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===New Colonial Alliance=== | ===New Colonial Alliance=== | ||
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The New Colonial Alliance was an Insurrectionist group active after the [[Human-Covenant War]]. This group was led by [[Admiral]] [[Mattius Drake]] who was secretly an Insurrectionist. Another prominent figure in the movement was a former [[Spartan-IV]] defector, [[ | The New Colonial Alliance was an Insurrectionist group active after the [[Human-Covenant War]]. This group was led by [[Admiral]] [[Mattius Drake]] who was secretly an Insurrectionist. Another prominent figure in the movement was a former [[Spartan-IV]] defector, [[Ilsa Zane]]. The NCA was responsible for a failed takeover attempt of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} in early [[2553]]. The rebels gained control of the ship, but they were eventually defeated by Spartan-IVs [[Sarah Palmer]] and [[Edward Davis]]. The surviving Insurrectionists were captured by the UNSC, while Zane was covertly retrieved after being kicked out into space. The failure of this attack resulted in the UNSC discovering Drake's true loyalties.<ref name="init3"/> | ||
==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
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*A common tactic was to use performance-enhancing drugs known as [[rumbledrug]]s 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 [[SPARTAN Program|Spartans]] due to the temporary superhuman strength they granted. | *A common tactic was to use performance-enhancing drugs known as [[rumbledrug]]s 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 [[SPARTAN Program|Spartans]] due to the temporary superhuman strength they granted. | ||
*Another prominent group focused more on space combat, capturing UNSC warships, such as the corvette'' [[UNSC Callisto|Callisto]]'' and the frigate ''[[Bellicose]]'', and turning them against the UNSC navy in bloody ship-to-ship duels throughout the Outer Colonies. | *Another prominent group focused more on space combat, capturing UNSC warships, such as the corvette ''[[UNSC Callisto|Callisto]]'' and the frigate ''[[Bellicose]]'', and turning them against the UNSC navy in bloody ship-to-ship duels throughout the Outer Colonies. | ||
==Notable Insurrectionists== | ==Notable Insurrectionists== | ||