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[[File:Halseyrecruits.png|thumb|right|350px|Dr. Halsey looks over the profiles of the abducted children.]]

Halsey and Keyes had returned to [[Reach]] by [[2517#September|September 10]] and it is on this date that Halsey told [[Déjà]] to let others know she had settled on the final seventy-five subjects.<ref name="HFORBC">''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''</ref> Halsey was stationed in low Reach orbit when she gave final approval to kidnap the seventy-four which still remained to be acquired. Halsey later recorded a private spoken journal entry, using [[Encryption code|RED encryption]] and her private key, in which she voiced how regrettable she felt what she was doing was. She had planned to keep the recording private but changed her mind and just had Déjà erase it entirely once she had finished.<ref name="HFORBC"/> On [[2517#September|September 15]] Halsey, writing in her journal, expressed that every child had exceeded the selection criteria and her own expectations.<ref name="HJ91517">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 15, 2517''</ref> She was particularly impressed by two: [[Linda-058|Number 058]], a girl named [[Linda-058|Linda]] who had engineered her own intelligence network at school to spy on her teachers, and John (Number 117), who had won king of the hill forty-five times in the two weeks before their meeting. Halsey noted that [[Caleb Aagard|Number 095]], a boy by the name of [[Caleb Aagard|Caleb]], had never been located. Later that day Halsey added an addendum to her journal entry after [[Retrieval team Gamma]] reported that [[Kelly-087|Number 087]], a girl named [[Kelly-087|Kelly]], had remarkably eluded capture for six hours before coming forward on her own, having believed her capture attempt to be an elaborate game for her upcoming birthday. Gamma's report caused Halsey to ensure new retrieval protocols were implemented to prevent similar mistakes in the future.<ref name="HJ91517"/> The next day, [[2517#September|September 16]], Catherine and Jacob Keyes finally parted company after months together.<ref name="HJ91617"/> Halsey felt he was beginning to suspect there was more to their incursions than mere field observations so she requested that he be reassigned to the ''Magellan'' with a commission to full lieutenant both for his own protection and the protection of the program. Taken with Keyes, she recalled in her journal on this date an occasion which he had gotten a job done himself rather than waiting for the assistance of a technical crew.<ref name="HTFOR3">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref><ref name="HJ91617">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 16, 2517''</ref> Despite saying their goodbyes on the sixteenth, Halsey and Keyes briefly met once more the following day before parting for good.<ref name name="H91717">[[343 Industries|Halo]] on Twitter 09/17/2517 [https://twitter.com/Halo/status/247786318162186240]</ref> Once all the children had been collected Déjà undertook a psychological evaluation of each and provided the results and her recommendations to Doctor Halsey.<ref name="HTFOR3"/>

Halsey and Keyes had returned to [[Reach]] by [[2517#September|September 10]] and it is on this date that Halsey told [[Déjà]] to let others know she had settled on the final seventy-five subjects.<ref name="HFORBC">''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''</ref> Halsey was stationed in low Reach orbit when she gave final approval to kidnap the seventy-four which still remained to be acquired. Halsey later recorded a private spoken journal entry, using [[Encryption code|RED encryption]] and her private key, in which she voiced how regrettable she felt what she was doing was. She had planned to keep the recording private but changed her mind and just had Déjà erase it entirely once she had finished.<ref name="HFORBC"/> On [[2517#September|September 15]] Halsey, writing in her journal, expressed that every child had exceeded the selection criteria and her own expectations.<ref name="HJ91517">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 15, 2517''</ref> She was particularly impressed by two: [[Linda-058|Number 058]], a girl named [[Linda-058|Linda]] who had engineered her own intelligence network at school to spy on her teachers, and John (Number 117), who had won king of the hill forty-five times in the two weeks before their meeting. Halsey noted that [[Caleb Aagard|Number 095]], a boy by the name of [[Caleb Aagard|Caleb]], had never been located. Later that day Halsey added an addendum to her journal entry after [[Retrieval team Gamma]] reported that [[Kelly-087|Number 087]], a girl named [[Kelly-087|Kelly]], had remarkably eluded capture for six hours before coming forward on her own, having believed her capture attempt to be an elaborate game for her upcoming birthday. Gamma's report caused Halsey to ensure new retrieval protocols were implemented to prevent similar mistakes in the future.