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By [[150,000 BCE]], the ecumene was the largest empire in the [[Milky Way]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 26''</ref> The expansion of the ecumene began reaching human space. Looking to escape from the Forerunners' dominion, [[Prehistoric human civilization|the human empire]] expanded throughout the [[Orion Arm]] and eventually built an impressive empire consisting of at least 20,000 worlds in a thousand systems, rivaling the might of the ecumene.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 129''</ref>

When the human empire was at war with the [[Flood]], human fleets under the command of [[Forthencho]], Lord of Admirals were sterilizing planets, home to other species, with Flood infestations. When worlds in the ecumene began to become infected by the Flood, they were immediately targeted for [[orbital bombardment]], killing millions of Forerunners in the process. The Forerunners did not believe that the Flood was a credible threat to the ecumene and began attacking humanity in response, believing that the humans were attacking other worlds to expand.<ref name="terminals">'''[[Halo 4]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref> While the humans were successful at holding their own against the Forerunner military, despite also fending off the Flood, humanity never came closer than 15,000 light-years of the Orion complex.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 311''</ref>

When the human empire was at war with the [[Flood]], human fleets under the command of [[Forthencho]], Lord of Admirals were sterilizing planets, home to other species, with Flood infestations. When worlds in the ecumene began to become infected by the Flood, they were immediately targeted for [[orbital bombardment]], killing millions of Forerunners in the process. The Forerunners did not believe that the Flood was a credible threat to the ecumene and began attacking humanity in response, believing that the humans were attacking other worlds to expand.<ref name="terminals">'''[[Halo 4]]''', ''[[Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminals]]''</ref> While the humans were successful at holding their own against the Forerunner military, despite also fending off the Flood, humanity never came closer than 15,000 light-years of the Orion complex.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 311''</ref>

The Forerunners took control of numerous former human colonies in the war, expanding the ecumene. Humanity's homeworld, [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]], was one of the first planets taken from the human empire, while its neighbouring planet, [[Mars|Edom]], was used as a mining colony.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 237''</ref> The [[San'Shyuum]]'s [[San'Shyuum home system|home system]] also became encompassed by the ecumene, with the ''[[Deep Reverence]]'' orbiting [[Janjur Qom]] to ensure the species' exile on their homeworld for aiding humanity throughout the war.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 144''</ref> Eventually, after [[Siege of Charum Hakkor|a fifty-year standoff]] at [[Charum Hakkor]], the human empire was defeated by the ecumene's military. As punishment for the human's crimes, the Ecumene Council ordered the species' regression to a [[Erde-Tyrene civilization|pre-technological state]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 45''</ref>

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[[File:H4-Terminal-Flood-Fleet.jpg|thumb|300px|A Flood-infested fleet over an ecumene world.]]

After the war with humanity, the possible threat of the [[Flood]] was realized by the ecumene government. This led to a split in the ecumene's politics, with the [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] and the [[Ecumene Council]] wishing to construct the devastating [[Halo Array]], while the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] and his [[Promethean]]s favored the [[shield world]]s. Eventually, Faber won the political battle and the Didact was exiled from the ecumene. The construction of the Halo Array began shortly after.<ref name="silent119"/> Roughly nine thousand years after their war with the humans, [[Seaward]], a Forerunner isolationist colony on the edge of the ecumene, was attacked by the Flood. This began the galactic war that eventually led to the dissolution of the ecumene. The Flood began to infect thousands of Forerunner worlds, leading to the deaths of billions of Forerunners and other sapient species. The highest levels and tiers of the Forerunner Fleet Command began to realize that Forerunner species' extinction was plausible.<ref name="h3terminals">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminals]]''</ref> While the Halo Array's construction was completed, the Ecumene Council remained reluctant to activate them. During a [[San'Shyuum]] [[Battle of Janjur Qom|rebellion]] on their homeworld, Faber fired [[Installation 07]] on the planet, nearly eradicating the entire species. Faber and the Halo Array were brought back to the [[Capital]] and Faber was stripped of his title and powers. This led to the Ecumene Council undergoing a radical change, with most of its [[Builder]]-aligned members being replaced by younger [[Councilor (Forerunner)|councilors]].<ref name="silent264">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 264''</ref>

