Element Halo

by Iron Warriors

When we started to expand past the Orin Arm of the Milkyway, we didn't know what to expect. Once we were out there though, things changed big time. For those brief 30 years we were the top dogs of the galaxy in all powers but like always when humanity reaches a higher seat of power, something always comes to make us fall... This time however the fall will cost our entire race.

1. Chapter 1: AUR Codex 2553-2560

To those of you that complained about the timeline of this story. Here is the explanation. Yes, this will be an OOC Halo Universe.

Addendum: I have made some changes here for those that have been following the story in hopes of making the first chapter a little more presentable.

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2553:

-The Great War ends with a peace treaty between Humanity and the Sangheili Separatists, a peace treaty which many on both sides didn't want but knew that they'd end up all dead if they tried.

-The U.E.G. turns it's Governing policy into that of a Military Republic. Where to become a citizen I.E. holding public planetary/galactic office or vote you must spend time in Federal Service for a minimum term of 4 years, 2 years of this time is spent in basic and advanced training courses with most people returning to semi-civilian lives as U.N.S.C. reserve units. Those that do not participate pay slightly higher in taxes then those that serve (like Switzerland or the movie/book Starship Troopers but less giant killer bugs. If anyone that's old enough to remember that movie is reading this good for you.)

-Insurrectionist activity is at an all-time low due to what many people believe is changes put in place by the U.E.G. when it comes to negotiation tactics with planetary systems. Although there is still the minor skirmish every now and then, the death toll is nowhere near as bloody as prior to the Great War.

-The U.E.G. allow it's planets to either stay as part of the government or are allowed to split off. The space containing those that chose to stay out of U.N.S.C. governance was dubbed Frontier Space.

-Several bills are passed to increase military spending for ships and equipment as well as put new resources into rebooting the portal to the Ark in a desperate gambit to find The Master Chief.

2554:

-ONI sends recovery units, repair teams, Battle Group X-ray of the Sol Fleet and scientific coloinization boats to the Ark through Slipstream Space estimated time of arrival June of 2555.

-The Sangheili start their slaughter of the Brute fleets across their portion of the galaxy with U.N.S.C. acting as economic support.

-The U.N.S.C. fleet strength doubles in size from their weakened state of 400 warships to 800 warships by the end of the year. (can't find direct numbers of total Fleet strength the U.N.S.C. had after the war on any wiki page but I've put to guess that with 800 worlds to govern they would need a lot of spacecraft especially when in the middle of civil war.)

-Recolonization efforts begin for the U.E.G. fastly reclaiming lost worlds with the help of the Sangheili and recovered Forerunner tech. Most planets are able to re-colonize due to only major population centers being glassed, sadly most of these worlds are outer colony planets, allowing them to become major engineering powerhouses compared to their inner colony cuisines but they still required trade agreements between the two sectors to refine the resources.

-The U.N.S.C. Infinity finishes construction (can't find a date of which it completed construction so bug off.)

2555:

-All Brutes that still followed the Covenant are confined to their homeworlds, losing most if not all technological advancement and resorting back to the stone age after multiple orbital bombardments by ONI kill teams and rival Brute Warlords.

-The Sangheili Civil War begins between the Covenant loyalists and the Arbiter loyalists with newly rebuilt U.N.S.C. Military support.

-The Portal to the Ark is repaired, the reason why is the portal on the other side was damaged when Installation 04.2 was fired.

-Research stations are put in place across the Ark along with a colony, and multiple U.N.S.C. military bases turning the Ark into a major U.N.S.C. Military research and development center within the year. Sadly Spartan 117 and the other half of the Unto Dawn are unable to be found.

-The Infinity's sister ship starts construction.

-The Infinity and her crew start their search for Forerunner artifacts setting up research bases on any Halo's they come across, and eradicating any and all flood life signs.

2556:

-The Sangheili Civil War ends with the Arbiter's people taking the victory, and the forging of the Sangheili Republic (S.R.)

-The U.E.G. spends resources to help the S.R. recover from the war and become a civilisation that is self sufficient.

-The U.N.S.C. war machine pumps out another 300 warships totaling out the U.N.S.C. fleet power to 1,100 ships. Bills are passed on use of the Ark's mega shipyard to build ships.

