User:Guruson/Galactic Schism

The Galactic Schism was the major event that happened after the defection of Catherine Halsey to the Covenant Remnant. Needless to say, John-117 followed her, believing that she was right.

Cause
After the Master Chief had sided with Catherine Halsey, who had betrayed the UNSC, He did what he think was right, or sometimes what Halsey though was right. When this was reported back to the UNSC, ONI ordered the termination of both Catherine Halsey and John-117.

Disagreement
There was major disagreement, as the order was withdrawn less then a day after the execution order. This caused a major schism amongst the UNSC, and in time, led to hostilities between those who oppose the order and those who follow it. There first were small disturbances, but eventually led to ship vs. ship battles, oppose vs. agree. As the majority of UNSC naval personnel was opposing the execution of the man who had ended the Human-Covenant War, they had soon gained lots of followers, ships and other strategic points.

ONI
The head of ONI, Serin Osman, who was a Spartan-reject, had her personal grudges against Halsey and sent out the order to execute anyone who followed the war-criminal. As most ONI personnel is 'kept in the dark', they were unaware of the recent events. They followed orders, and soon, ONI's Stealth Prowlers were deployed, hunting for anyone who sided with the war-criminal. This often led to the death of their targets, but soon, even their crews had major doubts. Mutiny was now everywhere.

Outsiders
When the Sangheili had received a UNSC report of the events, they were puzzled. They tried to stay out of this event, but were drawn into it, mainly because the UNSC had played a major role in the Sangheili Civil War. They had just recovered from this, and the UNSC's interference. There was also disagreement between the Sangheili forces, as they had heard of the stories of the Demon. Now they know that he is on the side of a Human who had sides with the remaining Covenant, even they had disagreement whether to follow a war criminal and her allies, or be forced into battle by the UNSC.

Alliances
Soon after the Master Chief sided with Halsey and the Remnant, they began assaulting the ONI Station Delphi, which was of vital importance to ONI, because it was a maintenance facility for ONI ships. After a short battle, it was the Remnant who was victorious. Luckily, the assault was a complete surprise, and the majority of the personnel sided with them immediately. The Sangheili forcefully sided with the UNSC. They were deployed in mixed squads, a Sangheili/Spartan-IV and three Marines. The Spartan-led squads were strong, both moral and physical. The Sangheili-led squads were also strong, but as the Sangheili felt somewhat alien between the marines, they would often choose to fight with their former enemies, once the Marines were defeated. When facing John-117 and only one Marine is left, they sometimes made the choice to kill the remaining Marine, and prove loyalty to the Demon and the Remnant.