After the war with humanity, the possible threat of the [[Flood]] was realized by the ecumene government. This led to a split in the ecumene's politics, with the [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] and the [[Ecumene Council]] wishing to construct the devastating [[Halo Array]], while the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] and his [[Promethean]]s favored the [[shield world]]s. Eventually, Faber won the political battle and the Didact was exiled from the ecumene. The construction of the Halo Array began shortly after.<ref name="silent119"/> Roughly nine thousand years after their war with the humans, [[Seaward]], a Forerunner isolationist colony on the edge of the ecumene, was attacked by the Flood. This began the galactic war that eventually led to the dissolution of the ecumene. The Flood began to infect thousands of Forerunner worlds, leading to the deaths of billions of Forerunners and other sapient species. The highest levels and tiers of the Forerunner Fleet Command began to realize that Forerunner species' extinction was plausible.<ref name="h3terminals">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminals]]''</ref> While the Halo Array's construction was completed, the Ecumene Council remained reluctant to activate them. During a [[San'Shyuum]] [[Battle of Janjur Qom|rebellion]] on their homeworld, Faber fired [[Installation 07]] on the planet, nearly eradicating the entire species. Faber and the Halo Array were brought back to the [[Capital]] and Faber was stripped of his title and powers. This led to the Ecumene Council undergoing a radical change, with most of its [[Builder]]-aligned members being replaced by younger [[Councilor (Forerunner)|councilors]].<ref name="silent264">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 264''</ref>

[[File:HaloFiring.png|thumb|300px|left|The firing of the [[Halo Array]] throughout the ecumene.]]

While the Halo Array was deemed too destructive and were to be decommissioned at the Capital, the Flood led by the defected command and control AI [[Mendicant Bias]] [[Battle of the Capital|invaded]] the Capital system aboard Installation 07.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 300''</ref> The battle led to the loss of the Capital and the deaths of many political commanders in the ecumene when Installation 07 was fired.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 272''</ref> In the final years of the war, over 500,000 star systems were infected by the Flood. The Flood soon controlled two-thirds of the ecumene; these areas were referred to as [[Burn]]s.<ref name="string20">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 20''</ref> Eventually, the Forerunners began relying on the [[Maginot Sphere]], which only protected the ecumene's core worlds in the [[Orion complex]]. This left the rest of the ecumene to fend for themselves.<ref name="silent104"/>

