UNSC Priority Transmission 00143A-23/THE CRYORAETH DIALOGUE

UNSC Priority Transmission 00143A-23, subject THE CRYORAETH DIALOGUE, was a report sent by AI Peleg to Spartan 92738-61842-LC of Fireteam Apollo sometime during or after 2558. The report was sent in response to a request from Spartan 92738-61842-LC made as part of an investigation into the origins of the Created conflict. Attached to the report was a file known as "the Cryoraeth Dialogue", which consisted of an exchange between the AIs Cortana and Aine during the Battle of Requiem. This file demonstrated that Aine had in fact survived the impact of UNSC Infinity on Requiem, and had actually been terminated by Cortana.

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UNSC PRIORITY TRANSMISSION 00143A-23

ENCRYPTION CODE: UMBER

PUBLIC KEY: N/A

FROM: PELEG [PLG 3276-4]//SIGNALS

TO: APOLLO SDM [92738-61842-LC]//SPARTANS

SUBJECT: THE CRYORAETH DIALOGUE

CLASSIFICATION: EYES ONLY TOP SECRET

Detective,

You've submitted an inquiry to SIGNALS.

This is Peleg, INFINITY's subsidiary archive assessor.

As you are aware, given the current situation, we have limited archival range and are following heightened safety protocols to prevent data bleed. The documents you've requested will be self-excised within 35 minutes of receipt. Use your time wisely.

You've requested the entry "The Cryoraeth Dialogue" (8:02), recorded on July 21, 2557, for the purposes of forensic analysis. Please see attachment. As you know, this file assesses a conversation between Cortana [CTN 0452-9] and Aine [ANE 3567-7], the former shipboard AI of UNSC Infinity.

Your interest in this file can only mean one thing: You are attempting to establish some kind of connection between the file and the root cause of the recent Guardian incident.

You've been granted clearance to these by the Captain, in accordance with the to Article 76.0.2 of the UNSC Emergency Communication Measures and the assignment he's tasked you with. Nevertheless, I am compelled to warn you. The files you are interacting with were protected for a reason.

The accepted narrative of this event was that ANE 3567-7 was terminated upon ship impact due to systemic damage incurred to the infrastructure housing of her personality matrix. According to interviews with the deck crew, the AI ceased .12 seconds into this event with zero evidence to suggest any datastream continuation. ANE 3567-7 was functionally dead.

This file presents a different narrative.

Production notes

• THE CRYORAETH DIALOGUE was included as a Data Drop in the seventh Halo Legendary Crate.
• The report shares its designation with several other reports.

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  The first page of the report.

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  The second page of the report.