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==Summary==
{{Status|Canon}}


'''DATE:''' July-August 2552
'''Operation: HYPODERMIC''' was an effort by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to collect information concerning the [[Covenant]] between January [[2532]] and August [[2552]]. In this time, dozens of [[Prowlers]] were deployed. HYPODERMIC was canceled following the [[Fall of Reach]]. The word hypodermic means "under the skin".


'''LOCATION:''' Various systems around Epsilon Eridani.
==Timeline (Military Standard Time)==
 
*'''[[2531]]''': Admiral [[Preston Cole]] drafts the [[Cole Protocol]] - Hypodermic-FXT-J<ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref>
'''Involved:''' UNSC ONI forces.
*'''January 19, 2532:''' [[Codename: COALMINER]] gives [[Codename: SURGEON]] a [[AUTOMATED REROUTE UNSC SHIP REG-96667 ABY|progress report]] on the operation.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 78''</ref>
 
*'''July 2552:''' Prowlers search [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] controlled space for [[Covenant]] forces, hoping to locate the enemy's base of operations.<ref>'''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'''</ref>
'''Synopsis:''' This operation was actually not a battle. It was a plan by [[ONI]] to send prowlers to various systems to collect intelligence on the [[Covenant]]. It may seem inconsequential, but it led directly to the [[Master Chief]]'s boarding of the [[Pillar of Autumn]] during [[The Battle of Reach]].
*'''August 29, 2552:''' The [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Cortana]] discovers that three ships currently docked at [[Reach]] orbital stations, the {{UNSCShip|Circumference}}, the {{UNSCShip|Applebee}} and the {{UNSCShip|Lark}}, are actually [[ONI]] vessels, rather than civilian ones after intruding into an [[ONI]] database.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', page 269</ref> [[Cortana]] does not realize that these ships are part of HYPODERMIC.
 
*'''August 30, 2552:'''
'''Outcome: O'''peration is scrubbed with the destruction of REACH
**'''0000 Hours:''' Mere hours before the [[Covenant]] attack [[Fleet]] is detected at [[Reach]], [[COALMINER]] detects Cortana's intrusion and initiates [[Contingency Plan TANGO]], removing the ''Circumference'' from [[Reach]]'s database to prevent the unauthorized discovery of HYPODERMIC.<ref>'''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''', page 281-282</ref>
**'''0558 Hours:''' Due to isolation of the ''Circumference'' from the [[Reach]] network, Station Gamma Dockmaster [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Doppler]] is unable to implement the [[Cole Protocol]] on the prowler during the [[Fall of Reach]]. Covenant intrusion software detect this oversight.<ref>'''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'''</ref>
==Military Forces==
===UNSC===
 
Commander: Classified. ONI [[Codename: SURGEON]]
 
*Dozens of ONI Prowlers.
 
==Timeline==
 
*'''July? 2552:''' The operation begins. [[ONI]] prowlers begin moving through [[UNSC]] controlled space, searching for any sign of [[Covenant]] forces. Their mission is to gather any and every bit of intelligence possible. Their ultimante goal is to discover where the Covenant are based from.
*'''August 28, 2552:''' [[Cortana]] the [[AI]] intrudes into the ONI database and discovers three of the involved Prowlers involved in the operation are docked in the Reach orbital stations: the [[Circumference]], the [[Applebee]], and the [[Lark]].
*'''August 29, 2552:'''  
**'''0000 Hours:''' Before the Covenant fleet is detected around [[Reach]], an ONI operative, [[Codename: COALMINER]], detects the intrusion. He/She removes the Circumference from the database of Reach, afraid that the mission will be uncovered. For some reason it is highly sensitive and classified.
**'''0558 Hours:''' Reach Dockmaster AI [[Doppler]] detects the isolation. It is in violation of the [[Cole Protocol]] and the Covenant have detected it. He informs the admirality, which informs [[Captain Keyes]].
**'''0616 Hours:''' Instead of going to defend the Orbital Generators, [[SPARTAN-117]] goes to destroy the Circumference. He then goes to [[Installation 04]] instead of ending up on the surface of the planet, like he would have otherwise.


==Ships==
==Ships==
*{{UNSCShip|Applebee}}
*{{UNSCShip|Circumference}}
*{{UNSCShip|Euphrates}}
*{{UNSCShip|Lark}}


*[[UNSC Euphrates]]
==Personnel==
*[[Circumference]]
*[[Codename: SURGEON]]
*[[Applebee]]
*[[Codename: COALMINER]]
*[[Lark ]]
 
==Characters==


*Codename: SURGEON
==Sources==
*Codename: COALMINER
{{Ref/Sources}}


[[Category: UNSC]][[Category: The Covenant]][[Category: Events]]
[[Category:Operations]]
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Latest revision as of 00:40, September 24, 2023

Operation: HYPODERMIC was an effort by the Office of Naval Intelligence to collect information concerning the Covenant between January 2532 and August 2552. In this time, dozens of Prowlers were deployed. HYPODERMIC was canceled following the Fall of Reach. The word hypodermic means "under the skin".

Timeline (Military Standard Time)[edit]

Ships[edit]

Personnel[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo Wars: Genesis
  2. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 78
  3. ^ Halo: Fall of Reach
  4. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 269
  5. ^ Halo: Fall of Reach, page 281-282
  6. ^ Halo: Fall of Reach
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