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The Absolute Record served as the primary repository of information and archival data for the Forerunner [[Ecumene]], and served to detail and catalog all Forerunner devices and technology. The record worked alongside the [[Domain]] to serve effectively as a local backup for information stored in the Domain, with the Absolute Record's local nodes preserving vital data clusters and working in parallel with the Domain to help index Forerunner civilisation.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=358}} | The Absolute Record served as the primary repository of information and archival data for the Forerunner [[Ecumene]], and served to detail and catalog all Forerunner devices and technology. The record worked alongside the [[Domain]] to serve effectively as a local backup for information stored in the Domain, with the Absolute Record's local nodes preserving vital data clusters and working in parallel with the Domain to help index Forerunner civilisation.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=358}} | ||
Repositories for the Absolute Record exist in a number of locations, including one such facility buried between [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] on [[Earth]] - close to the site of the [[Portal at Voi]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HR48|HRen|Chapter=48}} | Repositories for the Absolute Record exist in a number of locations, including one such facility buried between [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] on [[Earth]] - close to the site of the [[Portal at Voi]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HR48|HRen|Chapter=48}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
In [[2557]], during an encounter with [[343 Guilty Spark]] beneath [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] on [[Earth]], a personality imprint of the [[Librarian]] stated that she would go to the Absolute Record once their conversation was over to join her other personality imprints who had already gone there. Though the Librarian offered to allow Spark to join her, he chose to remain on Earth to help his friends amongst the crew of the ''[[Ace of Spades]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|HR48}} | In [[2557]], during an encounter with [[343 Guilty Spark]] beneath [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] on [[Earth]], a personality imprint of the [[Librarian]] stated that she would go to the Absolute Record once their conversation was over to join her other personality imprints who had already gone there. Though the Librarian offered to allow Spark to join her, he chose to remain on Earth to help his friends amongst the crew of the ''[[Ace of Spades]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|HR48}} | ||
In [[2558]], the Librarian's stored personality on [[Requiem]] instructed Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] to take the [[Janus Key]] to the Absolute Record{{Ref/Reuse|Key}} and was later sent there itself by [[Fireteam Crimson]].{{Ref/SpOps|Key|The Search for Halsey}} After the [[Battle of Aktis IV|events]] on [[Aktis IV]], Dr. Halsey and [[Jul 'Mdama]] managed to acquire both halves of the Janus Key.{{Ref/Comic|HEsc|Issue=16}} After several months, Halsey was able to pin-point the exact coordinates of the Absolute Record by analyzing the completed Janus Key. With their destination revealed, 'Mdama's [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction| fleet]] set course for the Absolute Record. However, unbeknownst to the Covenant, a [[UNSC]] team consisting of [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartans]] [[Sarah Palmer|Palmer]], [[Gabriel Thorne|Thorne]] and [[Holly Tanaka|Tanaka]] as well as [[Henry Glassman|Dr. Glassman]], and [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] operative [[Ayit 'Sevi]] managed to infiltrate a {{ | In [[2558]], the Librarian's stored personality on [[Requiem]] instructed Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] to take the [[Janus Key]] to the Absolute Record{{Ref/Reuse|Key}} and was later sent there itself by [[Fireteam Crimson]].{{Ref/SpOps|Key|The Search for Halsey}} After the [[Battle of Aktis IV|events]] on [[Aktis IV]], Dr. Halsey and [[Jul 'Mdama]] managed to acquire both halves of the Janus Key.{{Ref/Comic|HEsc|Issue=16}} After several months, Halsey was able to pin-point the exact coordinates of the Absolute Record by analyzing the completed Janus Key. With their destination revealed, 'Mdama's [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction| fleet]] set course for the Absolute Record. However, unbeknownst to the Covenant, a [[UNSC]] team consisting of [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartans]] [[Sarah Palmer|Palmer]], [[Gabriel Thorne|Thorne]] and [[Holly Tanaka|Tanaka]] as well as [[Henry Glassman|Dr. Glassman]], and [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] operative [[Ayit 'Sevi]] managed to infiltrate a {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}—''[[Breath of Annihilation]]''—within 'Mdama's fleet, with the intentions to reveal the location of the Absolute Record to the UNSC.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE19|HEsc|Issue=19}} | ||
When the fleet arrived at an apparently artificial gas giant, the Janus Key reacted and a [[slipspace portal]] opened nearby. However, [[slipspace]] ruptures destroyed two [[Covenant cruiser|cruisers]] within the fleet and damaged ''Breath of Annihilation''.{{Ref/Reuse|HE19}} While the Covenant fleet recovered, Thorne and 'Sevi attempted to regain contact with the UNSC on ''Annihilation'' while Palmer, Tanaka, and Glassman traveled to ''[[Song of Retribution]]''—'Mdama's [[flagship]]. Shortly after, ''Song of Retribution'' entered the portal alone and arrived at the Absolute Record, where the installation's [[Contender-class artificial intelligence]] detected the [[human]]s aboard the carrier.{{Ref/Reuse|he20}} Halsey and Jul exited the ''Retribution'' with a security force of [[Sangheili Zealot|Zealots]], but the custodian AI did not relinquish control to her immediately as she expected. Instead it summoned the other humans hiding inside 'Mdama's ship, killed all the Zealots when they attacked the local [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s, and assembled both factions for a test for who would be the true master of the Absolute Record.