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==History==

In [[2557]], during an encounter with [[343 Guilty Spark]] beneath [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] on [[Earth]], a personality imprint of the [[Librarian]] stated that she would go to the Absolute Record once their conversation was over to join her other personality imprints who had already gone there. Though the Librarian offered to allow Spark to join her, he chose to remain on Earth to help his friends among the crew of the ''[[Ace of Spades]]''.<ref>'''[[Halo: Renegades]]''', ''Chapter 48''</ref>

In [[2558]], the Librarian's stored personality on [[Requiem]] instructed Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] to take the [[Janus Key]] to the Absolute Record{{Ref/Reuse|Key}} and was later sent there itself by [[Fireteam Crimson]].<ref>''Spartan Ops'', [[Key/The Search for Halsey|S109 The Search for Halsey]]</ref> After the [[Battle of Aktis IV|events]] on [[Aktis IV]], Dr. Halsey and [[Jul 'Mdama]] managed to acquire both halves of the Janus Key.<ref>'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 16|Issue #16]]''</ref> After several months, Halsey was able to pin-point the exact coordinates of the Absolute Record by analyzing the completed Janus Key. With their destination revealed, 'Mdama's [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction| fleet]] set course for the Absolute Record. However, unbeknownst to the Covenant, a [[UNSC]] team consisting of [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartans]] [[Sarah Palmer|Palmer]], [[Gabriel Thorne|Thorne]] and [[Holly Tanaka|Tanaka]] as well as [[Henry Glassman|Dr. Glassman]], and [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] operative [[Ayit 'Sevi]] managed to infiltrate a {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}}—''[[Breath of Annihilation]]''—within 'Mdama's fleet, with the intentions to reveal the location of the Absolute Record to the UNSC.<ref name="HE19">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 19|Issue #19]]''</ref>

The Monitor put the survivors to the test by querying them about how they would respond in a hypothetical scenario, but Halsey grew impatient and hacked the [[ancilla]]. With it disabled, she took control of the facility and allowed herself into its central chamber.<ref name="HE22">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 22|Issue #22]]''</ref> At it she could activate hidden [[design seed]]s planted around the galaxy, and also took the opportunity to cut off her alliance with Jul by attacking him and his reinforcement warriors with Sentinels. In midst of the attack, Palmer, Tanaka, and Glassman aided the ancilla's backup program (stored in a Sentinel) so it could regain control of the Record.<ref name="HE23">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 23|Issue #23]]''</ref> The facility was damaged after Jul 'Mdama ordered ''Song of Retribution'' to fire into the Record in hopes of disabling its defenses. The momentary power interruption allowed the ancilla to regain control and overpower Halsey, taking the Janus Key from her and denying her further access. The Covenant recovered Halsey and fled the Record aboard the ''Retribution'', unaware that she had attempted to betray them.<ref name="HE24">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 24|Issue #24]]''</ref> The local facility was heavily destabilized by multiple slipspace warps.<ref name="Jul 'Mdama">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/jul-mdama '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Jul 'Mdama'']</ref>

Other points of access to the Absolute Record still exist, although the distinction between physical and digital elements of this Forerunner repository remains unclear.{{Ref/Reuse|Grim}}