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As the war progressed, insurrectionist activity continued to decrease, apart from isolated conflicts such as the [[Mamore insurrections|insurrections on Mamore]] and incidents on [[Harmony]] and [[Reach]].<ref name="actual">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Noble Actual]]''</ref> This was in part due to the common enemy of the Covenant and the desperate situation humanity found itself in, but also the near-total decimation of the Outer Colonies which had served as the rebels' bases of operations. However, the desire for independence continued to linger on many remaining colony worlds. Using the situation to their advantage, entire colonies under Insurrectionist control intentionally cut themselves off the UNSC's [[communications relay]] network during the war, anticipating to resume their operations later on.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 68''</ref> By 2552, Insurrectionist activity on Reach was still common enough for the UNSC to suspect rebel sabotage when a [[Visegrad Relay|local relay hub]] went dark, although this turned out to be the work of a Covenant pre-invasion party instead.<ref name="actual"/> | As the war progressed, insurrectionist activity continued to decrease, apart from isolated conflicts such as the [[Mamore insurrections|insurrections on Mamore]] and incidents on [[Harmony]] and [[Reach]].<ref name="actual">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Noble Actual]]''</ref> This was in part due to the common enemy of the Covenant and the desperate situation humanity found itself in, but also the near-total decimation of the Outer Colonies which had served as the rebels' bases of operations. However, the desire for independence continued to linger on many remaining colony worlds. Using the situation to their advantage, entire colonies under Insurrectionist control intentionally cut themselves off the UNSC's [[communications relay]] network during the war, anticipating to resume their operations later on.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 68''</ref> By 2552, Insurrectionist activity on Reach was still common enough for the UNSC to suspect rebel sabotage when a [[Visegrad Relay|local relay hub]] went dark, although this turned out to be the work of a Covenant pre-invasion party instead.<ref name="actual"/> | ||
Although Insurrection activity continued over the | Although Insurrection activity continued over the the Human-Covenant War, with the last documented conflict as late as [[2537]],<ref name="goo"</ref> the high-profile operations and major battles which characterized the early years all but subsided after the beginning of the war. The vast majority of humanity had united under a single banner in order to fight for the survival of their entire species, even the ununited insurrectionists themselves would fight against the Covenant ultimately helping the war effort.<ref name="Halo Legends">'''[[Halo: Legends]]''' "[[Origins]]" - '' "When this new foe emerged and declared war against humanity, you finally united under a single banner. And the weapons you so carefully constructed to control your own baser instincts, were now aimed not at yourselves, but against a deadly opponent. In pursuit of a shared goal, the very survival of your species."''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 255''</ref> Any engagements between the UNSC and the rebels following the Covenant attack appear to have been relatively low-key, often involving covert missions carried out by special forces such as Spartans. As a result, the generation that had grown up during the war had no knowledge of the Insurrection's persistence and considered the entire civil war as having occurred long before their time.<ref name="glass216">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''pages 216, 447''</ref><ref group="note">The Insurrection was originally stated in ''Halo: First Strike'' to have died out after the onset of the Human-Covenant War, as the appearance of the Covenant left most Insurrectionists concluding that staying with the UNSC was a lesser evil to outright annihilation. However, later sources such as ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' retcon this, with ''The Cole Protocol'' stating that the Insurrection continued in some capacity at least until 2535, and ''Reach'' saying that it was still ongoing as of 2552. The 2010 rerelease of ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' was modified to accommodate this change. However, more recently, in ''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'' and ''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'', it is maintained that the Insurrection subsided after the start of the Covenant War; characters such as [[Malcolm Geffen]] and [[Vasily Beloi]] consider the entire notion of conflict between humans a thing of the past. In order to reconcile this, it can be assumed that the characters in question were unaware of the continuation of the conflict, or at least the extent of it.</ref> | ||
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