United Nations Space Command (AAO)

2555
The period following the end of the Human-Covenant War was one fraught with power struggles and peril. Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood stepped down as the de facto leader of the UNSC and handed the reins off to Admiral [[Andrew Gering].

With the passing of the Reformation Act of 2555 the UNSC gained an influx of funds, technology, and recruits. While the Covenant seemed to be, for the moment, consolidating their forces and rebuilding, the leaders of the UNSC knew they had to do so as well.

Skirmishes
In late 2565 the mass of Covenant raids began to grow, and the UNSC retaliated with new weapons designed to disrupt plasma weaponry and won several crushing blows against the invading zealots.