Editing RCT-06

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'''RCT-06''' was the designation of one of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[remote contact team]] attached to the {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} during its expedition to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] in [[2554]].<ref name="provenance">'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''', Report #4 ''Provenance''</ref>  

In March [[2553]], [[Commander-in-Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] approved the deployment of an automated remote-probe delivery system, fitted with highly advanced [[slipspace]] systems, to [[Installation 00]], the Ark. After the [[Battle of Installation 00|events of late]] [[2552]] and the disappearance of [[John-117]], it was decided that reconnaissance should be done on the Ark in order to gather intelligence, recover assets, and establish a secure presence on the structure. The delivery system arrived at the Ark in November 2553 and dispersed its probes. Initial transmissions indicated that the Installation, while damaged, had survived the firing of [[Installation 08]]; however, contact with all of the probes was lost soon after this. In response to this turn of events, a manned expedition to the ark was organized. In December of 2553, the state-of-the art {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} was commissioned and dispatched from [[Luna]] to discover what had happened to the probes and to continue their original mission. Among its complement the ''Rubicon'' included a number of highly-trained remote contact teams; RCT-06 was the designation of one such team.<ref>'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''', ''page 48''</ref>

The ''Rubicon'' arrived at the Ark on August 10, 2554. Upon arrival, it detected a non-standard, heterogenic signal eminatig from the structure's surface. After navigating with some difficulty through the debris field surrounding the Ark, the ''Rubicon'' deployed all of its RCTs, including RCT-06. Because of the damage to both the structural and environmental systems of the installation, the surface conditions faced by the RCTs were extremely severe.{{Ref/Reuse|provenance}} Over the next several days, contact between the ''Rubicon'' and the numerous RCTs was lost, the latter having come under attack from the Installation's wildlife and constructs at the behest of the Ark's [[monitor]], [[000 Tragic Solitude]].{{Ref/Reuse|provenance}}<ref>'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''', ''page 3''</ref> On August 18, RCT-06 managed to successfully return to the ''Rubicon'', being the only team to do so. Despite having suffered heavy casualties, RCT-06 had managed to locate and retrieve the source of the mysterious signal, a "severely damaged armature."{{Ref/Reuse|provenance}} Investigations by the ''Rubicon's'' science detachment discovered that this was in fact the barely functioning debris of [[343 Guilty Spark]], the former monitor of [[Installation 04]].<ref name="Primordium">'''[[Halo: Primordium]]'''</ref> Over the next several days, technicians extracted data from the construct, during which time it repeatedly breached the ship's firewalls. On August 21, all data extraction was completed and the broken pieces of the monitor were powered down and ejected into space.<ref>'''[[Halo Mythos]]'''</ref>

Unbeknownst to the crew, however, Guilty Spark had already transferred his consciousness into the ''Rubicon's'' computer framework. After subduing the ship's [[AI]] [[Curator]], Guilty Spark took control of the ''Rubicon'' and forced its crew, including the surviving members of RCT-06, into a deep sleep. Believing after careful consideration that the [[Librarian]] was still alive, Guilty Spark then directed the ''Rubicon'' to where he believed her to be.<ref>'''[[Halo: Primordium]]''', ''pages 376-379''</ref> The [[UNSC]], having lost all contact with the ''Rubicon'', dispatched search-and-rescue teams, but these could not discover any traces of the ship.{{Ref/Reuse|provenance}} The ''Rubicon'' was formally declared  ''lost'' on July 2, 2557 and its complement, including RCT-06, was presumed dead.<ref>'''Halo Waypoint''', ''Catalog Interaction (post 2969311)''</ref> In reality, the ''Rubicon'' crashed into [[Geranos-a]] in 2554 after its hijacking by Spark who survived by transferring himself into an [[armiger]] salvaged by the crew. The entire crew of the ''Rubicon'', including RCT-06, perished in the crash. Spark buried the crew in a mass grave near the crash site which was discovered three years later in 2557 by the ''[[Ace of Spades]]'' who had hacked a distress signal ONI had intercepted from Spark.<ref>'''[[Halo: Renegades]]'''</ref>

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