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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 | '''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== |