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[[File:HSA-Cinematic-Plummet.jpg|300px|thumb|UNSC forces attacked on the Forerunner world of [[Draetheus V]] by [[Merg Vol's Covenant faction|a rogue Covenant splinter faction]]]] | [[File:HSA-Cinematic-Plummet.jpg|300px|thumb|UNSC forces attacked on the Forerunner world of [[Draetheus V]] by [[Merg Vol's Covenant faction|a rogue Covenant splinter faction]]]] | ||
Following the [[Battle of the Citadel|end]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552#December| | Following the [[Battle of the Citadel|end]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552#December|2552]], a number of '''conflicts''' arose. | ||
The [[Unified Earth Government]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] remained locked in irregular hostilities between [[Covenant remnants|several remnant factions]] of the former [[Covenant]],<ref name="Reed">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/06/03/Halo-Initiation-Writer-Interview.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo Initiation Writer Interview'']</ref> later seeing the involvement of [[Forerunner]] elements, specifically [[Promethean]] forces led by the renegade [[Ur-Didact]], imprisoned millennia earlier by the [[Librarian]], once humanity's greatest Forerunner supporter. This Forerunner aspect would come to define and greatly broaden the scope of the events, bridging directly into [[Human|humanity]]'s [[prehistoric human civilization|own prehistory]] and their [[Human-Forerunner wars|ancient feud]] with the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 11-12''</ref> Meanwhile, the [[Sangheili]] were at [[Blooding Years|war with each other]], and resumed [[Great Schism|their feud]] with the [[Jiralhanae]], who were also in a civil war of their own, meaning both species were fighting on two fronts.<ref name="HTTW">'''Halo: The Thursday War'''</ref> Various human [[Insurrectionist|rebel groups]], most of which had been dormant during the Human-Covenant War, re-emerged in the post-war era, and at least [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group|one]] Covenant splinter faction joined them in [[Insurrection|their war]] against the UNSC.<ref name="HE5">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 5|Issue #5]]''</ref> | The [[Unified Earth Government]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] remained locked in irregular hostilities between [[Covenant remnants|several remnant factions]] of the former [[Covenant]],<ref name="Reed">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/06/03/Halo-Initiation-Writer-Interview.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo Initiation Writer Interview'']</ref> later seeing the involvement of [[Forerunner]] elements, specifically [[Promethean]] forces led by the renegade [[Ur-Didact]], imprisoned millennia earlier by the [[Librarian]], once humanity's greatest Forerunner supporter. This Forerunner aspect would come to define and greatly broaden the scope of the events, bridging directly into [[Human|humanity]]'s [[prehistoric human civilization|own prehistory]] and their [[Human-Forerunner wars|ancient feud]] with the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 11-12''</ref> Meanwhile, the [[Sangheili]] were at [[Blooding Years|war with each other]], and resumed [[Great Schism|their feud]] with the [[Jiralhanae]], who were also in a civil war of their own, meaning both species were fighting on two fronts.<ref name="HTTW">'''Halo: The Thursday War'''</ref> Various human [[Insurrectionist|rebel groups]], most of which had been dormant during the Human-Covenant War, re-emerged in the post-war era, and at least [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group|one]] Covenant splinter faction joined them in [[Insurrection|their war]] against the UNSC.<ref name="HE5">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 5|Issue #5]]''</ref> | ||