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The '''United Rebel Front''' is a complex, well organized faction of [[human]] [[insurrectionist]]s devoted to complete liberation from the influence of the [[United Earth Government]] and the [[United Nations Space Command]]. It is led by a single political leader, while its military is led by a triumvirate of generals.<ref> '''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page ???''</ref> The United Rebel Front is not a singular group, instead containing many cells across human-controlled space.  
The '''United Rebel Front''' ('''URF'''), commonly known as '''the Front''',<ref>'''[[Halo: New Blood]]''', ''Preview''</ref> is a prominent faction of [[human]] [[Insurrectionist]]s devoted to complete liberation of [[human colonies]] from the influence of the [[Unified Earth Government]] and the [[United Nations Space Command]], both [[Insurrection|before]] and [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|after]] the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Led by a triumvirate of leaders as of [[2531]],{{Ref/Reuse|Onyx1}} the United Rebel Front is not a singular group, instead containing many cells across human-controlled space.  


== History ==
==History==
Around [[2511]], the Eridanus rebels had overthrown the colonial government of [[Eridanus II]] and largely controlled all activities within the system. The UNSC responded harshly, seeking to put down the rebellion forcibly.
===Insurrection===
[[File:FoR_innies.png|thumb|left|250px|URF combatants in Eridanus Secundus.]]
After defecting from the [[UNSC Marine Corps]], Colonel [[Robert Watts]] led the [[Secessionist Union]] and allied cells on [[Eridanus II]] and overthrew the [[Eridanus Government]]. The [[United Nations Space Command]] eventually [[Operation: CHARLEMAGNE|responded]] by harshly putting down the rebellion and eliminating a large percentage of Watts' faction and other allied cells.<ref name="enc44">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''pages 44-45'' (2011)</ref> The surviving insurgents left the [[Eridanus system]] and were reorganized under Watts' control. In the subsequent years, Watts led insurrectionist forces throughout the [[Outer Colonies]] as the [[Insurrection]] spread.{{Ref/Site|Id=watts|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/colonel-watts|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Colonel Watts}} With Watts in command of most of the insurgents,<ref name="dirt109">'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 109''</ref> the UNSC branded Watts' faction a "united rebel front". Although this term was intended to be a pejorative, the rebels adopted it as a badge of honor and became known as the United Rebel Front.{{Ref/Reuse|watts}} After regaining enough assets, the URF attempted to retake Eridanus II, but their uprising was anticipated by the UNSC and [[Operation: TREBUCHET]] was launched in response. After a long battle in space and on the planet's surface, the URF pulled back from Eridanus II and retreated into the system's largest [[asteroid]] belt,<ref name="for96">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 96-98'' (2010)</ref> where the United Rebel Front established a base in one of the asteroids—[[Eridanus Secundus]].{{Ref/Reuse|watts}} While the URF attempted to rebuild their strength yet again, they were initially forced to rely on [[piracy]] to replenish their supplies.{{Ref/Comic|HFoRBC|Issue=2}}


In [[2513]], a space battle occurred between the Eridanus rebels and the UNSC as part of [[Operation: TREBUCHET]]. During the battle, the UNSC achieved a pyrric victory with the loss of four destroyers. Unfortunately, elements of the rebellion escaped into the nearby [[Eridanus Asteroid Belt]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 75-76''</ref>
[[File:TFOR Animated Insurrectionists.jpg|thumb|250px|URF guards fighting back against the [[SPARTAN-IIs]].]]
In [[2525]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] reported that it had uncovered a breach within [[UNSC Fleet Command]]: there were several spies for the URF within FLEETCOM. They had also discovered that the rebels were led by Colonel Robert Watts and that they had connections to the outside world and were being supplied by outside sources such as the cargo [[freighter]] ''[[Laden]]''.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 76-77''</ref> That year, a group of [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]] undertook a covert operation and captured Watts from the very heart of the rebel operations base, the rebel stronghold at Eridanus Secundus, killing many URF soldiers and civilians who were present at the base.


