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(It is identified as the "Covenant War" in a few sources, including about half a dozen Waypoint videos. I've provided only two references, since I'm about to leave home. I'll try to add more later.)
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|place=The [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]<ref group="notes">The Human-Covenant War briefly extended outside the Milky Way galaxy for the [[Battle of Installation 00]]</ref>
|place=The [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]<ref group="notes">The Human-Covenant War briefly extended outside the Milky Way galaxy for the [[Battle of Installation 00]]</ref>
|result=
|result=
;[[UNSC]] pyrrhic victory, [[Covenant Separatist]] victory<ref>'''[[Believe]]''', ''[[Museum]]''</ref>  
;[[UNSC]] pyrrhic victory, [[|Covenant separatists|Covenant separatist]] victory<ref>'''[[Believe]]''', ''[[Museum]]''</ref>  
*Sundering of the [[Covenant Empire]]
*Sundering of the [[Covenant Empire]]
**Emergence of the [[Covenant Separatist]]s
**Emergence of the Covenant separatists
*Destruction of Forerunner installations
*Destruction of Forerunner installations
*Neutralisation of the Flood threat
*Neutralisation of the Flood threat
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*[[Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]†
*[[Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]†
*''and others''
*''and others''
;[[Covenant Separatists]] leaders
;Covenant separatist leaders
*[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]
*[[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]
*[[Ship Master]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]]
*[[Ship Master]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]]
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;[[Gravemind]]†
;[[Gravemind]]†
|forces1=[[United Nations Space Command Defense Force]]<br>Covenant Separatists Armed Forces<br>[[Forerunner]] [[Sentinel]]s  
|forces1=[[United Nations Space Command Defense Force]]<br>Covenant Separatists Armed Forces<br>[[Forerunner]] [[Sentinel]]s  
|forces2=Covenant Armed Forces
|forces2=Covenant military
|forces3=The Flood
|forces3=The Flood
|casual1=
|casual1=
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*High Charity destroyed   
*High Charity destroyed   
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The '''Human-Covenant War''',<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref> also known as '''The Great War''',<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe:''' ''[[Petra]]''</ref> was a major interstellar conflict pitting the [[Unified Earth Government]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant Empire]] during the mid-26<sup>th</sup> century between [[2525#February|February 11, 2525]] and [[2553|March 3, 2553]]. There were two additional factions sporadically involved in the conflict; them being the [[Flood]], and a small number of surviving Forerunner constructs. Both factions proved to be invaluable to the efforts of humanity, as the information taken from [[Forerunner]] constructs and the Flood invasion of ''[[High Charity]]'' were helpful in [[Great Schism|splitting the Covenant apart]] in November 2552.
The '''Human-Covenant War''',<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach (2001)''', ''back cover description''</ref> also known as the '''Covenant War'''<ref>'''Halo Waypoint''': [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/headhunters-1/c3d2dcb3-ac3d-4771-a270-e55e33ae118b ''Headhunters'' Part 1], [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 ''Hero - Courage'']</ref> and the '''Great War''',<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''' (2010), ''[[Petra]]''</ref> was a major interstellar conflict pitting the [[Unified Earth Government]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant Empire]] during the mid-26<sup>th</sup> century between [[2525#February|February 11, 2525]] and [[2553|March 3, 2553]]. There were two additional factions sporadically involved in the conflict; them being the [[Flood]], and a small number of surviving Forerunner constructs. Both factions proved to be invaluable to the efforts of humanity, as the information taken from [[Forerunner]] constructs and the Flood invasion of ''[[High Charity]]'' were helpful in [[Great Schism|splitting the Covenant apart]] in November 2552.


The war was instigated by the Covenant, whose [[High Prophet]]s discovered that humans were directly related to the [[Forerunner]]s. In order to keep the Covenant intact, war was declared against humanity. Over the next few decades, the Covenant, with superior firepower, numbers, tactics and technology, overpowered humanity on hundreds of worlds, including heavily defended strongholds such as [[Reach]]. The humans would only win scattered and costly victories.
The war was instigated by the Covenant, whose [[High Prophet]]s discovered that humans were directly related to the [[Forerunner]]s. In order to keep the Covenant intact, war was declared against humanity. Over the next few decades, the Covenant, with superior firepower, numbers, tactics and technology, overpowered humanity on hundreds of worlds, including heavily defended strongholds such as [[Reach]]. The humans would only win scattered and costly victories.
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