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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Beginning in [[2513]] with a large uprising in the [[Eridanus | Beginning in [[2513]] with a large uprising in the [[Eridanus system]], Operation: TREBUCHET was intended to be a heavy handed fight to bring all dissenting outer colonies in line, effectively crushing all resistance to the Earth's authority in the outer colonies. | ||
At first the aggressive response was widely accepted, however, as the fight dragged on and the theater of operations expanded, the continuing operation became extremely unpopular with the human civilian population. Operation: TREBUCHET eventually became the central conflict for Earth's premiere fighting force, the [[UNSC]], only being ended with the massive genocide that followed with the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | At first the aggressive response was widely accepted, however, as the fight dragged on and the theater of operations expanded, the continuing operation became extremely unpopular with the human civilian population. Operation: TREBUCHET eventually became the central conflict for Earth's premiere fighting force, the [[UNSC]], only being ended with the massive genocide that followed with the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | ||
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The operation was abruptly concluded with the start of the Human-Covenant War after the [[First Battle of Harvest]]. Though the [[Insurrection]] continued for a long time, the rebel threat in the system was rapidly decreased when the genocidal Covenant destroyed the systems, [[glassing]] planets and killing every human they encountered. In the meantime, many of the rebels, seeing that the UNSC offered the only real protection against the overwhelming Covenant force, ceased to resist, and either submitted to the UNSC's control or hid themselves away from both UNSC and Covenant attack.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]'''</ref> Some groups of rebels survived free of UNSC control for as long as [[2552]]. The majority simply continued their daily lives without interfering with the UNSC. Others even decided to offer dealings with the UNSC. However, it transpired that some were traps. | The operation was abruptly concluded with the start of the Human-Covenant War after the [[First Battle of Harvest]]. Though the [[Insurrection]] continued for a long time, the rebel threat in the system was rapidly decreased when the genocidal Covenant destroyed the systems, [[glassing]] planets and killing every human they encountered. In the meantime, many of the rebels, seeing that the UNSC offered the only real protection against the overwhelming Covenant force, ceased to resist, and either submitted to the UNSC's control or hid themselves away from both UNSC and Covenant attack.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]'''</ref> Some groups of rebels survived free of UNSC control for as long as [[2552]]. The majority simply continued their daily lives without interfering with the UNSC. Others even decided to offer dealings with the UNSC. However, it transpired that some were traps. | ||
== | ==Aftermath== | ||
{{Main|Massacre at Eridanus Secundus}} | {{Main|Massacre at Eridanus Secundus}} | ||
The rebel base in the Eridanus system was marked for further attack, but for some reason, likely due to the greater threat the Covenant posed, it was left alone and mostly forgotten until 2552 when [[Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb]] and a small crew including the AI [[Cortana]] and several Spartans (including all but [[ | The rebel base in the Eridanus system was marked for further attack, but for some reason, likely due to the greater threat the Covenant posed, it was left alone and mostly forgotten until [[2552]] when [[Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb]] and a small crew including the AI [[Cortana]] and several Spartans (including all but [[Samuel-034|one]] of the team that attacked the base) returned looking for repairs. After being convinced to help by a Covenant attack, the rebels repaired the ''Ascendant Justice-Gettysburg'' to operational status, but the two ships were too badly damaged to be fully repaired before the Covenant returned. The UNSC forces were forced to abandon the rebels and the base and the rebels have been presumably destroyed. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||