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| | {{Era|RW}} |
| {{Title|''Didact's Hand''}} | | {{Title|''Didact's Hand''}} |
| {{Status|Gameplay}}
| | {{Article Quote|The crew of [[UNSC Infinity|Infinity]] encounters cult leader [[Jul 'Mdama]], aka The Didact's Hand.}} |
| {{disambig header|the Spartan Ops episode|the character known as the Didact's Hand|Jul 'Mdama}}
| | '''''Didact's Hand''''' is the fourth episode of ''[[Spartan Ops]]''. It was released on November 26, 2012. |
| {{Article quote|The crew of [[UNSC Infinity|Infinity]] encounters cult leader Jul 'Mdama, aka The Didact's Hand.}} | |
| '''''Didact's Hand''''' is the fourth episode of ''[[Spartan Ops]]''. It was released on November 26, 2012. In this episode, an unknown intelligence contacts [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]], [[Gabriel Thorne|Thorne]] tries to understand the history of the [[Spartan Program]], and Jul 'Mdama appears on [[Requiem]], searching for [[Librarian|something]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/intel/spartanops#episodeId=4 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Spartan Ops Episode 4 Trailer'']</ref> | |
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| |'''[[Didact's Hand/Hairy Call|Hairy Call]]''' | | |'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/Hairy Call|Hairy Call]]''' |
| |''[[Sniper Alley]]'' | | |''[[Sniper Alley (location)|Sniper Alley]]'' |
| |"''We have discovered [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] are using a [[Requiem]] comm net to communicate secretly.''" | | |"''We have discovered [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]] are using a [[Requiem]] comm net to communicate secretly.''" |
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| |'''[[Didact's Hand/Rally Point|Rally Point]]''' | | |'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/Rally Point|Rally Point]]''' |
| |''[[Two Giants]]'' | | |''[[Ragnarok|Two Giants]]'' |
| |"''Information from comm network tap has led to the possible location of [[Jul 'Mdama]].''" | | |"''Information from comm network tap has led to the possible location of [[Jul 'Mdama]].''" |
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| |'''[[Didact's Hand/Random Transport|Random Transport]]''' | | |'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/Random Transport|Random Transport]]''' |
| |''[[Fortress (location)|Fortress]]'' | | |''[[Fortress (location)|Fortress]]'' |
| |"''During previous Op, [[Fireteam Crimson]] stepped through a portal. Current whereabouts unknown.''" | | |"''During previous Op, [[Fireteam Crimson]] stepped through a portal. Current whereabouts unknown.''" |
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| |'''[[Didact's Hand/The Chase|The Chase]]''' | | |'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/The Chasea|The Chase]]''' |
| |''[[The Cauldron]]'' | | |''[[The Cauldron]]'' |
| |"''[[Jul 'Mdama]] continues to flee through [[Requiem]]'s [[translocation grid|portal system]]. [[Fireteam Crimson]] is giving chase.''" | | |"''[[Jul 'Mdama]] continues to flee through [[Requiem]]'s portal system. [[Fireteam Crimson]] is giving chase.''" |
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| |'''[[Didact's Hand/The Didact's Gift|The Didact's Gift]]''' | | |'''[[S1/Catherine/The Didact's Gift|The Didact's Gift]]''' |
| |''[[Galileo Base|Galileo]]'' | | |''[[Complex|Galileo]]'' |
| |"''Although [[Jul 'Mdama|'Mdama]] escaped, 'the Didact's Gift' was successfully retrieved and is being held at [[Galileo Base]].''" | | |"''Although [[Jul 'Mdama|'Mdama]] escaped, 'the Didact's Gift' was successfully retrieved and is being held at [[Galileo Base]].''" |
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| ==Opening cinematic== | | ==Opening cinematic== |
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| ''Spartans [[Tedra Grant]] and [[Gabriel Thorne]] walk down a passageway on the'' Infinity.
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| * '''Tedra Grant:''' "Why the hell did you volunteer to babysit the [[Catherine Halsey|dragon lady]], anyway?"
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| * '''Gabriel Thorne:''' "I'm just curious, is all."
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| * '''Grant (walking away):''' "Whatever, man. Have fun."
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| ''Thorne knocks on the door of Halsey's cell, and opens it.''
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| * '''Thorne:''' "Doctor Halsey? Spartan Thorne; I'll be your escort for the day."
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| * '''Halsey:''' "You knock at least. Most people don't."
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| ''The lights flicker slightly.''
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| * '''Thorne:''' "Looks like we better get you to work."
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| ''Cut to ''Infinity'' floating in space.''
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| ''Cut to Halsey at work in a large room, with a computer terminal and [[Requiem slipspace artifacts|the Requiem artifact]] surrounded by floodlights. Thorne guards her.''
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| * '''Thorne:''' "Doctor, I understand you worked with the [[SPARTAN-II Program|original Spartans]]."
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| * '''Halsey:''' "I'm afraid it's all still ''quite'' classified."
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| * '''Thorne:''' "But the original Spartans were all conscripted, as children."
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| * '''Halsey:''' "I did what was required."
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| * '''Thorne:''' "But why children?"
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| * '''Halsey:''' "Why do you think?"
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| * '''Thorne:''' "What could have given them an edge, starting that young? Not knowing anything else?"
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| * '''Halsey:''' "There were many reasons behind the choices we had to make. Psychological and physiological."
