[url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Unh1Rp95PdFp3pothJzk6oYfikjgce2bwuvpLoBdv80/edit?usp=sharing]Google Docs[/url] [b][u]Dawn:[/u][/b] [u]Records[/u] System: This is the service record of Spartan John 117. Would you like to contine? System: Frigate Pillar of Autumn discovers Forerunner Halo Installation 04, and deploys Spartan 117 to protect UNSC AI Cortana. Chief uncovers a Covenant plot to fire the weapon, and sacrifices the Autumn to destroy the Halo ring. System: Pursuing the Covenant flagship after an attack on Earth, Spartan 117 arrives at Installation 05 to find the Covenant erupting into civil war. After preventing the Covenant from firing the ring, 117 followed them back to Earth in search of a Forerunner installation that can activate all of the galaxy’s Halos. System: The Covenant arrive at Earth and open a portal to the Ark, an extragalactic Forerunner installation that can fire the Halo Array. Spartan 117 unites a joint Covenant/UNSC team to pursue the Covenant to the Ark, where he successfully destroys the Installation and prevents the rings from being used. System: When Spartan 117 attempts to escape from the Ark aboard the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn, the Slipspace portal that the ship is passing through collapses. System: Aboard the Aft section of the Dawn, Spartan 117 is placed in cryo sleep pending recovery by UNSC forces. AI Cortana to remain active as long as is technically feasible. End of service record. [u]Weapons System[/u] System: Weapons systems online [u]Gravity Controls[/u] System: Gravity controls online. [u]Ship Propulsion[/u] System: Ship Propulsion offline. [u]Hull Integrity[/u] System: Bow hull integrity compromised [u]Life Support[/u] System: Life support online [b][u]Requiem:[/u][/b] [u]Log Entry[/u] System: Catherine Halsey, Research Excerpt. 11 February 2550. Dr. Halsey: The interesting factor here isn’t that H-1 disabled the viral termination code I implanted in her matrix. These metrics imply its success wasn’t unlikely, but that even the accepted 7-year life cycle estimates may not apply. Thus far, I’ve determines that the unique circumstances of her creation have triggered what I can only refer to as a recessive variant in the AI seed. As her architect, I’m currently at a loss as to the origin of this rogue element. Very curious. [u]Battlenet[/u] Cortana: This communication’s being broadcasted to all Covenant in the area. Let me put it through translation. Elite: [i](Indiscernible Sangheili)[/i] Cortana: Non-believers walk the sacred ground. Purge the heretics, so they do not foul the air of Paradise. The time has come to enter the Great Light. The Promethean awakening is nigh, our reward is at hand. Master Chief: It sounds like the Covenant were here looking for something. Cortana: It’s the Covenant. Aren’t they ALWAYS looking for something? [u]Covenant Device[/u] Elite: Didact! Cortana: The Covenant have been broadcasting that from an equidistant orbit every 30 minutes for the last three years. Elite: Didact! Master Chief: They’ve been waiting outside the planet for three years? Cortana: Apparently they couldn’t get in. [u]Eld[/u] Master Chief: What does it say? Cortana: “Guardianship for all living things lies with those whose evolution is most complete. The Mantle of Responsibility shelters all.” Very interesting. Master Chief: Maybe… but it won’t get us home. [b][u]Forerunner:[/u][/b] N/A [b][u]Infinity:[/u][/b] [u]Door (1)[/u] System: Access denied. Huragok population reserve accepts absolutely no personnel during category three emergency states and higher. [u]Door (2)[/u] System: Cargo Unit, Lot 225. Destination: Ivanoff Station. Please consult the Manifest Director if you require immediate access. [u]Door (3)[/u] System: All S-deck access is restricted until shipwide quarantine has been lifted. [u]Console (1)[/u] System: Maintenance requests concerning the Mark Ten Macedon Z-PROTOTYPE Forerunner engine cannot be processed at this time. [u]Console (2)[/u] System: Sub-vessel deployment bay is currently off limits to unauthorized personnel. Please see the local Deck Officer for further assistance. [b][u]Reclaimer:[/u][/b] [u]Console (1)[/u] System: Intel assessment-Mammoth F.O. B. Nearest location to the particle cannon network accessible by air. Numerous rock slides have created a natural defensive position. [u]Console (2)[/u] System: TACREP, six-digit grid November Uniform Seven Four Two, Four Five Four. Gypsy