User:Tacitus/Eras
From Halo: Daybreak
WIP page on a more solid division of in-universe eras.
Prehistory[edit | edit source]
The pre-Forerunner history of the galaxy, the age of the Forerunners, their downfall and departure, and the rise of pre-Covenant galactic civilizations.
Covenant History[edit | edit source]
Antiquity/Early Covenant[edit | edit source]
The pre-Covenant history of the San'Shyuum and Sangheili, as well as the Covenant's Archaic and High Antiquity periods.
Intermediate/Middle Period[edit | edit source]
The Covenant's Late Antiquity and Feudal Eras. Characterized by decentralization of power, especially in its later ages.
Consolidation Era[edit | edit source]
Ages of Covenant history since the Second Illumination. Marked by re-centralization of power and the creation (or re-creation) of many institutions we know as staples of the Covenant.
Human History[edit | edit source]
Space Age[edit | edit source]
The Golden Age of Space Colonization, the Interplanetary Wars, the Reconstruction Period and the rise of the UEG, the various techno-corporate conflicts and crises of the 22nd century (2000-2309)
Colonial Era[edit | edit source]
Humanity's interstellar expansion period; the settling of the Inner and Outer Colonies, the Inner Colony Wars, Pax Humana, the UNSC-CMA cold war, and the Colonial Insurrection (2310-2524)
Great War Era[edit | edit source]
The Human-Covenant War (2525-2552)
Schism Era[edit | edit source]
2553-2578
- Early Reconstruction Era/Years of Disquiet: 2553-2560
- Middle Reconstruction Era: 2561-2570
- Late Reconstruction Era: 2571-2578
Sundering Age[edit | edit source]
2579-2690 (?)
An era marked by decentralization in the aftermath of the Great Schism, as well as humanity's cultural and political splintering.