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== Deaths ==


*[[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.
A turning point for [[human|humanity]], as we make first contact with the [[Covenant]], which begins the [[Ninth Age of Reclamation]].
During this time, the [[SPARTAN-II|Spartans]] graduate and enter their first mission. Soon after, the Covenant contact becomes widely known and conflict arises quickly. The [[Human-Covenant War]] begins.  


== Major Events ==
==February==
===11th===
*First formal contact between the [[Covenant]] and [[human|humans]] on [[Harvest]]. Communications go awry and the [[Human-Covenant War]] begins. <ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest|''Halo: Contact Harvest'']], Pg ??-??</ref>
*[[Jilian al-Cygni]] deploys a [[RQ-XII drone]]. <ref>''Halo: Contact Harvest'', Pg 391</ref>
===23rd===
*Evacuation of Harvest. About 22,000-23,000 civilians are killed.
*[[Loki]] destroys the [[Tiara]].


*The Ninth [[Age of Reclamation]] begins for the [[Covenant]].
==March==
*The first class of [[Spartan II]] soldiers 'graduate' from their training.
===6th===
*First contact with the [[Covenant]].
*[[ONI]] declares [[Onyx]] classified. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'']], Pg 127</ref>
*Beginning of Human-Covenant War.
===9th===
*[[SPARTAN-II|SPARTAN-IIs]] undergo rigerous biological, chemical, physical and biological augmentations. Thirty three successfully pass the alterations. Thirty subjects die, and twelve are perminently disabled. <ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Pg 55-59</ref>
===30th===
*Funeral service for those who died undergoing augmentations in the SPARTAN-II program. <ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pg 60-63</ref>


=== 03/02/2525 ===
==April==
===20th===
*[[UNSC Argo|UNSC ''Argo'']] arrives in the [[Epsilon Indi System]] and makes a confirmation transmission. No further reports are received.
===21st===
*[[Mack]] hears the UNSC ''Argo''<ref>''Halo: Contact Harvest'', Pg 393</ref>
===22nd===
*[[John-117]] kills two soldiers from the [[105th ODSTC Division]] in a scuffle aboard [[UNSC Atlas|UNSC ''Atlas'']]. <ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pg 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>
==July==
''Note: the above may have been retconned by the novel [[Halo: Contact Harvest]].''
===1st===
*Mack begins burying the maglev strands of the Tiara. <ref>''Halo: Contact Harvest'', Pg 395</ref>
===10th===
*[[UNSC Heracles|UNSC ''Heracles'']], [[UNSC Arabia|UNSC ''Arabia'']] and [[UNSC Vostok|UNSC ''Vostok']] enter the [[Harvest System]]. A Covenant ship destroys ''Vostok'' and ''Arabia''. <ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pg 96-97</ref>
*The Covenant ship broadcasts the following message: "Your destruction is the will of the Gods…and we are their instrument". <ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pg 98</ref>


===11/02/2525===
==September==
===11th===
*SPARTAN-IIs train with [[MJOLNIR I]] armor aboard the [[Reach UNSC Military Complex]]. [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] determines the soldiers are ready for their first mission. <ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pg 69-74</ref>


*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 awry. This is the start of the [[Human-Covenant War]].
===12th===
*[[Jilan al-Cygni|Jilan al-Cygni's]] [[ONI]] sloop, [[UNSC Walk of Shame|Walk of Shame]] deploys a RQ-XII drone at 0211 hours. It will later be retrieved by the [[UNSC]] destroyer [[UNSC Heracles]].<ref name="drone">Halo: Contact Harvest, Pg. 391</ref>
*SPARTAN-IIs are briefed on their first mission aboard the [[Destroyer]] [[UNSC Pioneer|UNSC ''Pioneer'']]. <ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pg 75-81</ref>
*John-117 is promoted to [[Petty Officer Third Class]]. <ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pg 77</ref>


===23/02/2525===
===14th===
*The evacuation of [[Harvest]] commences via the [[Tiara]]. In all, eleven pairs of cargo pods are lost when Tiara strand number 7 collapses, killing 22,000-23,000 civilians.
*[[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]] is captured by the SPARTAN-IIs on [[Epsilon Eridani]]. <ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pg 81-94</ref>
*[[Loki]] destroys the Tiara via the planets ground-based MAC gun. The strands catch on the [[Bifrost]] and go west over the [[Plains of Ida]].<ref name="drone">Halo: Contact Harvest, Pg. 395</ref>


=== 06/03/2525 ===
==November==
 
===1st===
The planet [[Onyx]] is declared classified by [[ONI]].<ref>Halo Ghosts of Onyx page 127</ref>
*UNSC is put on full alert for the Covenant. <ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pg 98</ref>
 
===2nd===
=== 09/03/2525 ===
*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'', Pg 94-101</ref>
 
===27th===
The [[Spartans]] undergo a radical series of biological, neurological, and physiological augmentations aboard an [[ONI]] Medical Facility in orbit around [[Reach]]. 30 die, 12 are permanently disabled, 33 successfully adapt
* The [[Battle of Chi Ceti]].  
to the alterations.
**The SPARTAN-IIs are attacked by a Covenant ship while aboard the [[UNSC Commonwealth|UNSC ''Commonwealth'']] above [[Chi Ceti 4]]. The Spartans escape to the surface of the planet. <ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pg 102-113</ref>
 
