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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Disambig header|the civil war|the loosely organized rebel factions|Insurrectionist}}
{{Battle infobox
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|conc=[[Human-Covenant War]]
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|date=[[2494]]{{Ref/Reuse|HM}} - c. [[2526#April|April 2526]]{{Ref/Book|Id=innieend|Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail=April 28, 2526}} {{C|[[#Timeline|See below]]}}
|place=Across more than a dozen worlds, [[Human colonies]]{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg22}}
|result=Partial truce between some Insurrectionist forces and the UEG, mostly ending the conflict with the arrival of the Covenant{{Ref/Reuse|innieend}}{{Ref/Anthology|Id=breaking|Fra|Story=Breaking Strain}}{{Ref/Reuse|HLeg}}
*Millions dead{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22pg22|Enc22|Page=22}}{{Ref/Reuse|HM}}
*Various actors continue to fight for years afterwards
|side1=*{{Icon|UEG}} [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]]
**[[Colonial Authority]]
***[[Colonial Military Authority|CMA]] {{C|Until 2525}}
****[[CMA Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]
****[[CMA Navy|Navy]]
**{{Icon|UNSC HCW}} [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]
***{{Icon|Army}} [[UNSC Army|Army]]
***{{Icon|Marine Corps}} [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]
***{{Icon|Air Force}} [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]]
***{{Icon|Navy}} [[UNSC Navy|Navy]]
**[[Eridanus Government]]
**[[Talitsa Corporate Council]]
**[[Biko colonial authority]]
***[[Chancellor's Guards]]
|side2=
*{{Icon|Insurrectionist}} [[Insurrectionists]]
**[[United Rebel Front|URF]] {{C|Post-2509}}
**[[Secessionist Union]] {{c|2494-2502}}
***[[Eridanus secessionists]]
**[[Freedom and Liberation Party|FLP]]
**[[People's Occupation]]
**[[People's Occupation Government]]
**[[Sundered Legion]]
**[[Bandusa Insurrectionist group]]
**[[Venezian Militia]]
**[[Gao Liberation Force|GLF]]
**[[Biko Independence Army|BIA]]
**[[Galodew Emancipation]]
''supported by''<br>
*Rogue Colonial Military Administration elements (sponsored insurgents until [[2497]])
|side3=
|side4=
|commanders1=
*{{Icon|Navy}} [[Admiral|ADM]] [[Harold Stanforth]]
*{{Icon|Navy}} [[Admiral|ADM]] [[Gabriela Castaneda]]
*{{Icon|Navy}} [[Rear Admiral|RADM]] [[Preston Cole]]
*{{Icon|Marine Corps}} [[Colonel|COL]] [[Marmon Crowther]]
*{{Icon|Marine Corps}} [[Lieutenant Colonel|LTCOL]] [[Aboim]]
*{{Icon|Marine Corps}} [[Lieutenant Colonel|LTCOL]] [[Ponder]] {{C|WIA}}
|commanders2=
*[[General]] [[Harper Garvin]]
*[[Morgan Kinsano]]
*[[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]] {{C|POW}}
*[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Lyrenne Castilla]]
*[[Hector Nyeto]]
*[[Erland Booth]]
*[[Jerald Ander]]†
*[[Molin Saal]]†
*[[Standish Kable]]†
*[[Elanor Kef]]†
|commanders3=
|commanders4=
|forces1=
*[[ORION Project]]
*{{Icon|ONI}} [[SPARTAN-II program]]
*{{Icon|Navy}} [[Battle Group Tango]]
*{{Icon|Marine Corps}} [[9th Marine Expeditionary Force]]
*{{Icon|ODST}} [[21st Space Assault Battalion]]
|forces2=*Various militant rebel cells and factions
*Several dozen outdated frigates and a few hundred corvettes{{Ref/Reuse|silent6}}
|forces3=
|forces4=
|casual1=*Significant losses of UNSC and CMA personnel and materiel
|casual2=*Large numbers of personnel, materiel, and facilities
|casual3=
|casual4=
}}
{{Quote|The insurrectionists say that the people of one planet owe nothing to the people of another planet. The insurrectionists say the Earth is in the past, and the past is dead. Well, not so long ago, all of humanity lived on a single planet. Hard to imagine isn't it? But try to think of what it must have been like to be a human back then — to know only one world. Each and every one of us here contributes to the health and well-being of a Unified Earth Government. How is that fair? 'Why should I give anything to Earth if I don't even live there?' Well, without us, without the UNSC, colonies starve, planets die. And for what? Now, the insurrectionists, they say they'd rather risk the lives of millions of colonists than do their duty to ensure the continued survival of the trillions of humans spread throughout this galaxy. But not me. No. Me, I say we're all in this together.|[[General]] [[Daniel Black]] in a lecture at Corbulo Academy of Military Sciences.{{Ref/Generic|[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn: Lecture]]}}}}
The '''Insurrection''' is an undeclared civil war{{Ref/Reuse|history}} fought between the various policing and military organizations of the [[Unified Earth Government]] and various loosely organized groups of rebels over control of the [[Outer Colonies]], which [[Callisto Incident|began]] in the year [[2494]].