In [[2525]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] reported that it had uncovered a breach within [[UNSC Fleet Command]]: there were several spies for the URF within FLEETCOM. They had also discovered that the rebels were led by [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]] and that they had connections to the outside world and were being supplied by outside sources such as the cargo freighter ''[[Laden]]''.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 76-77''</ref> That year, a group of [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTANs]] underwent a covert operation and captured Watts from the very heart of the rebel operations base, the rebel stronghold at [[Eridanus Secundus]], killing many URF soldiers and civilians who were present at the base.
===Human-Covenant War===
With the outbreak of the war against the Covenant in 2525, various Insurrectionist cells would find themselves cooperating with the UNSC in several engagements where it became practical for both sides to abandon their disputes for the sake of their survival against this new threat. In 2525, one such cell of the United Rebel Front based on [[Alpha Corvi II]] was confronted by a four-man team of SPARTAN supersoldiers known as [[Blue Team]] when the Covenant [[Battle of Alpha Corvi II|attacked]] the colony in search of Forerunner artifacts. From their primary base at [[Black Reef]] the rebels, commanded by Captain [[Whitaker]] fought a costly ground action against the Covenant when the Spartans encountered the rebels and negotiated an alliance in order to repel the invasion. Despite lingering hostilities, the URF forces supported the Spartans in their mission and killed many Covenant soldiers despite being hopelessly outmanned and outgunned. Despite the success of the operation, Black Reef soon fell to the Covenant and Blue Team was ordered to evacuate. The UNSC High Command however had given no priority to the survival of the rebel forces who had aided the Spartans, and left them to find their own means of escape despite the protests of Blue Team. All United Rebel Front soldiers were eventually killed and the UNSC abandoned the colony.{{Ref/Comic|HCD|Issue=1}}{{Ref/Comic|HCD|Issue=2}}{{Ref/Comic|HCD|Issue=3}}


By [[2531]], the United Rebel Front's operations had been disrupted by a four-man team of SPARTAN supersoldiers known as [[Blue Team]]. The team disrupted URF operations including ''[[Station Jefferson]]'', the destroyer ''[[URF Origami]]'', a saboteur cell on Reach, an incident in [[Micronesia]], and a high-explosives manufacturing facility at an unspecified location.<ref name="Onyx36">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 36''</ref> In response, the rebels gathered three stolen [[FENRIS Nuclear Warhead]]s at [[Camp New Hope]] in a way so sloppy that the Office of Naval Intelligence easily noticed, then contacted the UNSC and offered to trade the nukes in exchange for medicine for their people suffering from [[Boren's Syndrome]]. They then set a trap for Blue Team, whom they anticipated would be sent. During the [[raid on Camp New Hope]], the rebels successfully ambushed [[John-117]], [[Frederic-104]], [[Kelly-087]] and [[Linda-058]] by using an [[antigravity plate]]. However, the rebels were unaware of the presence of a fifth SPARTAN; a new addition to the team, [[Kurt-051]], who had avoided the trap. Kurt was able to free the other members of Blue Team and they then retreated from the camp with the recovered warheads before the camp could launch a proper counterattack. [[General]] [[Howard Graves]] was killed in the process.
In March of [[2526]], the URF's General [[Harper Garvin]] organised a conference with several other independent insurrectionist factions to meet aboard the ''[[Bellicose]]'', in the [[Little Nelek Nebula]]. Among the attendees included the [[Gao Liberation Force]], [[Venezian Militia]], [[Biko Independence Army]], [[Freedom League]], [[Secessionist Union]] and [[People's Occupation]]. During the conference, Garvin confirmed for the rebels that the rumours of the alien threat were true, and that the UNSC were now pitched in an interstellar conflict against a greater force. The various leaders agreed to join forces with the URF and attempt to negotiate a truce with the Covenant, in exchange for helping in the conflict against the UNSC.{{Ref/Novel|Id=SS6|HSS|Chapter=6}} URF operatives were dispatched to [[Amasa]] in an attempt to meet with the Covenant scouts on the planet, who in turn relayed the Insurrectionist message to [[Nizat 'Kvarosee|the fleetmaster]] in charge of the invasion. Nizat, in turn, decided to use this opportunity to gain information from the rebels, though fully intended to wipe them out regardless.{{Ref/Novel|SS|Chapter=9}}


