Editing Data Drop

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'''Data Drop''' is a viral campaign for ''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', centered around the planet [[Onyx]].<ref name="one">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/news/headline/office-of-naval-intelligencesection-3-data-drop-one/230711 '''Waypoint''': ''Office of Naval Intelligence//Section 3 - Data Drop One'']</ref> It is a collection of six classified documents, all of which recovered from [[CASTLE Base]] by [[Section III]] of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].

== List of documents ==
=== Data Drop One ===
[[File:XF-063 04-02-2491 150x150 p1.png|250px|thumb|right|The image contained in Data Drop One.]]
The first data drop is nothing more than an image of a blue grid overlaying a starfield with a single section being identified by a large arrow. The image also possesses a white box containing text detailing an object within the indicated section. The text provides details of planet [[XF-063]], the third planet in the [[Zeta Doradus system]].<ref name="one"/>
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=== Data Drop Two ===
The second data drop is an investigation report on [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|Operation: BRAVADO]] made by [[Hieronymus Michael Stanforth|Vice Admiral Hieronymus Stanforth]] to [[Margaret Orlenda Parangosky|Admiral Parangosky]].<ref name="two">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/news/headline/office-of-naval-intelligencesection-3-data-drop-two/240733 '''Waypoint''': ''Office of Naval Intelligence//Section 3 - Data Drop Two'']</ref> The report, reproduced below, provides a brief summary of the battle, including the UNSC efforts of securing the planet from the [[Covenant]].

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| style="text-align:right;" | [[Office of Naval Intelligence|OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE]]/[[Section III|SECTION 3]]<br />
DUE DILLIGENCE REPORT – A340021<br />
2300 HOURS, JULY 18, 2552<br />
CLASSIFIED TOP-SECRET<br />
COMM-SCRIBED/PTS 9386-9
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|>> 00834-19223-HS // [[Hieronymus Michael Stanforth|VADM STANFORTH, HIERONYMUS MICHAEL]]<br />
<< 00230-00923-MP // [[Margaret Orlenda Parangosky|ADM PARANGOSKY, MARGARET ORLENDA]]


RE: [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|OPERATION: BRAVADO]]


Margaret,<br />
Paperwork’s almost done on this end. So is the whiskey. I guess that means I’ll be headed back your way before long, especially after the number I put Levi through this time around. Boatswain says it’ll be sidelined for two months at least, so I've already filed with Fleet to transfer the crew to [[UNSC Coenwulf|Coenwulf]] when I make my rounds in Sydney.


At any rate, this one was certainly a victory, as difficult as it is for me to call it that. I know the casualty reports are going to look ugly, but that’s nothing new. We lost about half the battlegroup, as well as [[UNSC Cradle|Cradle]]. Surface didn’t fare much better either: [[Caracas]], [[Huiren]], [[Côte d'Azur]], [[Silma]] and [[Enfield]], all parking lots now...some because the enemy’s good at what they do and others because we refused to give them the opportunity.


It's just been so long since we’ve walked away from one of these things alive. We crushed eighteen of those bastards. I can't remember the last time that happened. And now they're gone. It'll take us a few years to clean up, probably a dozen or so to fix what was done on the ground. But they're gone... that's got to count for something.


A file's attached with some interesting data [[UNSC Iroquois|Iroquois]] picked up. The Covenant were transmitting something from the planet’s surface before we blew the lid off it. We’re not sure what it was, but it would not surprise me in the least if it ends up being grouped with sites like [[Onyx]], [[Meridian]], [[Arcadia]] or even [[Babd Catha Forerunner complex|that thing Halsey’s digging up]] on [[Reach]].


Anyway, AAR is en route. Talk to you soon, maybe over tea?


-HMS
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==Trivia==
*When the PDF for Data Drop Two is opened in a web browser, the loading screen shows that the file contains 1117 kilobytes.

== Sources ==
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