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|name=Operation: TREBUCHET | |name=Operation: TREBUCHET | ||
|image=[[File:Eridanus_battle.png| | |image=[[File:Eridanus_battle.png|330px]] | ||
|conflict=[[Insurrection]] | |conflict=[[Insurrection]] | ||
|date=[[ | |date=[[2494|June 2494]] - [[2525|February 3, 2525]] | ||
|place=*[[Eridanus | |place=*[[Eridanus system]] | ||
*[[Epsilon Eridani | *[[Epsilon Eridani system]] | ||
|result=UNSC victory | |result=;UNSC victory | ||
*The Eridanus rebellion is terminated | *The [[Eridanus rebels|Eridanus rebellion]] is terminated | ||
|side1= | |side1=[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|side2= | |side2=[[Insurrectionist]]s | ||
*[[Eridanus rebels]] | |||
|commanders1= | |commanders1=[[Ponder|Lieutenant Colonel Ponder]] <br> | ||
[[Aboim|Lieutenant Colonel Aboim]] | |||
|commanders2= | |commanders2=[[Robert Watts|Colonel Robert Watts]] | ||
|forces1=* | |forces1=*[[UNSC Navy]] | ||
|forces2=*100 vessels ( | *[[UNSC Marine Corps]] | ||
|casual1= | |forces2=*100 vessels (improvised civilian craft, various classes), ground troops | ||
|casual2= | |casual1=Four destroyers, several Marines | ||
|casual2=Rebel soldiers, almost all space craft | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Operation: TREBUCHET''' was the [[Unified Earth Government]]'s military response to the numerous civilian uprisings in the [[Outer Colonies]] known as the [[Insurrection]]. Spanning over ten years and encompassing at least two | '''Operation: TREBUCHET''' was the [[Unified Earth Government]]'s military response to the numerous civilian uprisings in the [[Outer Colonies]] known as the [[Insurrection]]. Spanning over ten years and encompassing at least two planetary systems, Operation: TREBUCHET involved numerous [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] units and many vessels from the [[UNSC Navy]] in an attempt to pacify the [[Insurrectionist]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 141''</ref> It was one of the largest and farthest reaching operations known to have been conducted by the UNSC in its long history.<ref name="ch11">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 11''</ref> With the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2525]], Operation: TREBUCHET was temporarily suspended.<ref name="goo39">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 39''</ref> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Beginning in [[2513]] with a large uprising in the [[Eridanus system]], Operation: TREBUCHET was intended to be a heavy handed fight to bring all dissenting | Beginning in [[2513]] with a large, armed uprising in the [[Eridanus system]], Operation: TREBUCHET was intended to be a heavy handed fight to bring all dissenting [[Outer Colonies]] in line, effectively crushing all resistance to the [[Earth]]'s authority in the Outer Colonies.<ref name="ch11"/> | ||
At first the aggressive response was widely accepted, however, as the fight dragged on and the theater of operations expanded, the continuing operation became extremely unpopular with the human civilian population. Operation: TREBUCHET eventually became the central conflict for Earth's premiere fighting force, the [[ | At first the aggressive response was widely accepted, however, as the fight dragged on and the theater of operations expanded, the continuing operation became extremely unpopular with the human civilian population. Operation: TREBUCHET eventually became the central conflict for Earth's premiere fighting force, the [[United Nations Space Command]], only being ended with the massive genocide that followed with the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="goo39"/> | ||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
===2494=== | ===2494=== | ||
Insurrectionist forces take control of Eridanus II, establishing their own [[Wikipedia:secession|secessionist]] government in the wake of the [[Wikipedia:coup d'état|''coup d'état'']].<ref name=TFOR>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 17-18''</ref> | In [[2494|June of 2494]], Insurrectionist forces take control of [[Eridanus II]], overthrowing the Eridanus Government and establishing their own [[Wikipedia:secession|secessionist]] government in the wake of the [[Wikipedia:coup d'état|''coup d'état'']].<ref name=TFOR>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 17-18''</ref> Equipped by defectors from the [[Colonial Military Administration]], the rebels preform a well-planned and efficiently executed campaign of city bombings, political assassinations, and kidnapping. These attacks heavily impacted Eridanus II's shipping industry. Meanwhile, the rebels amass a fleet of vessels from the CMA. The Eridanus Government officially requests aid from the [[United Nations Space Command]] in December of the same year.<ref name="ENC44">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 44'' (2011 edition)</ref> | ||
=== 2496 === | === 2496 === | ||
