User:Delta Team Curt/Contention

History
Contention was colonized in 2415 and grew to be an economic and industrial powerhouse with a population in the millions. The planet has always held a separatist view, and did so during the Great-War. During the Second Human Civil War the colony sided with the UCC and eventually became its capital.

Discovery and Colonization
Discovered by the UNSC Colonial Survey Corps. in 2412, it was marked as a prime target for colonization. After raising funding, the colony ship [i]UNSC Outreach[/i] was successful in reaching the planet in 2415. After spending a few months of mapping and surveying, the first Colonists set up the city of Galilei, using construction supplies from the Outreach to set up the colonies main government building (a recreation of the Nebraska Capitol Building that was built in prefab sections)

Contention had abundant natural resources, including clay and materials for concrete. A strange form of tree grew on the planet, nicknamed Callous wood by the colonists, helped to create the earliest buildings. An extremely hard wood, it provied insulation for the buildings from the weather of Contention. After the [i]Outreach[/i] was scuttled, the Colonists used the reactors to set up the Truis Power Plant, providing the fuel for growth on Contention.

With the building materials, the capital city of Contention grew to about 6000 colonists. Over the next 30 years, that would grow to almost 9 million, with 4 other cities on Contention. The economy on Contention in the early years was mining Titanium, which was bought up by the UNSC to build ships, armor troops, etc.

Before the Human-Covenant War
The economy and population stabilized over the next 60 years or so years. In the 2510 the population officially numbered 30 million, with 12 cities and 22 townships. In order to be more efficient, the UNSC built the Pascal Shipyard in orbit around Contention, a medium size shipyard capable of building Destroyer sized ships.

Contentions two moons were developed around 2505 by the UNSC as military bases. Ares, a refit station, and Hestia, a Weapons Manufacturing Facility that built weapons licensed from Misrah Armories. The colonists took great pride in there military heritage, and thier Colonial Militia numbered almost 9,000 and trained alongside UNSC Marines.

However, rebellion started to become common place, as the UNSC became more involved in planet side affairs, and trying to add more and more production facilities to use the natural resources on Contention.

Human-Covenant War
When the Great War started, the colonists saw their chance to split from the UNSC, cutting communications with the UNSC after the military of Contention was called away. The few remaining Military Personnel were imprisoned, the colonists seizing controls of the assets in place around their planet.

Contention survived the War without Covenant Contact, the population not experiencing the horror of the Covenants wrath. In the 28 years of the war, they built another shipyard based on the Pascal Shipyard, only expanding the design to build Cruiser sized vessels also.

Reconstruction and Civil War
The UNSC Richmond rediscovered the colony in 2558, being met with Hostilities. A UNSC Battlecruiser Squadron was sent to try and control the planet, but they were ousted by the Contention Navy, and the UNSC refused to recognize the Government of Contention, declaring that it was a UNSC colony and that the colonists in the governments convicted of Treason if they continued to resist.

This was forgotten as the UCC emerged, the UNSC focusing their military on the new threat. The colonists quickly realized that this new faction was the perfect way to gain independence, the Systems Alliance government the UCC supported would allow colonies to remain autonomous at a respectable level, and provide protection.

The Colony became a refuge however, colonists with the UCC that were evacuated coming to get away from the War. Contention served as a major military production area as the UCC started to grow, building ships, guns, and creating new technology for the war effort.

Population
Contention is home to 2.9 Billion humans that live in 62 major metropolitan areas and over 400 townships on the planet and its moons. 1.2 Billion colonists are of working age, and the primary employers are shipbuilders, mining, weapon manufacturing, and high tech industry. 1.3 Billion colonists are fit for military service according with official UCC recruitment standards.

Industries
Major industries on the planets surface are the mining of fissile material, Titanium, Iron, Steel, Tungsten, and Hydrogen. High Tech Industry is common in urbanized Industry, accounting for 14% of the workforce. On Ares the primary employer is the Grant Refit Station operated by the UCC, while on Hestia the primary employer is Werth Firearms.

Military
Contention is home too ten United Colony Command Marine Corps. Divisions, as well as four divisions of the Contention Mobile Infantry. The UCC Home Fleet provides for the defense of the planet and its moons, made up of ninety UCC warships and thirty Contention Naval vessels.