User:Minuteman 2492/Sandbox

Burden
"Get up get up get up! We're under attack!" rattled off the rebel in charge of sentry duty at Major Nathaniel Wright's barracks. Slowly coming to, the Major began to roll out of his cot, with little urgency, until he heard the distinctive booms of mines. Jumping out at the sound, he grabbed his MA3A ICWS, donned his camouflage coat, and, along with the rest of the barracks, charged outside, only to be greeted with the sight of their Warthog APC driving away at full speed.

Raising his rifle, Wright began to fire single shots, only to have the bullets ricochet harmlessly off of the heavy armor plating that had been welded to the original chassis by the rebels. Looking around, he took in the aftermath of the assault. The base itself was in complete and utter pandemonium, with personnel of all kinds running around, and MAKOs flying low overhead, chasing the stolen APC. But one area lay at the heart of all this chaos. The base warehouse.

Moving with a sense of urgency, Wright tried to push his way through the crowd that had formed around the building, to no avail. Pointing his rifle skyward, Wright fired a few shots, before yelling, "Anyone who is supposed to be here, attend to your duties. If you are NOT supposed to be here, GET THE FUCK OUT NOW!", which worked to clear out a good number of the rebels. Walking inside, Wright could see why there was so much attention. He looked down at the floor, and saw General Howard Graves lying facedown, a piece of metal embedded in his skull. Around him lay multiple dead commandos, some with gunshot wounds, some with pieces of shrapnel in them, and others with both.

Taking a medic aside, he asked, "Is he going to be paralyzed, comatose, or is the General just dead?". The medic responded, "The piece of metal was big enough, and embedded itself so far in his skull, that he was dead soon after it hit him. Which means, sir, that you're probably in charge of us now." Nodding, Wright ordered, "Understood. Now, attend to your duties, and round up some men to get these bodies out of here." Nodding, the medic went off the fulfill the orders.

Leaving the medics and their aides to go through the bodies and wreckage inside the warehouse, Wright exited the building, finding a scene of lesser chaos than when he had entered the warehouse, with much of the shock and disorder having started to subside, and rebels working to clean up the mess. Getting out of the way of an oncoming team of rebels holding a stretcher, he caught a glimpse of the man on it, his neck twisted at an unnatural angle.

Motioning to his unit leaders to come to him, Wright gathered them together, and began to give orders, stating, "McClusky, you're in charge of tallying our casualties and divvying up medical attention, Pasternak, you take charge of taking stock of what we still have in supplies, Quinn, you keep order amongst the camp, and stop complete chaos from breaking out". Nodding their heads, the NCOs went off to perform their respective duties, leaving Wright alone with his thoughts. Despite his somewhat calm exterior, inside, his mind was an absolute mess. He had never been burdened with this much command, being used to commanding the security of the camp, and advising the General. And here he was, now in command of, quite possibly, the entirety of the Victorian Republican Army, one of the largest Insurrectionist groups in the galaxy.

Pinching the bridge of his nose, he began to pace back and forth, trying to calm himself down from the panic attack he was suffering at the moment. To take his mind off of the burden that no pack could place upon him, he began to walk around the compound, surveying the damage done. As the sun rose in the early morning, Camp New Hope was bathed in a hellish orange glow. Taking a Sweet William out of his camouflage trouser's pocket, he lit it with violently trembling hands, as he trudged over to the medical tent.

Peeking inside, Wright saw the medics zipping up bodybag after bodybag, and carrying them out to be buried. Pulling the lead doctor aside, he asked, "Did any of them survive?". The doctor mournfully shook his head, before responding, "None of them even had a chance. They were dead before they hit the ground.  Now sir, if I may, I have to attend to the dead". "I understand.", responded Wright.

Leaving the medical tent, Wright entered the camp's command post. In the meeting room, Wright's advisors were seated around the metal table, arguing over what their next course of actions would be:

"I believe that we should stay here..."

"And wait for the UNSC to finish us off?! Are you mad!?"

"But we have been hurt by this raid..."

"And it will become worse if we don't fight back! Graves wanted us to fight, not cower like a bunch of worms!"

"Silence, all of you!" yelled Wright as he slammed his fist down on the table, and his advisors turned to look over at him. "We need a decisive plan of action, not a bunch of men arguing like petulant children."

"And what's your strategy then?", asked one of the advisors.

