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One day, around five months into training, Doctor Halsey asked to see two children who had made repeated attempts to escape the program: [[Jai-006]] and [[Adriana-111]].<ref name="HTCP8"/> When Chief Mendez brought Jai into her office she at first pretended he had been the one to initiate the visit before casually asking if he wanted to leave. The boy responded enthusiastically that he did, so she asked him to recall what she'd said to them all when they'd first arrived. Nodding regretfully at his clear recollection and persistent defiance, she then drew his attention to a small dart which she claimed could induce a selective neural paralysis and cause him to forget all of his experiences on Reach so far. She said that should he break out of the forest surrounding the complex again, he would be shot in the head with one of these darts and wake up in a city with no memory of what had happened, provided it didn't do further damage to him. On the other hand, she advised, he could continue his training under people who cared about what happened to him. To contrast his new life with his old, she told him that when [[State Dorm Five-Five|the orphanage]] on [[Bhuj]] he'd been housed in was called nobody there had even noticed he'd been missing since she had transferred him. Not even Bhuj's vendors, she'd claimed, remembered him. She finished by exploiting his blossoming friendship with Adriana and making him understand that she could also make her forget about him. Halsey told him that this was her final offer: if he tried to escape that night what she'd said about erasing memories would come to pass. If he stayed, conversely, she offered him a family and a chance to be remembered. Adriana's similar meeting with her left the girl in tears later that evening and unwilling to tell Jai what the doctor had said to her.<ref name="HTCP8"/> | One day, around five months into training, Doctor Halsey asked to see two children who had made repeated attempts to escape the program: [[Jai-006]] and [[Adriana-111]].<ref name="HTCP8"/> When Chief Mendez brought Jai into her office she at first pretended he had been the one to initiate the visit before casually asking if he wanted to leave. The boy responded enthusiastically that he did, so she asked him to recall what she'd said to them all when they'd first arrived. Nodding regretfully at his clear recollection and persistent defiance, she then drew his attention to a small dart which she claimed could induce a selective neural paralysis and cause him to forget all of his experiences on Reach so far. She said that should he break out of the forest surrounding the complex again, he would be shot in the head with one of these darts and wake up in a city with no memory of what had happened, provided it didn't do further damage to him. On the other hand, she advised, he could continue his training under people who cared about what happened to him. To contrast his new life with his old, she told him that when [[State Dorm Five-Five|the orphanage]] on [[Bhuj]] he'd been housed in was called nobody there had even noticed he'd been missing since she had transferred him. Not even Bhuj's vendors, she'd claimed, remembered him. She finished by exploiting his blossoming friendship with Adriana and making him understand that she could also make her forget about him. Halsey told him that this was her final offer: if he tried to escape that night what she'd said about erasing memories would come to pass. If he stayed, conversely, she offered him a family and a chance to be remembered. Adriana's similar meeting with her left the girl in tears later that evening and unwilling to tell Jai what the doctor had said to her.<ref name="HTCP8"/> | ||
On [[2519#July|July 12, 2519]] the trainees were scattered throughout a [[Reach Military Wilderness Training Preserve|military wilderness training preserve]] in the [[Highland Mountains]] and left to find their own way to the extraction point, with the stipulation that the last to arrive would have to walk back to the base.<ref name="HTFOR5">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 5''</ref> John stubbornly refused to accept those parameters and led the children to steal the [[D96-TCE Albatross]] from the guards posted at the extraction point and, with help from [[Déjà]], fly them all back.<ref name="HTFOR5"/> At around 2104 hours Halsey met John and Mendez in the latter's office, greeting the boy as she seated herself across from the Chief.<ref name="HTFORTAS"/><ref name="HFORBC"/><ref name="HTFOR5"/> Once Mendez | On [[2519#July|July 12, 2519]] the trainees were scattered throughout a [[Reach Military Wilderness Training Preserve|military wilderness training preserve]] in the [[Highland Mountains]] and left to find their own way to the extraction point, with the stipulation that the last to arrive would have to walk back to the base.<ref name="HTFOR5">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 5''</ref> John stubbornly refused to accept those parameters and led the children to steal the [[D96-TCE Albatross]] from the guards posted at the extraction point and, with help from [[Déjà]], fly them all back.<ref name="HTFOR5"/> At around 2104 hours Halsey met John and Mendez in the latter's office, greeting the boy as she seated herself across from the Chief.<ref name="HTFORTAS"/><ref name="HFORBC"/><ref name="HTFOR5"/> Once Mendez had finished questioning John regarding his actions, he looked to Halsey for advice regarding what ought to be done with him.<ref name="HTFOR5"/> At this, she offered that it was obvious to her he should be made squad leader over the rest.<ref name="HTFOR5"/> On [[2520#September|September 20, 2520]], the trainees experienced their first casualty in the form of a handler who was accidentally killed by [[Carris-137]].<ref name="HJS2020">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 20, 2520''</ref> Catherine saw Carris crying outside the barracks following this but decided to leave her alone. She and Chief Mendez both agreed that no disciplinary action was necessary. Memorial services were held with all candidates in attendance and training resumed thereafter. Halsey had Déjà emphasize to the children that throughout the history of military training lethal force had often been employed and that deaths were an inherent risk. Sure that Carris would recover after speaking with Mendez, Halsey chronicled her thoughts on the matter. She thought the girl's response boded well, since it seemed certain there would be many more deaths before boot camp was finished.<ref name="HJS2020"/> | ||
