The Outer Colonies are the Human-colonized planets farthest from the Inner Colonies such as Earth and Reach, with colonies founded after. Until the Human-Covenant War, disorder and rebellion were commonplace. The majority of the Outer Colonies were glassed by the Covenant during the war.[1]
History
Beginning in 2525, Harvest was the first world to fall to the Covenant's genocidal wrath. By 2535, with the destruction of Jericho VII, most Outer Colonies had been lost. By 2552, though some Outer Colonies still remained in UNSC hands, most were small and rather insignificant worlds. The significant colonies still under UNSC control lived in constant fear of Covenant invasion. When the Human-Covenant War had ended on March 3, 2553, tensions in the remaining worlds had presumably died out significantly.
Known Systems
- Eridanus II - Planet glassed by the Covenant in 2530
- Eridanus Secundus - Asteroid with a rebel base, presumably destroyed by the Covenant in 2552
- Jericho VII - Planet glassed by Covenant in 2535
- Chi Ceti IV - Planet abandoned by the UNSC in 2525
- Victoria - Planet with unknown status
- Origami Asteroid Field - Asteroids with unknown status, attacked by the Covenant in 2526
- Arcadia - Planet attacked unsuccessfully by the Covenant in 2531, but attacked again and destroyed in 2549
- Madrigal - Planet glassed by the Covenant in 2528
- The Rubble - Abandoned and destroyed except for Habitat Exodus
- Roost - Planet with unknown status
XI Boötis A System - System still held by UNSC
Groombridge-1830 System - System attacked in 2530, but still held by UNSC
Beta Centauri - System with unknown status
Biko - Planet glassed by the Covenant on an unknown date before 2534
Coral - Planet glassed by the Covenant in September 2552
Dwarka - Planet presumed glassed by the Covenant, as all contact was lost
Emerald Cove - Planet with unknown status, abandoned by the UNSC in 2542
Hat Yai - Planet glassed by the Covenant in either 2528 or 2529.
Paradise Falls - Planet with unknown status
Sources
- ^ Halo: First Strike, pages 98-99: And what did the citizens of the Outer Colonies think? Those who hadn't fled to remote outposts and hidden privateer bases weren't in any position to make trouble. The Covenant didn't take prisoners.