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With Anthony Petrosky's recollection of the events on the UNSC Atlas recorded, Giraud anxiously awaited Moradi's evidence to show to the senate. Moradi finally sent the files, including a recording of police radio when the Spartan who encountered their identical twin was found dead from a self-inflicted wound. Moradi told Giraud to find out what's going on in the Outer colonies as soon as he can, but FERO cut him off. FERO told Giraud she has hacked into the meeting and that once he is ready, he can start. FERO patched him through and Giraud introduced himself and told them the purpose of his announcement, and then played Petrosky's statement. Giraud then told the senate of the kidnappings, cloning, training and biological augmentations that the SPARTAN-II program comprised of, just in time before the feed was cut. FERO informed Giraud that he is now under their protection. Shortly after, Giraud received a message from his bank, informing him his account has been disabled. Giraud also found a message from Moradi, telling him he will meet him the day after tomorrow to tell him something important. Not willing to wait for Moradi, Giraud tried to call, but he found he couldn't get through to him, or anyone in the Outer colonies. A delayed message from Katrina arrived. Katrina told Giraud that there is violence breaking out all over the Outer colonies, but Katrina is cut off. Giraud had no choice but to wait for Moradi, but he never arrived. | With Anthony Petrosky's recollection of the events on the UNSC Atlas recorded, Giraud anxiously awaited Moradi's evidence to show to the senate. Moradi finally sent the files, including a recording of police radio when the Spartan who encountered their identical twin was found dead from a self-inflicted wound. Moradi told Giraud to find out what's going on in the Outer colonies as soon as he can, but FERO cut him off. FERO told Giraud she has hacked into the meeting and that once he is ready, he can start. FERO patched him through and Giraud introduced himself and told them the purpose of his announcement, and then played Petrosky's statement. Giraud then told the senate of the kidnappings, cloning, training and biological augmentations that the SPARTAN-II program comprised of, just in time before the feed was cut. FERO informed Giraud that he is now under their protection. Shortly after, Giraud received a message from his bank, informing him his account has been disabled. Giraud also found a message from Moradi, telling him he will meet him the day after tomorrow to tell him something important. Not willing to wait for Moradi, Giraud tried to call, but he found he couldn't get through to him, or anyone in the Outer colonies. A delayed message from Katrina arrived. Katrina told Giraud that there is violence breaking out all over the Outer colonies, but Katrina is cut off. Giraud had no choice but to wait for Moradi, but he never arrived. | ||
Giraud, with no choice but to stay put in fear of capture by ONI, secluded himself inside his undisclosed hideout. Giraud listened to a speech made by senator [[Andrew Del Rio]], who condemned the Master Chief, and called him the "Fallen Spartan". The tripwire Giraud set up outside the apartment was suddenly set off, catching Giraud of guard. However Giraud quickly realized it was Kurzig. Kurzig showed Giraud a message from the Sangheili delegation at Biko saying that both they and the Master Chief had nothing to do with the massacre, and questioning the UEG for doing nothing while the population of Biko calls for unjust blood. Kurzig told Giraud that the real perpetrators of the massacre at Biko are a group of rebel extremists called [[Sapien Sunrise]]. In return for this, Kurzig asked Giraud if he could call Janecek and see what they were saying on Earth. Giraud called her, and Janecek told him she has a lead he might be interested in, Giraud agreed to it and Janecek sent him the details: an anomaly on the glassed planet, Bliss, with a 72 hour time window. Giraud went back to his home to gather the remaining money he had, but when he arrived, he found his entire apartment gutted. | Giraud, with no choice but to stay put in fear of capture by ONI, secluded himself inside his undisclosed hideout. Giraud listened to a speech made by senator [[Andrew Del Rio]], who condemned the Master Chief, and called him the "Fallen Spartan". The tripwire Giraud set up outside the apartment was suddenly set off, catching Giraud of guard. However Giraud quickly realized it was Kurzig. Kurzig showed Giraud a message from the Sangheili delegation at Biko saying that both they and the Master Chief had nothing to do with the massacre, and questioning the UEG for doing nothing while the population of Biko calls for unjust blood. Kurzig told Giraud that the real perpetrators of the massacre at Biko are a group of rebel extremists called [[Sapien Sunrise]]. In return for this, Kurzig asked Giraud if he could call Janecek and see what they were saying on Earth. Giraud called her, and Janecek told him she has a lead he might be interested in, Giraud agreed to it and Janecek sent him the details: an anomaly on the glassed planet, [[Bliss]], with a 72 hour time window. Giraud went back to his home to gather the remaining money he had, but when he arrived, he found his entire apartment gutted. | ||
