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The '''Eleventh Hour reports''' is a series of reports sent by [[Codename: SURGEON]] to [[Codename: COALMINER]], detailing the status quo of the post-war galaxy. The introduction ponders how [[human]]ity will adjust to the new galactic paradigm,<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-101012-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 10.10.12'']</ref> while | The '''Eleventh Hour reports''' is a series of reports sent by [[Codename: SURGEON]] to [[Codename: COALMINER]], detailing the status quo of the post-war galaxy. The introduction, or ''Part 1'', ponders how [[human]]ity will adjust to the new galactic paradigm,<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-101012-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 10.10.12'']</ref> while ''Part 2'' discusses the disposition of some of the [[Covenant]]'s former client races.<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/17/The-Halo-Bulletin-101712-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 10.17.12'']</ref> ''Part 3'' details the origins of the [[SPARTAN-IV Program]] and the [[Spartan (branch)|Spartan branch]]<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/25/The-Halo-Bulletin-102512-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 10.25.12'']</ref>; ''Part 4'' details a expedition to [[Installation 00]]'s debris<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/11/01/The-Halo-Bulletin-11112-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 11.1.12'']</ref>; and ''Part 5'' details humanity's progress in locating and investigating the remaining [[Halo Array|Halo installations]]<ref>[http://furiousn00b.com/halo4arg/PUZZLES/SUPASECRET/INTERCEPTED_DATANODE.PNG Fifth report extracted during the Section 3 alternate reality game]</ref>. | ||
''Part 4'' of the report details the recovery of a damaged [[343 Guilty Spark]] from [[Installation 00]] between [[2553]] and [[2557]], by the [[UNSC Rubicon|UNSC ''Rubicon'']]. The statement made by Guilty Spark to a UNSC science team forms the basis of the novel ''[[Halo: Primordium]]''. | |||
==The reports== | ==The reports== | ||
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Habitability sustainment systems were still active in some locations, but were operating intermittently and in a state of disrepair – a factor that generated extremely volatile weather conditions. Some indigenous [if it can be called that] fauna may have survived the event, but RCTs were strictly advised to avoid all potentially hostile life forms. | Habitability sustainment systems were still active in some locations, but were operating intermittently and in a state of disrepair – a factor that generated extremely volatile weather conditions. Some indigenous [if it can be called that] fauna may have survived the event, but RCTs were strictly advised to avoid all potentially hostile life forms. | ||
After 8.4 days, all contact with RCTs was severed. Only one [RCT-06] returned, suffering extensive casualties. They brought back a [[343 Guilty Spark|severely damaged armature]], which appeared to be the original source of the signal. Initially, there was a strong suspicion of this armature’s origin, but local science teams undertook an aggressive node cultivation process to withdraw data from the device and determine, with veracity, [[Installation 04|its actual origin]]. | After 8.4 days, all contact with RCTs was severed. Only one [RCT-06] returned, suffering extensive casualties. They brought back a [[343 Guilty Spark|severely damaged armature]], which appeared to be the original source of the signal. Initially, there was a strong suspicion of this armature’s origin, but local science teams [[Halo: Primordium|undertook an aggressive node cultivation process to withdraw data from the device]] and determine, with veracity, [[Installation 04|its actual origin]]. | ||
All communications with the UNSC RUBICON halted within 48 hours of their last notice. Search and rescue teams have been deployed to the site, but have reported no findings yet. | All communications with the UNSC RUBICON halted within 48 hours of their last notice. Search and rescue teams have been deployed to the site, but have reported no findings yet. | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Similar to the [[Data Drop]], which led up to the release of ''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', this analysis was used to promote ''[[Halo 4]]'' and to provide more insight into the contemporary state of the galaxy. Like the Data Drop, one installment was featured in each weekly ''Halo Bulletin'', beginning with the 10 | *Similar to the [[Data Drop]], which led up to the release of ''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', this analysis was used to promote ''[[Halo 4]]'' and to provide more insight into the contemporary state of the galaxy. Like the Data Drop, one installment was featured in each weekly ''Halo Bulletin'', beginning with the October 10, 2012 edition. | ||
*Unlike the Data Drop, however, SURGEON's report is written with invisible text; to see it, the reader must drag a selection box across the article.<ref name="hbo">[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=1157459 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Did I just find something hidden in there?'']</ref> | |||
*The fifth report was found during the Section 3 Alternate Reality Game, hidden within a PNG file. <ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postst200355_---ELEVENTH-HOUR-Final-Transmission--5-5.aspx '''Halo Waypoint forums''': ''// ELEVENTH HOUR FINAL TRANSMISSION [5/5<nowiki>]</nowiki> //'']</ref> | |||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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