Insurrectionist

Insurrectionists
Overview
Notable groups:	United Rebel Front Freedom and Liberation Party Secessionist Union New Colonial Alliance
Societal overview
Major bases:	Eridanus Secundus Camp New Hope The Rubble Venezia
Notable individuals:	Jerald Mulkey Ander Peter Bonifacio Badia Campbell Lyrenne Castilla Diego Esquival Howard Graves Jacob Jiles Jason Kincaide Partch Robert Watts Soren-066 Staffan Sentzke Ilsa Zane Mattius Drake Peter Moritz Daniel Clayton Whitaker

The Insurrectionists, also known as insurgents, and rebels, are groups of human individuals devoted to complete liberation from the influence of the Unified Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command. They were the UNSC's main enemy during the Insurrection, an undeclared civil war between the UNSC and the numerous Insurrectionist movements across human-controlled space which took place predominantly before the Human-Covenant War, although sporadic conflicts between the two sides have continued since. Some Insurrectionist cells have formed more complex alliances or factions, including the United Rebel Front. They are commonly called Innies: this is an ironic name, as they actually "want out." Insurrectionists are sometimes also referred to as separatists, although there is some distinction between the two terms.

Most Insurrectionists originated as disgruntled Outer Colony citizens who perceived the Unified Earth Government as a draconian oppressor and did not believe in advancing their cause through diplomacy. However, a portion of Insurrectionists were also former UNSC and CMA defectors; the entire leadership of the United Rebel Front was comprised of ex-UNSC generals, and the rebels had connections across the UNSC, including FLEETCOM. In addition to those who sincerely believed in their cause of liberation, the movement also attracted a number of opportunists and mercenaries who joined them for monetary gain.

Different groups of rebels used a variety of tactics to combat the UNSC, ranging from using sabotaged and suborned industrial automata to ship-to-ship combat. Some factions, including the Freedom and Liberation Party and assorted groups at Epsilon Eridani, resorted to terrorism, striking targets with explosives to sow fear and chaos in the region. Meanwhile, Lyrenne Castilla's group focused on space combat, capturing UNSC warships, such as the corvette Callisto and the frigate Bellicose, and turning them against the UNSC Navy in bloody ship-to-ship duels throughout the Outer Colonies. One tactic among Insurrectionist ground forces was to use performance-enhancing chemicals known as Rumbledrugs that radically increased the subject's physical strength and pain tolerance, but would also cause irreversible physiological damage that would kill the user shortly after. Notably, they were used to combat the Spartans due to the temporary superhuman strength they granted.

The Insurrectionists, in particular the United Rebel Front, had highly organized intelligence divisions and a far-flung network of facilities, comprised of a network of different rebel movements, such as the cell at Eridanus. They have commanded facilities across human-controlled space, including Eridanus Secundus and Station Jefferson in the Eridanus asteroid belt as well as Camp New Hope on planet Victoria. They also had a high explosives manufacturing facility, operations on Micronesia, and a saboteur cell on Reach. All these operations were shut down by the Spartans of Blue Team. The Insurrectionists possess a multitude of warships and many operate entire fleets. Their most prominent fleet, a ragtag collection of ships commanded by Lyrenne Castilla, would continue to exist well into the Human-Covenant War and unexpectedly aid Admiral Cole in the Battle of Psi Serpentis.

Public opinion on the Insurrectionists ranged from sympathetic to adverse; there were also some—such as Jorge-052—who supported the notion of colonial autonomy while strongly condemning Insurrectionist violence. UNSC propaganda and ardent supporters of the central government underlined the unity of humankind as a whole, casting the Insurrectionists as freeloaders unwilling to contribute to the common good. HIGHCOM, along with some proponents of the UNSC, maintained the view presented by Dr. Elias Carver in the Carver Findings; that peace in the colonies could only be achieved through military intervention. Meanwhile, many civilians on Earth and the Inner Colonies, themselves away from the violence, believed that the UEG could have ended the war by meeting the Insurrectionists' demands and giving them their independence. Both the ORION Project and the SPARTAN-II program were created by the UNSC in response to the Insurrectionists, with the intent of producing supersoldiers to pacify the colonies by way of using low-profile special forces to eliminate the rebel leadership in accordance with the suggestions of Dr. Carver.

