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{{Era|RW}}
{{Title|''Didact's Hand''}}
{{Title|''Didact's Hand''}}
{{Status|Gameplay}}
{{Article Quote|The crew of [[UNSC Infinity|Infinity]] encounters cult leader [[Jul 'Mdama]], aka The Didact's Hand.}}
{{disambig header|the Spartan Ops episode|the character known as the Didact's Hand|Jul 'Mdama}}
'''''Didact's Hand''''' is the fourth episode of ''[[Spartan Ops]]''. It was released on November 26, 2012.
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|pagegamelabel=HSA
|prev=''[[Catherine]]''
|concurrent=*''[[Didact's Hand/Hairy Call|Hairy Call]]''
*''[[Didact's Hand/Rally Point|Rally Point]]''
*''[[Didact's Hand/Random Transport|Random Transport]]''
*''[[Didact's Hand/The Chase|The Chase]]''
*''[[Didact's Hand/The Didact's Gift|The Didact's Gift]]''
|next=''[[Memento Mori]]''
|game=''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Spartan Ops]]''
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|date=[[2558]]
|place=[[Requiem]]
|objective=The crew of [[UNSC Infinity|Infinity]] encounters cult leader Jul 'Mdama, aka The Didact's Hand.
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'''''Didact's Hand''''' is the fourth episode of ''[[Spartan Ops]]''. It was released on November 26, 2012. In this episode, an unknown intelligence contacts [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]], [[Gabriel Thorne|Thorne]] tries to understand the history of the [[Spartan Program]], and Jul 'Mdama appears on [[Requiem]], searching for [[Librarian|something]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/intel/spartanops#episodeId=4 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Spartan Ops Episode 4 Trailer'']</ref>


==Chapters==
==Chapters==
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! #
! Name
! Name
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|-
|-
|1
|1
|'''[[Didact's Hand/Hairy Call|Hairy Call]]'''
|'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/Hairy Call|Hairy Call]]'''
|''[[Sniper Alley]]''
|''[[Sniper Alley (location)|Sniper Alley]]''
|"''We have discovered [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] are using a [[Requiem]] comm net to communicate secretly.''"
|"''We have discovered [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]] are using a [[Requiem]] comm net to communicate secretly.''"
|-
|-
|2
|2
|'''[[Didact's Hand/Rally Point|Rally Point]]'''
|'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/Rally Point|Rally Point]]'''
|''[[Two Giants]]''
|''[[Ragnarok|Two Giants]]''
|"''Information from comm network tap has led to the possible location of [[Jul 'Mdama]].''"
|"''Information from comm network tap has led to the possible location of [[Jul 'Mdama]].''"
|-
|-
|3
|3
|'''[[Didact's Hand/Random Transport|Random Transport]]'''
|'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/Random Transport|Random Transport]]'''
|''[[Fortress (location)|Fortress]]''
|''[[Fortress (location)|Fortress]]''
|"''During previous Op, [[Fireteam Crimson]] stepped through a portal. Current whereabouts unknown.''"
|"''During previous Op, [[Fireteam Crimson]] stepped through a portal. Current whereabouts unknown.''"
|-
|-
|4
|4
|'''[[Didact's Hand/The Chase|The Chase]]'''
|'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/The Chase|The Chase]]'''
|''[[The Cauldron]]''
|''[[The Cauldron]]''
|"''[[Jul 'Mdama]] continues to flee through [[Requiem]]'s [[translocation grid|portal system]]. [[Fireteam Crimson]] is giving chase.''"
|"''[[Jul 'Mdama]] continues to flee through [[Requiem]]'s portal system. [[Fireteam Crimson]] is giving chase.''"
|-
|-
|5
|5
|'''[[Didact's Hand/The Didact's Gift|The Didact's Gift]]'''
|'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/The Didact's Gift|The Didact's Gift]]'''
|''[[Galileo Base|Galileo]]''
|''[[Complex|Galileo]]''
|"''Although [[Jul 'Mdama|'Mdama]] escaped, 'the Didact's Gift' was successfully retrieved and is being held at [[Galileo Base]].''"
|"''Although [[Jul 'Mdama|'Mdama]] escaped, 'the Didact's Gift' was successfully retrieved and is being held at [[Galileo Base]].''"
|-
|-
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==Opening cinematic==
==Opening cinematic==
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''Spartans [[Tedra Grant]] and [[Gabriel Thorne]] walk down a passageway on the'' Infinity.
''Spartans [[Tedra Grant]] and [[Gabriel Thorne]] walk down a passageway on the'' Infinity.


