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"Yes, Commander... coordinates received. Initiate immediate course correction. The Office of Naval Intelligence Sword Base is presently under siege from a Ceudar-pattern heavy corvette|corvette-class Covenant vessel. Due to the sensitive nature of this facility, use of orbital rounds has been, for the moment, prohibited. Regrettably, my efforts to obtain relevant data on enemy forces have been unsuccessful. However, current defensive forces are insufficient. ONI has requested Noble Team|Team Noble's direct intervention to help secure Sword Base." - After confirming the new coordinates to Noble Team's UH-144 Falcon|Falcons' new LZ, briefing Noble Team's mission.
"It appears that Noble Team's discovery Nightfall|last night was not an anomaly. Large Covenant deployments have occurred undetected, and we are now under attack across the Viery Territory, including orbital defenses. As per the WINTER CONTINGENCY (protocol)|Winter Contingency, united Nations Space Command|we are countering on every front. Noble's reconnaissance has also identified sophisticated Covenant army hiding canopies, and has pinpointed what's believed to be a landing zone for additional Covenant forces, the origin of which is yet to be determined." - During UNSC's convoy Battle at Szurdok Ridge|charge into Szurdok Ridge.
"Which would mean a strike by the Paris-class heavy frigate|Frigate UNSC Grafton|Grafton is also out of the question." - After Carter-A259 receives transmission from 2 Lima 4 regarding the Covenant Cheru-pattern Tyrant|AA Cannon "Tyrant"'s overwhelming power against aircraft.
"I would suggest neutralizing the interior fuel cells Lieutenant." - After Carter informs Six that normal guns won't touch the AA guns.
"New intelligence: friendly forces near the Covenant outpost have spotted a high value target. An Sangheili Zealot|Elite Zealot, in fact." - As SPARTAN-B312|Noble Six and Lieutenant Commander Catherine-B320 advance into the BXR Industries|Covenant's improvised outpost.
"Latest intel suggests these Deployment spire|spires may be projecting electromagnetic cloaking shields." - To Noble Team, as the Falcon Warrant Officer|Chief Warrant Officer Jorge-052 and Noble Six are onboard draw closer to Spire One's shield.
"Noble Five, ONI believes those spires to be teleportation terminals." - To Jorge-052, as he and Spartan-B312 have visual on the targeted spire.
"Long Night of Solace|New contact. High-tonnage." - After ''UNSC Grafton'' is shot down by a Covenant supercarrier holding position in Reach's orbit.
"Our foe is more devious than we imagined. That spire was indeed a teleporter linked to a cloaked, Covenant supercarrier... A grave threat." - Explaining the situation to Noble Team.
"Thankfully, help is imminent. Sixty percent of the UNSC fleet is en route to Reach from existing deployments. The first battle group should arrive within forty-eight hours." - Continue briefing as Noble Team rests in a cave in Szurdok Ridge, Utkozet.
"Noble Five? Please repeat." - After Jorge-052 exits Noble Six's FSS-1000 Sabre|Sabre Bravo 029 and floats to a docked D77-TC Pelican|Pelican on Anchor 9, speaking "My heart breaks" in Hungarian.
"Gladly. ONI Sword Base: Sector 18G." - After Jorge's instruction to point out a Sector 18G|specific coordinate on Reach.
"Noble Five, your pulse is elevated. There is nothing you can do for Catherine Halsey|Doctor Halsey and the others inside Sword Base. The mathematics are determinate... Noble Five?" - To Jorge, who tells Auntie Dot to scan Sector 18G in thermal after witnessing plasma bombardment in that area.
"Ardent Prayer|Target Corvette sighted within visual range of Navigation Beacon RA-15|NAV Beacon RA-15." - To ''UNSC Savannah'' and the Sabre Team, indicating the target of Operation: UPPER CUT is located.
"Warning: energy pulses detected in the Corvette's aft launch bays." - Alerting the UNSC forces that the Corvette is sending reinforcements.
"Scans indicate a structural weakness surrounding a platform on top of the vessel." - Giving information on the Ardent Prayer's opening under Colonel Urban Holland's order.
"Distance is closing on this vessel's refueling track with the Covenant Supercarrier. Seventy-six seconds to endpoint." - As Jorge-052 attempts to arm the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Slipspace drive bomb.
"At current velocity, fifty-three seconds to endpoint." - Moments before Jorge-052's choice to sacrifice himself to detonate the damaged Slipspace drive bomb.
