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{{Quote|I'm playing along with your protocol here, Thel. If the [[SPARTAN-IV program|fours]] bring me an active Constructor, I can interface with the Guardian. It will receive Cortana's signal the moment it activates and initiates slipspace, but I think I can make sure it leaves the sea before it jumps. I'll get it in the skies over Sunaion, like you asked.|Catherine records a message for Thel 'Vadam, the Sangheili Arbiter.}}<ref name="H5GAMI"/> | {{Quote|I'm playing along with your protocol here, Thel. If the [[SPARTAN-IV program|fours]] bring me an active Constructor, I can interface with the Guardian. It will receive Cortana's signal the moment it activates and initiates slipspace, but I think I can make sure it leaves the sea before it jumps. I'll get it in the skies over Sunaion, like you asked.|Catherine records a message for Thel 'Vadam, the Sangheili Arbiter.}}<ref name="H5GAMI"/> | ||
After arriving in the [[Urs system|Urs-Fied-Joori system]] on [[2558#October|October 27]] Halsey accompanied [[Sarah Palmer|Palmer]] to a waiting [[D79-TC Pelican]] in the process of being loaded up for travel to [[Sanghelios]].<ref name="H5GSOS"/> At the approach of Spartans [[Jameson Locke|Locke]] and [[Olympia | After arriving in the [[Urs system|Urs-Fied-Joori system]] on [[2558#October|October 27]] Halsey accompanied [[Sarah Palmer|Palmer]] to a waiting [[D79-TC Pelican]] in the process of being loaded up for travel to [[Sanghelios]].<ref name="H5GSOS"/> At the approach of Spartans [[Jameson Locke|Locke]] and [[Olympia Vale]] Palmer let it be known that the doctor was trying to find a way to communicate with the [[Guardian Custode]] on the planet. Halsey assured Locke she'd have a briefing for him once they were all planetside.<ref name="H5GSOS">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Swords of Sanghelios (level)|Swords of Sanghelios]]''</ref> [[Fireteam Osiris]] soon met up with [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]] and following this Halsey and Palmer joined them at a camp the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] had set up in [[Nuusra]].<ref name="H5GA">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Alliance]]''</ref> Whilst Locke was treating with 'Vadam, [[Cortana]]'s voice suddenly rang out from within their meeting tent, prompting Halsey and Palmer to both rush inside. Halsey noted that she'd touched every networked device in the camp just then and concluded she must know of the Guardian they were after. 'Vadam agreed to assist in the effort to get to it at [[Sunaion]] but only on the condition that victory would be assured when they finally moved on the city. Pledging they'd deploy within the hour, Locke told Halsey to have her plan ready by then.<ref name="H5GA"/> | ||
[[File:H5G HalseySanghelios.PNG|right|thumb|350px|While in the Arbiter's camp, Doctor Halsey's amputee status was taken by the [[Unggoy]] and self-proclaimed biologist [[Gribyam]] to support [[Kat-B320|theories]] that [[human]] females signal maturity by losing appendages.<ref name="H5GAMI"/> He further hypothesized that she would soon begin to release spores and spin a cocoon of "rich meat-silk".<ref name="H5GAMI"/>]] | [[File:H5G HalseySanghelios.PNG|right|thumb|350px|While in the Arbiter's camp, Doctor Halsey's amputee status was taken by the [[Unggoy]] and self-proclaimed biologist [[Gribyam]] to support [[Kat-B320|theories]] that [[human]] females signal maturity by losing appendages.<ref name="H5GAMI"/> He further hypothesized that she would soon begin to release spores and spin a cocoon of "rich meat-silk".<ref name="H5GAMI"/>]] | ||
While she continued to devise a strategy Halsey recorded a status update for the [[Arbiter]], [[Thel 'Vadam]], in which she assured him the Guardian would be in the sky over Sunaion before it initiated a [[slipspace]] jump, as he had asked.<ref name="H5GAMI">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Alliance]]'' [[Mission Intel#Alliance|mission intel]]</ref> In return for her cooperation with his request she also made one of her own for more intelligent assistants to aid her and urged him to loosen the security placed on her.<ref name="H5GAMI"/> Sometime after this she contacted Locke over an open communications channel to let him know she'd prepared the briefing but preferred to discuss it in person to avoid being eavesdropped upon.<ref name="H5GA"/> From atop a [[Forerunner]]-built structure overlooking the camp she waved the Spartans over to her as they neared and then proceeded to introduce them to what a [[Constructor]] [[sentinel]] was. She explained that if one could be acquired from the support stations which riddled the hills around them then she could use it to interface with the Guardian. She further informed them that Palmer had the location of one such station.<ref name="H5GA"/> In a supplemental status update for Thel, she pointed out that while making stubborn claims to not need her or the Guardian he ought to remember the [[ONI|organization]] she represented and its history.