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===Far Isle rebellion=== | ===Far Isle rebellion=== | ||
{{Main|Far Isle rebellion}} | {{Main|Far Isle rebellion}} | ||
[[File:HL Screenshot HL-OriginsII Screenshot LongswordBombingRun-1.png|thumb | [[File:HL Screenshot HL-OriginsII Screenshot LongswordBombingRun-1.png|thumb|350px|[[GA-TL1 Longsword]]s releasing their payloads over an unidentified human city during the Insurrection.]] | ||
Perhaps the most notorious instance of the brutal and heavy-handed approach the UNSC and CMA took to quelling rebellions in the late 25th century was that of [[Far Isle]]. In [[2492]], in the midst of the rising tensions throughout the colonies, Far Isle was among the first of the colonies to go into a full-scale revolt. Despite their best efforts, the UNSC were unable to contain the rebellion, and as a result, they resorted to [[nuclear weapon]]ry, razing the entire colony and leaving no survivors from the populace. They subsequently declared [[Bandersnatch|Code: BANDERSNATCH]], indicating a major radiological- or energy-based disaster.{{Ref|'''''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''' - Chapter Twenty-One, Page 183 (2006 edition)''|Name=GoOFarIsle}}{{Ref|'''''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)|Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe]]''' - Locations: Human Colonies'', Page 288 (2009 edition); Page 300 (2011 edition)|Name=EncyclopediaFarIsle}}{{Ref|'''''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''' - Chapter Ten'', Page 291-292 (2014 edition)|Name=MortalDictataFarIsle}} | Perhaps the most notorious instance of the brutal and heavy-handed approach the UNSC and CMA took to quelling rebellions in the late 25th century was that of [[Far Isle]]. In [[2492]], in the midst of the rising tensions throughout the colonies, Far Isle was among the first of the colonies to go into a full-scale revolt. Despite their best efforts, the UNSC were unable to contain the rebellion, and as a result, they resorted to [[nuclear weapon]]ry, razing the entire colony and leaving no survivors from the populace. They subsequently declared [[Bandersnatch|Code: BANDERSNATCH]], indicating a major radiological- or energy-based disaster.{{Ref|'''''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''' - Chapter Twenty-One, Page 183 (2006 edition)''|Name=GoOFarIsle}}{{Ref|'''''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)|Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe]]''' - Locations: Human Colonies'', Page 288 (2009 edition); Page 300 (2011 edition)|Name=EncyclopediaFarIsle}}{{Ref|'''''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''' - Chapter Ten'', Page 291-292 (2014 edition)|Name=MortalDictataFarIsle}} | ||
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===The Callisto Incident=== | ===The Callisto Incident=== | ||
{{Main|Callisto Incident}} | {{Main|Callisto Incident}} | ||
The Callisto Incident was a pivotal event which is often considered to have started the Insurrection, widening the scope of the conflict from occasional, disparate colonial rebellions into hostilities on a larger scale. The {{UNSCShip|Callisto}}, a [[UNSC corvette|corvette]], was captured by Insurrectionists when boarding merchant vessels, and all UNSC crew aboard it were killed. In response, the UNSC sent a [[battle group]] of three [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]]: the {{UNSCShip|Jericho}}, the {{UNSCShip|Buenos Aires}}, and the {{UNSCShip|Las Vegas}}. | The Callisto Incident was a pivotal event which is often considered to have started the Insurrection, widening the scope of the conflict from occasional, disparate colonial rebellions into hostilities on a larger scale. The {{UNSCShip|Callisto}}, a [[UNSC corvette|corvette]], was captured by Insurrectionists when boarding merchant vessels, and all UNSC crew aboard it were killed. In response, the UNSC sent a [[battle group]] of three [[Unidentified UNSC light destroyer class|destroyers]]: the {{UNSCShip|Jericho}}, the {{UNSCShip|Buenos Aires}}, and the {{UNSCShip|Las Vegas}}. | ||
On March 2, 2494, the battle group eventually found the ''Callisto'' in the [[26 Draconis System]]. All of the ships fired six [[Ares missile]]s at the renegade | On March 2, 2494, the battle group eventually found the ''Callisto'' in the [[26 Draconis System]]. All of the ships fired six [[Ares missile]]s at the renegade corvette. However, the ''Callisto'' managed to avoid destruction by maneuvering behind an [[asteroid]]. The insurrectionists then detonated a nuke hidden inside the asteroid before hand, launching the debris toward the UNSC ships. | ||
