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{{Quote|Don't be spoiled, don't start a fight. Always be careful, here at night. Because the Spartans might come, in suits that weigh half a ton. And they'll steal from you all you gots, just like they did from Colonel Watts.|Insurrectionist children's rhyme<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 69''</ref>}} | {{Quote|Don't be spoiled, don't start a fight. Always be careful, here at night. Because the Spartans might come, in suits that weigh half a ton. And they'll steal from you all you gots, just like they did from Colonel Watts.|Insurrectionist children's rhyme<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 69''</ref>}} | ||
'''[[Colonel]] Robert Watts''', known as "that bastard" by most [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] personnel,<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 112''</ref> was a human [[Insurrectionist]]. He was the original leader of the | '''[[Colonel]] Robert Watts''', known as "that bastard" by most [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] personnel,<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 112''</ref> was a human [[Insurrectionist]]. He was the original leader of the Insurrectionist cell in the [[Eridanus system]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 27''</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
[[File:Robert_Watts.jpg|left|thumb|Watts in 2513.]] | [[File:Robert_Watts.jpg|left|thumb|Watts in 2513.]] | ||
Formerly an officer of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]], Colonel Watts defected to the Insurrectionist movement in the late 25th century. He served as the supreme commander of the Insurrectionist cell in the [[Eridanus system]] for three decades.<ref group="notes">This is evident in issue #1 of ''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp'', where he coordinates fleet movements despite having served in the UNSC Marine Corps</ref> Watts orchestrated a major takeover attempt of the Eridanus Government in [[2494]], prompting the UNSC to respond with a major offensive dubbed [[Operation: CHARLEMAGNE]] two years later.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''pages 44-45''</ref> | |||
However, in May 2513, Watts' men were met by a massive fleet initially reported as over one hundred ships entered the system at the start of the wide-spread interstellar, anti-insurrectionist operation, "[[Operation: TREBUCHET|TREBUCHET]]". Ordering the mass-exodus of insurrectionist forces, knowing their survival in battle to be impossible, Watts was taken by Pelican to the ''[[Iliad]]'', a captured [[UNSC frigate]], which he used as a command post as he coordinated both the resistance and evacuation. His experience proved very useful when he had the ''Iliad'' use towing cables to pull a UNSC ship apart before exiting orbit via slipspace.<ref>''Halo: Fall of Reach: Boot Camp'', issue #1</ref> | |||
The rebels kept a presence in the Eridanus system, however, though not present on Eridanis II to an official capacity, instead living and operating inside the hollowed-out asteroid ''[[Eridanus Secundus]]''. Their activities outside of the asteroid field were minor, though Watts, now governor of the stronghold as a representative of the Insurrectionists, personally took part in 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]] the ship and commandeer, allowing supplies to be looted in the safety of the asteroid field.<ref>''Halo: Fall of Reach: Boot Camp'', issue #2</ref> | The rebels kept a presence in the Eridanus system, however, though not present on Eridanis II to an official capacity, instead living and operating inside the hollowed-out asteroid ''[[Eridanus Secundus]]''. Their activities outside of the asteroid field were minor, though Watts, now governor of the stronghold as a representative of the Insurrectionists, personally took part in 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]] the ship and commandeer, allowing supplies to be looted in the safety of the asteroid field.<ref>''Halo: Fall of Reach: Boot Camp'', issue #2</ref> | ||
