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'''Bandersnatch''' was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] emergency code. Used right after combat operations or disasters have taken place, the code represents a radiological- or energy-based disaster.<ref name="isle">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 183'' (''"Bandersnatch" was the code used for radiological- or energy-based disaster. Dr. Halsey had heard this used before from planetary bombardment by Covenant plasma and during the UNSC nuking of the Far Isle Colony to put down the rebellion of 2492.'')</ref>
'''Bandersnatch''' was a [[United Nations Space Command]] emergency code to be declared following a radiological- or energy-based disaster.<ref name="Bandersnatch">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 183'' (''"Bandersnatch" was the code used for radiological- or energy-based disaster. Dr. Halsey had heard this used before from planetary bombardment by Covenant plasma and during the UNSC nuking of the Far Isle Colony to put down the rebellion of 2492.'')</ref> This code has been used many times, most often when a [[Human colonies|human colony]] world has been [[glassing|glassed]] by [[Covenant]] naval forces.


This code has been used many times, most often when a UNSC colony world has been [[glassing|glassed]] by [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] forces. It was also used during the destruction of the [[Far Isle]] colony due to massive rebellion,<ref name="isle"/> and during the [[Battle of Earth]], after the Covenant [[Covenant assault carrier|CAS-class assault carrier]] ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' entered [[Slipstream space|Slipspace]] in [[Earth]]'s lower orbit and damaged the city of [[New Mombasa]].{{citation needed}}
==Use==
Bandersnatch was declared following the nuclear bombing by UNSC forces to destroy the rebellion on [[Far Isle]] in 2492.<ref name="Bandersnatch"/>. [[Cortana]] later declared Bandersnatch, in addition to code [[Hydra (code)|Hydra]], on [[2552#November|November 3rd, 2552]] due to the attempted activation of [[Installation 05]], and the [[Flood]] infection which had consumed significant portions of the ring and the Covenant holy city, ''[[High Charity]]''.<ref name="Bandersnatch"/>


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