The ''Buenos Aires'' was engulfed in the explosion and destroyed, and the other two ships were seriously damaged. [[Second Lieutenant]] [[Preston Cole]], as the only living or conscious officer aboard the bridge of the ''Las Vegas'', took control of the vessel. He signaled the ''Callisto'', activating the ship's distress signal and requested medical aid for the wounded. When the ''Callisto'' docked with the ''Las Vegas ''in order to take command of the ship, Cole detonated the ships last Ares missile, which had been planted inside the docking bay, critically damaging the ''Callisto''. Cole then bluffed by opening the empty missile silos on his ship and ordered the ''Callisto'' to surrender and allow ''Las Vegas''{{'}}s AI to take control. | The ''Buenos Aires'' was engulfed in the explosion and destroyed, and the other two ships were seriously damaged. [[Second Lieutenant]] [[Preston Cole]], as the only living or conscious officer aboard the bridge of the ''Las Vegas'', took control of the vessel. He signaled the ''Callisto'', activating the ship's distress signal and requested medical aid for the wounded. When the ''Callisto'' docked with the ''Las Vegas ''in order to take command of the ship, Cole detonated the ships last Ares missile, which had been planted inside the docking bay, critically damaging the ''Callisto''. Cole then bluffed by opening the empty missile silos on his ship and ordered the ''Callisto'' to surrender and allow ''Las Vegas''{{'}}s AI to take control. | ||
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===Kidnapping at Eridanus Secundus=== | ===Kidnapping at Eridanus Secundus=== | ||
{{Main|Assault on Eridanus Secundus}} | {{Main|Assault on Eridanus Secundus}} | ||
[[File:Watts' Capture.png| | [[File:Watts' Capture.png|thumb|250px|The capture of Col. Robert Watts.]] | ||
In the year [[2525]], a [[SPARTAN-II]] team, led by [[John-117]], went on a mission to infiltrate and capture rebel leader [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]]. The Spartans sneaked on board via the ''[[Laden]]''. Once on board, they located a cargo that contained luxury items such as [[Sweet William cigar]]s and [[champagne]], verifying Watts' presence. | In the year [[2525]], a [[SPARTAN-II]] team, led by [[John-117]], went on a mission to infiltrate and capture rebel leader [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]]. The Spartans sneaked on board via the ''[[Laden]]''. Once on board, they located a cargo that contained luxury items such as [[Sweet William cigar]]s and [[champagne]], verifying Watts' presence. | ||
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As the new threat became apparent, many of the rebels, seeing that the UNSC offered the only real protection against the overwhelming Covenant force, ceased to resist and either submitted to the UNSC's control or hid themselves away from both UNSC and Covenant in remote locations such as habitats like [[the Rubble]] or Outer Colony worlds, many of which were eventually glassed. However, not all insurrectionists stopped their attacks against the UNSC, and continued their aggression for years after the beginning of the war with the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 45''</ref> | As the new threat became apparent, many of the rebels, seeing that the UNSC offered the only real protection against the overwhelming Covenant force, ceased to resist and either submitted to the UNSC's control or hid themselves away from both UNSC and Covenant in remote locations such as habitats like [[the Rubble]] or Outer Colony worlds, many of which were eventually glassed. However, not all insurrectionists stopped their attacks against the UNSC, and continued their aggression for years after the beginning of the war with the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 45''</ref> | ||
[[File:HCD-Whitaker2.png|300px|thumb | [[File:HCD-Whitaker2.png|300px|thumb|An unlikely alliance was forged between the Spartans and Insurrectionists during the [[Battle of Alpha Corvi II]], the two sides having found a common enemy with the Covenant.]] | ||
