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*[[Ages of Reclamation|Ninth Age of Reclamation]] begins with the [[ascension]] of the [[Hierarchs|High Prophets]] of [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]], [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]], and [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]]. They declare that the Human race destroyed a vast [[Forerunner]] reliquary and are to be exterminated, starting the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''pages 379-384''</ref>
'''2525''' marks the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]], a twenty-seven year long engagement between the [[Covenant]] empire and the [[United Nations Space Command]]. Major events include the [[Skirmish on Minor Transgression|Skirmish on ''Minor Transgression'']], [[First Battle of Harvest]], the [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus]], and the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]].


*[[Antonio Silva]] is assigned to command an [[ODST]] [[platoon]] onboard the {{UNSCship|Atlas}}.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 134''</ref>
==Events==
===January===
'''January 2'''
*Staff Sergeants [[Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]], along with [[Ponder|Captain Ponder]] and [[Healy|Petty Officer First Class Healy]], begin training [[Harvest]]'s [[Colonial Militia]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 105''</ref>
'''January 16'''
*The militia goes on another march, this time with 25kg [[rucksack]]s. In the aftermath, Johnson and Ponder attend Harvest's [[Solstice Celebration]]. Johnson is briefed by [[Jilan al-Cygni]] as to why he and Byrne are here; to prevent [[Insurrectionist]] attacks on [[UNSC]] freighters.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 105-123''</ref>
'''January 17'''
*The [[Skirmish on Minor Transgression|Skirmish on ''Minor Transgression'']]: The [[Covenant]] ship ''[[Minor Transgression]]'' attacks another [[human]] ship (the ''[[Bulk Discount]]''), said human ship having the ''[[Walk of Shame]]'' in support and hosting not only Johnson and Byrne but also an arsenal of weapons. The aliens are repelled (though Johnson receives a fractured skull) and the ship destroyed, though [[Dadab]] and [[Lighter Than Some]] are able to escape in a escape pod after making a report on the relics they've found.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 124-136''</ref>
*Colonial Militia trainees [[Wallace Jenkins]], [[Forsell]], [[Wick]] and [[Andersen]] begin target practice.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 137''</ref>
*The [[Ministry of Fortitude]] holds a statistic-based meeting. The [[Minister of Fortitude]] takes stimulants to help him through the ordeal.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 143''</ref>
'''January 18'''
*Fortitude wakes up, the hangover effect of the stimulants taking hold. The [[Vice Minister of Tranquility]] alerts him to the [[Luminary]] detections made by ''Minor Transgression''. They resolve to use them to usher in an [[Age of Reclamation]] and secure their position as the next trio of Hierarchs.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 143-158''</ref>
*''Walk of Shame'' is dispatched to [[Reach]] to request that [[FLEETCOM]] send a battle group in the event of first contact escalating into bloodshed.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 166''</ref>
'''January 19'''
*Johnson regains consciousness and is debriefed by [[Nils Thune]] and al-Cygni. Johnson resolves to accelerate the militia's training.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 159-166''</ref>


*[[Biko]] is [[glassed]] by the [[Covenant]] sometime during this year.<ref>[[Queen's Diary Entry]].</ref>
===February===
 
'''February 3'''
*The [[Assembly]] holds a tribunal for one of its members, who is believed to have attempted communication with the Covenant.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''Data pad ''</ref> Later in the year, they discuss the [[SPARTAN-II Program]] and how it managed to reach operational capacity a year before the [[Insurrection]] expanded beyond control.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''Data pad 9''</ref>
*Harvest's [[Tiara]] makes long-range [[radar]] contact with the [[Covenant cruiser]] ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''. Contact is lost with Harvest soon after.
 
