2532

The first year of training for Spartan III Alpha Team (The children for the project were brought to Onyx on December 27 of the previous year to determine who stayed).

A transmission (possibly sent by Chief Petty Officer Mendez) was sent to Reach Miltiary Complex in 2532. It reads:

///AUTOMATED REROUT UNSC SHIP REG-96667 ABY/// FILE ACCESS GRANTED///WORM-PROTOCOL FIREWALL ENABLED/FILE ERASED/// PLNB TRANSMITION XX08R-XX ENCRYPTION CODE: GAMMA PUBLIC KEY: N/A FROM: CODE NAME COALMINER TO: CODE NAME SURGEON SUBJECT: PROGRESS REPORT/OPERATION HYPODERMIC CLASSIFICATION: EYES ONLY, CODE-WORD [BLANK] TOP SECRET (SECTION THREE X-RAY DIRECTIVE) /FILE EXTRACTION-RECONSTITUTION COMPLETE/ /FILE START/ INSTITUTIONAL RECORD ALTERED AS PER INSTRUCTION. INITIAL CONTACT WITH BASE AI MADE. HELPFUL, BUT I DON'T TRUST IT. PACKAGES DELIVERED. SELECTION PROCESS STARTED. OPERATION UNDERWAY AND ON SCHEDULE. CANDIDATES EXHIBIT MARKED AGGRESSION WELL OUT OF BOUNDS OF THE SMITH-KENSINGTON INDEX. AS MUCH WORK TRAINING THEM AS IT IS KEEPING THEM FROM MURDERING EACH OTHER. THEY'RE REAL HELL-CATS. LIEUTENANT CLAIMS ALL UNDER CONTROL. HE HAS A PLAN FOR EVERYTHING. UNSURE WHERE HE'S GETTING THIS CONFIDENCE, BUT I DO BELIVE HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING. ARE YOU SURPRISED? /END FILE/ /SCRAMBLE-DESTRUCTION PROCESS ENABLE/ PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE.