The Outer Colonies are the human-colonized planets farthest from the Inner colonies such as Earth and Reach, with colonies founded after. Until the Human-Covenant war, disorder and rebellion were commonplace. By 2531, the majority of the Outer Colonies had been glassed by the Covenant.[1]
History
Beginning in 2525, Harvest was the first world to fall to the Covenant's genocidal wrath. In 2535, after ten years of war, most of the Outer Colonies had been lost, with Jericho VII being among the last major ones to fall. By 2552, though some Outer Colonies still remained in UNSC hands (mostly remote outposts), most were small and rather insignificant worlds. The few significant colonies still under UNSC control lived in constant fear of Covenant invasion. Some of the remaining colonies were bases for outlaws. By the time the Human-Covenant war ended on March 3, 2553, tensions in the remaining worlds had presumably died down significantly, however some colonies refused to negotiate with the UNSC and Venezia did not allow a UNSC ship to land, thus leading to the UNSC ships destruction, which then Captain Osman vowed to avenge.
Known systems
- 23 Librae System
- Madrigal - Glassed in 2528
- The Rubble - Abandoned and destroyed except for Habitat Exodus
- 26 Draconis system
- Levosia - Unknown status
- Alpha Aurigae System
- Origami Asteroid Field - Asteroids with unknown status, attacked by the Covenant in 2526
- Beta Centauri - System with unknown status
- Charybdis system
- Charybdis IX - Glassed
- Circinius system
- Circinius IV - Attacked and glassed by Covenant in 2526
- Chi Ceti system
- Chi Ceti IV - Planet abandoned by the UNSC in 2525, but reoccupied by UNSC as of 2558
- Cygnus system
- Cygnus - Unknown status
- New Jerusalem - Glassed in 2552
- Epsilon Indi System
- Eridanus system
- Eridanus II - Glassed in 2530
- Eridanus Secundus - Asteroid with a rebel base, presumably destroyed by the Covenant in 2552
- Escala system
- Escala III - Still held
- Groombridge-1830 System - System attacked in 2530, but still held by UNSC
- Groombridge 34 system
- Station Delphi - Unknown status
- Lambda Serpentis system
- Jericho VII - Glassed in 2535
- Lambda Aurigae System
- Roost - Unknown status
- Orrichon System
- Sedra - Shifted away from the UEG during and after the war
- Procyon System
Unknown System
- Biko - Glassed in 2525
- Bliss - Glassed in 2526
- Dwarka - Planet presumed glassed by the Covenant as all contact was lost
- Green Hills - Glassed in 2525
- Hat Yai - Glassed in either 2528 or 2529.
- Paradise Falls - Unknown status
- Sansar - Glassed
- Second Base - Glassed in 2525
- Talitsa - Still held
Appearances
Sources
- ā Halo: First Strike, pages 98-99: And what did the citizens of the Outer Colonies think? Those who hadn't fled to remote outposts and hidden privateer bases weren't in any position to make trouble. The Covenant didn't take prisoners.