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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>}}

'''[[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 ~~[[United Rebel Front]]~~, chiefly ~~its~~ cell in the [[Eridanus system]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 27''</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 Insurrectionists, chiefly their cell in the [[Eridanus system]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 27''</ref>

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Formerly an officer of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]], Colonel Watts betrayed his commanders in [[2512]], abandoning the military and joining the Eridanus rebels. He led an insurrection in the [[Eridanus system]], which lasted for a number of years with himself serving as supreme commander.<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> However, in May 2513, Watt's 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 ~~[[United Rebel Front]]~~, 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>

While the specific site of the stronghold was remained relatively hidden from the UNSC, it was known for some time before 2525 that it was ''somewhere'' in the asteroid field. This all changed when one of his men was captured and offered the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] information, presumably in exchange for his survival. What ONI learned was that the insurrectionists were being supplied by independent [[freighter]]s, of which the ''[[Laden]]'' was one such vessel. Still unaware of the asteroid's location, making a naval operation impractical, it was decided that the SPARTAN-IIs should perform the operation as their first mission. Their mission was simple: find Colonel Watts and bring him back for trial.

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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>}}
-'''[[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 [[United Rebel Front]], chiefly its cell in the [[Eridanus system]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 27''</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 Insurrectionists, chiefly their cell in the [[Eridanus system]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 27''</ref>
 ==Biography==
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 Formerly an officer of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]], Colonel Watts betrayed his commanders in [[2512]], abandoning the military and joining the Eridanus rebels. He led an insurrection in the [[Eridanus system]], which lasted for a number of years with himself serving as supreme commander.<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> However, in May 2513, Watt's 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 [[United Rebel Front]], 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>
 While the specific site of the stronghold was remained relatively hidden from the UNSC, it was known for some time before 2525 that it was ''somewhere'' in the asteroid field. This all changed when one of his men was captured and offered the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] information, presumably in exchange for his survival. What ONI learned was that the insurrectionists were being supplied by independent [[freighter]]s, of which the ''[[Laden]]'' was one such vessel. Still unaware of the asteroid's location, making a naval operation impractical, it was decided that the SPARTAN-IIs should perform the operation as their first mission. Their mission was simple: find Colonel Watts and bring him back for trial.