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===February=== | ===February=== | ||
'''February 2''' | '''February 2''' | ||
*''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' leaves the [[Urs system]] for a diplomatic mission in former | *''[[Shadow of Intent]]'' leaves the [[Urs system]] for a diplomatic mission in former Covenant territory.<ref name="Catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969315_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969315 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction - Page 14'']</ref> | ||
'''February 21''' | '''February 21''' | ||
*{{ | *{{UNSCship|Infinity}} is commissioned into service.<ref>'''Halo 4''', ''[[The Commissioning]]''</ref><ref name="packet">'''[[Halo 4 Limited Edition]]''' — ''[[Infinity Briefing Packet]]''</ref> | ||
=== | ===May-June=== | ||
'''May 6 to June 1''' | '''May 6 to June 1''' | ||
*''Shadow of Intent'' participates in naval exercises with the [[UNSC Navy]] in a [[Joint Occupation Zone]]. After this | *''Shadow of Intent'' participates in naval exercises with the [[UNSC Navy]] in a [[Joint Occupation Zone]]. After this the ship is tasked with the protection of [[Sanghelios]] and [[Sangheili]] colonies.<ref name="Catalog"/> | ||
===June=== | ===June=== | ||
'''June | '''June 19''' | ||
* | *{{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} arrives at the ruins of [[Installation 00]] and deploys several remote contact teams (RCTs) to the Ark's surface.<ref name="provenance">'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''', Report #4 ''Provenance''</ref> | ||
'''June | '''June 27''' | ||
* | *After 8.3 days, all contact with the RCTs is severed. Only RCT-06 returns to the prowler, having suffered extensive casualties. However, they bring the source of the signal aboard: the remains of the monitor [[343 Guilty Spark]].<ref name="provenance"/> | ||
''' | *After properly calibrating their AI translator, the human team began to interrogate Spark, hoping to gain insight into the ancient human-Forerunner relations and the Didact.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 11-13''</ref> Spark, acknowledging the humans as "the true Reclaimers"<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 371''</ref> proceeds to describe the events that led to [[Chakas|his former human self]] becoming a monitor. | ||
'''June 30''' | |||
*After Spark finishes his story, his robotic shell powers down and is jettisoned into space by order of the ONI team commander. Having successfully uploaded his data stream into the ship's computers, however, Spark disables ''Rubicon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s AI and takes full control of the vessel. Having come to the conclusion that the Librarian is alive as a result of long study, and that he has need for the ship and its crew, Spark puts them to sleep and sets course to where he believes the Librarian could be found.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 376-379''</ref> | |||
===July=== | ===July=== | ||
'''July 2''' | '''July 2''' | ||
* | *48 hours after ''Rubicon'''s last notice, the ONI sends search and rescue teams to find the ship, but ''Rubicon'' is not found.<ref name="Catalog"/> | ||
'''July 2-July 21''' | |||
*[[Codename: SURGEON]] a [[Eleventh Hour reports|five-report series]] about the status quo of the post-[[Human-Covenant war|war]] [[Milky Way|galaxy]] to [[Codename: COALMINER]]. | |||
'''July 21''' | '''July 21''' | ||
*Having tried in vain for [[2554|three years]], [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction]] finally gain access to the [[shield world]] [[Requiem]]; [[Shipmaster]] [[Jul 'Mdama]] orders his forces to board {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} to keep the ship from landing on Requiem.<ref name="terminal">[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/Universe/detail/halo-4-terminal-jul-mdama/0f378de5-e0e3-4f31-a1e1-2a363af4094d '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Halo 4 Terminal: Jul 'Mdama'']</ref> Aboard the ''Forward Unto Dawn'', [[Cortana]] wakes [[John-117]] from his [[cryotube]] and warns him of the intruders. Once off the [[UNSC frigate|frigate]], they are forcibly pulled into the artificial planet.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Dawn]]''</ref> | *Having tried in vain for [[2554|three years]], [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction]] finally gain access to the [[shield world]] [[Requiem]]; [[Shipmaster]] [[Jul 'Mdama]] orders his forces to board {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} to keep the ship from landing on Requiem.<ref name="terminal">[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/Universe/detail/halo-4-terminal-jul-mdama/0f378de5-e0e3-4f31-a1e1-2a363af4094d '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Halo 4 Terminal: Jul 'Mdama'']</ref> Aboard the ''Forward Unto Dawn'', [[Cortana]] wakes [[John-117]] from his [[cryotube]] and warns him of the intruders. Once off the [[UNSC frigate|frigate]], they are forcibly pulled into the artificial planet.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Dawn (level)|Dawn]]''</ref> | ||
*John-117 and Cortana engage | |||
*UNSC ''Infinity'' crashes on Requiem. The Didact makes for the crash-site, followed by the Master Chief, who reunites with the UNSC for the first time in years and assists in the defense of the stranded ''Infinity'', eventually driving back the Didact and | '''July 21-July 23''' | ||
