could turn the tide of the war for humanity, Halsey used Forerunner technology to send a message to [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Sir Terrence Hood]], requesting reinforcements. Hood deployed [[Blue Team]] to Onyx, who stole [[Bloodied Spirit|a Covenant destroyer]] to reach the planet in time.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 221''</ref> | ||
Meanwhile, a [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Sangheili faction]] under the leadership of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] deployed a fleet to Onyx to claim the "sacred relics" for their fight against the Jiralhanae. Xytan would not live to hear of the results of this mission, as he and the majority of his fleet were annihilated by a UNSC [[NOVA bomb]] recovered from Reach.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 244-245''</ref> After Blue Team made landfall, [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]]'s fleet arrived at Onyx, taking down hundreds of orbiting Sentinels before discovering the UNSC forces in the recently-uncovered Forerunner city below. 'Mantakree personally led the Covenant forces on the surface, before a [[Patterson's battle group|UNSC battlegroup]] arrived and used tactical skill and indirect help from the Sentinels to destroy the majority of the Sangheili fleet before being wiped out by reinforcements from [[Joyous Exultation]], with only [[UNSC Dusk|one ship]] escaping.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 333''</ref> | Meanwhile, a [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Sangheili faction]] under the leadership of [[Imperial Admiral]] [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] deployed a fleet to Onyx to claim the "sacred relics" for their fight against the Jiralhanae. Xytan would not live to hear of the results of this mission, as he and the majority of his fleet were annihilated by a UNSC [[NOVA bomb]] recovered from Reach.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 244-245''</ref> After Blue Team made landfall, [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]]'s fleet arrived at Onyx, taking down hundreds of orbiting Sentinels before discovering the UNSC forces in the recently-uncovered Forerunner city below. 'Mantakree personally led the Covenant forces on the surface, before a [[Patterson's battle group|UNSC battlegroup]] arrived and used tactical skill and indirect help from the Sentinels to destroy the majority of the Sangheili fleet before being wiped out by reinforcements from [[Joyous Exultation]], with only [[UNSC Dusk|one ship]] escaping.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 333''</ref> | ||