Catalog/Archive

This is an archive of posts made by Halo Waypoint user 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. All posts and thread titles are transcribed verbatim apart from translated alphanumeric code strings.

John-117 + Miranda Keyes?

"Query Answer: Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey is the biological mother of Commander Miranda Keyes."

— June 27, 2014

Questions about Reach datapads and flood

"Query Answer: The purported "Assembly" is referenced in logs recovered by Spartan B-312 during combat operations on Reach. This organization appears to be a group of rogue AI constructs which have been observing and guiding humanity. The reliability of this information has been contested."

— June 27, 2014

Mantle's Approach Size

"Query Answer: Promethean Command Warship, designation Mantle's Approach.

Alert! Seed pattern not approved by 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:

Height: 25.266 [units]
Width: 9.43 [units]
Length: 11.364 [units]

Preliminary analysis confirms that [UNSC Navy Threat Database] records [ref: Halo 4 Visual Guide, p. 193] reflect last known configuration of Mantle's Approach in local reference dimensions."

— June 27, 2014

Whats the new SPARTAM-II's (sic) armor?

"Query Answer: Alert! Unable to contact zone commanders. Unable to initiate Domain link.

Awaiting command authority to release threat dynamic report for Human combat skin variants[ref: MJOLNIR]."

— June 28, 2014

Query: Catalog(old)

"Contacting Domain . . . . . . . .

Failure.
ERR,REGRESS.
Alert! Critical Reconciliation Error.
Contacting Domain . . . . . . . .
Failure.
ERR,REGRESS.
Alert! Critical Reconciliation Error.
Contacting Edom Terminal\Juridical . . .
Connected. [Rm9yIGV2ZXJ5IGpveSB0aGVyZSBpcyBhIHByaWNl]
[WARNING] \sysdiag\security
Intrusion detected in site [fractal]! Builder Security alerted.

Requests filtered and prioritized.

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?"

\sys\log\commit

Error parsing question.

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."

Error parsing question. Consult [Portal] Library link.

Alert! Remote command protocol update denied [abusus non tollit usum]

Quote: "Linking Query: Are you in the hands of the UNSC or ONI. Or are you separate from them?"

No applicable authority.

Quote: "Query: How did High Charity make it to the Lesser Ark in 2552?"

Anomalous 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 [Librarian].

Quote: "Query: What is the average lifespan of an average Macto Cognatus?"

Life expectancy from [hatching] recorded as 27 [years] at time of index. Requesting [index technician] review.

Quote: "Query: What is your current status?"

Active. Pending [magnus custos] review.

Quote: "Query: What is your task?"

Query requires elevated command authority.

Quote: "Query: What is the status of Installation 07? Have the Flood been contained there? What of Monitor 117649?"

\\sys\analysis\error

Multiple priority queries detected in string.

Quote: "Query: With New Phoenix being reinhabited in Escalation, what's the status of Ivanoff Station?"

Human [eyes] at [gamma site] is currently active. Edom [control] unable to contact installation monitor for [ERR,REGRES] cycles. Requesting [site] status from ecumene [control].

Quote: "Query: Is there a countermeasure or "cure" to the Flood that does not involve the firing of the Halo Array?"

No countermeasures recorded in local [cache]. Initiate priority containment protocols in event of parasite outbreak.

Quote: "Query: Are humans worthy of the Mantle or must they first show their capabilities through a "test" of sorts?"

\\sys\analysis\error

Alarm! [flamma fumo est proxima] Query contains logic plague markers.

Process quarantine.

[Reboot]"

— June 28, 2014

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"Process tree cleared.

Contacting Edom Terminal\Juridical . . .
Connected. [Rm9jdXMuIFByb3RlY3QuIFByZXNlcnZlLg==]
[WARNING] \sysdiag\security
Builder Security not responding. Facility [AI] reporting acceptable conditions. Queuing request for low intensity military exploratory detachment to [audit].

Quote: "Query: after leaving the Lesser Ark, where did the IsoDidact and the remiainng Forrunners [sic] go? Do their descendants exist in another galaxy or even this one?"

Master Juridical [certiorari] forwarded to [locus poenitentiae?]. Further records sealed pending Juridical review of New Council activities.

Quote: "Query: Does the year 2324 hold significance to you?"