As the war progressed, insurrectionist activity continued to decrease, apart from isolated conflicts such as the [[Mamore insurrections|insurrections on Mamore]] and incidents on [[Harmony]] and [[Reach]].<ref name="actual">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Noble Actual]]''</ref> This was in part due to the common enemy of the Covenant and the desperate situation humanity found itself in, but also the near-total decimation of the Outer Colonies which had served as the rebels' bases of operations. However, the desire for independence continued to linger on many remaining colony worlds. Using the situation to their advantage, entire colonies under Insurrectionist control intentionally cut themselves off the UNSC's [[communications relay]] network during the war, anticipating to resume their operations later on.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 68''</ref> By 2552, Insurrectionist activity on Reach was still common enough for the UNSC to suspect rebel sabotage when a [[Visegrad Relay|local relay hub]] went dark, although this turned out to be the work of a Covenant pre-invasion party instead.{{Ref/Reuse|actual}} | As the war progressed, insurrectionist activity continued to decrease, apart from isolated conflicts such as the [[Mamore insurrections|insurrections on Mamore]] and incidents on [[Harmony]] and [[Reach]].<ref name="actual">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Noble Actual]]''</ref> This was in part due to the common enemy of the Covenant and the desperate situation humanity found itself in, but also the near-total decimation of the Outer Colonies which had served as the rebels' bases of operations. However, the desire for independence continued to linger on many remaining colony worlds. Using the situation to their advantage, entire colonies under Insurrectionist control intentionally cut themselves off the UNSC's [[communications relay]] network during the war, anticipating to resume their operations later on.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 68''</ref> By 2552, Insurrectionist activity on Reach was still common enough for the UNSC to suspect rebel sabotage when a [[Visegrad Relay|local relay hub]] went dark, although this turned out to be the work of a Covenant pre-invasion party instead.{{Ref/Reuse|actual}} | ||
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{{Article quote|History looks upon this time as an unfortunate (and perhaps inevitable?) misunderstanding between Earth and her colonies, but those fighting for the last decade also realize that it was the most amazing piece of blind fortune the human race has ever stumbled upon. Had we not been armed and learning how to fight in space... what would have happened in the years that followed, when we faced [[Covenant|an enemy a hundred times worse]]? Oblivion, no doubt.}} | {{Article quote|History looks upon this time as an unfortunate (and perhaps inevitable?) misunderstanding between Earth and her colonies, but those fighting for the last decade also realize that it was the most amazing piece of blind fortune the human race has ever stumbled upon. Had we not been armed and learning how to fight in space... what would have happened in the years that followed, when we faced [[Covenant|an enemy a hundred times worse]]? Oblivion, no doubt.}} | ||
While the reason for the UNSC's eventual victory was arguably the [[Great Schism]] within the Covenant, from the Insurrection came the [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]], [[Titanium-A armor]], [[soft-seal]] technology employed in [[boarding]] actions, advances in ship-to-ship warfare tactics, the incorporation of the [[Illegal Entry Protocols]] and [[Counter-Illegal Entry Protocols]] into [[smart AI]]s, and above all, the SPARTAN-IIs, all of which would prove crucial in humanity's fight against the Covenant. | While the reason for the UNSC's eventual victory was arguably the [[Great Schism]] within the Covenant, from the Insurrection came the [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]], [[Titanium-A armor]], [[soft-seal]] technology employed in [[Naval boarding|boarding]] actions, advances in ship-to-ship warfare tactics, the incorporation of the [[Illegal Entry Protocols]] and [[Counter-Illegal Entry Protocols]] into [[smart AI]]s, and above all, the SPARTAN-IIs, all of which would prove crucial in humanity's fight against the Covenant. | ||
==Known systems and planets with Insurrectionist activity== | ==Known systems and planets with Insurrectionist activity== | ||
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*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Im}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Hippocratica]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||