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==Excerpts== | ==Excerpts== | ||
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===Palmer's note=== | ===Palmer's note=== | ||
In case you couldn't tell, the letter on the next page was written by a UNSC committee that still thinks of the Spartans as a Navy project, and not their own branch. Well, they wrote it and my bosses (in a fit of "play nice with the rest of the UNSC") made me sign it. But what the committee and my bosses didn't do was ship the thing out, leaving me the opportunity to add my own coda. So here it is: there are a lot of asses that need kicking in this galaxy, and the Spartans are the ones who are going to do the largest share. The only thing keeping humanity afloat most days is you and yours, Spartan. My advice: Do your job. Do it well. Come back home in one piece so we can do it all again tomorrow. | In case you couldn't tell, the letter on the next page was written by a UNSC committee that still thinks of the Spartans as a Navy project, and not their own branch. Well, they wrote it and my bosses (in a fit of "play nice with the rest of the UNSC") made me sign it. But what the committee and my bosses didn't do was ship the thing out, leaving me the opportunity to add my own coda. So here it is: there are a lot of asses that need kicking in this galaxy, and the Spartans are the ones who are going to do the largest share. The only thing keeping humanity afloat most days is you and yours, Spartan. My advice: Do your job. Do it well. Come back home in one piece so we can do it all again tomorrow. | ||
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;AFT ARMORY NOTICE | ;AFT ARMORY NOTICE | ||
The UNSC ''Infinity'' offers a tremendous selection of weapons to develop a productive and efficient field kit for all S-IV personnel. Your familiarity with this selection should already be extensive but Section IX, Article 3940.2 of the [[United Earth Government]]'s [[Full Disclosure Directive]] requires that this information be included as part of your integration into an S-IV service role onboard Infinity. | The UNSC ''Infinity'' offers a tremendous selection of weapons to develop a productive and efficient field kit for all S-IV personnel. Your familiarity with this selection should already be extensive but Section IX, Article 3940.2 of the [[United Earth Government]]'s [[Full Disclosure Directive]] requires that this information be included as part of your integration into an S-IV service role onboard Infinity. | ||
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| colspan="3"| [[File:H4-MA5D-Schematic.jpg|1100px]] | | colspan="3"| [[File:H4-MA5D-Schematic.jpg|1100px]] | ||
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| colspan="2" | The M395 DMR is a gas-operated, magazine-fed marksman rifle that maintains a smart-linked, telescopic, rail-mounted sight for scout personnel. The DMR favors mid-range to long-range combat with impressive stopping power. | | colspan="2" | The M395 DMR is a gas-operated, magazine-fed marksman rifle that maintains a smart-linked, telescopic, rail-mounted sight for scout personnel. The DMR favors mid-range to long-range combat with impressive stopping power. | ||
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===Specialist recruitment letter=== | |||
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FROM: COMMANDER SARAH PALMER, SPARTAN<br/> | |- | ||
|FROM: COMMANDER SARAH PALMER, SPARTAN<br/> | |||
TO: INFINITY SPARTAN FORCES<br/> | TO: INFINITY SPARTAN FORCES<br/> | ||
SUBJECT: SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT<br/> | SUBJECT: SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT<br/> | ||
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<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color:red">*If you're feeling like a real show-off, you can apply for multiple Specialist rankings.</span></div> | <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color:red">*If you're feeling like a real show-off, you can apply for multiple Specialist rankings.</span></div> | ||
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===Restricted ONI message=== | ===Restricted ONI message=== | ||
Thorne—<br/> | {| class="wikitable": style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; width: 50%" | ||
Still looking for more, but I found this on the network. If she did put the engines in this thing, then this has to be a letter to | |- | ||
|Thorne—<br/> | |||
Still looking for more, but I found this on the network. If she did put the engines in this thing, then this has to be a letter to her, yeah?<br/> | |||