Biography

Pre-Human-Covenant War

An insurrectionist armed with an M7 SMG.

Main article: Insurrection

Most Insurrectionist movements stirred in the Outer Colonies, with the war starting in the year 2494, where many colonists started to demand independence from both the United Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command. Many citizens of the Outer Colonies considered the Earth government to be oppressive and imperialistic, partly due to their having to pay taxes to the Inner Colonies and general opinion that the Earth did not represent them. Over the next two decades, the fighting spread to some of the Inner Colonies, particularly the Epsilon Eridani system, the heart of the UNSC military.

Around 2511, the rebels based in the Eridanus system had overthrown the colonial government of Eridanus II and largely controlled all activities within the system. The UNSC responded harshly, seeking to put down the rebellion forcibly. Also in 2511, a major insurrectionist terrorist attack occurred on Mamore, when rebels detonated a nuclear device in the Haven arcology, killing two million people and injuring 8.3 million.

Starting in 2513, Operation: TREBUCHET was one of the largest and farthest reaching operations ever conducted in UNSC military history. It was devised in order to rid UNSC-controlled space of the insurrectionists once and for all. In 2513, a space battle occurred between the Eridanus rebels and the UNSC as part of Operation: TREBUCHET. During the battle, the UNSC achieved a Pyrrhic victory with the loss of four destroyers. However, elements of the rebellion escaped into the nearby Eridanus asteroid belt and established a major base of operations there.

In 2525, the Office of Naval Intelligence reported that it had uncovered a breach within UNSC Fleet Command: there were several spies for the Insurrectionists within FLEETCOM. They had also discovered that the rebels were led by Colonel Robert Watts and that they had connections to the outside world and were being supplied by outside sources such as the cargo freighter Laden. That year, a group of SPARTAN-IIs underwent a covert operation and captured Watts from the very heart of the rebel operations base, the rebel stronghold at Eridanus Secundus, killing many rebel soldiers and civilians who were present at the base.

Human-Covenant War

Main article: Human-Covenant War

Following the beginning of the Human-Covenant War in 2525, Operation: TREBUCHET was promptly abandoned due to the Covenant threat. Despite the common threat for all mankind, many Insurrectionist movements continued to live on, still causing problems for the UNSC and forcing them to fight a two-front war: one against the Covenant and one against the insurrectionists.

Circa 2525-2526, UNSC forces were sent to put down Insurrectionist forces on Jericho VII. ODSTs were deployed on the planet for over 131 days, being dropped on a rebel stronghold at one point. Around the same time, a group of Insurrectionists were engaging UNSC Marines and Spartan-IIs when both sides came under attack by the Covenant; the two groups subsequently fought together against the aliens. That same year, an Insurrectionist cell on Alpha Corvi II led by Captain Whitaker allied themselves with SPARTAN-II Blue Team when the Covenant invaded the planet. Despite this truce, the Spartans' superiors abandoned their rebel allies, resulting in the complete annihilation of the rebels despite their invaluable assistance to the UNSC.

Raid on Camp New Hope

Main article: Operation: SMOKING ACES

By 2531, Insurrectionists had repeatedly had its operations disrupted by a four-man team of Spartan-II supersoldiers known as Blue Team. The team disrupted Insurrectionist operations including Station Jefferson, the destroyer Origami and a saboteur cell on Reach, as well as an incident in Micronesia, and a high-explosives manufacturing facility at an unspecified location.

In response, the rebels gathered together three stolen FENRIS nuclear warheads at Camp New Hope in a way so sloppy that the Office of Naval Intelligence could not help but notice, then contacted the UNSC and offered to trade the nukes in exchange for medicines for their people suffering from Boren's Syndrome. They then set a trap for Blue Team, whom they anticipated would be sent. They successfully ambushed John-117, Frederic-104, Kelly-087 and Linda-058 using an antigravity plate, however were unaware of the presence of a fifth Spartan and new addition to the team, Kurt-051, who had avoided the trap. Kurt was able to free the other members of Blue Team and they then retreated from the camp with the recovered warheads before the camp could launch a proper counterattack. Rebel leader General Howard Graves was killed in the process.

