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|next=[[Battle of Installation 00|Installation 00]]
|next=[[Battle of Installation 00|Installation 00]]
|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|conflict=[[Human-Covenant War]]
|date=[[2536#June|June 1, 2536]]<ref name="HWTimeline">'''[[Halo Wars]]''' - Collectible: ''[[Halo Wars Timeline Events]]''</ref>-[[2552#December|December 3, 2552]]<ref name="hlcnavalrecords">'''Halo Legendary Crate''' - Bonus Item: ''Naval Records Archives''</ref>
|date=[[2536#June|June 1, 2536]]<ref name="HWTimeline">''[[Halo Wars]]'', collectible, [[Halo Wars Timeline Events]]</ref>-[[2552#December|December 3, 2552]]<ref name="hlcnavalrecords">''Halo Legendary Crate'', Naval Records Archives</ref>
|place=[[Inner colonies]], [[Orion Arm]], [[Milky Way galaxy]]
|place=[[Inner colonies]], [[Orion Arm]], [[Milky Way galaxy]]
|result='''Pyrrhic UNSC-Sangheili Victory'''
|result='''Pyrrhic UNSC-Sangheili Victory'''
*Discovery of [[Halo Array]]
*Discovery of [[Halo Array]]
**Covenant loyalists driven to [[Installation 00]]
**Covenant loyalists driven to [[Installation 00]]
*Loss of over half of the inner colonies, including [[Reach]]
*Loss of a number of the inner colonies, including [[Reach]]
*Billions civilian and miltary casualties
*Billions of civilian and miltary casualties
|side1=
|side1=
*[[File:Halopedia Era UNSC.png|25px]] [[United Nations Space Command]]
*[[File:Halopedia Era UNSC.png|25px]] [[United Nations Space Command]]
*[[File:Swords of Sanghelios symbol.png|25px]] [[Covenant separatists]] {{C|post-Great Schism}}
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*[[Covenant separatists]] {{C|post-Great Schism}}
**[[Fleet of Retribution]]
**[[Fleet of Retribution]]
|side2=*[[File:H5Covenant Logo2.png|25px]] [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]
|side2=*[[File:H5Covenant Logo2.png|25px]] [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]
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*UNSC
*UNSC
**[[UNSC High Command|High Command]]
**[[UNSC High Command|High Command]]
***[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]]
***[[Fleet Admiral|FADM]] [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]]
***[[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]† {{C|MIA, assumed KIA}}
***[[Admiral|ADM]] [[Preston Cole]]† {{C|MIA, assumed KIA}}
***[[Admiral]] [[Margaret Orlenda Parangosky]]
***[[Admiral|ADM]] [[Margaret Orlenda Parangosky]]
***[[Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]]†
***[[Admiral|ADM]] [[Michael Stanforth]]†
***[[Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]†
***[[Admiral|ADM]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]†
**[[Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]]
**[[Captain|CAPT]] [[Jacob Keyes]]
**[[Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]]
**[[Commander|COMM]] [[Miranda Keyes]]
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*[[Fleet of Retribution]] {{C|post-Great Schism}}
*[[Fleet of Retribution]] {{C|post-Great Schism}}
**[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]
**[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]
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**[[Rtas 'Vadum|Special Operations Commander Rtas 'Vadumee]] {{C|pre-Great Schism}}
**[[Rtas 'Vadum|Special Operations Commander Rtas 'Vadumee]] {{C|pre-Great Schism}}
**[[Thel 'Vadamee|Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee]] {{C|pre-Great Schism}}
**[[Thel 'Vadamee|Supreme Commander Thel 'Vadamee]] {{C|pre-Great Schism}}
|forces1=*[[Second Fleet|Second]]
|forces1=*[[Second Fleet]] {{C|Part of Home Fleet post Sept. 5, 2552}}
*[[Fifth Fleet|Fifth]]
*[[Third Fleet]] {{C|Part of Home Fleet post Sept. 5, 2552}}
*[[Seventh Fleet|Seventh]]
*[[Fifth Fleet]] {{C|Part of Home Fleet post Sept. 5, 2552}}
*[[Sixteenth Fleet|Sixteenth]]
*[[Seventh Fleet]] {{C|Part of Home Fleet post Sept. 5, 2552}}
*[[UNSC Home Fleet|Home]]
*[[Sixteenth Fleet]] {{C|Part of Home Fleet post Sept. 5, 2552}}
*[[Epsilon Eridani Fleet|Epsilon Eridani]]
*[[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]]
*[[Fleet of Retribution|Retribution]] {{C|post-Great Schism}}
*[[Epsilon Eridani Fleet]]
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*[[Fleet of Retribution]] {{C|post-Great Schism}}
|forces2=*[[Truth's fleet|Truth's]]
|forces2=*[[Truth's fleet|Truth's]]
*[[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|Sacred Consecration]]
*[[Fleet of Sacred Consecration|Sacred Consecration]]
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*[[Fleet of Righteous Vigilance|Righteous Vigilance]]
*[[Fleet of Righteous Vigilance|Righteous Vigilance]]
*[[Fleet of Holy Respite|Holy Respite]]
*[[Fleet of Holy Respite|Holy Respite]]
*[[Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence|3rd Glorious Conequence]]
|casual1=Incredibly devastating losses
|casual1=Incredibly devastating losses
*Hundreds of starships
*Hundreds of starships
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The '''Siege of the Inner Colonies'''<ref name="HWTimeline" /> was a series of engagements taking place in [[humanity]]'s [[Inner colonies]] during [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="Xbox.com Halo Storyline">[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm '''Xbox.com:''' ''Halo Storyline''] (Defunct, Copy on [http://halo.bungie.org/misc/mstimeline2.html ''HBO Forums''] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20080424150226/www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm ''Wayback Machine''])</ref>
The '''Siege of the Inner Colonies'''<ref name="HWTimeline" /> was a series of engagements taking place in [[humanity]]'s [[Inner colonies]] during [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="Xbox.com Halo Storyline">[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm ''Xbox.com:'' Halo Storyline] (Defunct, Copy on [http://halo.bungie.org/misc/mstimeline2.html HBO Forums] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20080424150226/www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm Wayback Machine])</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
===Outer Colony slaughters===
{{Main|Massacre of the Outer Colonies}}
{{Expand-section}}
==Battle==
==Battle==
===Attacks in the Epsilon Eridani system===
{{Main|Fall of Reach|Battle for Tribute}}
On July 23, 2252, the [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence]] deployed [[Sangheili Zealot]]s to disable the [[Visegrád Relay]], effectively cutting [[Reach]] off from the UNSC.<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign levels, [[Noble Actual]] and [[Winter Contingency (level)|Winter Contingency]]</ref>
{{Expand-section}}
===Fighting in the Sol System===
{{Main|Battle of Mare Erythraeum|Battle for Earth}}
{{Expand-section}}
==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==
===The Lesser Ark===
{{Main|Battle of Installation 00}}
{{Expand-section}}
==Timeline==
==Timeline==
{{Expand-section}}
===2544===
*The [[Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence]] [[Battle of Miridem|attacks]] [[Miridem]].<ref>''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'', p. 299 (2011)</ref>
===2545===
*A month long [[Battle of Actium|campaign]] on [[Actium]] takes place between the Covenant and UNSC.<ref name="Waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Hero - Courage''] (Defunct)</ref>
===2547===
*[[Skopje]] is [[Battle of Skopje|attacked]] by the Covenant.<ref>''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'', "[[Dirt]]", p. 171-172</ref>
===2552===
*[[Mare Erythraeum]] is [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum|attacked]] by the Covenant.<ref>''[[Halo: Uprising]]'', [[Halo: Uprising Issue 3|Issue #3]]</ref>
===Unknown===
*[[Imber]] is attacked by the Covenant. [[Operation: DEVIL FREEDOM]] takes place there.<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition]]'' - Kelly-087's profile card</ref>
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:UltraMythos.jpg|A [[Sangheili Ultra]] and other Covenant forces on [[Reach]].
</gallery>
==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Human-Covenant War}}
{{Human-Covenant War}}

