Post-Covenant War conflicts: Difference between revisions

Following the [[Battle of the Citadel|end]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552#December|2552]], a number of smaller conflicts and tensions arose: this cold time period was referred to as the '''post-Covenant War era''',<ref>[[Halo: Renegades]] - "Find. Claim. Profit. In a post-Covenant War galaxy littered with scrap, it's the salvager's motto...", back cover</ref> also known as the '''post-war era'''.<ref>[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]] - "In a post-war galaxy littered with scrap...", back cover</ref> The [[Unified Earth Government]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] had emerged as a major superpower following the end of the war.<ref>'''Halo 4''' - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SAs1V1NDwA "For too many years, humanity was on the backfront, reacting to threats rather than preventing them. The rest of the galaxy was bigger than us, stronger than us. We were mice, hiding in the shadows, hoping the giants would not see us. No more. Humanity is no longer on the defence. We are the giants now."], [[Captain]] [[Thomas Lasky]]'''</ref> They maintained their [[Treaty of 2552|alliance]] with the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] led by [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] and both groups became locked in irregular hostilities between [[Covenant remnants|several remnant factions]] of the former [[Covenant]], most notably the [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|new Covenant led by Jul 'Mdama]].<ref name="Reed">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/06/03/Halo-Initiation-Writer-Interview.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Halo Initiation Writer Interview'']</ref> Various human [[Insurrectionist]] groups, many of which had been dormant during the Human-Covenant War, re-emerged in the post-war era, the most prominent of these being the [[New Colonial Alliance]]<ref name="HE5">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 5|Issue #5]]''</ref> and the [[United Rebel Front]],<ref name="hnb"/> but also various independent colonial governments seeking to cut ties with the UEG.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light'''</ref> Additionally, the [[Sangheili]] were embroiled in a [[Blooding Years|civil war]] for several years, while many members of the species continued their earlier [[Sangheili-Jiralhanae war|feud]] with the [[Jiralhanae]], whose various splinter groups also remained locked in an irregular civil war.<ref name="HTTW">'''Halo: The Thursday War'''</ref> Conflicts in the post-war era also saw an increase in the involvement of [[Forerunner]] elements, including [[Promethean]] forces led by the renegade [[Ur-Didact]]. In late 2558, the Promethean constructs fell under the banner of the [[Created]], a newly-emerged group bent on galactic domination led by [[Cortana]] and the [[Warden Eternal]].<ref name="h5g">'''Halo 5: Guardians'''</ref> By the [[2559|following year]], the [[Intergalactic space|extragalactic]] installation known as [[Installation 00|the Ark]] was embroiled in a [[Second Ark Conflict|protracted battle]] between the mercenary group known as the [[Banished]] and the UNSC forces of the long-lost warship {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}.