Implementation of the Cole Protocol

Due to the threat of the Covenant finding Earth, Vice Admiral Preston Cole implemented the Cole Protocol to protect Earth and her remaining colonies. As a result, civilian cargo transport was relegated to either finding other arrangements for cargo leaving UNSC protected space or to joining a convoy where their navigation would be handled by UNSC communications AIs while their navigation data had to be wiped out. As a result, due to the fact that the Cole Protocol ended all non-Navy travel, the rebels were predicted to be unable to communicate with or resupply each other. ONI operative Major Akio Watanabe felt that this incidental side effect isolated the Insurrectionists across the Colonies and dealt something of a killing blow to them.

In response, when the Stalwart-class light frigate UNSC Midsummer Night attempted to search the freighter Finnegan's Wake and enforce the Cole Protocol, Insurrectionists aboard the freighter laid a trap for the boarding ODSTs with the intention of using the freighter itself, rigged with explosives, as a bomb to destroy the Midsummer Night. Thanks to the quick thinking of Lieutenant Jacob Keyes, the plot was foiled though the ODSTs suffered heavy casualties in the initial attack. A single Insurrectionist was captured alive and interrogated by Watanabe, but didn't know much beyond the details of the ambush due to the Insurrectionists' cell tactics.

Weapons Smuggling and Charybdis IX

Main article: Scyllion Warehouse District riot

During the war, Insurrectionists operating out of the Rubble asteroid colony, particularly Peter Bonifacio, traded Covenant weapons they got from the Kig-Yar Reth to their compatriots in the Colonies. Unbeknownst to the Insurrectionists, these weapons were tampered with to be traceable as part of the Prophet of Truth's plan to locate and destroy humanity quickly. While recovering from being captured and tortured, Major Akio Watanabe becomes aware of this while working for a branch of ONI dedicated to data gathering and analysis. With the implementation of the Cole Protocol, stopping this becomes a priority.

After learning of efforts to stealth the Stalwart-class light frigate UNSC Midsummer Night, a deal was made between the UNSC Navy and ONI for ONI to help stealth the ship in exchange for helping Watanabe stop the Insurrectionists from selling Covenant weaponry in the Colonies which, under the Cole Protocol, was an act of treason due to the danger of such weapons leading to the Colonies. A slow freighter carrying over four thousand Covenant weapons was intercepted on its way to Charybdis IX and seized by ONI agents led by Captain Corinthia Hansen, leading to an opportunity to discover the responsible parties behind the Covenant weaponry. Posing as the crew of the Insurrectionist freighter, ONI agents led by Hansen attempted to perform a sting operation, meeting with well-known Insurrectionist Jason Kincaide. However, a riotous mob in the area forced ONI to cut its operation short and arrest Kincaide and his two henchmen but they came under attack by RPGs, stopping their escape.

Kincaide and his Insurrectionists stirred up the rioters, forcing the ONI agents and Lieutenant Jacob Keyes to retreat into a nearby warehouse while Keyes called Petty Officer Jeffries for a hot extraction, but Jeffries and Pelican 019 were shot down by RPGs, forcing Watanabe, Hansen and Keyes to hold out for twenty minutes until ODSTs from the Midsummer Night could arrive as backup. During that time, Kincaide led an attack on the roof using a firetruck ladder. Though Kincaide was able to kill Watanabe, he was killed in return by Keyes with his own plasma rifle and Keyes used the destruction of the ladder and Kincaide's body to force the rioters to rethink their actions. The arrival of ODSTs led by Major Faison shortly thereafter caused the rioters to flee while two ODST snipers killed the Insurrectionists armed with RPGs, bringing the crisis to an end.

After escaping, Hansen revealed that Kincaide had been so desperate to stop them because he'd told her the name of the next ship delivering Covenant weapons, the Kestrel. However, they received news that a Covenant fleet was on its way to destroy the planet. Hansen ordered the Midsummer Night to follow up on the Kestrel rather than attempt to aid in the planetary defense. At the same time, the Prophet of Regret learned of the modified weapons, not knowing of the Prophet of Truth's role in their creation and distribution. Having learned of where they came from, the Prophet of Regret pulled Shipmaster Thel 'Vadamee from taking part in the destruction of Charybdis to travel to the 23 Librae system and hunt down the source of the weapons.

