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{{Article Quote|As William Butler Yeats said: 'The center cannot hold.' ''<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''page 418'', from Preston Cole's essay in March 2481</ref>}} | {{Article Quote|As William Butler Yeats said: 'The center cannot hold.' ''<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''page 418'', from Preston Cole's essay in March 2481</ref>}} | ||
The '''Insurrection'''<ref name="ch">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'''</ref> is the proper name given to an undeclared civil war fought between [[Earth]]'s primary military, scientific, and exploratory agency, the [[United Nations Space Command]] and various loosely organized groups of rebels, collectively known as the [[Insurrectionist]]s, over control of the [[Outer Colonies]] [[Callisto Incident| | The '''Insurrection'''<ref name="ch">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'''</ref> is the proper name given to an undeclared civil war fought between [[Earth]]'s primary military, scientific, and exploratory agency, the [[United Nations Space Command]] and various loosely organized groups of rebels, collectively known as the [[Insurrectionist]]s, over control of the [[Outer Colonies]], which [[Callisto Incident|began]] in the year [[2494]]. | ||
Originally, the breakaway movements started as disquiet against the [[Colonial Administration Authority]]'s oversight of the Outer Colonies, with the colonists tired of the organization's often overbearing bureaucracy. It first started as peaceful protests, and after years of frustrating negotiations, some groups began to use more forceful methods, eventually abandoning diplomacy in favor of terrorist tactics. | Originally, the breakaway movements started as disquiet against the [[Colonial Administration Authority]]'s oversight of the Outer Colonies, with the colonists tired of the organization's often overbearing bureaucracy. It first started as peaceful protests, and after years of frustrating negotiations, some groups began to use more forceful methods, eventually abandoning diplomacy in favor of terrorist tactics. | ||