[[File:Halsey MemoryCropped.PNG|thumb|300px|left|Halsey smiles at Keyes during their brief [[Reproduction|romance]].]] | [[File:Halsey MemoryCropped.PNG|thumb|300px|left|Halsey smiles at Keyes during their brief [[Reproduction|romance]].]] | ||
On [[2521#October|October 15, 2521]], while enjoying a slice of custard pie from [[Havadi Goodwan|Havadi]]'s, Halsey took the time to muse somewhat in her journal on the vulnerabilities created by the standardization of operating systems, highlighting the recent disabling of [[UNSC Persephone|a patrolling destroyer]] by a [[terrorist]] who hacked its code.<ref name="HJO1521">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''October 15, 2521''</ref> Given that the [[UNSC]], conversely, had not had much success penetrating the homegrown collections of software employed in the [[Outer Colonies]], she concluded that the time had come to think outside the box as far as programming practices were concerned. She had spared no resource in the development of routines that allowed the newly-operational third-generation A.I.s to penetrate any system software. Additionally, they had already learned to mutate and defend established UNSC operating systems from attack, a side effect of the routines which Halsey found serendipitous. Before she concluded writing that day, she took note of the frustration she felt at the way the acronyms for [[Illegal Entry Protocols|illegal entry protocols]] and [[Counter-Illegal Entry Protocols|counter-illegal entry protocols]] had been commonly misspelled and then vocalized based on those misspellings.<ref name="HJO1521"/> On [[2522#June|June 5, 2522]] Halsey was finally offered the position of chief scientist within ONI, after years of only officially serving in an advisory role involving a series of undocumented but well-paid contracts.<ref name="HJJ522">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''October 15, 2521''</ref><ref name="JS6526">[[Jessica Shea]] on Twitter 06/05/2522 [https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/606903711663681536]</ref> Since she had always lacked the time or interest to spend the money earned, these contracts had always benefited her little. Halsey accepted the offer, but was uncertain why it had been presented to her then. In her journal she theorized that the promotion might have something do to with the curiosity of her colleagues and the wider scientific community or might simply reflect suspisions that her temporary unofficial advisory role was in reality none of those things.<ref name="HJJ522"/> Once around this time, when [[Soren-066]] was nearly eleven years old, she approached him as he ran through an exercise with the other children.<ref name="HEP2"/> Soren had been hesitating, unsure of which team to join, so she asked if everything was alright. The boy replied in the affirmative, but slipped up and called her "Sir" before blushing and correcting his mistake. Halsey just smiled and told him he shouldn't get distracted by irrelevant data, then pointed past him as both teams ran for the skirmish ground and added that above all he shouldn't let himself get left behind.<ref name="HEP2"/> | On [[2521#October|October 15, 2521]], while enjoying a slice of custard pie from [[Havadi Goodwan|Havadi]]'s, Halsey took the time to muse somewhat in her journal on the vulnerabilities created by the standardization of operating systems, highlighting the recent disabling of [[UNSC Persephone|a patrolling destroyer]] by a [[terrorist]] who hacked its code.<ref name="HJO1521">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''October 15, 2521''</ref> Given that the [[UNSC]], conversely, had not had much success penetrating the homegrown collections of software employed in the [[Outer Colonies]], she concluded that the time had come to think outside the box as far as programming practices were concerned. She had spared no resource in the development of routines that allowed the newly-operational third-generation A.I.s to penetrate any system software. Additionally, they had already learned to mutate and defend established UNSC operating systems from attack, a side effect of the routines which Halsey found serendipitous. Before she concluded writing that day, she took note of the frustration she felt at the way the acronyms for [[Illegal Entry Protocols|illegal entry protocols]] and [[Counter-Illegal Entry Protocols|counter-illegal entry protocols]] had been commonly misspelled and then vocalized based on those misspellings.<ref name="HJO1521"/> On [[2522#June|June 5, 2522]] Halsey was finally offered the position of chief scientist within ONI, after years of only officially serving in an advisory role involving a series of undocumented but well-paid contracts.<ref name="HJJ522">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''October 15, 2521''</ref><ref name="JS6526">[[Jessica Shea]] on Twitter 06/05/2522 [https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/606903711663681536]</ref> Since she had always lacked the time or interest to spend the money earned, these contracts had always benefited her little. Halsey accepted the offer, but was uncertain why it had been presented to her then. In her journal she theorized that the promotion might have something do to with the curiosity of her colleagues and the wider scientific community or might simply reflect suspisions that her temporary unofficial advisory role was in reality none of those things.<ref name="HJJ522"/> Once around this time, when [[Soren-066]] was nearly eleven years old, she approached him as he ran through an exercise with the other children.<ref name="HEP2"/> Soren had been hesitating, unsure of which team to join, so she asked if everything was alright. The boy replied in the affirmative, but slipped up and called her "Sir" before blushing and correcting his mistake. Halsey just smiled and told him he shouldn't get distracted by irrelevant data, then pointed past him as both teams ran for the skirmish ground and added that above all he shouldn't let himself get left behind.<ref name="HEP2"/> | ||
