Covenant-Dominion War

The Covenant-Dominion War occasionally referred to as the Dominion-Covenant War, and Colonial Conflict was the four-year conflict fought between the Ankoran Covenant and Teyan Dominion between 2837 and 2841. The conflict was one of the largest in recorded history, fought between two of the strongest governments in the Local Group.

Beginning with the First Battle of Daemoclef the vast conflict quickly spread to other worlds within the colonial territories of the two major factions, causing billions of lives to be lost on both sides as the Covenant and Dominion set to scoring major victories over the other. Battles, skirmishes and raids continued for the next two years, with notable battles occurring on Lusara, Gaiyama, Korthos, and Haethlen.

Unbeknownst to most of those involved, the conflict was started and maintained by the Teyan Dominion's Warmaster Bellicor, ending with his death at the hands of Teyan Empress Vaera Faendras II. With the death of Warmaster Bellicor, and the ascension of his successor, Warmistress Aeluth Tarrow, the Teyan Dominion formally capitulated, ending the conflict in a Covenant Victory.

Prelude
The origins of the Covenant-Dominion War can be traced to the historical tensions, political, ideological, and territorial, between the theocratic Ankoran Covenant and militant Teyan Dominion. This was seen increasingly in the Andromedan colonies of each hyperpower as several border-skirmishes broke out amongst frontier colonies along the territorial borders between the Andromedan Covenant Territories and Dominion of Andromeda.

The disputes and flaring tensions between the two colonial governments quickly boiled from minor skirmishes to military stand-offs, though no shots were fired by either side, fearing the possibility of the apparent cold war between the two empires turning hot. On the 23rd of August, 2837 Dominion Warmaster Bellicor Tulkan arrived in the Andromeda Galaxy, ordering a naval strike on the Covenant-controlled colony of Daemoclef as a preventive and preemptive action, aiming to cripple the Covenant Navy's ability to operate in the region and crush any attempts the Ankoran Covenant could make on Dominion worlds, instigating the First Battle of Daemoclef and the Covenant-Dominion War.