<span style="text-align: right;">Hoya</span> | <span style="text-align: right;">Hoya</span> | ||
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<div style="text-align: right;"><<REDACTED DATE>> X18-23021-01</div> | | | ||
<div style="text-align: right;"><pre><<REDACTED DATE>> X18-23021-01</pre></div> | |||
<div style="text-align: center;"><pre>RESTRICTED ONI MESSAGE</pre></div> | |||
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To: <<REDACTED CIVILIAN RECIPIENT>> | |||
I realize this is an awkward note. We're both old and wise enough to know there's no love lost between us, but I do know that, differences aside, you do care about our success. I also realize you're not here under ideal conditions. You should accept both the reasoning behind and, bluntly, your own responsibility, for this matter. | |||
When we started this project, it was a desperate dream. Create a <<REDACTED>> that could engage the Covenant on its own level. With brute force, with massive firepower, and with unflinching, unyielding ferocity. | |||
We built it in the <<REDACTED>>. Hidden from view at the very outer periphery of our Solar System. It was one of the best-kept secrets in the history of human endeavor. We pulled it together in utter darkness from rock and iron and ice. It simply couldn't have been built in any other way. The tonnage alone would have beggared mountains on <<REDACTED>>. | |||
But out there, where the Sun's wan light is as frozen and distant and pale as a specter, we lit our last torch. Our final hope. A starship, <<REDACTED>> miles long. More powerful, deadlier than anything we, or the Covenant, could make spaceworthy. | |||
Of course, the Spartans, or more accurately, <<REDACTED>>, saved us. And your agency in this is not unappreciated - in some circles. They stopped the war before the <<REDACTED>> was complete. The brief moments of peace we had were not wasted. Some of us knew this couldn't last. So we kept going. And now our desperate dream is real. | |||
But things have changed. We are not fighting the kind of war we all lived through. So <<REDACTED>> has become something new. It has become a missive we fire out into the Universe that will give our enemies a simple warning: we are not afraid. We will not shrink from battle. We will not be cowed. We will meet force with greater force. We are Humanity. And we are ascendant. | |||
The engines work because you <<REDACTED>>. The <<REDACTED>> was completed because of your research. But this is bigger than you. Bigger than us. I have no right to ask anything of you on a personal level, so I am appealing to you on a professional level. | |||
Take care of <<REDACTED>>. Protect its crew. Protect Earth. | |||
Regards, | |||
Regards, | |||
M. | M. | ||
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===War Games Session Summary=== | ===War Games Session Summary=== | ||
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| colspan="4" | FEBRUARY 8, 2558 - ''INFINITY'' SHIPBOARD TIME 19:01:23 | | colspan="4" | FEBRUARY 8, 2558 - ''INFINITY'' SHIPBOARD TIME 19:01:23 | ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Fireteam Ivy|IVY]] VS [[Fireteam Rhino|RHINO]]: || colspan="2" | 490 - 500 | | colspan="2" | [[Fireteam Ivy|IVY]] VS [[Fireteam Rhino|RHINO]]: || colspan="2" | 490 - 500 | ||
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===MJOLNIR GEN2 requisition sheet=== | |||
As per [[UNSC Regulation 3A-950|Regulation 3A-950]], recruited personnel have access to one (1) Mjolnir armor configuration unit upon enlistment within the Spartan branch. The credit provision extends to only one (1) armor system and cannot be reserved or reused at any point in time afterward. Activation of this requisition form confirms acceptance of Droblin Priority requirements. | |||
SPARTAN GABRIEL THORNE > > Based on your field assessment rating, the following Mjolnir armor kits are recommended for initial requisition: | |||
{| class="wikitable": style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; width: 50%" | |||
| '''[[WARRIOR-class Mjolnir|WARRIOR]]''' | |||
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| <sub>MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor System [GEN2] - WARRIOR</sub><br/> | |||
'''MANUFACTURER''':<br/> | |||
<sup>Materials Group</sup><br/> | |||
'''TESTING SITE''':<br/> | |||
<sup>[[Damascus Materials Testing Facility|Damascus Testing Facility]] - [[Chi Ceti IV|CHI CETI IV]]</sup> | |||
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| Streamlined for agility and speed of movement, the WARRIOR-class variant's architecture leverages to improve overall design and execution. This kit includes hollow-plate pauldrons, lightweight ceramic armor folds, and component modularity for quick field upgrades when needed. | |||
