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The death toll of the Jovian Moon Campaigns was substantial, but by late [[2161]] the fighting between Koslovics and Friedens had subsided.<ref name="HM50">''[[Halo Mythos]]'', ''page 50''</ref> Bloodshed ceased for several months, and some speculated that the worst had passed. In [[2162#February|February 2162]], however, a series of bombings in [[South America]] began a nineteen-month series of ideologically-motivated [[Wikipedia:Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] conflicts between Koslovics, Friedens, and [[United Nations]] forces that would come to be known as the [[Rainforest Wars]].<ref name="Enc42"/><ref name="HM50"/><ref name="Xbox">[[Xbox.com/Halo/Timeline| | The death toll of the Jovian Moon Campaigns was substantial, but by late [[2161]] the fighting between Koslovics and Friedens had subsided.<ref name="HM50">''[[Halo Mythos]]'', ''page 50''</ref> Bloodshed ceased for several months, and some speculated that the worst had passed. In [[2162#February|February 2162]], however, a series of bombings in [[South America]] began a nineteen-month series of ideologically-motivated [[Wikipedia:Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] conflicts between Koslovics, Friedens, and [[United Nations]] forces that would come to be known as the [[Rainforest Wars]].<ref name="Enc42"/><ref name="HM50"/><ref name="Xbox">''Xbox.com'': Halo Timeline | ||
(defunct, [[Archive:Xbox.com/Halo/Timeline|Archived]])</ref> Guerrilla engagements spread across the entire continent and elsewhere on Earth, reigniting violence against military and non-military targets throughout the [[Sol system]].<ref name="Enc42"/><ref name="HM50"/> Near the end of the nineteen-month period [[Neo-Friedenism|neo-Friedenists]] turned against hardliner Friedens in [[Delambre]] on [[Luna]] as forces of the newly-formed [[United Nations Space Command|United Nations composite military force]] comprised primarily of [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] and [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] assets approached.<ref name="HTCP13"/><ref name="WaypointUNSC">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/unsc '''Halo Waypoint''' - '''UNSC''']</ref> Though the neo-Friedenists were just as opposed to UN control as the rest, there they tried to negotiate a surrender which would leave them with some remaining power.<ref name="HTCP13">''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'', ''Chapter 13''</ref> The destruction and famine bred by the Rainforest Wars were still threatening to destabilize Earth's economy after the Interplanetary Wars' conclusion.<ref name="Xbox"/> They also led to some of the most famous literature of the twenty-second century, including [[Jeremiah Mendez]]'s [[2164]] military classic, ''[[A Soldier's Tale: Rainforest Wars]]'', which remained popular well into the twenty-sixth century.<ref name="Enc42"/><ref name="Enc33"/> | |||
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The [[Unified Earth Government]] was constituted as humanity's governing body by the UN in the immediate wake of the conflicts in 2170. After the war the UNSC were forced to deal with a less obvious but equally serious threat: overpopulation and a massive military that has no enemy to fight. The post-war period saw massive population surges that, coupled with the destruction and famine bred by the Rain Forest Wars, threatened to destabilize the interplanetary economy.<ref name="Enc33"/> | The [[Unified Earth Government]] was constituted as humanity's governing body by the UN in the immediate wake of the conflicts in 2170. After the war the UNSC were forced to deal with a less obvious but equally serious threat: overpopulation and a massive military that has no enemy to fight. The post-war period saw massive population surges that, coupled with the destruction and famine bred by the Rain Forest Wars, threatened to destabilize the interplanetary economy.<ref name="Enc33"/> | ||
Humanity would not be able to expand beyond the confines of the Solar System until nearly two centuries later, with the discovery of [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace travel]] in [[2291]] and the subsequent formation of the first [[Inner Colonies]] in [[2362]]. Through [[Human colonies|interstellar colonization]] humanity would enter a new golden age, with its massive population stabilized across many off-system worlds and goods transported to Earth from the colonies.<ref name="timeline">[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/Timeline.aspx | Humanity would not be able to expand beyond the confines of the Solar System until nearly two centuries later, with the discovery of [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace travel]] in [[2291]] and the subsequent formation of the first [[Inner Colonies]] in [[2362]]. Through [[Human colonies|interstellar colonization]] humanity would enter a new golden age, with its massive population stabilized across many off-system worlds and goods transported to Earth from the colonies.<ref name="timeline">[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/Timeline.aspx ''Official Halo Wars Community Site'': Timeline] (defunct, [[Archive:Halowars.com/Timeline|Archived]])</ref> | ||
The war saw the first military applications of [[Biological augmentation|bioaugmentation]] protocols, already used outside the military to adapt humans to the conditions of space and different colonial habitats.<ref name="Enc44"/> These augmentations would serve as an early precursor to the enhancements used in the [[ORION Project]] and the subsequent [[Spartan|SPARTAN programs]]. | The war saw the first military applications of [[Biological augmentation|bioaugmentation]] protocols, already used outside the military to adapt humans to the conditions of space and different colonial habitats.<ref name="Enc44"/> These augmentations would serve as an early precursor to the enhancements used in the [[ORION Project]] and the subsequent [[Spartan|SPARTAN programs]]. | ||