Sapien Sunrise

"Peace is a lie."

- Common statement used in Sapien Sunrise propaganda.

The political and social climate in the wake of the has left many uncertain of the future, and fearful of humanity's fragile peace with former the  races. Taking advantage of the fear and doubt that has cast a shroud over humanity, the Sapien Sunrise has risen in direct opposition to the attempts to establish peaceful and productive relations with the, an idea they believe to be the most treasonous offense for any human being. At first, the Sunrise was a fledgling group of xenophobes that spread their rhetoric across harmless message boards on and. Intrigued, the began closely monitoring the group on Waypoint, but deemed them to be a low security risk.

Unfortunately for ONI, Sunrise rhetoric and propaganda began to adopt dangerous radicalization techniques and expand beyond closely monitored communication devices. By 2556, the Sapien Sunrise had grown exponentially, predominantly in the but also growing rapidly in the  and, and has since become increasingly more extremist and militant in nature.

Over the next two years, the Sunrise began to militarize at a rate that greatly concerned ONI, with known members of the group being placed on watch lists. Beginning in 2557, the Sunrise began taking on a more violent approach, directly targeting Covenant as well as humans they suspected to be "Covvie-Lovers". Most attacks took place at refugee centers across, especially in the city of. The following year in 2558 would be their biggest yet, with cells located in the Outer Colonies directly targeting human politicians they believed to be traitors to the human race, and began carrying out their murders. The most prominent assassination would be, a charismatic UEG representative that gained popularity for working tirelessly to repair the damaged relations between Earth and the Outer Colonies. Due to Sekibo being a well-respected figure in that region, the Sapien Sunrise never claimed responsibility, and began feeding misinformation to several outlets that a rogue was responsible. Despite being disproved later on, the damage had already been done and further indoctrination of colonists continued to erode stability across human space. Following Sekbibo's death, ONI would brief members of the and  declaring the Sunrise to be severe-risk threat that needed to be dealt with as soon as possible.

Beliefs
"Twenty-three billion for twenty-eight years. Earth didn't suffer like we did, so now they want to be friends with those hinge-head freaks!"

- Anonymous Sapien Sunrise sympathizer from.

Propaganda
"Gator fraternization is treason!"

- Anonymous, 2556

"Glyke was just the beginning!"

- Anonymous, 2558