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|place=[[Charum Hakkor]] | |place=[[Charum Hakkor]] | ||
|result= [[Forerunner]] victory | |result= [[Forerunner]] victory | ||
*End of [[ | *End of [[human-Forerunner wars]] | ||
*Collapse of human empire | *Collapse of human empire | ||
|side1=[[Ecumene|Forerunner ecumene]] | |side1=[[Ecumene|Forerunner ecumene]] | ||
|side2=Human empire | |side2=Human empire | ||
|commanders1=[[The Didact]] | |commanders1=[[The Didact]] | ||
|commanders2=[[Forthencho]] | |commanders2=*[[Forthencho]] | ||
*[[Yprin Yprikushma]] | *[[Yprin Yprikushma]] | ||
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*Loss of the Lord of Admirals | *Loss of the Lord of Admirals | ||
*Loss of the Political and Moral Commander | *Loss of the Political and Moral Commander | ||
*Destruction of | *Destruction of humanity's Tier-1 empire. | ||
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The '''Charum Hakkor campaign''' was a conflict between the [[Forerunner]]s and the [[Human-San 'Shyuum alliance]], a union between the [[prehistoric human civilization|human empire]] and the technologically advanced [[San 'Shyuum]] race; the campaign was the last conflict in the [[human-Forerunner wars]]. It took place above and later on the planet [[Charum Hakkor]], the heart of the humans' interstellar empire, around nine thousand years prior to the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. It concluded in the Forerunners defeating the humans' empire.<ref name="c131">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 131''</ref> | The '''Charum Hakkor campaign''' was a conflict between the [[Forerunner]]s and the [[Human-San 'Shyuum alliance]], a union between the [[prehistoric human civilization|human empire]] and the technologically advanced [[San 'Shyuum]] race; the campaign was the last conflict in the [[human-Forerunner wars]]. It took place above and later on the planet [[Charum Hakkor]], the heart of the humans' interstellar empire, around nine thousand years prior to the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. It concluded in the Forerunners defeating the humans' empire.<ref name="c131">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 131''</ref> | ||
Despite extensive amount of preparation and study gained from humanity's early conflicts with the | ==The campaign== | ||
After being pushed back to the core of their empire, the collective human species managed to hold off the Forerunner military for fifty years. Despite the humans using [[Precursor]] [[unbending filament]]s to link their orbital defenses and the extensive amount of preparation and study gained from humanity's early conflicts with the Forerunners, humanity was pushed backwards and cut off from reinforcements as the Forerunner military disrupted humanity's slipstream tunnels, effectively preventing reinforcements and blockading Charum Hakkor from the rest of the human-San 'Shyuum alliance.<ref name="prim239">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 239-240''</ref> | |||
Lord of Admirals [[Forthencho]], commander of the last fleets of Charum Hakkor, managed to successfully resist the [[the Didact]] for three years of continuous attacks despite being overwhelming outnumbered and using inferior slipstream and AI technology. Human ships swept across the system for hundreds of times to counter the Didact's daring orbital incursions, to prevent them from establishing superior energy-efficient orbits.<ref name="prim239"/> | |||
Knowing what was to happen to them if they lost, (forced relocation and the removal of technological privileges), the majority of the human population committed mass-suicide.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 118''</ref> Those who surrendered had their memories extracted before their execution; these "essences" would later be imprinted to certain humans through a [[geas]] imposed by [[the Librarian]] | The final blow came as the Forerunners staged an assault through seven [[slipspace portal]]s, opened at one-hour intervals to deliver a massive fleet commanded by the Didact and his most experienced commanders. The Forerunners sacrificed a significant number of ships, ranging from Fortress-class warships and dreadnoughts to picket cruisers, in mass waves to create openings in the human orbital defenses and overwhelming the human defenses with sheer force.<ref name="prim239"/> In the final moments before the fall, a debate was held at the highest levels of the human government to purposely draw out the flood and use them against the [[Ecumene|Forerunner ecumene]] in order to buy time. Ultimately, the plan was rejected as being too dangerous for the rest of the galaxy and humanity surrendered despite knowing the inevitable outcome.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 190''</ref> | ||
