The Far Isle Campaign was the first major intervention by the United Nations Space Command against a secessionist movement since the ending of the Interplanetary War. At the time the UNSC intervened, the Far Isle Civil War had been raging for two years, and was continuing to violently escalate, despite the Colonial Military Administration committing increasingly larger military assets to Far Isle. Following a formal request and emotional plea from the CMA, UNSC High Command deployed a major battle group, complete with massive army and marine forces.