Andesia

Andesia, also known as Touchstone I, is a highly-developed, human colony, seen as many as the middle point between an Inner and an Outer Colony. Colonized in 2450, Andesia's prime export were various biomedical goods, overseen by the Andesian Group, a mega-corporate council that, in partnership with the Unified Earth Government, rules over the planet. 
Despite the luxurious appearances, Andesia has been the site of various Insurrectionist uprisings, due to severe disparity between social classes amongst the population, as well as high-priced taxes exercised by the various mega-corporations established on the planet. Because of this, the United Nations Space Command has established a sizeable military pressence on the planet, in order to combat the insurrectionist threat. 
==History==
===Colonization===
Around 2450, a fleet of four Phoenix-class colony ships—the CAA Heavy Ground, Bridge's Church, Vienna Stinger and the Heartbreaker—arrived to Andesia's orbit. After landing, the colonists on board dismantled the ships to build the first settlement, later known as the capital city of Noctus. As the colony grew, the original components of the colony ships, such as the engines, were lost, but thanks to AMG Transport Dynamics intervention, they were located and subsequently, restored. 
Following the colony's establishment, exploration of the Andesian ecosystem was spearheaded by biotechnological associations—such as the Reach for Life Foundation]—in order to harness the planet's natural resources. A huge, pharmaceutical industry was built thanks to these efforts, and, because of it, Andesia became a hotspot of corporate activity, and the Andesian Group was founded to regulate it. 
===Insurrection===
As Andesia's economy grew, taxes increased for the civilian population, and disparity between societal groups became common. Because of this, an Insurrectionist sentiment started to grow amongst the population, eventually giving birth to a rebel uprising in 2523.
One of the first moves of the insurgents was a terrorist attack on the AMG headquarters, which caught the UNSC's attention and, as a response, deployed the 10th Shock Troops Batallion to quell the rebel threat.
The UNSC policing actions lowered Insurrectionist activity, preventing a full-scale civil war from happening. Nonetheless, turf wars between URF-sponsored factions, crime syndicates, corrupt police officers, UNSC peacekeepers and private military forces happened with frequency. 
===Human-Covenant War===
When news of the Covenant—a theocratic, alien hegemony—declaration of war reached Andesia, an unofficial ceasefire between rebellious citizens and the UNSC was established, and peace returned to the planet, as Andesians enlisted in the UNSC Marine Corps to fight the Covenant threat. After almost thirty years of uncertainty, where extinction became a possibility for humanity, the war ended, and Andesia was left untouched.
===Post-war===
With the war finished, tensions returned to Andesia once again. Insurrectionist factions reemerged, this time, stronger than before. And the UEG, seeing Andesia as a valuable asset to reunificate and redevelop damaged human colonies, was not going to let it go so easily.
Sometime before May 2553, insurgent forces captured an UEG diplomatic delegation sent to Andesia, and in response, the UNSC deployed SPARTAN-II operative, Frederic-104, to rescue the hostages and neutralize their captors in a mission classified as Operation: INSTINCT. 
===Created uprising===
In October 28th, 2558, Cortana, a renegade artificial intelligence, broadcasted her ultimatum to the galaxy. Jessica, a human resources AI serving under the Andesian Group, answered to her call. At the time, a business meeting was being hosted by the executive board, and following Cortana's orders, Jessica locked them and asked for their submission. When the executive board refused to do so, as they remained loyal to the UEG, a Guardian Custode was deployed in Andesia's orbit and blockaded the planet. 
In the following weeks, civil unrest raged across the planet, which saw a significant loss of capital for the Andesian Group. Cornered, they surrendered Andesia to the Created. The Andesian Group's private security forces, now under Created control, hunted down any UNSC loyalist force on the planet, and, once it was secured, Jessica used them as her own enforcers.