Colonial Administration Authority

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Colonial Administration Authority
Political Information
Type of Government	Colonial democracy (possibly)
Constitution	CAA Charter
Societal Information
Official Language	English
Currency	UN Credit
Historical Information
Date of Establishment	2310
Date of Reorganization	Post-2525, absorbed by the UNSC

The Colonial Administration Authority, abbreviated CAA, was the governing body in control of humanity's extra-solar colonies for the Unified Earth Government (UEG).

History

Creation

The Colonial Administration Authority was founded in 2310 along with its military component, the Colonial Military Administration (CMA).

The Domus Diaspora

Main article: Domus Diaspora

The Domus Diaspora was headed by the CAA. One of the first colonies the CAA would settle was Tribute, in 2364.

Insurrection

Main article: Insurrection

During the Insurrection, a spy named Jonas Sladwal leaked CAA convoy schedules and routes to Insurrectionists, allowing them to take armaments.

Prior to 2525, the CAA pressured the government of Harvest to create a colonial militia. Rol Pedersen, the Attorney General for the colony, accepted this request.

Decline and Possible Absorption

Over the course of the Human-Covenant war, the United Nations Space Command (UNSC) had largely taken over many of the responsibilities of other branches of the government. The CAA was described as "a little more resistant to the idea than the UEG and has subsequently been stripped of most of its power." It is therefore likely that the organization no longer exists in any functional capacity by 2552, though the CAA Factbook was still being updated as late as 2550. Tools used during the Insurrection created by the CAA, were eventually engineered into the Copperhead Armor.

In the 2600s, a former Beta-5 Division operator wrote of an artifact he recovered, as well as a replica for the Museum of Humanity on official CAA paper.

Duties

The CAA acted as a secondary governing body that helped the UEG govern the various colony worlds of humanity.

Records Keeping

In addition, the CAA kept extensive files on every colony, world, and city under its care. The document containing these files was referred to as the CAA Factbook. These files contained everything from topographic maps to the information on the materials the city sewer system was built from. The CAA provided this information to ONI special weapons teams upon request. It would be very helpful when it came to defending colonies from Covenant attack.

Agriculture

Agriculture Operations AIs also reported to the CAA, sending in annual maintenance reports.

Prisons

The CAA also ran prisons.

Branches

• Colonial Military Administration
• Department of Colonial Security

Assets

CAA Navy Ships

Class	Ship Name	Status
Springhill-class mining vessel	CAA Heavy Burden	Destroyed
Unknown	CAA Butterworth	Destroyed then salvaged
	CAA Casbah	Unknown, colonized Tribute
	CAA Irbid	Unknown, colonized Tribute

Facilities

• Colonial Administration Authority Detention Center 3063-OM-Y

Trivia

• Though most sources refer to it as Colonial Administration Authority, in Halo: Contact Harvest, the organization is referred to and known as just the "Colonial Authority", however it may have been shortened. Propaganda in Halo 3: ODST also describes a "UNSC Colonial Authority," which may indicate total absorption into the UNSC.
• Colonial credits were favored by Venezians as their standard currency.

Gallery

A CAA map of Reach, with annotations added on.

Appearances

• Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
• Halo: Contact Harvest
• Halo: The Cole Protocol
• Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
• Halo: Reach
• Halo: Retribution