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Watts eventually realigned the surviving insurgent factions in the Outer Colonies and took command of them. Branded by the UNSC as a "united rebel front", Watts came to adopt the pejorative as a badge of honor and titled his unified faction the [[United Rebel Front]]. As the Insurrection continued, Watts led insurgent forces against the Colonial Military Administration on a number of worlds,{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc44}} and essentially commanded a majority of rebel activity in the Outer Colonies.<ref name="dirt109">'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 109''</ref> Eventually, Watts and the URF re-accumulated enough strength to attempt to overthrow the Eridanus Government once again; Watts hoped to use Eridanus II as a base of operations for the URF and drag the CMA into a costly guerrilla war.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} In [[2513]], Watts led an armed uprising on Eridanus II. Having anticipated the attack, the UNSC engaged United Rebel Front forces as part of [[Operation: TREBUCHET]]. A UNSC fleet of [[carrier]]s, [[cruiser]]s, and [[destroyer]]s attacked Watts' own fleet of roughly one hundred smaller spaceships,{{Ref/Reuse|for96}} while some URF forces attempted to engage UNSC forces in a ground campaign on Eridanus II. During the conflict, several assassination attempts were made on Watts' life, including one made by [[Avery Johnson]] of the Marine Corps, though none were successful. An operation to capture Watts' second-in-command was also attempted, but failed.{{Ref/Reuse|ch112}} Ultimately, much of the United Rebel Front's forces in the system were decimated by the UNSC before they could properly establish a presence on Eridanus II.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} Ordering the mass exodus of insurrectionist forces on the planet, knowing their survival in battle to be impossible, Watts was taken by [[Pelican]] to ''[[Iliad]]'', a captured {{Class|Charon|light frigate}} which he used as a [[flagship]] as he coordinated both the resistance and evacuation. When ''[[Gateway (ship)|Gateway]]'', another URF warship, experienced difficulties with its [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]], Watts utilized towing cables on ''Iliad'' to rip apart a [[UNSC cruiser]] that threatened ''Gateway'' and sent its debris into a collision course with another cruiser, destroying both ships. Afterwards, ''Gateway''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s issues were resolved and both ships fled the battle through [[slipstream space]] along with the surviving remnants of their fleet.<ref name="bc1">'''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]''', ''Issue #1''</ref>
Watts eventually realigned the surviving insurgent factions in the Outer Colonies and took command of them. Branded by the UNSC as a "united rebel front", Watts came to adopt the pejorative as a badge of honor and titled his unified faction the [[United Rebel Front]]. As the Insurrection continued, Watts led insurgent forces against the Colonial Military Administration on a number of worlds,{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc44}} and essentially commanded a majority of rebel activity in the Outer Colonies.<ref name="dirt109">'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 109''</ref> Eventually, Watts and the URF re-accumulated enough strength to attempt to overthrow the Eridanus Government once again; Watts hoped to use Eridanus II as a base of operations for the URF and drag the CMA into a costly guerrilla war.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} In [[2513]], Watts led an armed uprising on Eridanus II. Having anticipated the attack, the UNSC engaged United Rebel Front forces as part of [[Operation: TREBUCHET]]. A UNSC fleet of [[carrier]]s, [[cruiser]]s, and [[destroyer]]s attacked Watts' own fleet of roughly one hundred smaller spaceships,{{Ref/Reuse|for96}} while some URF forces attempted to engage UNSC forces in a ground campaign on Eridanus II. During the conflict, several assassination attempts were made on Watts' life, including one made by [[Avery Johnson]] of the Marine Corps, though none were successful. An operation to capture Watts' second-in-command was also attempted, but failed.{{Ref/Reuse|ch112}} Ultimately, much of the United Rebel Front's forces in the system were decimated by the UNSC before they could properly establish a presence on Eridanus II.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} Ordering the mass exodus of insurrectionist forces on the planet, knowing their survival in battle to be impossible, Watts was taken by [[Pelican]] to ''[[Iliad]]'', a captured {{Class|Charon|light frigate}} which he used as a [[flagship]] as he coordinated both the resistance and evacuation. When ''[[Gateway (ship)|Gateway]]'', another URF warship, experienced difficulties with its [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]], Watts utilized towing cables on ''Iliad'' to rip apart a [[UNSC cruiser]] that threatened ''Gateway'' and sent its debris into a collision course with another cruiser, destroying both ships. Afterwards, ''Gateway''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s issues were resolved and both ships fled the battle through [[slipstream space]] along with the surviving remnants of their fleet.<ref name="bc1">'''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]''', ''Issue #1''</ref>


The remaining URF forces regrouped under Watts' command and eventually constructed a stronghold within [[Eridanus Secundus]], a hollowed-out [[asteroid]] located in the Eridanus system's largest asteroid belt.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} While the [[UNSC Navy]]'s [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] was aware that the rebels hid in the asteroid belt, they did not know Eridanus Secundus' location and knew very little about their strength; ONI initially believed that rebels were disorganized and lacked a leader, though they eventually realized that the insurgents were organized under the United Rebel Front and commanded by Watts. UNSC attempts to search for the asteroid were met with either a lack of results or with an ambush by superior URF forces.{{Ref/Reuse|for96}} Initially, the United Rebel Front experienced supply shortages. In [[2517]], Watts led a desperate act of [[piracy]] on the UNSC-registered cargo ship {{UNSCShip|Dartmouth}} in order to acquire much-needed supplies. Despite the frigate {{UNSCShip|Journeyman}} being less than four minutes away, he gave his men the order to [[Naval boarding|board]] and commandeer the ship, allowing supplies to be looted in the safety of the asteroid field.<ref>'''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp''', ''Issue #2''</ref>
The remaining URF forces regrouped under Watts' command and eventually constructed a stronghold within [[Eridanus Secundus]], a hollowed-out [[asteroid]] located in the Eridanus system's largest asteroid belt.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} While the [[UNSC Navy]]'s [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] was aware that the rebels hid in the asteroid belt, they did not know Eridanus Secundus' location and knew very little about their strength; ONI initially believed that rebels were disorganized and lacked a leader, though they eventually realized that the insurgents were organized under the United Rebel Front and commanded by Watts. UNSC attempts to search for the asteroid were met with either a lack of results or with an ambush by superior URF forces.{{Ref/Reuse|for96}} Initially, the United Rebel Front experienced supply shortages. In [[2517]], Watts led a desperate act of [[piracy]] on the UNSC-registered cargo ship {{UNSCShip|Dartmouth}} in order to acquire much-needed supplies. Despite the frigate {{UNSCShip|Journeyman}} being less than four minutes away, he gave his men the order to [[Boarding|board]] and commandeer the ship, allowing supplies to be looted in the safety of the asteroid field.<ref>'''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp''', ''Issue #2''</ref>


During [[Operation: SILENT STORM]] in [[2526]], research into the background of suspected Insurrectionist [[Hector Nyeto]] revealed that he had spent a lot of time on missions with Watts. It was theorized that either Watts or Nyeto radicalized the other for the Insurrection.<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''Chapter 23'', ''page 301''</ref>
During [[Operation: SILENT STORM]] in [[2526]], research into the background of suspected Insurrectionist [[Hector Nyeto]] revealed that he had spent a lot of time on missions with Watts. It was theorized that either Watts or Nyeto radicalized the other for the Insurrection.<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''Chapter 23'', ''page 301''</ref>

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