UNSC forces begin their campaign to retake | In [[2494|January of 2496]], UNSC forces finally responds to the government's requests and begin their campaign to retake Eridanus II, deploying a battlegroup of unknown size to engage the makeshift Insurrectionist defence fleet. The UNSC successfully regains control of the world, at the cost of four [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]].<ref name="ENC44"/> Despite the UNSC's best attempts at removing the entrenched rebellion, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] fails to discover the location of their base, [[Eridanus Secundus]]. This hollowed-out [[asteroid]] would remain a safe haven for Insurrectionists for another three decades.<ref name=TFOR/> | ||
===2513=== | ===2513=== | ||
Fighting breaks out in the [[Eridanus system | [[File:FoR - Iliad.png|thumb|300px|The ''[[Iliad]]'' engaging UNSC targets.]] | ||
Fighting breaks out in the [[Eridanus system]] first, particularly at [[Eridanus II]] and the space around it, as rebels supporting the system's breakaway from the UNSC build a small navy of civilian craft and attempt to take over the system. The disorganized [[Eridanus rebels]] are eventually brought together by [[Robert Watts|Colonel Robert Watts]].<ref name=TFOR2>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 75-77'' (2001 edition); ''pages 95-97'' (2010 edition)</ref> | |||
The UNSC responds harshly, sending a [[fleet]] of [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]] and [[UNSC carrier|carriers]] to the system to combat the rebel fleet. The resulting battle pitted the UNSC against at least one hundred smaller rebel craft. | The UNSC responds harshly, sending a [[fleet]] of [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]] and [[UNSC carrier|carriers]] to the system to combat the rebel fleet. The resulting battle pitted the UNSC against at least one hundred smaller rebel craft. The UNSC forces defeated their rebel counterparts with little difficulty. During the battle, the rebels were routed and the remnants of their fleet fled into the asteroid belt to [[Eridanus Secundus]]. They would eventually establish a fully functional asteroid base and began conducting raids again by [[2525]].<ref name=TFOR2/> | ||
A ground campaign begins on [[Eridanus II]], as units from the [[9th Marine Expeditionary Force]] are sent to the planet in force, hoping to capture leaders of the movement and pacify the population. One of these units, the | A ground campaign begins on [[Eridanus II]], as units from the [[9th Marine Expeditionary Force]] are sent to the planet in force, hoping to capture leaders of the movement and pacify the population. One of these units, the [[1st Battalion]] of the [[21st Marine Division]] commanded by [[Ponder|Lieutenant Colonel Ponder]], was involved in a disastrous mission to try and capture a rebel leader — the second-in-command — in [[Elysium City]]. When the rebel threatened to kill himself and his own daughter with a grenade, Ponder realized the man was bluffing. Unfortunately, an attached sniper drew an opposite conclusion and shot the rebel. The rebel pulled the grenade's pin out on reflex, which ended in the leader's family being killed and Ponder wounded and demoted.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 112''</ref> | ||
===2524=== | ===2524=== | ||
Fighting continues, now in Epsilon Eridani. By this point, the war has taken over a million lives, the majority of which being civilians. A Marine | Fighting continues, now in the [[Inner Colonies]] system of [[Epsilon Eridani system|Epsilon Eridani]]. By this point, the war has taken over a million lives, the majority of which being civilians. Watts has created more rebel installations on planets throughout human space.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 45'' (2011 edition)</ref> A Marine battalion is posted at the industrial and populous colony world of [[Tribute]], commanded by [[Aboim|Lieutenant Colonel Aboim]] and supported by the corvette {{UNSCShip|Bum Rush}} and air support from [[AV-14 Hornet]]s. The battalion attempts to put a stop to rebel bomb makers. Two special warfare [[squad]]s, led by [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]], are involved in disastrous operation in June.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 9''</ref> Although the rebel bomb makers are found and executed in a bomb shop in a struggling industrial town on Tribute, a truck lined with the bombs escapes to a [[Jim Dandy]] restaurant in [[Casbah City]]. When ordered to shoot the rebel with the bombs, Johnson's hesitation led to the rebel detonating her explosives. Three members of Byrne's team, as well as thirty-eight civilians, were killed in the restaurant when a rebel detonated a bomb during a hostage situation. 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> | ||
In the meantime, the Insurrectionists resort to bolder, more deadly tactics, such as the bombing of [[National Holiday|a civilian liner]] in orbit over [[Reach]]. | In the meantime, the Insurrectionists resort to bolder, more deadly tactics, such as the bombing of [[National Holiday|a civilian liner]] in orbit over [[Reach]]. The [[terrorism|terrorist]] attack was listed as an accident by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 127''</ref> | ||
===2525=== | ===2525=== | ||
The last known operations involved the [[SPARTAN-II]] soldiers in [[2525]]. A team of five SPARTAN-IIs were dispatched and to infiltrate the rebel base at Eridanus Secundus and capture Watts, the rebel leader. They succeeded in doing so, crippling but not destroying the rebel infrastructure in the Eridanus system.<ref>''' | [[File:FoR_innies.png|thumb|300px|Insurrectionist soldiers in [[Eridanus Secundus]].]] | ||