'''February 11'''
==January==
*First formal contact between the [[Covenant]] and [[human]]s on [[Harvest]] at the [[Harvest Botanical Gardens]]. Communications go awry and the [[Human-Covenant War]] begins. The Covenant forces, led by [[Jiralhanae]] [[Chieftain]] [[Maccabeus]], retreat to ''Rapid Conversion'' in high orbit over Harvest.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 256-259''</ref>
===2nd===
*[[Jilan al-Cygni]] deploys a [[RQ-XII drone]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 391''</ref>
*[[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]], along with [[Captain (Marine Corps)|Captain]] [[Ponder]], begin training [[Harvest]]'s [[Colonial Militia]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 105''</ref>
'''February 22'''
 
*After a week of remaining still, ''Rapid Conversion'' attacks the small, remote town of [[Gladsheim]], while [[Type-25 Spirit]]s, [[Jiralhanae]], and [[Yanme'e]] slaughter its residents. The [[Harvest militia]] evacuates the town's few survivors, resulting in the injury of Maccabeus and the death of [[Ritul]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 279-286''</ref>
===16th===
'''February 23'''
*The militia goes on another march, this time with 25kg rucksacks. In the aftermath, Johnson and Ponder attend Harvest's Solstice Celebration. Johnson is briefed by [[Jilan al-Cygni]] as to why he and Byrne are here; to prevent [[Insurrectionist]] attacks on [[UNSC]] freighters.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''pages 105-123''</ref>
*Evacuation of Harvest. About 22,000-23,000 civilians are killed. [[Tartarus]] kills Maccabeus and takes control of the Covenant forces. ''Rapid Conversion'' is disabled by Harvest's [[mass driver]] while colonists and militiamen escape to the Tiara.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 335-336''</ref>
 
*Large firefights at the Tiara and Harvest's [[Harvest reactor complex|reactor complex]] ensure. Notable deaths include [[Ponder]], [[Vorenus]], [[Dadab]], and [[Lighter Than Some]]. [[Loki]] destroys the [[Tiara]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 368-385''</ref>
===17th===
'''February 28'''
*The [[Skirmish Over Harvest]]: The [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] ship ''[[Minor Transgression]]'' attacks another [[human]] ship (the ''[[Bulk Discount]]''), said human ship having the ''[[Walk of Shame]]'' in support and hosting not only Johnson and Byrne but also an arsenal of weapons. The aliens are repelled (though Johnson receives a fractured skull) and the ship destroyed, though [[Dadab]] and ''[[Lighter Than Some]]'' are able to escape in a escape pod after making a report on the relics they've found.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''pages 124-136''</ref>
*[[Miranda Keyes|Miranda Halsey]] is born to [[Catherine Halsey]] and [[Jacob Keyes]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach Limited Edition]]''', ''[[Intersystem News]], LCDR Miranda Keyes Awarded Silver Star''</ref>
*Colonial Militia trainees [[Wallace A. Jenkins]], [[Forsell]], [[Wick]] and [[Andersen]] begin target practice.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 137''</ref>
 
*The [[Ministry of Fortitude]] holds a statistic-based meeting. The [[Minister of Fortitude]] takes stimulants to help him through the ordeal.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 143''</ref>
 
===18th===
*Fortitude wakes up, the hangover effect of the stimulants taking hold. The [[Vice Minister of Tranquility]] alerts him to the [[Luminary]] detections made by ''Minor Transgression''. They resolve to use them to usher in an [[Age of Reclamation]] and secure their position as the next trio of Hierarchs.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', pages 143-158</ref>
 
*''Walk of Shame'' is dispatched to [[Reach]] to request that [[FLEETCOM]] send a battle group in the event of first contact escalating into bloodshed.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 166''</ref>
 
===19th===
*Johnson regains consciousness and is debriefed by [[Nils Thune]] and al-Cygni. Johnson resolves to accelerate the militia's training.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''pages 159-166''</ref>
 
==February==
===3rd===
*Harvest's [[Tiara]] makes long-range [[radar]] contact with the [[Covenant Cruiser]] ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''. Contact is lost with Harvest soon after.


