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|side1=*[[United Nations Space Command]] | |side1=*[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|side2=*[[Insurrectionist]]s | |side2=*[[Insurrectionist]]s | ||
**[[Eridanus | **[[Eridanus rebels]] | ||
|commanders1=*[[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Ponder]] | |commanders1=*[[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Ponder]] | ||
*[[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Aboim]] | *[[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Aboim]] | ||
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Fighting breaks out in the [[Eridanus Star System]] first, particularly at Eridanus II and the space around it, as rebels supporting the system's breakaway from the UNSC build a small navy of civilian craft and attempt to take over the system. The disorganized [[Eridanus | Fighting breaks out in the [[Eridanus system|Eridanus Star System]] first, particularly at Eridanus II and the space around it, as rebels supporting the system's breakaway from the UNSC build a small navy of civilian craft and attempt to take over the system. The disorganized [[Eridanus rebels]] are eventually brought together by [[Robert Watts|Colonel Robert Watts]]. | ||
The UNSC responds harshly, sending a [[ | The UNSC responds harshly, sending a [[fleet]] of [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]] and [[UNSC carrier|carriers]] to the system to combat the rebel fleet. The resulting battle pitted the UNSC against at least one hundred smaller rebel craft.<ref name=TFOR2>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 75-77''</ref> The UNSC forces defeated their rebel counterparts with little difficulty. During the battle, the rebels were routed and the remnants of their fleet fled into the asteroid belt to [[Eridanus Secundus]]. They would eventually establish a fully functional asteroid base and began conducting raids again by [[2525]].<ref name=TFOR2/> | ||
A ground campaign begins on [[Eridanus II]], as units from the [[9th Marine Expeditionary Force]] are sent to the planet in force, hoping to capture leaders of the movement and pacify the population. One of these units, the first Battalion of the [[21st Marine Division]] commanded by [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Ponder]], was involved in a disastrous mission to try and capture a rebel leader - the second in command - in [[Elysium City]], which ended in the leader's family being killed and Ponder wounded and demoted.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 112''</ref> | A ground campaign begins on [[Eridanus II]], as units from the [[9th Marine Expeditionary Force]] are sent to the planet in force, hoping to capture leaders of the movement and pacify the population. One of these units, the first Battalion of the [[21st Marine Division]] commanded by [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Ponder]], was involved in a disastrous mission to try and capture a rebel leader - the second in command - in [[Elysium City]], which ended in the leader's family being killed and Ponder wounded and demoted.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 112''</ref> | ||
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Fighting continues, now in Epsilon Eridani. By this point, the war has taken over a million lives, the majority of which being civilians. A Marine Battalion is posted at the colony world of [[Tribute]], commanded by [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Aboim]] and supported by the corvette {{UNSCship|Bum Rush}} and air support from [[Hornets]]. The battalion attempts to put a stop to rebel bomb makers. Two special warfare [[squad]]s, led by [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]], are involved in disastrous operation in June. Byrne's team is killed during a hostage situation at a [[Jim Dandy]] restaurant near [[Casbah]] city. Thirty-Eight civilians, three Marines, and two rebels are killed in the bombing. Byrne and Johnson are pulled from the system, and later sent to [[Harvest]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''pages 9-20''</ref> | Fighting continues, now in Epsilon Eridani. By this point, the war has taken over a million lives, the majority of which being civilians. A Marine Battalion is posted at the colony world of [[Tribute]], commanded by [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Aboim]] and supported by the corvette {{UNSCship|Bum Rush}} and air support from [[Hornets]]. The battalion attempts to put a stop to rebel bomb makers. Two special warfare [[squad]]s, led by [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]], are involved in disastrous operation in June. Byrne's team is killed during a hostage situation at a [[Jim Dandy]] restaurant near [[Casbah]] city. Thirty-Eight civilians, three Marines, and two rebels are killed in the bombing. Byrne and Johnson are pulled from the system, and later sent to [[Harvest]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''pages 9-20''</ref> | ||
In the meantime, the Insurrectionists resort to bolder, more deadly tactics, such as the bombing of a civilian liner in orbit over [[Reach]]. | In the meantime, the Insurrectionists resort to bolder, more deadly tactics, such as the bombing of [[National Holiday|a civilian liner]] in orbit over [[Reach]]. | ||
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{{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 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. | 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 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. | ||