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==Excerpts==
==Excerpts==
===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.
<div style="text-align: right;">—Palmer</div>
===Palmer's letter===
Monday, February 6, 2558
Spartan,
Welcome aboard the UNSC ''Infinity'', and welcome to the next phase of your stellar career.
Cutting-edge technology, advanced weapon systems, and the finest personnel allow ''Infinity'' to act as the UNSC's flagship - a symbol of strength, and the vanguard of humanity's future.
A Spartan is no different. Spartans are recruited from across the UNSC because we want the best we can find, regardless of the branch of service, rank or training.
You chose enlistment with the Spartans because you knew you'd never find a bigger challenge anywhere else. And you were right.
Your sacrifice are many. You have survived augmentation routines that would kill most humans. Your march through hell has just begun.
You are a Spartan. Your potential and your skills are what enable Infinity to complete her mission and ensure humanity's survival in a hostile galaxy.
Serve with honor.
Spartan Sarah Palmer, ''Infinity'' Commander
===''Infinity''===
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;IDENT/ENGINES<br/>
'''REGISTRY:''' INF-101<br/>
'''LENGTH:''' 5,694.2m (18,681.6ft)<br/>
'''BEAM:''' 833.3m (2,733.9ft)<br/>
'''HEIGHT:''' 1,041.2m (3,415.9ft)<br/>
'''SUBLIGHT CONFIGURATION:'''<br/>
[[Fusion drive#XR2 Boglin Fields: S81/X-DFR|XR-2 Boglin Fields: S81/X-DFR]]<br/>
([[Fusion drive|Deuterium Fusion Reactor]])<br/>
'''TRANSLIGHT CONFIGURATION:'''<br/>
[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#Macedon|Mark X Macedon/Z-PROTOTYPE #78720HDS]]<br/>
(Remote Carriage)<br/>
'''ARMOR PLATE COMPOSITION:'''<br/>
[[Titanium-A armor#Titanium-A3 armor|Titanium-A3]] Battleplate (490cm), [[Materials Group]]
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;COMPLEMENT<br/>
Total Crew: 17,151<br/>
[[UNSC Navy|Naval]] - 8,954<br/>
[[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] - 6,021<br/>
[[Office of Naval Intelligence|Intelligence]] - 1,699<br/>
[[Civilian]] - 477<br/>
;ARMAMENT<br/>
[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|CR-03, Series-8 MAC]] (4)<br/>
[[Archer missile|M42 Archer]] (350 pods x 24 missiles)<br/>
[[Rapier missile|M75 Rapier]] (250 pods x 30 missiles)<br/>
[[Howler missile|M96 Howler]] (500 pods x 20 missiles)<br/>
[[Point-defense gun|PDS]] (830 guns, [[M965 Fortress point defense network|70mm M965 PDN]])<br/>
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;MASS DEPLOYMENT<br/>
Cat-1 Primary Bays (275)<br/>
Cat-2 Secondary Bays (140)<br/>
Cat-3 Materiel Deployment Bays (108)<br/>
Cat-8 Sub-Vessel Deployment Bays (10)<br/>
;SINGLE DEPLOYMENT<br/>
[[R1295 Launching System]]/[[M9407 drop pod|M9407 SOEIV]] (329)<br/>
[[B854 Jettison Bay]]s/[[M8823 drop pod|M8823 HEVs]] (124)<br/>
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;EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT<br/>
[[SKT-29 Bumblebee|SKT-29 Class-8 EHL/C]] (8,900)<br/>
[[RLT-85 Emergency Shuttlepod]]s (12,570)<br/>
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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.
