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As the fighting spread, the Outer Colonies became a battleground between the [[UNSC Navy]] and the rebels' makeshift fleets. In June [[2501]], an insurgent captured [[UNSC frigate]], the ''[[Bellicose|Bellerophon]]'', was pursued for the third time by the {{UNSCShip|Gorgon}}, commanded by [[Preston Cole]], into the [[Theta Ursae Majoris system]]. After a chase and battle, in which the ''Bellerophon'' managed to dodge a MAC round using excellent tactics, the ''Gorgon'' was contacted by the ''Bellerophon'', renamed the ''Bellicose''. A short exchange of taunting messages followed, and then Cole let the ''Bellicose'' escape. After laying traps in five systems over a course of three months, Cole had yet to find the captured ship. Following this, the [[Skirmish at Capella]] would take place.{{Ref/Reuse|impossible}}

Several months later, Cole was married to [[Lyrenne Castilla]], who was also pregnant. In June of [[2503]], eight months after Cole's marriage to Castilla, Admiral [[Harold Stanforth]] sent Cole a transmission telling him that ONI uncovered the civilian identity of the captain of the ''Bellicose'' - Lyrenne Castilla, spying on Cole. Cole went to confirm this, and found that Castilla had robbed him of everything, leaving only a printout of the exchange they had between the ''Bellicose'' and ''Gorgon''. In January of the next year, four destroyers engaged the ''Bellicose'' in the Theta Ursae Majoris system, and reported that the ship was caught in the gravitational pull of the gas giant, and destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|impossible}}

As the Covenant did not delineate human allegiances, they would end up wiping out the [[Galodew Emancipation]] base on [[Redstow VI]] along with other colony worlds.{{Ref/Novel|Id=silent6|SS|Chapter=6}} By [[2526]], insurrectionist elements of the [[Bandusa Insurrectionist group]] were operating on [[Mars]]<ref name="fud1">'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Episode 1''</ref> and the URF had at least one spy within UNSC [[FLEETCOM]]. SPARTAN-IIs were also conducting operations against insurrectionist forces on [[Jericho VII]].{{Ref/Reuse|silent6}} The first instance the Spartan-II program would be used to openly put down rebellion would be on [[Andesia]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/art-showcase|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo 5 Art Showcase|D=8|M=11|Y=2020}} The [[10th Shock Troops Battalion]] during this time would also be deployed to Jericho VII, Arcadia, and then Andesia.{{Ref/Reuse|fud1}}

On [[2526#March|March 12, 2526]], various insurrectionist factions met together on the frigate ''Bellicose'' to discuss the UNSC and the Covenant. The insurrectionists, unaware of the Covenant's genocidal mission, would devise a plan to try and negotiate an alliance with the Covenant, with the ultimate goal of using it to help liberate insurrectionist colonies.{{Ref/Reuse|silent6}} The Covenant would be contacted by the URF at [[Amasa]] and agree to the temporary alliance in order to hopefully discover more colonies.{{Ref/Novel|SS|Chapter=9}} 11 days later, an insurrectionist bombing would take place in [[Troisi City]] on [[Lodestone]].{{Ref/Reuse|fud1}}