The last known operations involved the [[SPARTAN-II]] soldiers in [[2525]]. A team of five SPARTAN-IIs were dispatched and to [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus|infiltrate]] the rebel base at [[Eridanus Secundus]] and capture Watts, the rebel leader. They succeeded in doing so, crippling but not destroying the rebel infrastructure in the Eridanus system.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 83''</ref> The remaining insurgents chose to remain silent at the asteroid base following the raid, even when Eridanus II was [[glassed]] by the [[Covenant]] in [[2530]].<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 299'' (2011 edition)</ref> Shortly afterward, the Spartans and a team of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s were sent to halt a rebellion on [[Jericho VII]] for over 131 days.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 103'' (2001 edition); ''page 125'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''', ''Part 1''</ref> | |||
The operation was abruptly concluded with the start of the Human-Covenant War after the [[First Battle of Harvest]]. Though the [[Insurrection]] continued for a long time, the rebel threat in the system was rapidly decreased when the genocidal Covenant destroyed the systems, [[glassing]] planets and killing every human they encountered. In the meantime, many of the rebels, seeing that the UNSC offered the only real protection against the overwhelming Covenant force, ceased to resist, and either submitted to the UNSC's control or hid themselves away from both UNSC and Covenant attack.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]'''</ref> Some groups of rebels survived free of UNSC control for as long as [[2552]]. The majority simply continued their daily lives without interfering with the UNSC. Others even decided to offer dealings with the UNSC. However, it transpired that some were traps. | The operation was abruptly concluded with the start of the [[Human-Covenant War]] after the [[First Battle of Harvest]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''', ''page 94''</ref> Though the [[Insurrection]] continued for a long time, the rebel threat in the system was rapidly decreased when the genocidal Covenant destroyed the systems, [[glassing]] planets and killing every human they encountered. With the onset of the new war, Operation: TREBUCHET was temporarily suspended but not terminated.<ref name="md187">'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 187''</ref> In the meantime, many of the rebels, seeing that the UNSC offered the only real protection against the overwhelming Covenant force, ceased to resist, and either submitted to the UNSC's control or hid themselves away from both UNSC and Covenant attack.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]'''</ref> Some groups of rebels survived free of UNSC control for as long as [[2552]]. The majority simply continued their daily lives without interfering with the UNSC. Others even decided to offer dealings with the UNSC. However, it transpired that [[Raid on Camp New Hope|some were traps]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 36-37''</ref> | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
The rebel base in the [[Eridanus system]] was marked for further attack, but for some reason, likely due to the greater threat the [[Covenant]] posed, it was left alone and mostly forgotten until [[2552]] when [[Danforth Whitcomb|Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb]] and a small crew including the [[artificial intelligence]] [[Cortana]] and several Spartans (including all but [[Samuel-034|one]] of the team that attacked the base) returned looking for repairs.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 307''</ref> After being convinced to help by a Covenant attack, the rebels repaired the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]''-[[UNSC Gettysburg|''Gettysburg'']] to operational status, but the two ships were too badly damaged to be fully repaired before the Covenant returned. The UNSC forces were forced to abandon the rebels and the base and the rebels have been presumably destroyed.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 338''</ref> | |||
The rebel base in the Eridanus system was marked for further attack, but for some reason, likely due to the greater threat the Covenant posed, it was left alone and mostly forgotten until [[2552]] when [[Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb]] and a small crew including the | |||
By [[2553|April 2553]], Operation: TREBUCHET had been suspended for nearly thirty years, though the [[Venezian militia]] still believed the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] was willing to continue it. This led to the militia creating a large weapons pile-up and even capturing the {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' in the event that they needed to defend [[Venezia]] from the operation.<ref name="md187"/> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo Wars]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' | |||