In [[2552]], the SPARTANs returned to the belt aboard the {{UNSCship|Gettysburg}}-''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' hybrid vessel to make repairs. [[Jacob Jiles|Governor Jacob Jiles]] was the leader of the rebels at that time. Jiles engaged in a brief "showdown" with USNC [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]], in which Whitcomb threatened to fire ''Ascendant Justice'''s plasma cannons, while Jiles claimed to aim nuclear weapons at ''Ascendant Justice''. The two soon revealed to one another that all but one of Whitcomb's plasma cannons were nonfunctional and that Jiles' nukes were fake. Suddenly, a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] cruiser that had followed the trail of the vessel appeared in the system. After a short fight, the Covenant ship was destroyed  after dealing severe damage to the ''Gettysburg''-''Ascendant Justice''. Several days later, three dozen Covenant vessels appeared in the system, forcing the ''Gettysburg''-''Ascendant Justice'' to retreat. The Covenant then eradicated the base entirely. The Eridanus rebels were massacred in the process.
In preparation for the meeting, the combined insurrectionist task force set up an outpost on [[Seoba]], the moon of [[Biko]]. The outpost was located in an old abandoned ice quarry, and armed with hundreds of soldiers, several [[Civet]] ATVs and a handful of [[M41 Vulcan|M41 anti-air guns]]. This outpost was ultimately [[Battle of Seoba|attacked]] by the UNSC's [[Task Force Yama]], who had picked the same site as a staging area for their [[Operation: SILENT STORM]] - unaware of the rebel presence in the area.{{Ref/Novel|SS|Chapter=7}} The [[21st Space Assault Battalion]] was ultimately able to subdue the rebels, capturing over three hundred - including General Garvin - alive. The prisoners were loaded onto the transport ''[[Emmeline]]'', though in the chaos of the ensuing [[Battle of Biko]] the transport was intercepted by [[Tel 'Szatulai]].{{Ref/Novel|SS|Chapter=13}} During the meeting, General Garvin provided Tel with schematics for the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|MJOLNIR Mark IV]] armour.{{Ref/Novel|SS|Chapter=18}}


By [[2531]], the United Rebel Front's operations had been disrupted by [[Blue Team]], who had resumed their campaign against the Insurrectionist faction even as they continued to engage the Covenant. The team disrupted URF operations including ''[[Station Jefferson]]'', the destroyer ''[[Origami]]'', a saboteur cell on Reach, an incident in [[wikipedia:Micronesia|Micronesia]], and a high-explosives manufacturing facility at an unspecified location.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Onyx1|GoO|Chapter=1}} In response, the rebels gathered three stolen [[FENRIS Nuclear Warhead]]s at [[Camp New Hope]] in a way so sloppy that the Office of Naval Intelligence easily noticed, then contacted the UNSC and offered to trade the nukes in exchange for medicine for their people suffering from [[Boren's Syndrome]]. They then set a trap for Blue Team, whom they anticipated would be sent. During [[Operation: SMOKING ACES]], the rebels successfully ambushed [[John-117]], [[Frederic-104]], [[Kelly-087]] and [[Linda-058]] by using an [[antigravity plate]]. However, the rebels were unaware of the presence of a fifth SPARTAN; a new addition to the team, [[Kurt-051]], who had avoided the trap. Kurt was able to free the other members of Blue Team and they then retreated from the camp with the recovered warheads before the camp could launch a proper counterattack. [[General]] [[Howard Graves]] was killed in the process.


== Resources ==
In [[2552]], the Spartans returned to the belt aboard {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}}-''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' hybrid vessel to make repairs. [[Governor]] [[Jacob Jiles]] was the leader of the rebels at that time. Jiles engaged in a brief "showdown" with UNSC [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]], in which Whitcomb threatened to fire ''Ascendant Justice''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> plasma cannons, while Jiles claimed to aim nuclear weapons at ''Ascendant Justice''. The two soon revealed to one another that all but one of Whitcomb's plasma cannons were nonfunctional and that Jiles' nukes were fake. Suddenly, a [[Covenant]] cruiser that had followed the trail of the vessel appeared in the system. After a short fight, the Covenant ship was destroyed after dealing severe damage to the ''Gettysburg''-''Ascendant Justice''. Several days later, three dozen Covenant vessels appeared in the system, forcing the ''Gettysburg''-''Ascendant Justice'' to retreat. The Covenant then eradicated the base entirely. The Eridanus rebels were massacred in the process.{{Ref/Novel|FS|Chater=28-30}}
The United Rebel Front has a highly organized intelligence division and a far-flung network of facilities, comprised of a network of different rebel movements, such as the Eridanus rebels. They have commanded facilities across human-controlled space, including Eridanus Secundus, Camp New Hope on planet [[Victoria]], and ''[[Station Jefferson]]'', which was located in the asteroid belt of Eridanus. They also had a high explosives manufacturing facility, operations of an unknown kind on [[Micronesia]], and a saboteur cell on [[Reach]]. All these operations were shut down by the SPARTANs of Blue Team.<ref name="Onyx36"/>