**Within the [[UNSC Damascus Materials Testing Facility]], the SPARTAN-IIs are introduced and fitted with the [[MJOLNIR Mk. IV]] armor. <ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pg 113-119</ref>
=== 10/03/2525 ===
**The SPARTAN-IIs board the Covenant ship with their MJOLNIR armor. They plant [[ANVIL-II Air-to-Surface Missile|explosives]] at the ship's reactor and detonate them, destroying the ship. <ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pg 119-130</ref>
[[Harvest]] experiences its very first snowfall in [[Gladsheim]], presumably due to the [[glassing]] of the planet by the [[Covenant]].<ref name="snow">Halo: Contact Harvest, Pg. 392</ref>
**[[Samuel-034]] dies during the destruction of the Covenant ship. <ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pg 130</ref>
 
=== 30/03/2525 ===
 
Onboard the [[UNSC Atlas]], the newly augmented [[Spartans]] have a ceremony for the 30 who did not make it through the augmentation process.
 
=== 20/04/2525 ===
 
The [[Argo]] arrives at in [[Harvest]]'s system and makes one confirmation transmission. No further reports are received.
 
=== 21/04/2525 ===
A badly damaged [[Mack]] in a JOTUN S5, hears a UNSC vessel, presumably the Argo, in orbit. He also witnessed its destruction by the Covenant who "...stopped burning long enough to kill it". He attempted to warn the Argo off, but his radio was "...too damn slow".<ref name="transmission">Halo: Contact Harvest, Pg. 393</ref>
 
=== 22/04/2525 ===
 
While onboard the ''[[Atlas]]'', Spartan-117 fought and killed at least two members of the 105th ODSTC Division.
 
=== 01/07/2525 ===
A badly damaged [[Mack]] begins burying the maglev strands of the [[Tiara]] "...so deep their [[glassing|fires]] can't reach them and glass them like the rest".<ref name="drone">Halo: Contact Harvest, Pg. 395</ref>
 
===10/07/2525===
*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>
*[[UNSC Heracles]] recovers RQ-XII drone left by [[Jilan al-Cygni]] eight months earlier.<ref name="recovery">Halo:Contact Harvest, Pg. 391</ref>
 
=== 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 [[Spartan-II]]s are given their first mission, tasked with the capturing of [[Colonel Robert Watts]] from the asteroids of the [[Eridanus Secundus]] System.
 
[[Spartan-117]] is promoted to [[Petty Officer Third Class]]<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] pg. 77</ref>.
 
=== 14/09/2525 ===
 
The Spartan-II task force sent to Eridanus Secundus boards the ''[[Laden]]'' to capture Colonel Robert Watts.
 
=== 15/09/2525 ===
 
The [[Parabola-class Freighter]] ''[[Laden]]'' docks with the asteroid of the Eridanus Pirates. Colonel Robert Watts is captured by a group of Spartan-IIs. During the mission, Spartan-117 received a bullet wound to his chest, which will earn him the Purple Heart<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Page 94</ref>.
 
===11/10/2525===
[[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] accesses logs from after the [[Battle of Harvest]], containing dialogue from Harvest [[AI|AIs]] [[Sif]] and [[Mack]] while searching "AO.AI", "MACK", "[[Rampancy|RAMPANCY]]" and "LIFESPAN LIMITS".<ref name="search">Halo: Contact Harvest, Pg. 391</ref>
 
=== 01/11/2525 ===
 
The UNSC is ordered to full alert following [[the Covenant]] attack of [[Harvest]]<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Page 98</ref>  
[[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 [[Battle of Chi Ceti]] is fought, ends with a UNSC victory.
*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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A turning point for humanity, as we make first contact with the Covenant, which begins the Ninth Age of Reclamation. During this time, the Spartans graduate and enter their first mission. Soon after, the Covenant contact becomes widely known and conflict arises quickly. The Human-Covenant War begins.

February

11th

23rd

  • Evacuation of Harvest. About 22,000-23,000 civilians are killed.
  • Loki destroys the Tiara.

March

6th

9th

  • SPARTAN-IIs undergo rigerous biological, chemical, physical and biological augmentations. Thirty three successfully pass the alterations. Thirty subjects die, and twelve are perminently disabled. [4]

30th

  • Funeral service for those who died undergoing augmentations in the SPARTAN-II program. [5]

April

20th

21st

22nd

July

1st

  • Mack begins burying the maglev strands of the Tiara. [8]

10th

September

11th

12th

14th

November

1st

  • UNSC is put on full alert for the Covenant. [15]

2nd

  • The SPARTAN-IIs are informed of hostile contact with the Covenant and the fate of Harvest. They are introduced to Project MJOLNIR. [16]

27th

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, Pg ??-??
  2. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, Pg 391
  3. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Pg 127
  4. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 55-59
  5. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 60-63
  6. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, Pg 393
  7. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 63-69
  8. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, Pg 395
  9. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 96-97
  10. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 98
  11. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 69-74
  12. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 75-81
  13. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 77
  14. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 81-94
  15. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 98
  16. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 94-101
  17. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 102-113
  18. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 113-119
  19. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 119-130
  20. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, Pg 130
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