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{{Center|For articles of the same name, please see [[Winter Contingency (disambiguation)]].''}}
<center>'''''Winter Contingency''' redirects here. For articles of the same name, please see [[Winter Contingency (disambiguation)]].''</center>
{{Quote|WINTER CONTINGENCY has been declared. All units are mobilized and ready.|UNSC operator<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' [[Halo: Reach Announcement Trailer|Announcement Trailer]]</ref>}}


{{Quote|WINTER CONTINGENCY has been declared. All units are mobilized and ready|UNSC operator<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' [[Halo: Reach Announcement Trailer|Announcement Trailer]]</ref>}}
'''WINTER CONTINGENCY''' is an official [[United Nations Space Command]] [[wikipedia:Contingency plan|emergency plan]] that deals with situations where [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Covenant Military|forces]] have become aware of, or are present at, a human colony world. It was first mentioned in the [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force|UNSCDF]] Instruction EM-277 on [[2526#March|March 10, 2526]].<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=intel&cid=27030 '''Bungie.net''': ''CAA FACTBOOK/UNSC Operational Reports-Γ'']</ref> On [[Reach]], WINTER CONTINGENCY was supplemented by the [[WINTER CONTINGENCY Declaration Supplemental Orders]], a series of additional directives for [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] agents.<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''' (2010), ''Bonus Content''</ref>
 
'''WINTER CONTINGENCY''' is an official [[United Nations Space Command]] [[wikipedia:Contingency plan|emergency plan]] that deals with situations where [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Covenant Military|forces]] have become aware of, or are present at, a human colony world. It was first mentioned in the [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force|UNSCDF]] Instruction EM-277 on [[2526#March|March 10, 2526]].<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=intel&cid=27030 '''Bungie.net''': ''CAA FACTBOOK/UNSC Operational Reports-Γ'']</ref> On [[Reach]], WINTER CONTINGENCY was supplemented by the [[WINTER CONTINGENCY Declaration Supplemental Orders]], a series of additional directives for [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] agents.<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''' (2010), ''Bonus Content''</ref>


==Classification==
==Classification==
Events which may be classified as WINTER CONTINGENCY include:
Events which may be classified as WINTER CONTINGENCY include:
*Tier 1 Evidence Intercepted Covenant communication of a plot on a certain named colony*
*Intercepted Covenant communications that refer to a UNSC colony '''by name'''.
*Tier 2 Evidence Discovery of Physical covenant technology (weapons, veichles, etc.)*
*Discovery of hard physical evidence of Covenant activity.
*Tier 3 Evidence Abandoned or discarded matériel.*
**Abandoned or discarded matériel.
*Tier 4 Evidence Residue and/or damage consistent with [[directed plasma weapon]] usage.
**Residue and/or damage consistent with [[directed energy weapon]] usage.
*Tier 5 Evidence Detection of in-system [[Slipstream Space|Slipspace]] rupture portals and/or EMP with Covenant Flagship, Corvette, Destroyer, Carrier, or Super Carrier involved.*
*Detection of multiple ''in-system'' [[slipstream space]] rupture events.
Tier 6 (Major) Evidence *Engagement in physical combat with Covenant forces.
*Engaged in combat by Covenant forces.


==Priority==
==Priority==
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WINTER CONTINGENCY holds the highest precedence in the OPREP-Γ reporting structure. All other reporting terms such as [[GOOSE CHASE]], [[SNAKE PIT]], and others, while very important, are considered secondary to a WINTER CONTINGENCY report.
WINTER CONTINGENCY holds the highest precedence in the OPREP-Γ reporting structure. All other reporting terms such as [[GOOSE CHASE]], [[SNAKE PIT]], and others, while very important, are considered secondary to a WINTER CONTINGENCY report.
==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==
===Silver Timeline===
After learning of the [[Covenant]] threat to [[Reach/Silver|Reach]], Admiral [[Jacob Keyes/Silver|Jacob Keyes]] wanted to initiate the WINTER CONTINGENCY and begin immediate civilian evacuations. However, [[James Ackerson/Silver|James Ackerson]] revealed that they wouldn't be evacuating civilians or fighting, but rather abandoning Reach to its doom and transporting essential assets off of the planet.{{Ref/Film|Id=Visegrád|TV|Episode=[[Visegrád (TV Series)|Visegrád]]}}
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: The Television Series Season Two]]''
**''[[Visegrád (TV Series)|Visegrád]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


[[Category:UNSC Protocols]]
[[Category:UNSC protocols]]

Latest revision as of 01:29, February 16, 2024

For articles of the same name, please see Winter Contingency (disambiguation).

"WINTER CONTINGENCY has been declared. All units are mobilized and ready."
— UNSC operator[1]

WINTER CONTINGENCY is an official United Nations Space Command emergency plan that deals with situations where Covenant forces have become aware of, or are present at, a human colony world. It was first mentioned in the UNSCDF Instruction EM-277 on March 10, 2526.[2] On Reach, WINTER CONTINGENCY was supplemented by the WINTER CONTINGENCY Declaration Supplemental Orders, a series of additional directives for ONI agents.[3]

Classification[edit]

Events which may be classified as WINTER CONTINGENCY include:

  • Intercepted Covenant communications that refer to a UNSC colony by name.
  • Discovery of hard physical evidence of Covenant activity.
  • Detection of multiple in-system slipstream space rupture events.
  • Engaged in combat by Covenant forces.

Priority[edit]

"As per the Winter Contingency, we are countering on every front."
— Auntie Dot[4]

WINTER CONTINGENCY holds the highest precedence in the OPREP-Γ reporting structure. All other reporting terms such as GOOSE CHASE, SNAKE PIT, and others, while very important, are considered secondary to a WINTER CONTINGENCY report.

Non-canon and dubious canon appearances[edit]

Silver Timeline[edit]

After learning of the Covenant threat to Reach, Admiral Jacob Keyes wanted to initiate the WINTER CONTINGENCY and begin immediate civilian evacuations. However, James Ackerson revealed that they wouldn't be evacuating civilians or fighting, but rather abandoning Reach to its doom and transporting essential assets off of the planet.[5]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: Reach Announcement Trailer
  2. ^ Bungie.net: CAA FACTBOOK/UNSC Operational Reports-Γ
  3. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach (2010), Bonus Content
  4. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level, Tip of the Spear
  5. ^ Halo: The Television Series, episode Visegrád
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