The impact of the Insurrection cannot be ignored when looking at the Human-Covenant War. On the one hand, the steadfast refusal of so many organisations and colonies to recognise UEG authority or accept UNSC assistance would ultimately lead to the fall of the Outer Colonies perhaps a decade earlier than the UNSC could have held them for. On the other hand, however, if the Insurrection had not occurred at all the UNSC would still be largely a peacekeeping force, woefully unprepared to deal with any enemy at all, nevermind of such technological sophistication and numbers as the Covenant. So many innovations were made during the Insurrection that would prove crucial during the Human-Covenant War.