<ref name="HJ91517"/> The next day, [[2517#September|September 16]], Catherine and Jacob Keyes finally parted company after months together.<ref name="HJ91617"/> Halsey felt he was beginning to suspect there was more to their incursions than mere field observations so she requested that he be reassigned to the ''Magellan'' with a commission to full lieutenant both for his own protection and the protection of the program. Taken with Keyes, she recalled in her journal on this date an occasion which he had gotten a job done himself rather than waiting for the assistance of a technical crew.<ref name="HTFOR3">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref><ref name="HJ91617">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 16, 2517''</ref> Despite saying their goodbyes on the sixteenth, Halsey and Keyes briefly met once more the following day before parting for good.<ref name name="H91717">[[343 Industries|Halo]] on Twitter 09/17/2517 [https://twitter.com/Halo/status/247786318162186240]</ref> Once all the children had been collected Déjà undertook a psychological evaluation of each and provided the results and her recommendations to Doctor Halsey.<ref name="HTFOR3"/> For years after this the doctor kept what she believed was the only set of records concerning the families who had lost children.<ref name="HG18">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''Chapter 18''</ref>

[[File:FORTAS HalseyAmphitheater.PNG|thumb|300px|left|Halsey briefs the trainees.]]

By 2300 hours on [[2517#September|September 23]] Halsey was standing on a platform at the center of an amphitheater far beneath the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex|FLEETCOM military complex]] where her facilities were located.<ref name="HTFOR3"/> When Déjà asked if she was ready to speak to the abducted children she told the A.I. she almost was but wished for her to summon [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]], the [[drill instructor]] who would be overseeing the trainees' physical training and hand-to-hand combat, to join her first. She directed Mendez to join her on the platform once he entered. Déjà asked the doctor for her thoughts on the candidates' psychological evaluations and Halsey, while thanking her for their thoroughness, informed her she was forgoing her recommendation to lie to the children. Halsey argued that though the truth had its own risks, lying to the children about the circumstances of their kidnappings or even inducing memory loss could jeopardize the program's goals. Before Déjà could offer a response Halsey clicked her microphone and gave the command to bring the abductees in. Once all seventy-five were seated, she explained that per [[Naval Code 45812]], they were thereby conscripted into SPARTAN-II. She said that they were to be the [[UEG]]'s protectors and promised that here they would become the best they could be. She also informed them that they could not return to their homes or families. She closed by telling them to rest then, since their training would begin the next day. Halsey then instructed CPO Mendez to escort the trainees to their barracks to be fed and put to bed, also advising that they be kept plenty busy the following day in order to keep them from thinking about what had just been done to them.<ref name="HTFOR3"/> Before all the children could file out of the amphitheater one boy asked Halsey if they were there to stop everyone from fighting and killing each other.<ref name="HTFOR3"/><ref name="HJ92317">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 23, 2517''</ref> Before the day was done Halsey noted in her journal that the first phase of the program's indoctrination was under way and that her team of ONI child psychologists was assuring her the children wouldn't even remember their names or families after just six months under Mendez' tutelage. Even so, she also wrote that she was working with Déjà to continue indoctrination protocols and the candidates' education.<ref name="HJ92317"/> Before falling asleep Halsey nursed a glass of wine in bed while she viewed reporting on the [[Insurrection]].<ref name="HFORBC"/> The news of an escalating death toll reinforced what she doing to the children and she said as much to Déjà before having the A.I. show her footage of the children being fed.<ref name="HFORBC"/> On the fifth day of training, the children were given haircuts.<ref name="HJ92817">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 28, 2517''</ref> Halsey took note in her journal that [[Kelly-087]] had clawed at and disarmed the master sergeant barber of his clippers before needing to be pinned down by three other attendants.<ref name="HJ92817"/>

