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===MJOLNIR===

===Alpha Corvi II===

After a long silence the debriefing returned once more to the matter of Alpha Company's casualties.

===Naraka===

===Onyx===

{{Main|Onyx Conflict}}

Dr. Halsey and Kelly eventually arrived at [[Onyx]], where they reunited with [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|SCPO]] Mendez and eventually the remaining Spartan-IIs and the [[Spartan-III]]s, under attack by [[Onyx Sentinel]]s. Contacting the ONI AI [[Endless Summer]], she utilized Onyx's [[slipspace COM launcher]] and Cortana's slipspace transmission from [[Installation 05]] as a carrier wave to send a message to Earth, in which she requested [[Terrence Hood|Lord Hood]] to send more Spartans to secure Forerunner technology on Onyx. Her relative expertise with Forerunner technology was vital to the survival of the UNSC forces on the planet, as she was able to interpret Forerunner glyphs when navigating the facility, guiding the Spartans to a [[Cartographer|map room]], where Onyx was revealed to be a wholly artificial construct. She also learned how to employ the local [[teleportation grid|translocation grid]], allowing the humans to move across the megastructure while evading the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] forces that pursued them.

[[File:Halsey Infinity.png|right|thumb|300px|Halsey examines the recovered Forerunner artifact.]]

In mid-[[2558#February|February 2558]] Doctor Halsey arrived at the [[shield world]] [[Requiem]] in the [[Epoloch system]] aboard the {{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}} {{UNSCShip|Aladdin}}.<ref name="H4SOC">''[[Halo 4]]'', ''[[Spartan Ops]]'', ''[[Catherine]]''</ref> There, she was delivered to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, which had arrived just days earlier for its [[Second Battle of Requiem|second]] excursion to the massive [[Forerunner]] planetoid. Four marines turned her over to Captain [[Thomas Lasky]], to whom Catherine demanded that she be freed from her restraints on the grounds that she would not walk around the ship ''she'' built with her hands cuffed. The captain consented and [[Spartan]] [[Paul DeMarco]] proceeded to undo them, at which point the doctor told Lasky to take her to an [[Requiem translocation artifact|artifact]] which had been brought aboard the ship on February 10 and unexpectedly caused a number of problems for it.<ref name="H4SOA">''[[Halo 4]]'', ''[[Spartan Ops]]'', ''[[Artifact (Spartan Ops)|Artifact]]''</ref><ref name="H4SOA"/> Among these was the disappearance of [[Henry Glassman]], the ''Infinity'''s chief engineer, who had been unwillingly [[Slipspace translocation|teleported]] by the artifact to an unknown location.<ref name="H4SOC"/><ref name="H4SOA"/> Lasky had been forced to request Halsey's aid following the loss of Glassman.<ref name="HM179">''[[Halo Mythos]]'', ''page 179''</ref> As she approached the artifact in question she asked if any other unexplained reactions had followed.<ref name="H4SOC"/> She was told that none had, but Lasky still cautioned her once she touched it, fearing the same could happen to her.

[[File:H4-SO Halsey discover John' status.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Halsey discovering John-117 is alive.]]

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[[File:HE14 Plan.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Halsey and 'Mdama plot against the UNSC.]]

At Halsey's suggestion, 'Mdama had a fake Forerunner artifact placed in a Forerunner structure on the nearby [[Aktis IV]]. As per Halsey's plan, Dr. Glassman and the Spartan-IVs of ''Infinity'' discovered the artifact and believed that it was related to the Janus Key. Halsey and Jul watched Glassman's investigation from ''Song of Retribution'' and Halsey revealed that she knew Jul's public persona was a mere façade when 'Mdama expressed mock abhorrence at creating a copy of a "holy" Forerunner object. Meanwhile, Glassman requested for ''Infinity'' to deliver their half of the Janus Key to him on the planet's surface for further analysis. Anticipating this, Halsey ensured that 'Mdama had troops ready to ambush the UNSC convoy carrying their half of the Key. Much to both Halsey's and 'Mdama's surprise, the Pelican carrying the half was shot down before he could give an order. In the confusion, the rest of the Covenant ambush group began the attack. Halsey insisted on personally searching the crash-site, but 'Mdama decided to scourge the crash-site himself, and he ordered Halsey to remain aboard his carrier. Unbeknownst to him, rebel [[Sali 'Nyon]] was responsible for shooting down the Pelican and he claimed half of the Janus Key for himself.<ref name="HE14">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 14|Issue #14]]''</ref>

While she continued to devise a strategy Halsey recorded a status update for the [[Arbiter]], [[Thel 'Vadam]], in which she assured him the Guardian would be in the sky over Sunaion before it initiated a [[slipspace]] jump, as he had asked.<ref name="H5GAMI">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Alliance]]'' [[Mission Intel#Alliance|mission intel]]</ref> In return for her cooperation with his request she also made one of her own for more intelligent assistants to aid her and urged him to loosen the security placed on her.<ref name="H5GAMI"/> Sometime after this she contacted Locke over an open communications channel to let him know she'd prepared the briefing but preferred to discuss it in person to avoid being eavesdropped upon.<ref name="H5GA"/> From atop a [[Forerunner]]-built structure overlooking the camp she waved the Spartans over to her as they neared and then proceeded to introduce them to what a [[Constructor]] [[sentinel]] was. She explained that if one could be acquired from the support stations which riddled the hills around them then she could use it to interface with the Guardian. She further informed them that Palmer had the location of one such station.<ref name="H5GA"/> In a supplemental status update for Thel, she pointed out that while making stubborn claims to not need her or the Guardian he ought to remember the [[ONI|organization]] she represented and its history.<ref name="H5GBTSMI">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Before the Storm]]'' [[Mission Intel#Before the Storm|mission intel]]</ref> She hoped that this would get him to show her some respect and signed off by claiming this was to be her last mandatory update.<ref name="H5GBTSMI"/> Osiris secured a Constructor before the suns had set and returned to the camp with it.<ref name="H5GBTS">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''[[Before the Storm]]''</ref> Halsey observed that it seemed to be working as she had planned for it to but told Locke's team that it could take some time until she was finished calibrating it. She then let them know that Palmer wished to see them. When she was ready, she called Osiris back over to her spot on the Forerunner structure, which she informed them she was using to upload the coordinates recorded on [[Meridian]] into the sentinel. She wanted them to be ready to go as soon as she signaled it was time but admitted it might before hours until then. However, the Constructor suddenly took off just then, flying toward Sunaion. As Osiris and the Swords of Sanghelios prepared to follow it Halsey made sure Locke knew Cortana had been built from a matrix of her own mind, cautioning him that like her, she would take drastic measures if she thought they served the greater good. The [[Domain]], she added, would give her incredible power with which to enact those measures. As Locke walked away she called out to him again and pleaded with him to stop Cortana but to bring [[John-117|John]] home to her.<ref name="H5GBTS"/>

===On the run===