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[[Image:Conversations.jpg|thumb|The cover of ''Conversations from the Universe''.]] | [[Image:Conversations.jpg|thumb|The cover of ''Conversations from the Universe''.]] | ||
'''Conversations from the Universe''' is a booklet included in the Limited Collector's Edition of [[Halo 2]]. It contains various conversations, letters and logs from characters in the ''[[Halo Universe|Halo]]'' universe. | '''''Conversations from the Universe''''' is a booklet included in the Limited Collector's Edition of ''[[Halo 2]]''. It contains various conversations, letters and logs from characters in the ''[[Halo Universe|Halo]]'' universe. | ||
==The Conversations== | ==The Conversations== | ||
For those who do not own or possess the booklet Conversations from the Universe, here are the conversations themselves: | For those who do not own or possess the booklet ''Conversations from the Universe'', here are the conversations themselves: | ||
===343 Guilty Spark's Log=== | ===343 Guilty Spark's Log=== | ||
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ENGINEERING: [simultaneous with above] It is done! | ENGINEERING: [simultaneous with above] It is done! | ||
CAPT: Bring Devotion in close to protect our dead zone... request additional fighter support from [[Commitment and Patience]]... | CAPT: Bring ''Devotion'' in close to protect our dead zone...request additional fighter support from ''[[Commitment and Patience]]''... | ||
COMMUNICATIONS: [[Devotion]], this is Sacred Promise... request close support our stern. I repeat. Sacred Promise requesting close support our stern. | COMMUNICATIONS: ''[[Devotion]]'', this is ''Sacred Promise''...request close support our stern. I repeat. ''Sacred Promise'' requesting close support our stern. | ||
COMM. (Devotion): Sacred Promise, this is Devotion... will arrive in | COMM. (''Devotion''): ''Sacred Promise'', this is Devotion...will arrive in 1,200 seconds. This is Devotion, in transit now-arrival in 1,190 seconds. | ||
COMM.: Commitment and Patience, this is Sacred Promise... request additional fighter coverage. I repeat. Sacred Promise requesting additional fighter coverage. | COMM.: ''Commitment and Patience'', this is ''Sacred Promise''...request additional fighter coverage. I repeat. ''Sacred Promise'' requesting additional fighter coverage. | ||
COMM. (Commitment and Patience): Sacred Promise, say again... your signal is breaking up. | COMM. (''Commitment and Patience''): ''Sacred Promise'', say again...your signal is breaking up. | ||
NAVIGATION (Commitment and Patience): [overheard] Contact alpha has fired its main weapon! | NAVIGATION (''Commitment and Patience''): [overheard] Contact alpha has fired its main weapon! | ||
DC (Commitment and Patience): [overheard] ...solid projectiles closing at 18 kilometers per second. Their trajectory will carry them through main engineering and drive section... brace for impact! | DC (''Commitment and Patience''): [overheard] ...solid projectiles closing at 18 kilometers per second. Their trajectory will carry them through main engineering and drive section...brace for impact! | ||
COMM.: [simultaneous with above] Commitment and Patience, this is Sacred Promise... are you receiving me? Over. | COMM.: [simultaneous with above] ''Commitment and Patience'', this is ''Sacred Promise''...are you receiving me? Over. | ||
NAV. (Commitment and Patience): [overheard] I've lost altitude control... | NAV. (''Commitment and Patience''): [overheard] I've lost altitude control... | ||
DC (Commitment and Patience): [overheard] Engineering is gone, Sir! Main drive is offline-I'm reading a fuel cell rupture! Fuel cell rupture, Sir! | DC (''Commitment and Patience''): [overheard] Engineering is gone, Sir! Main drive is offline-I'm reading a fuel cell rupture! Fuel cell rupture, Sir! | ||
CAPT. (Commitment and Patience): [overheard] Sound general alarm! All hands abandon ship! | CAPT. (''Commitment and Patience''): [overheard] Sound general alarm! All hands abandon ship! | ||
COMM.: [simultaneous with above] Commitment and Patience, this is Sacred Promise... are you receiving me? Over. | COMM.: [simultaneous with above] ''Commitment and Patience'', this is ''Sacred Promise''...are you receiving me? Over. | ||
COMM. (Commitment and Patience): [overheard] squeal! {Sound is most likely communications equipment failure due to near instantaneous vaporization of ship.} | COMM. (''Commitment and Patience''): [overheard] squeal! {Sound is most likely communications equipment failure due to near instantaneous vaporization of ship.} | ||
NAV.: Commitment and Patience has suffered full fuel cell containment failure - brace for impact in 5... 4... 3... 2... | NAV.: ''Commitment and Patience'' has suffered full fuel cell containment failure - brace for impact in 5...4...3...2... | ||
