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Hunt the Signal was a competition part of the Hunt the Truth alternate-reality campaign for Halo 5: Guardians. Teams of four competed in order to have four characters in Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series be created in their likeness.^[1] On Monday, April 27, 2015 a YouTube account by the name of Shar Eldy, an anagram of Dr. Halsey, posted a Ford advertisement with several Hunt the Truth frames edited in. This advertisement was also played in movie theaters for the release of the 2015 superhero film Avengers: Age of Ultron. On Friday, May 1, 2015 XboxUK's YouTube account posted a video containing three hidden frames related to Hunt the Truth. In addition there is a "glitch" in the video that translates the binary into www.hunthesignal.com. When viewed on a mobile phone the website showed a countdown ending on Monday, May 5 2015 at 3:00AM PST. Once the countdown was finished several coordinates for the contest were revealed officially starting the contest.

The end of the 6th episode of Hunt the Truth contained a hidden message saying stolengauntlet.com. This website redirects to the Ford YouTube advertisement.

From a canonical perspective the teams were a "non-volitional" AI tasked by Jameson Locke to find weaknesses in the Spartan-IIs and the MJOLNIR Mark VI armor. Though the competition officially ended on Friday, May 22, 2015, the team Section 3 had already won by Saturday, May 16, 2015. Section 3 consisted of SepheusIX, Devoltar, MrToasty XD, and stckrboy.^[2]

Transmissions[edit]

Transmission 000

Transmission_000
My name is Jameson Locke. You are a non-volitional AI created for the purpose of determining vulnerabilities of Mjolnir combat armor per STOLEN GAUNTLET—a red alert failsafe in the event that any Sierra asset were to operate subversively outside mission parameters and operations protocol. Complete your tasks discreetly.

Transmission 001

Transmission_001
You are located within a secure naval intelligence facility. Locke has tasked you with evaluating potential vulnerabilities of Mjolnir combat armor, exploring the hypothetical scenario of having to neutralize a Spartan-II asset. This includes initiating the armor, manipulating the 49 pieces of its circuitry, then ascertaining its weakness by calibrating the Mark VI firmware.

Admin Team chat Text

No team has found all the circuit pieces yet. Be the first.
You cannot complete this mission alone. Recruit a full team to join the hunt.
Now you have the circuit, the key to moving forward is unscrambling letters.
Assembled the circuit letters? Kolo fro Shaley to continue the hunt.
Halsey: Find me in the forum. I am a little mixed up.

Shale Dry Posts

A fusion of the energy sword and a Carbine - perfect for long distance and close-range fights. Double Shot Gun could be cool too, one in each hand!

New character, going to go with team Locke. #TEAMLOCKE

A bit of spray and pray never hurt anyone.

Some new weapons or cool forerunner tech to bring the battle to the next level

Has a new countdown appeared?

All this hype is killing me. I wonder what else will be uncovered.

I'm still waiting.

Keep hunting. Some have found the right stops.

Transmission 002

Transmission_002
Good work. Your diagnostic test to find the vulnerability could be instrumental in the apprehension of a potentially rogue Spartan asset. Locke has now tasked you with with the infiltration of a highly secure archive created by Dr. Catherine Halsey, director of the original SPARTAN-II program. Insight into the physiology of S-II assets might shed light into additional vulnerabilities which could be exploited in the case of STOLEN GAUNTLET. Caution should be taken, however, as this archive may be heavily guarded by an extant program in the previously quarantined facilities.

Halsey's Archive Puzzles

Chess Puzzle
Jerrod: Win this game in 3 moves.
Jerrod: These files are protected by me. And you are but a small spark against my brilliant intellect. You have 3 moves.
Jerrod: You may have won this game, but you have not won. This is just the first of my incomparable security constructs.