Deciding to stay in his apartment, Giraud heard voices outside. Coming to the conclusion that the voices are of ONI agents, Giraud quickly ran into the hallway outside his apartment and hid in a random room, trying to make as least noise as possible. Giraud heard the ONI agents searching for him and he quickly tried to run up a stairway, and was grabbed by the agents, but FERO ran in just in time to kill the agents and then tells Giraud to follow her. They found a place where they can talk, and FERO gave Giraud a bank account with an abundant balance. FERO told Giraud she will be going dark, but Giraud told her to hold out on her plan for a little while. They part ways and Giraud traveled to Bliss and went to the location. On the way, he was hit by a huge silicate storm but managed to reach the glassed building and kick out a window to get inside. Giraud, realizing the building is an abandoned ONI facility, started to search around. Giraud found an operational relay interface, and to his surprise, Giraud was able to connect his comm-pad to the relay. He found recordings from alternate views of the incident on Biko, as well as evidence against his interviewee's stories. He also found details on the SPARTAN-II program and John-117, confirming the rumors Petrosky told him about. Giraud downloaded all the evidence but started getting hit with corrupted files, so he immediately disconnected. With all the files he needed safely with him, Giraud headed back to the settlement. | Deciding to stay in his apartment, Giraud heard voices outside. Coming to the conclusion that the voices are of ONI agents, Giraud quickly ran into the hallway outside his apartment and hid in a random room, trying to make as least noise as possible. Giraud heard the ONI agents searching for him and he quickly tried to run up a stairway, and was grabbed by the agents, but FERO ran in just in time to kill the agents and then tells Giraud to follow her. They found a place where they can talk, and FERO gave Giraud a bank account with an abundant balance. FERO told Giraud she will be going dark, but Giraud told her to hold out on her plan for a little while. They part ways and Giraud traveled to Bliss and went to the location. On the way, he was hit by a huge silicate storm but managed to reach the glassed building and kick out a window to get inside. Giraud, realizing the building is an abandoned ONI facility, started to search around. Giraud found an operational relay interface, and to his surprise, Giraud was able to connect his comm-pad to the relay. He found recordings from alternate views of the incident on Biko, as well as evidence against his interviewee's stories. He also found details on the SPARTAN-II program and John-117, confirming the rumors Petrosky told him about. Giraud downloaded all the evidence but started getting hit with corrupted files, so he immediately disconnected. With all the files he needed safely with him, Giraud headed back to the settlement. | ||
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With the evidence he needed, Giraud called Petrosky and asked him to help him once again. Petrosky agreed, and Giraud told him where he needed to go. While heading back on the freighter, Giraud called Kurzig and sent him the files, asking him if he can forward them on to select people. Kurzig, with his wife and daughter off-world to escape ONI, didn't have the choice to turn back, and so agreed. Giraud tried to get in contact with Moradi, but once again failed. Later, Janecek calls and Giraud told her what he found in the facility and that he plans to expose ONI live on ECB News the next day, however, Janecek disagreed with his approach, but Giraud assured her he knows what he is doing. | With the evidence he needed, Giraud called Petrosky and asked him to help him once again. Petrosky agreed, and Giraud told him where he needed to go. While heading back on the freighter, Giraud called Kurzig and sent him the files, asking him if he can forward them on to select people. Kurzig, with his wife and daughter off-world to escape ONI, didn't have the choice to turn back, and so agreed. Giraud tried to get in contact with Moradi, but once again failed. Later, Janecek calls and Giraud told her what he found in the facility and that he plans to expose ONI live on ECB News the next day, however, Janecek disagreed with his approach, but Giraud assured her he knows what he is doing. | ||
At the end of his investigation, after discovering supposedly incontrovertible proof of ONI's atrocities from a data terminal on | At the end of his investigation, after discovering supposedly incontrovertible proof of ONI's atrocities from a data terminal on Bliss, Giraud arranged to break his story to the public on [[Charles Kesler]]'s talk show on [[ECB News]]. However, it soon became apparent that ONI had used Giraud as a pawn to discredit the prevailing rumors concerning the SPARTAN-II program. The authenticity of all of his sources was supposedly disproved, casting his story as little more than the ramblings of a conspiracy theorist. In the end Giraud's feed was cut, with his ultimate fate unknown. However, Petra Janecek took over Giraud's investigation some time afterward, vowing not to make the same mistakes as he had.<ref name="htt13">'''Hunt the Truth''' ''Episode 13: IN THE BAG''</ref> | ||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||