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===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
{{quote|Humanity hadn't been expanding. They were ''[[Human-Flood war|running]]''.|The [[Librarian]]<ref name="h4reclaimer"/>}} | {{quote|Humanity hadn't been expanding. They were ''[[Human-Flood war|running]]''.|The [[Librarian]]<ref name="h4reclaimer"/>}} | ||
Humanity held less power in the galaxy than the Forerunners, and so they held Forerunner interference with contempt. Looking to escape from the Forerunners' dominion, humanity expanded throughout the Orion Arm and eventually built an impressive empire consisting of at least 20,000 worlds in a thousand systems.<ref name="empire"/> The Didact had considered Humanity to be the second greatest military power in the galaxy and the latest rival to Forerunner influence before the Flood. In their early history | Humanity held less power in the galaxy than the Forerunners, and so they held Forerunner interference with contempt. Looking to escape from the Forerunners' dominion, humanity expanded throughout the Orion Arm and eventually built an impressive empire consisting of at least 20,000 worlds in a thousand systems.<ref name="empire"/> The Didact had considered Humanity to be the second greatest military power in the galaxy and the latest rival to Forerunner influence before the Flood. In their early history, humanity had allied themselves with the more technologically sophisticated [[San 'Shyuum]]; this alliance produced technology that easily rivaled that of the Forerunners. As they collected and reverse-engineered [[Precursor]] technology at [[Charum Hakkor]], creating one of the largest collections of Precursor artifacts in the galaxy, humanity's rapid technological achievements made them increasingly arrogant and willing to challenge Forerunner dominance. This, coupled with their belief that they were the true inheritors of the [[Mantle]] from the Precursors rather than the Forerunners (which, ironically, turned out to be true), made them ideological enemies with the Forerunners. The [[Ur-Didact|Didact]], commander-in-chief of the Forerunner military, saw humanity as one of the most contentious, bigoted, and self-centered species in the galaxy.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 112-113''</ref> | ||
Driven to desperation after losing many of their colonies in their [[Human-Flood war|conflict]] against the [[Flood]], humanity invaded a Forerunner-controlled sector of space and annihilated fifty defenseless systems in which the Forerunners had resettled other species. After the indigenous populations were eliminated, humanity replaced them with human colonies to strengthen their hold over their new territories. Humanity looked to forcibly take new worlds anywhere, including those inhabited by Forerunners.<ref name="c270">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 270-272''</ref> However, not all of this seemingly irrational violence was driven by the will to expand; instead, human fleets were sterilizing planets with Flood infestations.<ref name="h4terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref> | Driven to desperation after losing many of their colonies in their [[Human-Flood war|conflict]] against the [[Flood]], humanity invaded a Forerunner-controlled sector of space and annihilated fifty defenseless systems in which the Forerunners had resettled other species. After the indigenous populations were eliminated, humanity replaced them with human colonies to strengthen their hold over their new territories. Humanity looked to forcibly take new worlds anywhere, including those inhabited by Forerunners.<ref name="c270">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 270-272''</ref> However, not all of this seemingly irrational violence was driven by the will to expand; instead, human fleets were sterilizing planets with Flood infestations.<ref name="h4terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref> | ||
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[[File:H4 - Charum Hakkor.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Human ships destroyed above Charum Hakkor.]] | [[File:H4 - Charum Hakkor.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Human ships destroyed above Charum Hakkor.]] | ||
Human forces continually lost star system after system. Eventually their capital at Charum Hakkor was cut off from the rest of the empire by the Didact's [[Forerunner | Human forces continually lost star system after system. Eventually their capital at Charum Hakkor was cut off from the rest of the empire by the Didact's [[Forerunner fleet|naval fleets]]. On Charum Hakkor, humanity incorporated Precursor technology into their own designs, constructing formidable fortifications capable of standing up to even the strongest fleets. Among them were [[unbending filament]]s that linked their orbital platforms' defenses. Despite having the combined Forerunner military at his disposal, it took great effort from the Didact to defeat the human resistance and capture the capital. Among the Forerunner casualties were all the Didact's children.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 138''</ref> | ||
Although cut off and unable to receive reinforcements from the San 'Shyuum, the humans held off continuous attacks for fifty years. The San 'Shyuum leadership surrendered to the Forerunners at some point during this time, leaving their human allies and the remaining San 'Shyuum on Charum Hakkor stranded. When the planet finally fell, a significant number of humans and San 'Shyuum committed suicide rather than being taken prisoner.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 118''</ref> | Although cut off and unable to receive reinforcements from the San 'Shyuum, the humans held off continuous attacks for fifty years. The San 'Shyuum leadership surrendered to the Forerunners at some point during this time, leaving their human allies and the remaining San 'Shyuum on Charum Hakkor stranded. When the planet finally fell, a significant number of humans and San 'Shyuum committed suicide rather than being taken prisoner.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 118''</ref> | ||