Originally, the breakaway movements started as disquiet against the [[Colonial Administration Authority]]'s oversight of the Outer Colonies, with the colonists tired of the organization's often overbearing bureaucracy. It first started as peaceful protests, and after years of frustrating negotiations, some groups began to use more forceful methods, eventually abandoning diplomacy in favor of terrorist tactics.

Initially confined to a few systems, the fighting spread across human-controlled space in only several years; as the conflict escalated further, even some [[Inner Colonies]], as inwards as the [[Epsilon Eridani system]] and even the [[Sol system]] itself, were targeted by rebel militants and terrorists.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO1|GoO|Chapter=1}} 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/Novel|Id=CH4|CH|Chapter=4}}

The Insurrection claimed millions of lives between the late 2490s and the mid-2520s. The various rebel groups had become extremely adept at creating improvised explosive devices difficult for the UNSC to detect, and therefore stop, and had struck many high-profile targets, [[National Holiday|even in orbit]] above [[Reach]] itself. Some opponents of the war believed the simplest solution was to simply give the rebels their autonomy - for the UNSC to pull out, and let the rebels have their independence. However, the value of the colonies made them simply too important to abandon, as it would bankrupt the Inner Colonies.

The Insurrection quickly died down after the onset of the [[Human-Covenant War]] that [[First Battle of Harvest|began]] in [[2525]]. Many Insurrectionists prioritized fighting against the [[Covenant]] due to them being a common enemy as well as the [[outer colonies]] being the Covenant's first targets.{{Ref/Comic|Id=Colat|HCD}} However, few isolated insurgent groups staged operations against the UNSC in a two-front war, throughout the war until [[2537]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO8|GoO|Chapter=8}} After the [[Battle of the Citadel|end]] of the war in [[2552]], some of the surviving Insurrectionist groups—as well as all-new ones—proceeded to resume their fight against Earth. This led to their resurgence [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|after the war]], starting with the [[New Colonial Alliance]] [[Raid on UNSC Infinity|raiding]] the [[UNSC Infinity]] in [[2553]], mere months after the Covenant threat had ended.

==Nomenclature==
The conflict has been referred to primarily as the '''Insurrection''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=CHP|CH|Prologue}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG228}} though it has also been called the '''Outer Colonies Insurgency'''.{{Ref/Reuse|impossible}} The phrase "'''the rebellion'''" has also been used as a descriptive name for the conflict{{Ref/Reuse|evgvulture}} as well as the phrase '''colonial insurgency'''.{{Ref/Novel|Id=glass18|Gla|Chapter=18}}

The phrase "the Insurrection" has been used as a label for the various groups of rebels both in the conflict and outside of it.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Section=Glossary|Page=91}} This is done interchangeably with the descriptor [[insurrectionist]]s{{Ref/Note|''Halo: New Blood'' uses the two terms to refer to the same rebel group that [[Michael Crespo]]'s family participated in. Mickey in Chapter 15 first says "They were part of the insurrection on Luna" about his parents. In Chapter 17, Buck says to Mickey about his parents: "And which government building on Luna were they trying to blow up for the insurrectionists?". The [[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)|2022 Halo Encyclopedia]] also uses the term "Insurrection" to refer to the rebel groups of the conflict on page 17 and "Insurrectionists" on page 22 while also delineating the Insurrection as a distinct conflict on pages 43, 94, 106, 163, 170, and 171.}} and the armed conflict beginning in 2494.{{Ref/Book|Id=H4EVG228|H4EVG|Section=Glossary|Page=228}}