* '''Tedra Grant:''' "Why the hell did you volunteer to babysit the [[Catherine Halsey|dragon lady]], anyway?"
* '''Grant:''' "Why the hell did you volunteer to babysit the dragon lady, anyway?"


* '''Gabriel Thorne:''' "I'm just curious, is all."
* '''Thorne:''' "I'm just curious, is all."


* '''Grant (walking away):''' "Whatever, man. Have fun."
* '''Grant (walking away):''' "Whatever, man. Have fun."
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* '''Thorne:''' "Looks like we better get you to work."
* '''Thorne:''' "Looks like we better get you to work."
''Cut to ''Infinity'' floating in space.''


{{Center|'''HALO: INFINITY}}
{{Center|'''HALO: INFINITY}}


''Cut to Halsey at work in a large room, with a computer terminal and [[Requiem slipspace artifacts|the Requiem artifact]] surrounded by floodlights. Thorne guards her.''
''Halsey is at work in a large room, with a computer terminal and the Requiem artifact surrounded by floodlights. Thorne guards her.''


* '''Thorne:''' "Doctor, I understand you worked with the [[SPARTAN-II Program|original Spartans]]."
* '''Thorne:''' "Doctor, I understand you worked with the original Spartans."


* '''Halsey:''' "I'm afraid it's all still ''quite'' classified."
* '''Halsey:''' "I'm afraid it's all still ''quite'' classified."
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''Cut to Palmer and Lasky on the bridge of the'' Infinity.
''Cut to palmer and Lasky on the bridge of the'' Infinity.


* '''Palmer:''' "[[Roland (AI)|Roland]], bring up REQ-153-N."
* '''Palmer:''' "Roland, bring up REQ-153-N."


* '''Roland:''' "I presume you'd like to start it ''before'' the tragedy."
* '''Roland:''' "I presume you'd like to start it ''before'' the tragedy."
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* '''Palmer:''' "Please, Roland."
* '''Palmer:''' "Please, Roland."


''An hologram of a Pelican getting shot down appears on the holo-table.''
''An image of a Pelican getting shot down appears on the holo-table.''


* '''Palmer:''' "[[Fireteam Castle|Castle Team]] just got hit running supplies into [[Copernicus Base|Copernicus]].
* '''Palmer:''' "Castle Team just got hit running supplies into [[Copernicus Base|Copernicus]].


* '''Lasky:''' "Copernicus. A science base. Looking for the [[Librarian]] AI [[John-117|the Master Chief]] [[Reclaimer (level)|encountered]]?"
* '''Lasky:''' "Copernicus. A science base. Looking for the Librarian AI the Master Chief encountered?


* '''Palmer:''' "Instead, they found something else."
* '''Palmer:''' "Instead, they found something else."
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''The table zooms to the top of a structure, which is covered with enemy figures, represented in red.''
''The table zooms to the top of a structure, which is covered with enemy figures, represented in red.''


* '''Lasky:''' "[[Jul 'Mdama]]."
* '''Lasky:''' "Jul 'Mdama."


* '''Palmer:''' "Yeah. Because Requiem wasn't messed up enough."
* '''Palmer:''' "Yeah. Because Requiem wasn't messed up enough."


''The scene lingers on the face of a holographic representation of Jul.''
''The camera lingers on the face of a holographic representation of Jul.''


''Cut back to Doctor Halsey. She continues reading what is on the screen of her data pad.''
''Cut back to Doctor Halsey. She continues reading what is on the screen of her data pad.''
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* '''Halsey:''' "So, ''Mister'' Thorne, what interest ''is'' my research to you, specifically?"
* '''Halsey:''' "So, ''Mister'' Thorne, what interest ''is'' my research to you, specifically?"


* '''Thorne:''' "I enlisted with the [[Spartan Operations|Spartans]], because I was in the army a year before my family and friends were [[New Phoenix Incident|killed]] in [[New Phoenix]]. I always thought the Spartans were special. Maybe I could have saved them."
* '''Thorne:''' "I enlisted with the Spartans, because I was in the army a year before my family and friends were killed in [[New Phoenix]]. I always thought the Spartans were special. Maybe I could have saved them."


