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{{Quote|The Callisto was taken and its computer system gutted and replaced. The insurgency was now armed.|[[Codename: SURGEON]]<ref name="he281">"The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole" – ''Halo: Evolutions'', p. 281</ref>}} | {{Quote|The Callisto was taken and its computer system gutted and replaced. The insurgency was now armed.|[[Codename: SURGEON]]<ref name="he281">"The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole" – ''Halo: Evolutions'', p. 281</ref>}} | ||
The [[corvette]] {{UNSCShip|Callisto}} was patrolling the 26 Draconis system, when the corvette stopped and | The [[corvette]] {{UNSCShip|Callisto}} was patrolling the 26 Draconis system, when the corvette stopped and performed a routine inspection of a trading vessel by [[boarding]] the ship and searching its cargo. The merchant crew of the vessel was nervous due to false rumors of impressments during similar searches in the Outer Colonies, a rumor likely started by rebel sympathizers. The inspection went tragically awry when a weapon was drawn and shots were exchanged, resulting in the deaths of three naval officers and twenty-seven merchant crewmen; no contraband was located on the trading vessel. This incident sparked outrage throughout the entire 26 Draconis system and the rest of the region.<ref name="mythos55"/> | ||
Thirty-seven days later, ''Callisto'' ordered a similar merchant ship to stand by and allow an inspection and the crew of the trading vessel courteously allowed naval officers to board. However, when the officers entered the cargo bay, they found it empty. Suddenly, the [[Blast door|bay doors]] opened and the officers were ejected into space. The "merchant" crew then boarded the unsuspecting ''Callisto'' and murdered the remainder of her crew.<ref name="he279"/> ''Callisto'' was now hijacked by local [[terrorist]]s,<ref name="mythos55"/> with her computer system gutted and replaced.<ref name="he279"/> As the terrorists began using ''Callisto'' against UNSC forces in the system, the UNSC responded aggressively,<ref name="mythos55"/> sending a [[battle group]] of three [[Destroyer|light destroyers]] tasked with locating ''Callisto''. The battle group was led by [[Captain]] [[Harold Lewis]] of {{UNSCShip|Las Vegas}}, and also consisted of {{UNSCShip|Buenos Aires}} and {{UNSCShip|Jericho}}.<ref name="he279"/> | Thirty-seven days later, ''Callisto'' ordered a similar merchant ship to stand by and allow an inspection and the crew of the trading vessel courteously allowed naval officers to board. However, when the officers entered the cargo bay, they found it empty. Suddenly, the [[Blast door|bay doors]] opened and the officers were ejected into space. The "merchant" crew then boarded the unsuspecting ''Callisto'' and murdered the remainder of her crew.<ref name="he279"/> ''Callisto'' was now hijacked by local [[terrorist]]s,<ref name="mythos55"/> with her computer system gutted and replaced.<ref name="he279"/> As the terrorists began using ''Callisto'' against UNSC forces in the system, the UNSC responded aggressively,<ref name="mythos55"/> sending a [[battle group]] of three [[Destroyer|light destroyers]] tasked with locating ''Callisto''. The battle group was led by [[Captain]] [[Harold Lewis]] of {{UNSCShip|Las Vegas}}, and also consisted of {{UNSCShip|Buenos Aires}} and {{UNSCShip|Jericho}}.<ref name="he279"/> | ||