Camp New Hope had an impressive security system, even by SPARTAN standards: motion and seismic sensors, a triple layering of guards, trained dogs and overhead [[MAKO Drone]]s. <ref name="Onyx31">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 31''</ref>
===Post-war resurgence===
Even after the [[Human-Covenant War]], the United Rebel Front was still a formidable force. After the war, they had multiple planets under their control, [[Talitsa]] and [[Terceira]] being a known two. [[SPARTAN-IV Program|SPARTAN-IVs]] were sent to these two planets, to conduct raids, with widespread use of the [[WETWORK-class Mjolnir]] in the former,{{Ref/Game|H4|[[WETWORK-class Mjolnir|Wetwork]] armour description}} and to help reclaim the latter.{{Ref/Game|H4|[[OCEANIC-class Mjolnir|Oceanic]] armour description}}


They also have a number of arms, ranging from military grade MAKO Drones and [[FENRIS Nuclear Warhead]]s to [[Archer Missiles]] and [[.30 caliber light machine gun|.30 caliber ''"Confetti Maker"'' machine guns]]. <ref name="Onyx31"/> They used [[Parabola-class Freighter]]s such as the ''[[Laden]]'', to ship diverse equipment, resources, and weapons from planet systems to their base. They even managed to acquire the [[UNSC Destroyer|destroyer]] ''Origami''.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 37''</ref> Graves' rebel cell also made use of a jury-rigged [[Warthog Armored Personnel Carrier]].
In [[2554]], the United Rebel Front launched an invasion of the newly resettled colony of [[Draco III]], occupying the capital city of [[New Albany]] and establishing themselves in the capital building. The UNSC immediately responded to the threat, deploying [[ODST]]s and a team of [[SPARTAN-IV]]s led by [[Sarah Palmer]] to eliminate the threat. These URF forces, led by Captain [[Ingridson]] attempted to defend their hold on the city, but were swiftly routed by the UNSC who regained control of the city as the surviving URF forces made a last stand in the capital building. One of these ODST squads, [[Alpha-Nine]] attempted to corner and overpower Ingridson's forces but one of their members, [[Jonathan Doherty|"the Rookie"]], was taken hostage during the engagement. In their final stand against the ODSTs and Spartan forces, the URF soldiers were wiped out and Ingridson neutralized, but not before executing the Rookie during Alpha-Nine's attempt to save him. The entire URF force was killed or captured, effectively restoring order to Draco III.


They possess some "old technology that never panned out", such as the [[antigravity plate]] Graves' cell used to fool the SPARTANs' armor systems into thinking they were in a 10 G environment, temporarily giving them decompression sickness, otherwise known as "the bends."
In [[2555|August 2555]], the United Rebel Front had managed to capture the ONI [[Huragok]] now known as [[Quick to Adjust|Vergil]] and his human handler, [[Sadie Endesha]] and held them in one of their strongholds on [[Talitsa]]. In response, the UNSC sent [[SPARTAN-IV]]s [[Edward Buck]], [[Michael Crespo]] and [[Kojo Agu]] to rescue them, but Crespo had been colluding with the URF and helped set a trap for the rest of his team. Even though Buck and Agu were captured by a large number of rebels led by [[Schein|Dr. Schein]], they ultimately managed to fight off the rebels and the rogue Spartan and successfully rescued Sadie and Vergil.{{Ref/Novel|NB|Chapter=17}}


The Eridanus-based rebels utilized numerous vessels, including upgraded [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelican]] dropships, [[Mako-class Corvette]]s, and [[Chiroptera-class Stealth Vessel]]s as an improvised fleet. They had at least a hundred such vessels in their fleet at any time. Two [[Laden-class Freighter]]s were also used as part of their improvised fleet, being used to tow the damaged hybrid vessel ''Gettysburg''/''Ascendant Justice'' back to Eridanus Secundus. They received almost everything in their armament and ships from pirating other vessels, including both civilian merchant vessels and UNSC warships.
===The Created===
In [[2558|October 2558]], after the [[Guardian Custode|Guardians]]<nowiki>'</nowiki> resurgence and led by [[Cortana]], the [[Created]] subjugated some URF sites, including Talitsa and [[Cassidy III]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Bad Blood|Chapter=14}}
 
