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{{Title|''Didact's Hand''}} | {{Title|''Didact's Hand''}} | ||
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'''''Didact's Hand''''' is the fourth episode of ''[[Spartan Ops]]''. It was released on November 26, 2012. | {{disambig header|the Spartan Ops episode|the character known as the Didact's Hand|Jul 'Mdama}} | ||
{{Article quote|The crew of [[UNSC Infinity|Infinity]] encounters cult leader Jul 'Mdama, aka The Didact's Hand.}} | |||
'''''Didact's Hand''''' is the fourth episode of ''[[Spartan Ops]]''. It was released on November 26, 2012. In this episode, an unknown intelligence contacts [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]], [[Gabriel Thorne|Thorne]] tries to understand the history of the [[Spartan Program]], and Jul 'Mdama appears on [[Requiem]], searching for [[Librarian|something]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/intel/spartanops#episodeId=4 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Spartan Ops Episode 4 Trailer'']</ref> | |||
==Chapters== | ==Chapters== | ||
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|'''[[ | |'''[[Didact's Hand/Hairy Call|Hairy Call]]''' | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Sniper Alley]]'' | ||
|"''We have discovered [[Covenant | |"''We have discovered [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] are using a [[Requiem]] comm net to communicate secretly.''" | ||
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|2 | |2 | ||
|'''[[ | |'''[[Didact's Hand/Rally Point|Rally Point]]''' | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Two Giants]]'' | ||
|"''Information from comm network tap has led to the possible location of [[Jul 'Mdama]].''" | |"''Information from comm network tap has led to the possible location of [[Jul 'Mdama]].''" | ||
|- | |- | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|'''[[ | |'''[[Didact's Hand/Random Transport|Random Transport]]''' | ||
|''[[Fortress (location)|Fortress]]'' | |''[[Fortress (location)|Fortress]]'' | ||
|"''During previous Op, [[Fireteam Crimson]] stepped through a portal. Current whereabouts unknown.''" | |"''During previous Op, [[Fireteam Crimson]] stepped through a portal. Current whereabouts unknown.''" | ||
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|4 | |4 | ||
|'''[[ | |'''[[Didact's Hand/The Chase|The Chase]]''' | ||
|''[[The Cauldron]]'' | |''[[The Cauldron]]'' | ||
|"''[[Jul 'Mdama]] continues to flee through [[Requiem]]'s portal system. [[Fireteam Crimson]] is giving chase.''" | |"''[[Jul 'Mdama]] continues to flee through [[Requiem]]'s [[translocation grid|portal system]]. [[Fireteam Crimson]] is giving chase.''" | ||
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|5 | |5 | ||
|'''[[ | |'''[[Didact's Hand/The Didact's Gift|The Didact's Gift]]''' | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Galileo Base|Galileo]]'' | ||
|"''Although [[Jul 'Mdama|'Mdama]] escaped, 'the Didact's Gift' was successfully retrieved and is being held at [[Galileo Base]].''" | |"''Although [[Jul 'Mdama|'Mdama]] escaped, 'the Didact's Gift' was successfully retrieved and is being held at [[Galileo Base]].''" | ||
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==Opening cinematic== | ==Opening cinematic== | ||
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''Spartans [[Tedra Grant]] and [[Gabriel Thorne]] walk down a passageway on the'' Infinity. | ''Spartans [[Tedra Grant]] and [[Gabriel Thorne]] walk down a passageway on the'' Infinity. | ||
* '''Grant:''' "Why the hell did you volunteer to babysit the dragon lady, anyway?" | * '''Tedra Grant:''' "Why the hell did you volunteer to babysit the [[Catherine Halsey|dragon lady]], anyway?" | ||
* '''Thorne:''' "I'm just curious, is all." | * '''Gabriel Thorne:''' "I'm just curious, is all." | ||
* '''Grant (walking away):''' "Whatever, man. Have fun." | * '''Grant (walking away):''' "Whatever, man. Have fun." | ||
