Operation KĒTOS (often referred to simply as KĒTOS) was a civil conflict that took place on the UNSC-controlled outer colony world Taradia during the Second Human Civil War. It would result in a cold defeat for the local United Rebel Front insurgent elements. The majority of the conflict took place in the economical continent known as the New Bandar Coastal Trade Region while various, isolated skirmishes took place in the other areas as well.