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{{Quote|I didn't see a sympathetic resistance. These weren’t my people. I saw blood lust. Groups responsible for attacks on civilians. Half the people here were mercenaries. No one seemed to stand for anything, except vengeance; “From fire to blood.” Any banner you wanna fly to justify crushing skulls. This was the opposite of everything I had fought for as FERO.|[[Maya Sankar]] regarding the NCA troops on [[Conrad's Point]]; a stark contrast from her attempts to channel the insurrection in a more peaceful direction.{{Ref/Reuse|s2e2}}}} | |||
[[File:HI - InnieProwler.jpg|thumb|250px|The NCA's prowler emerging from stealth to retrieve Ilsa Zane from space.]] | [[File:HI - InnieProwler.jpg|thumb|250px|The NCA's prowler emerging from stealth to retrieve Ilsa Zane from space.]] | ||
Right from its earliest days, the NCA have employed a vast array of military assets to achieve their objectives. For the most part, these have consisted of materiel stolen from the UNSC, with some small amounts of equipment of Covenant origin here and there. During the 2553 raid on UNSC ''Infinity'', the NCA utilised a [[prowler]] of [[Unidentified prowler class|unidentified class]] to retrieve Ilsa Zane after she was ejected from one of ''Infinity''{{'}}s airlocks.{{Ref/Reuse|HI3}} In this raid, the NCA's operatives also used an {{Class|Ibis|freighter}} to board the carrier.{{Ref/Reuse|HI2}} | Right from its earliest days, the NCA have employed a vast array of military assets to achieve their objectives. For the most part, these have consisted of materiel stolen from the UNSC, with some small amounts of equipment of Covenant origin here and there. During the 2553 raid on UNSC ''Infinity'', the NCA utilised a [[prowler]] of [[Unidentified prowler class|unidentified class]] to retrieve Ilsa Zane after she was ejected from one of ''Infinity''{{'}}s airlocks.{{Ref/Reuse|HI3}} In this raid, the NCA's operatives also used an {{Class|Ibis|freighter}} to board the carrier.{{Ref/Reuse|HI2}} | ||
As the NCA's power and prestige grew, they were able to corrall the support of thousands of followers.{{Ref/Reuse|HtTS1E9}} This included defecting [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IVs]] [[Vladimir Scruggs]] and Ilsa Zane, with the latter used to train and instruct the various alied [[insurrectionist]] militias and mercenary organisations that worked alongside the NCA.{{Ref/Reuse|CFZane}} The NCA's support of regional militias like that of the Surakans on Carrow demonstrated the depth of the NCA's stockpiles, with the organisation capable of supplying [[Warthog]]s, [[M313 Elephant|Elephants]], [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelicans]], ad [[AV-22 Sparrowhawk|Sparrowhawks]] to the militia (among other weapons, vehicles, and munitions).{{Ref/Reuse|Env4}}{{Ref/Reuse|Env9}}{{Ref/Reuse|Env13}}{{Ref/Reuse|Env21}} | As the NCA's power and prestige grew, they were able to corrall the support of thousands of followers.{{Ref/Reuse|HtTS1E9}} This included defecting [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IVs]] [[Vladimir Scruggs]] and Ilsa Zane, with the latter used to train and instruct the various alied [[insurrectionist]] militias and mercenary organisations that worked alongside the NCA.{{Ref/Reuse|CFZane}} The NCA's support of regional militias like that of the Surakans on Carrow demonstrated the depth of the NCA's stockpiles, with the organisation capable of supplying [[Warthog]]s, [[M313 Elephant|Elephants]], [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelicans]], ad [[AV-22 Sparrowhawk|Sparrowhawks]] to the militia (among other weapons, vehicles, and munitions).{{Ref/Reuse|Env4}}{{Ref/Reuse|Env9}}{{Ref/Reuse|Env13}}{{Ref/Reuse|Env21}} Much of the NCA's regular personnel consisted of disaffected colonists with grudges against the UNSC - and considered by [[Maya Sankar]] to represent the more extreme end of the insurrectionist spectrum. Groups working within the NCA included mercenaries and partisans known for attacks on [[civilian]] targets - with no common uniting thread except vengeance - something symbolised in the common saying "from fire to blood".{{Ref/Audio|Id=s2e2|HtT|Episode=Episode 02: From Fire to Blood}} | ||
By [[2559#May|May 9, 2559]], the NCA's forces included over 24 [[UNSC frigate|light frigates]], [[UNSC corvette|corvettes]], and converted merchant trawlers alongside the remnants of Vata 'Gajat's mercenaries and an ex-Covenant space station in the [[Edolas system]], with further agents and fleets spread across the human colonies as the New Colonial Alliance grew large enough to bring war to the UNSC. At this time, the NCA's flagship was [[NCA D'artagnan|NCA ''D'artagnan'']], commanded by Drake himself.{{Ref/Reuse|T3L}} | By [[2559#May|May 9, 2559]], the NCA's forces included over 24 [[UNSC frigate|light frigates]], [[UNSC corvette|corvettes]], and converted merchant trawlers alongside the remnants of Vata 'Gajat's mercenaries and an ex-Covenant space station in the [[Edolas system]], with further agents and fleets spread across the human colonies as the New Colonial Alliance grew large enough to bring war to the UNSC. At this time, the NCA's flagship was [[NCA D'artagnan|NCA ''D'artagnan'']], commanded by Drake himself.{{Ref/Reuse|T3L}} | ||