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'''2525''' was a year in the 2520s in the 26th century. It was a year that saw the start of the [[Human-Covenant War]], which would become a twenty-seven year long engagement between the [[Covenant|Covenant Empire]] and the [[United Nations Space Command]]. The war began after [[First Battle of Harvest|first contact]] between the belligerents at the [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Harvest]]. The emergence of the Covenant threat prompted the training of the [[Spartan-II]] supersoldiers to be accelerated and [[Blue Team|a group]] of them were selected for their [[Operation: TALON|very first live combat mission]] in September of this year, an operation to capture the [[United Rebel Front]] colonel, [[Robert Watts]].

*'''January 2''': Staff Sergeants [[Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]], along with [[Ponder|Captain Ponder]] and [[Healy|Petty Officer, First Class Healy]], begin training [[Harvest]]'s [[Colonial Militia]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 105''</ref>

*'''January 16''': Members of the Harvest militia go on a march carrying 25 kilogram [[rucksack]]s. Afterwards, Johnson and Ponder attend Harvest's [[Solstice Celebration]]. Johnson is briefed by [[Jilan al-Cygni]] as to why he and Byrne are there: to prevent [[Insurrectionist]] attacks on [[UNSC]] freighters.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 105-123''</ref>

*'''January 17''': The [[Covenant]] ship ''[[Minor Transgression]]'' attacks a [[human]] ship (the ''[[Bulk Discount]]''), said human ship having the ''[[Walk of Shame]]'' in support and hosting not only Johnson and Byrne but also an arsenal of weapons. The aliens are repelled (though Johnson receives a fractured skull) and the ship destroyed, though [[Dadab]] and [[Lighter Than Some]] are able to escape in an escape pod after making a report on the relics they've found.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 124-136''</ref> Colonial Militia trainees [[Wallace Jenkins]], [[Forsell]], [[Wick]] and [[Andersen]] begin target practice.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 137''</ref> The [[Ministry of Fortitude]] holds a statistic-based meeting. The [[Minister of Fortitude]] takes stimulants to help him through the ordeal.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 143''</ref>

*'''January 18''': Fortitude wakes up, the hangover effect of the stimulants taking hold. The [[Vice Minister of Tranquility]] alerts him to the [[Luminary]] detections made by ''Minor Transgression''. They resolve to use them to usher in an [[Age of Reclamation]] and secure their position as the next trio of Hierarchs.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 143-158''</ref> ''Walk of Shame'' is dispatched to [[Reach]] to request that [[FLEETCOM]] send a battle group in the event of first contact escalating into bloodshed.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 166''</ref>

*'''January 19''': Johnson regains consciousness and is debriefed by [[Nils Thune]] and al-Cygni. Johnson resolves to accelerate the militia's training.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 159-166''</ref>

*J.D., nicknamed [[the Rookie]], is born in [[Crisium City]], [[Naniwa]] on [[Luna]].<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/rookie '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Universe: Rookie'']</ref>

*After a week of remaining still, ''Rapid Conversion'' attacks the small, remote town of [[Gladsheim]], while [[Type-25 Spirit]]s, [[Jiralhanae]], and [[Yanme'e]] slaughter its residents. The [[Harvest militia]] evacuates the town's few survivors, resulting in the injury of Maccabeus and the death of [[Ritul]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 279-286''</ref>

*[[Miranda Keyes|Miranda Halsey]] is born to [[Catherine Halsey]] and [[Jacob Keyes]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach Limited Edition]]''', ''[[Intersystem News]], LCDR Miranda Keyes Awarded Silver Star''</ref>

*At 1130 hours, the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]] undergo rigorous chemical, physical and biological [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|augmentations]] onboard [[Medical Facility Endurance]] in orbit over the planet [[Reach]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 55-59'' (2001 version); ''pages 73-77'' (2010 version)</ref><ref name="anim"/>

*Dr. Halsey begins to plan therapies, experimental surgeries, and rehabilitations for over eighty percent of the SPARTAN-II augmentation washouts. Some of the protocols are estimated to take years to complete. [[Artificial intelligence]]s predict a fifty percent success rate, though Halsey believes the Spartans' will to serve the UNSC will boost the success rate.<ref name="journal"/>

*Dr. Halsey moves her research from [[Camp Hathcock]] to [[CASTLE Base]], declining an invitation of working in a corner suite in [[Olympic Tower]].<ref name="journal"/>

*The [[UNSC Special Forces#Naval Special Warfare Command|NAVSPECWEP]] approves the limited-run production of the MJOLNIR Mark IV armor, four months after the prototypes were sent.<ref name="journal"/>

*A test case file was unintentionally "attached" to an official response to Catherine Halsey. The file showed a volunteer attempting to use a prototype of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]], resulting in his death due to his lack of training and proper physiology.<ref name="journal"/>

*Dr. Halsey works on improving the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor prototypes. Due to its secrecy, she relocates the [[Materials Group]] division working on the armor to [[Damascus Testing Facility]] in [[Vhalkem]] on [[Chi Ceti IV]].<ref name="journal"/>

*[[Battle Group 4]], composed of the {{CMAShip|Heracles}}, the {{CMAShip|Arabia}} and the {{CMAShip|Vostok}} enters the Epsilon Indi system and make contact with a Covenant ship. The Covenant ship destroys the ''Vostok'' and the ''Arabia'' with only the badly damaged ''Heracles'' escaping.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref>

*UNSC is put on full alert for the Covenant. The training of the SPARTAN-IIs is accelerated.<ref name="for98"/>

*Dr. Halsey begins to analyze the Covenant.<ref name="journal"/>

*Many high-ranking personnel within the UNSC begin to show fear of the Covenant. Dr. Halsey and [[Franklin Mendez]] discuss the SPARTAN-IIs and Covenant threat.<ref name="journal"/>

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