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'''WHITE GLOVE''' was the code name for the plan for the destruction of [[ONI]]'s [[CASTLE Base]]. In the event the facility was ever in danger of being taken over, a single person was to remain behind and activate the Operation, detonating the explosives planted under the facility in order to destroy the base and prevent its secrets from being captured. The operation also called for the destruction of every [[AI]] present using the fail safe in its [[Riemann Matrix]] before the base was destroyed, thus ensuring that the [[Covenant]] did not capture that technology.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Pages 127-128</ref> Unfortunately, it seems that the [[Covenant]] also have some sort of [[AI|Artificial]] (or [[Associated Intelligence|Associated]]) [[Unnamed Covenant AI|Intelligence]]. | '''WHITE GLOVE''' was the code name for the plan for the destruction of [[ONI]]'s [[CASTLE Base]]. In the event the facility was ever in danger of being taken over, a single person was to remain behind and activate the Operation, detonating the explosives planted under the facility in order to destroy the base and prevent its secrets from being captured. The operation also called for the destruction of every [[AI]] present using the fail safe in its [[Riemann Matrix]] before the base was destroyed, thus ensuring that the [[Covenant]] did not capture that technology.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Pages 127-128</ref> Unfortunately, it seems that the [[Covenant]] also have some sort of [[AI|Artificial]] (or [[Associated Intelligence|Associated]]) [[Unnamed Covenant AI|Intelligence]]. | ||
In [[2552]], during the [[Battle of Reach]], [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] was left behind along with several | In [[2552]], during the [[Battle of Reach]], [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] was left behind along with several [[AI]]s, including [[Kalmiya]] and [[Araquiel]]. When the [[Spartan]]s arrived at the facility, Halsey activated the operation and destroyed the facility and both [[AI]]s.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Page 135</ref> She, [[Frederic-104]], [[William-043]], [[Vinh-030]], [[Isaac-039]], and [[Kelly-087]] were able to hide in the [[Forerunner]] Caves beneath the base. They were able to stop the [[Covenant]] from accessing the secrets of the base, but they were trapped under the base for several days.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]], Pages 132-139</ref> | ||
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