Editing Operation: HYPODERMIC

{{Status|Canon}}

'''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)==
*'''2531''': Admiral Preston Cole drafts the [[Cole Protocol]] - Hypodermic-FXT-J<ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref>
*'''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>
*'''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:'''
**'''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>

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

==Personnel==
*[[Codename: SURGEON]]
*[[Codename: COALMINER]]

==Sources==
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