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Shortly after [[2490]] the corvette {{UNSCShip|Callisto}} was captured by insurgents, its entire crew was murdered and computer system gutted and replaced. In response, the [[UNSC]] sent a [[battle group]] of three light destroyers - the UNSC ''Las Vegas'', {{UNSCShip|Jericho}} and {{UNSCShip|Buenos Aires}} - to hunt down the ''Callisto''. Their crews were inexperienced and the weapons were, so far, untested.<ref name="HE"/>

On March 2, [[2494]], the battle group confronted the ''Callisto'' in the [[26 Draconis System]]. The UNSC destroyers fired six of their [[seven]] [[Ares Missile|Ares missiles]]. In response the [[Insurrectionist]]s maneuvered behind an asteroid, on which a nuclear warhead planted beforehand then detonated in the direction of the battle group. The ''Buenos Aires'' was destroyed and the other two destroyers were severely damaged. The entire bridge crew of the ''Las Vegas'', including [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Harold Lewis]], [[Commander]] [[Rinkishale]], and [[Lieutenant]] [[Taylor]] were killed; with the exceptions of Lieutenant [[Jorgenson]], who was left unconscious and wounded, and [[Second Lieutenant]] [[Preston Cole]], who was unharmed. As the last remaining active bridge officer, Cole took command of the ''Las Vegas''.<ref name="HE"/>