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The '''United Nations Space Command''' ('''UNSC''') is the military, exploratory, and scientific agency of the [[United Earth Government]] (UEG). The UNSC was formed in the [[2160]]'s. A time when remnants of old cultural ideologies clashed for supremacy in the [[Sol System]]. The UNSC served mainly as overseer of [[United Nations]] military operations in space. After initiating massive militarization propaganda throughout its off-world colonies, through the UNSC, the U.N. defeated [[Communism|Communist]] and [[Fascism|Fascist]] forces in a conflict generally known as the "[[Interplanetary War]]", which consisted of several side-battles that took place on [[Mars]], the [[Jovian Moons]] and the [[South America|South American]] rainforests. Although the Interplanetary War brought a great deal of suffering to both the colonial population and the residents of Earth, it also united humanity's military forces into a common armed force by the end of the 22nd century. | The '''United Nations Space Command''' ('''UNSC''') is the military, exploratory, and scientific agency of the [[United Earth Government]] (UEG). The UNSC was formed in the [[2160]]'s. A time when remnants of old cultural ideologies clashed for supremacy in the [[Sol System]]. The UNSC served mainly as overseer of [[United Nations]] military operations in space. After initiating massive militarization propaganda throughout its off-world colonies, through the UNSC, the U.N. defeated [[Communism|Communist]] and [[Fascism|Fascist]] forces in a conflict generally known as the "[[Interplanetary War]]", which consisted of several side-battles that took place on [[Mars]], the [[Jovian Moons]] and the [[South America|South American]] rainforests. Although the Interplanetary War brought a great deal of suffering to both the colonial population and the residents of Earth, it also united humanity's military forces into a common armed force by the end of the 22nd century. | ||
Prior to the [[Covenant|Covenant's]] attack on [[Harvest]] in 2525 <ref name="Contact">''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''</ref>, humanity was in chaos | Prior to the [[Covenant|Covenant's]] attack on [[Harvest]] in 2525 <ref name="Contact">''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''</ref>, humanity was in chaos. Battles in multiple fronts and on planets evolved from a group known as the [[Insurrectionist]]s who wanted independence from the [[UEG|United Earth Government]]. The UNSC, more specifically, the [[UNSCDF]], constantly battled against the Insurrectionists. In an attempt to help end the long running war against the Insurrectionists and rebels, the UEG commissioned the [[SPARTAN-II Program]], which created elite super-soldiers to combat separatists and the insurrections they spawned. When the [[Human-Covenant War]] began and the alien invaders began decimating the [[Outer Colonies]], these Spartans became humanity's best hope against the technological superiority of the aliens. When the war began, the UNSC truly became humanity's greatest (and arguably only) defender. | ||
This fact allowed the UNSC to override civilian rule and establish itself as humanity's primary government. Although the United Earth Government was more open to step down, the [[Colonial Administration]], the arm of the UEG ruling over the colonies, resisted the UNSC's rise to power, and was thus stripped of its power.<ref name="McLees">[http://halostory.bungie.org/oconnor_mclees_080508.html HBO Interview with Frank O'Connor and Robert McLees]</ref> | This fact allowed the UNSC to override civilian rule and establish itself as humanity's primary government. Although the United Earth Government was more open to step down, the [[Colonial Administration]], the arm of the UEG ruling over the colonies, resisted the UNSC's rise to power, and was thus stripped of its power.<ref name="McLees">[http://halostory.bungie.org/oconnor_mclees_080508.html HBO Interview with Frank O'Connor and Robert McLees]</ref> | ||