Whether it be the Insurrection to minimize military and civilian losses while creating an entirely loyal cadre of elite soldiers or now, as humanity faces the Covenant onslaught. Designed for war and meant to be utilized as a surgical scalpel against all enemies of mankind both alien and kindred. Spartan, one of the finest soldiers in the UNSC. Losing is the complete extermination of humanity as they have witnessed on countless glassed worlds before. For those left fighting on the frontlines they know the only hope is to continue to resist. Humanity has weeks if not a standard year before they are wiped out entirely by fanatical aliens. For those who know the full picture there is little hope in halting the Covenant. The Covenant war machine continues its unrelenting approach on the remaining Inner Colonies and Earth itself.
The Covenant glassed the Outer Colony of Harvest and started the Human Covenant War that would wage for decades.īy 2552 most of the Outer Colonies have been lost. It was not a moment of joy at discovering they were not alone in the universe. In the 2500s humanity was in the throes of civil unrest that culminated in the Insurrection against the UEG and UNSC.