==Background==
{{Quote|Humanity's future is among the stars. There is no single more important thing than to help men and women build new lives on distant worlds. I have no illusion that this is some manifest destiny, but rather, it is the only logical place left for humanity to evolve. I plan to be a part of that, learn as much as possible, and then one day become one of those humans on some distant world, on a little farm of my own under a night sky full of stars that I've never before seen.|Preston Cole's answer to a question on his Military Service Enlistment Application in [[2488]].{{Ref/Reuse|history}}}}
===''Domus Diaspora''===
{{Main|Domus Diaspora}}
The beginnings of the Insurrection are closely intertwined with the socioeconomic composition and role of humanity's Outer Colonies as well as the realities of [[Human colonies|interstellar expansion]].{{Ref/Anthology|Id=history|Evo|The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole|Detail=Section Two: Noncommissioned Years}}

The [[Unified Earth Government]]'s first wave of extrasolar colonization took place between [[2362]] and [[2390]], resulting in the formation of the prestigious [[Inner Colonies]]. During the century that followed, new colonies were established at an even more rapid pace as the technologies involved became more widely available and affordable; the worlds settled during this period would become the Outer Colonies. Many of the Outer Colonies were established to supply goods for the Inner Colonies and [[Earth]] and entire worlds were established for the purposes of [[agriculture world|agriculture]] or mining. Earth and the Inner Colonies became exceedingly dependent on resources produced by the Outer Colonies, prompting Earth to take steps to ensure they stayed loyal to its authority.{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=43}}

From the beginning, the Outer Colonies were bound to become more unstable than the Inner Colonies. Whereas the original settlers of the latter had been carefully selected from Earth's finest, by the time the Outer Colonies were created the recruitment standards had loosened considerably and were no longer as strictly supervised. Many of the corporations contracted for off-world colonization had their interests in obtaining rights to valuable resources, colonial personnel being a secondary consideration: this led to the illegal conscription of colonists or acquiring them from among pardoned criminals. The Outer Colonies also became a haven for Earth and Inner Colony citizens unhappy with the Earth government or otherwise looking for a fresh start, and many fled to the Outer Colonies through both legal and illegal means.{{Ref/Reuse|history}}

In the early days of human colonization, [[UNSC Navy|UNSC Naval]] escorts and shipboard [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] complements had accompanied the outbound [[colony ship]]s in order to maintain security as well as to justify the continued upkeep of the UNSC's massive military, which had not been needed in its [[Interplanetary War|original capacity]] for well over a century.{{Ref/Site|Id=xbox|URL=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/storyline.htm|Site=Xbox.com|Page=Halo Storyline|D=24|M=04|Y=2008|LocalArchive=Archive:Xbox.com/Halo/Timeline|Detail=(Additional copy on [http://halo.bungie.org/misc/mstimeline2.html HBO Forums])}} As colonization became more affordable and widespread following the settlement of the Inner Colonies, the nascent Outer Colonies initially lacked a pervasive military presence—apart from the [[Colonial Military Authority]], whose true loyalties ultimately lay with the colonies over Earth.{{Ref/Book|Id=HE34|Enc09|Page=34}} As [[piracy]] began to plague the colony systems, some of the colonies appealed to the UNSC for protection, which began the UNSC's involvement in the Outer Colonies.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 356''</ref>

