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== Deaths ==
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'''2525''' was the year in the 2520s in the 26th century. It was a year that saw the start of the [[Human-Covenant War]], which would become a twenty-seven year long engagement between the [[Covenant|Covenant Empire]] and the [[United Nations Space Command]]. The war began after [[First Battle of Harvest|first contact]] between the belligerents at the [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of Harvest. The emergence of the Covenant threat prompted the training of the [[Spartan-II]] supersoldiers to be accelerated and [[Blue Team|a group]] of them were selected for their [[Operation: TALON|very first live combat mission]] in September of this year, an operation to capture the [[United Rebel Front]] colonel, [[Robert Watts]].


*[[Spartan-034|Sam-034]] dies aged 14, detonating [[ANVIL-II ASM]] warheads whose blast went on to destroy a Covenant ship. He was the first [[Spartan II]] to die in combat.
==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 5'''
*[[Rosenda-A344]] is born on [[Earth]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CFPhoenixBlog|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-phoenix-blog|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Phoenix Blog|D=22|M=02|Y=2023}}
'''January 16'''
*Members of the Harvest militia go on a march carrying 25 kilogram [[rucksack]]s. Afterwards, Johnson and Ponder attend Harvest's [[Solstice Celebration]]. Johnson is briefed by [[Jilan al-Cygni]] as to why he and Byrne are there: to prevent [[Insurrectionist]] attacks on [[UNSC]] freighters.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 105-123''</ref>
'''January 17'''
*The [[Covenant]] ship ''[[Minor Transgression]]'' attacks a [[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 an 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>


== Major Events ==
===February===
'''February 3'''
*At 1423 hours, Harvest's [[Tiara]] makes long-range [[radar]] contact with the [[Covenant cruiser]] ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''. Contact is lost with Harvest soon after.
'''February 9'''
*[[Jonathan Doherty]], is born in [[Crisium City]], [[Naniwa]] on [[Luna]].<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/rookie '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Universe: Rookie'']</ref>{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P97|Enc22|Page=97}}
'''February 11'''
*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>
*The [[Prophet of Restraint]] impregnates a female [[San'Shyuum]], despite his defective genes making it illegal for him to reproduce. With the mother refusing an abortion, a scandal starts brewing over the issue.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HCHC16|CH|Chapter=16}}
*'''The Human-Covenant War begins.'''
*[[Jilan al-Cygni]] deploys a [[RQ-XII drone]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 391''</ref>
'''February 22'''
*After a week of remaining still, ''Rapid Conversion'' attacks the small, remote town of [[Gladsheim]], while {{Pattern|Dextro Xur|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>
'''February 23'''
*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]] ensue. Notable deaths include [[Ponder]], [[Vorenus]], [[Dadab]], and [[Lighter Than Some]]. [[Loki]] destroys the [[Tiara]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 368-385''</ref>
'''February 28'''
*[[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> on [[Luna]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P91|Enc22|Page=91}}


*The Ninth [[Age of Reclamation]] begins for the [[Covenant]].
===March===
*The first class of [[Spartan II]] soldiers 'graduate' from their training.
'''March 6'''
*First contact with the [[Covenant]].
*The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] declares [[Onyx]] classified after the discovery of [[Forerunner]] artifacts.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 127''</ref>
*Beginning of Human-Covenant War.
'''March 9'''
*At 1130 hours, the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]] undergo rigorous chemical, physical and biological [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|augmentations]] onboard [[Medical Facility Endurance]] in orbit over the planet [[Reach]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 55-59'' (2001 version); ''pages 73-77'' (2010 version)</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|anim}}
*At 1552 hours, John-117's surgery starts.<ref>'''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]] (hardcover)''', chapter ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Bootcamp 2]]''</ref>
'''March 25'''
*The Spartan-IIs awaken aboard ''Endurance'' and Halsey assesses the results.<ref name="anim">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'''</ref> Thirty-three Spartans successfully pass the alterations.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/spartans '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Spartans''] ("''Only 33 of the candidates survived without significant injury.''")</ref> Thirty subjects have died,{{Ref/Note|In ''Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series'', Déjà states that 27 subjects died, 36% of the candidates.}} and twelve are permanently disabled.
'''March 30'''
*Funeral service is held for those who died undergoing augmentations in the SPARTAN-II program, aboard {{UNSCShip|Atlas}} en route to the [[Lambda Serpentis system]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 60-63''</ref>