"Slipstream space|Slipspace rupture detected." - Repeated multiple times as the Fleet of Particular Justice arrives in orbit of Reach after the UNSC's victory in Operation: UPPER CUT.
"Please proceed to the prearranged coordinates." - To Carter-A259, after Noble Team entered the severely damaged Sword Base security office.
"You know as much as I do, Noble Four." - To Emile-A239, who called Dot "cryptic".
"Coordinates nearby, Commander." - To Carter-A259, as Noble Team enter Sword Base's main atrium.
"Vector confirmed. Commander, we are precisely where ONI has directed- Apologies. Coordinates revised. Please confirm?" - After Carter-259 told her to check the coordinates, as the room Noble Team is in is not a spot for demolition.
"By Cortana|an AI of unknown origin. Whose clearance is well above my own." - Explaining the source of the revised coordinates.
"Our revised route, Commander." - Reply to Carter-A259 about the opening wall that reveals a secret passage in the room Noble Team is in.
"Catherine Halsey|She's been expecting you." - To Noble Team, who boards a tram leading to the Babd Catha Forerunner complex.
"Head three kilometers north, then turn right. Heading zero-five-zero." - Directing Carter-A259, pilot of Noble Team's Pelican, to the Aszod ship breaking yards.
"The ship-breaking yard in Aszod. The only off-planet extraction point left on this continent. Small-scale air attacks have decimated many convoys en route. An armada of Covenant cruisers are hastening to side as well. Halcyon-class cruiser|UNSC cruiser, ''UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn'' is awaiting your arrival." - Giving Carter-A259 recent information on the Package (data storage unit)|The Package's destination.
"Noble Leader, seek immediate medical attention." - To Carter-A259, whose Pelican is being chased by a pair of Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees and a Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantom.
"Noble Leader, please respond." - After not getting a response from the SPARTAN-III Program|Spartan-III commando.
"Please respond, Sierra Two-Five-Nine. You are alarming me." - Final attempt to hear Carter's voice. Last known line.
Firefight
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Auric was a gas giant in the Myung system and the anchor site of Halo Array superweapon Installation 01.
History
Forerunner-Flood war During the Forerunner-Flood war, the Ecumene placed Installation 01 in orbit of Auric.
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Auriga Station was a space station of Lethbridge Industrial used by the company as a research and development facility.
History Commissioned by Lethbridge Industrial in 2555, Auriga Station was used by the corporation as one of its primary research and development facilities. Staffed with human and artificial intelligence researchers, the station worked to decrypt Covenant and Forerunner records in search of naval depots and resource caches.
Equipped with the latest in United Nations Space Command fabrication systems and Sangheili-procured forges, Auriga Station was capable of carefully disassembling, analyzing, and rebuilding nearly any piece of recovered technology to aid in reverse-engineering efforts. It was this latter capability that brought the station to the attention of Cortana and her emerging Created. Examining Lethbridge Industrial's vast archives and easily bypassing their counter-cyberintrusion suites, Cortana quickly had the station's AIs aligned with her and removed the human crew. The Created now use the station to harvest, decompile, and rebuild new tools and weapons to be wielded by constructs advancing Cortana's plans across her expanding empire.
Meanwhile, the UNSC has made plans to stop Cortana from utilizing the station: board Auriga Station with Spartan Operations|Spartan operatives, disable or steal the manufacturing systems on board, and wipe the AIs still bound to its Holography|holographic storage systems. In order to train for the raid, a perfect recreation of a critical area on Auriga Station's habitat ring has been constructed in War Games, codenamed "Torque".
Trivia
The name of the station is likely a reference to the Wikipedia:Auriga (constellation)|constellation of the same name. Auriga Station serves as the setting for the ''Halo 5: Guardians'' multiplayer map "Torque".
Gallery
File:H5-torque-concept1.jpg|Concept art of the station. File:H5-torque-concept2.jpg|Additional concept art of Auriga Station. File:Torque-Station16.png|Full shot of Auriga Station. File:Torque-Station12.png|Auriga Station's presumed docking bay area on the central spine. File:Torque-Station6.png|Habitat ring looking at the War Games simulation area. File:Torque-Station2.png|Habitat ring of Auriga Station. File:Auriga Station hologram.jpg|A hologram of Auriga Station.
