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In response, when the {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}} {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}} attempted to search the freighter ''[[Finnegan's Wake]]'' and enforce the Cole Protocol, Insurrectionists aboard the freighter laid a trap for the boarding [[ODST]]s with the intention of using the freighter itself, rigged with explosives, as a bomb to destroy the ''Midsummer Night''. Thanks to the quick thinking of [[Lieutenant]] [[Jacob Keyes]], the plot was foiled though the ODSTs suffered heavy casualties in the initial attack.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 50-61''</ref> A single Insurrectionist was captured alive and interrogated by Watanabe, but didn't know much beyond the details of the ambush due to the Insurrectionists' cell tactics.<ref name="HCP98" /> | In response, when the {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}} {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}} attempted to search the freighter ''[[Finnegan's Wake]]'' and enforce the Cole Protocol, Insurrectionists aboard the freighter laid a trap for the boarding [[ODST]]s with the intention of using the freighter itself, rigged with explosives, as a bomb to destroy the ''Midsummer Night''. Thanks to the quick thinking of [[Lieutenant]] [[Jacob Keyes]], the plot was foiled though the ODSTs suffered heavy casualties in the initial attack.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 50-61''</ref> A single Insurrectionist was captured alive and interrogated by Watanabe, but didn't know much beyond the details of the ambush due to the Insurrectionists' cell tactics.<ref name="HCP98" /> | ||
====Charybdis IX | ====Weapons Smuggling and Charybdis IX==== | ||
During the war, Insurrectionists operating out of [[the Rubble]] asteroid colony, particularly [[Peter Bonifacio]], traded Covenant weapons they got from the [[Kig-Yar]] [[Reth]] to their compatriots in the Colonies. Unbeknownst to the Insurrectionists, these weapons were tampered with to be traceable as part of the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s plan to locate and destroy humanity quickly. While recovering from being captured and tortured, [[Major]] [[Akio Watanabe]] becomes aware of this while working for a branch of [[ONI]] dedicated to data gathering and analysis. With the implementation of the [[Cole Protocol]], stopping this becomes a priority. | |||
After learning of efforts to stealth the {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}} {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}}, a deal was made between the UNSC Navy and ONI for ONI to help stealth the ship in exchange for helping Watanabe stop the Insurrectionists from selling Covenant weaponry in the Colonies which, under the Cole Protocol, was an act of treason due to the danger of such weapons leading to the Colonies. A slow freighter carrying over four thousand Covenant weapons was intercepted on its way to [[Charybdis IX]] and seized by ONI agents led by [[Captain]] [[Corinthia Hansen]], leading to an opportunity to discover the responsible parties behind the Covenant weaponry.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 99-101''</ref> Posing as the crew of the Insurrectionist freighter, ONI agents led by Hansen attempted to perform a sting operation, meeting with known Insurrectionist [[Jason Kincaide]]. However, a riotous mob in the area forced ONI to cut its operation short and arrest Kincaide and his two henchmen but they came under attack by RPGs, stopping their escape.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 105-114''</ref> | |||
Kincaide and his Insurrectionists stirred up the rioters, forcing the ONI agents and [[Lieutenant]] [[Jacob Keyes]] to retreat into a nearby warehouse while Keyes called [[Petty Officer]] [[Jeffries]] for a hot extraction, but Jeffries and [[Pelican 019]] were shot down by RPGs, forcing Watanabe, Hansen and Keyes to hold out for twenty minutes until [[ODST]]s from the ''Midsummer Night'' could arrive as backup. During that time, Kincaide led an attack on the roof using a firetruck ladder. Though Kincaide was able to kill Watanabe, he was killed in return by Keyes with his own plasma rifle and Keyes used the destruction of the ladder and Kincaide's body to force the rioters to rethink their actions. The arrival of ODSTs led by [[Major]] [[Faison]] shortly thereafter caused the rioters to flee while two ODST snipers killed the Insurrectionists armed with RPGs, bringing the crisis to an end.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 122-134''</ref> | |||
After escaping, Hansen revealed that Kincaide had been so desperate to stop them because he'd told her the name of the next ship delivering Covenant weapons, the ''[[Kestrel]]''. However, they received news that a [[Covenant]] fleet was on its way to [[Battle of Charybdis IX|destroy the planet]]. Hansen ordered the ''Midsummer Night'' to follow up on the ''Kestrel'' rather than attempt to aid in the planetary defense.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 135-137''</ref> At the same time, the [[Prophet of Regret]] learned of the modified weapons, not knowing of the Prophet of Truth's role in their creation and distribution. Having learned of where they came from, the Prophet of Regret pulled [[Shipmaster]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]] from taking part in the destruction of Charybdis to travel to the [[23 Librae system]] and hunt down the source of the weapons.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 145-148''</ref> | |||
====Massacre at Eridanus Secundus==== | ====Massacre at Eridanus Secundus==== | ||