Ring Puzzle
Jerrod: I can spin through a hundred-thousand cycles in the time it takes you to rename an access drive. You've got no chance against me.
Jerrod: I've made 'impenetrable' firewalls crumble in but moments, I can do the same to your efforts.
Jerrod: You are but a fragment of my abilities.
Jerrod: You are a splinter, a nuisance... nothing more.
Jerrod: You can probe all you want, like a mouse against castle gates. You will accomplish nothing.
Jerrod: You think you can get past me? I didn't know rampancy was possible for such a simple construct.
Jerrod: I have built worlds in my mind. You can barely assemble words.
Jerrod: Your cyber-intrusion technique is pitiable.
Jerrod: I can unravel the puzzles of the ancient and the lost. You lost before you even began.
Jerrod: You will forever remain in my shadow.
Jerrod: Are you still working on my simple puzzle? I barely noticed.

Map Text
While hacking Halsey's directories, you gain access to the last-viewed satellite image of an unknown off-world colony before signals from it were lost.

Congratulations

Congratulations
You've reached the end, but it's just the beginning. The mysterious Forerunner signal was originating from a remote location. The source: this alone symbol, was from violent seismic activity on a remote human colony. You've hunted the signal's source, so the ONI can now investigate. Your endeavour has brought us one step closer to the truth.

As one of the earliest teams to locate the signal you could be eligible for a reward. If your team is selected, we'll contact you agains shortly. Thank you for being part of Halo: Hunt the Signal.

Cut content[edit]

In this campaign many users found content that was not meant to be found, some of which suggesting this was originally a Halo: Reach marketing campaign.

Before the campaign started, many links were found relating to later parts of the campaign. This led to a reorganisation of the campaign leading to Transmission 3 being cut with all relevant puzzles, leaving only remnants.

Transmission 003

Transmission_003
During your analysis of the STOLEN GAUNTLET protocol, a sudden burst of energy and data emanates from a nearby ONI relay. You are captivated by the specifics of the data due to its symmetry with discreet information acquired from Halsey's archive. It appears to be Forerunner in origin. Using all available means, you pursue its source.

Cut Map Text

You are an AI situated at a classified location on Reach. and then calibrating the armor. But first, the Mjolnir armor has to be activated.

You are an AI situated at a classified location on Reach.ing order and then calibrating the armor. But first, the Mjolnir armor has to be activated.

If a team used Transmission 3 and everyone followed the link. Every member of the team got taken to a different Audio clip. Once sorted it sounded like this. "This.. this is.. *garbled* I repeat, we *garbled* we need assistance, our coordinates are noor-- *garbled*"^[3]

Cut Content Images[edit]

Catherine Halsey
NOBLE Team as Chess pieces.
Transmission 003.
Original Ring Puzzle Error Message.
Error Message relating to an unused page.
Original path that had all this content in it.

Appearances[edit]

Characters

Species

Forerunner (Technology only)
Human

Organizations

Unified Earth Government
- United Nations Space Command
  - UNSC Armed Forces
    - UNSC Navy
      - Naval Special Warfare Command
        SPARTAN-II program
      - Office of Naval Intelligence
    - SPARTAN-IV program

Locations

Khaphrae system
- Installation 03
- Ivanoff Station
Unidentified human colony

Events

STOLEN GAUNTLET (First appearance)

Weapons

BR85HB battle rifle

Technology and equipment

MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor
- MJOLNIR [GEN1]
  - Mark IV
  - Mark V
  - Mark VI
- MJOLNIR [GEN2]
  - Hunter variant

Trivia[edit]

The image of Catherine Halsey included as part of Hunt the Signal is the same image that can be seen on Halsey's ONI security badge included with Dr. Halsey's personal journal when viewed under a black light.

Gallery[edit]

Video Stuff[edit]

The hidden message in Hunt the Truth Season 1 Episode 6 that led to the video with the images.
The first image hidden in the video related to Hunt the Signal.
The second image hidden in the video.
The third image hidden in the video.

Transmission 000 Related Stuff[edit]

Error Message 1´(Compass Puzzle Error)
The entrance code for entering the competition.
Transmission 000.

