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Excerpts from Rebel Propaganda
"Far Isle still stands."

- The first recorded rebel propaganda broadcast of the

"Greetings and salutations humanity. Let's talk about this "Insurrection" you hear about every day on the news vids? Just who are the Insurrection?  Well, let's be simple.  The Insurrection, is you.  The Insurrection is your sister, your friend, your aunt, your neighbor.  And yes, the Insurrection are the armed resistance as well.  Every human, armed or not, who fights the UNSC by any means, are the voice, heart, and soul of the Insurrection.  The question has also been raised, I know, about why the Insurrection commits such acts of what the UNSC labels terrorism.  To that I say, it is for far more good than the hundreds of black operations the UNSC has committed, for it is for what the people want, no, deserve.  I assume you agree with me humanity.  Don't you deserve a future, free of tyranny, and fear, and terrible uncertainty that you may be whisked away in the night, never to be heard from again, for the crime of standing up to an oppressive government? Of course you do. And now, my dear listeners, we must part. There is much work to be done, and the true soldier never rests, never."

"Our leaders had lost everything, and nothing to lose with joining a united Earth. They believed it was the end of war, the end of fear, the end of uncertainty that had happened after the Third World War, the Second American Civil War, and the final catalyst, the Interplanetary Wars. But their impulsive decisions led us blindly into danger, and before we knew it, we became under the control of the brutal powers that be we know as the United Nations Space Command.  But we can save ourselves, we can reverse the decisions made centuries ago.  It will take time, but only united can we bring down the regime!  Halt your petty bickering!  Your neighbor is not the enemy, it is the UNSC troops tramping down your streets, murdering, arresting, and looting!"

- An excerpt from a speech by Howard Graves in 2523, made over United Rebel Front Radio

"We stand now at a crossroads, as we threaten to lose our final bastion of freedom, to fall back into the dark dungeon of tyranny that has ruled over humanity for nearly five hundred years! Even as I speak these words, fearless Venezian sailors are fighting the UNSC Navy above their colony, for the UNSC, in an act of flagrant arrogance, attempt to take a colony which has seceded by the will of the people! But as they attack, wave upon tyrannical wave will crash against the impregnable Venezian will, and the UNSC will fail!  All those who support the UNSC will fail!"

- Venezian Free Radio broadcast on the first day of the Fall of Venezia

Samuel Dobias
Private Samuel Dobias was a member of the on the planet of. Born in 2530 in the base of, both Dobias' parents were killed by during their raid on the compound, leaving only him and his brother, Edward Dobias, to take care of each other.

However, the two were taken in by Nathaniel Wright, who placed the brothers into foster care, under the supervision of URF military personnel. Over the next decade, Dobias became a vehement supporter of the rebel cause, and by his teen years, rudimentary military training became a part of his life as well. When he turned eighteen, Dobias, his view of the rebellion untainted by the horrors of war, joined the base's military. After finishing his training, he was disappointed to find his duties were monotonous rounds of guarding the base from possible pirates or UNSC loyalists, broken up by periods of leave to visit Tisson City.

In 2555, the returned to Victoria. Under the orders of Wright, Dobias and a team of nine other infantry were deployed into Tisson City, with instructions to destroy any and all infrastructure. Evading UNSC forces, Dobias and his unit succeeded in destroy nearly every one of their targets. Despite their success, the URF was defeated, and the unit was forced to retreat into Victoria's thick forests.