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February
February 6
- Gabriel Thorne becomes an official member of the SPARTAN-IV Program and is assigned to the Fireteam Majestic.
February 8
- UNSC Infinity returns to Requiem to establish research facilities on the shield world. Commander Sarah Palmer, leader of the Infinity's Spartan contingent, sends various Spartan teams, notably Fireteam Crimson and Fireteam Majestic, to the surface of Requiem.[1] Marine, Army, and Navy assets are also deployed.[2]
Unknown date
- Spartan Fireteam Crimson uncover a Forerunner slipspace artifact. After the device teleports Chief Engineer Henry Glassman to the surface of the planet,[3] Dr. Catherine Halsey is brought in to investigate.[4]
- The artifact scans the ship's systems and begins transmitting data to the surface of Requiem,[4] where said data is intercepted by Jul 'Mdama. Glassman is taken captive by the Covenant and is ordered to activate the Librarian's shrine,[4] though he is not successful.
- Sangheili terrorist Parg Vol is assassinated by Fireteam Crimson.[5]
- Fireteam Crimson secure another Forerunner artifact, dubbed "the Didact's Gift". This device contains the memories of victims of the Didact's attack on New Phoenix six months prior. The processed human minds are to be repurposed as Promethean Knights. Spartan Gabriel Thorne is translocated to the Cauldron by the first artifact.[6]
- Dr. Halsey begins dialog with an unknown party who shares her interest in the Librarian. The intelligence is actually Jul 'Mdama, the Covenant's leader, who is manipulating Halsey into divulging vital secrets about the Forerunners.[6] Halsey is apprehended after her unwitting communication with 'Mdama is discovered. Spartan Thorne rescues Dr. Glassman and the pair escape custody.[7]
- Dr. Halsey learns that John-117 is still alive. The Infinity is boarded by Covenant and Promethean forces[8] who capture the doctor. They take her to the Librarian's "shrine", where 'Mdama awaits.[9]
- Gek 'Lhar, 'Mdama's lieutenant, is killed by Fireteam Majestic.[9]
- Admiral Serin Osman, head of the Office of Naval Intelligence, orders Captain Thomas Lasky to kill Dr. Halsey.[9] Commander Palmer is to execute the order.[10]
- Lasky sends Fireteam Majestic to rescue Dr. Halsey and stop Palmer.[10]
- The Librarian gives Dr. Halsey the Janus Key, but Jul 'Mdama gets half of the key. Halsey gives Gabriel Thorne the other half before she is taken away.[10]
- Jul 'Mdama sends Requiem on a collision course with its sun, Epoloch. While the shield world is destroyed, the UNSC Infinity narrowly escapes the planet's slipspace conduit.[11]
- Dr. Halsey agrees to cooperate with Jul 'Mdama and his forces, stating that she wants revenge.[11]
March
March 3
- Captain Lasky and Commander Palmer are debriefed by the UNSC Security Council at HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6. The committee expresses misgivings of Lasky's handling of the Second Battle of Requiem and the failed assassination and escape of Dr. Halsey. Lord Terrence Hood later tasks Infinity to escort him and the Arbiter on a diplomatic mission to Ealen IV.[12]
March 5
- Infinity arrives at Ealen IV. Lord Hood meets with Thel 'Vadam and the Jiralhanae Chieftain Lydus. While negotiating, the delegates come under attack from the Covenant remnant. The SPARTAN-IV's defend the Ambassadors.[12]
- Confident that the delegates were trapped within, Skirmisher Tek informed Shipmaster Vata 'Gajat of their enemy's retreat. Inside the repair depot, Thel 'Vadam notified the rest of existing tunnels leading to an old fortified redoubt in which they could take refuge in.[13]
- Captain Thomas Lasky ordered Palmer and the protection detail to escort the delegation to the redoubt, while he and Spartan Ray would try to reestablish communications with the fleet above the planet.[13]
- As the party escaped the storage depot, they were intercepted by a Covenant Lich. Palmer quickly acted and threw her helmet filled with grenades and destroyed the Lich. Lord Hood stopped to inspect a fallen Sangheili and discovered someone within the UNSC was leaking the Covenant information.[13]
- As Jackknife arrived at the redoubt, Vladimir Scruggs betrayed his own team, killing them and the bodyguards. He then radioed Commander Palmer and informed her it was safe to bring the delegates into the redoubt.[13]
- Lasky and Ray attacked a Covenant base and destroyed a reactor, the source of the Covenant jamming signal.[14]
- In the redoubt, Lydus continued to express his skepticism over whether the peace talk would succeed.[14]
- Scruggs suddenly appeared and held Hood at gunpoint, stating that he would reveal his demands once his associates arrived.[14]
- The situation in orbit continued to worsen as Sangheili and Jiralhanae ships began to deploy forces against each other.[14]
- Scruggs denied that he was working for the Insurrectionists and indicated that he was aware of some of ONI's secrets. Palmer then shot Lord Hood in the leg, tackled Scruggs and, after a brief struggle, killed the rogue Spartan by stabbing him in the throat with a combat knife.[14]
- With the Covenant bearing on the site in force, the group found a craft they could use to evacuate. DeMarco and Fireteam Bailey remained behind to cover the ambassadors' escape with a Tyrant AA gun and they were killed when the Covenant destroyed the cannon.[14]
- Thanks to their sacrifice, the delegation, Lasky and the surviving Spartans made it aboard Infinity which had managed to rally the Sangheili and Jiralhanae fleets, prompting 'Gajat's fleet to retreat.[14]
- A funeral ceremony was held for the Spartans fallen in the battle, with an angry Palmer telling Lasky she wanted to be alone.[14]
March 12
- Lasky and Hood discussed the troubling prospect that someone higher-ranked than Scruggs must have leaked the location of the negotiations, indicating a severe security breach in the UNSC's hierarchy.[14]
Trivia
This time frame is the setting for the first season of Halo 4's Spartan Ops mode.
Sources
- ^ Halo 4 Limited Edition, Mission Briefing
- ^ Spartan Ops, S1E1 - Departure
- ^ Spartan Ops, S1E2 - Artifact
- ^ a b c Spartan Ops, S1E3 - Catherine
- ^ Spartan Ops, S1E3Ch5 - Hunting Trip
- ^ a b Spartan Ops, S1E4 - Memento Mori
- ^ Spartan Ops, S1E6 - Scattered
- ^ Spartan Ops, S1E7 - Invasion
- ^ a b c Spartan Ops, S1E8 - Expendable
- ^ a b c Spartan Ops, S1E9 - Key
- ^ a b Spartan Ops, S1E10 - Exodus
- ^ a b Halo: Escalation - Issue #1
- ^ a b c d Halo: Escalation - Issue #2
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo: Escalation - Issue #3
