Outer Colonies

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The Outer Colonies are the Human-colonized planets farthest from Earth and Reach, with colonies founded after. Until the Human-Covenant War, disorder and rebellion were commonplace. The majority of the Outer Colonies were glassed by the Covenant during the war.[1]

History

Beginning in 2525, Harvest was the first world to fall to the Covenant's genocidal wrath. By 2535, with the destruction of Jericho VII, most Outer Colonies had been lost. 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. When the Human-Covenant War had ended on March 3, 2553, tensions in the remaining worlds had presumably died out significantly.

Known Systems

Eridanus System

Lambda Serpentis System

Chi Ceti System

Epsilon Indi System

111 Tauri System

Alpha Aurigae System

Procyon System

  • Arcadia - Planet attacked unsuccessfully by the Covenant in 2531, but attacked again and destroyed in 2549

23 Librae System

XI Boötis A System - System still held by UNSC

Groombridge-1830 System - System attacked in 2530, but still held by UNSC

Lambda Aurigae System - System status unknown

Beta Centauri - Planet with unknown status

Biko - Planet glassed by the Covenant on an unknown date before 2534

Emerald Cove - Planet with unknown status, abandoned by the UNSC in 2542

New Jerusalem - Planet with unknown status, possibly glassed by the Covenant following the Battle of New Jerusalem

Coral - Planet glassed by the Covenant in September 2552

Dwarka - Planet presumed glassed by the Covenant, as all contact was lost

Hat Yai - Planet glassed by the Covenant in either 2528 or 2529.

Paradise Falls - status unknown

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: First Strike, pages 98-99: And what did the citizens of the Outer Colonies think? Those who hadn't fled to remote outposts and hidden privateer bases weren't in any position to make trouble. The Covenant didn't take prisoners.

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