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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
===San'Shyuum=== | |||
After [[War of Wills|fleeing]] their homeworld of [[Janjur Qom]] in [[2100 BCE]],{{Ref/Reuse|Encyclopedia}} the [[San'Shyuum]] [[Reformists]] discovered ancient [[Forerunner]] [[Space station|installations]] in orbit over [[Salosur Qom]], a world neighboring their own. Here, they found the [[Huragok]] and a powerful [[cartographer]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P190|Enc22|Page=190}} The cartographer would feed its information into the [[Anodyne Spirit|Dreadnought]]'s [[Luminary]], a system that could guide the San'Shyuum to more star systems with Forerunner relics. And so, they took the Dreadnought into [[slipspace]], leaving the [[Qom Yaekesh system]] and travelling the stars. For hundreds of years, the San'Shyuum explored abandoned worlds and derelict installations, employing the Huragok to unfold their masters' secrets.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | After [[War of Wills|fleeing]] their homeworld of [[Janjur Qom]] in [[2100 BCE]],{{Ref/Reuse|Encyclopedia}} the [[San'Shyuum]] [[Reformists]] discovered ancient [[Forerunner]] [[Space station|installations]] in orbit over [[Salosur Qom]], a world neighboring their own. Here, they found the [[Huragok]] and a powerful [[cartographer]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P190|Enc22|Page=190}} The cartographer would feed its information into the [[Anodyne Spirit|Dreadnought]]'s [[Luminary]], a system that could guide the San'Shyuum to more star systems with Forerunner relics. And so, they took the Dreadnought into [[slipspace]], leaving the [[Qom Yaekesh system]] and travelling the stars. For hundreds of years, the San'Shyuum explored abandoned worlds and derelict installations, employing the Huragok to unfold their masters' secrets.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
===Sangheili=== | |||
{{Main|The Former Age}} | |||
Prior to the war, the Sangheili were an interstellar species, founding their 76th colony around the time of the war.{{Ref/Reuse|bcpreview}} As well, they had built up their own naval forces, designing their own [[Vestige|types]] of ships.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P271}} The Sangheili also had maintained their [[Sangheili mythology|own mythology]]. | |||
[[File:H2A Terminals - Ancient Arbiter 4.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The San'Shyuum land on Ulgethon.]] | |||
===Meeting=== | |||
In [[938 BCE]], the San'Shyuum stumbled upon [[Ulgethon]], a hardscrabble world that they believed to be uninhabited. After making landfall in the Dreanought, a pioneer detachment was sent to investigate a nearby repository of Forerunner relics. Arriving at the site, the San'Shyuum discovered the [[Sangheili]]—a sapient species they have never encountered previously—living among the Forerunner structures. Their initial meeting was amenable if tense, but the Sangheili would soon discover the San'Shyuum's true intentions.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} While the Sangheili worshipped the Forerunners much like the Reformists, their stance on the manipulation of their gods' artifacts closely resembled that of the San'Shyuum [[Stoics]], considering it blasphemy to disturb them.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 350''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | In [[938 BCE]], the San'Shyuum stumbled upon [[Ulgethon]], a hardscrabble world that they believed to be uninhabited. After making landfall in the Dreanought, a pioneer detachment was sent to investigate a nearby repository of Forerunner relics. Arriving at the site, the San'Shyuum discovered the [[Sangheili]]—a sapient species they have never encountered previously—living among the Forerunner structures. Their initial meeting was amenable if tense, but the Sangheili would soon discover the San'Shyuum's true intentions.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} While the Sangheili worshipped the Forerunners much like the Reformists, their stance on the manipulation of their gods' artifacts closely resembled that of the San'Shyuum [[Stoics]], considering it blasphemy to disturb them.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 350''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
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===Continuing conflict=== | ===Continuing conflict=== | ||
On the ground, the Sangheili had an early advantage, with each warrior comparable in skill to several San'Shyuum in battle. However, the San'Shyuum's technological superiority, and possession of the Forerunner Dreadnought, meant that they had the advantage in space battles, using the Dreadnought to great effect in devastating hit-and-run strikes against the Sangheili war fleets.{{Ref/Reuse|Encyclopedia}} The San'Shyuum were successful in driving the Sangheili away from their [[Sangheili colonies|interstellar colonies]], while obliterating many Sangheili by appropriating Forerunner relics. The Sangheili were devastated by the lack of honor that the war brought; they were forced to continuously retreat as the San'Shyuum came closer and closer to [[Sanghelios]].<ref name="bc57">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 57-58''</ref> During the war, the Sangheili made use of the [[fire-wand launcher]],{{Ref/Reuse|bcpreview}} a type of handheld flak cannon that is part of the design lineage of the [[fuel rod cannon]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P298|Enc22|Page=298}} The {{Pattern|Hekar Taa|blockade runner}} also first saw combat during the conflict, boasting impressive speed and power.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P271|Enc22|Page=271}} | On the ground, the Sangheili had an early advantage, with each warrior comparable in skill to several San'Shyuum in battle. However, the San'Shyuum's technological superiority, and possession of the Forerunner Dreadnought, meant that they had the advantage in space battles, using the Dreadnought to great effect in devastating hit-and-run strikes against the Sangheili war fleets.{{Ref/Reuse|Encyclopedia}} The San'Shyuum were successful in driving the Sangheili away from their [[Sangheili colonies|interstellar colonies]], while obliterating many Sangheili by appropriating Forerunner relics. The Sangheili were devastated by the lack of honor that the war brought; they were forced to continuously retreat as the San'Shyuum came closer and closer to [[Sanghelios]].<ref name="bc57">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 57-58''</ref> During the war, the Sangheili made use of the [[fire-wand launcher]],{{Ref/Reuse|bcpreview}} a type of handheld flak cannon that is part of the design lineage of the [[fuel rod cannon]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P298|Enc22|Page=298}} The {{Pattern|Hekar Taa|blockade runner}} also first saw combat during the conflict, boasting impressive speed and power.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P271|Enc22|Page=270-271}} | ||
===Sacrifice of Codisfold=== | ===Sacrifice of Codisfold=== | ||
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==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
[[File:H2A Terminals - High Charity construction.jpg|thumb|250px|''High Charity'' is constructed following the conclusion of the war and the formation of the Covenant.]] | [[File:H2A Terminals - High Charity construction.jpg|thumb|250px|''High Charity'' is constructed following the conclusion of the war and the formation of the Covenant.]] | ||
With the signing of the Writ, the [[Sangheili treaty commission]] was formed.{{Ref/Novel|BC|Page=18}} As well, the [[Ministry of Relative Reconciliation]] was also created, with [[Qurlom]] at its head.{{Ref/Novel|BC|Page=18-23}} | With the signing of the Writ, the [[Sangheili treaty commission]] was formed.{{Ref/Novel|BC|Page=18}} As well, the [[Ministry of Relative Reconciliation]] was also created, with [[Qurlom]] at its head.{{Ref/Novel|BC|Page=18-23}} The Dreadnought was decommissioned and made the center point and power source of ''[[High Charity]]'', a mobile planetoid that would serve as the capital of the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Harvest}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | ||
Almost immediately, the new Covenant designed and began to manufacture a new type of ship: the {{Pattern|Useumru|voidpiercer}}. The experience of joint creating the ''Useumru'' would help test the abilities of how both species could cooperate on large-scale engineering projects.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFEklund|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-eklunds-ensemble|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Eklund's Ensemble|D=20|M=07|Y=2022}} | |||
===Rebellions=== | ===Rebellions=== | ||