*John-117 and Cortana engage Covenant forces on Requiem while attempting to find a way back to UNSC-controlled space. Meanwhile, {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} is approaching Requiem, oblivious of the [[gravity well]] which pulled the ''Dawn'' and many Covenant ships inside. While attempting to clear the communications interference preventing them from contacting ''Infinity'', John-117 and Cortana are attacked by mechanical [[Promethean]] forces. Activating a supposed broadcast relay in Requiem's core, John-117 instead accidentally releases the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] from imprisonment. Bent on preventing human ascendance, the Didact leaves immediately and joins forces with the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Forerunner (level)|Forerunner]]''</ref> | |||
*UNSC ''Infinity'' crashes on Requiem. The Didact makes for the crash-site, followed by the Master Chief, who reunites with the UNSC for the first time in years and assists in the defense of the stranded ''Infinity'', eventually driving back the Didact and the Covenant forces. Afterwards, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Andrew Del Rio]] has a difference of opinion with the Master Chief on whether or not they should leave Requiem, or stay and deal with the Didact.<ref name="infinity">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Infinity (Halo 4 level)|Infinity]]''</ref> In the end, Del Rio orders the Chief to join Gypsy Company and destroy Requiem's gravity well generator so that the ''Infinity'' can depart.<ref name="reclaimer">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]''</ref> | |||
*During the mission, John-117 encounters a vision of the [[Librarian]], who warns him of the Didact's plan: to use a machine known as the [[Composer]] to neutralize humanity once and for all. To fight the Didact, the Librarian provides the Spartan with additional genetic enhancements, including an immunity to the Composer. Once the gravity well is destroyed, Captain Del Rio orders the ''Infinity'' to leave Requiem immediately. Disobeying orders, the Master Chief stays behind in an effort to stop the Didact.<ref name="reclaimer"/> | |||
*After the ''Infinity'' returns to [[Earth]], [[UNSC Fleet Command|FLEETCOM]] immediately relieves Captain Del Rio of his duties as captain of the ship due to his actions on Requiem; [[Thomas Lasky]] is promoted in his place.<ref name="midnight">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref> | *After the ''Infinity'' returns to [[Earth]], [[UNSC Fleet Command|FLEETCOM]] immediately relieves Captain Del Rio of his duties as captain of the ship due to his actions on Requiem; [[Thomas Lasky]] is promoted in his place.<ref name="midnight">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref> | ||
*Between July 22 and July 24, the Didact repeatedly contacts [[Catalog]] and requests authorization to take control of the [[ecumene]]; Catalog rejects his requests.<ref name="Catalog"/> | |||
'''July 24''' | '''July 24''' | ||
*[[Raid on Ivanoff Station]]: John-117 pursues the Didact as he travels to ''[[Ivanoff Station]]'' to acquire the Composer. The Didact is eventually successful and uses the Composer to digitize the occupants of ''Ivanoff'', save for John-117 who is saved by the Librarian's enhancements.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Composer (level)|Composer]]''</ref><ref name="escalation8">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''' - ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 8|Issue #8]]''</ref> | *[[Raid on Ivanoff Station]]: John-117 pursues the Didact as he travels to ''[[Ivanoff Station]]'' to acquire the Composer. The Didact is eventually successful and uses the Composer to digitize the occupants of ''Ivanoff'', save for John-117 who is saved by the Librarian's enhancements.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Composer (level)|Composer]]''</ref><ref name="escalation8">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''' - ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 8|Issue #8]]''</ref> | ||
*SPARTAN-II [[Black Team]], assigned as security for a science camp on Installation 03, loses contact with ''Ivanoff Station'' immediately after the attack.<ref name="HE9">'''Halo: Escalation''' - ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> | |||
*SPARTAN-II [[Black Team]], assigned as security for a science camp on Installation 03, loses contact with ''Ivanoff Station'' immediately after the attack.<ref name="HE9">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''' - ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> | |||
'''July 25''' | '''July 25''' | ||
*[[New Phoenix Incident]]: As the Didact plans to attack Earth and wipe out humanity using the Composer, John-117 follows him in close pursuit. When the Didact reaches Earth, the ''Infinity'' and the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] engage his ship immediately. Armed with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|nuclear device]], John-117 makes his way into the ship and confronts the Didact, but not before the Forerunner uses the Composer to digitize the | *[[New Phoenix Incident]]: As the Didact plans to attack Earth and wipe out humanity using the Composer, John-117 follows him in close pursuit. When the Didact reaches Earth, the ''Infinity'' and the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] engage his ship immediately. Armed with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|nuclear device]], John-117 makes his way into the ship and confronts the Didact, but not before the Forerunner uses the Composer to digitize the population of [[New Phoenix]], [[United Republic of North America|URNA]]. With the aid of a rampant Cortana, the Master Chief is eventually able to defeat the Didact and destroy his ship. Cortana sacrifices herself to save John-117 from the explosion and the Spartan is recovered from the debris field soon after.<ref name="midnight"/> | ||
