Editing Terminal (Halo 3)/One

[[File:H3 Terminal 1.jpg|thumb|300px|The terminal in a semi-circular room, with corridor in the background.]]
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After fighting the Hunters, continue on your way until you enter a building in the cliff wall. You should now be in a corridor with two holographic displays on the right, and two doors on the left. Enter the semi-circular room and you will see the first of the seven Terminals.
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''(Upon initial access)''

{{Terminal}}
Observed extensive ground action on 
<span style="color:#FA0">[LP 656-38 e]</span>. 9,045 survivors 
barricaded within central government 
building. Structure's defenses 
inadequate to withstand extended 
siege by enemy ground forces 
(≈ 1,572,034,315+). Estimate 
position overrun in <span style="color:#FA0">[173 hours]</span>.
{{Terminal|p}}
846 smaller groups in less 
defensible structures: global 
distribution corresponding to 
<span style="color:#FA0">[probability model zeta]</span>. 
Estimated local position overrun 
in <span style="color:#FA0">[9 hours]</span> (average).
{{Terminal|end}}
{{Terminal}}
Observed local naval forces engage 
enemy irregular naval group near 
<span style="color:#FA0">[DM -3-1123]</span>. Enemy group consisted 
of 149 commercial shipping vessels, 
passenger ferries, and private 
recreational vessels from 
neighboring system. Enemy losses 
were total. No damage was sustained 
by local naval vessels.
{{Terminal|p}}
However, it was immediately apparent 
that enemy group sought only to 
enter <span style="color:#FA0">[D&lt;-3-1123 b's]</span> atmosphere and 
make landfall. In this, they were 
partially successful.
{{Terminal|end}}
{{clear}}{{Terminal}}
Observed extensive ground action on 
<span style="color:#FA0">[DM-3-1123 b]</span>. Enemy forces lacked 
basic unit cohesion but quickly 
gained numerical superiority. 
<span style="color:#FA0">[32 hours]</span> after enemy landfall 83% 
of local naval forces advocated total 
<span style="color:#FA0">[destruction of the biosphere]</span> 
following the evacuation of 
unmolested population centers. 
Enemy losses were total.
{{Terminal|p}}
Estimated number of citizens 
evacuated before commencement of 
orbital blanket bombardment: 
1,318,797 civilian/42,669 military 
(.0006% of total population).
{{Terminal|end}}
{{clear}}
''(No message from Mendicant Bias upon shutdown)''

''(Upon being rerouted to a new destination within the Terminal)''
{{Terminal}}
 // FRAGMENT 1/7 [RECORDED VERBATIM
AND INTERPRETED POST-CATACLYSM]
{{Terminal|p}}
L: Categorization has sped since the 
improvements were announced, but 
there are many hurdles. The indexing 
of sentient species may have 
irreversible effects on the 
surviving insentient species. 
We will have extinction events and 
irreparable environmental harm on at 
least 18 worlds. Current projections 
estimate post-archival cataclysm on 
as many as 31 worlds. The paucity of 
sentience has been a blessing in 
this regard.
{{Terminal|end}}
{{Terminal}}
D: How formal you are, Librarian. 
We're receiving shipments of indexed 
beings more frequently than 
communications. Don't compound 
scarcity with brevity.
{{Terminal|p}}
I know things beyond the [Maginot] 
line are harried. But I worry about 
you. I've asked you time and time 
again. Abandon your cataloging. 
Come back inside, where my fleets 
can keep you safe.
{{Terminal|p}}
Come home.
{{Terminal|end}}
{{clear}}{{Terminal}}
L: Would that it were my choice. 
I have committed to this course 
because it's the right thing to do. 
We no longer have the manpower or 
matériel to excise remedial measures 
at a planetary level. I certainly 
can't justify using the <span style="color:#FA0">[transit 
measure]</span> to save my own skin when 
there are still so many innocents to 
protect and index.
{{Terminal|end}}
{{Terminal}}
D: You know I oppose your mission, 
but you're exceeding its parameters 
anyway. You've put yourself in 
jeopardy. You've done enough.
{{Terminal|p}}
If you will not come to me, I will 
find my way to you.
{{Terminal|end}}
{{clear}}{{Terminal}}
L: We have no time to spare, Didact. 
Every vessel we can fill, we send to 
the Ark. I dare not cease the 
mission. Not now, not until I've 
done all I can. Each one of these 
souls is finite and precious.
{{Terminal|p}}
And I'm close.
{{Terminal|p}}
Close to saving them all.
{{Terminal|p}}
//FRAGMENT ENDS
{{Terminal|end}}
{{clear}}
'''(The following appears only if you access the Terminal on Legendary difficulty)'''

