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==Story Synopsis== | ==Story Synopsis== | ||
On February 3, 2525, first contact is made with an alliance of alien races that refers to itself as [[The Covenant]]. On that day, a single Covenant Warship exterminated the surface population of the Outer Colony Harvest. Three [[UNSC]] battleships are sent to investigate this incident, initiated first | On February 3, 2525, first contact is made with an alliance of alien races that refers to itself as [[The Covenant]]. On that day, a single Covenant Warship exterminated the surface population of the Outer Colony Harvest. Three [[UNSC]] battleships are sent to investigate this incident, initiated first engagement protocols and attempted contact, engaged the Covenant ship in battle, and are subsequently routed. Only one, the Heracles, manages to return to Reach badly damaged. By December of the same year, the UNSC has mobilized a massive fleet under the command of [[Vice Admiral Preston Cole]], with orders to reclaim the Harvest Colony and stop the Covenant advance. | ||
Cole's fleet manages a victory at Harvest, but at a high cost - two thirds of his ships are destroyed. Despite significant tactical brilliance on the part of Human commanders, Covenant technology guarantees a four to one kill/loss ratio in most battles. One by one, the Outer Colonies fall below the onslaught, and by 2535, virtually all have been destroyed. | Cole's fleet manages a victory at Harvest, but at a high cost - two thirds of his ships are destroyed. Despite significant tactical brilliance on the part of Human commanders, Covenant technology guarantees a four to one kill/loss ratio in most battles. One by one, the Outer Colonies fall below the onslaught, and by 2535, virtually all have been destroyed. | ||