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-Halsey and Keyes had returned to [[Reach]] by [[2517#September|September 10]] and it is on this date that Halsey told [[Déjà]] to let others know she had settled on the final seventy-five subjects.<ref name="HFORBC">''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''</ref> Halsey was stationed in low Reach orbit when she gave final approval to kidnap the seventy-four which still remained to be acquired. Halsey later recorded a private spoken journal entry, using [[Encryption code|RED encryption]] and her private key, in which she voiced how regrettable she felt what she was doing was. She had planned to keep the recording private but changed her mind and just had Déjà erase it entirely once she had finished.<ref name="HFORBC"/> On [[2517#September|September 15]] Halsey, writing in her journal, expressed that every child had exceeded the selection criteria and her own expectations.<ref name="HJ91517">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 15, 2517''</ref> She was particularly impressed by two: [[Linda-058|Number 058]], a girl named [[Linda-058|Linda]] who had engineered her own intelligence network at school to spy on her teachers, and John (Number 117), who had won king of the hill forty-five times in the two weeks before their meeting. Halsey noted that [[Caleb Aagard|Number 095]], a boy by the name of [[Caleb Aagard|Caleb]], had never been located. Later that day Halsey added an addendum to her journal entry after [[Retrieval team Gamma]] reported that [[Kelly-087|Number 087]], a girl named [[Kelly-087|Kelly]], had remarkably eluded capture for six hours before coming forward on her own, having believed her capture attempt to be an elaborate game for her upcoming birthday. Gamma's report caused Halsey to ensure new retrieval protocols were implemented to prevent similar mistakes in the future.<ref name="HJ91517"/> The next day, [[2517#September|September 16]], Catherine and Jacob Keyes finally parted company after months together.<ref name="HJ91617"/> Halsey felt he was beginning to suspect there was more to their incursions than mere field observations so she requested that he be reassigned to the ''Magellan'' with a commission to full lieutenant both for his own protection and the protection of the program. Taken with Keyes, she recalled in her journal on this date an occasion which he had gotten a job done himself rather than waiting for the assistance of a technical crew.<ref name="HTFOR3">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref><ref name="HJ91617">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 16, 2517''</ref> Despite saying their goodbyes on the sixteenth, Halsey and Keyes briefly met once more the following day before parting for good.<ref name name="H91717">[[343 Industries|Halo]] on Twitter 09/17/2517 [https://twitter.com/Halo/status/247786318162186240]</ref> Once all the children had been collected Déjà undertook a psychological evaluation of each and provided the results and her recommendations to Doctor Halsey.<ref name="HTFOR3"/>
+Halsey and Keyes had returned to [[Reach]] by [[2517#September|September 10]] and it is on this date that Halsey told [[Déjà]] to let others know she had settled on the final seventy-five subjects.<ref name="HFORBC">''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''</ref> Halsey was stationed in low Reach orbit when she gave final approval to kidnap the seventy-four which still remained to be acquired. Halsey later recorded a private spoken journal entry, using [[Encryption code|RED encryption]] and her private key, in which she voiced how regrettable she felt what she was doing was. She had planned to keep the recording private but changed her mind and just had Déjà erase it entirely once she had finished.<ref name="HFORBC"/> On [[2517#September|September 15]] Halsey, writing in her journal, expressed that every child had exceeded the selection criteria and her own expectations.<ref name="HJ91517">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 15, 2517''</ref> She was particularly impressed by two: [[Linda-058|Number 058]], a girl named [[Linda-058|Linda]] who had engineered her own intelligence network at school to spy on her teachers, and John (Number 117), who had won king of the hill forty-five times in the two weeks before their meeting. Halsey noted that [[Caleb Aagard|Number 095]], a boy by the name of [[Caleb Aagard|Caleb]], had never been located. Later that day Halsey added an addendum to her journal entry after [[Retrieval team Gamma]] reported that [[Kelly-087|Number 087]], a girl named [[Kelly-087|Kelly]], had remarkably eluded capture for six hours before coming forward on her own, having believed her capture attempt to be an elaborate game for her upcoming birthday. Gamma's report caused Halsey to ensure new retrieval protocols were implemented to prevent similar mistakes in the future.