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===Insurrection=== | ===Insurrection=== | ||
{{Quote|Or maybe the UNSC keeps overreacting and causing the Outer Colonies to not want any part of all this. 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">'''Halo: Evolutions''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 117''</ref>}} | {{Quote|Or maybe the UNSC keeps overreacting and causing the Outer Colonies to not want any part of all this. 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">'''Halo: Evolutions''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 117''</ref>}} | ||
[[File:Eridanus battle.png|thumb|250px|left|UNSC and rebel forces battle over Eridanus II.]] | [[File:Eridanus battle.png|thumb|250px|left|UNSC and rebel forces battle over Eridanus II.]] | ||
Earth and the Inner Colonies would become heavily dependent on materials supplied by the Outer Colonies, which prompted the Unified Earth Government to keep them under its control. However, as human-controlled space grew in volume, Earth began to lose its logistical ability to control the far-flung colonies.<ref name="enc43"/> By [[2490]], the Outer Colonies encapsulated the Inner Colonies, in addition to surpassing them in numbers. With increased trade restrictions and taxes set up by the CMA, the tension between the Outer Colonies and Earth increased all the more. This caused many inhabitants of Earth and the Inner Colonies feel threatened by the increasingly hostile Outer Colonies, which now literally surrounded them. Others thought that through diplomacy over enough time, the situation between the core worlds and the Outer Colonies could be stabilized. Despite this, the UNSC increased their military presence in the Outer Colonies, which would in turn provoke them to increased aggression, eventually sparking numerous brushfire wars across the Outer Colonies, collectively known as the [[Insurrection]].<ref name="history"/> | Earth and the Inner Colonies would become heavily dependent on materials supplied by the Outer Colonies, which prompted the Unified Earth Government to keep them under its control. However, as human-controlled space grew in volume, Earth began to lose its logistical ability to control the far-flung colonies.<ref name="enc43"/> By [[2490]], the Outer Colonies encapsulated the Inner Colonies, in addition to surpassing them in numbers. With increased trade restrictions and taxes set up by the CMA, the tension between the Outer Colonies and Earth increased all the more. This caused many inhabitants of Earth and the Inner Colonies feel threatened by the increasingly hostile Outer Colonies, which now literally surrounded them. Others thought that through diplomacy over enough time, the situation between the core worlds and the Outer Colonies could be stabilized. Despite this, the UNSC increased their military presence in the Outer Colonies, which would in turn provoke them to increased aggression, eventually sparking numerous brushfire wars across the Outer Colonies, collectively known as the [[Insurrection]].<ref name="history"/> | ||