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<center>'''''Winter Contingency''' redirects here. For articles of the same name, please see [[Winter Contingency (disambiguation)]].''</center> | <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> | {{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 [[UNSC colony]]. It was first mentioned in the [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force|UNSC DF]] 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> | '''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 [[UNSC colony]]. It was first mentioned in the [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force|UNSC DF]] 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> | ||
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==Priority== | ==Priority== | ||
{{Quote|As per the Winter Contingency, we are countering on every front.|[[Auntie Dot]]<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|As per the Winter Contingency, we are countering on every front.|[[Auntie Dot]]<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref>}} | ||
WINTER CONTINGENCY holds the highest precedence in the OPREP-Γ reporting structure. All other reporting terms such as [[GOOSE CHASE]], [[SNAKE PIT]], et al, 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]], et al, while very important, are considered secondary to a WINTER CONTINGENCY report. | ||
Revision as of 01:52, January 22, 2011
- "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 UNSC colony. It was first mentioned in the UNSC DF 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
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.
- Abandoned or discarded matériel.
- Residue and/or damage consistent with directed energy weapon usage.
- Detection of multiple in-system Slipspace rupture events.
- Engagement in combat with Covenant forces.
Priority
- "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, et al, while very important, are considered secondary to a WINTER CONTINGENCY report.
Sources
- ^ Halo: Reach Announcement Trailer
- ^ Bungie.net: CAA FACTBOOK/UNSC Operational Reports-Γ
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach (2010), Bonus Content
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level, Tip of the Spear
