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'''Tribute''' was a [[UNSC]] colony world in the [[Epsilon Eridanus System]]. | '''Tribute''' was a [[UNSC]] colony world in the [[Epsilon Eridanus System]]. Its largest population center was [[Casbah]]<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], Page 14</ref>. | ||
It had a history of volcanic activity and appeared to be a cold world. It was one of the major focus points of [[Operation: TREBUCHET]] in [[2524]], where UNSC forces operated against the [[rebel]] bomb cells. | It had a history of volcanic activity and appeared to be a cold world. It was one of the major focus points of [[Operation: TREBUCHET]] in [[2524]], where UNSC forces operated against the [[rebel]] bomb cells. At least one [[Battalion]] of [[UNSC Marines]] were involved with ongoing operations on the planet, supported by the [[UNSC Bum Rush|UNSC ''Bum Rush'']] and flights of [[Hornets]]. | ||
One of the missions involved [[Staff Sergeant Avery Johnson]] and [[Staff Sergeant Nolan Byrne]] leading two [[squad]]s of Marines after rebel bomb makers. Three members of Byrne's team were killed in a [[Jim Dandy]] resturaunt when one of the rebels detonated a bomb during a hostage situation, also killing 38 civilians. Byrne and Johnson were both also injured in the incident, Johnson minorly and Byrne severely<ref>[[Halo: Contact harvest]], Page 9</ref>. | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||