''(Upon being rerouted to a new destination within Terminal)''
{{Terminal}}
<span style="color:#FA0">[29,478 hours]</span> have passed since I 
left the <span style="color:#FA0">[Maginot]</span> sphere and 
entered contested space.
{{Terminal|p}}
The enemy is everywhere.
{{Terminal|p}}
Despite this, the morale of my 
charges remains high. They wake, 
clean themselves, fuel their bodies, 
communicate with one another, 
eliminate waste, train to destroy 
the enemy and return to sleep. The 
sacrifices they have chosen to make 
on behalf of their <span style="color:#FA0">[brethren]</span> 
fills me with pride.
{{Terminal|end}}
{{Terminal}}
If only I could save them all - but 
they know, perhaps even better than 
I, that that is not possible.
{{Terminal|p}}
<span style="color:#FA0">[37 seconds]</span> ago, I moved beyond my 
ability to observe the events taking 
place on [[Battle of CE-10-2165-d|<span style="color:#FA0">CE-10-2165-d</span>]].
{{Terminal|p}}
The importance of my mission forbade 
me from rendering any aid, but no 
less important was the need for me 
to study the enemy's capabilities in 
real world situations.
{{Terminal|end}}
{{clear}}{{Terminal}}
<span style="color:#FA0">[2 hours]</span> ago 12,423 small 
recreational vessels appeared inside 
<span style="color:#FA0">[CE-10-2165-d's]</span> orbital perimeter. 
Hidden within that vast swarm were 
seven massive freight carries. The 
smaller craft were employed as 
<span style="color:#FA0">[ablative armor]</span>, allowing the 
carries to descend through the 
atmosphere; landing on top of major 
population centers.
{{Terminal|p}}
Despite the fact that the naval 
garrison was aware of the likelihood 
of just such an attack, their 
ability to effectively defend 
against it proved insufficient.
{{Terminal|end}}
{{Terminal}}
This has always been the enemy's 
<span style="color:#FA0">[modus operandi]</span>: <span style="color:#FA0">[flood]</span> your 
opponent's ability to process 
information with so much noise that 
no meaningful resistance can be put 
into action.
{{Terminal|p}}
<span style="color:#FA0">[3 minutes]</span> ago those same population 
centers began disappearing under 
brilliant flashes. This was not an 
ill-conceived, poorly implemented 
counterattack; it was a deliberate 
denial of resources - those 
resources being the remainder of 
<span style="color:#FA0">[CE-10-2165-d's]</span> population.
{{Terminal|end}}
{{clear}}{{Terminal}}
Is this the noble sacrifice my 
creators spoke of? Where is the 
nobility in these streets paved with 
greasy carbon and dun ash? <span style="color:#FA0">[My mouth 
is speaking at another's behest]</span> - 
that is not my voice; that is the 
other.
{{Terminal|p}}
Its voice stands out as the single 
calm note in the panicked cacophony 
outside the sphere. It alone is not 
decrying its fate or raging against 
the <span style="color:#FA0">[central government]</span>.
{{Terminal|p}}
This anomaly bears closer 
examination.
{{Terminal|end}}
{{clear}}
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