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| This is an archive of posts made by [[Halo Waypoint]] user [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_profile601146.aspx Catalog], an account used by [[343 Industries]]. Catalog began posting on the forums on June 27, 2014. | | {{Status|RealWorld}} |
| | This is an archive of posts made by [[Halo Waypoint]] user [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_profile601146.aspx Catalog], an account used by [[343 Industries]]. Catalog began posting on the forums on June 27, [[2014]]. Catalog's posts are treated in a manner similar to an alternate reality game such as ''[[Iris]]''; the account occasionally breaks the fourth wall when providing references but generally remains in-character. |
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| ==Posts==
| | *[[Catalog/Archive/2014|2014 posts]] |
| {{Quote|Query Answer: [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey]] is the biological mother of [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Miranda Keyes]].|June 27, 2014<ref>'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2959428_John-117--Miranda-Keyes.aspx#post2959428 ''John-117 + Miranda Keyes?'']</ref>}}
| | *[[Catalog/Archive/2015|2015 posts]] |
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| {{Quote|Query Answer: The purported "[[Assembly]]" is referenced in [[Data pads|logs]] recovered by [[SPARTAN-B312|Spartan B-312]] during [[Fall of Reach|combat operations]] on [[Reach]]. This organization appears to be a group of rogue [[Artificial intelligence|AI constructs]] which have been observing and guiding [[human]]ity. The reliability of this information has been contested.|June 27, 2014<ref>'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2959494_Questions-about-Reach-datapads-and-flood.aspx#post2959494 ''Questions about Reach datapads and flood.'']</ref>}}
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| | *[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-discussion-catalog-info-thread/ea08b1cf-34ed-4b03-a503-ba4cfd9af4a8/posts Archive of Catalog's posts on Halo Waypoint] |
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| {{Quote|''Query Answer: Processing request to bypass following information archives:''
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| ''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''
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| ''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
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| ''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''
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| ''Permission '''denied'''''.|June 27, 2014<ref>'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2959522_can-i-skip-kilo-5.aspx#post2959522 ''can i skip kilo 5?'']</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|Query Answer: If [[Locke]] [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]] persists for more than four hours, consult a medical professional.|June 27, 2014<ref>'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2959598_Agent-Locke-origin-theory.aspx#post2959598 ''Agent Locke origin theory'']</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|Query Answer: [[Promethean]] Command Warship, designation [[Mantle's Approach]].
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| ''Alert! Seed pattern not approved by [[Ecumene Council|Council]] authorities: provisional authorization given by [[Master Builder]]. Multiple configurations of Warship design noted in records. Pending [[Domain]] contact, model dimensions are provided for analogous hull pattern:
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| ''Height: 25.266 [units]
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| ''Width: 9.43 [units]
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| ''Length: 11.364 [units]
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| ''Preliminary analysis confirms that <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[UNSC Navy]] Threat Database] records [ref: [[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide|Halo 4 Visual Guide]], p. 193] reflect last known configuration of Mantle's Approach in local reference dimensions.|June 27, 2014<ref>'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2959627_Mantle-s-Approach-Size.aspx#post2959627 '' Mantle's Approach Size'']</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|Query Answer: Alert! Unable to contact [[SPARTAN-II program|zone commanders]]. Unable to initiate Domain link.
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| ''Awaiting command authority to release threat dynamic report for Human combat skin variants[ref: [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.''|June 28, 2014<ref>'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2959655_Whats-the-new-SPARTAM-II-s-armor.aspx#post2959655 ''Whats the new SPARTAM-II's armor?'']</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|Query Answer: No known [[Technological Achievement Tiers#Tier 2: Interstellar|Tier 2]] species matching [[Unidentified alien vessel|suggested morphology]] [re: ursus sapiens].|June 28, 2014<ref>'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2959673_What-species-crashed-on-Installation-04.aspx#post2959673 ''What species crashed on Installation 04?'']</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|Contacting Domain . . . . . . . .
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| ''Failure.
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| ''ERR,REGRESS.
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| ''Alert! Critical [[Slipstream space#Reconciliation|Reconciliation]] Error.
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| ''Contacting Domain . . . . . . . .
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| ''Failure.
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| ''ERR,REGRESS.
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| ''Alert! Critical Reconciliation Error.
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| ''Contacting [[Mars|Edom]] Terminal\[[Juridical]] . . .
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| ''Connected. [Rm9yIGV2ZXJ5IGpveSB0aGVyZSBpcyBhIHByaWNl]
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| ''[WARNING] \sysdiag\security
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| ''Intrusion detected in site [fractal]! [[Builder Security]] alerted.
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| ''Requests filtered and prioritized.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query Question: Is there anything of importance we must know. If so what is that information? If you cant give us this information, any idea how we can find out this information?"