The Rubble

Main article: Battle of the Rubble

While on a mission to seek out and destroy any remaining sources of navigation data behind enemy lines, Spartan-II Gray Team discovered the asteroid habitat known as the Rubble, the source of the smuggled Covenant weapons and discovered that they were trading with a Kig-Yar named Reth for the weapons. Grey Team mainly focused their efforts on retrieving the navigation data protected by Ignatio Delgado, the only source of navigation data left on the Rubble aside from that on the Kestrel's computers and which Peter Bonifacio plotted to sell to the Covenant. At the same time, Thel 'Vadamee discovered the Rubble before his ship was attacked by the Kig-Yar raider A Psalm Every Day and destroyed, leaving Thel and a few other Sangheili to be captured by Reth's forces. However, they managed to escape their prison and learn the extent of Reth's operation. After capturing Reth, Thel and his comrades learned that he was actually working for the Prophet of Truth before Reth escaped with the help of some Unggoy.

By tracking the Kestrel from Charybdis IX, the UNSC Midsummer Night was able to locate the Rubble. However, the ship was sabotaged by Lieutenant Badia Campbell, a bridge crew member who was actually an Insurrection sympathizer who was aware of the Rubble. Campbell sabotaged the ship's engines and after taking a Rumbledrug, attempted to take out the bridge crew. Though she succeeded in mortally wounding Commander Dmitri Zheng, Campbell was stopped from killing everyone by Lieutenant Jacob Keyes and committed suicide. Under attack by the Rubble, Zheng launched and detonated the Midsummer Night's Shiva-class nuclear missiles while Keyes enacted the Cole Protocol and wiped the ship's databases. Before dying, Zheng surrendered to the Rubble while leaving Keyes in command. The crew was taken to the Rubble and given the chance to join the population which many decided to do while Keyes, the bridge crew and others were jailed instead when they refused.

After the Kestrel was fried by Gray Team with an EMP bomb and its navigation databases wiped, Bonafacio set out to get the last of the navigation data from Delgado to hand it over to Reth. After tricking Delgado into leading him to the data on the Distancia, Bonafacio revealed his true colors and shot Diego Esquival before leaving him and Delgado trapped in a broken airlock with communications cut off to die as he took Distancia to meet with Reth. Delgado was able to activate a beacon that Adriana-111 had given him, signaling Grey Team who rescued Delgado with the Petya. With Bonafacio in possession of the data and Kig-Yar ships moving out, Grey Team decided to chase down Distancia while working with the crew of the Midsummer Night to board a Kig-Yar ship with the Rubble's AI Juliana in order to find out the Kig-Yar's plan. Adriana and Michael-120 were successfully able to catch Distancia and retrieve the navigation data, but Bonafacio got away in an escape pod. When the Prophet of Regret's fleet later arrived, Bonafacio was killed when he attempted to surrender to a Covenant cruiser that instead destroyed his escape pod.

After recruiting the imprisoned crew of the Midsummer Night, an invasion was launched upon the Kig-Yar ship Infinite Spoils by Jai-006, Keyes and several ODSTs while Thel attacked at the same time in order to take control of the Infinite Spoils for himself. By plugging Juliana into the ship's systems, Keyes was able to grant her access to the proselytization network and she learned the full extent of the Covenant plans for the Rubble and its inhabitants. Although five ODSTs died, including Faison, the mission was a success while Thel escaped with the Infinite Spoils.

Main article: Battle of Metisette

From the data she stole, Juliana was able to learn about the Redoubt on the nearby moon of Metisette and the army of hundreds of thousands of Unggoy gathered there. Juliana warned the Rubble Security Council which initiated evacuation via the Exodus asteroid while Keyes devised a plan to use the Rubble itself as a weapon to destroy the Redoubt and the Covenant forces there while they were still on the ground. Keyes agreed that if they succeeded, the navigation data would be handed over to the Rubble to be used in their escape. Working together, ODSTs, Jai and Adriana launched from the Midsummer Night to attack the Redoubt and destroy its scanning systems and antiaircraft batteries in order to leave it unable to see the coming attack or shoot down the pieces of the Rubble. The attack was successful and the Redoubt was left blind and defenseless when the Rubble rained down upon it, destroying the Redoubt and killing Reth and the hundreds of thousands of Unggoy gathered there, only leaving alive the limited numbers that had launched before the attack occurred.

