Outlaws of the Verse

Today marks the One Thousandth Anniversary of the defeat of the Reapers, and the founding of our Glorious Empire.

John, Spartan tag 117, the same Spartan that many claim to be largely responsible for the victory over the Covenant, was found after 130 Cycles. Where many had hoped to find his body, the galaxy was amazed, as he was found still alive in stasis.

Many of the species, formerly enslaved by the religious cult's ideals, were seen celebrating in the streets at the return of the Master Chief. Unfortunately that celebration left a bitter taste in many mouths, as 9 months later John Spartan, our Master Chief, was declared dead after an attack on his ship by a then unknown vessel.

However his demon luck rang true, as he appeared back on the Citadel a mere 2 years later, ALIVE and reinstated into the Spectres.

There he teamed up with the Current human Spectres, Jane and John Shepard, no relation. They worked together to investigate the disappearance of Humanoid planets.

All solar systems, with lifeforms based on the humanoid animal Kingdom, or even the potential for humanoids to evolve, were inevitably brought to the primary Citadel, at the center of the Galaxy.

A Citadel so massive, that all other Citadels orbit it. Made from hundreds of uninhabited galaxies.

A new Galaxy was spliced together inside it's rings, by none other then the Collectors. The very aliens that destroyed the Master Chief's ship.

It took us just under a galactic standard year, but due to the United armies of humanity's most powerful species uniting, we were able to beat them back.

Over the course of three years, humanity prepared for the Collectors' masters, and as expected they arrived to Harvest all space fairing civilizations. We called them 'Reapers' as they symbolized the end of everything.

The Galaxy united and lured the Reapers into a trap. The final battle around the Citadel. There the three human Spectres were able to defeat them. By uploading the Master Chief's Artificial Intelligence assistant, "Cortana", into the Citadel Mainframe. She was able to take direct control of all the Reapers, reprogramming them into a more passive state. While trapping them around the Citadel. All the Mass Relays were destroyed as a result of this.

This may have trapped the Reapers but it also trapped us. Humanity, along with the various armies of aliens that came to our aid. We are now permanently sealed off from the rest of the Galaxy. Just as each Galaxy is sealed off from each other.