<ref name="H5GBTSMI">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Before the Storm]]'' [[Mission Intel#Before the Storm|mission intel]]</ref> She hoped that this would get him to show her some respect and signed off by claiming this was to be her last mandatory update.<ref name="H5GBTSMI"/> Osiris secured a Constructor before the suns had set and returned to the camp with it.<ref name="H5GBTS">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Before the Storm]]''</ref> Halsey observed that it seemed to be working as she had planned for it to but told Locke's team that it could take some time until she was finished calibrating it. She then let them know that Palmer wished to see them. When she was ready, she called Osiris back over to her spot on the Forerunner structure, which she informed them she was using to upload the coordinates recorded on [[Meridian]] into the sentinel. She wanted them to be ready to go as soon as she signaled it was time but admitted it might before hours until then. However, the Constructor suddenly took off just then, flying toward Sunaion. As Osiris and the Swords of Sanghelios prepared to follow it Halsey made sure Locke knew Cortana had been built from a matrix of her own mind, cautioning him that like her, she would take drastic measures if she thought they served the greater good. The [[Domain]], she added, would give her incredible power with which to enact those measures. As Locke walked away she called out to him again and pleaded with him to stop Cortana but to bring [[John-117|John]] home to her.<ref name="H5GBTS"/> | While she continued to devise a strategy Halsey recorded a status update for the [[Arbiter]], [[Thel 'Vadam]], in which she assured him the Guardian would be in the sky over Sunaion before it initiated a [[slipspace]] jump, as he had asked.<ref name="H5GAMI">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Alliance]]'' [[Mission Intel#Alliance|mission intel]]</ref> In return for her cooperation with his request she also made one of her own for more intelligent assistants to aid her and urged him to loosen the security placed on her.<ref name="H5GAMI"/> Sometime after this she contacted Locke over an open communications channel to let him know she'd prepared the briefing but preferred to discuss it in person to avoid being eavesdropped upon.<ref name="H5GA"/> From atop a [[Forerunner]]-built structure overlooking the camp she waved the Spartans over to her as they neared and then proceeded to introduce them to what a [[Constructor]] [[sentinel]] was. She explained that if one could be acquired from the support stations which riddled the hills around them then she could use it to interface with the Guardian. She further informed them that Palmer had the location of one such station.<ref name="H5GA"/> In a supplemental status update for Thel, she pointed out that while making stubborn claims to not need her or the Guardian he ought to remember the [[ONI|organization]] she represented and its history.<ref name="H5GBTSMI">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Before the Storm]]'' [[Mission Intel#Before the Storm|mission intel]]</ref> She hoped that this would get him to show her some respect and signed off by claiming this was to be her last mandatory update.<ref name="H5GBTSMI"/> Osiris secured a Constructor before the suns had set and returned to the camp with it.<ref name="H5GBTS">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Before the Storm]]''</ref> Halsey observed that it seemed to be working as she had planned for it to but told Locke's team that it could take some time until she was finished calibrating it. She then let them know that Palmer wished to see them. When she was ready, she called Osiris back over to her spot on the Forerunner structure, which she informed them she was using to upload the coordinates recorded on [[Meridian]] into the sentinel. She wanted them to be ready to go as soon as she signaled it was time but admitted it might before hours until then. However, the Constructor suddenly took off just then, flying toward Sunaion. As Osiris and the Swords of Sanghelios prepared to follow it Halsey made sure Locke knew Cortana had been built from a matrix of her own mind, cautioning him that like her, she would take drastic measures if she thought they served the greater good. The [[Domain]], she added, would give her incredible power with which to enact those measures. As Locke walked away she called out to him again and pleaded with him to stop Cortana but to bring [[John-117|John]] home to her.<ref name="H5GBTS"/> | ||
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{{Quote|I'm in my mid-sixties, I have one working arm, and we're on the most heavily-secured UNSC starship in the galaxy, with an erratic slipspace trajectory to avoid being detected by the Guardians. Tell me, again, how exactly is it that I am the danger here?|Halsey pushes back against the assertion that she is a dangerous asset.}}<ref name="lootcrate12"/> | {{Quote|I'm in my mid-sixties, I have one working arm, and we're on the most heavily-secured UNSC starship in the galaxy, with an erratic slipspace trajectory to avoid being detected by the Guardians. Tell me, again, how exactly is it that I am the danger here?|Halsey pushes back against the assertion that she is a dangerous asset.}}<ref name="lootcrate12"/> | ||
