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Nine Ages of Reclamation have occurred as of [[2552]], according to the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Military Calendar]], but only the events of the Ninth are known in any great detail. The Ninth Age of Reclamation was probably the most desperate period for the Covenant in its history. At the end of the age, all three of their [[Hierarchs|main religious leaders]] had been killed, and an entire species, the [[Sangheili]], had successfully broken away from the majority of the hegemony, taking with them an unprecedented amount of personnel, equipment, and territory. | Nine Ages of Reclamation have occurred as of [[2552]], according to the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Military Calendar]], but only the events of the Ninth are known in any great detail. The Ninth Age of Reclamation was probably the most desperate period for the Covenant in its history. At the end of the age, all three of their [[Hierarchs|main religious leaders]] had been killed, and an entire species, the [[Sangheili]], had successfully broken away from the majority of the hegemony, taking with them an unprecedented amount of personnel, equipment, and territory. | ||
==Ninth Age of Reclamation== | ==History== | ||
===Third Age of Reclamation=== | |||
During the '''Third Age of Reclamation''', the [[DAV-class light corvette|''Makar''-class light corvette]] was first commissioned by the [[Covenant fleet]].<ref name="EN268">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'', p. 268</ref> | |||
The [[DSC-class support ship|''Mjern''-pattern support ships]] were first commissioned by the Covenant to service as agricultural support and supply ships.<ref name="EN269">''Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)'', p. 269</ref> | |||
===Fifth Age of Reclamation=== | |||
The [[RCS-class armored cruiser|''Maugen''-pattern armored cruiser]] entered service with the Covenant's fleet in the '''Fifth Age of Reclamation'''.<ref name="EN265">''Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)'', p. 265</ref> | |||
===Seventh Age of Reclamation=== | |||
During the '''Seventh Age of Reclamation''', the [[CCS-class battlecruiser|''Ket''-pattern battlecruiser]] was introduced with the Covenant's navy, supplanting the fleet's armored cruiser as the Covenant's foremost cruiser and being produced in vast quantities across the Covenant empire.<ref name="EN264">''Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)'', p. 264</ref> | |||
===Ninth Age of Reclamation=== | |||
[[File:Harvest Plasma Glassed.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Harvest]], the first human colony to be fallen and [[Glassing|destroyed]] by the Covenant.]] | [[File:Harvest Plasma Glassed.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Harvest]], the first human colony to be fallen and [[Glassing|destroyed]] by the Covenant.]] | ||
===Beginning=== | ====Beginning==== | ||
The | The '''Ninth Age of Reclamation''' began in the year [[2525]], the year that the Covenant came into contact with [[human]]ity for the first time, at the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] colony world of [[Harvest]]. According to the [[Luminary]] of the ''[[Minor Transgression]]'', the world was filled with [[Forerunner symbols|Forerunner glyphs]], which the Covenant misinterpreted as "Reclamation". The true meaning, however, was "Reclaimer", and every human was covered with such a glyph, denoting them as the [[Reclaimer]]s of the Forerunners. The Minister of Fortitude understood this revelation would shatter the Covenant's confidence in the teachings of the Prophets and the [[Covenant religion|Great Journey]], and thus declared humanity as a species to be heretics who threatened holy Forerunner relics and worlds. He was also sure that the war would lead them to other Relics that the Covenant could reclaim, and finally the [[Halo Array|Sacred Rings]], beginning the Great Journey. This reasoning led the Covenant to begin the twenty-seven-year-long war with Humanity. | ||
===Human-Covenant War=== | ====Human-Covenant War==== | ||
{{main|Human-Covenant War}} | {{main|Human-Covenant War}} | ||
As one of the first acts of the war, the planet Harvest was immediately glassed. [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-II]] super soldiers were deployed in the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]], boarding a Covenant Frigate, planting explosives on the ship, and destroying it. The victory, however, came at a high cost. [[Samuel-034]] was killed when the nuclear devices confiscated from the Pelican dropship were detonated because he had a breach in his suit which meant he would die if he went outside the ship. | As one of the first acts of the war, the planet Harvest was immediately glassed. [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-II]] super soldiers were deployed in the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]], boarding a Covenant Frigate, planting explosives on the ship, and destroying it. The victory, however, came at a high cost. [[Samuel-034]] was killed when the nuclear devices confiscated from the Pelican dropship were detonated because he had a breach in his suit which meant he would die if he went outside the ship. | ||