Today in Halo

2553 – While on vacation with Veronica Dare following the close of the war, Buck is approached by Jun-A266 to be a candidate in the SPARTAN-IV program. However, the battle-hardened Helljumper initially turns down the offer and opts to remain an ODST.

2553 – Jul 'Mdama joins Avu Med 'Telcam and the Servants of the Abiding Truth, standing in opposition of the Arbiter.

9/21/2546 Led by Edward Buck, Alpha-Nine conducts a military operation against the Covenant on the colony of Sargasso.

3/20/2555 Operation: FAR STORM is completed with the deactivation of Halo’s priming sequence.

3/17/2555 In Operation: FAR STORM, a team of humans & Elites are sent back to the Ark to stop the activation of the Halo Array.

4/1/2553 Captive on Trevelyan for weeks, Jul 'Mdama finally escapes the shield world through a portal, reaching Hesduros.

1/10/2545 The Covenant initiate their brutal assault of the human colony Draco III.

1/3/2554 Led by Edward Buck, Alpha-Nine squares off against rebels on Draco III. The Rookie is killed in battle.

11/28/2553 Researcher Luther Mann discovers the location of Zeta Halo during a research expedition on Onyx.

10/21/2552 A large Covenant support fleet arrives, continuing to engage UNSC forces around and on Earth.

02/07/2558 - The UNSC Infinity arrives at Requiem. Spartan fireteams immediately engage enemy forces on the planet.

02/06/2558 - The UNSC Infinity leaves Earth orbit to return to the Forerunner world of Requiem.

04/26/2526 - Circinius-IV is attacked by the Covenant, forcing the evacuation of the planet.

07/03/2486 - Hieronymus Michael Stanforth is born. He will become vice admiral and a crucial leader in the Covenant War.

2532 – After a six-month tour of duty on Harvest, Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck successfully transferred to the Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (ODST) division of the UNSC Marine Corps.

The UNSC Infinity arrives at Requiem and deploys Spartans to the surface, engaging the Covenant head on.

2531 – While engaging with the Covenant on the northern side of Harvest, the UNSC Spirit of Fire discovers an ancient Forerunner artifact leading them to Arcadia.

2525 – The UNSC loses contact with Harvest and the planet becomes the first to fall to the Covenant.

2553 – The black ops team Kilo Five is formed at Admiral Margaret Parangosky's request. Led by Real Admiral Serin Osman, the group specializes in covert operations and reports directly to Parangosky.

2525 – Staff Sergeant Avery Johnson is debriefed following a brief and violent first contact with the Covenant on Harvest.

2496 – The UNSC launches Operation: CHARLEMAGNE, a counter-attack against rebel forces under the command of Colonel Robert Watts. This saw the first deployment of ORION Project units, the UNSC's first super-soldier program.

2553 – Commander Musa Ghanem, a rehabilited washout of the SPARTAN-II program, meets with several admirals at HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 in Sydney to detail the SPARTAN-IV program as an independent branch of the UNSC, named Spartan Operations.

2553 – Jul 'Mdama joins Avu Med 'Telcam and the Servants of the Abiding Truth, stand against the Arbiter's rule of Sanghelios and peace with humanity.

2553 – Shortly after the Covenant War, Edward Buck and Veronica Dare take shore leave together on the tropical colony Sundown. Buck is approched by Jun-A266 who attempts to recruit him for the SPARTAN-IV program.

2554 – Following the death of the Rookie during a confrontation with the United Rebel Front, the remainder of Alpha Nine agree to transition from ODSTs and join the SPARTAN-IV program.

L'acte terroriste durant l'entraînement d'Alpha-Nine est daté du 29 mars par Halo : Fractures, les ODST ont donc accepté leur transition bien avant cette date.

La source d'origine de cette information donne le 11 mars.

2541 – Kojo "Romeo" Agu enlists in his local UNSC Marine Corps of Castra. He will go on to join the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers and become an important player during the Covenant's occupation of New Mombasa.

La source d'origine de cette information donne le 12 mars.

09/17/2517 - Catherine Halsey and Jacob Keyes part ways after gathering candidates for SPARTAN-II.

La source d'origine de cette information donne le 16 septembre.

TODAY IN HALO 03/02/2492 - The “Callisto Incident” in 26 Draconis kicks off the rebellion and the UNSC’s brutal response.

Le 2 mars 2494 correspond à la fin de la cavale de l'UNSC Callisto. Ce Today in Halo indique que la cavale du vaisseau aurait commencé à la même date deux ans plus tôt, en 2492. The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole indique que le Callisto aurait été capturé en 2494 et non en 2492. Le fait que la date du 2 mars soit identique pointe vers une confusion et une erreur de la part de ce Today in Halo.

HALO IN REAL LIFE 04/11/2543 - The battle of Psi Serpentis begins UNSC Wink of an Eye's reconnaissance.

The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole indique que la Bataille de Psi Serpentis s'est déroulée entièrement le 18 avril 2543.