===11th===
===March===
*First formal contact between the [[Covenant]] and [[human]]s on [[Harvest]]. Communications go awry and the [[Human-Covenant War]] begins. <ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest|'''Halo: Contact Harvest''']], ''pages ??-??''</ref>
'''March 6'''
*[[Jilan al-Cygni]] deploys a [[RQ-XII drone]]. <ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 391''</ref>
*The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] declares [[Onyx]] classified after the discovery of [[Forerunner]] artifacts.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 127''</ref>
'''March 9'''
*[[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]]s undergo rigorous chemical, physical and biological [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|augmentations]]. Thirty-three Spartans successfully pass the alterations. Thirty subjects die, and twelve are permanently disabled.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 55-59''</ref>
'''March 30'''
*Funeral service for those who died undergoing augmentations in the SPARTAN-II program aboard {{UNSCShip|Atlas}} in the [[Lambda Serpentis system]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 60-63''</ref>


===23rd===
===April===
*Evacuation of Harvest. About 22,000-23,000 civilians are killed.
'''April 1'''
*[[Loki]] destroys the [[Tiara]].
*[[Catherine Halsey|Doctor Catherine Halsey]] has the bodies of the deceased SPARTAN-IIs [[Cryonics|cryogenically preserved]] in hopes of reviving them in the future. The augmentation washouts are given desk jobs to allow them to continue to support the UNSC.<ref name="journal">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref>
'''April 20'''
*{{CMA ship|Argo}} arrives in the [[Epsilon Indi system]] and makes a confirmation transmission. No further reports are received.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 118'' (2010 edition)</ref>
'''April 21'''
*[[Mack]] detects the CMA ''Argo'' enter Harvest's orbit. He attempts to warn ''Argo'' of the Covenant, but the scout ship is destroyed by ''Rapid Conversion''.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 393''</ref>
'''April 22'''
*[[John-117]] kills two soldiers and severely wounds another from the [[105th Shock Troops Division]] in a scuffle aboard ''Atlas''.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 63-69''</ref>


===28th===
===May===
*[[Miranda Keyes|Miranda Halsey]] is born to [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey]] and [[Jacob Keyes]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach Limited Edition]]''', ''[[Intersystem News]], LCDR Miranda Keyes Awarded Silver Star''</ref>
'''May 11'''
 
==March==
===6th===
*[[ONI]] declares [[Onyx]] classified. <ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 127''</ref>
 
===9th===
*[[SPARTAN-II]]s undergo rigorous chemical, physical and biological augmentations. Thirty three Spartans successfully pass the alterations. Thirty subjects die, and twelve are permanently disabled. <ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 55-59''</ref>
 
===30th===
*Funeral service for those who died undergoing augmentations in the SPARTAN-II program. <ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 60-63''</ref>
 
==April==
===20th===
*{{CMA ship|Argo}} arrives in the [[Epsilon Indi system]] and makes a confirmation transmission. No further reports are received.
 
===21st===
*[[Mack]] hears the UNSC ''Argo''<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 393''</ref>
 
===22nd===
*[[John-117]] kills two soldiers and severely wounds another from the [[105th ODST Division]] in a scuffle aboard {{UNSCship|Atlas}}.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 63-69''</ref>
 
==May==
===11th===
*[[Preston Cole]]'s liver fails from cirrhosis, and is subsequently replaced - as are his damaged heart and endocrine system - with flash-cloned transplants.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''page 459''</ref>
*[[Preston Cole]]'s liver fails from cirrhosis, and is subsequently replaced - as are his damaged heart and endocrine system - with flash-cloned transplants.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''page 459''</ref>


==July==
===June===
===1st===
'''June 27'''
*[[Mack]] begins burying the maglev strands of the Tiara. <ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 395''</ref>
*Dr. Halsey begins to plan therapies, experimental surgeries, and rehabilitations for eighty percent of the SPARTAN-II augmentation washouts and creates to protocols. [[Artificial intelligence]]s predict a fifty percent success rate, though Halsey believes the Spartans' will to serve the UNSC will boost the success rate.<ref name="journal"/>
'''June 28'''
*Dr. Halsey moves her research from [[Camp Hathcock]] to [[CASTLE Base]], declining an invitation of working in a corner suite in [[Olympic Tower]].<ref name="journal"/>
'''June 30'''
*A test case file was unintentionally "attached" to an official response to Catherine Halsey. The file showed a volunteer attempting to use a prototype of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]], resulting in his death due to his lack of training and proper physiology.<ref name="journal"/>


===July===
'''July 1'''
*[[Mack]] begins burying the [[MagLev train|MagLev]] strands of the Tiara as the Covenant begins to [[glass]] Harvest.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 395''</ref>


