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|civilian=Over a million civilians killed<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 117''</ref> | |||
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'''Operation: TREBUCHET''' was the [[Unified Earth Government]]'s military response to the numerous civilian uprisings in the [[Outer Colonies]] known as the [[Insurrection]]. Spanning over ten years and encompassing multiple planetary systems, Operation: TREBUCHET involved numerous [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] units and many vessels from the [[UNSC Navy]] in an attempt to bring the dissenting [[Insurrectionist]]s in line, effectively crushing all resistance to the [[Earth]]'s authority in the Outer Colonies.<ref name="ch11"/><ref>''' | '''Operation: TREBUCHET''' was the [[Unified Earth Government]]'s military response to the numerous civilian uprisings in the [[Outer Colonies]] known as the [[Insurrection]]. Spanning over ten years and encompassing multiple planetary systems, Operation: TREBUCHET involved numerous [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] units and many vessels from the [[UNSC Navy]] in an attempt to bring the dissenting [[Insurrectionist]]s in line, effectively crushing all resistance to the [[Earth]]'s authority in the Outer Colonies.<ref name="ch11"/><ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', "Dirt", ''page 141''</ref> Beginning in [[2513]] with a large, armed uprising in the [[Eridanus system]], it was one of the largest and farthest reaching operations known to have been conducted by the UNSC in its long history.<ref name="ch11">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 11''</ref> With the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2525]], Operation: TREBUCHET was temporarily suspended.<ref name="goo39">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 39''</ref> | ||
At first the aggressive response was widely accepted, however, as the fight dragged on and the theater of operations expanded, the continuing operation became extremely unpopular with the human civilian population. Operation: TREBUCHET eventually became the central conflict for Earth's premiere fighting force, the [[United Nations Space Command]], only being ended with the massive genocide that followed with the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="goo39"/> | At first the aggressive response was widely accepted, however, as the fight dragged on and the theater of operations expanded, the continuing operation became extremely unpopular with the human civilian population. Operation: TREBUCHET eventually became the central conflict for Earth's premiere fighting force, the [[United Nations Space Command]], only being ended with the massive genocide that followed with the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="goo39"/> | ||
