Editing Operation: SHELL GAME

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'''Operation: SHELL GAME''' was an [[operation]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]] that was initiated in [[2556]], prior to July 12 of that year. It involved the deployment of the [[Spartan-IV]] fireteam, [[Fireteam Apollo]], to the exclusion zone around the debris of [[Installation 04]] near [[Threshold]] in violation of the [[Treaty of 2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|loot3}} The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] was intimately involved in the operation, as its purpose lay in the search for something of interest to the organization among the debris. Apollo managed to recover the black-box of the crashed [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}, ''[[Undiminished Entelechy]]''. It yielded audio of words spoken between [[Supreme Commander]] [[Thel 'Vadamee]] and the [[Prophet of Stewardship]] from the earliest moments of the [[Battle of Installation 04]]. In addition to this, the operation resulted in the creation of two [[War Games]] maps set onboard the ''Undiminished Entelechy''.<ref name="cannonfodder">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-beta-late-than-never '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Beta Late Than Never'']</ref> On [[2556#October|October 31, 2556]], [[General]] [[R. Dellert]] sent part of the conversation between 'Vadamee and the prophet (translated into [[English]]) to [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]] and also informed him of SHELL GAME. Dellert advised that Hood confront [[Margaret Parangosky]], former [[CINCONI]], about the operation.{{Ref/Reuse|loot3}}

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{{Post-Covenant War conflicts}}
[[Category:Operations|SHELL GAME]]