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'''2526''' was a year.

*'''February 13''': The [[outer colony]] of [[Bliss]] [[Battle of Bliss|is]] [[glassed]] by the [[Covenant]].<ref name="DHPJextras">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''additional materials''</ref>

*'''February 24''': Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] makes an entry in her [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal|personal journal]] in which she ponders the nature of the [[Covenant]] and the relationships between its client species.<ref name="DHPJFeb24">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''February 24, 2526''</ref>

*'''March 1''': [[Preston Cole]]'s [[Battle Group X-Ray]] reaches [[Harvest]] and the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] begins, achieving a Pyrrhic victory. However, the Covenant also claim victory and celebrate through fasting and prayer. The [[Prophet of Regret]] broadcasts the executions of "those who failed their duty" in the battle. The Covenant return to Harvest later in the year, leading to a [[Harvest campaign|five-year campaign]] for control of the planet.

*'''March 4''': The {{class|Razor|prowler}} {{UNSCShip|Starry Night}} covertly observes the {{Class|CAR|frigate}} ''[[Radiant Arrow]]'' and its complement of [[Type-27 Banshee]]s at the planet [[Netherop]].<ref name="HSS1">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref>

*'''March 5''': Twelve [[Spartan-II]]s of [[Blue Team|Blue]], [[Green Team|Green]], and [[Gold Team]]s infiltrate the ''Radiant Arrow'' in high equatorial orbit over Netherop.<ref name="HSS3"/><ref name="HSS9">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 9''</ref> The [[frigate]] is intentionally scuttled by its [[shipmaster]] but all [[Spartans]] make it off in time.<ref name="HSS3">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref><ref name="HSS4">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref>

*'''March 7''': [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]] meets with [[Admiral]]s [[Preston Cole]] and [[Michael Stanforth]] and Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] aboard the {{UNSCShip|Everest}} and agrees to be recruited for [[Operation: SILENT STORM]].<ref name="HSS4"/>

*'''March 8''': The particulars of Operation: SILENT STORM are formalized aboard the {{class|Point Blank|stealth cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}}.<ref name="HSS5">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 5''</ref>

*'''March 10''': The [[WINTER CONTINGENCY]] protocol is enacted by the UNSC.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=intel&cid=27030 '''Bungie.net''': ''CAA FACTBOOK/UNSC Operational Reports-Γ'']</ref>

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*'''March 18''':

*'''March 23''': Insurrectionists bomb civilian spaceport in [[Troisi City]], [[Lodestone]].<ref name="fudp1">'''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''', ''Part 1''</ref>

*'''March 26''':

*'''March 31''':

*'''April 2''': UNSC forces working with ONI agents prevent an attack on [[New Harmony (city)|New Harmony]], [[Mars]]. Two Insurrectionists, [[Christina Rice]] and [[James McCann]], were disguised as [[UNSC Army|Army]] specialists and were stealing weapons for a possible attack.<ref name="fudp1"/>

*'''April 2''': [[Intersystem News]] publishes

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*'''April 26''': The [[Battle of Circinius IV]] takes place: the Covenant launch an assault on [[Circinius IV]], killing almost the entire human population of the planet. [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]] is deployed to retrieve survivors from [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]]; only four cadets from [[Hastati Squad]] remain alive after the initial assault, three of whom make it to the extraction point and evacuate as the planet is glassed.<ref>'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn'''</ref><ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2482554_Today-in-Halo.aspx#post2482554 '''Halo Waypoint Forums''' - ''Today in Halo'']</ref>

*'''April 28''': Vice Admiral [[Michael Stanforth]] requested for the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to repurpose all assets to aid the war against the Covenant and to refocus all research on wartime strategy.<ref name="journal">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref>

*'''May 3''': Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] devises a new matrix strata with random-access couplers that could theoretically expand an AI's lifespan. Those protocols are authorized by Vice Admiral Michael Stanforth some time later.<ref name="journal"/>

*'''October 21''': The [[Battle of Alpha Aurigae]] takes place in the [[Alpha Aurigae system]].

*The [[Committee of Minds for Security]] analyze the Covenant's [[glassing]] capabilities based on recorded data from prior engagements.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 10|Data pad 10]]''</ref> They also discuss changing the primary focus of the [[UNSC Special Forces]], with the protection of infrastructure, previously the main focus of the Spartan-IIs, being shifted to the ODST.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 11|Data pad 11]]''</ref> Later in the year the Committee discuss the possibility of a hypothetical Covenant counterpart to the Assembly and the possibility of contacting it.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 12|Data pad 12]]''</ref>

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