Didact's Gift: Difference between revisions

At some point in [[2557]] or [[2558]], [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Covenant remnant]] forces acquired the "Gift". During [[Fireteam Crimson]]'s pursuit of 'Mdama, [[Commander (UNSC)|Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] called in an airstrike which forced the [[Sangheili]] to drop the device during his escape. Crimson quickly secured the device and brought it to [[Galileo Base]] for examination. A joint Covenant-Promethean force attacked the base to retrieve the artifact, though they were repelled by Fireteam Crimson. [[Fireteam Majestic]] arrived soon after to secure it.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Didact's Hand|S1E4 ''Didact's Hand'']]</ref>  

The Gift was taken aboard the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, where it was studied by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] and the ship's AI, [[Roland]]. Upon being tampered with, the outer casing of the device split into multiple levitating fragments, revealing an object within that Dr. Halsey noted was similar to a UNSC [[Riemann matrix|AI matrix]]. Suddenly, the device released an energy burst, and began to display images on the ship's monitors; these were then identified as memories of those who died in the [[Didact]]'s [[Battle of Earth (2557)|attack]] on [[New Phoenix]], [[Unified Republic of North America|URNA]] six months prior.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Memento Mori|S1E5 ''Memento Mori'']]</ref> One of these images showed another [[Requiem translocation artifact|mysterious Forerunner artifact]] that was currently located in the Infinity's docking bay, indicating that the artifact was present in New Phoenix during the attack.