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'''WHITE GLOVE''' was the code name for the plan for the destruction of [[ONI]]'s [[CASTLE Base]]. In the event the facility was ever in danger of being taken over, a single person was to remain behind and activate the Operation, detonating the explosives planted under the facility in order to destroy the base and prevent its secrets from being captured by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]].
'''Operation: WHITE GLOVE''' was the code name for the contingency plans to destroy the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s [[CASTLE Base|CASTLE]] and [[Sword Base]]s.<ref name="Legendary">''[[Halo: Reach Legendary Edition]]'' [[:File:Journal Contents.jpg|container manifest]]</ref> In the event that one of the facilities was ever in danger of compromise by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]], a single person was to remain behind and enact the operation, detonating the explosives planted within the facility in order to destroy the base and prevent its secrets from being captured by the Covenant.


The operation also called for the destruction of every [[AI]] present using the fail-safe in its [[Riemann Matrix]] before the base was destroyed, thus ensuring that the [[Covenant]] did not capture that technology before the base was destroyed.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''pages 127-128''</ref> Unfortunately, it seems that the Covenant also have some sort of [[AI|Artificial]] (or [[Associated Intelligence|Associated]]) [[Unnamed Covenant AI|Intelligence]].
The operation also called for the destruction of every [[artificial intelligence]] in the facility using the fail-safe in its [[Riemann matrix]] before the base was destroyed, thus ensuring that the Covenant did not capture such technology.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 127-128''</ref>


In [[2552]], during the [[Battle of Reach]], [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] was left behind along with several AIs, including [[Kalmiya]] and [[Araquiel]]. When the [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]] arrived at the facility, Halsey activated the operation and destroyed the facility and both [[AI]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 135'' (''"Begin Operation White Glove. Irradiate all computer memory crystal.'')</ref> She, [[Frederic-104]], [[William-043]], [[Vinh-030]], [[Isaac-039]], and [[Kelly-087]] were able to hide in the caves beneath the base. They were able to stop the Covenant from accessing the secrets of the base, but they were trapped under the base for several days.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''pages 132-139''</ref>
On [[2552#August|August 23, 2552]], during the [[Fall of Reach]], [[SPARTAN Program|SPARTAN]] [[Noble Team]] was tasked with destroying Sword Base in accordance with Operation: WHITE GLOVE.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[New Alexandria (level)|New Alexandria]]''</ref><ref name="Legendary"/> By August 29, Sword Base had been captured by the Covenant. [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] remained in a [[Babd Catha Forerunner complex|complex]] of [[Forerunner]] ruins located one and a half kilometers east of the base and two thousand feet underground. [[Carter-A259]], the leader of Noble Team, insisted that Sword Base must be destroyed, though Halsey countered that others would perform the demolition. As Halsey was escorted to CASTLE Base by [[Jun-A266]], she detonated a series of explosive charges, burying the ruins to prevent their compromise by the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]'' </ref> However, it is unknown whether this also destroyed Sword Base or if the base was destroyed later, as Halsey had suggested. [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]] was secured by the Office of Naval Intelligence before the base's demolition.<ref name="Legendary"/>
 
By August 30, Halsey had arrived at CASTLE Base. Although the rest of the facility's personnel had evacuated, she remained behind to enact Operation: WHITE GLOVE. She was accompanied by the AI [[Kalmiya]], a predecessor of [[Cortana]], and was harried by [[Araqiel]], the personal AI of her nemesis, [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]]. After erasing Araqiel with a fail-safe command, Halsey did the same to Kalmiya. When the suriving [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] of [[Red Team]]  arrived at the facility, Halsey destroyed the facility via the self-destruct charges installed throughout the base.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 135''</ref> She, [[Frederic-104]], [[William-043]], [[Vinh-030]], [[Isaac-039]], and [[Kelly-087]] were able to hide in the caves beneath the base. They were able to stop the Covenant from accessing the slipspace-distorting [[Forerunner crystal|crystal]] in the [[Menachite Forerunner complex|Forerunner complex]] beneath the base, though they became trapped under the base for several days.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 132-139''</ref>
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}


==Sources==
==Sources==

Revision as of 17:03, March 5, 2011

Template:Ratings Operation: WHITE GLOVE was the code name for the contingency plans to destroy the Office of Naval Intelligence's CASTLE and Sword Bases.[1] In the event that one of the facilities was ever in danger of compromise by the Covenant, a single person was to remain behind and enact the operation, detonating the explosives planted within the facility in order to destroy the base and prevent its secrets from being captured by the Covenant.

The operation also called for the destruction of every artificial intelligence in the facility using the fail-safe in its Riemann matrix before the base was destroyed, thus ensuring that the Covenant did not capture such technology.[2]

On August 23, 2552, during the Fall of Reach, SPARTAN Noble Team was tasked with destroying Sword Base in accordance with Operation: WHITE GLOVE.[3][1] By August 29, Sword Base had been captured by the Covenant. Dr. Catherine Halsey remained in a complex of Forerunner ruins located one and a half kilometers east of the base and two thousand feet underground. Carter-A259, the leader of Noble Team, insisted that Sword Base must be destroyed, though Halsey countered that others would perform the demolition. As Halsey was escorted to CASTLE Base by Jun-A266, she detonated a series of explosive charges, burying the ruins to prevent their compromise by the Covenant.[4] However, it is unknown whether this also destroyed Sword Base or if the base was destroyed later, as Halsey had suggested. Dr. Halsey's personal journal was secured by the Office of Naval Intelligence before the base's demolition.[1]

By August 30, Halsey had arrived at CASTLE Base. Although the rest of the facility's personnel had evacuated, she remained behind to enact Operation: WHITE GLOVE. She was accompanied by the AI Kalmiya, a predecessor of Cortana, and was harried by Araqiel, the personal AI of her nemesis, Colonel James Ackerson. After erasing Araqiel with a fail-safe command, Halsey did the same to Kalmiya. When the suriving SPARTAN-IIs of Red Team arrived at the facility, Halsey destroyed the facility via the self-destruct charges installed throughout the base.[5] She, Frederic-104, William-043, Vinh-030, Isaac-039, and Kelly-087 were able to hide in the caves beneath the base. They were able to stop the Covenant from accessing the slipspace-distorting crystal in the Forerunner complex beneath the base, though they became trapped under the base for several days.[6]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Halo: Reach Legendary Edition container manifest
  2. ^ Halo: First Strike, pages 127-128
  3. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level New Alexandria
  4. ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level The Package
  5. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 135
  6. ^ Halo: First Strike, pages 132-139
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