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* '''Thorne:''' "Looks like we better get you to work." | * '''Thorne:''' "Looks like we better get you to work." | ||
''Cut to ''Infinity'' floating in space.'' | |||
{{Center|'''HALO: INFINITY}} | {{Center|'''HALO: INFINITY}} | ||
''Halsey | ''Cut to Halsey at work in a large room, with a computer terminal and [[Requiem slipspace artifacts|the Requiem artifact]] surrounded by floodlights. Thorne guards her.'' | ||
* '''Thorne:''' "Doctor, I understand you worked with the original Spartans." | * '''Thorne:''' "Doctor, I understand you worked with the [[SPARTAN-II Program|original Spartans]]." | ||
* '''Halsey:''' "I'm afraid it's all still ''quite'' classified." | * '''Halsey:''' "I'm afraid it's all still ''quite'' classified." | ||
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'''>>'''</tt> | '''>>'''</tt> | ||
''Cut to | ''Cut to Palmer and Lasky on the bridge of the'' Infinity. | ||
* '''Palmer:''' "Roland, bring up REQ-153-N." | * '''Palmer:''' "[[Roland (AI)|Roland]], bring up REQ-153-N." | ||
* '''Roland:''' "I presume you'd like to start it ''before'' the tragedy." | * '''Roland:''' "I presume you'd like to start it ''before'' the tragedy." | ||
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* '''Palmer:''' "Please, Roland." | * '''Palmer:''' "Please, Roland." | ||
''An | ''An hologram of a Pelican getting shot down appears on the holo-table.'' | ||
* '''Palmer:''' "Castle Team just got hit running supplies into [[Copernicus Base|Copernicus]]. | * '''Palmer:''' "[[Fireteam Castle|Castle Team]] just got hit running supplies into [[Copernicus Base|Copernicus]]. | ||
* '''Lasky:''' "Copernicus. A science base. Looking for the Librarian AI the Master Chief encountered? | * '''Lasky:''' "Copernicus. A science base. Looking for the [[Librarian]] AI [[John-117|the Master Chief]] [[Reclaimer (level)|encountered]]?" | ||
* '''Palmer:''' "Instead, they found something else." | * '''Palmer:''' "Instead, they found something else." | ||
''The table zooms | ''The table zooms to the top of a structure, which is covered with enemy figures, represented in red.'' | ||
* '''Lasky:''' "Jul 'Mdama." | * '''Lasky:''' "[[Jul 'Mdama]]." | ||
* '''Palmer:''' "Yeah. Because Requiem wasn't messed up enough." | * '''Palmer:''' "Yeah. Because Requiem wasn't messed up enough." | ||
''The | ''The scene lingers on the face of a holographic representation of Jul.'' | ||
''Cut back to Doctor Halsey. She continues | ''Cut back to Doctor Halsey. She continues reading what is on the screen of her data pad.'' | ||
<tt>'''H:I ASK AGAIN, WHO ARE YOU?'''<br> | <tt>'''H:I ASK AGAIN, WHO ARE YOU?'''<br> | ||
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* '''Halsey:''' "So, ''Mister'' Thorne, what interest ''is'' my research to you, specifically?" | * '''Halsey:''' "So, ''Mister'' Thorne, what interest ''is'' my research to you, specifically?" | ||
* '''Thorne:''' "I enlisted with the Spartans, because I was in the army a year before my family and friends were killed in [[New Phoenix]]. I always thought the Spartans were special. Maybe I could have saved them." | * '''Thorne:''' "I enlisted with the [[Spartan Operations|Spartans]], because I was in the army a year before my family and friends were [[New Phoenix Incident|killed]] in [[New Phoenix]]. I always thought the Spartans were special. Maybe I could have saved them." | ||
* '''Halsey:''' "Does it help you—help your grief—being here on Requiem, shooting at... what do they call them? Prometheans?" | * '''Halsey:''' "Does it help you—help your grief—being here on Requiem, shooting at... what do they call them? Prometheans?" | ||
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* '''Thorne:''' "Doctor?" | * '''Thorne:''' "Doctor?" | ||
* '''Halsey:''' "Prometheus stole fire from the gods, and gave it to humanity. I'm simply curious what gifts, if any, the Promethean lifeforms have to offer." | ''Halsey faces Thorne, with the data pad around her arms on her back.'' | ||
