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They possess some "old technology that never panned out", such as the [[antigravity plate]] 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."{{Ref/Reuse|Onyx1}} | They possess some "old technology that never panned out", such as the [[antigravity plate]] 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."{{Ref/Reuse|Onyx1}} | ||
The Eridanus-based rebels utilized numerous vessels, including upgraded [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropships, {{Class|Mako|corvette|corvettes}}, and {{Class|Chiroptera| | The Eridanus-based rebels utilized numerous vessels, including upgraded [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropships, {{Class|Mako|corvette|corvettes}}, and {{Class|Chiroptera|stealth vessel|stealth vessels}} as an improvised fleet. They had at least a hundred such vessels in their fleet at any time. Two {{Class|Laden|freighter|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.<ref name="fs254">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 254''</ref> | ||
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. | 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. |