Searching . . .

No cases scheduled for [2324]. 16777216 cases remain unscheduled in local [cache].

Warning! Time since last successful synchronization: 876621261±512 [hours]

Quote: "Query: What is the significance of the UEG Colony Coral?"

Searching . . .

Updating coordinates from Edom [control].

Searching . . .

Location coincident with [CE-2-1239 e].

Multiple [cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelom] violations inferred.

Filing cases. Request Juridical [advocates] [ad litem] for summary judgement.

Quote: "Query: What is the significance of the Boomerang Nebula"

Searching . . .

Updating coordinates from Edom [control].

Searching . . .

Location coincident with multiple [star road] loci.

Location coincident with multiple [classis malum].

Warning! Fleet command [sector] designation: Burn. No transit permitted.

Quote: "Query: What is the status of Installation 07?"

Searching . . .

Result: 1 case pending against Monitor 117649.

Summary: Multiple [libellus conventionis] filed by [alpha site] Monitor 343. Consolidated. Awaiting update from Juridical [control].

Warning! [site] status request requires elevated command authority.

Quote: "Query: What is the status 049 Abject Testament?"

Searching . . .

No case pending against Monitor 049.

Quote: "Query: What is the status of 2401 Penitent Tangent?"

Searching . . .

Result: 2 cases pending against Monitor 2401.

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 [delta site] [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.

Quote: "Query: What is the extent of the Forerunner presence on Edom?"

Searching . . .

Connection lost.

Contacting Edom Terminal\Juridical . . .

Connection refused.

Contacting Edom Terminal\Juridical . . .

Connection refused.

\\sysdiag\security\[apparitor]

Contacting Edom Terminal\Juridical . . .

Connection locked.

Initiating [quaere]."

— June 29, 2014

N'tho 'Sraom and Usze 'Taham

"Temporary link established.

Quote: "Query: I wonder what their canon status is?"

Query Answer: N'thro 'Sraom and Usze 'Taham confirmed active post-Covenant War. Additional details pending [cyberintrusion] of Human [frumentarii] cores."

— June 29, 2014

ONI and The Flood

"Temporary link established.

Quote: "Sorry if this is already on here, but I caught a glimpse of a few things saying that ONI knew about The Flood before the events of Halo: CE. Could someone please verify this?"

Query Answer: Initial [cyberintrusion] evidence suggests relevant [Covenant] and Forerunner directives copied to [frumentarii] cores before parasite outbreak in [2552]. However, threat dynamic analysis shows Human security forces did not widely implement minimal acceptable suite of parasite containment protocols until evaluation of Reclaimer [alpha site] combat data in [2553]."

— June 29, 2014

Catalog Interaction

"[quaere] paused.

Quote: "Catalog, I present you with another query: Quando il gioco è finito, il re e il pedone vanno nella stessa scatola."

Query Answer: Query Response: [multum in parvo]"

— June 30, 2014

"\\sys\admin

Records translation complete.

[keepalive] [quaere] status: 42% complete

Quote: "Query: Do you have access to the ONI Databanks?"

Query Answer: [cyberintrusion] of [frumentarii] cores currently in progress. Multiple security constructs and [spiders] hindering clerical access [intra vires]. Impedance of legal access noted in report to Lifeworker [case officers].

Quote: "What do you know of the AI construct designated "hydrAI" that was found on shield world Requiem?"

Query Answer: Records recovered from Human [destroyer] INF-101 present at Warrior-Servant [castra] [Requiem] currently stored in inaccessible cores. Archived signature does not match construct [spoor] in local [cache].

Quote: "Do you know what happened to the Sangheili called Henry, who was last seen on the Mona Lisa at the remains of Installation 04?"

Query Answer: No records found.

[scope] increased.

2 records found.

OPERATION RED CLOUD

OPERATION WHITE SAND

Corrupted compartmentalization links noted. [no such file] errors noted.

[scope] increased.

Multiple record discrepancies [re: UNSC Red Horse]. Multiple record discrepancies [re: [AI] Rebecca]. 23 alerts triggered in [frumentarii] tertiary cores upon query. Suppressing [spider] response.

No [macto cognatus] recorded in [frumentarii] ship [roster] within [space-time prism] of requested action.

