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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 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 rumors of impressments during similar searches in the Outer Colonies. Some at [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] would later suspect that this rumour was deliberately started by rebel sympathizers.{{Ref|'''''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''' - [[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'', Section 4}} 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/Reuse|mythos55}} | The [[corvette]] {{UNSCShip|Callisto}} was patrolling the 26 Draconis system, when the corvette stopped and performed a routine inspection of a trading vessel by [[Naval boarding|boarding]] the ship and searching its cargo. The merchant crew of the vessel was nervous due to rumors of impressments during similar searches in the Outer Colonies. Some at [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] would later suspect that this rumour was deliberately started by rebel sympathizers.{{Ref|'''''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''' - [[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'', Section 4}} 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/Reuse|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/Reuse|he279}} ''Callisto'' was now hijacked by local [[terrorist]]s,{{Ref/Reuse|mythos55}} with her computer system gutted and replaced.{{Ref/Reuse|he279}} As the terrorists began using ''Callisto'' against UNSC forces in the system, the UNSC responded aggressively,{{Ref/Reuse|mythos55}} sending a [[battle group]] of three [[Unidentified UNSC light destroyer class|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/Reuse|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/Reuse|he279}} ''Callisto'' was now hijacked by local [[terrorist]]s,{{Ref/Reuse|mythos55}} with her computer system gutted and replaced.{{Ref/Reuse|he279}} As the terrorists began using ''Callisto'' against UNSC forces in the system, the UNSC responded aggressively,{{Ref/Reuse|mythos55}} sending a [[battle group]] of three [[Unidentified UNSC light destroyer class|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/Reuse|he279}} | ||