Freedom's Triumph

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

- United States Declaration of Independence, Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six

triumph. An unthinkable proposition. Turn to face through the looking glass into a world that never was. On May first,, the of   the  base at. After captured the SPARTAN's, including, knowing the  would destroy the base if he killed them immediately, he called for the  navy, hidden in the nearby asteroid belt, to destroy the ship. Quickly moving in, the rebels destroyed the frigate, and, once the news of its destruction reached General Graves, he had the SPARTAN's executed.

In the aftermath of the disastrous raid, still with its leadership intact, and the technology of the as well as the SPARTAN's chemical augmentations, the  stepped up its operations against the. Now on a two front war, one against the genocidal, and now on the other against an increasingly powerful , the decides to use its  and  almost exclusively against the.

Meanwhile, the continues to aid other  groups in taking over colonies, with  in alliance by. Encouraged by, the Venezian representative, the rebellion begins preparing to launch an all-out assault on the heart of the  once the  is over.

By, the becomes increasingly desperate to defeat the. falls, nearly all of the, including the is destroyed attempting to slow down the , and the  makes plans to continue on the human race in the event the rest of their worlds are glassed. After the death of the in the  due to the actions of, the Prophets declare the  no longer able to protect them, and replace them with the , sparking the. is never discovered.

While the do not side with the humans, the Schism halts the  genocide as massive infighting occurs, leaving very few of the  intact. Once news reaches the of this, before the  can repair, they send a massive wave of ships laden with explosives, disguised as freighters, to destroy the. While they do not succeed in destroying all of them, the rebels open up a hole through the defense grid, which is quickly rushed by ships from the controlled colonies.

The atmospheric fighting is brutal, with the forces using their old guerrilla tactics and commanded by, continue wearing down the. After two years of conflict, a commando raid captures the  and  leadership, and holds them hostage until the  agrees to let the  go, which they agree to. Finally, after sixty two years of fighting, the has come to an end. But the has no intent to hold fast on their promise, and begin preparing to bring down the  from the inside.