User:Brodie-001/Tannis Uprising

"This is your planet, your home. Take it back!"

- Magnus rallying the populace of the colony world to fight against the UNSC invasion

The Tannis Uprising was an event that took place in the winter of 2572, and was seen as one of the first major battles in the First Galactic War, in spite of the fact that Legion troops were not involved in any way. This was also notable as the first live combat deployment of the SPARTAN-IV X-Ray Company. The uprising lasted for over two months, with prolonged guerilla fighting and hit-and-run attacks, before the remaining Insurrectionist troops either escaped or surrendered to their foe.

Though it was considered a victory for the UNSC, the heavy-handed tactics used and moral ambiguity of their invasion sparked major discontent among the populace of many other planets, Tannis itself having a long history of rebel action in the following years. Following the conflict, the mysterious rebel only known as 'Magnus' was put on the UNSC's most wanted list, his very existence having only been speculation for years before in connection to other uprisings and terrorist attacks, the mysterious figure having previously thought to have been a myth or byword for a group of people.