A little help, please?
Jan. 17th, 2008 04:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Can someone please go to this --> http://unscdf.planethalo.gamespy.com/?Humanity:History <-- website for me and tell me what happened directly before and after the year 2524? Book wise, event wise, game wise - whichever! I just bought the new Halo book, (Harvest Contact by Joseph Staten - and holy crap, is this guy lucky!! His first novel ever is under the Halo franchise!!) and I'm almost positive I know what's happening at this time period, but I can't open any links to any of the Halo timelines because they're all blocked here at work!
I needa know! I'm reading between calls! ;_; Help? Pleases?
I needa know! I'm reading between calls! ;_; Help? Pleases?
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Date: 2008-01-18 02:39 am (UTC)2490: THE BIRTH OF THE OUTER COLONIES
Expansion continued at a rapid pace, and by 2490 human space encompassed more than 800 worlds throughout the Orion Arm of the Milky Way (ranging from fairly well-tamed planetary strongholds to tiny hinterland settlements). Outward expansion continued, and the Inner Colonies become a political and economic stronghold, though they relied heavily on raw materials supplied by the Outer Colonies.
During this period, the planet Reach (orbiting Epsilon Eridani, right on Earth's metaphorical doorstep) became the UNSC's primary Naval yard and training academy. Reach was a major producer of warships and colony vessels, as well as a training ground for covert operatives and Special Forces.
2525: THE COVENANT WAR BEGINS
On April 20, 2525, contact with the Outer Colony, Harvest, was lost. After failing to re-establish contact with Harvest, the Colonial Military Administration sent a scout ship, the Argo, to investigate. Contact with the Argo was subsequently lost after the ship arrived in the Harvest system.
The CMA dispatched a battle group to Harvest, consisting of three warships. The lead ship in the battle group, the Heracles, returned to Reach, badly damaged and with heavy casualties. The ship's commander reported that an alien warship with powerful weaponry was present, and had decimated Harvest, exterminating the colonists (and presumably destroying the Argo).
The battle group engaged the alien warship and was thoroughly routed. The Heracles-following the destruction of the other two ships in the group-jumped out of the system, but due to the damage she had sustained, took several weeks to make it back to Reach.
The Earth military immediately upgraded their alert status and began preparations to move in and retake Harvest. By December, a massive Earth war fleet under Vice Admiral Preston Cole mobilized, one of the fastest such mobilizations of such a large fleet in the history of humankind.
2525: THE BATTLE OF HARVEST
Cole's war fleet engaged the alien warship responsible for the decimation of the colony, scoring a victory (though the battle cost Cole two-thirds of his battle group). Only a last minute tactical inspiration turned the tide of battle.
After returning to Earth, Cole-promoted to Admiral-learned that a number of outlying colonies had been destroyed, leaving behind no survivors. Cole began to move his fleet around in an attempt to intercept the invaders. Ground and ship-to-ship battles began in earnest, raging throughout the Outer Colonies. During one ground engagement, human forces captured one of the aliens. Before he succumbed to his wounds, interrogators learned that the aliens referred to themselves as "the Covenant."
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Date: 2008-01-18 02:56 am (UTC)I was totally right about the timeline, too! This is either indicadive of good comprehension and memory skills or too much Halo. XD