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Each alien species joined the Covenant at these times, Earth calendar:
852 BC: The Elites and Prophets consent to the Writ of Union, forging the Covenant and ending their devastating war between each other.
Unknown time: The Elites find the Engineers in various Forerunner structures throughout the galaxy. They are enslaved into a lifetime of servitude.
784 BC: The Hunters are found by the Covenant. While they were overwhelmed on the surface, the Covenant began to glass the Hunter homeworld, forcing them into submission.
1112 AD: The Drones are found by the Covenant. Their lack of intelligence made them easily absorbed into the Covenant, more like dogs than soldiers.
1342 AD: Jackal pirates join the Covenant in exchange for riches such as gold. Eventually, the payments would stop and the Jackals would become permanent members.
2142 AD: The Grunts are enslaved by the Covenant.
2492 AD: The Brutes are found by the Covenant. The Brutes had recently been engaged in a massive civil war, and the Covenant easily picked up the pieces.
2525: Humans make first contact with the Covenant.
2552: Reach is destroyed.
The reason the Brutes were not in CE is because Bungie hadn't thought them up yet. But if you want to look at from a storyline issue, it's because the fleet that followed the Autumn to Halo, called the Fleet of Particular Justice, did not have Brutes serving in it. The fleet was one of the last few "pure" fleets without Brutes.
[Edited on 02.08.2011 5:51 AM PST]