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United Independence Front
The United Independence Front, also referred to as the New Tyrian Insurrection, the UIF and Independents, was an armed opposition group who operated on New Tyre and now abroad and who's ranks composed of defected soldiers, unsatisfied colonists, and volunteers.

Founded in 2515 by former soldier Nathaniel Hale, the UIF soon became the predominant rebel group on the planet and fought to overthrow the UNSC and establish New Tyre as an independent sovereignty.

However after overt eleven years of struggle, New Tyre came under attack from the Covenant and the UIF allied with the UNSC to save New Tyre and then disbanded to fight the greater enemy for the sake of humanity.

Origins
The UIF was originally a disorganized band of malcontents that operated in Lazoli and were small-time insurgents until the defection of a CMA soldier, Nathaniel Hale. Once he took control his military experience and logistical skill gave the group a whole new lease on life. Hale was able to totally reorganize and rearm the group, very quickly remaking them into a organized militia.

Strategy
The United Independence Front aimed to overthrow the colonial government and replace it with a independent one by defeating the goverment's military forces, dismantling corporate conglomerates, and encouraging military defection and of course armed actions. Against the UNSC's superior strength, the UIF adopted guerrilla-style tactics and asymmetric strategies operating in both the rural countrysides and cities. Rather than trying to hold ground or capture territory, the UIF's strategy focused on a planet-wide guerrilla campaign with aim to spread the UNSC's forces thin across the planet and strain their logistical chains of supply for maximum battlefield effectiveness and degrading enemy morale.

Knowing that they cannot face the UNSC in a open battle they focused on maximizing their tactical advantages. To avoid unnecessary attrition and collateral damage the UIF mounted attacks against the UNSC's command-and-control structure and embarking on a planet-wide sabotage campaign, attacking military checkpoints, logistical trains, cutting communications lines, and knocking down relays in order to build support through their minimally destructive strategies. In the long run they hoped to slowly isolate New Tyre from the UNSC so that they could not hold it any longer and that they may finally liberate it from the UNSC's control.

Ideology
As well as being one of the most prominent rebel groups on New Tyre, the UIF was also considered the most moderate in terms of their methods. A clear set of rules-of-engagement set by General Hale himself eschewed the use of child soldiers, suicide bombers, or the targeting of civilian structures entirely. It gave the UIF a sense of moral high ground over the UNSC and their fellow rebels who used terrorist tactics and bombings.

Skirmish over New Tyre
The Skirmish over New Tyre, also called the Theft of the Illustrious, was a brief but fierce skirmish in orbit over New Tyre. The United Independence Front had successfully orchestrated the theft of an Marathon-class cruiser, renaming it the UIF Spartacus.

The UNSC response was swift and heavy and the resulting fight ended in several ships being damaged. Before the battle could continue a fleet of Covenant ships appeared within the system and the battle ceased. Shortly afterwards the two sides allied with each other to fight the Covenant in the Battle of New Tyre.

Prelude
Since 2515, the United Independence Front had been operating on the world of New Tyre with the aim of making it independent from the UNSC. For the past several years they had slowly been gaining momentum as popular support for their cause rose.

Encouraged by their recent success, including the capture of a frigate and a corvette, insurrectionist General Hale planned for their greatest move yet, the theft of a cruiser. With it, he intended to make savage strikes at the UNSC's military infrastructure, attacking shipyards, military bases, and logistics chains surrounding New Tyre without risking civilian or collateral damage. "throwing the UNSC a curveball" as Hale put it, and that was the inspiration of the operation's codename.

Operation: CURVEBALL
Hale's goal was the capture the UNSC Illustrious, a fairly new ship laid in New Tyre's shipyards for repairs after an engagement with an as-of-yet unknown enemy (Covenant). The plan called for several maneuvers to be pulled off. The UIF launched several decoy attacks on New Tyre around New Tyzena and Korae, including raids on UNSC bases. Trusting that this would keep the UNSC's eyes off the ship while the UIF made their move, Hale commenced Phase 2 of CURVEBALL.

Most of the crew were away while repairs were underway, leaving only a security detail and a minimal amount of crew to occupy it. Passing themselves off as part of the repair crew, a covert commando team slipped by security and infiltrated the ship before rushing the bridge and deactivating it's onboard AI and plugging in their own AI, Marco, and deactivating the ship's anti-air defenses. As the alarm sounded across the shipyards the rest Hale's handpicked assault group landed in the Illustrious' hangar bay from dropships.

In the confusion of several attacks the UNSC could not mount an effective response in time, and the UIF were able to take control of the ship and escaped with it.

Battle of New Tyre
The Battle of New Tyre, also called the Fall of New Tyre, was a major engagement in the early years of the Human-Covenant War.

Prelude
Decades before the battle ever began, New Tyre had been a battleground between the UNSC and rebel forces. Host to almost a dozen disparate rebel groups, three of which had exo-assets, the planet had become a major hotspot for the Insurrection.

Immediately before the battle, conflict flared across the planet as the United Independence Front made their big gambit in capturing a Marathon-class cruiser, the Illustrious, and turning it's guns on the UNSC. The ensuing skirmish left both sides bloodied but intact. But the situation completely changed as a Covenant Task Force entered the system.

Initial Contact
Without warning they appeared at the edge of the system and their first act was the outright annihilation of the civilian space station Barbados and numerous outposts in under an hour. Civilian freighters were also chased down and destroyed without mercy. The current situation between the UNSC and rebels quickly changed as a new force encroached further into the system. What few picket ships that were out there tried vainly to stop the Covenant fleet before they were destroyed.

Knowing what they faced and what little time they had, the UNSC, under Rear Admiral Colt immediately turned his attention away from the rebels and prepared to deploy his fleet against the Covenant. However they would be horribly outmatched and defeat was assured.

Alliance
Colt would be surprised to be contacted by the insurrectionist leader, General Hale. Hale contacted the UNSC Admiral and demanded to meet with him and in a surprising move offered his assistance. Colt was of course skeptical and questioned why he should trust a rebel, let alone one he was not long ago fightig. Hale retorted that the UNSC was completely outmatched anyway and reminded him that New Tyre was his home and that if they failed to protect that everyone will die, for Colt this was enough.

As a sign of good faith, Hale took a Pelican to the UNSC flagship, Terra Firma, to discuss battle plans with Colt.

History
The URF Layafette, formerly the CMA Nebraska was a Gorgon-class Destroyer in the UNSC Navy and later the Insurrection. In 2508, after an engagement with rebels it set down in dry-docks for repairs only for it's location to be betrayed by a CMA informant and the Nebraska was stolen by URF forces.