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The '''Insurrection'''<ref>''Halo: Contact Harvest''</ref> is the proper name given to a civil war fought between Earth's primary fighting, scientific, and exploratory agency, the [[United Nations Space Command]] and [[United Rebel Front|various loosely organised]] [[Insurrectionist|groups of rebels]] over control of the [[Outer Colonies]], between the 2490's and the 2530's. Originally confined to [[Epsilon Eridani System|Epsilon Eridani]] and the [[Eridanus System]], by 2530 it had spread to several other systems.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''</ref>

Originally, the breakaway movements started as disquiet against the Colonial Administration's oversight of the Outer Colonies, with the colonists tired of the organisation's bureaucracy. Starting as peaceful protests, after years of frustrating negotiations some groups began to use more forceful methods, eventually abandoning diplomacy in favor of terrorist tactics. What had once been widespread support for the Insurrectionists quickly dried up at the outbreak of violence. Though they started out targeting only military and Colonial Administration targets, as the UNSC counterinsurgency operations began more and more innocent people were caught in the crossfire.<ref>''Halo: Contact Harvest'', pg. 61</ref>