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The '''Eleventh Hour reports''' is a series of reports sent by [[Codename: SURGEON]] to [[Codename: COALMINER]], detailing the status quo of the post-war galaxy. The introduction, or ''Part 1'', ponders how [[human]]ity will adjust to the new galactic paradigm,<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-101012-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 10.10.12'']</ref> while ''Part 2'' discusses the disposition of some of the [[Covenant]]'s former client races.<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/17/The-Halo-Bulletin-101712-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 10.17.12'']</ref> ''Part 3'' details the origins of the [[SPARTAN-IV | The '''Eleventh Hour reports''' is a series of reports sent by [[Codename: SURGEON]] to [[Codename: COALMINER]], detailing the status quo of the post-war galaxy. The introduction, or ''Part 1'', ponders how [[human]]ity will adjust to the new galactic paradigm,<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-101012-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 10.10.12'']</ref> while ''Part 2'' discusses the disposition of some of the [[Covenant]]'s former client races.<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/17/The-Halo-Bulletin-101712-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 10.17.12'']</ref> ''Part 3'' details the origins of the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] and the [[Spartan (branch)|Spartan branch]]<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/25/The-Halo-Bulletin-102512-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 10.25.12'']</ref>; ''Part 4'' details an expedition to [[Installation 00]]'s debris;<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/11/01/The-Halo-Bulletin-11112-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 11.1.12'']</ref> and ''Part 5'' details humanity's progress in locating and investigating the remaining [[Halo Array|Halo installations]].<ref>[http://furiousn00b.com/halo4arg/PUZZLES/SUPASECRET/INTERCEPTED_DATANODE.PNG Fifth report extracted during the Section 3 alternate reality game]</ref> | ||
''Part 4'' of the report details the recovery of a damaged [[343 Guilty Spark]] from [[Installation 00]] between [[2553]] and [[2557]], by the | ''Part 4'' of the report details the recovery of a damaged [[343 Guilty Spark]] from [[Installation 00]] between [[2553]] and [[2557]], by the {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}}. The statement made by Guilty Spark to a UNSC science team forms the basis of the novel ''[[Halo: Primordium]]''. | ||
==The reports== | ==The reports== | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
*Similar to the [[Data Drop]], which led up to the release of ''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', | *Similar to the [[Data Drop]], which led up to the release of ''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', the Eleventh Hour reports were used to promote ''[[Halo 4]]'' and to provide more insight into the contemporary state of the galaxy. Like the Data Drop, one installment was featured in each weekly ''Halo Bulletin'', beginning with the October 10, 2012 edition. | ||
*SURGEON's report is written with invisible text; to see it, the reader must drag a selection box across the article.<ref name="hbo">[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1157459 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Did I just find something hidden in there?'']</ref> | |||
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*The fifth report was found during the Section 3 Alternate Reality Game, hidden within a PNG file. <ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postst200355_---ELEVENTH-HOUR-Final-Transmission--5-5.aspx '''Halo Waypoint forums''': ''// ELEVENTH HOUR FINAL TRANSMISSION [5/5<nowiki>]</nowiki> //'']</ref> | *The fifth report was found during the Section 3 Alternate Reality Game, hidden within a PNG file. <ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postst200355_---ELEVENTH-HOUR-Final-Transmission--5-5.aspx '''Halo Waypoint forums''': ''// ELEVENTH HOUR FINAL TRANSMISSION [5/5<nowiki>]</nowiki> //'']</ref> | ||