==September==
===September===
===11th===
'''September 1'''
*SPARTAN-IIs train with the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor#Mark I exoskeleton|Mark I armor]] in the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex|Reach UNSC Military Complex]]. [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] determines the soldiers are ready for their first mission.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 69-74''</ref>
*Dr. Halsey works on improving the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor prototypes. Due to its secrecy, she relocates the [[Materials Group]] division working on the armor to [[Damascus Testing Facility]] in [[Vhalkem]] on [[Chi Ceti IV]].<ref name="journal"/>
'''September 11'''
*SPARTAN-IIs train with the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor#Mark I exoskeleton|Mark I armor]] in the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex|Reach UNSC Military Complex]]. Dr. Halsey determines the soldiers are ready for their first mission.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 69-74''</ref>
'''September 12'''
*SPARTAN-IIs are briefed on their first mission aboard the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] {{UNSCShip|Pioneer}}, capturing [[United Rebel Front]] leader [[Robert Watts|Colonel Robert Watts]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 75-81''</ref>
*John-117 is promoted to [[Petty Officer Third Class]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 77''</ref>
'''September 14'''
*The [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus]]. [[Blue Team]]—consisting of John-117, [[Samuel-034]], [[Linda-058]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Fred-104]]—infiltrate URF military base [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the [[Eridanus system]]'s [[asteroid]] belt. Robert Watts is captured by the SPARTAN-IIs and returned to the UNSC. The asteroid's hangar bay was damaged by Sam, causing it to vent atmosphere.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 81-94''</ref>


===12th===
===October===
*SPARTAN-IIs are briefed on their first mission aboard the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] {{UNSCship|Pioneer}}. <ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 75-81''</ref>
'''October 7'''
*John-117 is promoted to [[Petty Officer Third Class]]. <ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 77''</ref>
 
===14th===
*[[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]] is captured by the SPARTAN-IIs in the [[Eridanus System]]. <ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 81-94''</ref>
 
==October==
===7th===
*[[Battlegroup 4]], composed of the {{CMA ship|Heracles}}, the {{CMA ship|Arabia}} and the {{CMA ship|Vostok}} enters the Epsilon Indi system and make contact with a Covenant ship. The Covenant ship destroys the ''Vostok'' and the ''Arabia'' with only the badly damaged ''Heracles'' escaping. Before leaving, the Battlegroup picked up a transmission in English from the Covenant ship: "Your destruction is the will of the gods, and we are their instrument." <ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref>
*[[Battlegroup 4]], composed of the {{CMA ship|Heracles}}, the {{CMA ship|Arabia}} and the {{CMA ship|Vostok}} enters the Epsilon Indi system and make contact with a Covenant ship. The Covenant ship destroys the ''Vostok'' and the ''Arabia'' with only the badly damaged ''Heracles'' escaping. Before leaving, the Battlegroup picked up a transmission in English from the Covenant ship: "Your destruction is the will of the gods, and we are their instrument." <ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref>
*The Covenant ship broadcasts the following message: "Your destruction is the will of the Gods...and we are their instrument" in complete English, showing that the Covenant have been studying Humanity for some time.<ref name="for98">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 98''</ref>


*The Covenant ship broadcasts the following message: "Your destruction is the will of the Gods...and we are their instrument" in complete English, showing that the Covenant have been studying Humanity for some time.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 98''</ref>
===November===
 
'''November 1'''
 
*UNSC is put on full alert for the Covenant. The training of the SPARTAN-IIs is accelerated.<ref name="for98"/>
==November==
'''November 2'''
===1st===
*[[Office of Naval Intelligence]] agents [[Jack Hopper|Lieutenant Commander Jack Hopper]] and [[Demos|Lieutenant Demos]] convince [[Preston Cole|Vice Admiral Preston Cole]] to come out of retirement and lead the fleet to retake Harvest.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 460''</ref>
*UNSC is put on full alert for the Covenant. <ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 98''</ref>
 