Transmission 001 Related Stuff[edit]

Transmission 001.
The first task.
The coordinates for the first task.
The puzzle organization sheet
The first puzzle of the MJOLNIR Mark VI circuitry is completed.
The Arrow Puzzle
Error Message 3 (Arrow Puzzle Error)

Transmission 002 Related Content[edit]

Transmission 002.
Jerrod's Chess game with the ONI AI.
The Rebus you got after you completed the Chess game.
Jerrod's circle puzzle.
Half-way though the Ring Puzzle.
Image with the security code on it.
Error message 4 (Ring Puzzle Error)

Halsey's Archive[edit]

DNA[edit]

DNA from Halsey's archive.
More DNA from Halsey's archive.
Something from Halsey's archive.
More DNA from Halsey's Archive
DNA strand from Halsey's Archive

X-Ray[edit]

A file with Dr.Albans name on it.
A scan of someone's brain with Alban's name on it.
Someone's spinal cord with Alban's name.
More scans with Alban's name on it.

LAB[edit]

Planets[edit]

Classified 1
Classified 2
Classified 3

Progress from Halsey's Archive[edit]

Access to satellite view obtained from DNA archive.
Satellite view of an unknown colony.
Image to co-ordinates to in Starcope obtained from the LAB archive.
Starscope image.
Error Message 5(Directions Puzzle Error)
Draw Pad for final Puzzle

Ending[edit]

The message to the victors.
The Guardian symbol in the final message of Hunt the Signal
The verification email
The email to the winning team, Section 3.

Sources[edit]

[1] Hunt the Signal rules

[2] Halo Archive: Hunt the Truth/Signal

[3] Transmission 3 Audio fully sorted

[1]

[2]