**''[[Dirt]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | ||
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' | **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'' {{ | *''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | |||
{{Insurrection}} | {{Insurrection}} | ||
[[Category:Events|TREBUCHET]] | [[Category:Events|TREBUCHET]] | ||
[[Category:Operations|TREBUCHET]] | [[Category:Operations|TREBUCHET]] | ||
Revision as of 13:50, August 26, 2014
Operation: TREBUCHET was the Unified Earth Government's military response to the numerous civilian uprisings in the Outer Colonies known as the Insurrection. Spanning over ten years and encompassing at least two planetary systems, Operation: TREBUCHET involved numerous Marine units and many vessels from the UNSC Navy in an attempt to pacify the Insurrectionists.[1] It was one of the largest and farthest reaching operations known to have been conducted by the UNSC in its long history.[2] With the beginning of the Human-Covenant War in 2525, Operation: TREBUCHET was temporarily suspended.[3]
Overview
Beginning in 2513 with a large, armed uprising in the Eridanus system, Operation: TREBUCHET was intended to be a heavy handed fight to bring all dissenting Outer Colonies in line, effectively crushing all resistance to the Earth's authority in the Outer Colonies.[2]
At first the aggressive response was widely accepted, however, as the fight dragged on and the theater of operations expanded, the continuing operation became extremely unpopular with the human civilian population. Operation: TREBUCHET eventually became the central conflict for Earth's premiere fighting force, the United Nations Space Command, only being ended with the massive genocide that followed with the Human-Covenant War.[3]
Timeline
2494
In June of 2494, Insurrectionist forces take control of Eridanus II, overthrowing the Eridanus Government and establishing their own secessionist government in the wake of the coup d'état.[4] Equipped by defectors from the Colonial Military Administration, the rebels preform a well-planned and efficiently executed campaign of city bombings, political assassinations, and kidnapping. These attacks heavily impacted Eridanus II's shipping industry. Meanwhile, the rebels amass a fleet of vessels from the CMA. The Eridanus Government officially requests aid from the United Nations Space Command in December of the same year.[5]
2496
In January of 2496, UNSC forces finally responds to the government's requests and begin their campaign to retake Eridanus II, deploying a battlegroup of unknown size to engage the makeshift Insurrectionist defence fleet. The UNSC successfully regains control of the world, at the cost of four destroyers.[5] Despite the UNSC's best attempts at removing the entrenched rebellion, the Office of Naval Intelligence fails to discover the location of their base, Eridanus Secundus. This hollowed-out asteroid would remain a safe haven for Insurrectionists for another three decades.[4]
2513
Fighting breaks out in the Eridanus system first, particularly at Eridanus II and the space around it, as rebels supporting the system's breakaway from the UNSC build a small navy of civilian craft and attempt to take over the system. The disorganized Eridanus rebels are eventually brought together by Colonel Robert Watts.[6]
The UNSC responds harshly, sending a fleet of destroyers and carriers to the system to combat the rebel fleet. The resulting battle pitted the UNSC against at least one hundred smaller rebel craft. The UNSC forces defeated their rebel counterparts with little difficulty. During the battle, the rebels were routed and the remnants of their fleet fled into the asteroid belt to Eridanus Secundus. They would eventually establish a fully functional asteroid base and began conducting raids again by 2525.[6]
A ground campaign begins on Eridanus II, as units from the 9th Marine Expeditionary Force are sent to the planet in force, hoping to capture leaders of the movement and pacify the population. One of these units, the 1st Battalion of the 21st Marine Division commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ponder, was involved in a disastrous mission to try and capture a rebel leader — the second-in-command — in Elysium City. When the rebel threatened to kill himself and his own daughter with a grenade, Ponder realized the man was bluffing. Unfortunately, an attached sniper drew an opposite conclusion and shot the rebel. The rebel pulled the grenade's pin out on reflex, which ended in the leader's family being killed and Ponder wounded and demoted.[7]
2524
Fighting continues, now in the Inner Colonies system of Epsilon Eridani. By this point, the war has taken over a million lives, the majority of which being civilians. Watts has created more rebel installations on planets throughout human space.[8] A Marine battalion is posted at the industrial and populous colony world of Tribute, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Aboim and supported by the corvette UNSC Bum Rush and air support from AV-14 Hornets. The battalion attempts to put a stop to rebel bomb makers. Two special warfare squads, led by Staff Sergeants Avery Johnson and Nolan Byrne, are involved in disastrous operation in June.[9] Although the rebel bomb makers are found and executed in a bomb shop in a struggling industrial town on Tribute, a truck lined with the bombs escapes to a Jim Dandy restaurant in Casbah City. When ordered to shoot the rebel with the bombs, Johnson's hesitation led to the rebel detonating her explosives. Three members of Byrne's team, as well as thirty-eight civilians, were killed in the restaurant when a rebel detonated a bomb during a hostage situation. Byrne was critically injured in the explosion and Johnson was lightly wounded.[10] Byrne and Johnson are pulled from the system, and later sent to Harvest.[11]