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| * '''Thorne:''' "Psychological? So you don't think we're capable of being Spartans."
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| * '''Halsey:''' "Perhaps some of you are closer than others."
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| ''The screen of Halsey's [[data pad]] clears, and text appears.''
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| <tt>'''\\:DOCTOR HALSEY'''</tt>
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| * '''Halsey:''' "If you'll excuse me, please."
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| <tt>'''\\:WE HAVE MUCH TO DISCUSS'''<br>
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| '''\\:YOU NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT'''<br>
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| '''A GREAT MANY THINGS'''<br>
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| ''Cut to Palmer and Lasky on the bridge of the'' Infinity.
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| * '''Palmer:''' "[[Roland (AI)|Roland]], bring up REQ-153-N."
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| * '''Roland:''' "I presume you'd like to start it ''before'' the tragedy."
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| * '''Palmer:''' "Please, Roland."
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| ''An hologram of a Pelican getting shot down appears on the holo-table.''
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| * '''Palmer:''' "[[Fireteam Castle|Castle Team]] just got hit running supplies into [[Copernicus Base|Copernicus]].
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| * '''Lasky:''' "Copernicus. A science base. Looking for the [[Librarian]] AI [[John-117|the Master Chief]] [[Reclaimer (level)|encountered]]?"
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| * '''Palmer:''' "Instead, they found something else."
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| ''The table zooms to the top of a structure, which is covered with enemy figures, represented in red.''
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| * '''Lasky:''' "[[Jul 'Mdama]]."
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| * '''Palmer:''' "Yeah. Because Requiem wasn't messed up enough."
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| ''The scene lingers on the face of a holographic representation of Jul.''
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| ''Cut back to Doctor Halsey. She continues reading what is on the screen of her data pad.''
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| <tt>'''H:I ASK AGAIN, WHO ARE YOU?'''<br>
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| '''\\:THAT IS... DIFFICULT'''<br>
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| '''\\:WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF THE PROMETHEANS?'''</tt>
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| ''Halsey acknowledges Thorne.''
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| * '''Halsey:''' "So, ''Mister'' Thorne, what interest ''is'' my research to you, specifically?"
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| * '''Thorne:''' "I enlisted with the [[Spartan Operations|Spartans]], because I was in the army a year before my family and friends were [[New Phoenix Incident|killed]] in [[New Phoenix]]. I always thought the Spartans were special. Maybe I could have saved them."
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| * '''Halsey:''' "Does it help you—help your grief—being here on Requiem, shooting at... what do they call them? Prometheans?"
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| * '''Thorne:''' "Doctor?"
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| ''Halsey faces Thorne, with the data pad around her arms on her back.''
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| * '''Halsey:''' "[[Wikipedia:Prometheus|Prometheus]] stole fire from the gods, and gave it to humanity. I'm simply curious what gifts, if any, the Promethean lifeforms have to offer."
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| * '''Thorne:''' "They're Forerunner robots. Hard light and battle armor. Ruthless, brutal. What can they offer us? Nothing but trouble, Doctor. They're simply killing machines."
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| * '''Halsey (turning away):''' "Interesting."
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| * '''Thorne:''' "Doctor Halsey—"
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| * '''Halsey:''' "Quiet, please. I'm working."
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| ''Cut to structure in Requiem. Doctor Glassman, wearing a vest rigged with plasma explosives, works near a Forerunner device while being watched over by [[Gek]]. Glassman slaps a machine a few times.''
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| * '''Glassman:''' "Come on..."
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| ''Jul 'Mdama arrives.''
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| Note: All of Jul's speech is in Sangheili, translated into English.
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| * ''''Mdama:''' "Doctor Glassman. Progress?"
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| * '''Glassman:''' "For the love of... I keep telling you people, I don't speak Sangheili!"
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| ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Mdama growls in irritation.''
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| * ''''Mdama:''' "(''English'') Progress??!!!"
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| * '''Glassman:''' "I've got to have better equipment. More materials here—you're giving me two sticks to rub together, technologically speaking!"
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| ''Glassman gets to his feet and approaches Jul, but Gek yanks on the leash around Glassman's neck. The two Sangheili growl.''
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| * '''Glassman:''' "Okay okay okay, uh, no need for a translation there."
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| ''Glassman turns around to look at the Forerunner device.''
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| * '''Glassman:''' "You're saying there's an actual, living Forerunner inside this thing? Huh. I wonder what she could tell us?"
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| * ''''Mdama:''' "I know what the Librarian will say, Glassman. She will tell us where all things sacred are hidden in this galaxy. Ships, weapons, bounties beyond our imagining."
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| ''As Jul 'Mdama paces around the Forerunner device, the other Sangheili cheer and raise their swords.''
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| * ''''Mdama:''' "And she will tell us how to make those miracles... our own."
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| ''The Sangheili chant "'Mdama" in the background as 'Mdama turns to look at Glassman. Cut to black.''
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:Infinity Hallway.png|[[Gabriel Thorne]] with [[Tedra Grant]] walking down the ship's corridor.
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| File:Thorne - 2.png|[[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey's]] [[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan]] escort.
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| File:H4-SO-JulMdama-Screen2.jpg|[[Jul 'Mdama]].
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| </gallery>
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| ==Sources==
| | {{SO Season One}} |
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| [[Category:Spartan Ops (Season One)|Didact's Hand]] | | [[Category:Spartan Ops (Season One)|Didact's Hand]] |
