Victoria: Difference between revisions

Around [[2531]], Victoria was briefly taken over by the [[United Rebel Front]]. The URF forces on the planet were led by [[Howard Graves|General Howard Graves]]. The insurgents were based in [[Camp New Hope]], a camp controlled by the [[Insurrectionist]]s.<ref name="goo31"/><ref name="enc301"/> In 2531, the United Rebel Front contacted the [[UNSC]] and offered to trade their stolen [[nuclear weapon]]s in exchange for medicines for their people suffering from [[Boren's Syndrome]]. [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]] [[Operation: SMOKING ACES|infiltrated Camp New Hope]], however they were ambushed and captured by the rebels, whom had anticipated the Spartans' raid on the planet. However, the rebels were unaware of [[Kurt-051]]'s presence and he was able to free the other members of Blue Team. Graves was killed in during the resulting skirmish and the Spartans retreated from the camp with the recovered warheads.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 36-37''</ref> At some point, the UNSC retook the world from URF-control.<ref name="enc301"/>

Shortly after the SPARTAN-IIs' raid on Victoria, contact with the planet and the [[111 Tauri system]] was lost. The UNSC remained unaware of the planet's fate.<ref name="enc301"/>