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The Story So Far
It is the year 2552. Humanity has long been at war wuth the terrifying alien civilization the collectively calls it self the Covenent. This monstrous conglomerate of warlike species sees Humanity as a form of heresy against their religion -- a religion based in the single-minded belief theat a Great Journey awaits its faithful and that this Journey can be embarked upon by firing an array of vast ringlike weapons scattered throughout the galaxy.
These immense terraformed rings, known as Halos, have been abandoned by their mysterious and long vanished creaters, the Forerunnners.
This conflict, terrible and destructive though it is, has recently been complicated by a series of cascading events. ONe of these artificial worlds, these Halos, was discovered and subsequently destroyed by the Human forces, led by Spartan-117-- The Master Chief- the last fighting member of the legendary SPARTAN II military program and Humanity's last, best hope.
Conflict at a second Halo installation then ignited a galaxy-spanning conflagration as a civil war erupted within the Covenant, driven by revelations that the Covenant leadership, the Prophets, had been deliberately deceiving its populace.
In truth, these Halos would not take the Covenant on a Great Journey but rather eradicate all sentient life in the galaxy-- a last resort defense against the most terrifying menace the galaxy has ever known-- and a menace the deluded Covenant has reawakened for the second time in a hundred thousand years.
