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The rebels had staged a localized rebellion against the local UEG-aligned government in [[2494]]. The UNSC [[Operation: CHARLEMAGNE|struck back two years later]] and forced the rebels out at the cost of four [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]]. A large number of rebels survived, however, and under the command of the UNSC turncoat [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]], overthrew the civilian government of the system in [[2513]]. Watts was presumed killed in the UNSC's counterattack, [[Operation: TREBUCHET]], but in fact he escaped to [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the system's asteroid belt with the rest of the rebels.<ref name="pg75">'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 75-76''</ref> It remained a place of much hostility against the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]], and many [[Piracy|pirates]] and rebels were operating from the system.<ref>'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 17-18''</ref> | The rebels had staged a localized rebellion against the local UEG-aligned government in [[2494]]. The UNSC [[Operation: CHARLEMAGNE|struck back two years later]] and forced the rebels out at the cost of four [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]]. A large number of rebels survived, however, and under the command of the UNSC turncoat [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]], overthrew the civilian government of the system in [[2513]]. Watts was presumed killed in the UNSC's counterattack, [[Operation: TREBUCHET]], but in fact he escaped to [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the system's asteroid belt with the rest of the rebels.<ref name="pg75">'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 75-76''</ref> It remained a place of much hostility against the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]], and many [[Piracy|pirates]] and rebels were operating from the system.<ref>'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 17-18''</ref> | ||
The boy who would become the legendary [[John-117|Master Chief]] was conscripted here in [[2517]]. In [[2525]], a group of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] led by [[John-117]] entered the system aboard the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] {{UNSCShip|Pioneer}}. | The boy who would become the legendary [[John-117|Master Chief]] was conscripted here in [[2517]]. In [[2525]], a group of [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] led by [[John-117]] entered the system aboard the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] {{UNSCShip|Pioneer}}.{{Ref/Reuse|pg75}} They boarded the cargo freighter ''[[Laden]]'', [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus|traveled to the rebel base]] and captured Watts.<ref>'''Halo. The Fall of Reach''', "chapter 10"</ref> | ||
The system's main planet, [[Eridanus II]], was glassed by the Covenant in [[2530]] and the UNSC abandoned the system. | The system's main planet, [[Eridanus II]], was glassed by the Covenant in [[2530]] and the UNSC abandoned the system.{{Ref/Reuse|FS}} However, the asteroid base survived, and the [[Spartan]]s later returned to the system in [[2552]] aboard the captured Covenant flagship ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', fleeing from the [[Fall of Reach]] to expedite repairs at the rebel base. However, a Covenant fleet followed and destroyed the base, with only the ''Ascendant Justice'' escaping. | ||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||