[[File:H5G HalseyEnding.PNG|thumb|left|300px|Catherine had not seen Kelly, Linda, and Fred since she had been arrested over five years ago and had not seen John since she'd fled to [[Onyx]] around five more months before then.<ref name="HBB1"/><ref name="HFS30">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', ''Chapter 30''</ref><ref name="HG15">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''Chapter 15''</ref>]] | [[File:H5G HalseyEnding.PNG|thumb|left|300px|Catherine had not seen Kelly, Linda, and Fred since she had been arrested over five years ago and had not seen John since she'd fled to [[Onyx]] around five more months before then.<ref name="HBB1"/><ref name="HFS30">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', ''Chapter 30''</ref><ref name="HG15">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''Chapter 15''</ref>]] | ||
Halsey and Palmer both managed to survive the downing of their Pelican and by the next day they had made it to [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]]'s encampment in [[Nuusra]].<ref name="HBB1">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> Using the [[Forerunner]] technology she had been fiddling with upon first arriving on the planet, she was able to receive a coded message from [[Roland]] on the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, who informed the doctor that [[Earth]] had been [[Subjugation of Earth|taken offline]] by the rogue A.I.s and that they had just managed to escape. He said the ship was now slipspace-hopping on a random trajectory but would be showing up off the far side of [[Suban]] the next day and remaining there for fifteen minutes. The coordinates the A.I. provided could be reached in a matter of hours with space-capable transportation. Fortunately, after darkness had fallen over the region the approach of [[India 127|a Pelican]] drew she, Palmer, 'Vadam, and two other [[Swords of Sanghelios]] to emerge from a tent to meet it. When it landed and opened its rear hatch, Spartan [[Jameson Locke|Locke]] and [[John-117|John]] were the first two individuals to emerge and present themselves before both of their respective teams followed suit. Having not seen John for over six years, she told him it had taken him long enough. When the Arbiter insisted that both [[Blue Team]] and [[Fireteam Osiris]] join those gathered for a meal before departing, Halsey clarified to him that they wouldn't be leaving that night. Although the possession of a working [[D79-TC Pelican]] would now afford the humans passage off [[Sanghelios]], the ''Infinity'' would not be arriving until 1800 hours the following day. [[Edward | Halsey and Palmer both managed to survive the downing of their Pelican and by the next day they had made it to [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]]'s encampment in [[Nuusra]].<ref name="HBB1">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> Using the [[Forerunner]] technology she had been fiddling with upon first arriving on the planet, she was able to receive a coded message from [[Roland]] on the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, who informed the doctor that [[Earth]] had been [[Subjugation of Earth|taken offline]] by the rogue A.I.s and that they had just managed to escape. He said the ship was now slipspace-hopping on a random trajectory but would be showing up off the far side of [[Suban]] the next day and remaining there for fifteen minutes. The coordinates the A.I. provided could be reached in a matter of hours with space-capable transportation. Fortunately, after darkness had fallen over the region the approach of [[India 127|a Pelican]] drew she, Palmer, 'Vadam, and two other [[Swords of Sanghelios]] to emerge from a tent to meet it. When it landed and opened its rear hatch, Spartan [[Jameson Locke|Locke]] and [[John-117|John]] were the first two individuals to emerge and present themselves before both of their respective teams followed suit. Having not seen John for over six years, she told him it had taken him long enough. When the Arbiter insisted that both [[Blue Team]] and [[Fireteam Osiris]] join those gathered for a meal before departing, Halsey clarified to him that they wouldn't be leaving that night. Although the possession of a working [[D79-TC Pelican]] would now afford the humans passage off [[Sanghelios]], the ''Infinity'' would not be arriving until 1800 hours the following day. [[Edward Buck]] questioned the trustworthiness of Roland once Catherine explained the situation but she rebutted that if he'd been compromised they'd already be dead. Midway through the meal of [[colo]] and [[kuscatu]] served by their [[Sangheili]] hosts Halsey disappeared to chat with John, [[Fred-104|Fred]], [[Kelly-087|Kelly]], and [[Linda-058|Linda]].<ref name="HBB1"/> | ||
