Insurrectionist
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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."[1][2] Insurrectionists are sometimes also referred to as separatists,[3] although there is some distinction between the two terms.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
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.[4] 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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[2] 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.[11]
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Pre-Human-Covenant War[edit]
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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.[12]
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 o