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'''Operation: VERITAS''' was a classified [[UNSC]] military [[operation]] undertaken by operators of the [[ORION Project]] during the [[Insurrection]].<ref name="Spartan">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/spartans '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Spartans'']</ref> The operation was a success, but would inadvertently contribute to the ORION Project's demise. | '''Operation: VERITAS''' was a classified [[UNSC]] military [[operation]] undertaken by operators of the [[ORION Project]] during the [[Insurrection]].<ref name="Spartan">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/spartans '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Spartans'']</ref> The operation was a success, but would inadvertently contribute to the ORION Project's demise. | ||
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===The operation=== | ===The operation=== | ||
After the success of [[Operation: CHARLEMAGNE]] in [[2496]], ORION operatives were found to be an effective tool in combating the insurrection. Consequently, during the remainder of that year and in subsequent years ORION operatives were assigned to numerous other classified missions. | After the success of [[Operation: CHARLEMAGNE]] in [[2496]], ORION operatives were found to be an effective tool in combating the insurrection. Consequently, during the remainder of that year and in subsequent years ORION operatives were assigned to numerous other classified missions.<ref name="Spartan"/> VERITAS was one such operation. Undertaken against the [[Secessionist Union]] in late 2496 or early [[2497]], specifics of the operation are classified. It is known, however, that during the course of the operation ORION assets managed to secure a list of undercover Secessionist Union [[Wikipedia:Non-official cover|NOC]] operatives who were working in various high-level offices within the CMA.<ref name="Spartan"/> | ||
===Repercussions=== | ===Repercussions=== | ||
As a result of the discovery of Insurrectionist agents embedded within the CMA, the [[United Nations Space Command]] immediately moved to dissolve the CMA and absorb its functions. | As a result of the discovery of Insurrectionist agents embedded within the CMA, the [[United Nations Space Command]] immediately moved to dissolve the CMA and absorb its functions.<ref name="Spartan"/> Consequently, the UNSC made public this discovery of CMA involvement with insurrectionists in 2497.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 34''</ref> This signaled the beginning of the demise of the CMA, as due to security concerns its resources were slowly shifted to [[NAVCOM]] or [[UNICOM]] and its duties were relegated to patrolling the UEG's most distant colonies and providing logistical support to remote stations.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''pages 68-69'' (2011 edition)</ref> The CMA would ulitimately be suspended at the onset of the [[Human-Covenant War]] with the UNSC's declaration of emergency powers. | ||
As a result of UNSC efforts to disolve the CMA, funding allocated to the ORION Project was dutifully redistributed elsewhere. | As a result of UNSC efforts to disolve the CMA, funding allocated to the ORION Project was dutifully redistributed elsewhere.<ref name="Spartan"/> Therefore, in an unintended consequence of its own success, VERITAS lead to the eventual dissolution of the ORION Project. Although the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s [[Beta-5 Division]] eventually took control of the project, increasing the number of personnel to a peak of three hundred, prohibitive cost as well as deteriorating physical and mental conditions among ORION operators lead to a gradual winding-down of the program.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 81''</ref> ORION assets continued to lead operations such as [[Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE|KALEIDOSCOPE]] and [[Operation: TANGLEWOOD|TANGLEWOOD]], though with increasing inefficiency, until [[2506]] when the project was finally deactivated and its surviving 165 personnel distributed to posts through the UNSC.<ref name="Spartan"/> Many, such as [[Avery Johnson]], would go on to enjoy long careers due to the positive effects of their genetic augmentation, although others would suffer severe effects, referred to as [[Boren's Syndrome]], and be forced to retire.<ref name="Spartan"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{Insurrection}} | {{Insurrection}} | ||
[[Category:Insurrection]] | [[Category:Insurrection]] | ||
[[Category:Operations]] | [[Category:Operations]] | ||