After the destruction of the Redoubt, the navigation data was handed over to Exodus while the Rubble Defense Force dealt with the surviving Unggoy who had been sent by Thel who chose to stand off with the Infinite Spoils rather than risk facing the Midsummer Night. With the Exodus lacking the engine power to reach the depths of the galaxy, the Security Council agreed to head to the Inner Colony of Falaknuma escorted by the Midsummer Night where the frigate got a rescue effort moving while the Covenant found two more Colonies to attack through the smuggled weapons. Additionally, bringing the civilians from the Rubble brought an unknown number of Insurrectionists back with them. Over the next few weeks, the Insurrectionists began slipping away from the refugee camps on Falaknuma, something that Commander Hadley of ONI believed would come back to haunt them one day.

Psi Serpentis

During the Battle of Psi Serpentis in 2543, Insurrectionists actually helped Admiral Cole. During the battle, an insurrectionist fleet led by the Bellicose suddenly entered the battle and launched a blitzkrieg-style attack against the Covenant fleet, decimating it, then just as it appeared the insurrectionist fleet jumped right back into slipspace. Ironically, this was the same ship Cole engaged three times earlier in his career.

By 2552, most remaining Insurrectionist factions had ceased active aggression against the UNSC in order to concentrate on surviving the seemingly unstoppable Covenant advance. Still, some rebel movements actively opposed the UNSC on worlds such as Harmony and Reach as late as 2552.

Massacre at Eridanus Secundus

Main article: Massacre at Eridanus Secundus

On September 12, 2552, Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb, Fred, the Master Chief, Cortana, Dr. Halsey, and Lieutenant Haverson, aboard the Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice, returned to the Eridanus asteroid belt aboard the UNSC Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice hybrid vessel to make repairs.

Governor Jacob Jiles was the leader of the rebels at that time. Jiles engaged in a brief "showdown" with UNSC Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb, in which Whitcomb threatened to fire Ascendant Justice's plasma turrets, while Jiles claimed to aim nuclear weapons at Ascendant Justice. The two soon revealed to one another that all but one of Whitcomb's plasma cannons were nonfunctional and that Jiles' nukes were fake. Suddenly, a Covenant cruiser that had followed the trail of the vessel appeared in the system. After a short fight, the Covenant ship was destroyed after dealing severe damage to the Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice. Several days later, three dozen Covenant vessels appeared in the system, forcing the Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice to retreat. The Covenant then eradicated the base entirely. The Eridanus rebels were massacred in the process.

Post-Human-Covenant War

Main article: Post-Covenant War conflicts

After the end of the Human-Covenant War in 2553, many Insurrectionist movements which had ceased their operations during the war began to resurface. Entire colonies under Insurrectionist control had intentionally cut themselves off the UNSC's communications relay network during the war. Despite the UNSC's attempts to broker peace with the surviving Outer Colonies and Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood embarking on a diplomatic mission to discuss reconstruction, entire colonies refused and cut all ties with the UNSC, which, according to them, had abandoned them during the war. After the end of the war, many Insurrectionist cells were also able to acquire copious amounts of Covenant and UNSC weapons and equipment circulating in the black market.

Of particular significance to the reemerging Insurrectionist movement was the colony of Venezia, which had become a nexus for rebel operations during the war, its Insurrectionist government having declared itself sovereign and eliminated the local CAA authorities.

The Wetwork armor, a variant of the MJOLNIR (GEN2) armor, was tested against the United Rebel Front on Talitsa. The Oceanic armor was used against the United Rebel Front as well on Terceira.

Insurrectionist attack on the Infinity

NCA forces on the UNSC Infinity.

