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In the years following the deactivation of the original ORION Project in [[2506]]<ref>'''''Halo Encyclopedia''''' ''page 34''</ref> the effectiveness of small special forces combating the [[Insurrectionist]]s became too difficult for the UNSC to manage. As insurrectionist forces become more effective and the military's responses consequently become more forceful, the need for large scale military campaigns became more and more obvious. | In the years following the deactivation of the original ORION Project in [[2506]]<ref>'''''Halo Encyclopedia''''' ''page 34''</ref> the effectiveness of small special forces combating the [[Insurrectionist]]s became too difficult for the UNSC to manage. As insurrectionist forces become more effective and the military's responses consequently become more forceful, the need for large scale military campaigns became more and more obvious. | ||
Around [[2510]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] began to reexamine the [[Carver Findings]], which had warned of instability in the [[Outer Colonies]] years earlier.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''' ''page 44''</ref> The report rationalized that the instability would continue to escalate, and unless drastic military measures were taken, would result in a massive war between the [[Inner Colonies|Inner]] and Outer Colonies. ONI's own projections at that time and up to 2525<ref>'''''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''''', ''page 58''</ref> concluded the same as Dr. Carver's findings. Meanwhile, then-eighteen year old civilian scientist [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] had been improving upon Carver's report on her own. Her independent conclusions predicted an even darker future than Carver's model, with UNSC inaction against the rebel leadership resulting in a minimum of thirty years of war and five billion dead; the maximum was a conflict of indeterminate length potentially leading to the downfall of human civilization. Halsey presented her results to [[Vice Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]] of ONI Section III, finding that they had come to the same conclusions. Determined to prevent the predicted carnage, Halsey agreed to work for ONI, specifically Section III's Special Projects Division, on creating a solution.<ref name="journal"/> | Around [[2510]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] began to reexamine the [[Carver Findings]], which had warned of instability in the [[Outer Colonies]] years earlier.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''' ''page 44''</ref> The report rationalized that the instability would continue to escalate, and unless drastic military measures were taken, would result in a massive war between the [[Inner Colonies|Inner]] and Outer Colonies. ONI's own projections at that time and up to 2525<ref>'''''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''''', ''page 58''</ref> concluded the same as Dr. Carver's findings. Meanwhile, then-eighteen year old civilian scientist [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] had been improving upon Carver's report on her own. Her independent conclusions predicted an even darker future than Carver's model, with UNSC inaction against the rebel leadership resulting in a minimum of thirty years of war and five billion dead; the maximum was a conflict of indeterminate length potentially leading to the downfall of human civilization. Halsey presented her results to [[Vice Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]] of ONI Section III, finding that they had come to the same conclusions. Determined to prevent the predicted carnage, Halsey agreed to work for ONI, specifically Section III's Special Projects Division, on creating a solution.<ref name="journal"/> and only 3 were known retire | ||
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