=== 03/02/2525 ===
===April===
'''April 1'''
*[[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'''
*{{CMAShip|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 Marines of the [[105th Shock Troops Division]] and severely wounds another aboard ''Atlas'' in an incident secretly engineered by ONI to test the efficiency of the SPARTAN-II augmentations.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 63-69''</ref>


Contact with [[Harvest]], an outer colony world is lost shortly after the colony itself had made contact with an unknown object. The [[Colonial Military Administration]] sends the scout ship [[Argo]] to investigate.<ref>http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm</ref>
===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.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''page 459''</ref>


===11/02/2525===
===June===
'''June 27'''
*Dr. Halsey begins to plan therapies, experimental surgeries, and rehabilitations for over eighty percent of the SPARTAN-II augmentation washouts. Some of the protocols are estimated to take years to complete. [[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/Reuse|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/Reuse|journal}}
'''June 30'''
*The [[UNSC Special Forces#Naval Special Warfare Command|NAVSPECWEP]] approves the limited-run production of the MJOLNIR Mark IV armor, four months after the prototypes were sent.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}}
*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/Reuse|journal}}


The first formal contact between the Covenant ([[Brutes]] and [[Grunts]]) and [[humans]] on [[Harvest]]. The humans attempt to conduct peaceful relations, but the Covenant had set up an ambush and things go to hell. This is the start of the [[Human-Covenant war]].
===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>


=== 06/03/2525 ===
===August===
'''August 8'''
*Captain [[James Cutter]] is assigned command of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}.<ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/630139578054119425 '''Twitter''' - ''BSAngel: TodayInHalo 8/8/2525'']</ref>


The planet [[Onyx]] is declared classified by [[ONI]].<ref>Halo Ghosts of Onyx page 127</ref>
===September===
'''September 1'''
*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/Reuse|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 [[Frederic-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 is damaged by Sam, causing it to vent atmosphere.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 81-94''</ref>


=== 09/03/2525 ===
===October===
'''October 7'''
*[[Battle Group 4]], composed of the {{CMAShip|Heracles}}, the {{CMAShip|Arabia}} and the {{CMAShip|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.{{Ref/Game|HW|Part=Halo Wars Limited Edition|PartText=Limited Edition|Halo Wars: Genesis}}
*The Covenant ship broadcasts the following message to the battlegroup: "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>
'''October 15'''
*[[Thom-A293]] is born on [[Dwarka]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFPhoenixBlog}}
'''October 31'''
*FLEETCOM recieves the Covenant's declaration of war.<ref name="HSS2">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', chapter 2</ref>


The [[Spartans]] undergo a radical series of biological, neurological, and physiological augmentations. 30 die, 12 are permanently disabled, 33 successfully adapt to the alterations.
===November===
'''November 1'''
*UNSC is put on full alert for the Covenant. The training of the SPARTAN-IIs is accelerated.{{Ref/Reuse|for98}}
*The [[CMA]] combat forces are immediately placed under the UNSC's [[NAVCOM]]/[[UNICOM]] for preparation for the upcoming war.<ref name="HWtimeline">'''[[Halo Wars]]''', ''[[Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline]]''</ref>
'''November 2'''
*[[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>
*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/Reuse|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/Reuse|journal}}
''' November 6–27'''
*On their way to the [[Chi Ceti system]], the Spartan-IIs accomplish minor missions for three weeks, including putting down rebel factions on [[Jericho VII]] and shutting down a black market bazaar near [[Roosevelt military base]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 125'' (2010 edition)</ref>
'''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>


=== 30/03/2525 ===
===December===
'''December 1'''
*Blue Team attends a funeral for Samuel-034 aboard the {{UNSCShip|Persian Gate}} .
'''December 3'''
*The UNSC colony [[Alpha Corvi II]] is attacked by the Covenant; a large ground force assaults [[Jamshid]], the largest settlement on the planet. Despite having inflicted heavy casualties, an alliance forged by the UNSC and [[United Rebel Front]] fails to halt the Covenant invasion, forcing the UNSC to abandon the colony.