* '''Halsey:''' "Does it help you—help your grief—being here on Requiem, shooting at... what do they call them? Prometheans?"
* '''Halsey:''' "Does it help you—help your grief—being here on Requiem, shooting at... what do they call them? Prometheans?"
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* '''Thorne:''' "Doctor?"
* '''Thorne:''' "Doctor?"


''Halsey faces Thorne, with the data pad around her arms on her back.''
* '''Halsey:''' "Prometheus stole fire from the gods, and gave it to humanity. I'm simply curious what gifts, if any, the Promethean lifeforms have to offer."
 
* '''Halsey:''' "[[Wikipedia:Prometheus|Prometheus]] stole fire from the gods, and gave it to humanity. I'm simply curious what gifts, if any, the Promethean lifeforms have to offer."


* '''Thorne:''' "They're Forerunner robots. Hard light and battle armor. Ruthless, brutal. What can they offer us? Nothing but trouble, Doctor. They're simply killing machines."
* '''Thorne:''' "They're Forerunner robots. Hard light and battle armor. Ruthless, brutal. What can they offer us? Nothing but trouble, Doctor. They're simply killing machines."
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* '''Halsey:''' "Quiet, please. I'm working."
* '''Halsey:''' "Quiet, please. I'm working."


''Cut to structure in Requiem. Doctor Glassman, wearing a vest rigged with plasma explosives, works near a Forerunner device while being watched over by [[Gek]]. Glassman slaps a machine a few times.''
''Requiem. Doctor Glassman, wearing a vest rigged with plasma explosives, works near a Forerunner device while being watched over by [[Gek]]. Glassman slaps a machine a few times.''


* '''Glassman:''' "Come on..."
* '''Glassman:''' "Come on..."
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* ''''Mdama:''' "Doctor Glassman. Progress?"
* ''''Mdama:''' "Doctor Glassman. Progress?"


* '''Glassman:''' "For the love of... I keep telling you people, I don't speak Sangheili!"
* '''Glassman:''' "I keep telling you people, I don't speak Sangheili!"
 
''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Mdama growls in irritation.''


* ''''Mdama:''' "(''English'') Progress??!!!"
* ''''Mdama (in English):''' "Progress??!!!"


* '''Glassman:''' "I've got to have better equipment. More materials here—you're giving me two sticks to rub together, technologically speaking!"
* '''Glassman:''' "I've got to have better equipment. More materials here—you're giving me two sticks to rub together, technologically speaking!"


''Glassman gets to his feet and approaches Jul, but Gek yanks on the leash around Glassman's neck. The two Sangheili growl.''
''Glassman gets to his feet and approaches Jul, but Gek yanks on the leash around Glassman's neck.''
 
* '''Glassman:''' "Okay okay okay, uh, no need for a translation there."
 
''Glassman turns around to look at the Forerunner device.''


* '''Glassman:''' "You're saying there's an actual, living Forerunner inside this thing? Huh. I wonder what she could tell us?"
* '''Glassman:''' "Okay okay okay, uh, no need for a translation there. You're saying there's an actual, living Forerunner inside this thing? Huh. I wonder what she could tell us?"


* ''''Mdama:''' "I know what the Librarian will say, Glassman. She will tell us where all things sacred are hidden in this galaxy. Ships, weapons, bounties beyond our imagining."
* ''''Mdama:''' "I know what the Librarian will say, Glassman. She will tell us where all things sacred are hidden in this galaxy. Ships, weapons, bounties beyond our imagining."


''As Jul 'Mdama paces around the Forerunner device, the other Sangheili cheer and raise their swords.''
''The other Sangheili cheer and raise their swords.''


* ''''Mdama:''' "And she will tell us how to make those miracles... our own."
* ''''Mdama:''' "And she will tell us how to make those miracles... our own."


''The Sangheili chant "'Mdama" in the background as 'Mdama turns to look at Glassman. Cut to black.''
''The Sangheili chant "'Mdama" in the background.''
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Infinity Hallway.png|[[Gabriel Thorne]] with [[Tedra Grant]] walking down the ship's corridor.
File:Thorne - 2.png|[[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey's]] [[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan]] escort.
File:H4-SO-JulMdama-Screen2.jpg|[[Jul 'Mdama]].
</gallery>
 
==Sources==
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[[Category:Spartan Ops (Season One)|Didact's Hand]]

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