===Escalation===
{{Quote|As William Butler Yeats said: 'The center cannot hold.'|[[The Viability of Extended Colonization]] by [[Preston Cole]]{{Ref/Anthology|Id=impossible|Evo|Story=The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole}}}}
Following the rapid volumetric growth of the region of space controlled by the human race throughout the Domus Diaspora, the UEG found it increasingly difficult to maintain its hold over the Outer Colonies, hundreds of which were scattered across exceedingly large swathes of space. By [[2490]], the Outer Colonies surpassed the core worlds in number by several hundred. Despite their more discrete composition, the Outer Colonies proved an ample breeding ground for a strong nationalist sentiment among their citizens which in turn led to their perceiving the Earth government—and the UNSC which imposed its will—as a draconian outside force.{{Ref/Reuse|history}} Civil disobedience was not uncommon, often taking the form of refusal to pay taxes and the establishment of unauthorized settlements outside government oversight.{{Ref/Anthology|Evo|Story=Pariah}} On some cases, the [[Colonial Administration Authority]] made concessions to ameliorate the situation; for example, the registration of births to government records was kept voluntary. On the other hand, most Outer Colony citizens took advantage of the benefits offered to them by the CAA, including the free [[Outer Colony vaccination program|vaccination program]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO8|GoO|Chapter=8}}{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} [[UNSC Navy]] Admiral [[Gabriela Castaneda]] was among the more profound voices advocating for diplomacy, though ultimately served as an impressive tactician and leader during the conflict towards the end of the 25th century.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/outpost-discoveries|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Outpost Discoveries|D=05|M=11|Y=2019}}

[[File:Origins rebel.jpg|left|thumb|300px|An insurrectionist leader addressing a crowd.]]
As a result of the growing rumblings of discontent, many inhabitants of Earth and the Inner Colonies began to feel threatened by the Outer Colonies surrounding them. The UEG and its colonial governing and military entities—the CAA and initially the Colonial Military Administration—continued to maintain their military presence and economic control over the colonies with trade restrictions and taxes, engendering further dissatisfaction among the colonists and provoking the more radical secessionist elements.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} Civilian uprisings against UEG rule began to break out between [[2475]] and [[2483]]. The CMA's response was swift and severe, but their heavy-handed tactics backfired, only hardening the resistance against them and further radicalising the population against them. Stronger and more aggressive dissidents began to take to the political stage, plunging the colonies further into civil unrest.{{Ref/Book|Id=HM|HM|Section=Domus Diaspora; The Insurrection|Page=54-61}}

While outspoken and violent resistance against Earth was initially confined to disparate insurgent organizations, even the leadership of some Outer Colonies would eventually be sympathetic to the insurrectionist cause.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} Eventually, the [[People's Occupation]] and [[Secessionist Union]] were formed, uniting many of the dissenters under a single banner. In [[2487]], these newly established organisations jointly submitted formal requests for independence to the UEG on behalf of a dozen colony worlds.{{Ref/Reuse|HM}} As well, as these sentiments spread, even some scattered elements of the CMA became increasingly sympathetic to the rebels, eventually providing them with information, funding and equipment. The involvement of these sects of the CMA with the rebels went public in [[2497]], leading to the organization's gradual dismantling and its supplantment by the UNSC as the primary military force in the colonies.{{Ref/Reuse|HE34}}

In [[2491]], [[Elias Carver|Dr. Elias Carver]] presented a set of theories known as the ''[[Carver Findings]]'' to the [[UNSC High Command]]. According to a projection algorithm devised by Dr. Carver, social order in the Outer Colonies would break down completely in the near future. To stabilize the colonies, Carver recommended a swift and extensive military action on part of the UNSC.{{Ref/Book|Enc09|Page=44}} Carver's critics asserted that the situation between the core worlds and the Outer Colonies could be stabilized through diplomacy over enough time; however, the UNSC military adopted the ''Carver Findings'' as their standard model for the years to come and sought to curb any major unrest with military intervention.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} In the same year, the UNSC resurrected the mothballed [[ORION Project]], creating the first generation of supersoldiers designed to surgically remove rebel leadership.{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=33}} To assist the future ORIONs, [[Project MELAENO]] was started.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=76}} Carver's proposal also informed the creation of the subsequent [[SPARTAN-II Program]], although by the time of its creation the predicted scenario was even bleaker: an endless, apocalyptic civil war between the Inner and Outer Colonies.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}}

