Inner colonies

The Inner Colonies, sometimes referred to as the Core Worlds,Halo: Contact Harvest - Page 33Halo Wars: Genesis were the first extrasolar worlds to be heavily surveyed and developed. They were along low-energy slipspace routes.Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo - Page 91
==History==
===The Inner Colony Wars===
It is known that there was a war some time before the 26th century called the "Inner Colony Wars."Halo Graphic Novel, Second Sunrise over New Mombasa Very little is known about it and it might just be an alternate name of the Interplanetary Wars, though the name would be of a post-Outer Colonies age, and probably only referring to the Sol system colonies.
===Continuing Development===
The Inner Colonies consisted of the 210 planets which were colonized before 2390.
In 2490, Reach, which was located near the boundary of the Inner and Outer Colonies, became the UNSC's military center. As the UNSC began settling the Outer Colonies, the Inner Colonies, with their established social and economic infrastructures, became the political and economic basis of the UNSC, supplied with raw materials from the newer settlements.Xbox.com: Halo Storyline (Defunct, Copy on HBO Forums and Wayback Machine)
===The Insurrection===
While the outer colonies held the brunt of the Insurrection, the inner colonies were not spared violence. Tribute was turned into a battleground as a part of Operation: TREBUCHETHalo: Contact Harvest - Pages 9-20 and Reach was the site of an attack on a luxury liner.Halo: Contact Harvest - Page 127
===The Human-Covenant war===
The war with the Covenant would take years to reach the inner colonies, mostly due in part to the Cole Protocol which was designed with the protection of Earth and the inner colonies in mind.Halo: The Fall of Reach - Page 135
As the Covenant rampaged through the outer colonies, refugees poured into the border system of Ectanus 45.Halo: The Cole Protocol - Page 25 
====The Siege of the Inner Colonies====
In 2536 the Covenant breached into the inner colonies, despite the utmost diligence to the Cole Protocol.
As the years went on, many colonies were attacked and some were glassed, like Skopje.Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe - Dirt, Page 313 Some battles, like the Battle of Ballast, were even won by the UNSC.Halo Encyclopedia - Page ?? However, the odds were getting worse every year and in the July of 2552, Reach was discovered.Halo: Reach - Level: Winter Contingency The resulting battle would see the planet ultimately glassed,Halo 2 - Level: The HereticHalo: Reach - Level: The Pillar of Autumn but would pave the way for the very significant Battle of Installation 04.Halo: Combat Evolved - Level: The Pillar of Autumn
After almost 27 years of war, Earth and the Sol system were attacked. Earth's New Mombasa would get the first hit.Halo 2 - Level: Cairo Station Mars would also come under assault, a battle the UNSC lost.Halo: Uprising Issue 1 Earth would continue to be fought over up until December 2552, when the portal to the Ark was discovered.Halo 3 - Level: Tsavo Highway This led to final battle of the war, the Battle of Installation 00.Halo 3 - Level: The Ark
===Post-war===
Immediately following the war, rebuilding the colonies was the biggest priority. Earth began rebuilding in January 2553,Halo: Glasslands - Page 27 and in November, Reach was scouted for possible reterraforming.Halo Waypoint: Catalog Interaction - Page 43
====New Phoenix Incident====
In the July 2557, the Ur-Didact's ship, Mantle's Approach, arrived in Earth's orbit. The Didact would fire the Composer at the city of New Phoenix.Halo 4 - Level: Midnight The city was left in quarantine for eight months.Halo: Escalation Issue 7
====Inner-Outer Colony Disconnect====
Following Benjamin Giraud's interruption of a joint UEG Senate and ONI meeting, the Waypoint buoys connecting the inner and outer colonies were shut down.Hunt the Truth - Episode 09: Phantoms (Part 1)/(Part 2) When Benjamin was publicly discredited on ECB, tensions died down and the buoys were turned back on.Hunt the Truth - Episode 13: In The Bag (Part 1)/(Part 2)
====Reclamation====
In 2558, Cortana sent her Guardians to Earth, and most likely other Inner Colonies.Halo 5: Guardians - Level: Guardians
==Government==
===Infrastructure===
====Transit====
Transit in the Inner Colonies is monitored by the Inner Territories Transportation Administration.Hunt the Truth - Episode 05: Out of Time (Part 1)/(Part 2)
===Defenses===
While the CMA operated in both the Inner and Outer Colonies, by 2400, the UNSC's FLEETCOM and UNICOM operated along side them in the Inner colonies. Sometime after that, the CMA chose to monitor only the Outer Colonies. Thus the UNSC became the sole defender of the Inner Colonies.Halo Encyclopedia - Page 69
By the 26th century, the defenses of the Inner Colonies were known to be incredibly strong. On the edge of the Inner Colonies is Fort York, which housed the best and brightest soldiers.Halo: The Fall of Reach - Page 283 (Physical), Page 321 (Digital) The Sabre Program was also designed with the defense of the Inner Colonies in mind. In fact, several Inner Colony worlds held launching stations for them.Halo Waypoint (Xbox 360 App): The Universe - Vehicles - Sabre
==Astrography==
Much of the astrography of the Inner Colonies isn't known. It is known that the border worlds of Inner Colonies are in the Outer Fringes.Halo: Cole Protocol - Page 22 There is also one known FLEETCOM sector within the Inner Colonies, Sector One.Halo: The Fall of Reach - Page 289
===Known Colonies===
There are at least 210 Inner Colonies. So far, only 20 colonies and 3 systems have been referenced.
System 	Colony 	Status
Ectanus 45 system 	Chi Rho 	Attacked during the war, unknown overall status.
Ectanus 45 system 	Eiro 	Sparsely populated.
Epsilon Eridani system	Reach 	Glassed in 2552, terraformed to be habitable by 2589.
Epsilon Eridani system	Tribute 	Glassed in 2552
Epsilon Eridani system	Tantalus 	Unknown, likely glassed
Epsilon Eridani system	Circumstance	Unknown, likely glassed.
Epsilon Eridani system	Beta Gabriel	Unknown, likely glassed.
Sol system 	Earth 	Still held
Sol system 	Luna 	Unknown, likely survived.
Sol system 	Mars 	Still held
Sol system 	Jovian Moons	Unknown, likely survived.
Sol system 	Titan 	Unknown
Unknown 	Actium 	Glassed in May 2545
Unknown 	Ballast 	Unsuccessfully attacked
Unknown 	Camber 	Glassed
Unknown 	Gannick 22 	Still held
Unknown 	Imber 	Attacked, unknown status
Unknown 	Minister 	Still held
Unknown 	Miridem 	Attacked, unknown status
Unknown 	New Carthage	Still held
Unknown 	Skopje 	Glassed in 2547
==Appearances==
*Halo: Combat Evolved 
**Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary 
*Halo: The Fall of Reach 
*Halo 2
**Halo 2: Anniversary
*Halo 3
*Halo 3: ODST
*Halo: Reach
*Halo 4
*Halo: The Flood
*Halo: First Strike
*Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
*Halo Graphic Novel
*Halo: Uprising
*Halo: Contact Harvest
*Halo: The Cole Protocol
*Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
*Kilo-Five Trilogy
**Halo: Glasslands
**Halo: Mortal Dictata
*Halo 5: Guardians
*Halo: Fleet Battles
*Halo: Smoke and Shadow
==Sources==
Category:Human Planets