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The United Nations Space Command (UNSC) may be the prime human government in the Halo universe, though this organization may only be the defense agency under the control of the Colonial Administration Authority. The UNSC's military arm is called the United Nations Space Command Defense Force, they are most commonly seen defending planets. Stations such as the Cairo Station are part of the UNSCDF. During the events of Halo 2 the UNSC fought the Covenant above Earth by defending their planet against all odds.
There are several breakaway factions opposed to the Colonial Administration and UNSC as well, including the United Rebel Front.
Background
The UNSC was formed by the United Nations when over-population on Earth started becoming a problem in the early 22nd century. The UNSC is run by HIGHCOM (which may be akin to the Pentagon of the USA's defense apparatus) and is Earth's premiere defense against the Covenant. The Navy houses the divisions of Marines (including the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers), and Office of Naval Intelligence, and the fleet. Originally designed to keep the peace between neighboring planets and star systems, when certain rebellious factions began to rise in the late 2510s the UNSC was forced to police its colonies to keep privateers and pirates from raiding them. After Harvest, a colony planet, was destroyed, one badly damaged UNSC ship returned to tell the tale of monstrous alien ships that utterly destroyed the colony. The UNSC doubled its shipbuilding to bolster themselves against the Covenant, but it was useless, for the Covenant's technology was far superior to mankind's. The UNSC fortified major positions such as Reach, the UNSC's main shipyards and command center, and Earth. So far, the UNSC is losing the Covenant war, and the only end in sight seems to be utter annihilation.
Recently, the Covenant Civil War has seen the Arbiter and his people, the Elites, join forces with the UNSC against the remainder of the Covenant in a desperate fight for survival.
History
- Main article: History of the UNSC
The United Nations Space Command was formed as the result of a series of brutal wars across the Solar System between 2160 and 2164, most prominently among them the Jovian Moons Campaign, The Rain Forest Wars, and a series of battles on Mars.[1] These conflicts were centered around UN clashes with dissident political movements, the most important of which were the "Koslovics" and the "Frieden."
Covenant War
- Main article: Human-Covenant War
The Human-Covenant War started on October 7, 2525 when a UNSC battle group entered the Harvest system and discovered that everything on the planet has been completely incinerated and the surface melted down to glass. In orbit around the remains of the colony world was a single alien ship, which proceeded to attack the battle group, destroying all ships except one. 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 English.[2]. This began the Covenant War, which has raged for 27 years. Since the Battle of Harvest, the UNSC, by the time of 2552, only has 536 colony worlds left. In a desperate move to stop the Covenant, they sent a group of Spartans to capture one of their ships to find their homeworld and capture a prophet. But 2 days before the operation, a massive battle fleet of 314 Covenant warships came out of Slipspace near Reach to recover an artifact and destroy the UNSC base there.
Organization
Colonial Administration Authority
- Central Command (CENTCOM)
- High Command (HIGHCOM)
- Administrative
- Personnel Command (PERSCOM)
- Navigation Command (NAVCOM)
- UNSC Astrophysics
- UNSC Medical Corps (MEDCORPS)
- UNSC Engineering Corps (ENGCORP)
- UNSC Logistical Corps
- UNSC Test and Evaluation Corps
- UNSC Navy
- Fleet Command (FLEETCOM)
- Special Operations Command
- Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
- Naval Special Warfare (NAVSPECWAR)
- Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
- Signal Corps
- Prowler Corps
- Special Operations Command
- Fleet Command (FLEETCOM)
- UNSC Marine Corps
- UNSC Army
- Other
- Administrative
- High Command (HIGHCOM)
UNSC Personnel
- See Characters for a list of UNSC personnel.
Rank Structure
- See UNSC Navy
UNSC Marine Corps
Colony Systems, Worlds, and Cities
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Hellespont System
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- Onyx - no longer a planet
Other Colonies
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UNSC Weaponry
- Main article: UNSC Weapons
These are the weapons that the UNSC employs against the likes of The Covenant.
Note that all the handheld weapons in Halo 2 apart from grenades can be swapped with the appropriate class of soldier's weapons.
The Novels
The weapons exclusive to Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: The Flood, Halo: First Strike and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx.
Handheld Weapons |
Missiles |
Mines |
Grenades |
Machine Guns |
Nuclear Weapons |
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UNSC Vehicles
Land
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Air
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UNSC Technologies
- See Technology
UNSC Vessels and Stations
- See UNSC Navy
Known UNSC Military Units
- Second Fleet
- Seventh Fleet
- Sixteenth Fleet
- Sol Defense Group 3/A-5
- 6th Battle Group[4]
- 105th Orbital Drop Shock Trooper Division
- 7th ODST Battalion
- 1st Platoon (Unknown Company, or Regiment)
- 7th ODST Battalion
- 405th Marine Infantry Division
- Charlie Company
- Tango Company
- 23rd Naval Air Squadron
- 105th Drop Jet Platoon
- Spartan Group Omega
- S4/BAG/2/5
Major UNSC Events
- Interplanetary War - 2160-2200
- Inner Colony Wars - Unknown, probably 25th century
- Human-Covenant War - 2525-Present
UNSC Laws
- See UNSC Laws
Sources
- ^ http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 96-98
- ^ Letter - Re:Antilon Mine
- ^ Mentioned in HGN