===Far Isle rebellion===
{{Quote|Even I thought the Far Isle bombing was rebel propaganda until I saw the file. But then the rebels nuked civilian targets too. We're all dirty, all of us.|[[Serin Osman]], musing on the nuking of Far Isle.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HMD10|MorDi|Chapter=10}}}}
{{Main|Far Isle rebellion}}
[[File:HL Screenshot HL-OriginsII Screenshot LongswordBombingRun-1.png|thumb|300px|[[GA-TL1 Longsword]]s releasing their payloads over an unidentified human city during the Insurrection.]]
Perhaps the most notorious instance of the brutal and heavy-handed approach the UNSC and CMA took to quelling rebellions in the late 25th century was that of [[Far Isle]]. In [[2492]], in the midst of the rising tensions throughout the colonies, Far Isle was among the first of the colonies to go into a full-scale revolt. Despite their best efforts, the UNSC were unable to contain the rebellion, and as a result, they resorted to [[nuclear weapon]]ry, razing the entire colony and leaving no survivors from the populace. They subsequently declared [[Bandersnatch|Code: BANDERSNATCH]], indicating a major radiological- or energy-based disaster.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=21}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc300|Enc11|Page=300}}{{Ref/Reuse|HMD10}}

Although not usually acknowledged as the inciting incident of the Insurrection,{{Ref/Reuse|HM}} the destruction of Far Isle caused multiple larger rebellions elsewhere, and was considered a significant factor in motivating the Insurrection as a whole.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc300}} Far Isle remained a driving force for the hatred that many individuals bore for the UNSC and UEG even as late as [[2553]], in staunchly independent colonies such as [[Venezia]].{{Ref/Reuse|HMD10}}

===The Callisto Incident===
{{Quote|The Callisto was taken and its computer system gutted and replaced. The insurgency was now armed.|[[Octavio Morales]] analyzing the incident following the Covenant War.}}
{{Main|Callisto Incident}}
The Callisto Incident was a pivotal event which is often considered to have started the Insurrection, widening the scope of the conflict from occasional, disparate colonial rebellions into hostilities on a larger scale. The {{UNSCShip|Callisto}}, a [[UNSC corvette|corvette]], was captured by Insurrectionists when boarding merchant vessels, and all UNSC crew aboard it were killed. In response, the UNSC sent a [[battle group]] of three [[Unidentified UNSC light destroyer class|destroyers]]: the {{UNSCShip|Jericho}}, the {{UNSCShip|Buenos Aires}}, and the {{UNSCShip|Las Vegas}}.{{Ref/Reuse|impossible}}

On March 2, 2494, the battle group eventually found the ''Callisto'' in the [[26 Draconis System]]. All of the ships fired six [[Ares missile]]s at the renegade corvette. However, the ''Callisto'' managed to avoid destruction by maneuvering behind an [[asteroid]]. The insurrectionists then detonated a nuke hidden inside the asteroid before hand, launching the debris toward the UNSC ships.{{Ref/Reuse|impossible}}

The ''Buenos Aires'' was engulfed in the explosion and destroyed, and the other two ships were seriously damaged. [[Second Lieutenant]] [[Preston Cole]], as the only living or conscious officer aboard the bridge of the ''Las Vegas'', took control of the vessel. He signaled the ''Callisto'', activating the ship's distress signal and requested medical aid for the wounded. When the ''Callisto'' docked with the ''Las Vegas ''in order to take command of the ship, Cole detonated the ships last Ares missile, which had been planted inside the docking bay, critically damaging the ''Callisto''. Cole then bluffed by opening the empty missile silos on his ship and ordered the ''Callisto'' to surrender and allow ''Las Vegas''{{'}}s AI to take control.{{Ref/Reuse|impossible}}

==War==
===Eridanus and early hostilities===
{{Quote|No prison can hold a free mind.|Words written in blood by insurrectionist philosopher [[Yera Sabinus]] while in prison on [[2495#December|December 12, 2495]].{{Ref/Novel|Ret|Chapter=5}}}}
Following the ''Callisto'' Incident, the Insurrection began to spread to other systems, including the [[Eridanus system]] which became embroiled in a local insurrection in the same year. The rebellion [[Operation: CHARLEMAGNE|was crushed two years later]], at the cost of four destroyers, though the rebels in the system retreated into the asteroid belt and would continue to operate for several decades onward.{{Ref/Novel|Id=TFoR1|TFoR|Chapter=1}} Guerilla cells in the Secessionist Union would attack embassies and government buildings.{{Ref/Reuse|HM}}

