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The next day, the ''Silent Joe'' rendezvoused with another ship in deep space in the [[Geryon sector]]. According to Admiral [[Osman]], the [[Ferret]]s were needed back at the [[Mill]] as soon as possible to complete their training. She let Veta know that something big was coming and that she needed them ready for it. Before departing, Lopis said goodbye to Fred, who was recovering in the prowler's medical bay. His wounds would heal soon enough, but Damon's status was less certain, as the A.I.'s [[data crystal chip|data crystal]] had been cracked during the violence done to the Spartan hosting it.{{Ref/Reuse|R27}} | The next day, the ''Silent Joe'' rendezvoused with another ship in deep space in the [[Geryon sector]]. According to Admiral [[Osman]], the [[Ferret]]s were needed back at the [[Mill]] as soon as possible to complete their training. She let Veta know that something big was coming and that she needed them ready for it. Before departing, Lopis said goodbye to Fred, who was recovering in the prowler's medical bay. His wounds would heal soon enough, but Damon's status was less certain, as the A.I.'s [[data crystal chip|data crystal]] had been cracked during the violence done to the Spartan hosting it.{{Ref/Reuse|R27}} | ||
When an internal investigation was done within [[ONI]], the evidence pointed to Craddog having acted alone to weaponize [[asteroidea]]. He was judged to have been a brilliant yet unstable individual who may have been seeking to initiate [[Project SLEEPING STAR]] under his own authority.{{Ref/Reuse|R27}} The only sufficient conclusion for his motivation was that he had sought to aggrandize himself through creating such a perilous weapon. Craddog's complete file was forwarded to [[ONI#Section Two|Section Two]] for further evaluation. Blue Team, Lopis' Ferret team, and the crew of the ''Silent Joe'' all recieved congratulations and notes of commendation for their part in exposing and stopping SLEEPING STAR. Veta herself was awarded a [[Military Star]] in recognition of her leadership in defeating an existential danger to humanity, but she was not made aware of the award due to her civilian status. Admiral Osman completed a directive on [[2554#January|January 19, 2554]] that officially abolished Project: SLEEPING STAR. [[Intrepid Eye]] deemed asteroidea to be too effective of a culling agent for her plans to plan to make humanity worth of the [[Mantle]], however. She secretly altered the directive so that instead of being outright ended, the project was made into a Top Secret Level Zero asset and placed on a black-ops list with an unlimited [[Wikipedia:Black budget|black budget]].[[File:KY-victim.png|thumb|right|250px|When Blue Team [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND|boarded]] ''Argent Moon'' in [[2558]], it came upon the infected corpses of [[Kig-Yar]] test subjects.{{Ref/Reuse|blue}}]] Instead of being terminated with prejudice, [[Ensign]]s [[Jess Wallace]] and [[Kris Gaston]] were also promoted through Intrepid Eye's manipulation to Lieutenant Commanders and were given authorization to seek out new donor specimens with asteroidea antibodies. In addition, they were given authorization to test the weaponized form of the organism on all "enemy species" of the [[UNSC]]. In the midst of making these changes, Intrepid Eye was accosted by [[Rooker]], ''[[Argent Moon]]''' | When an internal investigation was done within [[ONI]], the evidence pointed to Craddog having acted alone to weaponize [[asteroidea]]. He was judged to have been a brilliant yet unstable individual who may have been seeking to initiate [[Project SLEEPING STAR]] under his own authority.{{Ref/Reuse|R27}} The only sufficient conclusion for his motivation was that he had sought to aggrandize himself through creating such a perilous weapon. Craddog's complete file was forwarded to [[ONI#Section Two|Section Two]] for further evaluation. Blue Team, Lopis' Ferret team, and the crew of the ''Silent Joe'' all recieved congratulations and notes of commendation for their part in exposing and stopping SLEEPING STAR. Veta herself was awarded a [[Military Star]] in recognition of her leadership in defeating an existential danger to humanity, but she was not made aware of the award due to her civilian status. Admiral Osman completed a directive on [[2554#January|January 19, 2554]] that officially abolished Project: SLEEPING STAR. [[Intrepid Eye]] deemed asteroidea to be too effective of a culling agent for her plans to plan to make humanity worth of the [[Mantle]], however. She secretly altered the directive so that instead of being outright ended, the project was made into a Top Secret Level Zero asset and placed on a black-ops list with an unlimited [[Wikipedia:Black budget|black budget]].[[File:KY-victim.png|thumb|right|250px|When Blue Team [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND|boarded]] ''Argent Moon'' in [[2558]], it came upon the infected corpses of [[Kig-Yar]] test subjects.{{Ref/Reuse|blue}}]] Instead of being terminated with prejudice, [[Ensign]]s [[Jess Wallace]] and [[Kris Gaston]] were also promoted through Intrepid Eye's manipulation to Lieutenant Commanders and were given authorization to seek out new donor specimens with asteroidea antibodies. In addition, they were given authorization to test the weaponized form of the organism on all "enemy species" of the [[UNSC]]. In the midst of making these changes, Intrepid Eye was accosted by [[Rooker]], ''[[Argent Moon]]'s'' shipboard A.I. He was no match for the [[archeon-class ancilla]], who easily used a control worm, a deception routine, a logic trap, and a memory leech to make him passively deliver the altered directive to Admiral [[Friedel]] without any recollection of ever catching her in the act.{{Ref/Reuse|R27}} | ||
