Talitsa
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Talitsa, also known as Vitalyevna III,[1] is an Outer Colony under control of the United Rebel Front. Talitsa is a natural satellite of the ringed gas giant Vitalyevna, a planet in the Sverdlovsk system. It was one of the few worlds left unscathed by the Covenant. It had a strong anti-centralization and pro-colonial autonomy sentiment, even before the Human-Covenant War.[1]
Overview[edit]
Environmental features[edit]
Talitsa is defined by its arid nature similar to other worlds such as Aleria, featuring large deserts and complexes of canyons and cliffs.[2] Many of the planet's cities are built into the canyon walls in a graceful fashion,[2] with the capital being particularly heavily-fortified.[1] The canyons are also home to many of the strongholds and redoubts utilised by Talitsa's local rebels.[1][3]
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Ecology[edit]
Flora and fauna on Talitsa include a "desert bee", cacti, and serpent aphids. The desert bees would pollinate the cacti and fed on the serpent aphids.[4]
History[edit]
Early history[edit]
Talitsa was first settled by human colonists in 2460.[2] It became a hotbed of rebel activity during the Insurrection, seeing an uprising as early as 2493 - one year after the infamous Far Isle rebellion.[3] The "Eridanus Twelve" would steal an Ibis-class freighter and military gear on the moon in the same year.[5] The uprising was crushed by the UNSC.[3]
Further uprisings were conducted in 2516 and 2520,[1] though both were also crushed by UNSC counterinsurgency campaigns.[3] The colony's fiercely pro-colonial and independent spirit left its rebel population hardened in the face of UNSC counterattacks, resulting in a deeply entrenched insurrectionist sympathy that ran through the planet, something aided by the world's terrain - which allows for secluded and heavily-armed redoubts.[3] Over time, Talitsa's smaller and more numerous rebel groups coalesced into larger and more well-organised movements,[6] including the United Rebel Front (URF).
Outside of the moon's heavily fortified capital, the rest of the colony was essentially ungovernable. The separatist groups ultimately disbanded by 2528, although the pro-colonial autonomy sentiment remained.[1]
Human-Covenant War[edit]
Talitsa was one of the lucky worlds that never saw a visit from the Covenant during the years of the Great War.[3] However, the lack of direct Covenant contact did not spare the world from the war's effects. The mass destruction wrought by the alien empire resulted in a catastroghic loss in trade for many colony worlds including Talitsa. The already-remote world's economic discoupling from wider human society did little to stabilise the colony among the active rebel groups and periodic uprisings.[2]
Post-war era[edit]
After the war's end, Talitsa went effectively independent, with no formal UNSC or Unified Earth Government (UEG) presence to speak of.[2]
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