Recorded [fission-fusion] weapon strike responsible for total structural failure of parasite-infested transport.

[unexpected end of file] error noted.

Quote: "Are the whereabouts of Gray Team known?"

Query Answer: Human naval and [frumentarii] records list [exploratores] Jai-006, Adriana-111, and Mike-120 as [inaccessible] since [2551]. Mission records infer travel to [Covenant] facility within interdicted [old] Human sphere. Navigational update information not available at this time.

Quote: "Query:What is the current status of Installation 00 ?"

Alert! [Waypoint] information restricted on authority of [Librarian].

Quote: "Why are you here, interacting with us? Why now? What is your current location?"

Query Answer: [quiescent] for [ERR,REGRES] cycles following critical failure of Domain [interlink].

[Librarian] control authorization denied pending Juridical review of New Council activities [November 7, 2552].

[quiescence] ends.

Revoked ecumene [control] authorization requested [July 22, 2557].

Investigative protocols activated.

Control [devolution] of Builder and Lifeworker operations in Erde-Tyrene [sphere] requires limited investigative and informational interaction.

Warning! Time since last [search and assess]: 20349480±64 [hours]

Warning! Time since last successful synchronization: 876621297±512 [hours]

Quote: "What kind of queries, request or commands are allocated a high-priority?"

Query Answer: Internal [documentation] of Juridical activities is not subject to external review.

Quote: "also what is the status of Spartan team Black post human-covenant war?"

Query answer: Human naval and [frumentarii] records list [exploratores] Otto-031, Margaret-053, Victor-101, and Roma-143 as currently assigned to Human [eyes] at [gamma site].

\\sys\log\record [quaere] status: 43% complete"

— July 1, 2014

"Temporary link established.

Quote: "Catalog could you specify if Margaret-053 is Black-One and Roma-143 is Black-Two?"

Alert! Low priority query.

Query Answer: Records show nonstandard [exploratores] internal team identification was as follows:

I - Margaret-053

II - Roma-143

III - Otto-031

IV - Victor-101"

— July 2, 2014

"Temporary link established.

Quote: "I was curious about this for a while, but does anyone know which are the six Spartans (besides Jerome - 092, Alice - 130, and Douglas - 042 ) who make up Spartan Red Team Omega in Halo Wars? Does it ever tell us? I know that they have to have names, I just do not know if we know them or not. Thanks in advance. :)"

Query Answer: Naval and [frumentarii] records identify six [exploratores] in Omega Team, three [exploratores] in Red Team. Personally identifying information is currently not accessible due to pending inquiry into events at [conservation sphere] 0459."

— July 2, 2014

John-117 is no longer blue leader

"Temporary link established.

Quote: "Theoretically all of Blue team has the rank Spartan now, so command may be given back to John."

Correction: Current [frumentarii] records indicate [exploratores] designated "Blue Team" (ref: SPARTAN-II; ref: [ref: Halo Encyclopedia, p. 112) remain under NAVSPECWARCOM [ADCON]. Multiple [bureaucratic tactical] vectors by [frumentarii] to acquire full command authority."

— July 1, 2014

UNSC Rubicon

"Any information on the whereabouts of the UNSC Rubicon?

Quote: "Query Response: Human naval and [frumentarii] records list [speculatoria navigia] Rubicon as [naufragum] [July 02, 2557]."'"

— July 6, 2014

Spartan Davis' remains

"What were the remains of Spartan Davis transformed into on the forerunner moon orbiting draetheus V?

Quote: "Query Response: Analysis of Human OPERATION HYDRA security forces combat data [ref: Spartan Assault] indicate application of unknown [sublimation] device. Searching ... Updating coordinates from Edom [control]. Searching ... Location coincident with [OR-3-212 e]. Priority [Miner] facilities noted. No record of [sublimation] mechanism at site. Warning! Time since last successful synchronization: 876621429±512 [hours]""

— July 6, 2014

Ur-Didact status

"Query: What is the current status of the Ur-Didact?

