WINTER CONTINGENCY

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"WINTER CONTINGENCY has been declared. All units are mobilized and ready"

—UNSC operator^[1]

WINTER CONTINGENCY is an official United Nations Space Command emergency plan that deals with situations where Covenant forces have become aware of, or are present at, a human colony world. It was first mentioned in the UNSCDF Instruction EM-277 on March 10, 2526.^[2] On Reach, WINTER CONTINGENCY was supplemented by the WINTER CONTINGENCY Declaration Supplemental Orders, a series of additional directives for ONI agents.^[3]

[edit] Classification

Events which may be classified as WINTER CONTINGENCY include:

Tier 1 Evidence: Intercepted Covenant communication of a plot on a certain named colony*
Tier 2 Evidence: Discovery of Physical covenant technology (weapons, veichles, etc.)*
Tier 3 Evidence: Abandoned or discarded matériel.*
Tier 4 Evidence: Residue and/or damage consistent with directed plasma weapon usage.
Tier 5 Evidence: Detection of in-system Slipspace rupture portals and/or EMP with Covenant Flagship, Corvette, Destroyer, Carrier, or Super Carrier involved.*
Tier 6 (Major): Evidence *Engagement in physical combat with Covenant forces.

[edit] Priority

"As per the Winter Contingency, we are countering on every front."

—Auntie Dot^[4]

WINTER CONTINGENCY holds the highest precedence in the OPREP-Γ reporting structure. All other reporting terms such as GOOSE CHASE, SNAKE PIT, and others, while very important, are considered secondary to a WINTER CONTINGENCY report.