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%"
| colspan="3"| [[File:H4-MA5D-Schematic.jpg|1100px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| <div style="text-align: right;">ASSAULT RIFLE</div>
|-
| colspan="2" style="width: 50%" | MA5D Individual Combat Weapon System || rowspan="8" style=vertical-align:top | The MA5D ICWS is an exceptionally resilient gas-operated, magazine-fed automatic rifle designed to execute close-quarters combat with lethal efficiency, regardless of counter-op environmental conditions.
|-
| CARTRIDGE: || [[7.62x51mm|M118 FMJ-AP, 7.52 x 51mm]]
|-
| MAGAZINE: || 32 rounds
|-
| LENGTH: || 99.9 cm
|-
| HEIGHT: || 27.4 cm
|-
| WIDTH: || 7.8 cm
|-
| WEIGHT: || 7.1 kg
|-
| COST: || 1693.00 cR
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%"
| colspan="2"| [[File:H4-BR85-Schematic.jpg|1100px]]
|-
| colspan="2"| <div style="text-align: right;">BATTLE RIFLE</div>
|-
| colspan="2" | BR85 Heavy-Barrel Service Rifle
|-
| style="width: 50%" | CARTRIDGE: || [[M634 Experimental High-Powered Semi-Armor-Piercing|M634 X-HP-SAP, 9.5 x 40 mm]]
|-
| style="width: 50%" | MAGAZINE: || 36 rounds
|-
| style="width: 50%" | LENGTH: || 99.2 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | HEIGHT: || 29.9 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | WIDTH: || 6.1 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | WEIGHT: || 7.6 kg
|-
| style="width: 50%" | COST: || 1906.00 cR
|-
| colspan="2" | The BR85HB Service Rifle is a gas-operated, magazine-fed semi-automatic rifle optimized for three-round burst firing, and has proven to be extraordinarily effective against dissipative energy shielding on both exotic and domestic armor types.
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%"
| colspan="2"| [[File:H4-ARC920-Schematic.jpg|1100px]]
|-
| colspan="2"| <div style="text-align: right;">RAILGUN</div>
|-
| colspan="2" | Asymmetric Recoilless Carbine-920
|-
| style="width: 50%" | CARTRIDGE: || [[M645 FTP-HE|M645 FTP-HE, 16 mm x 65 mm]]
|-
| style="width: 50%" | MAGAZINE: || 1 slug
|-
| style="width: 50%" | LENGTH: || 110.8 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | HEIGHT: || 31.9 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | WIDTH: || 7.4 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | WEIGHT: || 14.9 kg
|-
| style="width: 50%" | COST: || 63405.00 cR
|-
| colspan="2" | The ARC-920 is a compact-channel linear accelerator that fires a high-explosive round at incredible speed, delivering both kinetic and explosive force to hard and soft targets.
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%"
| colspan="2"| [[File:H4-SniperRifle-Schematic.jpg|1100px]]
|-
| colspan="2"| <div style="text-align: right;">SNIPER RIFLE</div>
|-
| colspan="2" | Sniper Rifle System 99-Series 5 Anti-Matériel
|-
| style="width: 50%" | CARTRIDGE: || [[14.5×114mm|M232 APDSDS, 14.5 mm x 114 mm]]
|-
| style="width: 50%" | MAGAZINE: || 4 rounds
|-
| style="width: 50%" | LENGTH: || 161.3 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | HEIGHT: || 35.1 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | WIDTH: || 23.2 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | WEIGHT: || 15.6 kg
|-
| style="width: 50%" | COST: || 8141.00 cR
|-
| colspan="2" | The SRS99-S5 AM is a gas-operated, magazine-fed, semi-automatic sniper rifle with exceptional accuracy and the ability to simultaneously breach both energy-shielding and high-density armor, making immediate kills nearly effortless when this weapon is properly utilized.
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%"
| colspan="2"|
|-
| colspan="2"| <div style="text-align: right;">STICKY DETONATOR</div>
|-
| colspan="2" | M363 Remote Projectile Detonator
|-
| style="width: 50%" | CARTRIDGE: || [[M9030 HEI/RD|M9030 HEI/RD, 12 cm]]
|-
| style="width: 50%" | MAGAZINE: || 1 charge
|-
| style="width: 50%" | LENGTH: || 52.9 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | HEIGHT: || 25.2 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | WIDTH: || 12.3 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | WEIGHT: || 6.8 kg
|-
| style="width: 50%" | COST: || 6950.00 cR
|-
| colspan="2" | The M363 RPD is a low-profile, single-shot weapon which launches a magnetically latched explosive that the operator can then remotely detonate when at a safe distance.
