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===Section Two=== | ===Section Two=== | ||
[[File:ONI PC.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Benjamin Giraud]] works with Section Two to make battlefield imagery appear less grotesque]] | [[File:ONI PC.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Benjamin Giraud]] works with Section Two to make battlefield imagery appear less grotesque.]] | ||
Section Two is the propaganda branch of ONI; they are also responsible for psychological operations.<ref name="mdic199">'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 199''</ref> Overtly, however, Section Two only deals with external communication and public morale.<ref name="universe"/> It handles communication between colonies to reduce the spread of rumors and information that would damage morale.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 98'' (''"ONI Section Two had done a brilliant job of preserving the fiction that Earth forces held their own against the Covenant."'')</ref> It was responsible for releasing details of the SPARTAN-II program to the public to boost morale throughout [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]] territory.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 46''</ref> Once information about the Spartans was released to the public, Section Two had to maintain the Spartans' near-mythical status within the military by [[Office of Naval Intelligence Directive 930|listing those killed in action as MIA]]. It was believed that news of Spartan deaths would cripple the UNSC's already-flagging morale.<ref name="enc67"/> Section Two is also responsible for broadcasting pre-recorded human carrier signals from various locations into [[slipspace]] to confuse Covenant triangulation technology, preventing them from discovering [[Earth]].<ref>[[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1#Hypodermic-FXT-J|Cole Protocol, '''Hypodermic-FXT-J''']]</ref> | Section Two is the propaganda branch of ONI; they are also responsible for psychological operations.<ref name="mdic199">'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 199''</ref> Overtly, however, Section Two only deals with external communication and public morale.<ref name="universe"/> It handles communication between colonies to reduce the spread of rumors and information that would damage morale.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 98'' (''"ONI Section Two had done a brilliant job of preserving the fiction that Earth forces held their own against the Covenant."'')</ref> It was responsible for releasing details of the SPARTAN-II program to the public to boost morale throughout [[Unified Earth Government|UEG]] territory.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 46''</ref> Once information about the Spartans was released to the public, Section Two had to maintain the Spartans' near-mythical status within the military by [[Office of Naval Intelligence Directive 930|listing those killed in action as MIA]]. It was believed that news of Spartan deaths would cripple the UNSC's already-flagging morale.<ref name="enc67"/> Section Two is also responsible for broadcasting pre-recorded human carrier signals from various locations into [[slipspace]] to confuse Covenant triangulation technology, preventing them from discovering [[Earth]].<ref>[[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1#Hypodermic-FXT-J|Cole Protocol, '''Hypodermic-FXT-J''']]</ref> | ||
