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{{Status|Canon}}
{{era|HCW}}
{{Center|For articles of the same name, please see [[Winter Contingency (disambiguation)]].''}}
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{{Quote|WINTER CONTINGENCY has been declared. All units are mobilized and ready.|UNSC operator<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' [[Halo: Reach Announcement Trailer|Announcement Trailer]]</ref>}}
<center>'''''Winter Contingency''' redirects here. For articles of the same name, please see [[Winter Contingency (disambiguation)]].''</center>


'''WINTER CONTINGENCY''' is an official [[United Nations Space Command]] [[wikipedia:Contingency plan|emergency plan]] that deals with situations where [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Covenant Military|forces]] have become aware of, or are present at, a human colony world. It was first mentioned in the [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force|UNSCDF]] Instruction EM-277 on [[2526#March|March 10, 2526]].<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=intel&cid=27030 '''Bungie.net''': ''CAA FACTBOOK/UNSC Operational Reports-Γ'']</ref> On [[Reach]], WINTER CONTINGENCY was supplemented by the [[WINTER CONTINGENCY Declaration Supplemental Orders]], a series of additional directives for [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] agents.<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''' (2010), ''Bonus Content''</ref>
{{Quote|WINTER CONTINGENCY has been declared. All units are mobilized and ready|UNSC operator<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' [[Halo: Reach Announcement Trailer|Announcement Trailer]]</ref>}}
 
'''WINTER CONTINGENCY''' is an official [[United Nations Space Command]] [[wikipedia:Contingency plan|emergency plan]] that deals with situations where [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Covenant Military|forces]] have become aware of, or are present at, a human colony world. It was first mentioned in the [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force|UNSCDF]] Instruction EM-277 on [[2526#March|March 10, 2526]].<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=intel&cid=27030 '''Bungie.net''': ''CAA FACTBOOK/UNSC Operational Reports-Γ'']</ref> On [[Reach]], WINTER CONTINGENCY was supplemented by the [[WINTER CONTINGENCY Declaration Supplemental Orders]], a series of additional directives for [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] agents.<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''' (2010), ''Bonus Content''</ref>


==Classification==
==Classification==
Events which may be classified as WINTER CONTINGENCY include:
Events which may be classified as WINTER CONTINGENCY include:
*Intercepted Covenant communications that refer to a UNSC colony '''by name'''.
*Intercepted Covenant communications that refer to a UNSC colony by name.
*Discovery of hard physical evidence of Covenant activity.
*Discovery of hard physical evidence of Covenant activity.
**Abandoned or discarded matériel.
**Abandoned or discarded matériel.
**Residue and/or damage consistent with [[directed energy weapon]] usage.
**Residue and/or damage consistent with [[directed energy weapon]] usage.
*Detection of multiple ''in-system'' [[slipstream space]] rupture events.
*Detection of multiple in-system [[Slipstream Space|Slipspace]] rupture events.
*Engaged in combat by Covenant forces.
*Engagement in combat with Covenant forces.


==Priority==
==Priority==
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WINTER CONTINGENCY holds the highest precedence in the OPREP-Γ reporting structure. All other reporting terms such as [[GOOSE CHASE]], [[SNAKE PIT]], and others, while very important, are considered secondary to a WINTER CONTINGENCY report.
WINTER CONTINGENCY holds the highest precedence in the OPREP-Γ reporting structure. All other reporting terms such as [[GOOSE CHASE]], [[SNAKE PIT]], and others, while very important, are considered secondary to a WINTER CONTINGENCY report.
==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==
===Silver Timeline===
After learning of the [[Covenant]] threat to [[Reach/Silver|Reach]], Admiral [[Jacob Keyes/Silver|Jacob Keyes]] wanted to initiate the WINTER CONTINGENCY and begin immediate civilian evacuations. However, [[James Ackerson/Silver|James Ackerson]] revealed that they wouldn't be evacuating civilians or fighting, but rather abandoning Reach to its doom and transporting essential assets off of the planet.{{Ref/Film|Id=Visegrád|TV|Episode=[[Visegrád (TV Series)|Visegrád]]}}
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: The Television Series Season Two]]''
**''[[Visegrád (TV Series)|Visegrád]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
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[[Category:UNSC protocols]]
[[Category:UNSC Protocols]]

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