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE21|HEsc|Issue=21}} | When the fleet arrived at an apparently artificial gas giant, the Janus Key reacted and a [[slipspace portal]] opened nearby. However, [[slipspace]] ruptures destroyed two [[Covenant cruiser|cruisers]] within the fleet and damaged ''Breath of Annihilation''.{{Ref/Reuse|HE19}} While the Covenant fleet recovered, Thorne and 'Sevi attempted to regain contact with the UNSC on ''Annihilation'' while Palmer, Tanaka, and Glassman traveled to ''[[Song of Retribution]]''—'Mdama's [[flagship]]. Shortly after, ''Song of Retribution'' entered the portal alone and arrived at the Absolute Record, where the installation's [[Contender-class artificial intelligence]] detected the [[human]]s aboard the carrier.{{Ref/Reuse|he20}} Halsey and Jul exited the ''Retribution'' with a security force of [[Sangheili Zealot|Zealots]], but the custodian AI did not relinquish control to her immediately as she expected. Instead it summoned the other humans hiding inside 'Mdama's ship, killed all the Zealots when they attacked the local [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s, and assembled both factions for a test for who would be the true master of the Absolute Record.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE21|HEsc|Issue=21}} | ||
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The Monitor put the survivors to the test by querying them about how they would respond in a hypothetical scenario, but Halsey grew impatient and hacked the [[ancilla]]. With it disabled, she took control of the facility and allowed herself into its central chamber.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE22|HEsc|Issue=22}} At it she could activate hidden [[design seed]]s planted around the galaxy, and also took the opportunity to cut off her alliance with Jul by attacking him and his reinforcement warriors with Sentinels. In midst of the attack, Palmer, Tanaka, and Glassman aided the ancilla's backup program (stored in a Sentinel) so it could regain control of the Record.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE23|HEsc|Issue=23}} The facility was damaged after Jul 'Mdama ordered ''Song of Retribution'' to fire into the Record in hopes of disabling its defenses. The momentary power interruption allowed the ancilla to regain control and overpower Halsey, taking the Janus Key from her and denying her further access. The Covenant recovered Halsey and fled the Record aboard the ''Retribution'', unaware that she had attempted to betray them.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE24|HEsc|Issue=24}} The local facility was heavily destabilized by multiple slipspace warps.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/jul-mdama|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Jul 'Mdama|D=23|M=07|Y=2021}} | The Monitor put the survivors to the test by querying them about how they would respond in a hypothetical scenario, but Halsey grew impatient and hacked the [[ancilla]]. With it disabled, she took control of the facility and allowed herself into its central chamber.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE22|HEsc|Issue=22}} At it she could activate hidden [[design seed]]s planted around the galaxy, and also took the opportunity to cut off her alliance with Jul by attacking him and his reinforcement warriors with Sentinels. In midst of the attack, Palmer, Tanaka, and Glassman aided the ancilla's backup program (stored in a Sentinel) so it could regain control of the Record.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE23|HEsc|Issue=23}} The facility was damaged after Jul 'Mdama ordered ''Song of Retribution'' to fire into the Record in hopes of disabling its defenses. The momentary power interruption allowed the ancilla to regain control and overpower Halsey, taking the Janus Key from her and denying her further access. The Covenant recovered Halsey and fled the Record aboard the ''Retribution'', unaware that she had attempted to betray them.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE24|HEsc|Issue=24}} The local facility was heavily destabilized by multiple slipspace warps.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/jul-mdama|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Jul 'Mdama|D=23|M=07|Y=2021}} | ||
Following the death of | Following the death of [[The Harbinger]] in [[2560#May|May 2560]], the [[Installation 07]] [[sub-monitor]], [[Adjutant Revendicate]], attempted to contact the Absolute Record with the intent of entering information into the repository. The monitor was briefly questioned on its intent by Invariant Bias, who demanded to know what information Revendicate wished to withdraw, before being corrected. The Contender then proceeded to scan through the information provided by Revendicate - an [[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)|up-to-date recording]] of information about the current state of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy gathered from various sources - before agreeing to accept the data into the archives.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p6|Enc22|Page=6-7}}{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=487}} | ||
Other points of access to the Absolute Record still exist, although the distinction between physical and digital elements of this Forerunner repository remains unclear.{{Ref/Reuse|Grim}} | Other points of access to the Absolute Record still exist, although the distinction between physical and digital elements of this Forerunner repository remains unclear.{{Ref/Reuse|Grim}} | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HE16 Next destination The Absolute Record.jpg|The Janus Key revealing the Absolute Record's location to Dr. Halsey and Jul 'Mdama. | File:HE16 Next destination The Absolute Record.jpg|The Janus Key revealing the Absolute Record's location to Dr. Halsey and Jul 'Mdama. | ||
File:HE20 Absolute Record Ancilla.jpg|Invariant Bias, the Forerunner ancilla that oversees the Absolute Record. | File:HE20 Absolute Record Ancilla.jpg|Invariant Bias, the Forerunner ancilla that oversees the Absolute Record. | ||
File: | File:SA AbsoluteRecordConcept.jpg|Concept art of what appears to be the Absolute Record for ''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