== Military assets ==
The United Rebel Front has a highly organized intelligence division and a far-flung network of facilities, comprised of a network of different rebel movements, such as the Eridanus rebels. They have commanded facilities across human-controlled space, including Eridanus Secundus, Camp New Hope on planet [[Victoria]], and ''[[Station Jefferson]]'', which was located in the asteroid belt of Eridanus. They also had a high explosives manufacturing facility, operations of an unknown kind on [[wikipedia:Micronesia|Micronesia]], and a saboteur cell on [[Reach]]. All these operations were shut down by the Spartans of Blue Team.{{Ref/Reuse|Onyx1}}
 
Camp New Hope had an impressive security system, even by Spartan standards: motion and seismic sensors, a triple layering of guards, trained dogs and overhead [[MAKO drone]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Onyx1}}
 
They also have a number of arms, ranging from military grade MAKO drones and [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s to [[Archer missile]]s and [[.30 caliber light machine gun|.30 caliber ''"Confetti Maker"'' machine guns]].<ref name="Onyx31">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 31''</ref> They used {{Class|Parabola|freighter|freighters}} such as the ''[[Laden]]'', to ship diverse equipment, resources, and weapons from planet systems to their base. They even managed to acquire the [[UNSC Destroyer|destroyer]] ''Origami''.{{Ref/Reuse|Onyx1}} Graves' rebel cell also made use of a jury-rigged [[Warthog armored personnel carrier]].{{Ref/Reuse|Onyx1}}
 
They possess some "old technology that never panned out", such as the [[antigravity plate]] Graves' cell used to fool the SPARTANs' armor systems into thinking they were in a 10 G environment, temporarily giving them decompression sickness, otherwise known as "the bends."{{Ref/Reuse|Onyx1}}
 
The Eridanus-based rebels utilized numerous vessels, including upgraded [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropships, {{Class|Mako|corvette|corvettes}}, and {{Class|Chiroptera|subprowler}} as an improvised fleet. They had at least a hundred such vessels in their fleet at any time. Two {{Class|Laden|freighter|freighters}} were also used as part of their improvised fleet, being used to tow the damaged hybrid vessel ''Gettysburg''/''Ascendant Justice'' back to Eridanus Secundus. They received almost everything in their armament and ships from pirating other vessels, including both civilian merchant vessels and UNSC warships.<ref name="fs254">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 254''</ref>


Their ability to infiltrate the UNSC ranks caused the UNSC to keep a small orbital force in the system to respond to rebel attacks. Another reason for their success was their location, which was extremely difficult and time-consuming to discover and was easily defended against even medium-scale assaults.
Their ability to infiltrate the UNSC ranks caused the UNSC to keep a small orbital force in the system to respond to rebel attacks. Another reason for their success was their location, which was extremely difficult and time-consuming to discover and was easily defended against even medium-scale assaults.


{{URF}}
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*[[URF Origami|URF ''Origami'']]
*''[[Iliad]]''
*''[[Gateway (ship)|Gateway]]''
*''[[Bellicose]]''
 
==Production note==
The usage of the term "United Rebel Front" in official media results from a widespread misinterpretation originally appearing on Halopedia. The term was never used as a proper name in official material before its erroneous adoption by this wiki; this is because article titles on Halopedia were once capitalized as if they were proper nouns (''e.g.'' "UNSC Carrier"). This misunderstanding was carried over to the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', a sizable portion of which was derived from this wiki. For example, the rebel destroyer ''Origami'' is referred to as the "URF ''Origami''"; Halopedia had formerly titled the article as such, but the ship is only referred to as the ''Origami'' in the original source.
 
The origin of this misconception is a singular reference to a "united rebel front" in ''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'' (p.&nbsp;37), in which the lowercase lettering indicates the term is simply a descriptor used to refer to the nature of the Insurrectionists in question as opposed to being a proper name of a group. Years later, [[Colonel Robert Watts]]' biography on [[Halo Waypoint]] clarified that although the name began as a simple descriptor (as used in ''Ghosts of Onyx'') it was adopted by many insurgents as a badge of honor, hence the treatment of "United Rebel Front" as a proper name in newer media.{{Ref/Reuse|watts}}
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: New Blood]]''
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''
*''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]''
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''


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United Rebel Front
Overview

Type:

Rebel organization

Societal overview

Notable leaders:

Historical overview

Formation:

2509[1]

 

The United Rebel Front (URF), commonly known as the Front,[2] is a prominent faction of human Insurrectionists devoted to complete liberation of human colonies from the influence of the Unified Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command, both before and after the Human-Covenant War. Led by a triumvirate of leaders as of 2531,[3] the United Rebel Front is not a singular group, instead containing many cells across human-controlled space.

