- The primary cause of the Forerunner Conflict is the requisitioning of Forerunner technology for usage in economic and military applications with the problem of access to this technology being limited; the secondary cause is desire to control all of human-occupied
space.
- There are
two primary human factions as
well as a host of smaller ones not limited to
Humanity. The major
two are the Royal Enforcers Deployment Division (also known as the REDD
Army or the Empire) and the Brotherhood Legion of United Exiles (also known as the BLUE
Army or the Brotherhood); they are the foremost participants in the Forerunner Conflict.
- In terms of where legacies
lie, the Empire has it's roots in the ashes of United Nations Space Command and the United
Earth Government. The Brotherhood has it's origins in an Outer Colony political movement and the naval and ground elements of the Imperial Military that defected to it's cause in the early stages of the Forerunner Conflict.
- The Empire is much better funded and operates more efficiently than the Brotherhood. However, it's military forces are equipped to fight a conventional war against a conventional enemy. Thus, the Brotherhood's mixture of open engagements and guerrilla tactics has proved devastating to Imperial forces.
- In a rough estimate, the Empire controls 85% of the Inner Colonies and 25% of the Outer Colonies firmly; accordingly, the Brotherhood controls
15% of the Inner Colonies and 75% of the Outer Colonies firmly.
