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On December 12th, 2559, the UNSC Infinity disappeared. They had been sent to stop Cortana, leader of the Created, from using Zeta Halo for her own nefarious purposes. As many would later discover, the UNSC was not the only force who had come to Zeta Halo with that goal.
The Banished, who had thrived under Cortana's iron yet loose regime, had sent an invasion force. After contact, no signal was sent from the Infinity. All probes and scouts, from all sides, who went to the Ephu system - Zeta Halo's prior location - found the installation, and the fleets attacking it, had suddenly vanished. Only trace wreckage from the Infinity, Banished warships, and a Forerunner Guardian construct, remained.
For the UNSC, they had lost the Master Chief, and their strongest warship. Both were symbols of humanity's strength and resolve, the hero who had saved them, and the flagship emblematic of their post-war successes, an era which was now undoubtably over.
For the Banished, they had lost not only Atriox, but Escharum too. With the other senior leaders of the Banished trapped at the Ark, the nascent empire had been left without a central commander, but while the cracks could be seen visibly forming, the Banished were more than content feasting upon a ripe galaxy.
Whatever happened at Zeta Halo, it had been the end of Cortana. Her Created empire immediately fractured, breaking down into warlord states as AI carved out what they could of the galaxy, using what Forerunner assets remained active and available to them.
With the fall of the Created, came the return of interstellar travel. The galaxy was open once more - for better, or for worse.
It is January 12th, 2560, and all throughout the galaxy now see the future is uncertain. While some cower from uncertainty, the bold see it as an opportunity - and the prize would be total dominion over all civilizations remaining.
Regions of the Galaxy:
Human Inner Colonies and Sol (UNSC/Created)
Human Outer Colonies (URF/Banished/Created)
Doisac Sphere (Banished)
Eastern Covenant Sphere (Banished/Covenant Remnants/Swords of Sanghelios)
Sanghelios Sphere (Swords of Sanghelios/Covenant Remnants/Banished)
Western Covenant Sphere (Covenant Remnants/Swords of Sanghelios/Banished)
What is the Western Covenant Sphere?
Outside the Sanghelios Sphere, more divergent regions of the empire began to take shape, as was natural with frontier settlements. Continuously, the empire grew and grew, for thousands of years. Along the way, they found many species of note, plenty newfound colonies won the lotteries of strategic importance, and historical shifts in the Covenant Empire defined entire regions and their history.
The Western Covenant Sphere is characterized by its diverse amount of species. While the East is mostly comprised of sangheili and yanme'e colonies, the West has many unngoy, kig-yar, and jiralhanae planets, even outnumbering the sangheili in entire sectors. The Western Covenant Sphere also borders the Human Sphere, meaning planets closer to human space are more likely to have human influence, from technology and goods to bold human settlers themselves, even if these interspecies minglers were rather rare.
Due to the prominence of the Doisac Sphere in the western reaches of the Orion Arm, the westward Covenant territories have fallen largely under Banished control, or have been heavily influenced by them, with not many independent worlds bold enough to challenge the Banished outright.
For a traditionalist Covenant successor state, it is much harder to exist in the West than it is the East. Between the kig-yar coalescing and seeking to form a new nation, the unngoy doing the same, and the Banished feasting upon the grave of the Empire, many in the West are forced to evolve or die. In a way, they resemble the human Outer Colonies, suffering civil wars and glassing rather commonly.
Ironically, it was always the western-based ministries and fiefdoms who wanted independence and secession from the Covenant Empire. Now, many in the region wish they had the stability and safety of the Covenant once again.
The Western Covenant Sphere is the tough-and-tumble, highly diverse half of former Covenant space, a true melting pot of the Orion Arm civilizations.
The Banished, who had thrived under Cortana's iron yet loose regime, had sent an invasion force. After contact, no signal was sent from the Infinity. All probes and scouts, from all sides, who went to the Ephu system - Zeta Halo's prior location - found the installation, and the fleets attacking it, had suddenly vanished. Only trace wreckage from the Infinity, Banished warships, and a Forerunner Guardian construct, remained.
For the UNSC, they had lost the Master Chief, and their strongest warship. Both were symbols of humanity's strength and resolve, the hero who had saved them, and the flagship emblematic of their post-war successes, an era which was now undoubtably over.
For the Banished, they had lost not only Atriox, but Escharum too. With the other senior leaders of the Banished trapped at the Ark, the nascent empire had been left without a central commander, but while the cracks could be seen visibly forming, the Banished were more than content feasting upon a ripe galaxy.
Whatever happened at Zeta Halo, it had been the end of Cortana. Her Created empire immediately fractured, breaking down into warlord states as AI carved out what they could of the galaxy, using what Forerunner assets remained active and available to them.
With the fall of the Created, came the return of interstellar travel. The galaxy was open once more - for better, or for worse.
It is January 12th, 2560, and all throughout the galaxy now see the future is uncertain. While some cower from uncertainty, the bold see it as an opportunity - and the prize would be total dominion over all civilizations remaining.
Regions of the Galaxy:
Human Inner Colonies and Sol (UNSC/Created)
Human Outer Colonies (URF/Banished/Created)
Doisac Sphere (Banished)
Eastern Covenant Sphere (Banished/Covenant Remnants/Swords of Sanghelios)
Sanghelios Sphere (Swords of Sanghelios/Covenant Remnants/Banished)
Western Covenant Sphere (Covenant Remnants/Swords of Sanghelios/Banished)
What is the Western Covenant Sphere?
Outside the Sanghelios Sphere, more divergent regions of the empire began to take shape, as was natural with frontier settlements. Continuously, the empire grew and grew, for thousands of years. Along the way, they found many species of note, plenty newfound colonies won the lotteries of strategic importance, and historical shifts in the Covenant Empire defined entire regions and their history.
The Western Covenant Sphere is characterized by its diverse amount of species. While the East is mostly comprised of sangheili and yanme'e colonies, the West has many unngoy, kig-yar, and jiralhanae planets, even outnumbering the sangheili in entire sectors. The Western Covenant Sphere also borders the Human Sphere, meaning planets closer to human space are more likely to have human influence, from technology and goods to bold human settlers themselves, even if these interspecies minglers were rather rare.
Due to the prominence of the Doisac Sphere in the western reaches of the Orion Arm, the westward Covenant territories have fallen largely under Banished control, or have been heavily influenced by them, with not many independent worlds bold enough to challenge the Banished outright.
For a traditionalist Covenant successor state, it is much harder to exist in the West than it is the East. Between the kig-yar coalescing and seeking to form a new nation, the unngoy doing the same, and the Banished feasting upon the grave of the Empire, many in the West are forced to evolve or die. In a way, they resemble the human Outer Colonies, suffering civil wars and glassing rather commonly.
Ironically, it was always the western-based ministries and fiefdoms who wanted independence and secession from the Covenant Empire. Now, many in the region wish they had the stability and safety of the Covenant once again.
The Western Covenant Sphere is the tough-and-tumble, highly diverse half of former Covenant space, a true melting pot of the Orion Arm civilizations.
