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-'''Operation: CHARLEMAGNE''' was a code name for a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] counterattack against the [[Insurrectionist]]s on [[Eridanus II]]. It marked the first tactical deployment conducted by the [[ORION Project]].<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''Chapter 2'','' pages 44-45''</ref> It was also the only occasion where an entire unit of Spartan-I's was deployed as a group.<ref name="Page81">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 81''</ref>
+'''Operation: CHARLEMAGNE''' was a code name for the first major [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] counterattack against the [[Insurrectionist]]s on [[Eridanus II]] in the late 25th century. It marked the first tactical deployment conducted by the [[ORION Project]].<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''Chapter 2'','' pages 44-45''</ref> It was also the only occasion where an entire unit of SPARTAN-Is was deployed as a group.<ref name="Page81">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 81''</ref>
+==Background==
+In June 2494, the rebel [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]] rallied the secessionist movements on Eridanus II, equipped by traitors within the [[Colonial Military Administration]]'s command hierarchy. Watts orchestrated a methodical and thorough series of assaults involving terror bombings, political assassinations and kidnappings in order to seize control of the planet from the [[Colonial Administration Authority|CAA]]-aligned Eridanus Government; the rebels were even able to gather a small fleet of warships through their CMA contacts. Watts' campaign had a significant impact on shipping to and from the planet, which prompted the Eridanus Government to call for the UNSC's aid in the December of 2494.<ref name="enc"/>
 ==Operation==
-Launched in January 2496, the operation materialized as a response to a series of politically-motivated assaults conducted by local secessionists on [[Eridanus II]] in [[2494]] against governmental officials and civilians, which concluded in a large number of deaths and kidnappings.<ref name="enc"/>
+In response to the rebel attacks, the UNSC launched Operation: CHARLEMAGNE in January 2496. A large UNSC [[battle group]] was sent in to crush the rebel forces, which were defeated at the cost of four [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]]. Meanwhile, the group of ORION Project operatives (SPARTAN-Is) attacked the rebels in a swift and silent [[Special operations|special operation]] that resulted in only one casualty on the ORIONs' side, and several crippling losses on the rebels' side.<ref name="enc"/> The Spartans recovered a sub-orbital transit station over the planet without ever being observed.<ref name="Page81"/>
+Operation: CHARLEMAGNE continued for over a year, and saw the first field use of the [[SP42 Cobra|SP42 "Cobra" MBT]] by the UNSC Marine Corps in 2497.<ref name="cobra"/>
-A large UNSC [[battle group]] was sent in to crush the rebel forces, which were defeated at the cost of four [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]]. Meanwhile, the group of ORION Project operatives (SPARTAN-Is) attacked the rebels in a swift and silent [[Special operations|special operation]] that resulted in only one casualty on ORION's side, and several crippling losses on the rebels' side. The Spartans recovered a sub-orbital transit station over the planet without ever being observed.<ref name="enc"/>
+==Aftermath and legacy==
+While the rebellion was quelled, elements of the rebel forces escaped into the system's [[asteroid]] belt,<ref name="enc"/> remaining there for several decades. Under Watts' leadership, the Insurrectionists attempted to seize power again in [[2513]], leading to another clash between the UNSC and the secessionists in [[Operation: TREBUCHET]].
-==Legacy==
+The ORION supersoldiers' success in the operation is believed to have positively marked the [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI's]] propaganda machine, having sparked various conspiracy theories with regard to the operation's perpetrators within civilian and rebel circles.
-The operation is believed to have positively marked the [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI's]] propaganda machine, having sparked various conspiracy theories with regard to the operation's perpetrators within civilian and rebel circles.
 ==Trivia==
-*The operation was likely named after [[Wikipedia:Charlemagne|Charlemagne]], the Frankish king who changed the face of Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries CE.
+The operation was named after [[Wikipedia:Charlemagne|Charlemagne]], the Frankish king who changed the face of Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries CE.
-*The [[SP42 Main Battle Tank|SP42 "Cobra" MBT]] saw its first field use by the UNSC Marine Corps during the operation in 2497.<ref name="cobra"/>
 ==Sources==