Watts had his surviving forces withdraw from the planet, fleeing into slipspace. The Sovereign Colonies eventually established one stronghold in the planet, while the UNSC decimated all of its forces. Once Aboim noticed he was bluffing, a sniper shot the rebel, but he pulled the pin of the grenade out in reflex, which killed his family and heavily wounded Aboim, who was later demoted. During the battle, the Marines failed to capture Watts in Elysium, where a man threatened to kill himself and his own daughter with a grenade. The resulting battle saw the UNSC fighting against hundreds of stolen freighters, shuttles and warships used by the insurgents the UNSC emerged victorious and completely dismantled the SCAF.Ī ground campaign on Eridanus II simultaneously occured under a Marine expeditionary group commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Pablo Aboim. In 2513, infighting broke out in the Eridanus system, and Watts formed his own Sovereign Colonies Armed Forces (SCAF), but the UNSC anticipated this move and sent an entire fleet of destroyers, frigates, cruisers and carriers to take down the Sovereign Colonies Armed Forces. Watts' plan was to use the planet as a base for his operations and draw the CAA into a guerilla war to end their power and resources. The United Rebel Front was eventually able to regain strength and thus attempted to retake Eridanus II once again. The stolen Charon-class light frigate Iliad fighting against UNSC forces. Operation In 2513, an armed insurrection in this system was suppressed by the UNSC.
Watts was able to survive, and he rallied what remained of his faction to form the Sovereign Colonies, which would continue to fight against the UNSC, the CAA, and the CMB across the Outer Colonies. Weeks later, the UNSC regained control of the planet, only missing four destroyers. The UNSC was able to break the hold of Watts in the planet and splinter the many groups that allied with him by killing their leaders. In UNSC only responded in January 2496, lauching Operation CHARLEMAGNE to retake the planet and quell the Sovereign Colonies, sending a battle group to engage the insurgent ships. Whatever remained of the Republic pledged help for the UNSC in December of the same year. The rebels were also able to amass a fleet of their own from vessels stolen from the CMB. With weapons secretly provided to them by defectors from the CAA, Watts and his soldiers started a series of terrorist attacks, political assassinations and kidnapings across the planet, which impacted the shipping industry of the planet. In June 2494, the UNSC Marine Corps defector Robert Watts started a heavily-armed insurgent movement on Eridanus II, deposing the Republic of Eridanus II and establishing their own government.
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