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A little less than an hour before sunrise the next day the Spartans and Halsey all piled into the Pelican.{{Ref/Reuse|HBB1}} As the Arbiter bid farewell to John and voiced his confidence in their ability to combat the new threat the [[Created]] posed, the Sangheili shot Halsey a meaningful glance which she ignored with a haughty sniff. While ''en route'' to the rendezvous Halsey pointed out that Sangheili resistance was likely drawing the attention of the [[Guardian]] attempting to pacify the world just then, again arguing that they'd already be dead if they'd been detected. With about twenty minutes until the ''Infinity'' was due to arrive Buck broke out a pack of playing cards and asked if anyone was up for [[Wikipedia:Hearts|Hearts]] but Halsey ignored him, as she was working on a tablet she'd scrounged up. Buck managed to get her attention by referring to the [[Wikipedia:Queen of spades|queen of spades]] as a "Halsey" a couple of hands into the game, but she still gave no response other than to announce that their window was approaching. The gargantuan [[Infinity-class supercarrier|supercarrier]] arrived almost exactly on schedule and Halsey had secured all her things by then. As Kelly docked the Pelican in the ship's Portside Bay Five Buck drew Halsey's attention yet again when he laughed out loud upon realizing his longtime lover [[Veronica Dare]] was aboard.{{Ref/Reuse|HBB1}} The doctor and the Spartans were met in the bay by a lieutenant who had come to escort she, Palmer, John, and Locke to the bridge to see Captain [[Thomas Lasky|Lasky]].<ref name="HBB2">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> Following that meeting Lasky had Doctor Halsey confined to a workspace and the ''Infinity'' began a series of randomized [[slipspace]] jumps in order to avoid detection by Cortana's [[Guardian Custode|Guardian]]s, emerging from slipspace at its first vector point that very day.<ref name="lootcrate12">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'' ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #12]]''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HBB2}} That same day [[Roland]] answered a distress call from the {{UNSCShip|Sentry of El Morro}} with the affirmation that the supercarrier was on its way to assist it.<ref name="HFRW">''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', ''[[Rossbach's World (story)|Rossbach's World]]''</ref> By the start of November, the ship exited slipspace at one point to receive the recently reassembled Spartan team [[Alpha-Nine]].<ref name="HBB21">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 21''</ref>{{Ref/Note|The presence of [[031 Exuberant Witness]], [[monitor]] of the [[Builder]] world [[Genesis]], as a [[multiplayer]] announcer in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', may indicate that the ''Infinity'' also at some point received her. [[343 Industries]] writer [[Jeff Easterling]] has said, however, that Witness' presence on the ship may not be entirely canonical.}} | A little less than an hour before sunrise the next day the Spartans and Halsey all piled into the Pelican.{{Ref/Reuse|HBB1}} As the Arbiter bid farewell to John and voiced his confidence in their ability to combat the new threat the [[Created]] posed, the Sangheili shot Halsey a meaningful glance which she ignored with a haughty sniff. While ''en route'' to the rendezvous Halsey pointed out that Sangheili resistance was likely drawing the attention of the [[Guardian]] attempting to pacify the world just then, again arguing that they'd already be dead if they'd been detected. With about twenty minutes until the ''Infinity'' was due to arrive Buck broke out a pack of playing cards and asked if anyone was up for [[Wikipedia:Hearts|Hearts]] but Halsey ignored him, as she was working on a tablet she'd scrounged up. Buck managed to get her attention by referring to the [[Wikipedia:Queen of spades|queen of spades]] as a "Halsey" a couple of hands into the game, but she still gave no response other than to announce that their window was approaching. The gargantuan [[Infinity-class supercarrier|supercarrier]] arrived almost exactly on schedule and Halsey had secured all her things by then. As Kelly docked the Pelican in the ship's Portside Bay Five Buck drew Halsey's attention yet again when he laughed out loud upon realizing his longtime lover [[Veronica Dare]] was aboard.{{Ref/Reuse|HBB1}} The doctor and the Spartans were met in the bay by a lieutenant who had come to escort she, Palmer, John, and Locke to the bridge to see Captain [[Thomas Lasky|Lasky]].<ref name="HBB2">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> Following that meeting Lasky had Doctor Halsey confined to a workspace and the ''Infinity'' began a series of randomized [[slipspace]] jumps in order to avoid detection by Cortana's [[Guardian Custode|Guardian]]s, emerging from slipspace at its first vector point that very day.<ref name="lootcrate12">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'' ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #12]]''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HBB2}} That same day [[Roland]] answered a distress call from the {{UNSCShip|Sentry of El Morro}} with the affirmation that the supercarrier was on its way to assist it.<ref name="HFRW">''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', ''[[Rossbach's World (story)|Rossbach's World]]''</ref> By the start of November, the ship exited slipspace at one point to receive the recently reassembled Spartan team [[Alpha-Nine]].<ref name="HBB21">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 21''</ref>{{Ref/Note|The presence of [[031 Exuberant Witness]], [[monitor]] of the [[Builder]] world [[Genesis]], as a [[multiplayer]] announcer in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', may indicate that the ''Infinity'' also at some point received her. [[343 Industries]] writer [[Jeff Easterling]] has said, however, that Witness' presence on the ship may not be entirely canonical.}} | ||
[[File:LC 12 doc4.jpg|thumb|350px|right|This image was captured by Spartan [[92738-61842-LC]], who wore their helmet while interviewing Halsey in order to record the interaction.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate12}}]] | [[File:LC 12 doc4.jpg|thumb|350px|right|This image was captured by Spartan [[92738-61842-LC]], who wore their helmet while interviewing Halsey in order to record the interaction.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate12}}]] | ||