During the humans' last stand, a special force team of 7,000 warriors and 70 ships led by humanity's Political and Morale Commander [[Yprin Yprikushma]] was assigned to protect the timelock of [[the Primordial]] in the [[Charum Hakkor arena]].<ref name="prim239"/> In the face of inevitable defeat, the human warriors stripped their uniforms so the Forerunners could not identify their commanders. Despite this, the Didact could easily recognize his main adversary, the Lord of Admirals, among the survivors gathered in the citadel.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 233''</ref> | |||
==Aftermath== | |||
Knowing what was to happen to them if they lost, (forced relocation and the removal of technological privileges), the majority of the human population committed mass-suicide.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 118''</ref> Those who surrendered had their memories extracted before their execution; these "essences" would later be imprinted to certain humans through a [[geas]] imposed by [[the Librarian]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 111''</ref> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
Revision as of 05:21, May 18, 2012
The Charum Hakkor campaign was a conflict between the Forerunners and the Human-San 'Shyuum alliance, a union between the human empire and the technologically advanced San 'Shyuum race; the campaign was the last conflict in the human-Forerunner wars. It took place above and later on the planet Charum Hakkor, the heart of the humans' interstellar empire, around nine thousand years prior to the Forerunner-Flood war. It concluded in the Forerunners defeating the humans' empire.[1]
The campaign
After being pushed back to the core of their empire, the collective human species managed to hold off the Forerunner military for fifty years. Despite the humans using Precursor unbending filaments to link their orbital defenses and the extensive amount of preparation and study gained from humanity's early conflicts with the Forerunners, humanity was pushed backwards and cut off from reinforcements as the Forerunner military disrupted humanity's slipstream tunnels, effectively preventing reinforcements and blockading Charum Hakkor from the rest of the human-San 'Shyuum alliance.[2]
Lord of Admirals Forthencho, commander of the last fleets of Charum Hakkor, managed to successfully resist the the Didact for three years of continuous attacks despite being overwhelming outnumbered and using inferior slipstream and AI technology. Human ships swept across the system for hundreds of times to counter the Didact's daring orbital incursions, to prevent them from establishing superior energy-efficient orbits.[2]
The final blow came as the Forerunners staged an assault through seven slipspace portals, opened at one-hour intervals to deliver a massive fleet commanded by the Didact and his most experienced commanders. The Forerunners sacrificed a significant number of ships, ranging from Fortress-class warships and dreadnoughts to picket cruisers, in mass waves to create openings in the human orbital defenses and overwhelming the human defenses with sheer force.[2] In the final moments before the fall, a debate was held at the highest levels of the human government to purposely draw out the flood and use them against the Forerunner ecumene in order to buy time. Ultimately, the plan was rejected as being too dangerous for the rest of the galaxy and humanity surrendered despite knowing the inevitable outcome.[3]
During the humans' last stand, a special force team of 7,000 warriors and 70 ships led by humanity's Political and Morale Commander Yprin Yprikushma was assigned to protect the timelock of the Primordial in the Charum Hakkor arena.[2] In the face of inevitable defeat, the human warriors stripped their uniforms so the Forerunners could not identify their commanders. Despite this, the Didact could easily recognize his main adversary, the Lord of Admirals, among the survivors gathered in the citadel.[4]
Aftermath
Knowing what was to happen to them if they lost, (forced relocation and the removal of technological privileges), the majority of the human population committed mass-suicide.[5] Those who surrendered had their memories extracted before their execution; these "essences" would later be imprinted to certain humans through a geas imposed by the Librarian.[6]
List of appearances
- The Forerunner Saga
- Halo: Cryptum (First appearance)
- Halo: Primordium