[3]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Title|''Hunt the Signal''}}
-{{Era|RW}}
+{{Status|RealWorld}}
-'''''Hunt the Signal''''' was a competition part of the ''[[Hunt the Truth]]'' alternate-reality campaign for ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''. Teams of four competed in order to have four characters in ''Halo 5: Guardians'' be created in their likeness.<ref>[http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=cBnJsRyh ''Hunt the Signal'' rules]</ref> On Monday, April 27, 2015 a YouTube account by the name of Shar Eldy, an anagram of [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]], posted a [[Wikipedia:Ford|Ford]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbMSmPZ0GoU advertisement] with several Hunt the Truth frames edited in. This advertisement was also played in movie theaters for the release of the 2015 superhero film [[Wikipedia:Avengers: Age of Ultron|''Avengers: Age of Ultron'']]. On Friday, May 1, 2015 XboxUK's YouTube account posted a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PldNakMWI&feature=youtu.be video] containing three hidden frames related to Hunt the Truth. In addition there is a "glitch" in the video that translates the binary into [http://93208466931351102797.com/709782/ www.hunthesignal.com]. When viewed on a mobile phone the website showed a countdown ending on Monday, May 5 2015 at 3:00AM PST. Once the countdown was finished several coordinates for the contest were revealed officially starting the contest.
+'''''Hunt the Signal''''' was a [[Alternate reality game|competition]] part of the ''[[Hunt the Truth]]'' alternate-reality campaign for ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''. Teams of four competed in order to have four characters in ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'' be created in their likeness.<ref>[http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=cBnJsRyh ''Hunt the Signal'' rules]</ref> On Monday, April 27, 2015 a YouTube account by the name of Shar Eldy, an anagram of [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]], posted a [[Wikipedia:Ford|Ford]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbMSmPZ0GoU advertisement] with several Hunt the Truth frames edited in. This advertisement was also played in movie theaters for the release of the 2015 superhero film [[Wikipedia:Avengers: Age of Ultron|''Avengers: Age of Ultron'']]. On Friday, May 1, 2015 XboxUK's YouTube account posted a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PldNakMWI&feature=youtu.be video] containing three hidden frames related to Hunt the Truth. In addition there is a "glitch" in the video that translates the binary into [http://93208466931351102797.com/709782/ www.hunthesignal.com]. When viewed on a mobile phone the website showed a countdown ending on Monday, May 5 2015 at 3:00AM PST. Once the countdown was finished several coordinates for the contest were revealed officially starting the contest.
 The end of the 6th episode of Hunt the Truth contained a hidden message saying ''stolengauntlet.com''. This website redirects to the Ford YouTube advertisement.
-From a canonical perspective the teams were a [[unidentified AI|"non-volitional" AI]] tasked by [[Jameson Locke]] to find weaknesses in the [[Spartan-II]]s and the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|MJOLNIR Mark VI]] armor. Though the competition officially ended on Friday, May 22, 2015, the team Section 3 had already won by Saturday, May 16, 2015. Section 3 consisted of [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/sepheusix SepheusIX], [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/devoltar Devoltar], [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/mrtoasty%20xd MrToasty XD], and [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/stckrboy Stckrboy].<ref>[http://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/263-hunt-the-truthsignal/page-176 '''Halo Archive''': ''Hunt the Truth/Signal'']</ref>
+From a canonical perspective the teams were a [[unidentified AI|"non-volitional" AI]] tasked by [[Jameson Locke]] to find weaknesses in the [[Spartan-II]]s and the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|MJOLNIR Mark VI]] armor. Though the competition officially ended on Friday, May 22, 2015, the team Section 3 had already won by Saturday, May 16, 2015. Section 3 consisted of [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/sepheusix SepheusIX], [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/devoltar Devoltar], [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/mrtoasty%20xd MrToasty XD], and [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/stckrboy stckrboy].<ref>[http://www.haloarchive.com/forum/topic/263-hunt-the-truthsignal/page-176 '''Halo Archive''': ''Hunt the Truth/Signal'']</ref>
 ==Transmissions==
 <div class="tabcontainer">
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 Now you have the circuit, the key to moving forward is unscrambling letters.<br>
 Assembled the circuit letters? Kolo fro Shaley to continue the hunt.<br>
-[[Halsey]]: Find me in the forum. I am a little mixed up.<br>
+[[Catherine Halsey|Halsey]]: Find me in the forum. I am a little mixed up.<br>
 </div>
@@ Line 93: / Line 93: @@
 ==Cut content==
 In this campaign many users found content that was not meant to be found, some of which suggesting this was originally a ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' marketing campaign.
+Before the campaign started, many links were found relating to later parts of the campaign. This led to a reorganisation of the campaign leading to Transmission 3 being cut with all relevant puzzles, leaving only remnants.
 <div class="tabcontainer">
@@ Line 108: / Line 110: @@
 </div>
 </div>