History[edit]

Insurrection[edit]

URF combatants in Eridanus Secundus.

After defecting from the UNSC Marine Corps, Colonel Robert Watts led the Secessionist Union and allied cells on Eridanus II and overthrew the Eridanus Government. The United Nations Space Command eventually responded by harshly putting down the rebellion and eliminating a large percentage of Watts' faction and other allied cells.[4] The surviving insurgents left the Eridanus system and were reorganized under Watts' control. In the subsequent years, Watts led insurrectionist forces throughout the Outer Colonies as the Insurrection spread.[5] With Watts in command of most of the insurgents,[6] the UNSC branded Watts' faction a "united rebel front". Although this term was intended to be a pejorative, the rebels adopted it as a badge of honor and became known as the United Rebel Front.[5] After regaining enough assets, the URF attempted to retake Eridanus II, but their uprising was anticipated by the UNSC and Operation: TREBUCHET was launched in response. After a long battle in space and on the planet's surface, the URF pulled back from Eridanus II and retreated into the system's largest asteroid belt,[7] where the United Rebel Front established a base in one of the asteroids—Eridanus Secundus.[5] While the URF attempted to rebuild their strength yet again, they were initially forced to rely on piracy to replenish their supplies.[8]

The Fall Of Reach Animated Insurrectionists
URF guards fighting back against the SPARTAN-IIs.

In 2525, the Office of Naval Intelligence reported that it had uncovered a breach within UNSC Fleet Command: there were several spies for the URF within FLEETCOM. They had also discovered that the rebels were led by Colonel Robert Watts and that they had connections to the outside world and were being supplied by outside sources such as the cargo freighter Laden.[9] That year, a group of Spartans undertook a covert operation and captured Watts from the very heart of the rebel operations base, the rebel stronghold at Eridanus Secundus, killing many URF soldiers and civilians who were present at the base.

Human-Covenant War[edit]

With the outbreak of the war against the Covenant in 2525, various Insurrectionist cells would find themselves cooperating with the UNSC in several engagements where it became practical for both sides to abandon their disputes for the sake of their survival against this new threat. In 2525, one such cell of the United Rebel Front based on Alpha Corvi II was confronted by a four-man team of SPARTAN supersoldiers known as Blue Team when the Covenant attacked the colony in search of Forerunner artifacts. From their primary base at Black Reef the rebels, commanded by Captain Whitaker fought a costly ground action against the Covenant when the Spartans encountered the rebels and negotiated an alliance in order to repel the invasion. Despite lingering hostilities, the URF forces supported the Spartans in their mission and killed many Covenant soldiers despite being hopelessly outmanned and outgunned. Despite the success of the operation, Black Reef soon fell to the Covenant and Blue Team was ordered to evacuate. The UNSC High Command however had given no priority to the survival of the rebel forces who had aided the Spartans, and left them to find their own means of escape despite the protests of Blue Team. All United Rebel Front soldiers were eventually killed and the UNSC abandoned the colony.[10][11][12]

In March of 2526, the URF's General Harper Garvin organised a conference with several other independent insurrectionist factions to meet aboard the Bellicose, in the Little Nelek Nebula. Among the attendees included the Gao Liberation Force, Venezian Militia, Biko Independence Army, Freedom League, Secessionist Union and People's Occupation. During the conference, Garvin confirmed for the rebels that the rumours of the alien threat were true, and that the UNSC were now pitched in an interstellar conflict against a greater force. The various leaders agreed to join forces with the URF and attempt to negotiate a truce with the Covenant, in exchange for helping in the conflict against the UNSC.[13] URF operatives were dispatched to Amasa in an attempt to meet with the Covenant scouts on the planet, who in turn relayed the Insurrectionist message to the fleetmaster in charge of the invasion. Nizat, in turn, decided to use this opportunity to gain information from the rebels, though fully intended to wipe them out regardless.[14]

