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“ The strength of Catalog lies in personal awareness of the nature of guilt.[1] ”
Catalog Triad #879
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Forerunner[1]

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Catalog[1]

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Major source of information on Forerunners for modern humanity

 

Catalog Triad #879 was a triad of three Catalog which formed during the Forerunner-Flood war to investigate events around the IsoDidact, Ur-Didact, and the Librarian.[2]

Biography

Creation of the Triad

A triad of Catalogs was created near the end of the war to investigate crimes against the Mantle and record events surrounding the Ur-Didact, the Librarian and the IsoDidact.[2] Catalog collected testimony from the Ur-Didact after his recovery from the Burn, being forced to compel the Didact to recall his encounter with the Gravemind after he refused to continue his testimony due to his reluctance to relive the horror he suffered at the clutches of the Flood. Catalog was also assigned to the Ur-Didact on Nomdagro in anticipation for his meeting with the IsoDidact and the Librarian; this unit formed a triad with two other Catalog assigned to Bornstellar and the Lifeshaper when they arrived. Catalog also attended the gathering of the Forerunner leadership on the greater Ark, and was likewise present in Omega Halo's control room when the ring was fired. This unit was saved from the collapsing control center, along with the IsoDidact, by Monitor Chakas aboard his Gargantua-class transport. It was slightly damaged but ultimately survived and made it to Installation 00.[3]

One Catalog was assigned to the Librarian and followed her aboard the Lifeshaper's personal vessel Audacity to Requiem and later to Erde-Tyrene. There, it recorded the Librarian's encounter with the Gravemind's messengers who revealed her the truth about the Domain. It also relayed her final message to the IsoDidact on the lesser Ark via the Juridical Network,[4] perishing moments later when the Halo effect struck Earth. Another of the triad died on the Sharpened Shield, but the third Catalog survived for the next 100,000 years.[2]

Post-activation of the Halo Array

Over a hundred thousand years after the activation of the Halo Array, the UNSC discovered and studied a Catalog unit designated as "Forerunner remains #879", recovering some of the records stored in its carapace and together with data from a Juridical monitor, piecing together an account of the final years of the Forerunner civilization.[5] While on Earth in 2557, 343 Guilty Spark used a splinter of himself to access ONI's records on this Catalog as well as the one that had been causing ONI trouble since 2552.[6]

Reawakening

Main article: Catalog/Archive

The surviving Catalog unit,[2] having been dormant for 100,000 years after the firing of the Halo Array, resumed its duties on November 7, 2552, after receiving and denying a control authorization supposedly sent by the Librarian. After his awakening in July 2557, the Ur-Didact repeatedly contacted Catalog and asked to take control of the ecumene; Catalog rejected these requests. This prompted Catalog to resume its investigative protocols. Over the course of the investigation, Catalog accessed a number of UNSC and ONI data networks to gain information about the current state of the galaxy.[7]

In July 2557, 343 Guilty Spark tried to access the Domain using a communication satellite over Binterall, but was also denied access by Catalog, angering the former monitor. During this encounter, Catalog revealed the Didact's failed attempt to access the Domain to Spark. Spark then requested "Juridical log. Catalog Triad #879. Earth. Human terrestrial time designation: Before Common Era 97,445." However, Catalog refused to give Spark the log which infuriated Spark who declared that he would find it himself. Catalog told Spark to suit himself and that "what you seek is not lost. It is already written" and ended the transmission.[2] During his mission on Earth, Spark used a splinter of himself to access ONI's records on Catalog's intrusions as well as on the expired Catalog found in Africa.[6]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Halo: Silentium, string 2
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Halo: Renegades, chapter 31
  3. ^ Halo: Silentium, string 35
  4. ^ Halo: Silentium, string 37
  5. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named HSONIRF
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Halo: Renegades, chapter 46
  7. ^ Halo Waypoint Forums, Catalog Interaction (Retrieved on Sep 11, 2016) [local archive] [external archive]
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