2552: Difference between revisions

{{Era|H1|H2|H3|H3R|FOR|TF|FS|GOO|HGN|UP|ILB}}

{{Ratings}}

{{Nominated}}

{{Timeline}}

'''2552''' was the penultimate year in the [[Human-Covenant War]]. During which, the [[Humans]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]] nearly saw utter defeat and extinction, though the tide turned, and with the help of the [[Sangheili]], won the [[Human-Covenant war|war]]. The [[Covenant]] were at the peak of their power and reach in 2552, with major assaults on the Human Inner Colonies and two large invasions of their home planet, [[Earth]] <ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', level ''[[Cairo Station (Level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', level ''[[The Storm (Level)|The Storm]]''</ref>. During the [[Battle of Installation 04|battle]] at [[Installation 04]], the galaxy found its first large outbreak of the [[Flood]] threat in over a hundred thousand years <ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', level ''[[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|343 Guilty Spark]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', level ''[[The Library (Level)|The Library]]''</ref>. Over two months later, an even larger outbreak occurred at [[Installation 05]] <ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', level ''[[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]]''</ref>.  

'''September 20th'''

[[Image:Hpcbeachstorm 1280.jpg|200px|thumb|right|John-117 leading Marines on Installation 04.]]

*[[SPARTAN-117]] leads a [[Marine]] force to board the ''Truth and Reconciliation''. They recover Keyes and escape aboard a [[Spirit|Covenant dropship]]. Keyes orders [[SPARTAN-117]] to find the "[[Silent Cartographer]]", a map room that will reveal the location of the [[Control Room]]. Keyes leaves to lead an assault on a Covenant weapons cache.

===October===

'''October 20th'''

   

*The Dusk arrives at Earth after mere hours. Upon arrival, she is re-assigned to Battlegroup Stalingrad. The group jump to Onyx via the captured Covenant Ships Slipspace wake.

*[[Battlegroup Stalingrad]] arrives at Onyx to retrieve the survivors, but is unsuccessful due to the Covenant presence. The UNSC battlegroup is destroyed.

*Halsey and the other survivors hold off pursuing Covenant troops long enough to flee to the safety of the [[Shield World]] and seal the entrance.

*The [[Battle of Havana]] is fought. Having received Halsey's signal, [[SPARTAN-043]], [[SPARTAN-058]], and [[SPARTAN-104]] redeploy from Earth to Onyx aboard a captured Covenant ship. They rendezvous with Halsey. The UNSC survivors are forced to retreat underground as a newly arrived Covenant fleet beings landing troops.

*[[Dr. Halsey]] and [[SPARTAN-087]] arrive and are trapped along with the rest of the human survivors. Halsey sends a distress signal piggybacked on Cortana's October 28 signal.

*The [[Battle of Onyx]] ends.

*The Arbiter is sent to [[Delta Halo]] to retrieve that installation's [[The Index|Index]]. The Arbiter is successful, but is then betrayed by [[Tarturus]], who casts the Arbiter into the depths of the ringworld. The Arbiter is subsequently captured by [[Gravemind]].

'''November 3rd through November 7th'''

[[Image:H2 High Charity Orbital Battle.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Loyalist and Separatist ships fighting over High Charity.]]

*Cortana sends a slipspace message to Earth informing them that SPARTAN-117 is en route.

*[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Sir Terrence Hood]] declared that it was imperative that SPARTAN-117's attack force retake Voi. Lord Hood's plan was that he would launch a low-level aerial strike on Truth's fleet above the Forerunner artifact, and prevent him from activating the presumed Ark. However, a Loyalist anti-aircraft emplacement stationed at Voi prevented Hood fleet from advancing; SPARTAN-117 was to retake Voi and destroy the anti-aircraft emplacement to allow Hood to attack Truth's fleet, and prevent him from activating the Ark.  

*They later defeated the AA guns, opening up a pocket in the Loyalist Defenses for the [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] to come in and engage Truth's forces. They were successful in damaging the Dreadnought, though it was allowed to escape through the [[Portal]], finally ending the Battle of Earth. They thought they were finished with the Battle, but there was yet one more threat they had to deal with, who was also a threat to the Covenant.

[[Image:H3 TheArk Opening.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Ark Portal on Earth activates.]]

*[[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]] ordered her troops to fight to the core of the [[Unnamed Flood-Captured Battlecruiser|Flood Battlecruiser]] and overload its reactors, destroying the ship and the town and any Flood along with it. The [[Fleet of Retribution]], had followed the Flood infected ship from their blockade at [[Installation 05]] to its arrival at Earth. They began to drop forces to push towards the ship, seeking something that lay within it. It wasn't until they came back into [[Traxus Factory Complex 09|Traxus Facility]] that the Sangheili told the [[UNSC]] that [[Cortana]], the AI formally attached to the Spartan-IIs, the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, and companion of John-117, was supposedly upon the downed ship.  

====[[Battle of Installation 00]]====

[[Image:H3 E3 Orbital Battle.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A battle rages above Installation 00.]]

*The [[Prophet of Truth]], having successfully activated the artifact in Kenya, left [[Earth]] through a Slipspace portal to the [[Ark]], a [[Forerunner]] structure that could be used to fire all of the Halo installations at once.  

==Deaths==

{{Under Construction}}

'''Human'''

*[[General]] [[Kits]]  

*[[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]