Onboard the [[UNSC Atlas]], the newly augmented [[Spartans]] have a ceremony for the 30 who did not make it through the augmentation process.
===Unknown===
*[[Ages of Reclamation|Ninth Age of Reclamation]] begins with the [[Ascension (ceremony)|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>
*Some time before April 22, then-[[Second Lieutenant]] [[Antonio Silva]] is assigned to command an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] [[platoon]] onboard {{UNSCShip|Atlas}}.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 134'' (2003 edition)</ref>
*The [[The Assembly|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>
*During the evacuation of [[Harvest]], two UNSC Marines, [[Chris Preston]] and [[David Dominguez]], are assigned to a freighter which is boarded by [[Kig-Yar]]. The two Marines fend off the boarders and protect the ship's passengers, but Dominguez is killed and Preston suffers a major injury to his throat that rendered him mute. The Marines were able to secure a set of [[Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet|Kig-Yar point defense gauntlets]] from the ship's boarders, which proved crucial for the development of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]'s [[Energy shielding|energy shielding]] systems.{{Ref/Generic|Id=Unspoken|Heading=[[Become]]|Subheading=[[UNSC Archives]]|Detail=[[Unspoken]]}}
*The {{Class|Able|heavy destroyer}} saw a refit.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFDigsite|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-digsite-dissection|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Digsite Dissection|D=31|M=07|Y=2023}}


=== 20/04/2525 ===
==Notes==
{{Ref/Notes}}


The [[Argo]] arrives at in [[Harvest]]'s system and makes one confirmation transmission. No further reports are received.
==Sources==
 
{{Ref/Sources|2}}
=== 11/09/2525 ===
 
At Reach, Mendez shows the Spartans take on a squad of soldiers wearing Mark I MJOLNIR armor in a Capture the Flag Scenario to Dr. Halsey. They’re successful, like many other occasions. Their augmentations have made them stronger than anticipated. Halsey determines that it’s time for their first real mission.
 
=== 12/09/2525 ===
 
The [[Spartans]]' first "official" mission, to infiltrate the rebel base in the Eridanus asteroid belt and capture the rebel leader, [[Colonel Robert Watts]], is successful.
 
=== 07/10/2525 ===
 
A [[UNSC]] battle group consisting of one [[Destroyer]] ([[Heracles]], [[Captain Veredi]]) and two [[Frigates]] (Arabia and Vostok) enter the [[Harvest]] system and discover that everything on the planet has been completely incinerated, and the surface melted down to glass. In orbit around the remains of the colony, is a single alien ship, which proceeded to attack the battle group, destroying both Arabia and Vostok and badly damaging the [[Heracles]]. Intercepted communications identify the enemy as [[The Covenant]]. The message "Your destruction is the will of the Gods... and we are their instrument" is broadcast in [[UNSC]] language.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], pages 96-98</ref>
 
=== 01/11/2525 ===
 
[[Vice Admiral Preston Cole]] mobilizes the largest fleet in human history to retake [[Harvest]].
 
=== 02/11/2525 ===
 
*The [[Spartans]] learn of the attack of the [[Covenant]] at [[Harvest]] and Project [[MJOLNIR]] commences.
*[[CPO Mendez]] leaves to train the [[SPARTAN-III Program|next group of Spartans]].
 
=== 27/11/2525 ===
 
*[[MJOLNIR Armor|Project MJOLNIR]], a comprehensive package of scientifically enhanced armor, custom-tailored to the biologically augmented Spartans is completed and introduced to [[John-117|John]] and his squad at the UNSC [[Damascus Materials Testing Facility]], on the planet [[Chi Ceti IV]].
*The team of Spartans destroy a Covenant ship by carrying an [[ANVIL-II ASM|Anvil-II]] air-to-surface missile, and detonating one of them inside the Covenant ships engine room. The explosion from that the energy being held in by the shields and was sufficient to destroy the ship. [[Spartan-034|Sam-034]] was unable to escape the ship, due to critical damage sustained in combat to his [[MJOLNIR Armor#MJOLNIR_Mark_IV|Mjolnir Mark IV Armor]] and he volunteered to stay behind and detonate the warheads.
 
== Sources ==
 
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2525 was the year in the 2520s in the 26th century. It was a year that saw the start of the Human-Covenant War, which would become a twenty-seven year long engagement between the Covenant Empire and the United Nations Space Command. The war began after first contact between the belligerents at the human Outer Colony of Harvest. The emergence of the Covenant threat prompted the training of the Spartan-II supersoldiers to be accelerated and a group of them were selected for their very first live combat mission in September of this year, an operation to capture the United Rebel Front colonel, Robert Watts.

Events[edit]

January[edit]

January 2

January 5

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.[7] Walk of Shame is dispatched to Reach to request that FLEETCOM send a battle group in the event of first contact escalating into bloodshed.[8]

January 19

  • Johnson regains consciousness and is debriefed by Nils Thune and al-Cygni. Johnson resolves to accelerate the militia's training.[9]

February[edit]

February 3

February 9

February 11

February 22

February 23

February 28

March[edit]

March 6

March 9

March 25

  • The Spartan-IIs awaken aboard Endurance and Halsey assesses the results.[22] Thirty-three Spartans successfully pass the alterations.[24] Thirty subjects have died,[Note 1] and twelve are permanently disabled.