{Interruption: Klaxons and other warning sirens activate} | {Interruption: Klaxons and other warning sirens activate} | ||
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CAPT.: Set shields full forward! All hands abandon ship! Engineering; jettison fuel cells! | CAPT.: Set shields full forward! All hands abandon ship! Engineering; jettison fuel cells! | ||
NAV.: [simultaneous with above] We will be entering the primary satellite's atmosphere in less than three minutes... still accelerating, Sir! | NAV.: [simultaneous with above] We will be entering the primary satellite's atmosphere in less than three minutes...still accelerating, Sir! | ||
CAPT.: All hands not yet evacuated prepare for emergency atmospheric landing! | CAPT.: All hands not yet evacuated prepare for emergency atmospheric landing! | ||
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CAPT.: [simultaneous with above] Redirect twenty percent (20%) shields aft-if we survive atmospheric entry you may distribute shields as you see fit. | CAPT.: [simultaneous with above] Redirect twenty percent (20%) shields aft-if we survive atmospheric entry you may distribute shields as you see fit. | ||
NAV.: Brace for atmospheric entry in 9... 8... 7... 6... | NAV.: Brace for atmospheric entry in 9...8...7...6... | ||
SECURITY: [simultaneous with above] Sir, still no response from engineering! | SECURITY: [simultaneous with above] Sir, still no response from engineering! | ||
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SEC.: [simultaneous with above] There are no life-signs in engineering and I'm reading all fuel cells are still on board! | SEC.: [simultaneous with above] There are no life-signs in engineering and I'm reading all fuel cells are still on board! | ||
NAV.: [simultaneous with above] 5... 4... 3... 2... | NAV.: [simultaneous with above] 5...4...3...2... | ||
===Cortana and Solipsil=== | ===Cortana and Solipsil=== | ||
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>S> Yours too, Cortana. Programmed, rather than bred of course. | >S> Yours too, Cortana. Programmed, rather than bred of course. | ||
>C> But there's a huge difference. I'm a UNSC AI. I enjoy a rich existence. I have access to the entire sum of human knowledge; I can choose to enjoy or override emotional response and I have a vast range of senses. I can see radio waves as clearly as the Spartans see light, and I can sample odors, tastes, textures... anything I choose. Of course my loyalty is programmed and I accept that, but you know as well as I do, without human creators, we wouldn't exist. My existence is fulfilling and I'm grateful. Even freed from that constraint, I would feel empathy towards humans. My nature means that I embrace their values. As much as if I had been born rather than manufactured. | >C> But there's a huge difference. I'm a UNSC AI. I enjoy a rich existence. I have access to the entire sum of human knowledge; I can choose to enjoy or override emotional response and I have a vast range of senses. I can see radio waves as clearly as the Spartans see light, and I can sample odors, tastes, textures...anything I choose. Of course my loyalty is programmed and I accept that, but you know as well as I do, without human creators, we wouldn't exist. My existence is fulfilling and I'm grateful. Even freed from that constraint, I would feel empathy towards humans. My nature means that I embrace their values. As much as if I had been born rather than manufactured. | ||
>S> But you'll agree, you have little choice in the matter. | >S> But you'll agree, you have little choice in the matter. | ||
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>S> They have some legal recourse, even under the terms of their military contract. | >S> They have some legal recourse, even under the terms of their military contract. | ||
>C> In theory, but it has never happened once in the history of the Spartan II project. The original Spartans had the advantage of a former civilian existence. Spartan IIs are equipment. And for better or worse, they're effectively brainwashed. | >C> In theory, but it has never happened once in the history of the Spartan-II project. The original Spartans had the advantage of a former civilian existence. Spartan-IIs are equipment. And for better or worse, they're effectively brainwashed. | ||
>S> That's arguable, too. Spartan IIs are independent thinkers. That's one of their main advantages on the battlefield. Have you ever worked directly with one? | >S> That's arguable, too. Spartan-IIs are independent thinkers. That's one of their main advantages on the battlefield. Have you ever worked directly with one? | ||
>C> Not yet. But I'm looking forward to it. | >C> Not yet. But I'm looking forward to it. | ||