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| ''\sys\log\commit
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| ''Error parsing question.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Second Query Question: Is there need of a testimonial or are you just observing? I am sure the community here would gladly answer any questions you need answered if required."
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| ''Error parsing question. Consult [Portal] Library link.
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| ''Alert! Remote command protocol update denied [abusus non tollit usum]
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| '''''Quote:''' "Linking Query: Are you in the hands of the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] or [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]]. Or are you separate from them?"
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| ''No applicable authority.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: How did [[High Charity]] make it to the [[Installation 00|Lesser Ark]] in [[2552]]?"
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| ''Anomalous [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] intrusion within expected displacement envelope was detected in Edom [airspace] at [2552:1118154551-1118154821]. [Manifold] profile not in local [cache], forwarding to [sector command] for analysis. Alert! [Waypoint] information restricted on authority of <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Librarian]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: What is the average lifespan of an average [[Sangheili|Macto Cognatus]]?"
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| ''Life expectancy from [hatching] recorded as 27 [years] at time of [[Conservation Measure|index]]. Requesting [index technician] review.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: What is your current status?"
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| ''Active. Pending [magnus custos] review.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: What is your task?"
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| ''Query requires elevated command authority.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: What is the status of [[Installation 07]]? Have the [[Flood]] been contained there? What of [[Monitor]] [[117649]]?"
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| ''\\sys\analysis\error
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| ''Multiple priority queries detected in string.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: With [[New Phoenix]] being reinhabited in [[Halo: Escalation|Escalation]], what's the status of [[Ivanoff Station]]?"
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| ''Human [eyes] at <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Installation 03|gamma site]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> is currently active. Edom [control] unable to contact [[049 Abject Testament|installation monitor]] for [ERR,REGRES] cycles. Requesting [site] status from [[ecumene]] [control].
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: Is there a [[Flood#Countermeasures|countermeasure]] or "cure" to the Flood that does not involve the firing of the [[Halo Array]]?"
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| ''No countermeasures recorded in local [cache]. Initiate priority [[containment protocol]]s in event of parasite outbreak.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: Are humans worthy of the [[Mantle]] or must they first show their capabilities through a "test" of sorts?"
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| ''\\sys\analysis\error
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| ''Alarm! [flamma fumo est proxima] Query contains [[logic plague]] markers.
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| ''Process quarantine.
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| ''[Reboot]|June 28, 2014<ref>'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2959975_Query--Catalog-old.aspx#post2959975 ''Query: Catalog(old) - Page 1'']</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|Process tree cleared.
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| ''Contacting Edom Terminal\Juridical . . .
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| ''Connected. <nowiki>[Rm9jdXMuIFByb3RlY3QuIFByZXNlcnZlLg==]</nowiki>
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| ''[WARNING] \sysdiag\security
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| ''Builder Security not responding. Facility [AI] reporting acceptable conditions. Queuing request for low intensity military exploratory detachment to [audit].
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: after leaving the Lesser Ark, where did the [[IsoDidact]] and the remiainng [[Forerunner|Forrunners]] ''[sic]'' go? Do their descendants exist in another galaxy or even [[Milky Way|this one]]?"
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| ''[[Master Juridical]] [certiorari] forwarded to [locus poenitentiae?]. Further records sealed pending Juridical review of [[Ecumene Council|New Council]] activities.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: Does the year 2324 hold significance to you?"
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| ''Searching . . .
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| ''No cases scheduled for [2324]. 16777216 cases remain unscheduled in local [cache].
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| ''Warning! Time since last successful synchronization: 876621261±512 [hours]
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: What is the significance of the [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]] [[Human colonies|Colony]] [[Coral]]?"
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| ''Searching . . .
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| ''Updating coordinates from Edom [control].
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| ''Searching . . .
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| ''Location coincident with [CE-2-1239 e].
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| ''Multiple [cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelom] violations inferred.
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| ''Filing cases. Request Juridical [advocates] [ad litem] for summary judgement.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: What is the significance of the [[Episode 4|Boomerang Nebula]]"
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| ''Searching . . .
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| ''Updating coordinates from Edom [control].
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| ''Searching . . .
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| ''Location coincident with multiple <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[star road]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> loci.
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| ''Location coincident with multiple [classis malum].
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| ''Warning! [[Forerunner fleet|Fleet]] command [sector] designation: [[Burn]]. No transit permitted.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: What is the status of Installation 07?"
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| ''Searching . . .
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| ''Result: 1 case pending against Monitor [[117649]].
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| ''Summary: Multiple [libellus conventionis] filed by <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Installation 04|alpha site]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> Monitor [[343 Guilty Spark|343]]. Consolidated. Awaiting update from Juridical [control].
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| ''Warning! [site] status request requires elevated command authority.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: What is the status [[049 Abject Testament]]?"
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| ''Searching . . .
