Editing 2526

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'''2526''' was a year in the 2520s in the 26th century.

==Events==
===January===
'''January 17'''
*At 0930 hours, [[Chris Preston]], undergoing medical rehabilitation on board a [[refit station]], records a message for [[David Dominguez]]'s parents recounting his sacrifice in securing [[Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet]]s during the evacuation of [[Harvest]].{{Ref/Generic|Id=Unspoken|Heading=[[Become]]|Subheading=[[UNSC Archives]]|Detail=[[Unspoken]]}}

===February===
'''February 13'''
*Between 0153 and 0314 hours; while surveying the [[Outer Colonies|outer colony]] planet [[Bliss]], the {{UNSCShip|Accra}} encountered a Covenant ships before being destroyed,{{Ref/Game|Id=HRLEHJRTAI|HR|Part=Halo: Reach Limited Edition|PartText=Limited Edition|Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail="The Accra Incident"}} starting the [[Battle of Bliss]], and the [[glassing]] of the planet.{{Ref/Game|Id=HRLEHJINBD|HR|Part=Halo: Reach Limited Edition|PartText=Limited Edition|Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail=Intersystem News "Bliss Decimated"}}
'''February 19'''
*Following it's recovery by the {{UNSCShip|Prophecy}}, the ''Accra''s voyage data recorder is accessed and the final event logs are made into a document called the "The Accra Incident".{{Ref/Reuse|HRLEHJRTAI}}

'''February 24'''
*Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] makes an entry in her [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal|personal journal]] in which she ponders the nature of the [[Covenant]] and the relationships between its client species.{{Ref/Game|Id=HRLEHL2526February|HR|Part=Halo: Reach Limited Edition|PartText=Limited Edition|What=Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail=February 24, 2526}}

===March===
'''March 1'''
*[[Preston Cole]]'s [[Battle Group X-Ray]] reaches [[Harvest]] and the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] begins, achieving a Pyrrhic victory. However, the Covenant also claim victory and celebrate through fasting and prayer. The [[Prophet of Regret]] broadcasts the executions of "those who failed their duty" in the battle. The Covenant return to Harvest later in the year, leading to a [[Harvest campaign|five-year campaign]] for control of the planet.
'''March 4'''
*The {{class|Razor|prowler}} {{UNSCShip|Starry Night}} covertly observes the [[Covenant frigate|frigate]] ''[[Radiant Arrow]]'' and its complement of {{Pattern|Elsedda|Banshee}}s at the planet [[Netherop]].<ref name="HSS1">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref>
'''March 5'''
*Twelve [[Spartan-II]]s of [[Blue Team|Blue]], [[Green Team|Green]], and [[Gold Team]]s [[Skirmish over Netherop|infiltrate]] the ''Radiant Arrow'' in high equatorial orbit over Netherop.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS3}}<ref name="HSS9">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 9''</ref> The [[frigate]] is intentionally scuttled by its [[shipmaster]] but all [[Spartans]] make it off in time.<ref name="HSS3">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref><ref name="HSS4">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref>
'''March 7'''
*[[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]] meets with [[Admiral]]s [[Preston Cole]] and [[Michael Stanforth]] and Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] aboard the {{UNSCShip|Everest}} and agrees to be recruited for [[Operation: SILENT STORM]].{{Ref/Reuse|HSS4}}
'''March 8'''
*The particulars of Operation: SILENT STORM are formalized aboard the {{class|Point Blank|stealth cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}}.<ref name="HSS5">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 5''</ref>
'''March 10'''
*The [[WINTER CONTINGENCY (protocol)|WINTER CONTINGENCY]] protocol is enacted by the UNSC.{{Ref/Site|Id=HBNPROAssaultRifle|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=intel&cid=27030|Site=Halo.Bungie.Net|Section=Project, Halo: Reach, Intel, CAA Factbook|Page=Operational Reports-Γ|D=25|M=10|Y=2020|LocalArchive=}}
'''March 23'''
*Insurrectionists bomb civilian spaceport in [[Troisi City]], [[Lodestone]].<ref name="fudp1">'''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''', ''Part 1''</ref>
'''March 26'''
*The [[Jiralhanae]] [[Pavium]] is born on [[Doisac]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P457|Enc22|Page=457}}