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%"
| colspan="2"|
|-
| colspan="2"| <div style="text-align: right;">SAW</div>
|-
| colspan="2" | M739 Light Machine Gun
|-
| style="width: 50%" | CARTRIDGE: || [[7.62x51mm|M118 FMJ-AP, 7.62 x 51mm]]
|-
| style="width: 50%" | MAGAZINE: || 64-128 rounds
|-
| style="width: 50%" | LENGTH: || 116.4 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | HEIGHT: || 31.3 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | WIDTH: || 23.2 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | WEIGHT: || 9.6 kg
|-
| style="width: 50%" | COST: || 3182.00 cR
|-
| colspan="2" | The M739 LMG, or SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), is a gas-operated, drum-fed, fully automatic machine gun that provides incredible, sustained fire in the field, capable of suppressing even the most heavily armored of infantry targets.
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%"
| colspan="2"| [[File:H4-DMR-Schematic.jpg|1100px]]
|-
| colspan="2"| <div style="text-align: right;">DMR</div>
|-
| colspan="2" | M395 Designated Marksman Rifle
|-
| style="width: 50%" | CARTRIDGE: || M118 FMJ-AP, 7.62 x 51mm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | MAGAZINE: || 15 rounds
|-
| style="width: 50%" | LENGTH: || 119.2 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | HEIGHT: || 31.9 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | WIDTH: || 7.3 cm
|-
| style="width: 50%" | WEIGHT: || 8.5 kg
|-
| style="width: 50%" | COST: || 1833.00 cR
|-
| 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.
|}
===Specialist recruitment letter===
FROM: COMMANDER SARAH PALMER, SPARTAN<br/>
TO: INFINITY SPARTAN FORCES<br/>
SUBJECT: SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT<br/>
CLASSIFIED: ALL SPARTANS<br/>
Spartan,
It's one thing to be an over-achieving badass such as yourself, but it is something else altogether to be a Specialist.
What's a Specialist? A Spartan who has gone above and beyond, honing their skills to achieve new levels of combat artistry. You may be handy with a sniper rifle, but a Specialist can shoot from the hip and still put a round between a target's eyes three klocks away on a windy, moonless night.
I can hear you now: "Commander Palmer? How can I, an already meticulously timed ass-kicking machine, possibly achieve these new levels of near-deified greatness?"
Once you've proved yourself worth in War Games training (and I mean worthy - I want to see rate 50, Spartans), you can apply for a Specialist rating in your field of choice.<span style="color:red">*</span> Why 50? Specialists work not only with particular weapons, but with cutting-edge (read: expensive) [[armor mods]], and we're not handing those out to everyone.
Whenever you're ready for the next step, Spartan, let me know.
Palmer.
<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>
===Restricted ONI message===
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 hear, yeah?<br/>
<span style="text-align: right;">Hoya</span>
----
<div style="text-align: right;"><<REDACTED DATE>> X18-23021-01</div>
<center>RESTRICTED ONI MESSAGE</center><br />
To: <<REDACTED CIVILIAN RECIPIENT>><br />
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. <br />
When we started this project, it was a desperate dream. Create a <<REDACTED>> that could engage the Covenant on it's own level.
With brute force, with massive firepower, and with unflinching, unyielding ferocity. <br />
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>>. <br />
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. <br />
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. <br />
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. <br />
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. <br />
Take care of <<REDACTED>>. Protect its crew. Protect Earth. <br />
Regards, <br />
M.