Revision as of 23:25, October 4, 2019

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The Siege of the Inner Colonies[1] was a series of engagements taking place in humanity's Inner colonies during Human-Covenant War.[2]

Background

Outer Colony slaughters

Main article: Massacre of the Outer Colonies
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Battle

Attacks in the Epsilon Eridani system

Main articles: Fall of Reach, Battle for Tribute

On July 23, 2252, the Fleet of Valiant Prudence deployed Sangheili Zealots to disable the Visegrád Relay, effectively cutting Reach off from the UNSC.[3]

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Fighting in the Sol System

Main articles: Battle of Mare Erythraeum, Battle for Earth
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Aftermath

The Lesser Ark

Main article: Battle of Installation 00
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Timeline

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2544

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2547

2552

Unknown

Gallery

Sources

  1. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named HWTimeline
  2. ^ Xbox.com: Halo Storyline (Defunct, Copy on HBO Forums and Wayback Machine)
  3. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign levels, Noble Actual and Winter Contingency
  4. ^ Halo Encyclopedia, p. 299 (2011)
  5. ^ Halo Waypoint, Hero - Courage (Defunct)
  6. ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "Dirt", p. 171-172
  7. ^ Halo: Uprising, Issue #3
  8. ^ Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition - Kelly-087's profile card

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