Oi! I am new to fanfiction and this idea popped in my head while playing Halo Reach a wee past my bedtime. I made a timeline to make sense of things before I bother starting any actual writing so I can see if people want this made or not. I might change things if it needs to be changed. Still indecisive on certain ideas I have.
2524- The Covenant discover humanity. The High Prophets call for caution after discovering the rich abundance of Forerunner relics in the systems the human's dwelled in.
February, 2525- Contact between a civilian freighter and a Covenant vessel occurs over the colony of Harvest. More Covenant ships arrive, the commanding Elites ordering the others to not engage.
February 10th, 2525- A UNSC battlegroup is dispatched to Harvest, fearing the threat of a insurrection attack. Only to instead find the Covenant peacefully helping Harvest develop into a Covenant agriculture world.
February 11th, 2525- The Covenant commander of the fleet sends his full report to the hierarchs. Meetings are called by the Prophets.
February 17th, 2525- The Council votes to send multiple fleets to human colonies as a show of might. UNSC battle groups are called to the colonies in response, but neither side engages.
February 18th, 2525- A human-Sangheili research coalition enter the Forerunner temple on Harvest. After deep searching, the map room is discovered. All are surprised at how the Forerunner technology responds to human interaction.
February 20th, 2525- Fearing their power would be gone if the truth were to spread, the Prophets order all Brute forces to attack the humans and Elites. Several human ships are lost, as well as two Elite ships before they overpowered the inferior Brute soldiers.
February 28th, 2525- The UNSC declare war on the alien attackers. The need for the Spartan II's seemed more vital than ever, and are ready to be deployed.
March 1st, 2525- After the truth of the Halo array is revealed, Elite led Covenant forces execute the High Prophets Truth, Regret, and Mercy aboard High Charity. The furious Covenant species vow to exterminate any that supported the deceiving Prophets.
March 3rd, 2525- With the Covenant hierarchy changed, the Elites offer humanity a place in the Covenant.
March 8, 2525- Fearing resticance would only bring annihilation, UEG leaders agree to Covenant terms. Humanity officially joins the Covenant Empire after the death of the High Prophets. The Brutes are placed on the same level as grunts, with humanity quickly climbing the ladder in the caste system.
March 12, 2525- A treaty is signed on the battle scarred ground of Harvest. Admiral Terrence Hood and Thel 'Vadamee, both high Naval leaders, sign a pact of technological innovation and study, a mostly one sided promise to integrate warfare technology from each other's own equipment. Human AI prove to be the only thing of use the Covenant know the humans possess. Human ships now possess shielding and superior slipspace abilities while still using their traditional projectile based weapons.
April, 2525- Spartan-II's are integrated with Covenant shielding and cloak technology.
July, 2525- Covenant assist in the development of existing colonies.
December, 2525- A rebellion of human insurrectionists and Kig-yar pirates begins to rise. The rebellion tries to gain a footing by capturing Vice Admiral Preston Cole and numerous wealthy politicians. Spartan Blue team is tasked to rescue the hostages aboard a Kig-yar pirate ship, and manage to do so with no casualties, impressing many Elite warriors and adding new respect to humans.
February, 2526- The rebellion is officially crushed at the planet Mamore. The threat of more rebellion causes increase in security. Elite and grunt squads are officially assigned to every human vessel and world.
May, 2526- The UNSC designs and manufactures new plasma resistant armor and jumpsuits for Marines, allowing them to possess and be around Covenant based weapons without fear of severe plasma radiation damage to the body.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed. Yes I know it is short. Please leave a review discussing your deep emotional feelings that I'm totally sure you got from this exciting introduction. ;)