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During the [[Insurrection]], numerous rebel movements sprang up on Inner Colonies such as Reach, initiating a wave of terrorism that saw many colonies as the scene of numerous bombings and massacres. The UNSC placed the elimination of these movements as a top priority in restoring order to the UEG's most critically important worlds, leading to the [[Spartan-II program]]. | During the [[Insurrection]], numerous rebel movements sprang up on Inner Colonies such as Reach, initiating a wave of terrorism that saw many colonies as the scene of numerous bombings and massacres. The UNSC placed the elimination of these movements as a top priority in restoring order to the UEG's most critically important worlds, leading to the [[Spartan-II program]]. | ||
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], numerous ships were pulled from their positions in the Outer Colonies to defend the Inner Colonies. Old ships, such as the [[Halcyon-class light cruiser]] {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, were refitted and brought back into service to supplement the remaining defense forces. A period of the war known as the Inner Colony Sieges began on June 1, [[2536]]<ref name="HWTimeline">'''[[Halo Wars Timeline Events]]'''</ref>, lasting all the way until the climactic battles in the latter half of [[2552]].<ref name="xbox.com"/><ref name="HWTimeline"/><ref name="halowars.com">''[[Halowars.com/Timeline| | During the [[Human-Covenant War]], numerous ships were pulled from their positions in the Outer Colonies to defend the Inner Colonies. Old ships, such as the [[Halcyon-class light cruiser]] {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, were refitted and brought back into service to supplement the remaining defense forces. A period of the war known as the Inner Colony Sieges began on June 1, [[2536]]<ref name="HWTimeline">'''[[Halo Wars Timeline Events]]'''</ref>, lasting all the way until the climactic battles in the latter half of [[2552]].<ref name="xbox.com"/><ref name="HWTimeline"/><ref name="halowars.com">[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/Timeline.aspx ''Official Halo Wars Community Site'': Timeline] (defunct, [[Archive:Halowars.com/Timeline|Archived]])</ref>During this period, the war fell into a cyclic nature of human forces winning isolated battles on the ground, but taking huge losses in space. One by one, the Covenant began to exterminate the Inner Colonies. At the beginning of the [[Fall of Reach]], dozens of Inner Colony planets were bypassed by the [[Covenant fleet]] attacking Reach,<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page ??''</ref> and a number of Inner Colonies survived the war.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike (2010)''', Adjunct: ''[[Petra]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 481''</ref> | ||
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