Artifact (Spartan Ops)

Artifact is the second episode of Spartan Ops, it was released on November 12, 2012. In the episode, the artifact recovered by Fireteam Crimson from the previous episode is brought aboard the for safe-keeping.

Opening Cinematic
''An Alpha Crawler walks uptop a rock and roars. After this, it travels, down, joined by more Promethean Crawlers as it does so. On the other side of the canyon, Fireteam Majestic is seen fighting the Crawlers. While trading fire, DeMarco gets up and fires his Battle Rifle. He barely misses one Crawler before a second shot gets it. As the firefight continues, the camera pans toward Madsen and Grant, with Madsen sniping.''


 * Madsen: "Wasn't this planet supposed to have been cleared already?"

''Another Crawler is taken out. Grant crouches behind cover and reloads her DMR.


 * Grant: "That was the idea. Yeah."

''Camera cuts back to Madsen, who snipes another Crawler. After doing so, he stands up.''


 * Madsen: "Things just pop up wherever they want to, don't they?"

Cuts to a view of Madsen's left, where Grant, Thorne and Hoya are seen behind rocks, using them as cover.


 * Madsen: "I mean, how is that even fair, huh?"

A Promethean Knight suddenly translocates near the squad.


 * Thorne: "Madsen, look out!"

''The Knight fires its Scattershot, hitting Madsen in the left of his chest. As Madsen collapses while clutching his chest, the rest of Majestic fires upon the Knight, which has been joined by four more. Hoya then suddenly yells out and dashes out.''


 * Hoya: "Yeah! Come here!"

Hoya fires his Shotgun, taking out one Knight seemingly unaware of DeMarco calling him.


 * DeMarco: "Hoya, get back to cover!"

As Hoya fires again, another Knight pounces on him.


 * DeMarco: "Hoya!"

''Cuts briefly to Hoya's HUD, where the Knight opens its helmet and screams at the SPARTAN. Cuts briefly to back before showing a Pelican flying out of Requiem and into a hanger bay of the UNSC Infinity. A Charon-class light frigate is seen nearby.''

HALO: INFINITY

''As the Pelican lands, Commander Sarah Palmer approaches the dropship. The hanger door opens and Majestic comes out in order of Madsen, Grant, Hoya, Thorne and DeMarco. As Hoya comes out lying on a medic bed, Palmer walks up to him.''


 * Palmer: "Hoya."

Hoya opens his eyes and looks up at her.


 * Hoya: "Gonna take a lot more than this to kill me, Commander."

As Thorne and DeMarco walk out, Palmer approaches DeMarco, who is clearly upset.


 * Palmer: "Hey, what happened to Hoya?"

Cuts to an over-the-shoulder shot of DeMarco to Palmer.


 * DeMarco: "Hoya happened to Hoya. He followed orders...fine."


 * Palmer: "Armor bay's waiting, team leader."

As DeMarco walks away, Palmer puts her hands on her hips as Thorne is seen observing something.


 * Thorne: "Commander Palmer?"

Noticing him, Palmer approaches him.


 * Thorne: "What's that?"

Cuts to an over-the-shoulder shot of both Palmer and Thorne.


 * Palmer: "Crimson Team scored the first grab."

Cuts to a close-up of Thorne and Palmer.


 * Palmer: "Whatever it is, it's got the eggheads all tingly."