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Created in order to catalog the Forerunners' vast technological advancements, the key was placed inside the [[shield world]] [[Requiem]]; there, it would remain under the care of the [[Librarian]]'s locally stored memory. The device was to be presented to the [[Ur-Didact]] after he returned from stasis so he could give it to [[humanity]] to spur their technological advancement. However, the Didact turned on humanity when he was awakened in [[2557]], renewing his quasi-genocidal campaign which had been halted [[100,000 BCE|one hundred millennia prior]]. | Created in order to catalog the Forerunners' vast technological advancements, the key was placed inside the [[shield world]] [[Requiem]]; there, it would remain under the care of the [[Librarian]]'s locally stored memory. The device was to be presented to the [[Ur-Didact]] after he returned from stasis so he could give it to [[humanity]] to spur their technological advancement. However, the Didact turned on humanity when he was awakened in [[2557]], renewing his quasi-genocidal campaign which had been halted [[100,000 BCE|one hundred millennia prior]]. | ||
[[2558|Six months]] after the Didact's [[Battle of Earth (2557)|attack on Earth]] was foiled, the Librarian's stored personality gave the key to [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]], instructing her to take the key to the [[Absolute Record]]. After Halsey reawakened in the [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]]-controlled [[Copernicus Base]], [[Jul 'Mdama]] took half of the artifact and escaped with the doctor. As she was being carried away, she threw the other half of the key to [[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan]] [[Gabriel Thorne]].<ref name="Key"/> | [[2558|Six months]] after the Didact's [[Battle of Earth (2557)|attack on Earth]] was foiled, the Librarian's stored personality gave the key to [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]], instructing her to take the key to the [[Absolute Record]]. After Halsey reawakened in the [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]]-controlled [[Copernicus Base]], [[Jul 'Mdama]] took half of the artifact and escaped with the doctor. As she was being carried away, she threw the other half of the key to [[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan]] [[Gabriel Thorne]].<ref name="Key"/> Thorne eventually gave his half to [[Henry Glassman]] for further study.<ref>'''Spartan Ops:''' ''[[S1/Exodus|S1E10 Exodus]]''</ref> | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||