UNSC Civil War (B13)

The UNSC Civil War began on December 18th 2555. The factions were the UNSC and the UPU.
== Leading Causes of War ==
"We just got through the greatest struggle for mankind we have ever known, and already we are out for eachother's blood." "You should know by now there is no such thing as peace Hawkins." ~Perez and Hawkins.
After the Human-Covenant war, the UNSC had been hoping for a peaceful chance to begin making more outreaching colonies. And projects on artificial colonies had even been started. But this short time of peace did not last long. Soon a group of humans in the few outer colonies that had survived, or had been recently formed after the war, decided to branch away from the UNSC. At first only minor violent actions were taken, but soon the peacekeeping groups in the outer colonies became more and more tasked. It was at this point that a splinter group of Elites, along with a small group of remaining covenant sided with these humans to seek revenge on the UNSC. This made for a tense alliance, however put the UPU at an advantage over the UNSC's thinly spread forces.Sensing their advantage the UPU began a full fledged attack on a few of the outer colonies, the UNSC dismissed this at the time. Believing they could easily reclaim the colonies.
== Prelude to War ==
By December of 2555 tensions were high between the UNSC and the UPU. On the 16th of December things got hot. The UPU invaded the planet of Arae and took over its govenment. On January 17th they executed the Arae leader. On February 1st the UPU launched several nukes at Earth. All of which were taken care of. The UNSC declared all out war on the UPU.
== The Arae Campaign ==
The Arae Campaign was the first major clash of the UNSC Civil War. It ended in a stalemate when a NOVA Bomb was detonated.
== WAR! ==
The war raged from January to November when the UPU invaded earth.
== Beating Back the Tide ==
In December TF Oscar arrived with the UNSC Flames of War and took back Cairo Station. Turning the tide of battle.
== Unfortunate Tidings ==
In April of 2557 the UPU finished its GHOST Project with Dr. Eric Manheim and began augmenting its own team of GHOSTs. The UNSC had been on the offensive for months but had to pull back to the inner colonies when the GHOSTs arrived on the battlefield.
== Pinnacle ==
In the Fall of 2557 a small colony called Selonia decided to make its own form of government. This was an important moment because it would decide if the UNSC would have power in the outer colonies or not. Nobody had power and the UPU attacked.
== If Only There was Peace ==
The war raged for 3 more years before coming to a bitter end in 2561. The factions had been tired of fighting for so long. The UPU government was over thrown and peace was declared.