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{{Quote|In 2513, an armed insurrection in this system was suppressed by the UNSC force—Operation: TREBUCHET.|Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]], referring to the insurrection on Eridanus II<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 95'' (2010)</ref>}} | {{Quote|In 2513, an armed insurrection in this system was suppressed by the UNSC force—Operation: TREBUCHET.|Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]], referring to the insurrection on Eridanus II<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 95'' (2010)</ref>}} | ||
[[File:FoR - Iliad.png|thumb|250px|left|''Iliad'' engaging UNSC warships over Eridanus II]] | [[File:FoR - Iliad.png|thumb|250px|left|''Iliad'' engaging UNSC warships over Eridanus II]] | ||
Eventually, the [[United Rebel Front]] regained enough strength to attempt to overthrow the [[Eridanus Government]] a second time. Colonel [[Robert Watts]], intending to use [[Eridanus II]] as | Eventually, the [[United Rebel Front]] regained enough strength to attempt to overthrow the [[Eridanus Government]] a second time. Colonel [[Robert Watts]], intending to use [[Eridanus II]] as a base of operations for the URF and drag the [[Colonial Military Administration]] into a costly guerrilla war, launched an armed uprising on the planet.<ref name="watts"/> In [[2513]], fighting broke out throughout the [[Eridanus system]], as rebels supporting the system's breakaway from the [[Unified Earth Government]] built a small navy of [[civilian]] craft and attempted to take over the system.<ref name=TFOR2>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 75-77'' (2001); ''pages 95-97'' (2010)</ref> However, the [[United Nations Space Command]] anticipated the attack<ref name="watts"/> and responded harshly, sending a [[fleet]] of [[UNSC carrier|carriers]], [[cruiser]]s, and [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]] to the system to combat the rebel fleet. The resulting battle pitted the UNSC against at least one hundred smaller rebel craft. The UNSC forces defeated their rebel counterparts in space with little difficulty.<ref name=TFOR2/> | ||
Meanwhile, a ground campaign was fought on Eridanus II, as units from the [[9th Marine Expeditionary Force]] were sent to the planet in force, hoping to capture leaders of the secessionist movement and pacify the population. One of these units, the [[1st Battalion]] of the [[21st Marine Division]] commanded by [[Ponder|Lieutenant Colonel Ponder]], was involved in a disastrous mission to try and capture a rebel leader—the second-in-command of the United Rebel Front—in [[Elysium City]]. When Ponder questioned the father of the rebel's wife, the man revealed himself to also be aligned with the URF and threatened to kill himself and his own daughter with a [[grenade]]. While Ponder realized the man was bluffing, an attached [[sniper]] drew an opposite conclusion and shot the rebel. The rebel pulled the grenade's pin out on reflex, which ended in the leader's family being killed and Ponder wounded and demoted.<ref name="ch112">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 112''</ref> | Meanwhile, a ground campaign was fought on Eridanus II, as units from the [[9th Marine Expeditionary Force]] were sent to the planet in force, hoping to capture leaders of the secessionist movement and pacify the population. One of these units, the [[1st Battalion]] of the [[21st Marine Division]] commanded by [[Ponder|Lieutenant Colonel Ponder]], was involved in a disastrous mission to try and capture a rebel leader—the second-in-command of the United Rebel Front—in [[Elysium City]]. When Ponder questioned the father of the rebel's wife, the man revealed himself to also be aligned with the URF and threatened to kill himself and his own daughter with a [[grenade]]. While Ponder realized the man was bluffing, an attached [[sniper]] drew an opposite conclusion and shot the rebel. The rebel pulled the grenade's pin out on reflex, which ended in the leader's family being killed and Ponder wounded and demoted.<ref name="ch112">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 112''</ref> | ||