"Very simple. We're going to launch a raid on a poorly defended UNSC camp within the next few days.  It'll show the UNSC we still have just as much fighting chops as they do, and that we won't take these raids lying down.  Am I clear?"

"Yes sir!" they all responded.

"Good. Gather up men and supplies, we move within the next forty eight hours.  Dismissed."

As he walked out of the command post, Wright thought to himself: "We'll end these scumbags once and for all, someday.".

Ambush

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Speech
"Ladies, gentlemen who desire freedom, look around at the world which has been built up, as a prison to hold you! The UNSC and the Office of Naval Intelligence hold all their secrets within their own walls, and exercise their will outside of their realms, controlling all the words you hear, the songs you sing, and the pictures that give pleasure to your eyes. As the banners were unfurled in 2163, nations were called to 'Join the brotherhood of Man', as it was claimed that all would be taken care of, and people fell for their words, and became more and more willing to submit to their control, leading to what we have today, a fascistic state that controls everything we do, as was predicted centuries ago!  And, although we did not listen in 2163, we can awaken now from dreams of freedom, and, although we cannot have freedom for free, we shall have it eventually, and the works of gifted hands shall grace this galaxy with no interference from any man!"

- ???

Ryan Lee was a human Insurrectionist leader on the planet of Tyrene, who was assassinated by the UNSC in 2559 after the latter became fearful of his activities on the planet.

Childhood
Born in 2537 to two farmers, Ryan Lee had a fairly busy childhood, with farmwork and attending school consuming much of his time. However, in school, Lee proved to be an avaricious reader of all kinds of books. As he grew, Lee became a devout student of history. However, Lee was often teased for his lack of physical ability, and even sometimes beat up by his classmates.

As he became a teenager, Lee began to eventually engage more in sports, finding his niche as a sport rower at his highschool. As he continued to mature, Lee's parents told him about the "horrors" of what the UNSC did, covered up by alleged heavy censorship on everything. It was also around this time that Lee read multiple works of political literature from the 25th century that predicted an all powerful government, and became fearful of the UNSC becoming, or even possibly being the omnipotent all powerful government that was described in the works.

Colonist and Friendship
When Lee turned seventeen, he and his family left the colony that he had been born on, for a new one, known as Tyrene, which had been scouted by the UNSC Themistocles not long before. As part of the first few settlers, Lee and his family needed protection, which they bought in the form of a Misriah Armories BR55 modified for civilian use. Lee eventually became an above average shot with the rifle, hunting animals on the planet for his family.

As time went on, Lee, having graduated highschool before leaving for Tyrene, and having no colleges that his family could afford for him to attend, continued to work in hunting and farming with his family, using his spare time to write or keep learning about history. In 2556, a group of Jiralhanae raiders attacked the Lee family's farm. After losing his BR55 to the raiders, Lee was about to be killed by one of the Brutes, a SPARTAN in burnished gold armor arrived, and shot the Brutes dead before they were able to kill the family.

The SPARTAN, identifying herself only as Sepia, became fast friends with Lee. After a conversation with him in which she revealed the true nature of the SPARTAN program, Lee became enraged with the UNSC, but felt sympathetic for Sepia, as she had lost her entire childhood to become a soldier. This revelation would be what eventually set Lee on the path to being an Insurrectionist.

Insurrectionist
In 2557, Lee, after mulling over the revelation Sepia had given him for a year, decided to join the Insurrection, the SPARTAN program's true nature being the last straw for him against the UNSC.

"Leading The Proletariats"
"Ladies, gentlemen who desire freedom, look around at the world which has been built up, as a prison to hold you! The UNSC and the Office of Naval Intelligence hold all their secrets within their own walls, and exercise their will outside of their realms, controlling all the words you hear, the songs you sing, and the pictures that give pleasure to your eyes. As the banners were unfurled in 2163, nations were called to 'Join the brotherhood of Man', as it was claimed that all would be taken care of, and people fell for their words, and became more and more willing to submit to their control, leading to what we have today, a fascistic state that controls everything we do, as was predicted centuries ago!  And, although we did not listen in 2163, we can awaken now from dreams of freedom, and, although we cannot have freedom for free, we shall have it eventually, and the works of gifted hands shall grace this galaxy with no interference from any man!"