In preparation for the meeting, the combined insurrectionist task force set up an outpost on Seoba, the moon of Biko. The outpost was located in an old abandoned ice quarry, and armed with hundreds of soldiers, several Civet ATVs and a handful of M41 anti-air guns. This outpost was ultimately attacked by the UNSC's Task Force Yama, who had picked the same site as a staging area for their Operation: SILENT STORM - unaware of the rebel presence in the area.[15] The 21st Space Assault Battalion was ultimately able to subdue the rebels, capturing over three hundred - including General Garvin - alive. The prisoners were loaded onto the transport Emmeline, though in the chaos of the ensuing Battle of Biko the transport was intercepted by Tel 'Szatulai.[16] During the meeting, General Garvin provided Tel with schematics for the MJOLNIR Mark IV armour.[17]

By 2531, the United Rebel Front's operations had been disrupted by Blue Team, who had resumed their campaign against the Insurrectionist faction even as they continued to engage the Covenant. The team disrupted URF operations including Station Jefferson, the destroyer Origami, a saboteur cell on Reach, an incident in Micronesia, and a high-explosives manufacturing facility at an unspecified location.[3] In response, the rebels gathered three stolen FENRIS Nuclear Warheads at Camp New Hope in a way so sloppy that the Office of Naval Intelligence easily noticed, then contacted the UNSC and offered to trade the nukes in exchange for medicine for their people suffering from Boren's Syndrome. They then set a trap for Blue Team, whom they anticipated would be sent. During Operation: SMOKING ACES, the rebels successfully ambushed John-117, Frederic-104, Kelly-087 and Linda-058 by using an antigravity plate. However, the rebels were unaware of the presence of a fifth SPARTAN; a new addition to the team, Kurt-051, who had avoided the trap. Kurt was able to free the other members of Blue Team and they then retreated from the camp with the recovered warheads before the camp could launch a proper counterattack. General Howard Graves was killed in the process.

In 2552, the Spartans returned to the belt aboard UNSC Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice hybrid vessel to make repairs. Governor Jacob Jiles was the leader of the rebels at that time. Jiles engaged in a brief "showdown" with UNSC Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb, in which Whitcomb threatened to fire Ascendant Justice's plasma cannons, while Jiles claimed to aim nuclear weapons at Ascendant Justice. The two soon revealed to one another that all but one of Whitcomb's plasma cannons were nonfunctional and that Jiles' nukes were fake. Suddenly, a Covenant cruiser that had followed the trail of the vessel appeared in the system. After a short fight, the Covenant ship was destroyed after dealing severe damage to the Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice. Several days later, three dozen Covenant vessels appeared in the system, forcing the Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice to retreat. The Covenant then eradicated the base entirely. The Eridanus rebels were massacred in the process.[18]

Post-war resurgence[edit]

Even after the Human-Covenant War, the United Rebel Front was still a formidable force. After the war, they had multiple planets under their control, Talitsa and Terceira being a known two. SPARTAN-IVs were sent to these two planets, to conduct raids, with widespread use of the WETWORK-class Mjolnir in the former,[19] and to help reclaim the latter.[20]

In 2554, the United Rebel Front launched an invasion of the newly resettled colony of Draco III, occupying the capital city of New Albany and establishing themselves in the capital building. The UNSC immediately responded to the threat, deploying ODSTs and a team of SPARTAN-IVs led by Sarah Palmer to eliminate the threat. These URF forces, led by Captain Ingridson attempted to defend their hold on the city, but were swiftly routed by the UNSC who regained control of the city as the surviving URF forces made a last stand in the capital building. One of these ODST squads, Alpha-Nine attempted to corner and overpower Ingridson's forces but one of their members, "the Rookie", was taken hostage during the engagement. In their final stand against the ODSTs and Spartan forces, the URF soldiers were wiped out and Ingridson neutralized, but not before executing the Rookie during Alpha-Nine's attempt to save him. The entire URF force was killed or captured, effectively restoring order to Draco III.