A little less than an hour before sunrise the next day the Spartans and Halsey all piled into the Pelican.<ref name="HBB1"/> As the Arbiter bid farewell to John and voiced his confidence in their ability to combat the new threat the [[Created]] posed, the Sangheili shot Halsey a meaningful glance which she ignored with a haughty sniff. While ''en route'' to the rendezvous Halsey pointed out that Sangheili resistance was likely drawing the attention of the [[Guardian]] attempting to pacify the world just then, again arguing that they'd already be dead if they'd been detected. With about twenty minutes until the ''Infinity'' was due to arrive Buck broke out a pack of playing cards and asked if anyone was up for [[Wikipedia:Hearts|Hearts]] but Halsey ignored him, as she was working on a tablet she'd scrounged up. Buck managed to get her attention by referring to the [[Wikipedia:Queen of spades|queen of spades]] as a "Halsey" a couple of hands into the game, but she still gave no response other than to announce that their window was approaching. The gargantuan [[Infinity-class supercarrier|supercarrier]] arrived almost exactly on schedule and Halsey had secured all her things by then. As Kelly docked the Pelican in the ship's Portside Bay Five Buck drew Halsey's attention yet again when he laughed out loud upon realizing his longtime lover [[Veronica Dare]] was aboard.<ref name="HBB1"/> The doctor and the Spartans were met in the bay by a lieutenant who had come to escort she, Palmer, John, and Locke to the bridge to see Captain [[Thomas Lasky|Lasky]].<ref name="HBB2">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> Following that meeting Lasky had Doctor Halsey confined to a workspace and the ''Infinity'' began a series of randomized [[slipspace]] jumps in order to avoid detection by Cortana's [[Guardian Custode|Guardian]]s, emerging from slipspace at its first vector point that very day.<ref name="HBB2"/><ref name="lootcrate12">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'' ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #12]]''</ref> That same day [[Roland]] answered a distress call from the {{UNSCShip|Sentry of El Morro}} with the affirmation that the supercarrier was on its way to assist it.<ref name="HFRW">''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', ''[[Rossbach's World (story)|Rossbach's World]]''</ref> By the start of November, the ship exited slipspace at one point to receive the recently reassembled Spartan team [[Alpha-Nine]].<ref name="HBB21">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 21''</ref> | A little less than an hour before sunrise the next day the Spartans and Halsey all piled into the Pelican.<ref name="HBB1"/> As the Arbiter bid farewell to John and voiced his confidence in their ability to combat the new threat the [[Created]] posed, the Sangheili shot Halsey a meaningful glance which she ignored with a haughty sniff. While ''en route'' to the rendezvous Halsey pointed out that Sangheili resistance was likely drawing the attention of the [[Guardian]] attempting to pacify the world just then, again arguing that they'd already be dead if they'd been detected. With about twenty minutes until the ''Infinity'' was due to arrive Buck broke out a pack of playing cards and asked if anyone was up for [[Wikipedia:Hearts|Hearts]] but Halsey ignored him, as she was working on a tablet she'd scrounged up. Buck managed to get her attention by referring to the [[Wikipedia:Queen of spades|queen of spades]] as a "Halsey" a couple of hands into the game, but she still gave no response other than to announce that their window was approaching. The gargantuan [[Infinity-class supercarrier|supercarrier]] arrived almost exactly on schedule and Halsey had secured all her things by then. As Kelly docked the Pelican in the ship's Portside Bay Five Buck drew Halsey's attention yet again when he laughed out loud upon realizing his longtime lover [[Veronica Dare]] was aboard.<ref name="HBB1"/> The doctor and the Spartans were met in the bay by a lieutenant who had come to escort she, Palmer, John, and Locke to the bridge to see Captain [[Thomas Lasky|Lasky]].<ref name="HBB2">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> Following that meeting Lasky had Doctor Halsey confined to a workspace and the ''Infinity'' began a series of randomized [[slipspace]] jumps in order to avoid detection by Cortana's [[Guardian Custode|Guardian]]s, emerging from slipspace at its first vector point that very day.<ref name="HBB2"/><ref name="lootcrate12">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'' ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #12]]''</ref> That same day [[Roland]] answered a distress call from the {{UNSCShip|Sentry of El Morro}} with the affirmation that the supercarrier was on its way to assist it.<ref name="HFRW">''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', ''[[Rossbach's World (story)|Rossbach's World]]''</ref> By the start of November, the ship exited slipspace at one point to receive the recently reassembled Spartan team [[Alpha-Nine]].<ref name="HBB21">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 21''</ref> | ||