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{{Era|RW}}
{{Title|''Didact's Hand''}}
{{Title|''Didact's Hand''}}
{{Article Quote|The crew of [[UNSC Infinity|Infinity]] encounters cult leader [[Jul 'Mdama]], aka The Didact's Hand.}}
{{Status|Gameplay}}
'''''Didact's Hand''''' is the fourth episode of ''[[Spartan Ops]]''. It was released on November 26, 2012.
{{disambig header|the Spartan Ops episode|the character known as the Didact's Hand|Jul 'Mdama}}
{{Article quote|The crew of [[UNSC Infinity|Infinity]] encounters cult leader Jul 'Mdama, aka The Didact's Hand.}}
'''''Didact's Hand''''' is the fourth episode of ''[[Spartan Ops]]''. It was released on November 26, 2012. In this episode, an unknown intelligence contacts [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]], [[Gabriel Thorne|Thorne]] tries to understand the history of the [[Spartan Program]], and Jul 'Mdama appears on [[Requiem]], searching for [[Librarian|something]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/intel/spartanops#episodeId=4 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Spartan Ops Episode 4 Trailer'']</ref>


==Chapters==
==Chapters==
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|1
|1
|'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/Hairy Call|Hairy Call]]'''
|'''[[Didact's Hand/Hairy Call|Hairy Call]]'''
|''[[Sniper Alley (location)|Sniper Alley]]''
|''[[Sniper Alley]]''
|"''We have discovered [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]] are using a [[Requiem]] comm net to communicate secretly.''"
|"''We have discovered [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] are using a [[Requiem]] comm net to communicate secretly.''"
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|2
|2
|'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/Rally Point|Rally Point]]'''
|'''[[Didact's Hand/Rally Point|Rally Point]]'''
|''[[Ragnarok|Two Giants]]''
|''[[Two Giants]]''
|"''Information from comm network tap has led to the possible location of [[Jul 'Mdama]].''"
|"''Information from comm network tap has led to the possible location of [[Jul 'Mdama]].''"
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|3
|3
|'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/Random Transport|Random Transport]]'''
|'''[[Didact's Hand/Random Transport|Random Transport]]'''
|''[[Fortress (location)|Fortress]]''
|''[[Fortress (location)|Fortress]]''
|"''During previous Op, [[Fireteam Crimson]] stepped through a portal. Current whereabouts unknown.''"
|"''During previous Op, [[Fireteam Crimson]] stepped through a portal. Current whereabouts unknown.''"
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|4
|4
|'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/The Chase|The Chase]]'''
|'''[[Didact's Hand/The Chase|The Chase]]'''
|''[[The Cauldron]]''
|''[[The Cauldron]]''
|"''[[Jul 'Mdama]] continues to flee through [[Requiem]]'s portal system. [[Fireteam Crimson]] is giving chase.''"
|"''[[Jul 'Mdama]] continues to flee through [[Requiem]]'s [[translocation grid|portal system]]. [[Fireteam Crimson]] is giving chase.''"
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|5
|5
|'''[[S1/Didact's Hand/The Didact's Gift|The Didact's Gift]]'''
|'''[[Didact's Hand/The Didact's Gift|The Didact's Gift]]'''
|''[[Complex|Galileo]]''
|''[[Galileo Base|Galileo]]''
|"''Although [[Jul 'Mdama|'Mdama]] escaped, 'the Didact's Gift' was successfully retrieved and is being held at [[Galileo Base]].''"
|"''Although [[Jul 'Mdama|'Mdama]] escaped, 'the Didact's Gift' was successfully retrieved and is being held at [[Galileo Base]].''"
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==Opening cinematic==
==Opening cinematic==
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''Spartans [[Tedra Grant]] and [[Gabriel Thorne]] walk down a passageway on the'' Infinity.
''Spartans [[Tedra Grant]] and [[Gabriel Thorne]] walk down a passageway on the'' Infinity.
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{{Center|'''HALO: INFINITY}}
{{Center|'''HALO: INFINITY}}


''Cut to Halsey at work in a large room, with a computer terminal and the Requiem artifact surrounded by floodlights. Thorne guards her.''
''Cut to Halsey at work in a large room, with a computer terminal and [[Requiem slipspace artifacts|the Requiem artifact]] surrounded by floodlights. Thorne guards her.''


