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{{Quote|Your destruction is the will of the Gods... and we are their instrument.|The Covenant's declaration of war.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', p. 98 (2001)</ref>}}

The '''Human-Covenant War''',<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Flood (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref> also known as the '''Covenant War''',<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''pages 19, 74, 75, 92, 95, 98, 105, 112, 113, 120''</ref><ref>'''Halo Waypoint''': [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/headhunters-1/c3d2dcb3-ac3d-4771-a270-e55e33ae118b ''Headhunters'' Part 1], [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 ''Hero - Courage'']</ref><ref name="title" group="notes">The name "Covenant War" is most often used by media from [[343 Industries]]. However, the less common "Human-Covenant War" is more descriptive and is therefore used by ''Halopedia''.</ref> the '''Human-Covenant Conflict''',<ref>''[[Halo: New Blood]]'', p. 5 (Google Play edition)</ref> ~~and~~ the '''Great War''',<ref>''Halo: First Strike'' (2010), [[Petra]]</ref> was a major interstellar conflict pitting [[humanity]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant]] during the mid-26th century between [[2525#February|February 11, 2525]] and [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]]. There were two additional factions sporadically involved in the conflict: the [[Flood]] and a small number of surviving [[Sentinel|Forerunner constructs]]. Both factions proved to be invaluable to the efforts of humanity, as the information taken from Forerunner constructs and the Flood invasion of ''[[High Charity]]'' were helpful in [[Great Schism|splitting the Covenant apart]] in November 2552.

The '''Human-Covenant War''',<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Flood (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref> also known as the '''Covenant War''',<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''pages 19, 74, 75, 92, 95, 98, 105, 112, 113, 120''</ref><ref>'''Halo Waypoint''': [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/headhunters-1/c3d2dcb3-ac3d-4771-a270-e55e33ae118b ''Headhunters'' Part 1], [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 ''Hero - Courage'']</ref><ref name="title" group="notes">The name "Covenant War" is most often used by media from [[343 Industries]]. However, the less common "Human-Covenant War" is more descriptive and is therefore used by ''Halopedia''.</ref> the '''Human-Covenant Conflict''',<ref>''[[Halo: New Blood]]'', p. 5 (Google Play edition)</ref> the '''Great War''',<ref>''Halo: First Strike'' (2010), [[Petra]]</ref> and the '''War of Annihilation''' by the [[Covenant]],{{Ref/Novel|SoR|Chapter=3}}{{Ref/Novel|DW|Chapter=1}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=193}} was a major interstellar conflict pitting [[humanity]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] against the Covenant during the mid-26th century between [[2525#February|February 11, 2525]] and [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]]. There were two additional factions sporadically involved in the conflict: the [[Flood]] and a small number of surviving [[Sentinel|Forerunner constructs]]. Both factions proved to be invaluable to the efforts of humanity, as the information taken from Forerunner constructs and the Flood invasion of ''[[High Charity]]'' were helpful in [[Great Schism|splitting the Covenant apart]] in November 2552.

The war was instigated by the [[Hierarchs|High Prophets]] of the Covenant following a discovery which led them to believe that humans were directly related to the Forerunners, contradicting their [[covenant religion|ancient religion]]. Seeking to keep various political and religious orders intact, the High Prophets declared a holy war of genocide against the human species, and the discovery of their relation to the Forerunners was kept a secret. With superior firepower, numbers and technology, the Covenant would repeatedly overpower the UNSC across hundreds of human-inhabited worlds, including the heavily defended strongholds of [[Reach]] and [[Earth]]. Humanity would win only scattered and costly victories.

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 {{Quote|Your destruction is the will of the Gods... and we are their instrument.|The Covenant's declaration of war.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', p. 98 (2001)</ref>}}
-The '''Human-Covenant War''',<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Flood (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref> also known as the '''Covenant War''',<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''pages 19, 74, 75, 92, 95, 98, 105, 112, 113, 120''</ref><ref>'''Halo Waypoint''': [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/headhunters-1/c3d2dcb3-ac3d-4771-a270-e55e33ae118b ''Headhunters'' Part 1], [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 ''Hero - Courage'']</ref><ref name="title" group="notes">The name "Covenant War" is most often used by media from [[343 Industries]]. However, the less common "Human-Covenant War" is more descriptive and is therefore used by ''Halopedia''.</ref> the '''Human-Covenant Conflict''',<ref>''[[Halo: New Blood]]'', p. 5 (Google Play edition)</ref> and the '''Great War''',<ref>''Halo: First Strike'' (2010), [[Petra]]</ref> was a major interstellar conflict pitting [[humanity]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant]] during the mid-26th century between [[2525#February|February 11, 2525]] and [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]]. There were two additional factions sporadically involved in the conflict: the [[Flood]] and a small number of surviving [[Sentinel|Forerunner constructs]]. Both factions proved to be invaluable to the efforts of humanity, as the information taken from Forerunner constructs and the Flood invasion of ''[[High Charity]]'' were helpful in [[Great Schism|splitting the Covenant apart]] in November 2552.
+The '''Human-Covenant War''',<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Flood (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref> also known as the '''Covenant War''',<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''pages 19, 74, 75, 92, 95, 98, 105, 112, 113, 120''</ref><ref>'''Halo Waypoint''': [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/headhunters-1/c3d2dcb3-ac3d-4771-a270-e55e33ae118b ''Headhunters'' Part 1], [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 ''Hero - Courage'']</ref><ref name="title" group="notes">The name "Covenant War" is most often used by media from [[343 Industries]]. However, the less common "Human-Covenant War" is more descriptive and is therefore used by ''Halopedia''.</ref> the '''Human-Covenant Conflict''',<ref>''[[Halo: New Blood]]'', p. 5 (Google Play edition)</ref> the '''Great War''',<ref>''Halo: First Strike'' (2010), [[Petra]]</ref> and the '''War of Annihilation''' by the [[Covenant]],{{Ref/Novel|SoR|Chapter=3}}{{Ref/Novel|DW|Chapter=1}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=193}} was a major interstellar conflict pitting [[humanity]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] against the Covenant during the mid-26th century between [[2525#February|February 11, 2525]] and [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]]. There were two additional factions sporadically involved in the conflict: the [[Flood]] and a small number of surviving [[Sentinel|Forerunner constructs]]. Both factions proved to be invaluable to the efforts of humanity, as the information taken from Forerunner constructs and the Flood invasion of ''[[High Charity]]'' were helpful in [[Great Schism|splitting the Covenant apart]] in November 2552.
 The war was instigated by the [[Hierarchs|High Prophets]] of the Covenant following a discovery which led them to believe that humans were directly related to the Forerunners, contradicting their [[covenant religion|ancient religion]]. Seeking to keep various political and religious orders intact, the High Prophets declared a holy war of genocide against the human species, and the discovery of their relation to the Forerunners was kept a secret.  With superior firepower, numbers and technology, the Covenant would repeatedly overpower the UNSC across hundreds of human-inhabited worlds, including the heavily defended strongholds of [[Reach]] and [[Earth]]. Humanity would win only scattered and costly victories.