Project SLEEPING STAR moved forward unimpeded from that point aboard the ''Argent Moon''. By [[2557]], [[Creatures aboard Argent Moon|at least four]] [[human]]s with [[Wikipedia:Delta-beta thalassemia|delta-beta thalassemia]] that had been exposed to [[asteroidea merozoite]] had been brought aboard the ''Argent Moon''. They had become severely deformed as a result of their prolonged infection and were kept within large tanks within one of the station's laboratories.{{Ref/Reuse|R17}}{{Ref/Reuse|blue}}{{Ref/Reuse|TDTwit}} [[Kig-Yar]] prisoners were also being actively experimented on with asteroidea.{{Ref/Reuse|blue}} On March 3 of that year, an accident caused the protist to be unintentionally released throughout the ''Argent Moon'' via its ventilation system, killing everyone aboard by March 17.<ref name="blue team intel">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Blue Team (level)|Blue Team]]'' - [[Mission Intel|mission intel]]</ref> Rooker broadcast a message warning of the disaster and put the station on a course that would keep it away from all inhabited systems.{{Ref/Reuse|blue team intel}} By June, ONI had discovered Intrepid Eye's machinations and the mistakes made in dealing with the ancilla had been learned from.<ref name="HRen13">''[[Halo: Renegades]]'', ''Chapter 13''</ref> Kig-Yar scavengers chanced across the ''Argent Moon'' in [[2558#October|October | Project SLEEPING STAR moved forward unimpeded from that point aboard the ''Argent Moon''. By [[2557]], [[Creatures aboard Argent Moon|at least four]] [[human]]s with [[Wikipedia:Delta-beta thalassemia|delta-beta thalassemia]] that had been exposed to [[asteroidea merozoite]] had been brought aboard the ''Argent Moon''. They had become severely deformed as a result of their prolonged infection and were kept within large tanks within one of the station's laboratories.{{Ref/Reuse|R17}}{{Ref/Reuse|blue}}{{Ref/Reuse|TDTwit}} [[Kig-Yar]] prisoners were also being actively experimented on with asteroidea.{{Ref/Reuse|blue}} On March 3 of that year, an accident caused the protist to be unintentionally released throughout the ''Argent Moon'' via its ventilation system, killing everyone aboard by March 17.<ref name="blue team intel">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Blue Team (level)|Blue Team]]'' - [[Mission Intel|mission intel]]</ref> Rooker broadcast a message warning of the disaster and put the station on a course that would keep it away from all inhabited systems.{{Ref/Reuse|blue team intel}} By June, ONI had discovered Intrepid Eye's machinations and the mistakes made in dealing with the ancilla had been learned from.<ref name="HRen13">''[[Halo: Renegades]]'', ''Chapter 13''</ref> Kig-Yar scavengers chanced across the ''Argent Moon'' in [[2558#October|October 2558]] and sold their find to [[Jul 'Mdama]]. One week later, [[Blue Team]] [[Operation: BIRD IN HAND|was deployed]] to recover the station for ONI, but chose to [[self-destruct|scuttle]] the station instead after a Covenant fleet arrived. Blue Team overloaded ''Argent Moon's'' reactors and escaped on the {{Class|Winter|prowler}} [[ONI Acrisius|ONI ''Acrisius'']] as ''Argent Moon'' and the nearby Covenant ships were destroyed. The destruction of ''Argent Moon'' also eliminated all of the asteroidea and research data on it that was located on the station.{{Ref/Reuse|blue}} Due to the top secret nature of SLEEPING STAR, UNSC investigators who examined the remains of ''Argent Moon'' remained unaware of the scope of the project, though they did discover that bioweapons had apparently been manufactured there.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/argent-moon Halo Waypoint: ''Argent Moon'']</ref> | ||
By the time of ''Argent Moon's'' destruction, Intrepid Eye's network had been discovered and destroyed by millions of dumb AI hunter-killer teams dispatched by ONI. Completely isolated aboard ''Argent Moon'', Intrepid Eye was unaware of the accident that her continuing bioweapons research had caused until Blue Team engaged the Covenant forces on the station. Intrepid Eye barely managed to escape by attaching herself to the ''Acrisius'' while ONI believed her to have been destroyed in the scuttling.{{Ref/Novel|DW|Chapter=5}}{{Ref/Novel|DW|Chapter=6}} | |||
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