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|conflict= [[Insurrection]] | |conflict= [[Insurrection]] | ||
|date= [[2496]] | |date= [[2496]]-[[2497]]<ref name="cobra">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 32''</ref> | ||
|place= [[Eridanus II]] | |place= [[Eridanus II]] | ||
|result= [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] victory | |result= [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] victory | ||
|side1= [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] | |side1= [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] | ||
|side2= [[ | |side2= [[Insurrectionist#Eridanus cell|Eridanus secessionists]] | ||
|commanders1= [[Colonial Military Administration]] | |commanders1= [[Colonial Military Administration]] | ||
|commanders2= [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]] | |commanders2= [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]] | ||
|forces1= [[ | |forces1= *1 [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] [[battle group]] | ||
*[[ORION Project]] operators | |||
|casual1= 1 [[ORION Project|Spartan-I]] | *Unknown number of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]]<ref name="cobra"/> | ||
|forces2= CMA-equipped Insurrectionists | |||
|casual1= *1 [[ORION Project|Spartan-I]] | |||
*4 [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]] | |||
|casual2= Likely great number of rebels | |casual2= Likely great number of rebels | ||
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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 a code name for a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] counterattack against the [[Insurrectionist]]s on [[Eridanus II]]. It marked the first tactical deployment conducted by the [[ORION Project]].<ref name="enc">'''[[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== | ==Operation== | ||
Launched in January 2496, the operation materialized as a response to a series of politically-motivated assaults conducted by local secessionists on [[Eridanus II]] in [[2494]] against governmental officials and civilians, which concluded in a large number of deaths and kidnappings.<ref name="enc"/> | |||
A large UNSC [[battle group]] was sent in to crush the rebel forces, which were defeated at the cost of four [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]]. Meanwhile, the group of ORION Project operatives (SPARTAN-Is) attacked the rebels 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.<ref name="enc"/> | |||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The operation was likely named after [[Wikipedia:Charlemagne|Charlemagne]], the Frankish king who changed the face of Europe in the the 8th and 9th centuries CE. | *The operation was likely named after [[Wikipedia:Charlemagne|Charlemagne]], the Frankish king who changed the face of Europe in the the 8th and 9th centuries CE. | ||
*The [[SP42 Main Battle Tank|SP42 "Cobra" MBT]] saw its first field use by the UNSC Marine Corps during the operation in 2497.<ref name="cobra"/> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