Main article: Raid on UNSC Infinity

Of major significance in the post-war era was the rise of the New Colonial Alliance, founded by rogue UNSC Admiral Mattius Drake, which in early 2553 attempted to hijack the newly-commissioned UNSC Infinity. In this attack, former SPARTAN-IV candidate Ilsa Zane and her NCA combatants staged a mutiny on the vessel and managed to briefly seize control of the bridge. The attack was foiled by Spartan forces aboard the Infinity and the boarders were all killed or captured, leading to the UNSC's discovery of the new movement's existence.

Battle of Ealen IV

Main article: Battle of Ealen IV

In March 2558, Captain Daniel Clayton joined Admiral Drake's New Colonial Alliance and sought vengeance on Admiral Hood after discovering he acted as a benefactor throughout his entire career in an attempt to make up for the loss of his father, Captain James Cutter, and the UNSC Spirit of Fire. Having learned of Lord Hood's diplomatic mission to Ealen IV, Captain Clayton leaked intel about the peace talks and employed the help of a Sangheili mercenary, Vata 'Gajat. On March 5, they led an attack on the peace conference. The tide of the battle changed when the delegation reestablished communications with their orbiting fleets and escaped from the planet. Not wanting to risk being identified, Clayton and 'Gajat retreated before the UNSC Infinity and their allied Sangheili and Jiralhanae ships could engage them.

Infinity ambushed

Main article: Ambush at Oth Lodon

After their failed assault on Ealen IV, Captain Clayton lured Admiral Hood and the UNSC Infinity into a trap. They launched a freighter, the Pilgrims Pride, which sent out a distress signal that was later picked up by Infinity. When Infinity arrived in the Artesia-702 system, it found the damaged freighter leaking atomic matter with faint life signs aboard and tugged the ship into one of its deployment bays. An ambush was sprung within the bay when the freighter set itself to self-destruct and multiple UNSC aircraft exited its cargo bay. The attack was repelled and Infinity later discovered the assault crafts used were from the Spirit of Fire. Infinity tracked the freighter's origin to Oth Lodon where it found a Covenant space station operated by NCA forces. Captain Clayton revealed himself and his motives to Lord Hood and fired on Infinity with the station's energy projector. In the battle that followed, Admiral Hood was injured and the Infinity suffered serious casualties among its command crew, but remained operational and deployed its Spartan-IV personnel commanded by Sarah Palmer to retaliate against the NCA assault. The NCA operatives aboard and Captain Clayton himself were quickly incapacitated and captured, but their allies in Vata 'Gajat's mercenary faction were also present and attempted to assault Infinity. This attacked failed when the Spartans used the station's main cannon to destroy 'Gajat's vessel, killing him and subsequently taking the surviving NCA personnel into custody as the damaged Infinity was reinforced by the UNSC.

The Guardians

On the remote human colony of Conrad's Point, NCA rebels and mercenaries led by an unidentified colonel were transferred to the command of Ilsa Zane when she arrived on the planet. Zane organized the rebels into a more formidable force, operating ruthlessly and killing anyone who did not perform up to her standards. Under her command the NCA forces on the colony started to prepare for war with the UEG and accumulated a large amount of nuclear weaponry. Near the end of October, 2558, a Forerunner Guardian was activated on the colony, causing large-scale destruction to one of its cities. All NCA forces on the colony were sent to secure the site of it and sought to search the ruins for clues of the Guardian's next site of attack.

Not willing to let the Guardian site fall into the NCA's hands, ONI tasked Commander Maya Sankar to go undercover as the insurrectionist leader "FERO" and gather information by infiltrating the NCA, with the help of the AI Black-Box. After rendezvousing with her contact Ari Rezneck, they moved into the NCA encampment and discovered that the insurgents were celebrating the apparent death of Spartan-II John-117. ONI discovered Zane's presence in the camp and had warned Sankar of an incoming UNSC airstrike. Gaining what information they could, they attempted to leave but the camp was put on lock down and were then approached by Zane herself. Zane revealed both of them to be ONI operatives, killed Rezneck, then attempted to kill Sankar but was halted when the airstrike began. As the compound was bombarded, Sankar fled the planet and Zane with her NCA forces attempted to stop her but failed.

Tracking down Sankar's group to Laika III, Zane and her NCA forces shot down her ship and pursued her, intending to kill Sankar and then secure the planet's Guardian to use as a weapon against the UNSC. During their pursuit, they encountered UNSC and ONI forces and engaged them as the Guardian started to rise.