*Integrated HUD | |||
*Hollow-plate pauldrons | |||
*Hardened reactor case | |||
*Titanium nanocomposite underarmor | |||
*Ceramic folds/flex mobility | |||
*Schismatic phosphated vambrace | |||
*Impact dissipating greave plate | |||
*Inert nonrigid gel layer | |||
*Integrated tactical/comm suite | |||
*Protected distributor conduit | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable": style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; width: 50%" | |||
| '''[[HAZOP-class Mjolnir|HAZOP]]''' | |||
|- | |||
| '''MANUFACTURER''': [[Acheron Security]]<br/> | |||
'''TESTING SITE''': [[Gdynia]], [[Acheron Fossae]] - [[Mars|MARS]]<br/> | |||
Designed by Acheron Security, HAZOP-class armor is used for conducting extended-duration operations within exotic and environmentally hazardous locales. This kit includes redundant oxygen filtration systems, modified rebreather caster lines, and the most advanced radiation-shielded underarmor mesh currently in production. | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable": style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; width: 50%" | |||
| '''[[ORBITAL-class Mjolnir|ORBITAL]]''' | |||
|- | |||
| '''MANUFACTURER''': [[Naphtali Contractor Corporation]]<br/> | |||
'''TESTING SITE''': [[wikipedia:Abilene, Texas|Abilene]], [[North America]] - [[Earth|EARTH]]<br/> | |||
Naphtali Corporation's ORBITAL-class armor set was extensively tested during the [[Covenant]]'s [[Battle for Earth|assault on Earth]], particularly in battles waged along the [[skyhook]]s and [[space elevator|tethers]] orbiting Luna. This kit includes a valence-fading blast shield, L4-0 braced generators, and tow-grip isolation packs for quick yet stable mobility in zero-g settings. | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable": style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; width: 50%" | |||
| '''[[SOLDIER-class Mjolnir|SOLDIER]]''' | |||
|- | |||
| '''MANUFACTURER''': Materials Group<br/> | |||
'''TESTING SITE''': Damascus Testing Facility - CHI CETI IV<br/> | |||
SOLDIER-class armor typically functions in a support capacity on the battlefield, allowing the operator to carry substantially more equipment than Spartans using other armor types, even without a significant impact on field mobility and dexterity. This kit includes a variable case structure, both fixed and modular composite layers, and additional magnetic hard points. | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable": style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; width: 50%" | |||
| '''[[EOD-class Mjolnir|EOD]]''' | |||
|- | |||
| '''MANUFACTURER''': Naphtali Contractor Corporation<br/> | |||
'''TESTING SITE''': Abilene, North America - EARTH<br/> | |||
The EOD-class armor's current manufacturer, the NCC, has further adjusted the system's plate configuration to reduce potential for dismemberment during explosive ordnance disposal activity and facilitation. This kit includes anterior torque couplings, additional flow-distributing ceramtic plates, and alternating heat-tempered balance drives. | |||
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{| class="wikitable": style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; width: 50%" | |||
| '''[[SCOUT-class Mjolnir|SCOUT]]''' | |||
|- | |||
| '''MANUFACTURER''': Materials Group<br/> | |||
'''TESTING SITE''': [[Swanbourne]], [[Australia]] - EARTH<br/> | |||
Favored by Class-8 FDO (Forward Deployed Operators), SCOUT-class armor contains the most capable covert anti-tracking system available for use well behind enemy lines. This kit includes an IR-sig modulator, an X900-Boulder emission shroud, and a spectrum-fracturing silhouette canopy designed for extended [[active camouflage]] usage. | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable": style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; width: 50%" | |||
| '''[[CIO-class Mjolnir|CIO]]''' | |||
|- | |||
| '''MANUFACTURER''': Acheron Security<br/> | |||
'''TESTING SITE''': Gdynia, Acheron Fossae - MARS<br/> | |||
Although rare in the field, one of Acheron Security's most remarkable armor kits is easily the CIO-class Mjolnir variant used by Counter-Intelligence Operators for intel acquisition and conveyance deep within enemy territory. This kit includes a tricloptically fixed transponder array and a galvanized sensory suite that rivals nearly all other similar service packages. | |||
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