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| The beginnings of the Insurrection are closely intertwined with the socioeconomic composition and role of humanity's Outer Colonies as well as the realities of [[Human colonies|interstellar expansion]].<ref name="history">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 428-429''</ref>
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| The [[Unified Earth Government]]'s first wave of extrasolar colonization took place between [[2362]] and [[2390]], resulting in the formation of the prestigious [[Inner Colonies]]. During the century that followed, new colonies were established at an even more rapid pace as the technologies involved became more widely available and affordable; the worlds settled during this period would become the Outer Colonies. Many of the Outer Colonies were established to supply goods for the Inner Colonies and [[Earth]] and entire worlds were established for the purposes of [[agriculture world|agriculture]] or mining. Earth and the Inner Colonies became exceedingly dependent on resources produced by the Outer Colonies, prompting Earth to take steps to ensure they stayed loyal to its authority.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 43'' (2011)</ref>
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| From the beginning, the Outer Colonies were bound to become more unstable than the Inner Colonies. Whereas the original settlers of the latter had been carefully selected from Earth's finest, by the time the Outer Colonies were created the recruitment standards had loosened considerably and were no longer as strictly supervised. Many of the corporations contracted for off-world colonization had their interests in obtaining rights to valuable resources, colonial personnel being a secondary consideration: this led to the illegal conscription of colonists or acquiring them from among pardoned criminals. The Outer Colonies also became a haven for Earth and Inner Colony citizens unhappy with the Earth government or otherwise looking for a fresh start, and many fled to the Outer Colonies through both legal and illegal means.<ref name="history"/>
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| In the early days of human colonization, [[UNSC Navy|UNSC Naval]] escorts and shipboard [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] complements had accompanied the outbound [[colony ship]]s in order to maintain security as well as to justify the continued upkeep of the UNSC's massive military, which had not been needed in its [[Interplanetary War|original capacity]] for well over a century.<ref>''Xbox.com'': The Halo Timeline (defunct, [[Archive:Xbox.com/Halo/Timeline|Archived]])</ref> As colonization became more affordable and widespread following the settlement of the Inner Colonies, the nascent Outer Colonies initially lacked a pervasive military presence—apart from the [[Colonial Military Administration]], whose true loyalties ultimately lay with the colonies over Earth.<ref name="HE34">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 34''</ref> As [[piracy]] began to plague the colony systems, some of the colonies appealed to the UNSC for protection, which began the UNSC's involvement in the Outer Colonies.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 356''</ref>
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