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 By [[150,000 BCE]], the ecumene was the largest empire in the [[Milky Way]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 26''</ref> The expansion of the ecumene began reaching human space. Looking to escape from the Forerunners' dominion, [[Prehistoric human civilization|the human empire]] expanded throughout the [[Orion Arm]] and eventually built an impressive empire consisting of at least 20,000 worlds in a thousand systems, rivaling the might of the ecumene.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 129''</ref>
-When the human empire was at war with the [[Flood]], human fleets under the command of [[Forthencho]], Lord of Admirals were sterilizing planets, home to other species, with Flood infestations. When worlds in the ecumene began to become infected by the Flood, they were immediately targeted for [[orbital bombardment]], killing millions of Forerunners in the process. The Forerunners did not believe that the Flood was a credible threat to the ecumene and began attacking humanity in response, believing that the humans were attacking other worlds to expand.<ref name="terminals">'''[[Halo 4]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref> While the humans were successful at holding their own against the Forerunner military, despite also fending off the Flood, humanity never came closer than 15,000 light-years of the Orion complex.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 311''</ref>
+When the human empire was at war with the [[Flood]], human fleets under the command of [[Forthencho]], Lord of Admirals were sterilizing planets, home to other species, with Flood infestations. When worlds in the ecumene began to become infected by the Flood, they were immediately targeted for [[orbital bombardment]], killing millions of Forerunners in the process. The Forerunners did not believe that the Flood was a credible threat to the ecumene and began attacking humanity in response, believing that the humans were attacking other worlds to expand.<ref name="terminals">'''[[Halo 4]]''', ''[[Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminals]]''</ref> While the humans were successful at holding their own against the Forerunner military, despite also fending off the Flood, humanity never came closer than 15,000 light-years of the Orion complex.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 311''</ref>
 The Forerunners took control of numerous former human colonies in the war, expanding the ecumene. Humanity's homeworld, [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]], was one of the first planets taken from the human empire, while its neighbouring planet, [[Mars|Edom]], was used as a mining colony.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 237''</ref> The [[San'Shyuum]]'s [[San'Shyuum home system|home system]] also became encompassed by the ecumene, with the ''[[Deep Reverence]]'' orbiting [[Janjur Qom]] to ensure the species' exile on their homeworld for aiding humanity throughout the war.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 144''</ref> Eventually, after [[Siege of Charum Hakkor|a fifty-year standoff]] at [[Charum Hakkor]], the human empire was defeated by the ecumene's military. As punishment for the human's crimes, the Ecumene Council ordered the species' regression to a [[Erde-Tyrene civilization|pre-technological state]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 45''</ref>
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 {{Main|Forerunner-Flood war}}
 [[File:H4-Terminal-Flood-Fleet.jpg|thumb|300px|A Flood-infested fleet over an ecumene world.]]
-After the war with humanity, the possible threat of the [[Flood]] was realized by the ecumene government. This led to a split in the ecumene's politics, with the [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] and the [[Ecumene Council]] wishing to construct the devastating [[Halo Array]], while the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] and his [[Promethean]]s favored the [[shield world]]s. Eventually, Faber won the political battle and the Didact was exiled from the ecumene. The construction of the Halo Array began shortly after.<ref name="silent119"/> Roughly nine thousand years after their war with the humans, [[Seaward]], a Forerunner isolationist colony on the edge of the ecumene, was attacked by the Flood. This began the galactic war that eventually led to the dissolution of the ecumene. The Flood began to infect thousands of Forerunner worlds, leading to the deaths of billions of Forerunners and other sapient species. The highest levels and tiers of the Forerunner Fleet Command began to realize that Forerunner species' extinction was plausible.<ref name="h3terminals">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminals]]''</ref> While the Halo Array's construction was completed, the Ecumene Council remained reluctant to activate them. During a [[San'Shyuum]] [[Battle of Janjur Qom|rebellion]] on their homeworld, Faber fired [[Installation 07]] on the planet, nearly eradicating the entire species. Faber and the Halo Array were brought back to the [[Capital]] and Faber was stripped of his title and powers. This led to the Ecumene Council undergoing a radical change, with most of its [[Builder]]-aligned members being replaced by younger [[Councilor (Forerunner)|councilors]].<ref name="silent264">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 264''</ref>
+After the war with humanity, the possible threat of the [[Flood]] was realized by the ecumene government. This led to a split in the ecumene's politics, with the [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] and the [[Ecumene Council]] wishing to construct the devastating [[Halo Array]], while the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] and his [[Promethean]]s favored the [[shield world]]s. Eventually, Faber won the political battle and the Didact was exiled from the ecumene. The construction of the Halo Array began shortly after.<ref name="silent119"/> Roughly nine thousand years after their war with the humans, [[Seaward]], a Forerunner isolationist colony on the edge of the ecumene, was attacked by the Flood. This began the galactic war that eventually led to the dissolution of the ecumene. The Flood began to infect thousands of Forerunner worlds, leading to the deaths of billions of Forerunners and other sapient species. The highest levels and tiers of the Forerunner Fleet Command began to realize that Forerunner species' extinction was plausible.<ref name="h3terminals">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminals]]''</ref> While the Halo Array's construction was completed, the Ecumene Council remained reluctant to activate them. During a [[San'Shyuum]] [[Battle of Janjur Qom|rebellion]] on their homeworld, Faber fired [[Installation 07]] on the planet, nearly eradicating the entire species. Faber and the Halo Array were brought back to the [[Capital]] and Faber was stripped of his title and powers. This led to the Ecumene Council undergoing a radical change, with most of its [[Builder]]-aligned members being replaced by younger [[Councilor (Forerunner)|councilors]].<ref name="silent264">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 264''</ref>
 [[File:HaloFiring.png|thumb|300px|left|The firing of the [[Halo Array]] throughout the ecumene.]]
 While the Halo Array was deemed too destructive and were to be decommissioned at the Capital, the Flood led by the defected command and control AI [[Mendicant Bias]] [[Battle of the Capital|invaded]] the Capital system aboard Installation 07.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 300''</ref> The battle led to the loss of the Capital and the deaths of many political commanders in the ecumene when Installation 07 was fired.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 272''</ref> In the final years of the war, over 500,000 star systems were infected by the Flood. The Flood soon controlled two-thirds of the ecumene; these areas were referred to as [[Burn]]s.<ref name="string20">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 20''</ref> Eventually, the Forerunners began relying on the [[Maginot Sphere]], which only protected the ecumene's core worlds in the [[Orion complex]]. This left the rest of the ecumene to fend for themselves.<ref name="silent104"/>
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 *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
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 *''[[Halo: Primordium]]''
 *''[[Halo 4]]''
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+**''[[Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminals]]''
 *''[[Halo: Silentium]]''
 *''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{Mo}}