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was there a war with the humans and cvonant before they attacked reach or did they not do anything of fighting

  • 06.04.2006 10:56 AM PDT
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yes, years before they attacked reach, don't remember where it was though

  • 06.04.2006 10:57 AM PDT
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Yes, around the 2530's the humans recieved a Covenant transmission, in English, which states, "Your destruction is the will of the gods, and we are their instrument." So, because it was transmitted in English, the Covenant had already been studying them.

  • 06.04.2006 10:58 AM PDT

The Covenant attacked the Outer Harvest colonies first

  • 06.04.2006 11:00 AM PDT
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2525 FEB 3
Contact with Harvest, an outer colony, is lost shortly after the colony itself had made contact with an unknown object. The Colonial Military Administration sends the scout ship Argo to investigate.

2525 APRIL 20
The Argo arrives in-system and makes one confirmation transmission. No further reports are received.

2525 OCT 7
A UNSC battle group consisting of one Destroyer (Heracles, Captain Veredi) and two Frigates (Arabia and Vostok) enters the Harvest system and discovers that everything on the planet has been completely incinerated and the surface melted down to glass. In orbit around the remains of the colony world is a single alien ship, which proceeded to attack the battle group, destroying both Arabia and Vostok and badly damaging the Heracles. Intercepted communications identify the enemy as The Covenant. The message "Your destruction is the will of the Gods... and we are their instrument" is broadcast in UNSC language.

2525 NOV 1
Vice Admiral Preston Cole mobilizes the largest fleet in human history to retake Harvest.

  • 06.04.2006 11:05 AM PDT