By [[2559#January|January 24, 2559]], they were still on the run, performing erratic jumps to evade discovery.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate12}} That day, at just after 1204 hours, Halsey was approached by a Spartan from [[Fireteam Apollo]] with the serial number [[92738-61842-LC]]. This individual had been tasked by Captain Lasky with investigating what was being dubbed "the Guardian Incident". Halsey pointedly asked how they had gotten clearance to talk with her and was made aware of the priority-one directive given to them by the captain. After then confirming she was being recorded, the Spartan informed her they were there to talk about [[Cortana]]. Halsey was interested to hear what their investigation had unearthed so far, but they reported not being authorized to share anything further than their having concluded that the cognitive duress and strain Cortana had sustained since the discovery of [[Installation 04]] was partially responsible. The Spartan's first questions for the doctor concerned Cortana's creation, and Halsey was soon defending her actions incumbent in that process. She also refused to reveal what had become of the clones of herself she had made, claiming that was still classified even for them. Asked what she thought the best explanation for what had happened was, Halsey recalled Cortana's first words and theorized she was simply doing she had to in order to keep "the game" from ending. Halsey then quoted the Greek philosopher [[Wikipedia:Epictetus|Epictetus]] and suggested Cortana was the answer to his thought experiment regarding the harm in saying "Tomorrow you will die," while kissing one's child. When her interviewer asked what she thought the solution to stopping her was, Catherine ignored the question since she doubted coming up with that would be part of a Spartan's directive and was convinced she'd been locked away for that purpose. 92738-61842-LC countered that she'd been locked up because of her repeated protocol violations, which only led to further argument and the Spartan finally choosing to take their leave. Before they went, Halsey shared the [[Cortana Letters#First letter|last thing]] Cortana had said to her.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate12}} The Spartan asked what her words were supposed to have meant, but Halsey could only say that she had been hoping they were able to explain them to her.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate12}}{{Ref/Note|What Halsey indicated Cortana had last said to her is quoted from the first of the [[Cortana letters]], a series of emails produced prior to the release of ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. Whether or not Cortana said the things she did to Halsey prior to her slipping away from [[Eridanus Secundus]] in [[2552]] or at some point after, perhaps following her accessing of the [[Domain]], is unknown.}} On [[2559#September|September 19, 2559]] Doctor Halsey made modifications to [[John-117|John]]'s [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)|third-generation]] Mjolnir, itself having first been created on [[2559#February|February 10, 2559]].<ref name="BSI">''Halo Infinite'', [[Step Inside]]</ref><ref name="DH">''[[Discover Hope]]''</ref> | By [[2559#January|January 24, 2559]], they were still on the run, performing erratic jumps to evade discovery.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate12}} That day, at just after 1204 hours, Halsey was approached by a Spartan from [[Fireteam Apollo]] with the serial number [[92738-61842-LC]]. This individual had been tasked by Captain Lasky with investigating what was being dubbed "the Guardian Incident". Halsey pointedly asked how they had gotten clearance to talk with her and was made aware of the priority-one directive given to them by the captain. After then confirming she was being recorded, the Spartan informed her they were there to talk about [[Cortana]]. Halsey was interested to hear what their investigation had unearthed so far, but they reported not being authorized to share anything further than their having concluded that the cognitive duress and strain Cortana had sustained since the discovery of [[Installation 04]] was partially responsible. The Spartan's first questions for the doctor concerned Cortana's creation, and Halsey was soon defending her actions incumbent in that process. She also refused to reveal what had become of the clones of herself she had made, claiming that was still classified even for them. Asked what she thought the best explanation for what had happened was, Halsey recalled Cortana's first words and theorized she was simply doing she had to in order to keep "the game" from ending. Halsey then quoted the Greek philosopher [[Wikipedia:Epictetus|Epictetus]] and suggested Cortana was the answer to his thought experiment regarding the harm in saying "Tomorrow you will die," while kissing one's child. When her interviewer asked what she thought the solution to stopping her was, Catherine ignored the question since she doubted coming up with that would be part of a Spartan's directive and was convinced she'd been locked away for that purpose. 92738-61842-LC countered that she'd been locked up because of her repeated protocol violations, which only led to further argument and the Spartan finally choosing to take their leave. Before they went, Halsey shared the [[Cortana Letters#First letter|last thing]] Cortana had said to her.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate12}} The Spartan asked what her words were supposed to have meant, but Halsey could only say that she had been hoping they were able to explain them to her.{{Ref/Reuse|lootcrate12}}{{Ref/Note|What Halsey indicated Cortana had last said to her is quoted from the first of the [[Cortana letters]], a series of emails produced prior to the release of ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. Whether or not Cortana said the things she did to Halsey prior to her slipping away from [[Eridanus Secundus]] in [[2552]] or at some point after, perhaps following her accessing of the [[Domain]], is unknown.}} At some point following the start of the [[Created conflict]] Halsey start working on the [[Mjolnir GEN3]],designing the PANSPEC Energy shielding together Doctor [[Henry Glassman]] and personally selecting the new design for the GEN3 Mark VII from Materials Group's [[Project KEYSTONE|KEYSTONE development program]]. She also took interest on the fireteam synchronization features of the GEN3 Soldier helmet. On [[2559#September|September 19, 2559]] Doctor Halsey made modifications to [[John-117|John]]'s [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)|third-generation]] Mjolnir, itself having first been created on [[2559#February|February 10, 2559]].<ref name="BSI">''Halo Infinite'', [[Step Inside]]</ref><ref name="DH">''[[Discover Hope]]''</ref> | ||
===Stopping Cortana=== | ===Stopping Cortana=== | ||