- Ryan Lee, in one of his speeches

After joining the Insurrection on Tyrene, Lee, despite being relatively young compared to many other Insurrectionists, became quickly known for his ability to rouse people, the "proletariats" as he referred to them, against the UNSC, and support the Insurrection. Gaining much support for the Insurrection through his speeches, Lee and his fellow rebels organized riots, and continued to rile the people up, trying to orchestrate a full-on coup against the UNSC government to bring the planet under the control of the Insurrectionists. As his speeches and orchestrations of riots drew more and more followers under the command of the Insurrection, Lee became a high priority target for the UNSC.

Assassination
"Well, here we are again Sepia. Only one of us will live. If it's worth anything, I'm sorry."

- Lee, before attacking Sepia

In 2559, the UNSC sent Team Ion to assassinate Lee, and stop the riots and steady trickle of members to the Insurrectionists. As Dyne and Kodiak began to hold down the guards that protected Lee, Sepia was sent in to kill Lee himself. Moving in, Sepia found herself at a standoff with Lee. After a tense period of time during which Lee and Sepia simply stared each other down, the former lunged at the latter with his BR55. Knocking the rifle out of his hands, Sepia crushed the rebel leader's neck, killing him. This confrontation between the two old friends would eventually lead to Sepia's desertion from the UNSC.

Tyrene Home Army
The Tyrene Home Army was an Insurrectionist group based on the colony of Tyrene.

History
Originally formed in 2561, soon after the colonization of the planet by Insurrectionists hoping to overtake the planet in its infancy, the Tyrene Home Army was originally an isolated militia group composed of a few Insurrectionist leaders and farmers who followed them. Eventually, when Ryan Lee became the main public face of the Home Army, their numbers shot up as he used speeches to incite the populace to support the THA's cause. As the THA continued to grow, their contacts within the UNSC military, smugglers, and the planet's Colonial Militia continued to supply them with equipment and supplies.

Launching into a campaign of guerilla warfare against the UNSC, the THA continued to harass the UNSC until about 2564, when they launched the Tyrene Uprising. Using their agents within cities to incite riots, the rebels took advantage of the chaos, and seized parts of cities, sealing off any way in with defenses and/or barricades, using their caches to supply themselves.

For three weeks, the rebels fought the UNSC in tenacious fighting, with a spirit that was described as "fanatical" by many UNSC members who fought the THA. During the uprising, Ion Team was sent to neutralize Ryan Lee, in order to keep him from gaining more citizens to support the rebels. However, initially, they failed to find the rebel leader. In the end of the uprising, despite the majority of the rebel strongholds being destroyed during the rebellion, many rebels escaped the UNSC, and continued to harass the UNSC through guerilla warfare.

However, Ryan Lee, who the UNSC had attempted to kill during the Tyrene Uprising, survived the rebellion, and, with the help of rebel sympathizers, set up a community in the weeks after as proof to the people that the THA's form of government was far more effective than the UNSC. However, the UNSC, fearing a second uprising, sent Ion Team in to neutralize Lee. After a fierce firefight, Lee was confronted and killed by Sepia-G330, effectively neutralizing the rebellion, save for a few ineffective raiding parties on the planet.

Ideology
The Tyrene Home Army's official ideology was developed by Ryan Lee, as he tried to figure out how to draw people to the cause, and keep them there if they won. After doing a large amount of research on political ideologies of the past, Lee officially developed the THA's ideology for a government as one he summed up as made up of: "Butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers, the regular man, not some rich man lawyer".

Lee, in a document found in his desk by a member of the settlement he founded after he was killed by Ion Team, described in detail his plan:

"The Tyrene Plan is comprised of multiple parts. Firstly, a semblance order must be established. The plan cannot come to fruition without such things existing first.  Secondly, once order has been established, citizens will be granted these following rights, which are unalienable.  First, the right to speak freely about their leaders, which has been denied to us by the UNSC.  Secondly, the right to keep and bear arms, as was also restricted by the UNSC for their fear of an uprising that may topple them.  Third, each man and woman has the right to a fair and proper trial with a jury of their peers, unless extreme circumstances dictate otherwise.  Finally, each man and woman will not be discriminated against, no matter what.  The third step of the Tyrene Plan is to form an able bodied, but limited government to keep the order first established.  This government will have the ability to tax, however, the rate will be fixed, unless extreme circumstances and the people's opinion, state otherwise. This plan is only for the immediate aftermath of a revolution or the formation of a community, it is up to the people to decide the course it will eventually take."

- The Tyrene Plan