at the end of the trailer when the spartan leader says "if they want war, we'll give them war" do you think this is one of the first times humans ever encounterd the covenant. well besides us already knowing it takes place very early in the halo universe

I've never read the books, although maybe I should.  And I doubt that was probably the first time they have encountered them.

I came to thinking of that as the Spartan Omegas first time fighting the Covenant. But maybe.

That line was for suspense. To pump you up!

no first encounter was on the planet Harvest (where they make Harvest cheddar sun chips/joke) and the covenant glassed it with no survivors.

THEORY-This is on another planet humans occupied, that happened to have a foruner structure(s) on it hence they did not glass it

In the FAQ it says Halo Wars setting is around the time the humans started to battle the covanent.

Since the name or date of that exact battle isn't given it's hard to be sure if it's the first battle or not.  I was under the impression the first battle was Harvest but it was glassed.  It may have been the first time those particular SPARTAN's fought the Covenant, but I doubt it.  Plus, most of the time in the books all of the SPARTAN's are together.  At least in TFOR.

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The First Encounter was the Covie frigate at Harvest. The first ground or in person contact was when the MC and Sam and Kelly boarded the covie destroyer, encountered a couple grunts and a jackal, set a bomb at the generator, and left. Sam Died with the bomb.

ok so what i was trying to say was (i already knew about the whole harvest thing) but i was trying to say that since there was new suvivors from the harvest attack then this might kinda be the first acually encounter where the war really kicks off if that makes sense

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That was an accident, for some reason it posted before I really started typing, when I never even touched  the mouse.....and HOW THE HECK DID YOU REPLY TO THAT?! I posted that less than 10 seconds ago! (from my actuall first post on this thread.)

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no first encounter was on the planet Harvest (where they make Harvest cheddar sun chips/joke) and the covenant glassed it with no survivors.

THEORY-This is on another planet humans occupied, that happened to have a foruner structure(s) on it hence they did not glass it

No, the covenant glassed part of Harvest, but not all of it.. 

not yet anyway.

Please, do not necro...

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In my times, the darkened days,
Evil invaded the world.
We farmers,
We workers of the Red Union,
We united and slaughtered them all.
The brave soul,
Above the evil,
Planted our inspiration atop their burning cities.
- Ruski