March 30

April[edit]

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.[28]

April 22

  • John-117 kills two Marines of the 105th Shock Troops Division and severely wounds another aboard Atlas in an incident secretly engineered by ONI to test the efficiency of the SPARTAN-II augmentations.[29]

May[edit]

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.[30]

June[edit]

June 27

  • Dr. Halsey begins to plan therapies, experimental surgeries, and rehabilitations for over eighty percent of the SPARTAN-II augmentation washouts. Some of the protocols are estimated to take years to complete. Artificial intelligences predict a fifty percent success rate, though Halsey believes the Spartans' will to serve the UNSC will boost the success rate.[26]

June 28

June 30

  • The NAVSPECWEP approves the limited-run production of the MJOLNIR Mark IV armor, four months after the prototypes were sent.[26]
  • 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.[26]

July[edit]

July 1

  • Mack begins burying the MagLev strands of the Tiara as the Covenant begins to glass Harvest.[31]

August[edit]

August 8

September[edit]

September 1

September 11

September 12

September 14

October[edit]

October 7

  • Battle Group 4, composed of the CMA Heracles, the CMA Arabia and the CMA 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.[37]
  • The Covenant ship broadcasts the following message to the battlegroup: "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.[38]

October 15

October 31

  • FLEETCOM recieves the Covenant's declaration of war.[39]

November[edit]

November 1

  • UNSC is put on full alert for the Covenant. The training of the SPARTAN-IIs is accelerated.[38]
  • The CMA combat forces are immediately placed under the UNSC's NAVCOM/UNICOM for preparation for the upcoming war.[40]

November 2

November 3

  • Dr. Halsey begins to analyze the Covenant.[26]

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.[26]

November 6–27

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.[44]
  • Within the UNSC Damascus Materials Testing Facility, the SPARTAN-IIs are introduced and fitted with the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV.[45]
  • 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.[46]

December[edit]

December 1

December 3

  • The UNSC colony Alpha Corvi II is attacked by the Covenant; a large ground force assaults Jamshid, the largest settlement on the planet. Despite having inflicted heavy casualties, an alliance forged by the UNSC and United Rebel Front fails to halt the Covenant invasion, forcing the UNSC to abandon the colony.

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ In Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series, Déjà states that 27 subjects died, 36% of the candidates.

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 105
  2. ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Phoenix Blog (Retrieved on Feb 22, 2023) [archive]
  3. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 105-123
  4. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 124-136
  5. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 137
  6. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 143
  7. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 143-158
  8. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 166
  9. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 159-166
  10. ^ Halo Waypoint - Universe: Rookie
  11. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 97
  12. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 256-259
  13. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, chapter 16
  14. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 391
  15. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 279-286
  16. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 335-336
  17. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 368-385
  18. ^ Halo: Reach Limited Edition, Intersystem News, LCDR Miranda Keyes Awarded Silver Star
  19. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 91
  20. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 127
  21. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 55-59 (2001 version); pages 73-77 (2010 version)
  22. ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series
  23. ^ Halo: Fall of Reach (hardcover), chapter Bootcamp 2
  24. ^ Halo Waypoint: Spartans ("Only 33 of the candidates survived without significant injury.")
  25. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 60-63
  26. ^ a b c d e f g h Halo: Reach, Dr. Halsey's personal journal
  27. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 118 (2010 edition)
  28. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 393
  29. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 63-69
  30. ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", page 459
  31. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 395
  32. ^ Twitter - BSAngel: TodayInHalo 8/8/2525
  33. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 69-74
  34. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 75-81
  35. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 77
  36. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 81-94
  37. ^ Halo Wars: Limited Edition, Halo Wars: Genesis
  38. ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 98
  39. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 2
  40. ^ Halo Wars, Timeline
  41. ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", page 460
  42. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 94-101
  43. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 125 (2010 edition)
  44. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 102-113
  45. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 113-119
  46. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 119-130
  47. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 379-384
  48. ^ Halo: The Flood, page 134 (2003 edition)
  49. ^ Halo: Reach, Data pad
  50. ^ Halo: Reach, Data pad 9
  51. ^ Become - UNSC Archives: Unspoken
  52. ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Digsite Dissection (Retrieved on Jul 31, 2023) [archive]
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