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Skirmish in Synthetic Insights Part of the Eden Prime War
ERCS personnel are caught off guard
Date:	7 July 2183 CE
Location:	Synthetic Insights offices, Port Hanshan / Noveria / Pax / Horse Head Nebula
Outcome:	Alliance victory ERCS security forces eliminated Bel Anoleis later arrested for corruption
Belligerents Elanus Risk Control Services Systems Alliance Supported by: Synthetic Insights (peripheral involvement) Noveria Development Corporation Commanders Kaira Stirling † Marcus L. Shepard Strength 14 ERCS guards Normandy Squad 7 combatants Casualties All ERCS guards killed None

Gianna Parasini: "We heard reports of gunfire from the Synthetic Insights offices. Would you know anything about that?"

Marcus Shepard: "Must have been Anoleis' thugs tearing the place apart."

Gianna Parasini: "A smartass, huh? Fine. I can work with that."

— Gianna questioning Shepard on the results of the skirmish.

The Skirmish in Synthetic Insights was a brief engagement between members of the Normandy squad and ERCS security forces hired by Bel Anoleis to shake down and eliminate evidence of his corruption that Lorik Qui'in had acquired. The brief skirmish resulted in the death of Kaira Stirling and her men, and the evidence salvaged eventually allowed Noveria Internal Affairs to arrest Anoleis for defrauding the NDC. The results of the skirmish also indirectly led to the subsequent skirmishes in the Aleutsk valley and Battle of Peak 15.