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Humanity had been forced to deploy the majority of their military against the Flood, sparing comparatively little to fight the Forerunners. By the time the Flood had been defeated, the human military was exhausted, and they did not have enough resources to put up a significant threat to the Forerunners. Although initially successful in destroying and conquering many Forerunner worlds and star systems, humanity was eventually pushed back to Charum Hakkor by Didact's [[Warrior-Servant]]s.<ref name="c270"/> [[Earth|Erda]] was one of the earliest worlds lost to the Forerunners, a tremendous blow to humanity's morale.<ref name="pri238"/> Over the course of the millennium-long conflict, humanity never came closer than 15,000 light years of the [[Orion complex]], the center of Forerunner power.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 311''</ref> The Didact managed to come up with a "[[star-hopping]]" plan, where Forerunner navies would [[Slipspace|jump]] to strategically important human worlds and simply skip other less important human star systems, allowing the Forerunners to conserve their resources and fight efficiently.<ref name="pri187">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 187-188''</ref> | Humanity had been forced to deploy the majority of their military against the Flood, sparing comparatively little to fight the Forerunners. By the time the Flood had been defeated, the human military was exhausted, and they did not have enough resources to put up a significant threat to the Forerunners. Although initially successful in destroying and conquering many Forerunner worlds and star systems, humanity was eventually pushed back to Charum Hakkor by Didact's [[Warrior-Servant]]s.<ref name="c270"/> [[Earth|Erda]] was one of the earliest worlds lost to the Forerunners, a tremendous blow to humanity's morale.<ref name="pri238"/> Over the course of the millennium-long conflict, humanity never came closer than 15,000 light years of the [[Orion complex]], the center of Forerunner power.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 311''</ref> The Didact managed to come up with a "[[star-hopping]]" plan, where Forerunner navies would [[Slipspace|jump]] to strategically important human worlds and simply skip other less important human star systems, allowing the Forerunners to conserve their resources and fight efficiently.<ref name="pri187">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 187-188''</ref> | ||
Preceding the final conflict in the wars, humanity made great advances in military and science technology on par with those of the Forerunners, thanks to the efforts of humanity's Political and Morale Commander [[Yprin Yprikushma]], who encouraged humans to study Forerunner technologies from humanity's earlier conflicts with Forerunners.<ref name="pri238">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 237-238''</ref> | Preceding the final conflict in the wars, humanity made great advances in military and science technology on par with those of the Forerunners, thanks to the efforts of humanity's Political and Morale Commander [[Yprin Yprikushma]], who encouraged humans to study Forerunner technologies from humanity's earlier conflicts with Forerunners.<ref name="pri238">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 237-238''</ref> At the same time, the Forerunner Builder rate engineered numerous new weapons and vessels for the war effort, increasing their wealth and power by a tremendous degree. | ||
===Battle of Charum Hakkor=== | ===Battle of Charum Hakkor=== | ||