-The Unggoy (grunts) start up the Parliament of Unified Systems (P.U.S.) basing their Government after the Earth Government of the United States with their first President being Yap Yap.

-The U.E.G. and S.R. officially open civilian borders with each other in a sign of good faith between Galactic nations.

2557:

-Reach is returned to its former glory and is built back up as a fortress world along with ten other worlds in the core systems around Earth, leaving the Outer Colonies more power in the civilian market as the Inner Colonies more power in military armament.

-The Events of Halo 4, and Spartan Ops. take place.

-After the scare of the Didacts power and the numerous appearances of Covenant Splinter Groups the U.E.G., P.U.S., S.R., The Free Holds (F.H.), Veiled Dominion (V.D.), Frontier League (F.L.), and Independent Yohet States (I.Y.S.) ratify unanimously to forge the A.U.R. and make it the galactic defenders against the multiple Covenant splinter groups, and the Confederacy of Former Covenant States (C.F.C.S.) with each race having a representative in the Government.

-All members of the A.U.R combine all military power/resources into one massive military under the banner of U.N.S.C. equaling out to 4,005 warships in combined strength.

-The Zeus class Star-Dreadnought starts research, and development using the wreckage of the Didact's ship as a template and pieces, pulling all resources from all races marking it as the first combined project of the A.U.R.

2558:

-The Last Prophets splinter cell attempts to launch a Crusade into U.E.G territory to gain the Janus Key but is stopped by the U.N.S.C. when a Spartan team and a full combat fleet of 200 is deployed and forces the group back after killing the Prophet commanding the vanguard, the battle resaulting in the death of 2,000 people.

-The Janus Key is complete in U.E.G. control allowing Humanity access to more Forerunner installations, oddly most of these installations no longer exist almost as if they were taken or destroyed. this, in turn, makes the Janus Key less than useless to the A.U.R.

-The Infinity's sister ship completes construction.

-The mystery behind the creation of the Spartan II's is leaked to the Galactic public causing 90% of the O.N.I. leadership to be arrested and all its powers in or over any government body to be null and void causing many to desert their posts but are eventually brought back under heavy probation or imprisonment. The surviving families and childhood friends of the Spartan II's begin protests to get their family back or to at least see them.

-The Zeus class Star-Dreadnought under the code name "Death Star" starts construction over the Ark. It was called this after an Unggoy worker made a joke while being questioned by a reporter.

-The Galactic Hero John-117 and all combat active Spartan II's are declared MIA and not long after their families give up their protests.

-The Banished launch a daring strike on the AUR controlled Ark, releasing the parasite contained there, causing the deaths of 2,000,000 civilian and military personnel.

-The U.N.S.C. Spirit of Fire arrives at the Ark helping push the Banished off the Ark but due to the damage on the ship, and the lack of a Slipspace drive core is decommissioned for parts which are introduced to the Star-Dreadnought's frame and it's coil gun batteries are turned into broadside weapon systems for one side of the ship. All crew onboard return home after their long voyage.

-Scientific research and development into the human genome with the use of Forerunner tech bears fruit in eliminating all forms of physical sickness and theoretically improving the life span of humanity by twice as long.

2559:

-The A.U.R. celebrates a time of uneasy peace unheard in over 40 years by most of the population.

-The Zeus class Star-Dreadnought completes construction and is manned by Human, Huragok, Sangheili, Unggoy and Kig Yar members.

-All members of the Spirit of Fire return to active duty with all marine, and O.D.S.T. elements receiving Spartan augmentations or promotions, and are sent to serve on the Zeus class Star-Dreadnought with the newly appointed Admiral Cutter taking command of the ship naming her after his former warship. The Zeus class ended up as a 30 kilometer long starship built for one thing, the destruction of hostile Forerunner constructs/any new hostile alien race, and was currently armed as such with thousands of archer missile pods, hundreds of plasma torpedo batteries, close rang rail-gun turrets, energy projectors, four hundred nova class nuclear bombs, and point defence guns. (Look up U.N.S.C. Punic-class supercarrier and that's what it looks like in build just a few kilometers larger.)

2560:

-(story starts here.)