Company, Forward Operation Base. Enclosed rocky valley, bounded on four sides. Visibility, poor. Encampment suitability, good. [u]Console (3)[/u] System: Lasky, Thomas J. Commander, UNSC Infinity. Service Number 77698-41073-TL. Acting ground commander, Gypsy company, Requiem. System: Palmer, Sarah E. Spartan Commander, deployment, UNSC Infinity. Service Number Redacted, Grade 2 or above. Acting Tactical Lead, Gypsy Company, Requiem. System: Stacker, Marcus P. Master Sergeant, UNSC Marine Corp, deployment - UNSC Infinity. Service Number 41009-31545-MS. Mammoth Infantry Lead, Gypsy Company, Requiem. System: Bobrov, Elena K. Staff Sergeant, UNSC Marine Corp, deployment - UNSC Infinity. Service Number 91532-11116-EB. Mammoth Driver, Gypsy Company, Requiem. System: Scudieri, Carlo M. Sergeant, Marine Corp, deployment - UNSC Infinity. Service Number 93071-28339-CS. Mammoth Navigator, Gypsy Company, Requiem. [u]Console (4)[/u] System: Intel assessment: Observation Grid 6. Gypsy Company has encountered numerous shield blockade along the Mammoth’s avenue of approach. The blockade’s design contains previously unseen properties consistent with recently discovered Forerunner technology. [b][u]Shutdown:[/u][/b] [u]Audio Recording[/u] Announcer: Wargames simulations. Offline. Announcer: Come back later. Announcer: Combat deck information offline. Announcer: Killing spree postponed. Announcer: Spartan wargames scoreboards not available during departure. Announcer: Return later for more red versus blue carnage. [u]Records[/u] System: We’re sorry. Non-essential reporting systems are offline during departure prep. Recreational information and WarGames standings will return after Infinity is underway. System: Cargo manifest correction. All pallets bound for Ivanoff Station should be restowed until further notice. System: Information for all hands regarding Infinity return voyage to Cairo Station, Earth. All personnel are to remain upon Infinity until fully debriefed by their ranking officer. For further information, please contact Lt Cmdr Phillips, Security Deck 1. [b][u]Composer:[/u][/b] [u]Log Entry (1)[/u] System: I’m sorry. We are currently experiencing system-wide outages. If you require immediate assistance, contact infrastructure 048. [u]Log Entry (2)[/u] Scientist: Specimen 1534. Initial findings suggest an imaging component, perhaps a piece of some large device or possibly a vehicle of some sort. Reticular hazing also implies use as a beam focuser, could have also done double-duty as weapon sight. Passing off to SPEC-WAR for further testing. [u]Log Entry (3)[/u] Dr. Tillson: Specimen 815, although that’s a bit misleading as we’ve been seeing these things all over the Halo. Icon is similar to other Forerunner glyphs with the notable exception of a strong, vertical extrusion. Going to send this to linguistics, but… I don’t know. My gut’s telling me there’s something else here. [u]Log Entry (4)[/u] Tim: OK… Specimen 2006… Artifact is believed to be the Activation Index for Gamma Halo, based on anecdotal information from Alpha and Delta Halo mission logs. Key component in the activation and firing of the Halo weapon. A few of us have been speculating lately if it has secondary and tertiary purposes as well. Theories still forthcoming. [u]Log Entry (5)[/u] Dr. Halsey: Catherine Halsey, personal observations - December 15th, 2554. While the survey crews examining Gamma Halo may be what pass for experts at ONI now, they are woefully out of their league for a task of this scale. There has been one somewhat startling discovery, however. One of the teams stumbled upon a device remarkably similar to the AI Matrix Compiler currently in use by the UNSC. Seeing as how I designed that particular compiler, this finding, needless to say, has piqued my curiosity. [u]Log Entry (6)[/u] System: I’m sorry. We are currently experiencing system-wide outages. If you require immediate assistance, contact infrastructure 048. [u]Log Entry (7)[/u] Scientist: Something big’s happening outside the station. I’m initiating a full redundancy cycle on the chromatics data, but in any event it doesn’t go through, I’m going to store a hard dump of the same in the #31 Maintenance shed! [u]Log Entry (8)[/u] Scientist: Fourteen Thirty One hours. I don’t know what’s happening topside, but I was in the middle of rerunning the Gilwood-Elman Tests and the artifact started… I don’t know WHAT it’s doing. Rerunning the sensor leads now. [b][u]Midnight:[/u][/b] N/A