===2nd===
*[[Office of Naval Intelligence]] agents [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Jack Hopper]] and [[Lieutenant]] [[Demos]] convince [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] to come out of retirement and lead the fleet to retake Harvest.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 460''</ref>
*The SPARTAN-IIs are informed of hostile contact with the Covenant and the fate of Harvest. They are introduced to [[Project MJOLNIR]]. <ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 94-101''</ref>
*The SPARTAN-IIs are informed of hostile contact with the Covenant and the fate of Harvest. They are introduced to [[Project MJOLNIR]]. <ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 94-101''</ref>
'''November 3'''
*Dr. Halsey begins to analyze the Covenant.<ref name="journal"/>
'''November 5'''
*Many high-ranking personnel within the UNSC begin to show fear of the Covenant. Dr. Halsey and [[Franklin Mendez]] discuss the SPARTAN-IIs and Covenant threat.<ref name="journal"/>
'''November 27'''
*The [[Battle of Chi Ceti]]. The SPARTAN-IIs are delivered to the Damascus Testing Facility on Chi Ceti IV by the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}}. While en route to the planet, ''Commonwealth'' is attacked by the Covenant's ''[[Unrelenting]]''. The ''Commonwealth'' manages to damage ''Unrelenting'', allowing the Spartans to escape to Chi Ceti IV.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 102-113''</ref>
*Within the UNSC Damascus Materials Testing Facility, the SPARTAN-IIs are introduced and fitted with the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 113-119''</ref>
*While the Spartans are returning to the ''Commonwealth'', ''Unrelenting'' returns and attacks the frigate. The SPARTAN-IIs board the Covenant ship. They plant [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile]]s at the ship's reactor and detonate them, destroying the ship—resulting in the death of Samuel-034.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 119-130''</ref>


===27th===
===Unknown date===
* The [[Battle of Chi Ceti]].
*[[Ages of Reclamation|Ninth Age of Reclamation]] begins with the [[ascension]] of the [[Hierarchs|High Prophets]] of [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]], [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]], and [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]]. They declare that the human race destroyed a vast [[Forerunner]] reliquary and are to be exterminated, starting the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''pages 379-384''</ref>
**The SPARTAN-IIs are attacked by a Covenant ship while aboard the [[UNSC Commonwealth|UNSC ''Commonwealth'']] above [[Chi Ceti 4]]. The Spartans escape to the surface of the planet. <ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 102-113''</ref>
*[[Antonio Silva]] is assigned to command an [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] [[platoon]] onboard {{UNSCShip|Atlas}}.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 134''</ref>
**Within the UNSC Damascus Materials Testing Facility, the SPARTAN-IIs are introduced and fitted with the [[MJOLNIR Mk. IV]] armor. <ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 113-119''</ref>
*[[Biko]] is [[glassed]] by the [[Covenant]] sometime during this year.<ref>[[Queen's Diary Entry]].</ref>
**The SPARTAN-IIs board the Covenant ship. They plant [[ANVIL-II Air-to-Surface Missile|explosives]] at the ship's reactor and detonate them, destroying the ship. <ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 119-130''</ref>
*The [[Assembly]] holds a tribunal for one of its members, who is believed to have attempted communication with the Covenant.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''Data pad ''</ref> Later in the year, they discuss the [[SPARTAN-II program]] and how it managed to reach operational capacity a year before the [[Insurrection]] expanded beyond control.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''Data pad 9''</ref>
**[[Samuel-034]] dies during the destruction of the Covenant ship. <ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 130''</ref>


==Sources==
==Sources==
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2525 marks the beginning of the Human-Covenant War, a twenty-seven year long engagement between the Covenant empire and the United Nations Space Command. Major events include the Skirmish on Minor Transgression, First Battle of Harvest, the Assault on Eridanus Secundus, and the Battle of Chi Ceti.

Events

January

January 2

January 16

January 17

January 18

  • Fortitude wakes up, the hangover effect of the stimulants taking hold. The Vice Minister of Tranquility alerts him to the Luminary detections made by Minor Transgression. They resolve to use them to usher in an Age of Reclamation and secure their position as the next trio of Hierarchs.[6]
  • Walk of Shame is dispatched to Reach to request that FLEETCOM send a battle group in the event of first contact escalating into bloodshed.[7]

January 19

  • Johnson regains consciousness and is debriefed by Nils Thune and al-Cygni. Johnson resolves to accelerate the militia's training.[8]

