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After the [[Hierarchs]]' declaration to exterminate humanity, the Covenant put all of their destructive methods to use. The first planet to suffer this fate was [[Harvest]], glassed by the [[Jiralhanae]]-operated [[CCS-class battlecruiser|battlecruiser]] ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''' ''page 285''</ref> Prior to the war, the territory of the [[Unified Earth Government]] comprised over eight-hundred planets; most of these worlds were glassed during the war.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', "chapter 1", ''page 33''</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080424150226/www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm '''Xbox.com''': ''The Halo Timeline'']</ref> | After the [[Hierarchs]]' declaration to exterminate humanity, the Covenant put all of their destructive methods to use. The first planet to suffer this fate was [[Harvest]], glassed by the [[Jiralhanae]]-operated [[CCS-class battlecruiser|battlecruiser]] ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''' ''page 285''</ref> Prior to the war, the territory of the [[Unified Earth Government]] comprised over eight-hundred planets; most of these worlds were glassed during the war.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', "chapter 1", ''page 33''</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080424150226/www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm '''Xbox.com''': ''The Halo Timeline'']</ref> | ||
By the time [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole]] arrived with [[Battle Group X-Ray|his battlegroup]] in [[2526|March 2526]], the Covenant had nearly destroyed the entire planet. After Cole's bloody victory, the UNSC waged a [[Harvest Campaign|five-year campaign]] to reclaim the planet as it underwent a nuclear winter. | By the time [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole]] arrived with [[Battle Group X-Ray|his battlegroup]] in [[2526|March 2526]], the Covenant had nearly destroyed the entire planet. After Cole's bloody victory, the UNSC waged a [[Harvest Campaign|five-year campaign]] to reclaim the planet as it underwent a nuclear winter.{{fact}} | ||
The term "glassing" was coined by the [[artificial intelligence]] group known as the [[Assembly]] in 2526. The group at the time estimated that it would take 30.3801 years for a Covenant fleet of comparable size to that of the UNSC's to glass Earth. The Assembly chose the term to magnify the horrible act in the hope that it would galvanize humanity into action.<ref name="data10"/> | The term "glassing" was coined by the [[artificial intelligence]] group known as the [[Assembly]] in 2526. The group at the time estimated that it would take 30.3801 years for a Covenant fleet of comparable size to that of the UNSC's to glass Earth. The Assembly chose the term to magnify the horrible act in the hope that it would galvanize humanity into action.<ref name="data10"/> | ||
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The Covenant's bloody campaign continued as they moved into the [[Inner Colonies]] and began glassing major worlds. Throughout the 2540s, the UNSC continued their attempts at slowing the Covenant. Although some of their tactics succeeded, the Covenant continued to swarm human-controlled space, glassing every world they found. After the apparent death of Admiral Cole in [[2543]], the Covenant briefly halted their advance, then renewed their bloody tenacity and attacked human-controlled worlds with even more ferocity. After the [[Fall of Reach]] in the summer of 2552, the Covenant leadership believed that humanity would lose the will to fight.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Return", ''page 499''</ref> However, this was a miscalculation, as humanity's disastrous defeat at Reach caused them to fight to the last breath, scoring a crushing victory at [[Installation 04]], which would indirectly lead to the [[Great Schism]], and with the crucial help of their new-found Sangheili allies, Humanity would win the Human-Covenant war. | The Covenant's bloody campaign continued as they moved into the [[Inner Colonies]] and began glassing major worlds. Throughout the 2540s, the UNSC continued their attempts at slowing the Covenant. Although some of their tactics succeeded, the Covenant continued to swarm human-controlled space, glassing every world they found. After the apparent death of Admiral Cole in [[2543]], the Covenant briefly halted their advance, then renewed their bloody tenacity and attacked human-controlled worlds with even more ferocity. After the [[Fall of Reach]] in the summer of 2552, the Covenant leadership believed that humanity would lose the will to fight.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Return", ''page 499''</ref> However, this was a miscalculation, as humanity's disastrous defeat at Reach caused them to fight to the last breath, scoring a crushing victory at [[Installation 04]], which would indirectly lead to the [[Great Schism]], and with the crucial help of their new-found Sangheili allies, Humanity would win the Human-Covenant war. | ||
The [[Battle of Earth]] culminated in the glassing of the city of [[Voi]] in [[Africa]] by [[Covenant Separatists]] in an effort to contain a [[The Flood|Flood]] infestation which had come to [[Earth]] only hours earlier.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] accused [[Shipmaster]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]] and the ''[[Fleet of Retribution]]'' of glassing half of the continent, but, given his distaste for his former enemies, he probably exaggerated about the extent of the glassing. | The [[Battle of Earth]] culminated in the glassing of the city of [[Voi]] in [[Africa]] by [[Covenant Separatists]] in an effort to contain a [[The Flood|Flood]] infestation which had come to [[Earth]] only hours earlier.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[Floodgate]]''</ref> [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] accused [[Shipmaster]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]] and the ''[[Fleet of Retribution]]'' of glassing half of the continent, but, given his distaste for his former enemies, he probably exaggerated about the extent of the glassing.{{fact}} | ||
==List of known glassed worlds== | ==List of known glassed worlds== | ||