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==Near-extinctions | ==Near-extinctions== | ||
*When the [[Great Purification]] occurred, ending the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], a small minority of [[Forerunners]] fled the | *When the [[Great Purification]] occurred, ending the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], a small minority of [[Forerunners]] fled the Galaxy leaving their species nearly extinct at the time.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 314''</ref> The vast majority of their species died when the [[Halo Array]] fired as planned.<ref>Halo 2 "They and all additional sentient life in three radii of the galactic center, died, as planned.", 343 Guilty Spark</ref> | ||
*By [[850 BCE]], [[thremaleon]], a species of lizard from the Sangheili homeworld [[Sanghelios]], was nearly extinct.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 100''</ref> | *By [[850 BCE]], [[thremaleon]], a species of lizard from the Sangheili homeworld [[Sanghelios]], was nearly extinct.<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 100''</ref> | ||
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*Prior to their incorporation into the Covenant, the [[Jiralhanae]] race was almost brought to extinction due to a decade-long civil war known as the [[First Immolation]]. The war between the [[Rh'tol]] and [[Vheiloth]] skeins had plunged their homeworld, [[Doisac]], into a nuclear holocaust that drove the species back several hundred years in science and machinery.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/jiralhanae '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Jiralhanae'']</ref> | *Prior to their incorporation into the Covenant, the [[Jiralhanae]] race was almost brought to extinction due to a decade-long civil war known as the [[First Immolation]]. The war between the [[Rh'tol]] and [[Vheiloth]] skeins had plunged their homeworld, [[Doisac]], into a nuclear holocaust that drove the species back several hundred years in science and machinery.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/jiralhanae '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Jiralhanae'']</ref> | ||
*Between [[2525]] and [[2552]], the [[Covenant]] conducted a [[Human-Covenant War|period of genocide]] against [[humanity]] due to the discovery that they were set to inherit the Forerunner's technology.<ref name="CH">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''Chapter Sixteen''</ref> Although their efforts resulted in the destruction of hundreds of colonies and billions of human lives, they would ultimately fail.<ref name="H3">'''[[Halo 3]]''' | *Between [[2525]] and [[2552]], the [[Covenant]] conducted a [[Human-Covenant War|period of genocide]] against [[humanity]] due to the discovery that they were set to inherit the Forerunner's technology.<ref name="CH">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''Chapter Sixteen''</ref> Although their efforts resulted in the destruction of hundreds of colonies and billions of human lives, they would ultimately fail.<ref name="H3">'''[[Halo 3]]'''</ref> | ||
*The [[Fall of Reach|fall of the planet Reach]] in [[2552]] brought [[moa]] numbers to near-extinction levels. However, moa still survive on Reach in remote sectors of the planet that were not glassed by the Covenant. Additionally, the entrepreneur [[Wiljax Brantley]] had received a shipment of moa from Reach prior to the attack. His [[Have S'Moa]] restaurant and petting zoo on [[Gannick 22]] is now home to the largest single population of remaining moa in the galaxy.<ref>[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Have S'moa]</ref> | *The [[Fall of Reach|fall of the planet Reach]] in [[2552]] brought [[moa]] numbers to near-extinction levels. However, moa still survive on Reach in remote sectors of the planet that were not glassed by the Covenant. Additionally, the entrepreneur [[Wiljax Brantley]] had received a shipment of moa from Reach prior to the attack. His [[Have S'Moa]] restaurant and petting zoo on [[Gannick 22]] is now home to the largest single population of remaining moa in the galaxy.<ref>[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Have S'moa]</ref> |