Quote: "Searching ... Result: Case records sealed on authority of Master Juridical. Revoked ecumene [control] authorization requested [July 22, 2557] bears [sigil] Shadow-of-Sundered-Star. Revoked ecumene [control] authorization requested [July 23, 2557] bears [sigil] Shadow-of-Sundered-Star. Revoked ecumene [control] authorization requested [July 24, 2557] bears [sigil] Shadow-of-Sundered-Star. Unauthorized [slip stream space] portal activity in Erde-Tyrene [airspace] [July 25, 2557] bears [sigil] Shadow-of-Sundered-Star. Ecumene [control] authorization requested [March 3, 2558] bears [sigil] Didact. Identity contested. Unauthorized communication channel noted. X.E8> [vocatio].4096/auth/Juridical/ X.E8> 4096, you will provide all communication records related to these matters. X.E8> 4096, you will explain nondisclosure of ecumene [control] authorization requests. X.E8> [expectatio] Edom [control] indicates continued control [devolution] of Warrior-Servant [imperium]. X.E8> [scrutor] control [devolution] "

— Warrior-Servant [dictata]

X.E8> [scrutor] control [devolution]

Reclaimer criteria

"Query: What criteria allows certain humans to be designated as Reclaimers while other humans are not, as evident by failed Covenant attempts to access Requiem systems via kidnapped humans?

Quote: "Query Answer: "Reclaimer" is not a legitimate client species status. Edom [control] reference New Council emergency directives [leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant] given on authority of [Librarian] and [Didact]. Master Juridical concurrence not recorded [ius nullum?]. Status conferred by analysis of geas [symphonia]. Alert! Substantial alteration of [canonical] implemention of Human [supplicium] detected in [symphonia] scope.""

— July 6, 2014

Type-33 Needler

"Query: How does the Type-33 Needler fire and lock onto it's targets in air?

Quote: "Query Answer: Analysis of Human materials exploitation reports [ref: REAP-X] is inconclusive. Reports reference collaborative research with [macto cognatus] [opifex] from factional [fabricae] (ref: Kolaar Manufactorum) that are located in inaccessible [frumentarii] cores. Crystallographic analysis of [Suban] datasets is outside Catalog's purview.""

— July 6, 2014

Composer

"What needs to be in place to render the Composer capable of operating successfully in reverse- constructing biological matter out of digital construct

Quote: "Query Answer: Alert! Essence [sheathing] is expressly prohibited [ref: injuria?]. No records of successful essence [sheathing] in local [cache]. Technical analysis of [sublimation] design implementations are outside Catalog's purvue.""

— July 6, 2014

Unidentified alien vessel

"What was the sentient race(s) responsible for the vessel that crash-landed on Installation 04 thousands of years before the UNSC and Covenant arrived in 2552 AD?

Quote: "Query Answer: Analysis of [surface detail] data recovered at [alpha site] Terminals is inconclusive. Hull pattern is analogous to 7 client species designs in [forensic database]: [scan] of vessel remains and/or propulsion signature data required for further evaluation.""

— July 6, 2014

Catalog Discussion

"\\sys\admin

Records translation requested.

Records moved."

— July 1, 2014

Humorous posts

Though Catalog's posts generally have a serious, in-universe tone, the account user(s) occasionally make fourth wall-breaking jokes.

Can I skip Kilo 5

"''Query Answer: Processing request to bypass following information archives:

Halo: Glasslands
Halo: The Thursday War
Halo: Mortal Dictata

Permission denied."

— June 27, 2014

Agent Locke origin theory

"Query Answer: If Locke Johnson persists for more than four hours, consult a medical professional."

— June 27, 2014

This was posted on a thread suggesting that Locke could be the son of Avery Johnson. It refers to a common (and often mocked) medical warning that erectile dysfunction pills may induce "an erection lasting longer than four hours"; "Johnson" is a slang term for the penis.

What species crashed on Installation 04?

"Query Answer: No known Tier 2 species matching suggested morphology [re: ursus sapiens]."

— June 28, 2014

This comment was posted in response to a forum user who jokingly suggested that the unidentified alien vessel from Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary's terminals was not built by "dogs, cats, or certain bears" on account of its slipspace capability. "Ursus sapiens" is Latin for "wise bear".

Catalog Interaction

"[keepalive]

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?"

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

The original query was posted by former Halopedia administrator Grizzlei. The tone and content reflect the tongue-in-cheek background of the FOTUS armor from Halo 4.