* | *The Didact falls into the Composer's slipspace rupture and is thrown to the surface of Installation 03 along with other detritus from ''Mantle's Approach''. On Gamma Halo, the Didact awakens and kills Team Black and the nearby UNSC science team.<ref name="HE9"/> | ||
*A group of [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] recruits is deployed offworld at the time of the attack. | |||
*A service [[portal]] opens between the [[Composer's Abyss]] on [[Installation 03]] and the [[Composer's Forge]]. The latter's monitor, [[859 Static Carillon]], attempts to contact the Halo's caretaker, [[049 Abject Testament]], but receives no response. Static Carillon travels through the portal to Installation 03, where he meets the Didact who asks to be taken to the Composer's Forge. | *A group of [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] recruits is deployed offworld at the time of the attack.<ref name="VIS"/> | ||
*John-117 is debriefed by the [[UNSC Security Council]] about the Didact and the loss of Cortana. The Council decides to tell the public that the attack was carried out by the [[Covenant remnants]] and it was stopped by Master Chief. | |||
*[[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood]] informs John-117 about the loss of contact with the Installation 03 science team an hour earlier, and that the attackers may have been Prometheans. John reunites with [[Blue Team]] — [[ | *A service [[portal]] opens between the [[Composer's Abyss]] on [[Installation 03]] and the [[Composer's Forge]]. The latter's monitor, [[859 Static Carillon]], attempts to contact the Halo's caretaker, [[049 Abject Testament]], but receives no response. Static Carillon travels through the portal to Installation 03, where he meets the Didact who asks to be taken to the Composer's Forge.<ref name="HE9"/> | ||
*John-117 is debriefed by the [[UNSC Security Council]] about the Didact and the loss of Cortana. The Council decides to tell the public that the attack was carried out by the [[Covenant remnants]] and it was stopped by Master Chief.<ref name="escalation8"/> | |||
*[[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood]] informs John-117 about the loss of contact with the Installation 03 science team an hour earlier, and that the attackers may have been Prometheans. John reunites with [[Blue Team]] — [[Fred-104]], [[Kelly-087]] and [[Linda-058]] — and deploys immediately to Gamma Halo.<ref name="escalation8"/> | |||
'''July 26''' | '''July 26''' | ||
*After arriving at Gamma Halo, Blue Team find the bodies of the deceased science team and Team Black. After a short firefight with [[Promethean Knight]]s, Blue Team discovers the former location of the Composer. Upon entering the structure, the Spartans discover the [[Composer's Abyss]], at the end of which they find the slipspace portal leading to the Composer's Forge | *After arriving at Gamma Halo, Blue Team find the bodies of the deceased science team and Team Black. After a short firefight with [[Promethean Knight]]s, Blue Team discovers the former location of the Composer. Upon entering the structure, the Spartans discover the [[Composer's Abyss]], at the end of which they find the slipspace portal leading to the Composer's Forge.<ref name="escalation8"/> | ||
*Blue Team enter the portal to the Composer's Forge where they discover six Composers. The Didact confronts the Spartans along with an army of his Promethean minions.<ref name="HE9"/> | |||
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== | *During the ensuing battle, Static Carillon delivers a Halo installation for the Didact as part of an agreement between the two. The Didact takes one of the Composers and departs for Gamma Halo, planning to use his newly-acquired ring to wipe out humanity. However, the monitor feels betrayed by the Didact bringing his Promethean forces to the Composer's Forge and helps Blue Team return to the portal in pursuit of the Didact, intending to close the portal behind them.<ref name="HE9"/> | ||
''' | |||
* | *As Blue Team returns to the surface of Gamma Halo, they are attacked by the Didact once again. After John-117 saves Kelly-087 from the Didact, the Promethean grabs the Master Chief by the helmet and squeezes.<ref name="HE9"/> | ||
'''July 26-27''' | |||
*John-117 disappears following the events at Gamma Halo and the Composer's Forge.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''' - ''Issue #3'' ('''[[Vladimir Scruggs]]''': ''"What about your pal, the Master Chief? Any of you heard of him lately?"'')</ref> | |||
===December=== | ===December=== | ||
'''December 5''' | '''December 5''' | ||
*[[Roland]] becomes ''Infinity''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s primary shipboard [[Artificial intelligence|AI]].<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref> | *[[Roland]] becomes ''Infinity''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s primary shipboard [[Artificial intelligence|AI]].<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref> | ||
*[[Gek 'Lhar]] carries out a [[Terrorism|terrorist]] attack on Earth; he is detained and sent to [[Midnight Facility]] for interrogation.<ref>[https:// | '''Unknown''' | ||
*[[Gek 'Lhar]] carries out a [[Terrorism|terrorist]] attack on Earth; he is detained and sent to [[Midnight Facility]] for interrogation.<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm3015281_I-wish-343i-would-of-done-more-with-Gek-Lhar.aspx#post3015281 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''I wish 343i would of done more with Gek Lhar'']</ref> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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