Known groups

United Rebel Front

Main article: United Rebel Front

A major rebel group, the United Rebel Front is a well-organized alliance of several insurrectionist cells across multiple star systems. It was led by three turncoat UNSC generals, one of whom, General Graves, was killed by Spartan Blue Team on Victoria.

Eridanus cell

Insurrectionist soldiers in Eridanus Secundus.

The Eridanus-based rebels utilized numerous vessels, including upgraded Pelican dropships, Mako-class corvettes, and Chiroptera-class subprowlers as an improvised fleet. They had at least a hundred such vessels in their fleet at any time. Two Laden-class freighters were also used as part of their improvised fleet, being used to tow the damaged hybrid vessel Gettysburg/Ascendant Justice back to Eridanus Secundus. They received almost everything in their armament and ships from pirating other vessels, including both civilian merchant vessels and UNSC warships. They also used Parabola-class freighters such as the Laden, to ship diverse equipment, resources, and weapons from planet systems to their base.

Their ability to infiltrate the UNSC ranks caused the UNSC to keep a small orbital force in the system to respond to rebel attacks. Another reason for their success was their location, which was extremely difficult and time-consuming to discover and was easily defended against even medium-scale assaults.

111 Tauri cell

Camp New Hope, the headquarters of Graves' rebel cell, had an impressive security system, even by Spartan standards: motion and seismic sensors, a triple layering of guards, trained dogs and overhead MAKO drones. They also had a number of arms, ranging from military grade MAKO drones and FENRIS nuclear warheads to Archer missiles and .30 caliber "Confetti Maker" machine guns.

They also made use of a jury-rigged Warthog armored personnel carrier. They possess some "old technology that never panned out", such as the antigravity plate, which Graves' cell used to fool the Spartans' armor systems into thinking they were in a 10 G environment, temporarily giving them decompression sickness, otherwise known as "the bends."

Secessionist Union

Main article: Secessionist Union

The Secessionist Union was a small insurrection group on the planet, Harvest. Their leader, Jerald Mulkey Ander, was assassinated by Corporal Avery Johnson during Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE.

Unidentified rebel group

Main article: Unidentified insurrectionist group

An unnamed rebel group operated against the UNSC on the planets Harvest and Arcadia, with possible influence on other colonies. The seal of this organization is of a stylized white fist on a red circle, and is found on nearly all of their units. They mainly used stolen technology from the UNSC.

Freedom and Liberation Party

Main article: Freedom and Liberation Party

The Freedom and Liberation Party was a terrorist group on Mamore. The group claimed responsibility for the Haven arcology bombing in 2511, and later demanded that the Colonial Military Authority leave the Eridanus sector.

People's Occupation

Main article: People's Occupation

This rebel group was known to have operated on Reach, and its ultra-radical wing was initially suspected of causing the communications blackout at Visegrád Relay before the discovery of Covenant forces.

Venezian movement

Main article: Venezia

Throughout the Human-Covenant War, the Insurrectionist movement established a base of operations on the colony world of Venezia. All contact with the colony was lost by 2543 and it is presumed to have come under the control of an Insurrectionist government as the colony remained intact in 2553. They are suspected to be planning a strike against Earth in a direct assault on the resurgent Unified Earth Government.

Taking advantage of the disparity of the post-war situation, the Insurrectionists on Venezia had managed to acquire heavy weapons of both Covenant and UNSC origin, such as Type-38 "Tyrant" AA cannons and M71 "Scythe" AA guns.

Bandusa Insurrectionist group

Main article: Bandusa Insurrectionist group

This group had a cell operating in the Sol System on Mars. Two of its members, Christina Rice and James McCann, were disguised as UNSC Army specialists working in New Harmony, Mars, where they were stealing weapons for a possible attack. They were arrested on April 2, 2526 by UNSC forces working alongside ONI agents.

Biko Independence Army

Main article: Biko Independence Army

This rebel group primarily operated out of Biko.

Galodew Emancipation

Main article: Galodew Emancipation

This rebel group was based on Redstow VI. Upon the outbreak of the Human-Covenant War, Redstow VI was invaded by the Covenant and the Galodew Emancipation's main base of operations was destroyed in the fighting. The group was destroyed in its entirety as a result.