In August 2555, the United Rebel Front had managed to capture the ONI Huragok now known as Vergil and his human handler, Sadie Endesha and held them in one of their strongholds on Talitsa. In response, the UNSC sent SPARTAN-IVs Edward Buck, Michael Crespo and Kojo Agu to rescue them, but Crespo had been colluding with the URF and helped set a trap for the rest of his team. Even though Buck and Agu were captured by a large number of rebels led by Dr. Schein, they ultimately managed to fight off the rebels and the rogue Spartan and successfully rescued Sadie and Vergil.[21]

The Created[edit]

In October 2558, after the Guardians' resurgence and led by Cortana, the Created subjugated some URF sites, including Talitsa and Cassidy III.[22]

Military assets[edit]

The United Rebel Front has a highly organized intelligence division and a far-flung network of facilities, comprised of a network of different rebel movements, such as the Eridanus rebels. They have commanded facilities across human-controlled space, including Eridanus Secundus, Camp New Hope on planet Victoria, and Station Jefferson, which was located in the asteroid belt of Eridanus. They also had a high explosives manufacturing facility, operations of an unknown kind on Micronesia, and a saboteur cell on Reach. All these operations were shut down by the Spartans of Blue Team.[3]

Camp New Hope had an impressive security system, even by Spartan standards: motion and seismic sensors, a triple layering of guards, trained dogs and overhead MAKO drones.[3]

They also have a number of arms, ranging from military grade MAKO drones and FENRIS nuclear warheads to Archer missiles and .30 caliber "Confetti Maker" machine guns.[23] They used Parabola-class freighters such as the Laden, to ship diverse equipment, resources, and weapons from planet systems to their base. They even managed to acquire the destroyer Origami.[3] Graves' rebel cell also made use of a jury-rigged Warthog armored personnel carrier.[3]

They possess some "old technology that never panned out", such as the antigravity plate Graves' cell used to fool the SPARTANs' armor systems into thinking they were in a 10 G environment, temporarily giving them decompression sickness, otherwise known as "the bends."[3]

The Eridanus-based rebels utilized numerous vessels, including upgraded Pelican dropships, Mako-class corvettes, and Chiroptera-class subprowler as an improvised fleet. They had at least a hundred such vessels in their fleet at any time. Two Laden-class freighters were also used as part of their improvised fleet, being used to tow the damaged hybrid vessel Gettysburg/Ascendant Justice back to Eridanus Secundus. They received almost everything in their armament and ships from pirating other vessels, including both civilian merchant vessels and UNSC warships.[24]

Their ability to infiltrate the UNSC ranks caused the UNSC to keep a small orbital force in the system to respond to rebel attacks. Another reason for their success was their location, which was extremely difficult and time-consuming to discover and was easily defended against even medium-scale assaults.

Units[edit]

Individual ships[edit]

Production note[edit]

The usage of the term "United Rebel Front" in official media results from a widespread misinterpretation originally appearing on Halopedia. The term was never used as a proper name in official material before its erroneous adoption by this wiki; this is because article titles on Halopedia were once capitalized as if they were proper nouns (e.g. "UNSC Carrier"). This misunderstanding was carried over to the Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), a sizable portion of which was derived from this wiki. For example, the rebel destroyer Origami is referred to as the "URF Origami"; Halopedia had formerly titled the article as such, but the ship is only referred to as the Origami in the original source.

The origin of this misconception is a singular reference to a "united rebel front" in Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (p. 37), in which the lowercase lettering indicates the term is simply a descriptor used to refer to the nature of the Insurrectionists in question as opposed to being a proper name of a group. Years later, Colonel Robert Watts' biography on Halo Waypoint clarified that although the name began as a simple descriptor (as used in Ghosts of Onyx) it was adopted by many insurgents as a badge of honor, hence the treatment of "United Rebel Front" as a proper name in newer media.[5]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo Mythos, page 55
  2. ^ Halo: New Blood, Preview
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 1
  4. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), pages 44-45 (2011)
  5. ^ a b c d Halo Waypoint, Colonel Watts (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
  6. ^ Halo: Evolutions, "Dirt", page 109
  7. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 96-98 (2010)
  8. ^ Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp, issue 2
  9. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 76-77
  10. ^ Halo: Collateral Damage, issue 1
  11. ^ Halo: Collateral Damage, issue 2
  12. ^ Halo: Collateral Damage, issue 3
  13. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 6
  14. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 9
  15. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 7
  16. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 13
  17. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 18
  18. ^ Halo: First Strike
  19. ^ Halo 4, Wetwork armour description
  20. ^ Halo 4, Oceanic armour description
  21. ^ Halo: New Blood, chapter 17
  22. ^ Halo: Bad Blood, chapter 14
  23. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 31
  24. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 254

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