* '''Thorne:''' "Doctor, I understand you worked with the [[SPARTAN-II Program|original Spartans]]."
* '''Thorne:''' "Doctor, I understand you worked with the [[SPARTAN-II Program|original Spartans]]."
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''The table zooms to the top of a structure, which is covered with enemy figures, represented in red.''
''The table zooms to the top of a structure, which is covered with enemy figures, represented in red.''


* '''Lasky:''' "Jul 'Mdama."
* '''Lasky:''' "[[Jul 'Mdama]]."


* '''Palmer:''' "Yeah. Because Requiem wasn't messed up enough."
* '''Palmer:''' "Yeah. Because Requiem wasn't messed up enough."
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* '''Halsey:''' "So, ''Mister'' Thorne, what interest ''is'' my research to you, specifically?"
* '''Halsey:''' "So, ''Mister'' Thorne, what interest ''is'' my research to you, specifically?"


* '''Thorne:''' "I enlisted with the [[Spartan (branch)|Spartans]], because I was in the army a year before my family and friends were [[Battle of Earth (2557)|killed]] in [[New Phoenix]]. I always thought the Spartans were special. Maybe I could have saved them."
* '''Thorne:''' "I enlisted with the [[Spartan Operations|Spartans]], because I was in the army a year before my family and friends were [[New Phoenix Incident|killed]] in [[New Phoenix]]. I always thought the Spartans were special. Maybe I could have saved them."


* '''Halsey:''' "Does it help you—help your grief—being here on Requiem, shooting at... what do they call them? Prometheans?"
* '''Halsey:''' "Does it help you—help your grief—being here on Requiem, shooting at... what do they call them? Prometheans?"
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* ''''Mdama:''' "Doctor Glassman. Progress?"
* ''''Mdama:''' "Doctor Glassman. Progress?"


* '''Glassman:''' "I keep telling you people, I don't speak Sangheili!"
* '''Glassman:''' "For the love of... I keep telling you people, I don't speak Sangheili!"


''''Mdama growls in irritation.''
''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Mdama growls in irritation.''


* ''''Mdama:''' "(''English'') Progress??!!!"
* ''''Mdama:''' "(''English'') Progress??!!!"
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''Glassman turns around to look at the Forerunner device.''
''Glassman turns around to look at the Forerunner device.''


* '''Glassman:''': "You're saying there's an actual, living Forerunner inside this thing? Huh. I wonder what she could tell us?"
* '''Glassman:''' "You're saying there's an actual, living Forerunner inside this thing? Huh. I wonder what she could tell us?"


* ''''Mdama:''' "I know what the Librarian will say, Glassman. She will tell us where all things sacred are hidden in this galaxy. Ships, weapons, bounties beyond our imagining."
* ''''Mdama:''' "I know what the Librarian will say, Glassman. She will tell us where all things sacred are hidden in this galaxy. Ships, weapons, bounties beyond our imagining."
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''The Sangheili chant "'Mdama" in the background as 'Mdama turns to look at Glassman. Cut to black.''
''The Sangheili chant "'Mdama" in the background as 'Mdama turns to look at Glassman. Cut to black.''


{{SO Season One}}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Infinity Hallway.png|[[Gabriel Thorne]] with [[Tedra Grant]] walking down the ship's corridor.
File:Thorne - 2.png|[[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey's]] [[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan]] escort.
File:H4-SO-JulMdama-Screen2.jpg|[[Jul 'Mdama]].
</gallery>
 
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
 
{{Spartanops}}
[[Category:Spartan Ops (Season One)|Didact's Hand]]
[[Category:Spartan Ops (Season One)|Didact's Hand]]