February

February 3

February 11

February 22

February 23

February 28

March

March 6

March 9

  • SPARTAN-IIs undergo rigorous chemical, physical and biological augmentations. Thirty-three Spartans successfully pass the alterations. Thirty subjects die, and twelve are permanently disabled.[16]

March 30

April

April 1

April 20

April 21

  • Mack detects the CMA Argo enter Harvest's orbit. He attempts to warn Argo of the Covenant, but the scout ship is destroyed by Rapid Conversion.[20]

April 22

May

May 11

  • Preston Cole's liver fails from cirrhosis, and is subsequently replaced - as are his damaged heart and endocrine system - with flash-cloned transplants.[22]

June

June 27

  • Dr. Halsey begins to plan therapies, experimental surgeries, and rehabilitations for eighty percent of the SPARTAN-II augmentation washouts and creates to protocols. Artificial intelligences predict a fifty percent success rate, though Halsey believes the Spartans' will to serve the UNSC will boost the success rate.[18]

June 28

June 30

  • A test case file was unintentionally "attached" to an official response to Catherine Halsey. The file showed a volunteer attempting to use a prototype of the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor, resulting in his death due to his lack of training and proper physiology.[18]

July

July 1

  • Mack begins burying the MagLev strands of the Tiara as the Covenant begins to glass Harvest.[23]

September

September 1

September 11

September 12

September 14

October

October 7

  • Battlegroup 4, composed of the Template:CMA ship, the Template:CMA ship and the Template:CMA ship enters the Epsilon Indi system and make contact with a Covenant ship. The Covenant ship destroys the Vostok and the Arabia with only the badly damaged Heracles escaping. Before leaving, the Battlegroup picked up a transmission in English from the Covenant ship: "Your destruction is the will of the gods, and we are their instrument." [28]
  • The Covenant ship broadcasts the following message: "Your destruction is the will of the Gods...and we are their instrument" in complete English, showing that the Covenant have been studying Humanity for some time.[29]

November

November 1

  • UNSC is put on full alert for the Covenant. The training of the SPARTAN-IIs is accelerated.[29]

November 2

November 3

  • Dr. Halsey begins to analyze the Covenant.[18]

November 5

  • Many high-ranking personnel within the UNSC begin to show fear of the Covenant. Dr. Halsey and Franklin Mendez discuss the SPARTAN-IIs and Covenant threat.[18]

November 27

  • The Battle of Chi Ceti. The SPARTAN-IIs are delivered to the Damascus Testing Facility on Chi Ceti IV by the UNSC Commonwealth. While en route to the planet, Commonwealth is attacked by the Covenant's Unrelenting. The Commonwealth manages to damage Unrelenting, allowing the Spartans to escape to Chi Ceti IV.[32]
  • Within the UNSC Damascus Materials Testing Facility, the SPARTAN-IIs are introduced and fitted with the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV.[33]
  • While the Spartans are returning to the Commonwealth, Unrelenting returns and attacks the frigate. The SPARTAN-IIs board the Covenant ship. They plant Anvil-II air-to-surface missiles at the ship's reactor and detonate them, destroying the ship—resulting in the death of Samuel-034.[34]

Unknown date

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 105
  2. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 105-123
  3. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 124-136
  4. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 137
  5. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 143
  6. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 143-158
  7. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 166
  8. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 159-166
  9. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 256-259
  10. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 391
  11. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 279-286
  12. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 335-336
  13. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 368-385
  14. ^ Halo: Reach Limited Edition, Intersystem News, LCDR Miranda Keyes Awarded Silver Star
  15. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 127
  16. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 55-59
  17. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 60-63
  18. ^ a b c d e f g Halo: Reach, Dr. Halsey's personal journal
  19. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 118 (2010 edition)
  20. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 393
  21. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 63-69
  22. ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", page 459
  23. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 395
  24. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 69-74
  25. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 75-81
  26. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 77
  27. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 81-94
  28. ^ Halo Wars: Genesis
  29. ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 98
  30. ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", page 460
  31. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 94-101
  32. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 102-113
  33. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 113-119
  34. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 119-130
  35. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 379-384
  36. ^ Halo: The Flood, page 134
  37. ^ Queen's Diary Entry.
  38. ^ Halo: Reach, Data pad
  39. ^ Halo: Reach, Data pad 9
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