Galaxy at War
CH 1 Prolog.
This story is a Halo and Star Wars crossover.
One hundred years after the second battle of Earth, the UEG celebrated the victory over the convenient. The UEG has rebuilt over 99% of the worlds lost in the war and the population is now three and a half times that of pre-war population. In addition the UEG have reorganized and colonized more worlds than they have in the previous years. There are 300 worlds that make up the inner colonies. The outer colonies have been reorganized into the central colonies. There are approximately 500 central worlds. The new areas of UEG space is divided into three sectors or " frontiers". The Western frontier was the largest, with over 200 worlds . The Southern frontiers has a little less than 150 worlds. The smallest of the three is the Eastern frontier with approximately 75 worlds. Despite the number of worlds, most of the new colonies are underdeveloped and lightly populated with only a few heavy populated worlds in each of the frontier.
The biggest changes can be seen in the UNSC Navy. After the war the UNSC swore that they will never again be caught off guard. The UNSC gave control to the government after the 20 years time span after the war. None were reconstruction by the government. Even though the UNSC was no longer in control, the UEG recognized the need for a strong military. The UEG continued to build ship after ship and train soldier after soldier.
The navy, like the population, grew rapidly after the war. The navy knew that they needed stronger ships and lots of them. The navy concentrated on construction of more cruisers than they did before. The Marathon class became the most numerous Cruiser of the Navy. The Halcyon class was surprisingly still in service. With better construction technology and more abundant resources, this class of ship has not been phased out although the ships have gone through heavy modifications. The autumn class has become the heavy war cruiser class of the Navy. While not as numerous as the marathon. These ships are the main assault ships of the Navy. The Valiant class still operates as flagships, although they are just as heavily armed as the autumn class they have one thing the autumns don't, energy projectiles. Frigates, prowlers and destroyers have stayed relatively the same since the battle of Requiem. With better technology, the UNSC was more focused on improving already existing ship designs rather than create ship designs p. Although the Navy does have new ideas for frigate and destroyers, the fouse have been on cruiserweight ships and heavier weights ships.
Another big change to the UNSC is the idea of better carriers and battleships. The Alexandria class carrier is the standard carrier in the UNSC Navy. At 3k long, these ships are some of the largest ships in the Navy. The UNSC have also employed the new Normandy light carrier class. These ships are about one and a half kilometers long and are meant for supporting fleets with fighter support and the act as troop carriers. A new idea in the Navy, is the concept of a battleships. While the Navy have always had heavy warships in mind they never had ships the size of carriers designed for assault. The need for ships of this designed was desperately needed during the human- covenant war, with little success during the war. The Phoenix class battleship, which takes its name from the old colony ships, are the new battleships of a line. The Phoenix class takes its design from the colony ships with the obvious exception of being designed as a warship rather than a colony ship. These battleships are armed with almost everything the navy has in its arsenal,from MAC guns to plasma torpedoes, these ships are armed to the teeth, and act as heavy assault ships and heavy capital ships.
The Trafalgar class super-carriers are designed for direct confrontation with any threats the UNSC might face. The ship class was brought back into service as a war to bridge the gap between cruisers and battleships to carriers. At 4k long, these ships are almost always armed with energy weapons and heavy MAC guns. The Trafalgars are the strongest class of ships in the navy, second only to the infinity class. The Infinity class are the absolute powerhouse of the Navy. At 5 and a half kilometers long, these ships are not only meant for assault but also capable of defending entire star systems almost single handedly. Do too the price and resources needed to make these ships, there are only 7 ships of this class including the Infinity itself.
There have been proposals for ships even larger than the Infinity class. The idea is to have ships that could go toe to toe with the covenant spear-carriers in both firepower and the size of troops it can carry. The only prototype of the ship is not armed but the ship is over 15 kilometers long.
The ground side of the military force on the UNSC have also seen major improvement. The UNSC Marine Force have been equipped with better and more advance weapons and example of this, world be the standard UNSC ERS energy shield. The ERS series have been given as standard issue shields for all UNSC personnel. There are differences though. For example the energy shields for ODSTs are stronger and more resilient than those for the standard Marine Force. The energy shields for Spartans are better than those for the ODSTs.
100 years after the end of the human-covenant war, the UEG and the UNSC have never been stronger. With a massive military with reverse engineer forerunner and covenant technology. The UEG and the UNSC are prepared for anything the galaxy might throw at them. Little do they know that all that preparation would soon be put to the test.
In late March of 2652. The colony world of Outland, the UEG's outermost colony in the western frontier, reported hostile contact was made from a faction called the Galactic Empire.
The story is an idea that I've had for a long time. I love Halo and Star Wars crossovers. My favorites include the stories bow and the gun and halo the Imperial war. This story takes place 100 years after halo 3 and two years before the battle of the Yavin. I wanted to make a story that pits the Empire versus the UNSC at the height of both faction power. While I plan on this story being a war story I will add personal stories from people from the UNSC and the Rebel Alliance. While I don't plan on referencing a lot of the Star Wars Expanded Universe I will however use elements from several Star Wars games and the two TV shows. The clone wars and rebels only with my personal twists.