On [[Meridian]] in 2495, the [[Sundered Legion]] would begin a number of brushfire conflicts on the [[moon]]. Information they learned would be sent to the Secessionist Union.{{Ref/Novel|Id=BBSunder|HBatB|Detail=Adjunct - [[Free Frontier Education: The Sundered Legion]]}}

In the 2490s during the conflict, the {{CAAShip|Marien}} would perform an evasive tactic that would later be coined as the ''Marien'' maneuver.{{Ref/Novel|ET|Chapter=15|Quote="Keep climbing and rotate, full ''Marien'' maneuver!" Cole shouted. She silently prayed the twenty-fth-century evasion tactic conducted by the CAA ''Marien'' during the Insurrection would be enough.}}

The early Insurrection saw several new vehicles designed for the UNSC. The [[XRP12 Gremlin]] was developed as a platform for directed, non-nuclear [[electromagnetic pulse]]s in order to disable [[Nuclear weapon|weapons]] of mass destruction from being detonated.{{Ref/Book|EVG|Page=83}} The [[AC-220 Vulture]] was conceived in [[2498]] and would go on to be used against the rebels, though this usage was considered unethical.{{Ref/Book|Id=evgvulture|EVG|Page=202}} The UNSC, however, was not prepared for brutal [[Space warfare|ship-to-ship]] combat in the early years of the insurrection.{{Ref/Reuse|impossible}}

[[File:AssassinAvery.png|thumb|left|200px|[[Corporal]] [[Avery Johnson]] assassinating Jerald Ander on [[Harvest]].]]

===CMA's downfall and the UNSC's rise===
Undertaken by ORION operators, [[Operation: VERITAS]] would see them come to blows with the Secessionist Union. During the operation, the operators would acquire a list of [[Wikipedia:Non-official cover|NOC]] operatives working in the [[Colonial Military Authority]].{{Ref/Reuse|wp spartans}} This information would become public in [[2497]].{{Ref/Reuse|HE34}}

With this shocking revelation, the UEG was convinced that the colonies could not govern themselves.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22pg22}} As well, political opponents to the CMA would move in to shift power and resources away from the CMA and to the UNSC.{{Ref/Reuse|enc09pg44}} Resource allocations by the CMA resulted in them leaving Meridian in [[2499]].{{Ref/Reuse|BBSunder}} [[Vakara GesmbH]], a prominent supplier of the CMA, would suffer greatly from their downfall.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=169}} Still, the {{Class|Hillsborough|heavy destroyer}} entered [[CMA Navy]] service in that same year, and outmatched some UNSC vessels.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=125}} A variant of [[CQS48 Bulldog]] for the CMA was a common sight with riot and peacekeeping forces.{{Ref/Game|Id=cmabulldog|HI|Weapon customization|CMA Bulldog - Description|Quote=Capable of using a wide variety of specialist ammo types, the Bulldog was a common sight with peacekeeping and riot forces during the insurrection period.}}

The guerilla campaign continued and inflicted massive losses. Beginning in [[2502]], the UNSC undertook [[Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE]]. The main aim of the operation was the assassination of insurrectionist targets. Over five years, the UNSC would eliminate [[Jerald Ander]], [[Molin Saal]], [[Elanor Kef]], and [[Standish Kable]].{{Ref/Reuse|HM}} With Ander's death, the Secessionist Union would dissolve as the faction was gripped with chaos, and he personally would go on to become a martyr in the eyes of some insurrectionists.{{Ref/Reuse|enc09pg44}}

Another operation around this time was [[Operation: TANGLEWOOD]].{{Ref/Novel|CH|Chapter=2}}

===Preston Cole and the ''Bellicose''===
{{Quote|no=two|1=Bellicose|q1=WELL PLAYED, PRESTON. WE'RE A GOOD MATCH. IF YOU EVER RETIRE FROM THE UNSC, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER WORKING FOR THE GOOD GUYS.|2=Gorgon|q2=PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO COME OVER HERE AND PERSUADE ME?|3=The Insurrectionist ship ''Bellicose'' communicating with the UNSC ''Gorgon''.{{Ref/Reuse|impossible}}}}
As the fighting spread, the Outer Colonies became a battleground between the [[UNSC Navy]] and the rebels' makeshift