<ref name="HJ91517"/> The next day, [[2517#September|September 16]], Catherine and Jacob Keyes finally parted company after months together.<ref name="HJ91617"/> Halsey felt he was beginning to suspect there was more to their incursions than mere field observations so she requested that he be reassigned to the ''Magellan'' with a commission to full lieutenant both for his own protection and the protection of the program. Taken with Keyes, she recalled in her journal on this date an occasion which he had gotten a job done himself rather than waiting for the assistance of a technical crew.<ref name="HTFOR3">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref><ref name="HJ91617">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 16, 2517''</ref> Despite saying their goodbyes on the sixteenth, Halsey and Keyes briefly met once more the following day before parting for good.<ref name name="H91717">[[343 Industries|Halo]] on Twitter 09/17/2517 [https://twitter.com/Halo/status/247786318162186240]</ref> Once all the children had been collected Déjà undertook a psychological evaluation of each and provided the results and her recommendations to Doctor Halsey.<ref name="HTFOR3"/> For years after this the doctor kept what she believed was the only set of records concerning the families who had lost children.<ref name="HG18">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''Chapter 18''</ref>
 [[File:FORTAS HalseyAmphitheater.PNG|thumb|300px|left|Halsey briefs the trainees.]]
 By 2300 hours on [[2517#September|September 23]] Halsey was standing on a platform at the center of an amphitheater far beneath the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex|FLEETCOM military complex]] where her facilities were located.<ref name="HTFOR3"/> When Déjà asked if she was ready to speak to the abducted children she told the A.I. she almost was but wished for her to summon [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]], the [[drill instructor]] who would be overseeing the trainees' physical training and hand-to-hand combat, to join her first. She directed Mendez to join her on the platform once he entered. Déjà asked the doctor for her thoughts on the candidates' psychological evaluations and Halsey, while thanking her for their thoroughness, informed her she was forgoing her recommendation to lie to the children. Halsey argued that though the truth had its own risks, lying to the children about the circumstances of their kidnappings or even inducing memory loss could jeopardize the program's goals. Before Déjà could offer a response Halsey clicked her microphone and gave the command to bring the abductees in. Once all seventy-five were seated, she explained that per [[Naval Code 45812]], they were thereby conscripted into SPARTAN-II. She said that they were to be the [[UEG]]'s protectors and promised that here they would become the best they could be. She also informed them that they could not return to their homes or families. She closed by telling them to rest then, since their training would begin the next day. Halsey then instructed CPO Mendez to escort the trainees to their barracks to be fed and put to bed, also advising that they be kept plenty busy the following day in order to keep them from thinking about what had just been done to them.<ref name="HTFOR3"/> Before all the children could file out of the amphitheater one boy asked Halsey if they were there to stop everyone from fighting and killing each other.<ref name="HTFOR3"/><ref name="HJ92317">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 23, 2517''</ref> Before the day was done Halsey noted in her journal that the first phase of the program's indoctrination was under way and that her team of ONI child psychologists was assuring her the children wouldn't even remember their names or families after just six months under Mendez' tutelage. Even so, she also wrote that she was working with Déjà to continue indoctrination protocols and the candidates' education.<ref name="HJ92317"/> Before falling asleep Halsey nursed a glass of wine in bed while she viewed reporting on the [[Insurrection]].<ref name="HFORBC"/> The news of an escalating death toll reinforced what she doing to the children and she said as much to Déjà before having the A.I. show her footage of the children being fed.<ref name="HFORBC"/> On the fifth day of training, the children were given haircuts.<ref name="HJ92817">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 28, 2517''</ref> Halsey took note in her journal that [[Kelly-087]] had clawed at and disarmed the master sergeant barber of his clippers before needing to be pinned down by three other attendants.<ref name="HJ92817"/>