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At some point more than six months after she told Soren that hard truth, the teen helped [[Partch|a]] technician at the compound steal a [[GA-TL1 Longsword]].<ref name="HEP7"/><ref name="HEP9">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 9''</ref> They did not get far, however, and Soren was forced to crash-land the fighter.<ref name="HEP9"/> Chief Mendez paid a visit to Halsey in her office after visiting the site and looking through the wreckage and let her know that no signs of Soren were present.<ref name="HEPE">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Epilogue''</ref> Only his accomplice's body was found. Halsey vowed to look into how this technician—[[Partch]]—had gotten into the position he'd held, given that his background showed all the earmarks of an [[insurrectionist]]. Mendez recommended she run another background check on everyone higher up in security. Halsey then stopped him before he could start smoking right there in her office and asked if there was anything else to discuss. The chief went on to relay further details about parts torn free of the fighter which had landed elsewhere, but despite there being no sign of Soren among them either, he thought it unlikely the boy could have survived. When Halsey asked how [[Randall Aiken|Randall-037]]—who had unsuccessfully tried to stop Partch and Soren—was doing, Franklin claimed he was fine. After being told that ground troops had been dispatched to comb the woods for a body the doctor told him to pull them back and have Soren filed as [[missing in action]]. She wagered that he was still alive, but based on her experience with him that meant he would only ever be found if he wanted to be. Mendez started to protest but she reached across her desk to touch his arm and urged him to let him go, arguing he was not a threat to them. Mendez pointed out that he had been a trained and augmented as Spartan and now had rebel sympathies, but Halsey only replied that he was no traitor; just a lost soul looking for direction.<ref name="HEPE"/> | At some point more than six months after she told Soren that hard truth, the teen helped [[Partch|a]] technician at the compound steal a [[GA-TL1 Longsword]].<ref name="HEP7"/><ref name="HEP9">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 9''</ref> They did not get far, however, and Soren was forced to crash-land the fighter.<ref name="HEP9"/> Chief Mendez paid a visit to Halsey in her office after visiting the site and looking through the wreckage and let her know that no signs of Soren were present.<ref name="HEPE">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Epilogue''</ref> Only his accomplice's body was found. Halsey vowed to look into how this technician—[[Partch]]—had gotten into the position he'd held, given that his background showed all the earmarks of an [[insurrectionist]]. Mendez recommended she run another background check on everyone higher up in security. Halsey then stopped him before he could start smoking right there in her office and asked if there was anything else to discuss. The chief went on to relay further details about parts torn free of the fighter which had landed elsewhere, but despite there being no sign of Soren among them either, he thought it unlikely the boy could have survived. When Halsey asked how [[Randall Aiken|Randall-037]]—who had unsuccessfully tried to stop Partch and Soren—was doing, Franklin claimed he was fine. After being told that ground troops had been dispatched to comb the woods for a body the doctor told him to pull them back and have Soren filed as [[missing in action]]. She wagered that he was still alive, but based on her experience with him that meant he would only ever be found if he wanted to be. Mendez started to protest but she reached across her desk to touch his arm and urged him to let him go, arguing he was not a threat to them. Mendez pointed out that he had been a trained and augmented as Spartan and now had rebel sympathies, but Halsey only replied that he was no traitor; just a lost soul looking for direction.<ref name="HEPE"/> | ||
On [[2529#December|December 11, 2529]] Halsey recorded that she'd had limited success using the [[Illegal Entry Protocols|illegal entry protocols]] to access a nonessential subroutine in a recovered [[Kig-Yar]] [[Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet|point defense gauntlet]].<ref name="HJ121129"/> The details of her success were published as part of the work of another researcher, Doctor [[Hardy]], who had been studying the gauntlet. Unfortunately, it was demonstrated that using the protocols in this way accelerated the terminal cross-linkage effect of her A.I.s. [[Jerrod]], a [[Artificial intelligence#"Micro" AI|micro-A.I.]] in her employ, believed he had a solution to this predicament.<ref name="HJ121129"/><ref name="HGOO16">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 16''</ref> Halsey was skeptical, but agreed to proceed according to his advice with caution.<ref name="HJ121129">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''December 11, 2529''</ref> On [[2530#April|April 9, 2530]] the doctor made note that Chief [[Franklin Mendez|Mendez]] was incommunicado and that nobody seemed to know his whereabouts.<ref name="HJ4930">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''April 9, 2530''</ref> She decided to continue monitoring this development, as she felt something must be wrong to have pulled him off her radar like this.