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{{Quote|A million casualties now, caught in the crossfire, since TREBUCHET started. No one's going to ignore that. The civilians will keep cheering the rebels on.|[[Felicia Sanderson]]<ref name="dirt117"/>}} | {{Quote|A million casualties now, caught in the crossfire, since TREBUCHET started. No one's going to ignore that. The civilians will keep cheering the rebels on.|[[Felicia Sanderson]]<ref name="dirt117"/>}} | ||
By [[2524]], Operation: TREBUCHET had resulted in over one million [[civilian]] casualties.<ref name="dirt117"/> Meanwhile, Colonel Watts had created more rebel installations on planets throughout human-occupied space. The United Rebel Front proved to be difficult to route, and several other organized insurgent factions developed on other [[human colonies]]. Despite the best efforts of UNSC personnel, [[Terrorism|terrorist]] bombings continued and civilians were still caught in the crossfire, resulting in a growth of resentment directed towards the UNSC.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 45'' (2011)</ref> As part of the operation, supersoldiers of the [[ORION Project]] were deployed on covert missions to engage insurgents.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 83'' (2011)</ref> During one of these missions, [[Avery Johnson]] nearly | By [[2524]], Operation: TREBUCHET had resulted in over one million [[civilian]] casualties.<ref name="dirt117"/> Meanwhile, Colonel Watts had created more rebel installations on planets throughout human-occupied space. The United Rebel Front proved to be difficult to route, and several other organized insurgent factions developed on other [[human colonies]]. Despite the best efforts of UNSC personnel, [[Terrorism|terrorist]] bombings continued and civilians were still caught in the crossfire, resulting in a growth of resentment directed towards the UNSC.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 45'' (2011)</ref> As part of the operation, supersoldiers of the [[ORION Project]] were deployed on covert missions to engage insurgents.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 83'' (2011)</ref> During one of these missions, [[Avery Johnson]] nearly succeeded in assassinating Watts.<ref name="ch112"/> | ||
Fighting continued, now in the [[Inner Colonies|Inner Colony]] system of [[Epsilon Eridani system|Epsilon Eridani]]. When it was discovered that several major insurrectionist cells were operating on the industrial and populous colony world of [[Tribute]],<ref name="tribute">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/tribute '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tribute'']</ref> a Marine battalion was posted at the planet, commanded by [[Aboim|Lieutenant Colonel Aboim]] and supported by the [[UNSC corvette|corvette]] {{UNSCShip|Bum Rush}} with air support from [[AV-14 Hornet]]s.<ref name="ch9">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 9''</ref> The UNSC's initial attempts at eliminating the insurrectionists failed, leading to waves of bombings, assassinations, and UNSC raids in urban areas that resulted in high numbers of civilian casualties.<ref name="tribute"/> During one of the battalion's operations on Tribute, the unit attempted to put a stop to rebel bomb makers. Two special warfare [[squad]]s, led by Staff Sergeants [[Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]], were involved in the disastrous attempt in stopping the bomb makers in June 2524.<ref name="ch9"/> Although the rebel bomb makers were found and executed in a bomb shop in a struggling industrial town on Tribute, a truck lined with the bombs escaped to a [[Jim Dandy]] restaurant in the nearby [[Casbah City]]. When ordered to shoot the rebel with the bombs, Johnson's hesitation led to a rebel detonating her explosives. Three members of Byrne's team, as well as thirty-eight civilians, were killed. Byrne was critically injured in the explosion and Johnson was lightly wounded.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 20''</ref> Byrne and Johnson are pulled from the system, and later sent to [[Harvest]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 48''</ref> Although the insurgents initially enjoyed some degree of support from a part of Tribute's population, it soon became clear that the rebels were often the cause of violence on the planet and their support and popularity quickly decreased.<ref name="tribute"/> | Fighting continued, now in the [[Inner Colonies|Inner Colony]] system of [[Epsilon Eridani system|Epsilon Eridani]]. When it was discovered that several major insurrectionist cells were operating on the industrial and populous colony world of [[Tribute]],<ref name="tribute">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/tribute '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tribute'']</ref> a Marine battalion was posted at the planet, commanded by [[Aboim|Lieutenant Colonel Aboim]] and supported by the [[UNSC corvette|corvette]] {{UNSCShip|Bum Rush}} with air support from [[AV-14 Hornet]]s.<ref name="ch9">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 9''</ref> The UNSC's initial attempts at eliminating the insurrectionists failed, leading to waves of bombings, assassinations, and UNSC raids in urban areas that resulted in high numbers of civilian casualties.<ref name="tribute"/> During one of the battalion's operations on Tribute, the unit attempted to put a stop to rebel bomb makers. Two special warfare [[squad]]s, led by Staff Sergeants [[Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]], were involved in the disastrous attempt in stopping the bomb makers in June 2524.<ref name="ch9"/> Although the rebel bomb makers were found and executed in a bomb shop in a struggling industrial town on Tribute, a truck lined with the bombs escaped to a [[Jim Dandy]] restaurant in the nearby [[Casbah City]]. When ordered to shoot the rebel with the bombs, Johnson's hesitation led to a rebel detonating her explosives. Three members of Byrne's team, as well as thirty-eight civilians, were killed. Byrne was critically injured in the explosion and Johnson was lightly wounded.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 20''</ref> Byrne and Johnson are pulled from the system, and later sent to [[Harvest]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 48''</ref> Although the insurgents initially enjoyed some degree of support from a part of Tribute's population, it soon became clear that the rebels were often the cause of violence on the planet and their support and popularity quickly decreased.<ref name="tribute"/> | ||