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[[File:Eridanus battle.png|thumb|250px|left|TREBUCHET waged over Eridanus II]] | [[File:Eridanus battle.png|thumb|250px|left|TREBUCHET waged over Eridanus II]] | ||
Eventually, Watts realigned the surviving insurgent factions in the Outer Colonies and took command of them. These forces eventually unified under the [[United Rebel Front]]. Watts and the URF continued to prove a threat to the UNSC as the insurgent colonel waged many battles against the UNSC and [[Colonial Military | Eventually, Watts realigned the surviving insurgent factions in the Outer Colonies and took command of them. These forces eventually unified under the [[United Rebel Front]]. Watts and the URF continued to prove a threat to the UNSC as the insurgent colonel waged many battles against the UNSC and [[Colonial Military Administration]] on a number of worlds throughout the Insurrection.{{Ref/Reuse|enc44}}{{Ref/Reuse|universe watts}} Watts and the United Rebel Front eventually re-accumulated enough strength to attempt to overthrow the Eridanus Government once again, as Watts hoped to use Eridanus II as a base of operations for the URF and drag the CMA into a costly guerrilla war.{{Ref/Reuse|universe watts}} In [[2513]], Watts initiated another armed uprising on Eridanus II. Having anticipated the attack, the UNSC engaged United Rebel Front forces as part of [[Operation: TREBUCHET]]. A UNSC [[fleet]] of [[carrier]]s, [[cruiser]]s, and [[destroyer]]s attacked Watts' own fleet of roughly one hundred smaller spaceships, while ground engagements waged across Eridanus II's surface.<ref name="for96">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', p. 96-98 (2010)</ref> Ultimately, the United Rebel Front's forces were routed and defeated by the UNSC before they could properly establish a presence on Eridanus II.{{Ref/Reuse|universe watts}} Watts called for the exodus of URF forces from the planet and the faction eventually fled Eridanus II through [[slipstream space]].<ref name="bc1">''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]'', Issue #1</ref> | ||
The United Rebel Front regrouped and eventually constructed a stronghold within [[Eridanus Secundus]], a hollowed-out [[asteroid]] located in the Eridanus system's largest asteroid belt.{{Ref/Reuse|universe watts}} While the URF worked to regain their former strength yet again, the faction resorted to [[piracy]] throughout the system.<ref>''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp'', Issue #2</ref> Efforts to locate the URF were met with either a lack of results or with an ambush by superior URF forces.{{Ref/Reuse|for96}} | The United Rebel Front regrouped and eventually constructed a stronghold within [[Eridanus Secundus]], a hollowed-out [[asteroid]] located in the Eridanus system's largest asteroid belt.{{Ref/Reuse|universe watts}} While the URF worked to regain their former strength yet again, the faction resorted to [[piracy]] throughout the system.<ref>''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp'', Issue #2</ref> Efforts to locate the URF were met with either a lack of results or with an ambush by superior URF forces.{{Ref/Reuse|for96}} |