===April===
'''April 2'''
*UNSC forces working with ONI agents prevent an attack on [[New Harmony (city)|New Harmony]], [[Mars]]. Two Insurrectionists, [[Christina Rice]] and [[James McCann]], were disguised as [[UNSC Army|Army]] specialists and were stealing weapons for a possible attack.{{Ref/Reuse|fudp1}}
'''April 6'''
*At 9:15+0 MMT; [[Intersystem News]] reported on the Battle of Bliss.{{Ref/Reuse|HRLEHJINBD}}
'''April 15'''
*The [[Battle of Zhoist]] takes place, ending with the UNSC destroying several Covenant assets on [[Zhoist]], incluying the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]], ''[[Hammer of Faith|a]]'' [[Covenant carrier|Covenant supercarrier]], and two of the [[Ten Cities of Edification]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=oblv5|Oblv|Chapter=5}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=ssepi|SS|Chapter=Epilogue}}
'''April 26'''
*The [[Battle of Circinius IV]] takes place: the Covenant launch an assault on [[Circinius IV]], killing almost the entire human population of the planet. [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]] is deployed to retrieve survivors from [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]]; only four cadets from [[Hastati Squad]] remain alive after the initial assault, three of whom make it to the extraction point and evacuate as the planet is glassed.<ref>'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn'''</ref>{{Ref/Twitter|Id=TwitterHaloTIH2526April|Halo|327936966106693632|Halo|Y=2013|M=4|D=27|Quote=#TodayInHalo 04/26/2526 - Circinius-IV is attacked by the Covenant, forcing the evacuation of the planet.}}
'''April 28'''
*Vice Admiral [[Michael Stanforth]] requested for the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to repurpose all assets to aid the war against the Covenant and to refocus all research on wartime strategy.{{Ref/Game|Id=HRLEHL2526April|HR|Part=Halo: Reach Limited Edition|PartText=Limited Edition|What=Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail=April 28, 2526}}

===May===
'''May 3'''
*Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] devises a new matrix strata with random-access couplers that could theoretically expand an AI's lifespan. Those protocols are authorized by Vice Admiral Michael Stanforth some time later.{{Ref/Game|Id=HRLEHL2526May|HR|Part=Halo: Reach Limited Edition|PartText=Limited Edition|What=Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail=May 3, 2526}}
'''May 30'''
*The [[Battle of Mesra]] takes place as the Covenant invade the Outer colony of [[Mesra]] in the [[Qusdar system]] with the intent of capturing its vast mining infrastructure; Admiral [[Preston Cole]] launches a counteroffensive in a bid to wipe out the invaders, led by Spartan [[Blue Team]].<ref name="Oblivion1">'''[[Halo: Oblivion]]''' - '''Chapter 1'''</ref>

===June===
'''June 5'''
*The battle on Mesra ends with a Covenant victory. Blue Team is extracted and reassigned to capture the downed [[Covenant frigate]] codename ''[[Steadfast Strike|Lucky Break]]'' on Netherop.
*By June 5, FLEETCOM is unable to consolidate battlefield intelligence before it became inactionable, and stops trying to coordinate core strategy, granting operational autonomy to each battle group.{{Ref/Reuse|Oblivion1}}
'''June 7'''
*A [[Battle of Netherop (2526)|battle]] between the UNSC, the Covenant, and [[Nizat 'Kvarosee]]'s [[Flotilla of Unsung Piety]] takes place on Netherop. The battle would end with Nizat's forces exiled into the planet and Netherop being space-mined. Nizat's forces and stranded UNSC forces led by [[Amalea Petrov]] would fight each other for the next thirty-three years.
'''June 12'''
*A Court of Inquiry is hold on the {{UNSCShip|Everest}} about the failure of the UNSC mission on Netherop. After ensuring that the [[Castoffs]] would remain silent about the SPARTAN-II's origins, the UNSC sends the Castoffs, reluctantly, to [[Gao]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Oblivion|Epilogue}}

===October===
'''October 21'''
*The [[Battle of Alpha Aurigae]] takes place in the [[Alpha Aurigae system]].

===Unknown date===
*[[Biko]] is [[glassed]] by the [[Covenant]].
*The [[Committee of Minds for Security]] analyze the Covenant's [[glassing]] capabilities based on recorded data from prior engagements.{{Ref/Game|HR|Data pads|Data pad 10}} They also discuss changing the primary focus of the [[UNSC Special Forces]], with the protection of infrastructure, previously the main focus of the Spartan-IIs, being shifted to the ODST.{{Ref/Game|HR|Data pads|Data pad 11}} Later in the year the Committee discuss the possibility of a hypothetical Covenant counterpart to the Assembly and the possibility of contacting it.{{Ref/Game|HR|Data pads|Data pad 12}}
*The [[Type-32 Rapid Assault Vehicle]] is first observed by the UNSC.{{Ref/Site|Id=HWUVGhost|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/ghost|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Weapons|Page=Shade Turret|D=4|M=1|Y=2020|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/ghost.html}}

==Gallery==
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File:Intersystem News Bliss.jpg
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File:HWG RasusInterdictor Showdown.png
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File:FUD-Corbulo-Glassed.jpg
File:Oblivion CoverArt.jpg
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==Sources==
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