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| ''No case pending against Monitor 049.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: What is the status of [[2401 Penitent Tangent]]?"
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| ''Searching . . .
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| ''Result: 2 cases pending against Monitor 2401.
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| ''Summary: Multiple [libellus conventionis] filed by [alpha site] Monitor 343. Consolidated. Awaiting update from Juridical [control]. Incomplete filing of [animus nocendi] against Monitor 2401 from <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Installation 05|delta site]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> [burgarii] received 22959960±8 [hours] ago by Edom [control]. [legal form letter] sent by Edom [control] requesting reply from [delta site] [burgarii] through approved channels.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: What is the extent of the Forerunner presence on [[Mars|Edom]]?"
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| ''Searching . . .
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| ''Connection lost.
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| ''Contacting Edom Terminal\Juridical . . .
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| ''Connection refused.
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| ''Contacting Edom Terminal\Juridical . . .
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| ''Connection refused.
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| ''\\sysdiag\security\[apparitor]
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| ''Contacting Edom Terminal\Juridical . . .
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| ''Connection locked.
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| ''Initiating [quaere].|June 29, 2014<ref>'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2960795_Query--Catalog-old.aspx#post2960795 ''Query: Catalog(old) - Page 5'']</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|Temporary link established.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Query: I wonder what their canon status is?"
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| ''Query Answer: [[N’tho ‘Sraom|N'thro 'Sraom]] and [[Usze ‘Taham|Usze 'Taham]] confirmed active post-[[Human-Covenant War|Covenant War]]. Additional details pending [cyberintrusion] of Human [frumentarii] cores.|June 29, 2014<ref>'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2960857_N-tho--Sraom-and-Usze--Taham.aspx#post2960857 ''N'tho 'Sraom and Usze 'Taham'']</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|Temporary link established.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Sorry if this is already on here, but I caught a glimpse of a few things saying that [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] knew about The [[Flood]] before the events of [[Halo: Combat Evolved|Halo: CE]]. Could someone please verify this?"
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| ''Query Answer: Initial [cyberintrusion] evidence suggests relevant <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Covenant]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> and Forerunner directives copied to [frumentarii] cores before parasite outbreak in <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[2552]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>. However, threat dynamic analysis shows Human security forces did not widely implement minimal acceptable suite of parasite [[containment protocol]]s until evaluation of [[Reclaimer]] [[Battle of Installation 04|[alpha site] combat]] data in <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[2553]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.|June 29, 2014<ref>'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2960966_ONI-and-The-Flood.aspx#post2960966 ''ONI and The Flood'']</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|[quaere] paused.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Catalog, I present you with another query: [[Cortana|Quando il gioco è finito, il re e il pedone vanno nella stessa scatola.]]"
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| ''Query Answer: Query Response: [multum in parvo]|June 30, 2014<ref>'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2962301_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2962301 ''Catalog Interaction'']</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|Temporary link established.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Theoretically all of Blue team has the rank Spartan now, so command may be given back to [[John-117|John]]."
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| ''Correction: Current [frumentarii] records indicate [exploratores] designated "[[Blue Team]]" (ref: SPARTAN-II; ref: [ref: [[Halo Encyclopedia]], p. 112) remain under [[UNSC Special Forces#SPARTAN|NAVSPECWARCOM]] [ADCON]. Multiple [bureaucratic tactical] vectors by [frumentarii] to acquire full command authority.|July 1, 2014<ref>'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2963582_-Spoilers--John-117-is-no-longer-blue-leader.aspx#post2963582 ''(Spoilers) John-117 is no longer blue leader'']</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|Temporary link established.
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| '''''Quote:''' "Catalog could you specify if Margaret-053 is Black-One and Roma-143 is Black-Two?"
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| ''Alert! Low priority query.
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| ''Query Answer: Records show nonstandard [exploratores] internal [[Team Black|team]] identification was as follows:
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| ''I - [[Margaret-053]]
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| ''II - [[Roma-143]]
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| ''III - [[Otto-031]]
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| ''IV - [[Victor-101]]|July 2, 2014<ref name="Page 9">'''Topic:''' [https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2964800_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2964800 ''Catalog Interaction - Page 9'']</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|[keepalive]
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| '''''Quote:''' "Does the state of Washington still exist as an entity of the United Republic of North America, and if so, is there finally a Starbucks location on every street corner?"
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| ''Query Answer: Administrative subunit "Washington" not found in UEG [provinces]. Seattle [metroplex] region noted as possessing highest per-capita stimulant dispensaries in Human [sphere of influence]. Records of area surrounding 434 Combat Readiness Lab indicate one stimulant and [congealed sugar] dispensary per inhabitant; UEG administrative agencies alerted to anomalous distribution of these facilities.''|July 2, 2014<ref name="Page 9"/>}}
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