2524
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2524 was a year in the 2520s in the 26th century.
Events
January
January 2
- Gage Yevgenny told a friend about his decision to leave Harvest, then he went round Utgard, walking up and down Mimir River drinking until he could barely walk.[1]
January 3
- A tired and hungover Gage Yevgenny enlisted in the Colonial Military Authority the hour he turned 18. By the evening he became a Private, First Class.[1]
January 18
- A telescope on Mars, CFHT-Mars, while recording the Rosette Nebula, captures the first ever human photograph of the Covenant mobile planetoid, High Charity. The discovery is sent to Dr. Catherine Halsey for evaluation.[2]
February
February 28
May
May 22
- James Cutter receives a Bronze Star for his actions aboard the UNSC Glasgow.[7][8]
June
June 12
- Kojo "Romeo" Agu is born in the Castra Arcology, Castra, on Madrigal.[9][10][11][12][13]
Mid June
- Insurrectionists hit the luxury liner National Holiday above Reach, detonating unmanned orbital taxis loaded with explosives against its hull. The ship plummets into Reach's atmosphere, burning up via re-entry. The Office of Naval Intelligence manages to portray it as a tragic accident.[14]
June 16
- As part of Operation: TREBUCHET; Staff Sergeants Nolan Byrne and Avery Johnson lead two four-man teams on a raid in the city of Casbah on Tribute to find rebel bombs. Johnson hesitates to fire at one of the bombers due to a child being in range leading to the boys father detonating it.[15]
August
August 7
- Marcille Johnson passes away in her apartment in Chicago, URNA.[16]
August 10
- Avery Johnson arrives in Chicago, URNA, after the botched operation on Tribute. He goes to visit his aunt Marcille, only to find that she had passed away three days ago. In grief, he goes on a drinking spree.[16]
August 13
- Lieutenant Downs finds a drunk Avery Johnson at the recruitment centre entrance in Chicago. Johnson is transferred to Harvest to train the local militia.[16]
August 22
- Catherine Halsey records in her Journal that she was furious that Spartan-II candidates were rerouted during a training exercise due to interested parties. Halsey then requested that next-generation AI matrix strata be pushed forward so new intrusion and counter-intrusion software can be developed to watch her back, and aid the Spartans.[17]
September
September 3
- The freighter Horn of Plenty emerges from Slipspace in error, courtesy of a radiation leak, and sends out a distress beacon. The beacon is futile, however, as the ship is attacked and captured by a Covenant vessel.[18]
September 3
- Horn of Plentys navigation box is retrieved by Covenant forces and its contents are analysed by the Huragok Lighter Than Some. Lighter Than Some finds the vessel's point of origin. The Covenant ship, Minor Transgression, heads off to obtain more spoils.[19]
Around September 18
- Horn of Plentys signal reaches Harvest, being received by the artificial intelligence construct Sif.[18]
September 18
- Lucy Orion Forge is born on Earth to John Forge[20] and Laine Forge.[21]
November
November 17
- Dr. Catherine Halsey writes in her journal about previously reuniting with Lieutenant Jacob Keyes while attending a conference at the University of Calippus. Their rendezvous left Halsey pregnant with their daughter, Miranda.[22][Note 1]
December
December 21
- The UNSC Two for Flinching, carrying Staff Sergeant Johnson and many others, arrives in the Epsilon Indi system. Simultaneously, ONI operative Jilan al-Cygni is briefed by the AIs Sif and Mack.[23]
- Minor Transgression's crew launches a raid on the freighter This End Up, killing its captain, Henry Gibson. A while later, Sif reports the attack to al-Cygni, both realizing that it was the only ship in the area with a human crew.[24]
Unknown
- Office of the High Prophet of Restraint issues an Edict, following an incident with the Kig-Yar ship Pitiless, that teams of Unggoy and Sangheili are to search all Kig-Yar vessels for evidence of "Unclean Beings".[25]
Circa 2524
These are events that are based around this year, and may not fall on this year specifically.
Around a year prior to the start of the Human-Covenant War
Notes
- ^ The journal entry is dated November 17, 2524, and Halsey writes as though the events occurred recently. However, Miranda Keyes was born February 28, 2525, which would place the date of their rendezvous in late May or early June 2524. Although Halsey often went months and even years without writing in her journal, there is another entry in August which makes no mention of the incident or her pregnancy. It is therefore possible that the date of the journal entry is anachronistic, and should be dated five months earlier.
Sources
- ^ a b Halo: Evolutions - Dirt
- ^ Halo: Reach: Limited Edition, Dr. Halsey's personal journal: Photo of NGC 2244
- ^ Halo Waypoint - Universe, Characters, Jun-A266 (Retrieved on Nov 12, 2020) [local archive] [external archive]
- ^ Halo.Bungie.Net - Project, Halo: Reach, Intel, Personnel, Jun (Retrieved on Oct 20, 2020) [local archive] [external archive]
- ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 104 (Jun)
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 98
- ^ Halo Wars: Limited Edition, Halo Wars: Genesis
- ^ Halo Waypoint - Forums, Learn What Happened Today In Halo - Page 4 (Retrieved on Oct 12, 2014) [archive]
- ^ Bungie.net - Halo 3: ODST Project page, Field Guide (Retrieved on Nov 30, 2020) [archive]
- ^ Halo Waypoint - Universe, Characters, Romeo (Retrieved on Oct 27, 2020) [local archive] [external archive]
- ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 159 (Romeo)
- ^ Bungie.net - News, Meet the Squad (Retrieved on Feb 7, 2021) [archive]
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 96
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, chapter 8
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, Prologue
- ^ a b c Halo: Contact Harvest, chapter 2
- ^ Halo: Reach: Limited Edition, Dr. Halsey's personal journal: August 22, 2524
- ^ a b Halo: Contact Harvest, chapter 1
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, chapter 3
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 111
- ^ Halo: Point of Light, chapter 1
- ^ Halo: Reach: Limited Edition, Dr. Halsey's personal journal: November 17, 2524
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, chapter 4
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, chapter 6
- ^ Halo Wars, Timeline Events: Edict of the Office of the High Prophet of Restraint
- ^ Halo: New Blood, chapter 15