===War Games Session Summary===
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%"
|- align=center
| colspan="4" | FEBRUARY 8, 2558 - ''INFINITY'' SHIPBOARD TIME 19:01:23
|- align=center
| colspan="4" | '''WAR GAMES'''<br/>SESSION SUMMMARY
|- align=center
| colspan="4" | TOTAL TEAM SCORE: MAJESTIC: 500 / CASTLE: 270
|-
| style="width: 30%" | '''[[Fireteam Majestic|MAJESTIC]]''' || style="width: 20%" | KILLS || style="width: 20%" | ASSISTS || style="width: 30%" | '''TOTAL INDIVIDUAL SCORE'''
|-
| [[Tedra Grant|GRANT]] || 12 || 9 ||  | '''165'''
|-
| [[Paul DeMarco|DEMARCO]] || 12 || 7 ||  | '''155'''
|-
| [[Gabriel Thorne|THORNE]] || 10 || 7 ||  | '''150'''
|-
| [[Anthony Madsen|MADSEN]] || 9 || 11 ||  | '''145'''
|-
| [[Carlo Hoya|HOYA]] || 7 || 10 ||  | '''120'''
|-
| style="width: 30%" | '''[[Fireteam Castle|CASTLE]]''' || style="width: 20%" | KILLS || style="width: 20%" | ASSISTS || style="width: 30%" | '''TOTAL INDIVIDUAL SCORE'''
|-
| [[Estey-Bethel|ESTEY-BETHEL]] || 10 || 6 ||  | '''130'''
|-
| [[Lincoln|LINCOLN]] || 8 || 9 ||  | '''125'''
|-
| [[Dunlap|DUNLAP]] || 4 || 3 ||  | '''55'''
|-
| [[Casillas|CASILLAS]] || 2 || 5 ||  | '''45'''
|-
| [[Tashi|TASHI]] || 3 || 0 ||  | '''30'''
|- align=center
| colspan="4" |ADDITIONAL MATCH RESULTS FOR FEBRUARY 8, 2558
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Fireteam Shadow|SHADOW]] VS [[Fireteam Wolf|WOLF]]: || colspan="2" | 500 - 300
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Fireteam Domino|DOMINO]] VS [[Fireteam Apex|APEX]]: || colspan="2" | 470 - 500
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Fireteam Tower|TOWER]] VS [[Fireteam Talon|TALON]]:|| colspan="2" | 310 - 500
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Fireteam Horse|HORSE]] VS [[Fireteam Sword|SWORD]]: || colspan="2" | 500 - 350
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Fireteam Ivy|IVY]] VS [[Fireteam Rhino|RHINO]]: || colspan="2" | 490 - 500
|}
===FROM THE DESK OF CHIEF MECHANIZED REPAIR OFFICER [[Gordon Kushner|GORDON KUSHNER]], UNSC INFINITY===
===FROM THE DESK OF CHIEF MECHANIZED REPAIR OFFICER [[Gordon Kushner|GORDON KUSHNER]], UNSC INFINITY===
All Spartan-IV-class operatives must take the following measures in order to maintain their bodies' healthfulness following their participation in the [[SPARTAN-IV Augmentation Program|Spartan-IV Augmentation Program]]:
All Spartan-IV-class operatives must take the following measures in order to maintain their bodies' healthfulness following their participation in the [[SPARTAN-IV Augmentation Program|Spartan-IV Augmentation Program]]:
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Additional weapons on site
Additional weapons on site
</div></div>
</div></div>
===Restricted ONI Message===
<<REDACTED DATE>> X18-23G21-01<br>
RESTRICTED ONI MESSAGE <br />
To: <<REDACTED CIVILIAN RECIPIENT>><br />
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. <br />
When we started this project, it was a desperate dream. Create a <<REDACTED>> that could engage the Covenant on it's own level.
With brute force, with massive firepower, and with unflinching, unyielding ferocity. <br />
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>>. <br />
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. <br />
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. <br />
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. <br />
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. <br />
Take care of <<REDACTED>>. Protect its crew. Protect Earth. <br />
Regards, <br />
M.


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