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===The Absolute Record=== | ===The Absolute Record=== | ||
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[[File:HE19 Assembled.jpg|thumb|200px|Glassman and the others being briefed before the operation.]] | |||
< | After the battle at Aktis IV, Glassman took part in Operation: Athena alongside Commander [[Sarah Palmer]], [[Gabriel Thorne]], [[Holly Tanaka]] and [[Ayit 'Sevi]], a Sangheili working with the Office of Naval Intelligence, was able to infiltrate inside Jul's faction and provided ONI with information about their plans. The military operation was designed by Admiral [[Serin Osman]] to prevent Covenant leader [[Jul 'Mdama]] and Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] from accessing the Forerunner facility known as the [[Absolute Record]]. Under Osman's orders, Spartan Tanaka was specifically brought on the initial infiltration team to safeguard Dr. Glassman during the mission. On September 15, Glassman and the rest of the team were briefed on how they would infiltrate Jul 'Mdama's fleet by stowing away on-board the assault carrier ''[[Breath of Annihilation]]''. Upon arrival at the Absolute Record, the team would separate from the fleet and use an advanced [[telemetry probe]] to transmit their location back to the UNSC for reinforcements. | ||
Two days later on September 17, Ayit 'Sevi rendezvoused with Jul's fleet in the [[Urs system|Urs–Fied–Joori system]] and sneaked Glassman and the other members inside the ''Breath of Annihilation''. After the fleet jumped in and out of slipspace and neared the portal to the Absolute Record, multiple slipspace ruptures materialized into several ships of the fleet, one of which began to tear apart ''Annihilation''. 'Sevi informed the team they had to abandon the ship and that their probe had been destroyed.<ref name=HE19/> | |||
The team was forced to flee and fight their way through a Covenant battalion in order to reach an undamaged hangar bay. When Dr. Glassman succumbed under the hazardous conditions of the ship and fainted, Tanaka carried and defended him from hostile attacks. Ayit 'Sevi soon procured a Phantom and transported everyone directly to Jul 'Mdama's flagship, ''[[Song of Retribution]]''. With news that 'Mdama would push forward to the portal and reach the Absolute Record, the team resolved to split-up. Glassman remained aboard the ''Song'' with Palmer and Tanaka, while Thorne and 'Sevi returned to ''Annihilation'' in an attempt to use its communications to contact ONI.<ref>'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 20|Issue #20]]</ref> | |||
[[File:HE23-Palmer&Tanaka.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Tanaka and Palmer protecting Glassman]] | |||
However, Glassman and the others did not stay undiscovered for long. When the ''Song'' entered the portal and reached the Record, the [[custodian]] [[ancilla]] monitoring the facility detected the presence of [[Reclaimer]]s aboard and summoned the humans from the ship, revealing their presence to the Covenant. The ancilla assembled both factions to inquire as to who was the rightful owner of the Janus Key and of the Record, but an outbreak of weapons fire from Jul's warriors caused the custodian to kill all the Elites except Jul.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 21|Issue #21]]</ref> It then tested both parties with a hypothetical scenario to see if they could be trusted with the Record's power, but Halsey interrupted the test by hacking the ancilla, disabling it and giving herself control of the Record.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 22|Issue #22]]</ref> | |||
As Jul called reinforcements, Tanaka and Palmer fended off attacking Covenant while protecting Glassman, but were rescued by the timely intervention of a Sentinel. It turned out to contain the backup memory of the custodian AI, who requested the humans' help in restoring its control.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 23|Issue #23]]</ref> Tanaka and Palmer defended the Sentinel, and it reactivated its old body to overpower Halsey and take control of the Record from her. However, the Record began to fall apart after Jul ordered it fired upon to disrupt the Sentinel attacks, but Glassman aided Tanaka and Palmer in escaping by activating the local teleportation grid. They used it to teleport to the ''Breath of Annihilation'', and were hidden there by 'Sevi until the ship returned to Sangheili space, after which the humans covertly escaped and were picked up by a UNSC [[prowler]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 24|Issue #24]]</ref> | |||
==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||