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In [[2494]], [[Levosia]]'s regional CENTCOM ordered the [[UNSC Navy]] to blockade and search all ships within the colony's [[26 Draconis system|system]] after [[Insurrectionist]]s were found selling elements that could be used to manufacture [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]s to the [[black market]].<ref name="he437">"The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole" – ''Halo: Evolutions'', p. 437</ref> | In [[2494]], [[Levosia]]'s regional CENTCOM ordered the [[UNSC Navy]] to blockade and search all ships within the colony's [[26 Draconis system|system]] after [[Insurrectionist]]s were found selling elements that could be used to manufacture [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]s to the [[black market]].<ref name="he437">"The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole" – ''Halo: Evolutions'', p. 437</ref> | ||
In [[2531]], the [[Victoria]] branch of the [[Insurrectionist]]s contacted the regional CENTCOM offering a trade of [[nuclear weapon]]s for UNSC medical services, as the [[Human-Covenant War]] had all but depleted the UNSC's nuclear arsenal in that sector. CENTCOM considered the offer, and eventually sent [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]] to [[ | In [[2531]], the [[Victoria]] branch of the [[Insurrectionist]]s contacted the regional CENTCOM offering a trade of [[nuclear weapon]]s for UNSC medical services, as the [[Human-Covenant War]] had all but depleted the UNSC's nuclear arsenal in that sector. CENTCOM considered the offer, and eventually sent [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]] to [[Operation: SMOKING ACES|raid]] the rebels' [[Camp New Hope|base]], get the weapons, and target any rebel leaders if possible.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', p. 34</ref> | ||
Prior to [[Operation: TORPEDO]] in [[2545]], the local CENTCOM had sent nuclear weapons launched from [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] in an attempt to neutralize the [[Covenant]] refinery on [[Pegasi Delta]], failing to do so as the Covenant could easily detect and destroy them due to the [[Čerenkov radiation]] they emitted when exiting slipspace.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 15</ref> | Prior to [[Operation: TORPEDO]] in [[2545]], the local CENTCOM had sent nuclear weapons launched from [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] in an attempt to neutralize the [[Covenant]] refinery on [[Pegasi Delta]], failing to do so as the Covenant could easily detect and destroy them due to the [[Čerenkov radiation]] they emitted when exiting slipspace.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', p. 15</ref> | ||