History of the United Nations Space Command: Difference between revisions

[[Image:United_nations_flag.png|thumb|150px|The United Nations flag.]]

United Nations militaries soon found themselves pinned from the extreme left-wing and extreme right-wing alike. These political tensions would soon lead to a final face-down between fascism, communism, and international representatives of [[democracy]] throughout various colonies, space environments, and national territories.<ref>[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm Xbox.com '''Halo Storyline''']</ref>

[[Image:Jupiters_Moons.jpg|thumb|150px|Panorama of the Jovian Moons.]]

It can be speculated that the conflict in South America resulted in an enormous amount of human casualties, especially in the lines of infantry on all three sides, due to difficult fighting conditions among the continent's numerous mountain ranges, rainforests, wildlife and volatile weather. Real consequences of the conflict, however, consisted of severe starvation and famine on an international scale - which is reason to believe the UN was no longer acting solely as a military defense force in the face of political extremists, but also as a primary provider of starvation relief - along with a further tensing of military conflicts already raging through the Solar System. <ref>[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm Xbox.com '''Halo Storyline''']</ref>

[[Image:Argyre.jpg|thumb|150px|The [[Argyre Planitia]].]]

[[Image:Perfect_Black_UNSC_logo.png|left|thumb|160px|Stylized UNSC emblem.]]

However, the most important consequence of the anti-totalitarian campaign was of both political and military nature. The United Nations presumably did not control a dedicated space-military prior to the Argyre Planitia Campaign, a lacking element which it would replace with a special emergency military force that would come to represent humanity's overall military might. The [[United Nations Space Command]] (or the UN Space Command, as it was initially known) was created.<ref>[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm Xbox.com '''Halo Storyline''']</ref>

[[Image:Honorfame.jpg|thumb|Example of a UNSC propaganda poster.]]

As of [[2164]], psychological results of the campaign on Mars were formidable; civilian trust in the newly-formed UNSC military was boosted by massive televised propaganda, providing the UNSC with large waves of enthusiastic volunteers from all military services around the world. A sense of urgency, courage and hope helped UN forces scramble extraordinary divisions of Marines, infantry and fliers for a final campaign to annihilate remaining communist and fascist outposts and strongholds on Earth as well as throughout the Inner Planets and beyond Jupiter. The final campaign for peace lasted from 2164 to [[2170]] in a series of brutal crackdowns on Frieden and Koslovic hardliners. The result of this war gathered strong civilian support for some sort of powerful international military that could repel revolts and uprisings wherever they may occur. The UNSC emerged as the leading force to further those goals. <ref>[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm Xbox.com '''Halo Storyline''']</ref>

[[2170]] saw the creation of the first multinational and multicolonial representation of democracy in outer space. Faced with concerns of overpopulation and starvation on Earth, consequently coupled with a looming destabilization of [[capitalism|capitalist]] economy, the [[Unified Earth Government]] was formed in a time of cultural and military reconstruction.<ref>[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm Xbox.com '''Halo Storyline''']</ref>

[[Image:Shaw-fujikawa.png|thumb|170px|Dr. [[Tobias Fleming Shaw]] (above), and Dr. [[Wallace Fujikawa]] (below), co-creators of the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]].]]

Massive overpopulation and overmilitarization presented immediate problems for the postwar United Nations Space Command. Utilizing the newly developed Shaw-Fujikawa [[Slipspace]] Drive, in 2310 the UNSC deployed a vast line of colony ships to colonize the nearest planets and systems, giving birth to the "Inner Colonies." Vast numbers of citizens and soldiers travel to these new colonies, stabilizing the overpopulation problem on Earth and giving the military new tasks to handle. As the first colonists are stringently selected, the Inner Colonies eventually formed an "elite" society of the best physical and mental human specimens.<ref>[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm Xbox.com '''Halo Storyline''']</ref>

===[[Inner Colony Wars]]===

The [[UNSC]] participated in the [[Inner Colony Wars]] in the 2400s'. Almost nothing to little is known about the wars, apart that "instant, unformatted news reports caused massive civil unrest" and "almost tore down [[Earth]]'s culture." It seems that the war had a major effect upon [[Earth]]'s cultural devolopment and the [[UNSC]] as a whole. <ref>[[Halo_Graphic_Novel#Second_Sunrise_Over_New_Mombasa|Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa]]</ref>

[[Image:Insurrectionist sci trooper.jpg|thumb|150px|''[[Halo Wars]]'' concept art of [[Insurrectionist]] trooper.]]

The year [[2513]] saw a two-stage battle at [[Eridanus II]]; a UNSC response to the rebel overthrow of Eridani government since [[2511]] that involved a deployment [[destroyers]] and [[carriers]] to engage the large rebel fleet commanded by [[Colonel Robert Watts]]. The battle resulted in severe losses for the rebels, having been routed away from Eridanus II and into the local asteroid belt, but also struck at least four UNSC destroyers in the process. <ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], pages 75-77</ref>

Unlike rebel activity in the Eridanus Star System, [[ insurrectionists]] in [[Epsilon Eridani System|Epsilon Eridani]] resorted in [[2525]] to more covert revolutionary tactics, while taking advantage of local explosive manufacturing facilities in an attempt to render UNSC forces effectively crippled.  

By [[2502]], a so-called [[People’s Occupation Government]] (or Secessionist Union), rose to challenge [[Colonial Militia]] and UNSC Marine forces on [[Harvest]], gravitating around an experienced erstwhile police officer and SWAT operator [[Jerald Mulkey Ander]]. His activity leading up to 2502 determined NavSpecWar’s ORION Project to effectively end his rule, deploying a successful mission involving [[Corporal]] [[Avery J. Johnson]] to assassinate him and his supreme officers as they proceeded with a routine convoy patrol. <ref>[[Halo Graphic Novel]], page 122</ref>

Secessionist Union forces were not the sole insurgent powers on Harvest, however. A certain [[Unnamed Rebel Group|Harvest Rebel Group]] with branches reaching as far out as the colony [[Arcadia]] <ref>''[[Halo Wars]]'', level ''[[Pirth Outskirts]]''</ref> maintained a well-organized military presence that relied on stolen UNSC weaponry and terrorized government forces wherever they crossed their paths. <ref>''[[Halo Wars]]'', level ''[[Chasm]]''</ref>

A more technologically and logistically-sophisticated rebel cell conducted insurrectionist operations on planet [[Victoria]] in the [[111 Tauri System]]. In [[2537]], a certain "united" rebel front used its formidable intelligence manpower to establish a deal with the UNSC whereby experienced Navy medical staff were to treat rebel soldiers affected by [[Boren's Syndrome]] in exchange for a stockpile of nuclear weapons captured from UNSC vessels. The trade was "accepted" by the UNSC NavSpecWar, sending Spartan-II [[Blue Team]] to recover the nuclear warheads from a rebel camp. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], chapter one</ref>

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