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<center>''Were you looking for the [[Kestrel]], a deleted UNSC aircraft?''</center> | <center>''Were you looking for the [[Kestrel]], a deleted UNSC aircraft?''</center> | ||
The '''Kestrel''' was an independent freighter used by [[Rubble]] council member [[Peter Bonifacio]]. | The '''''Kestrel''''' was an independent freighter used by the [[Rubble]] council member, [[Peter Bonifacio]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The ''Kestrel'' had smuggled [[Sweet William Cigars]] from the [[UNSC]] colony world [[Charybdis IX]], and | The ''Kestrel'' had smuggled [[Sweet William Cigars]] from the [[UNSC]] colony world [[Charybdis IX]], and afterward smuggled altered [[Covenant]] weapons to [[Insurrectionist]]s on Charybdis IX.<ref>''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''</ref> | ||
Eventually, the [[UNSC]] [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] discovered the Covenant weapons smuggling, which was a huge breach of the [[Cole Protocol]]. In response, an operation tasked with discovering the source of the Covenant weapons and halting the [[Scyllion Warehouse District Riot|riots]] on Charybdis IX was authorized. A number of undercover ONI agents were sent in to spy on the rioters, [[Corinthia Hansen]] being one of them, and the [[UNSC Light Frigate]] {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}} was dispatched shortly after. The ONI spies had discovered that the leader of the rioters, [[Jason Kincaide]], had gotten the Covenant weapons from the ''Kestrel''. After the riots were broken up, the Covenant arrived, following the smuggled weapons, and [[Battle of Charybdis IX|attacked]] Charybdis IX. | Eventually, the [[UNSC]] [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] discovered the Covenant weapons smuggling, which was a huge breach of the [[Cole Protocol]]. In response, an operation tasked with discovering the source of the Covenant weapons and halting the [[Scyllion Warehouse District Riot|riots]] on Charybdis IX was authorized. A number of undercover ONI agents were sent in to spy on the rioters, [[Corinthia Hansen]] being one of them, and the [[UNSC Light Frigate]] {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}} was dispatched shortly after. The ONI spies had discovered that the leader of the rioters, [[Jason Kincaide]], had gotten the Covenant weapons from the ''Kestrel''. After the riots were broken up, the Covenant arrived, following the smuggled weapons, and [[Battle of Charybdis IX|attacked]] Charybdis IX. | ||