<ref name="HJ4930"/> On [[2531#July|July 12, 2531]], Halsey noted that Section Three had begun to use a new-generation A.I. of its own to conduct surveillance and protect its assets. She had noticed that her network codes, keystroke style, and even her voiceprint all triggered its counter-intrusion measures. Though she could devote time to clandestinely pursuing this to sate her curiosity, she knew she'd be detected. As such, she was left to just wonder [[SPARTAN-III program|what]] ONI was hiding from her. It was by this date as well that [[Jacob Keyes]] had agreed to take in [[Miranda Keyes|Miranda]], which her mother figured would be for the best.<ref name="HJ71231">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''July 12, 2531''</ref> On [[2532#January|January 18, 2532]], Halsey recorded her thoughts upon learning that several of the chemical precursors used in [[Project ASTER|Project: ASTER]] had been routed to Section Three laboratories on [[Algolis]], [[Meridian]], and [[Ariel]].<ref name="HJ11832">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''January 18, 2532''</ref> She was enraged at the possibility that the Spartan-II program might be being [[Spartan-III program|replicated]] without her guidance and couldn't fathom what the implications of that might be. She made sure to track all those who had "washed out" during the augmentation procedures in [[2525]] but as far as she could tell, none of them had been repurposed. Those that had been rehabilitated were on track to be recommitted soon and whatever was going on, she reasoned, must not involve them. The doctor noted the peril at which she was maneuvering outside of Stanforth's protection and the terms of her charter. She figured her enemies must think the threat of being charged with espionage or with the violation of any particular military regulation would keep her from pursuing leads in order to preserve her position, but she judged that to be an underestimation of her.<ref name="HJ11832"/> | On [[2529#December|December 11, 2529]] Halsey recorded that she'd had limited success using the [[Illegal Entry Protocols|illegal entry protocols]] to access a nonessential subroutine in a recovered [[Kig-Yar]] [[Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet|point defense gauntlet]].<ref name="HJ121129"/> The details of her success were published as part of the work of another researcher, Doctor [[Hardy]], who had been studying the gauntlet. Unfortunately, it was demonstrated that using the protocols in this way accelerated the terminal cross-linkage effect of her A.I.s. [[Jerrod]], a [[Artificial intelligence#"Micro" AI|micro-A.I.]] in her employ, believed he had a solution to this predicament.<ref name="HJ121129"/><ref name="HGOO16">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 16''</ref> Halsey was skeptical, but agreed to proceed according to his advice with caution.<ref name="HJ121129">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''December 11, 2529''</ref> On [[2530#April|April 9, 2530]] the doctor made note that Chief [[Franklin Mendez|Mendez]] was incommunicado and that nobody seemed to know his whereabouts.<ref name="HJ4930">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''April 9, 2530''</ref> She decided to continue monitoring this development, as she felt something must be wrong to have pulled him off her radar like this.<ref name="HJ4930"/> At some point prior to [[2531]] Halsey Doctor Halsey took on at least one student, [[Ellen Anders]].<ref name="HWPOM">''[[Halo Wars]]'' ''[[Planetary Operations Manual]]''</ref> The two had a mutual hate for one another according to Anders' later recollection.<ref name="HWPOM"/> On [[2531#July|July 12, 2531]], Halsey noted that Section Three had begun to use a new-generation A.I. of its own to conduct surveillance and protect its assets. She had noticed that her network codes, keystroke style, and even her voiceprint all triggered its counter-intrusion measures. Though she could devote time to clandestinely pursuing this to sate her curiosity, she knew she'd be detected. As such, she was left to just wonder [[SPARTAN-III program|what]] ONI was hiding from her. It was by this date as well that [[Jacob Keyes]] had agreed to take in [[Miranda Keyes|Miranda]], which her mother figured would be for the best.<ref name="HJ71231">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''July 12, 2531''</ref> On [[2532#January|January 18, 2532]], Halsey recorded her thoughts upon learning that several of the chemical precursors used in [[Project ASTER|Project: ASTER]] had been routed to Section Three laboratories on [[Algolis]], [[Meridian]], and [[Ariel]].<ref name="HJ11832">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''January 18, 2532''</ref> She was enraged at the possibility that the Spartan-II program might be being [[Spartan-III program|replicated]] without her guidance and couldn't fathom what the implications of that might be. She made sure to track all those who had "washed out" during the augmentation procedures in [[2525]] but as far as she could tell, none of them had been repurposed. Those that had been rehabilitated were on track to be recommitted soon and whatever was going on, she reasoned, must not involve them. The doctor noted the peril at which she was maneuvering outside of Stanforth's protection and the terms of her charter. She figured her enemies must think the threat of being charged with espionage or with the violation of any particular military regulation would keep her from pursuing leads in order to preserve her position, but she judged that to be an underestimation of her.<ref name="HJ11832"/> | ||
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