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The Colonial Administration Authority was established by the [[Unified Earth Government]] in [[2310]], alongside the [[Colonial Military Administration]].<ref name="evg"/> Formed two decades after the invention of the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], the CAA was tasked with planning for [[human]]ity's extra-solar settlement and colonization, spending the following decades preparing for the inevitable exodus from the [[Sol system]] that would occur. The ''[[Domus Diaspora]]'' began as [[colony ship]]s left Sol to settle worlds in other systems, beginning with [[Reach]] and [[Tribute]] in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]].<ref>''[[Halo Mythos]]'', p. 54-55</ref><ref name="tribute">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/tribute '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tribute'']</ref>
The Colonial Administration Authority was established by the [[Unified Earth Government]] in [[2310]], alongside the [[Colonial Military Administration]].<ref name="evg"/> Formed two decades after the invention of the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]], the CAA was tasked with planning for [[human]]ity's extra-solar settlement and colonization, spending the following decades preparing for the inevitable exodus from the [[Sol system]] that would occur. The ''[[Domus Diaspora]]'' began as [[colony ship]]s left Sol to settle worlds in other systems, beginning with [[Reach]] and [[Tribute]] in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]].<ref>''[[Halo Mythos]]'', p. 54-55</ref><ref name="tribute">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/tribute '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tribute'']</ref>


Prior to the onset of the [[Insurrection]], many individuals felt sympathy for the [[Insurrectionist|rebels]], blaming the Colonial Authority's heavy-handed bureaucrats for their increasingly poor understanding of the unique challenges among the [[Outer Colonies]]. However, as more radical insurgent factions abandoned politics, negotiations, and protesting for violence, targeting military infrastructure and key CAA supporters. Support for the rebels soon died out as their actions grew more extreme.<ref name="ch61">''Halo: Contact Harvest'', p. 61</ref> CAA buildings and personnel were heavily targeted by rebels late in the war.<ref name="dirt"/> In [[2497]], the CMA was reorganized and absorbed into the [[United Nations Space Command]], following a series of scandals throughout the Insurrection.<ref name="wf"/>
Prior to the onset of the [[Insurrection]], many individuals felt sympathy for the [[Insurrectionist|rebels]], blaming the Colonial Authority's heavy-handed bureaucrats for their increasingly poor understanding of the unique challenges among the [[Outer Colonies]]. However, as more radical insurgent factions abandoned politics, negotiations, and protesting for violence, targeting military infrastructure and key CAA supporters, support for the rebels soon died out as their actions grew more extreme.<ref name="ch61">''Halo: Contact Harvest'', p. 61</ref> CAA buildings and personnel were heavily targeted by rebels late in the war.<ref name="dirt"/> In [[2497]], the CMA was reorganized and absorbed into the [[United Nations Space Command]], following a series of scandals throughout the Insurrection.<ref name="wf"/>


Over the course of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the Unified Earth Government granted substantial authority to the UNSC as a result of emergency powers and and breakdown of interstellar governance.<ref name="ueg">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/ueg '''Halo Waypoint''': ''UEG'']</ref> The CAA was more resistant to the takeover than the UEG proper, and thus it was stripped of most of its power.<ref name="HSP"/> Despite this, the [[CAA Factbook]] was still being updated as late as [[2550]].<ref name="factbook"/> Following the Covenant War, power was restored to the UEG<ref name="ueg"/> and the CAA returned to its administrative duties as a division of the UEG, although the CAA's influence has become marginal.<ref name="wf"/> During the [[Created conflict]] in [[2558]], [[Jiang]], the Colonial Authority [[AI]] of [[Erdenet]], defected to the [[Created]].<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', campaign level, "[[Guardians (level)|Guardians]]"</ref>
Over the course of the [[Human-Covenant War]], the Unified Earth Government granted substantial authority to the UNSC as a result of emergency powers and and breakdown of interstellar governance.<ref name="ueg">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/ueg '''Halo Waypoint''': ''UEG'']</ref> The CAA was more resistant to the takeover than the UEG proper, and thus it was stripped of most of its power.<ref name="HSP"/> Despite this, the [[CAA Factbook]] was still being updated as late as [[2550]].<ref name="factbook"/> Following the Covenant War, power was restored to the UEG<ref name="ueg"/> and the CAA returned to its administrative duties as a division of the UEG, although the CAA's influence has become marginal.<ref name="wf"/> During the [[Created conflict]] in [[2558]], [[Jiang]], the Colonial Authority [[AI]] of [[Erdenet]], defected to the [[Created]].<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', campaign level, "[[Guardians (level)|Guardians]]"</ref>
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