+If a team used Transmission 3 and everyone followed the link. Every member of the team got taken to a different Audio clip. Once sorted it sounded like this. "This.. this is.. *garbled* I repeat, we *garbled* we need assistance, our coordinates are noor-- *garbled*"<ref>[http://backtothesea.com/ONI-SECTION3/audio_transmission_003.wav '''Transmission 3 Audio fully sorted''']</ref>
 ===Cut Content Images===
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 File:Unused_error_message.jpg|Original Ring Puzzle Error Message.
 File:Unknown2.png|Error Message relating to an unused page.
+File:Hunt the Signal original path.png|Original path that had all this content in it.
 </gallery>
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 {{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5|title-1=Characters|
 *[[Catherine Halsey]]
-*[[Carter-A259]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
 *[[Graham Alban]]
 *[[Jameson Locke]]
 *[[Jerrod]]
-*[[Jorge-052]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
-*[[Jun-A266]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
-*[[Kat-B320]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
-*[[SPARTAN-B312]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
 *[[Unidentified AI]] {{1st}}
 |title-2=Species|
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 *[[Unified Earth Government]]
 **[[United Nations Space Command]]
-***[[UNSC Defense Force]]
+***[[UNSC Armed Forces]]
-****[[UNSC Army]]
-*****[[NOBLE Team]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
 ****[[UNSC Navy]]
 *****[[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command]]
 ******[[SPARTAN-II program]]
 *****[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
-******[[SPARTAN-III program]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
 ****[[SPARTAN-IV program]]
 |title-4=Locations|
-*[[Epsilon Eridani system]]
-**[[Reach]] {{Mo}}
 *[[Khaphrae system]]
 **[[Installation 03]]
@@ Line 156: / Line 151: @@
 |title-6=Weapons|
 *[[BR85HB battle rifle]]
-*[[M247H machine gun]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
+|title-7=Technology and equipment|
-*[[M392 DMR]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
-*[[MA37 assault rifle]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
-*[[SRS99-AM sniper rifle]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
-|title-7=Equipment and Technology|
 *[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]
 **[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor#First generation|MJOLNIR [GEN1]]]
 ***[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|Mark IV]]
-****[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV(G)|Grenadier variant]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
 ***[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V]]
-****[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/AA variant|Air Assault variant]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
-****[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/B variant|B variant]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
-****[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/S variant|Scout variant]] {{C|Chess pieces only}}
 ***[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI]]
 **[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR [GEN2]]]
@@ Line 175: / Line 162: @@
 ==Trivia==
-*The image of Catherine Halsey included as part of Hunt the Signal is the same image that can be seen on Halsey's ONI security badge included with [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]] when viewed under a black light.
+The image of Catherine Halsey included as part of Hunt the Signal is the same image that can be seen on Halsey's ONI security badge included with [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]] when viewed under a black light.
 ==Gallery==
-===Video Stills===
+===Video Stuff===
 <gallery>
+File:HtT-Episode6sound.png|The hidden message in Hunt the Truth Season 1 Episode 6 that led to the video with the images.
 File:HtT-ONIthing1.jpg|The first image hidden in the video related to Hunt the Signal.
 File:HtT-ONIthing2.jpg|The second image hidden in the video.
@@ Line 198: / Line 186: @@
 File:Hunt the Signal - Coordinates.png|The coordinates for the first task.
 File:Part.png|The puzzle organization sheet
-File:HtT-Circuit.jpg|The first puzzle of the MJOLNIR Mark VI circuitry is completed.
+File:HTS Circuit Board Perfect.png|The first puzzle of the MJOLNIR Mark VI circuitry is completed.
 File:Angle_Puzzle(example).jpg|The Arrow Puzzle
 File:Error_Message_3.jpg|Error Message 3 (Arrow Puzzle Error)
@@ Line 226: / Line 214: @@
 <gallery>
 File:HtT-protoBB1.jpg|A file with Dr.Albans name on it.
-File:HtT-protoBB2.jpg|A scan of of someone's brain with Alban's name on it.
+File:HtT-protoBB2.jpg|A scan of someone's brain with Alban's name on it.
 File:HtT-protoBB3.jpg|Someone's spinal cord with Alban's name.
 File:HtT-protoBB4.jpg|More scans with Alban's name on it.
@@ Line 246: / Line 234: @@
 </gallery>
-===Progress from Halseys Archive===
+===Progress from Halsey's Archive===
 <gallery>
 File:HtS - Satellite image.png|Access to satellite view obtained from DNA archive.
@@ Line 259: / Line 247: @@
 <gallery>
 File:HtS-Winner1.png|The message to the victors.
-File:HtS Forerunner symbol.png|An unknown [[Forerunner]] symbol in the final message of ''Hunt the Signal''
+File:HtS Forerunner symbol.png|The [[Guardian]] symbol in the final message of ''Hunt the Signal''
 File:Verification_Email.jpg|The verification email
 File:HtS-Winner.jpg|The email to the winning team, Section 3.
@@ Line 265: / Line 253: @@
 ==Sources==
-<references/>
+{{Ref/Sources}}
 [[Category:Hunt the Truth]]
+[[Category:Alternate reality games]]
 [[Category:Canon]]