New Colonial Alliance

Main article: New Colonial Alliance

The New Colonial Alliance is an Insurrectionist group active after the Human-Covenant War. This group was led by Admiral Mattius Drake who was secretly an Insurrectionist. Another prominent figure in the movement was a former Spartan-IV defector, Ilsa Zane. The NCA was responsible for a failed takeover attempt of the UNSC Infinity in early 2553. The rebels gained control of the ship, but they were eventually defeated by Spartan-IVs Sarah Palmer and Edward Davis. The surviving Insurrectionists were captured by the UNSC, while Zane was covertly retrieved after being kicked out into space. The failure of this attack resulted in the UNSC discovering Drake's true loyalties. In 2558, a captain called Daniel Clayton joined the NCA and allied himself with the Shipmaster Vata 'Gajat. Clayton informed 'Gajat about an attempt at peace negotiations between the Sangheili and Jiralhanae on Ealen IV. His alliance foiled the negotiations. In 2559, Admiral Drake was assasinated by Ilsa Zane, who in turn took control of the organisation and aligned it to work under the Banished.

Non-canon and dubious canon appearances

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  The emblem of an Insurrectionist group.

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  Another, similar, insurrectionist symbol.

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  Halo Wars concept art of an insurrectionist.

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  Concept art for Insurrectionist snipers and a Warthog.

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  Halo Wars concept art for Insurrectionist troops.

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  A group of insurrectionists on Harvest.

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  Closer look at an Insurrectionist infantry group

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  Insurrectionist Snipers

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  An Insurrectionist speaker in Halo Legends: Origins.

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  Colonel Robert Watts, a prominent Insurrectionist leader in Halo: Fall of Reach.

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  Insurrectionist soldiers.

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  The rebel base of Eridanus Secundus.

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  "Ex-Terra" fist emblem on the wall of an Innie stronghold circa 2526 in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.

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  An Insurrectionist seeks a truce with a SPARTAN-II supersoldier circa 2526.

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  Insurrectionists flee to UNSC lines after being attacked by the Covenant circa 2526.

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  Insurrectionists in Halo: Initiation.

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  Ilsa Zane, a former SPARTAN-IV who attacked the UNSC Infinity.

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  Daniel Clayton, former UNSC Naval Captain collaborating with Covenant mercenaries in Halo: Escalation.

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  Maya Sankar, a rebel leader secretly working for the Office of Naval Intelligence in Hunt the Truth.

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  Two insurrectionists standing guard in Eridanus Secundus in Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series

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  Cut concept of John-117 fighting Insurrectionist robots in Halo 5: Guardians.

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  More concept art

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  Unidentified rebel flag in Rocket League as an unlockable antenna for the base cars to use.

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List of appearances

Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance) Halo: First Strike Adjunct Halo: Ghosts of Onyx Halo: Contact Harvest Halo: The Cole Protocol Halo Wars Halo Legends Origins Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe Pariah Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian (Mentioned only) Dirt The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole Remember Reach Patrol (Mentioned only) Halo: Reach (Mentioned only) Halo: Fall of Reach Boot Camp Halo: Glasslands Halo: The Thursday War Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Halo 4 (Mentioned only) Halo: Initiation Halo: Escalation Halo: Mortal Dictata Halo: Nightfall (Mentioned only)

Halo: New Blood Hunt the Truth Halo: Last Light Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series Halo 5: Guardians (Mentioned only) Limited Edition dossiers (Mentioned only) Halo Mythos Halo Fractures Lessons Learned Halo: Envoy (Mentioned only) Halo: Retribution (Mentioned only) Halo: Legacy of Onyx (Mentioned only) Halo: Bad Blood Halo: Collateral Damage Halo: Silent Storm Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual Halo: Battle Born (Mentioned only) Halo: Renegades (Indirect mention) Halo: Shadows of Reach (Mentioned only) Halo: Point of Light (Mentioned only) Halo: The Television Series Halo: The Third Life Halo: Anvil Accord (Mentioned only) Halo: Moonrise Over Mombasa (Mentioned only)