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'''Operation: CHARLEMAGNE''' was the first tactical deployment conducted by the [[ORION Project]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''Chapter 2'', pages 44-45</ref> It was also the only occasion where an entire unit of Spartan-I's was deployed as a group.<ref name="Page81">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', page 81</ref>
'''Operation: CHARLEMAGNE''' was the first tactical deployment conducted by the [[ORION Project]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''Chapter 2'', pages 44-45</ref> It was also the only occasion in [[UNSC]] history wherein an entire unit of Spartan-I's was deployed as a group.<ref name="Page81">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', page 81</ref>


==Operation==
==Operation==
The deployment materialized as a response to a series of politically-motivated assaults conducted by [[Secessionist Union]] insurgents on [[Eridanus II]] in [[2494]] against governmental officials and civilians, which concluded in a large number of deaths and kidnappings.
The deployment materialized as a response to a series of politically-motivated assaults conducted by [[Secessionist Union]] insurgents on [[Eridanus II]] in [[2494]] against governmental officials and civilians, which ultimately concluded in a large number of deaths and kidnappings.


The group of ORION Project operatives (SPARTAN-Is) attacked the Secessionist Union in a swift and silent [[Special Operations|special operation]] that resulted in only one casualty on ORION's side, and several crippling losses on the rebels' side. The Spartans recovered a sub-orbital transit station over the planet without ever being observed.
The group of ORION Project operatives (SPARTAN-Is) attacked the Secessionist Union in a swift and silent [[Special Operations|special operation]] that resulted in only one casualty on ORION's side, and several crippling losses on the rebels' side. The Spartans recovered a sub-orbital transit station over the planet without ever being observed.


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
The operation is believed to have positively marked the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s propaganda machine, having sparked various conspiracy theories with regard to the operation's perpetrators within civilian and rebel circles.
The operation is believed to have positively marked the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s propaganda machine, having sparked various conspiracy theories with regard to the operation's perpetrators within both civilian and rebel circles.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==