* '''Halsey:''' "[[Wikipedia:Prometheus|Prometheus]] stole fire from the gods, and gave it to humanity. I'm simply curious what gifts, if any, the Promethean lifeforms have to offer." | |||
* '''Thorne:''' "They're Forerunner robots. Hard light and battle armor. Ruthless, brutal. What can they offer us? Nothing but trouble, Doctor. They're simply killing machines." | * '''Thorne:''' "They're Forerunner robots. Hard light and battle armor. Ruthless, brutal. What can they offer us? Nothing but trouble, Doctor. They're simply killing machines." | ||
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* '''Halsey:''' "Quiet, please. I'm working." | * '''Halsey:''' "Quiet, please. I'm working." | ||
''Requiem. Doctor Glassman works near a Forerunner device | ''Cut to structure in Requiem. Doctor Glassman, wearing a vest rigged with plasma explosives, works near a Forerunner device while being watched over by [[Gek]]. Glassman slaps a machine a few times.'' | ||
* '''Glassman:''' "Come on..." | * '''Glassman:''' "Come on..." | ||
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* ''''Mdama:''' "Doctor Glassman. Progress?" | * ''''Mdama:''' "Doctor Glassman. Progress?" | ||
* '''Glassman:''' "I keep telling you people, I don't speak Sangheili!" | * '''Glassman:''' "For the love of... I keep telling you people, I don't speak Sangheili!" | ||
''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Mdama growls in irritation.'' | |||
* ''''Mdama | * ''''Mdama:''' "(''English'') Progress??!!!" | ||
* '''Glassman:''' "I've got to have better equipment. More materials here—you're giving me two sticks to rub together, technologically speaking!" | * '''Glassman:''' "I've got to have better equipment. More materials here—you're giving me two sticks to rub together, technologically speaking!" | ||
''Glassman gets to his feet and approaches Jul, but Gek yanks on the leash around Glassman's neck.'' | ''Glassman gets to his feet and approaches Jul, but Gek yanks on the leash around Glassman's neck. The two Sangheili growl.'' | ||
* '''Glassman:''' "Okay okay okay, uh, no need for a translation there. You're saying there's an actual, living Forerunner inside this thing? Huh. I wonder what she could tell us?" | * '''Glassman:''' "Okay okay okay, uh, no need for a translation there." | ||
''Glassman turns around to look at the Forerunner device.'' | |||
* '''Glassman:''' "You're saying there's an actual, living Forerunner inside this thing? Huh. I wonder what she could tell us?" | |||
* ''''Mdama:''' "I know what the Librarian will say, Glassman. She will tell us where all things sacred are hidden in this galaxy. Ships, weapons, bounties beyond our imagining." | * ''''Mdama:''' "I know what the Librarian will say, Glassman. She will tell us where all things sacred are hidden in this galaxy. Ships, weapons, bounties beyond our imagining." | ||
'' | ''As Jul 'Mdama paces around the Forerunner device, the other Sangheili cheer and raise their swords.'' | ||
* ''''Mdama:''' "And she will tell us how to make those miracles... our own." | * ''''Mdama:''' "And she will tell us how to make those miracles... our own." | ||
''The Sangheili chant "'Mdama" in the background.'' | ''The Sangheili chant "'Mdama" in the background as 'Mdama turns to look at Glassman. Cut to black.'' | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Infinity Hallway.png|[[Gabriel Thorne]] with [[Tedra Grant]] walking down the ship's corridor. | |||
File:Thorne - 2.png|[[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey's]] [[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan]] escort. | |||
File:H4-SO-JulMdama-Screen2.jpg|[[Jul 'Mdama]]. | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Sources== | |||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
{{ | {{Spartanops}} | ||
[[Category:Spartan Ops (Season One)|Didact's Hand]] | [[Category:Spartan Ops (Season One)|Didact's Hand]] | ||