In the meantime, the Insurrectionists resort to bolder, more deadly tactics, such as the bombing of a civilian liner in orbit over Reach. The terrorist attack was listed as an accident by the Office of Naval Intelligence.[12]
2525
The last known operations involved the SPARTAN-II soldiers in 2525. A team of five SPARTAN-IIs were dispatched and to infiltrate the rebel base at Eridanus Secundus and capture Watts, the rebel leader. They succeeded in doing so, crippling but not destroying the rebel infrastructure in the Eridanus system.[13] The remaining insurgents chose to remain silent at the asteroid base following the raid, even when Eridanus II was glassed by the Covenant in 2530.[14] Shortly afterward, the Spartans and a team of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers were sent to halt a rebellion on Jericho VII for over 131 days.[15][16]
The operation was abruptly concluded with the start of the Human-Covenant War after the First Battle of Harvest.[17] Though the Insurrection continued for a long time, the rebel threat in the system was rapidly decreased when the genocidal Covenant destroyed the systems, glassing planets and killing every human they encountered. With the onset of the new war, Operation: TREBUCHET was temporarily suspended but not terminated.[18] In the meantime, many of the rebels, seeing that the UNSC offered the only real protection against the overwhelming Covenant force, ceased to resist, and either submitted to the UNSC's control or hid themselves away from both UNSC and Covenant attack.[19] Some groups of rebels survived free of UNSC control for as long as 2552. The majority simply continued their daily lives without interfering with the UNSC. Others even decided to offer dealings with the UNSC. However, it transpired that some were traps.[20]
Aftermath
The rebel base in the Eridanus system was marked for further attack, but for some reason, likely due to the greater threat the Covenant posed, it was left alone and mostly forgotten until 2552 when Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb and a small crew including the artificial intelligence Cortana and several Spartans (including all but one of the team that attacked the base) returned looking for repairs.[21] After being convinced to help by a Covenant attack, the rebels repaired the Ascendant Justice-Gettysburg to operational status, but the two ships were too badly damaged to be fully repaired before the Covenant returned. The UNSC forces were forced to abandon the rebels and the base and the rebels have been presumably destroyed.[22]
By April 2553, Operation: TREBUCHET had been suspended for nearly thirty years, though the Venezian militia still believed the Office of Naval Intelligence was willing to continue it. This led to the militia creating a large weapons pile-up and even capturing the CCS-class battlecruiser Pious Inquisitor in the event that they needed to defend Venezia from the operation.[18]
List of appearances
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: First Strike (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Contact Harvest
- Halo Wars (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- Dirt (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Fall of Reach
- Halo: Mortal Dictata (Mentioned only)
Sources
- ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "Dirt", page 141
- ^ a b Halo: Contact Harvest, page 11
- ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 39
- ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 17-18
- ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia, page 44 (2011 edition)
- ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 75-77 (2001 edition); pages 95-97 (2010 edition)
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 112
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia, page 45 (2011 edition)
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 9
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 20
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 48
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 127
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 83
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia, page 299 (2011 edition)
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 103 (2001 edition); page 125 (2010 edition)
- ^ Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, Part 1
- ^ Halo: Mortal Dictata, page 94
- ^ a b Halo: Mortal Dictata, page 187
- ^ Halo: First Strike
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pages 36-37
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 307
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 338