List of appearances
''Halo 5: Guardians''
Sources
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An auspex array (also referred to as an ultrascanner) is a long-range scanning system created by the Forerunners. The auspex array can examine slipstream space to look for approaching ships, or probe vast distances in realspace to instantly map local planetary systems. These systems can also detect the subtle changes in planetary or ship atmospheres, which indicates the presence of Flood contamination. Auspex arrays were fitted to s during the Forerunner-Flood war. Low-tier ultrascanners are also a standard feature of various Sentinel models, including the Regulator Sentinel|Regulator and Constructor variants.
The Covenant would later adopt the auspex array to their own warships. The command center of the was equipped with a high-tier auspex array. In addition, highly classified auspex UNSC battle network|battlenet uplinks were later integrated into the United Nations Space Command's MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|GEN2 versions of RECON-class Mjolnir helmets, featuring state-of-the-art counter-cyberintrusion and firewall routines provided by the Office of Naval Intelligence.
Trivia An Wikipedia:Auspex|auspex, or augur, was a priest in Wikipedia:Ancient Rome|Ancient Rome charged with studying the movement of birds as a means of divination. This naming may imply the Covenant augur array sensors to be in some way related to, or derived from, auspex arrays.
List of appearances
''Halo 5: Guardians''
''Halo Mythos''
Sources
See also Augur array Hyperscanner Sensor vane
Category:Navigation Category:Sensors Category:Forerunner technology
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Lieutenant Austen is the principal weapons officer aboard the .Halo: The Thursday War, ''page 301''
Biography In 2553#March|March 2553, during the Blooding Years, Austen manned the weapons controls. When the ''Infinity'' was given permission to fire on the ''Defender of Faith'' he was ordered to use Howler missiles to destroy the ship. Using pods 1-3 damaged the Covenant destroyer, and pods 4 and 5 destroyed the ship. Six months after the Ur-Didact's New Phoenix Incident|attack on Earth, Lt. Austen was still manning the weapons systems. After Captain (Navy)|Captain Thomas Lasky gave the order, ''Infinity's'' sub-vessels were released on Austen's mark. He then transmitted target data to the leaders.Spartan Ops, S1/Departure|S1E1 ''Departure''
List of appearances
''Halo: The Thursday War''
''Halo 4''
*''Spartan Ops''
Sources
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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a densely populated National government|country in Earth|Earth's Southern Hemisphere, sitting between the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean.
Australia, in the time before the Created uprising, held the headquarters of the Unified Earth Government, the United Nations Space Command, and the Office of Naval Intelligence.
Overview
Australia has tropical and desert environments. List of animals|Jellyfish were known to swarm tide lines on Australian beaches. Locations Melbourne Western Australia
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***Beta-5 Division Ordnance Testing Facility Sydney
*HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6
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Harriet Hogan James Ackerson Jerrod Lysithea Margaret Parangosky Nicolas Strauss Ruth Charet Serin Osman Terrence Hood
History
In 1788, the first migrants arrived in Australia. This day was eventually marked as "Wikipedia:Australia Day|Australia Day".
File:Sydneynight.png|thumb|250px|Sydney prior to its devastation at the hands of the Covenant The Unified Earth Government became a full-fledged governing entity in 2170 and gained full autonomy and authority over Earth and her colonies in 2204. As a nation on Earth, Australia has been directly subordinate to the United Nations ever since. Australia has a long history as a stable economic powerhouse. Because of this, it has become home to many United Nations Space Command|UNSC military installations and technological sites. The most prominent include HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6, where the members of the UNSC Security Council gather, and the Sydney Synthetic Intellect Institute in Sydney, as well as the Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI Beta-5 Division Ordnance Testing Facility at Swanbourne, Perth. The latter, also known as Ordnance Testing Facility B5D or the B5D Ordnance Testing Facility, oversaw the development and testing of MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/S variant|SCOUT and MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/R variant|RECON-class Mjolnir for the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V platform, and later the upgrading of the SCOUT-class Mjolnir for MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI (the prototype version for the Mark VI RECON-class Mjolnir|Recon armor was developed right alongside its Mark V version). Prior to this, it had also collaborated with Chalybs Defense Solutions to produce OPERATOR-class Mjolnir.
The Covenant War had been well underway for years by the time MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor variants were being developed and tested at the B5D Ordnance Testing Facility. During the war, the UNSC supplanted the UEG's civilian government provisionally as an emergency measure. After the fall of Reach, the UNSC Security Council convened at Bravo-6 to hear what transpired from Lieutenant Wagner and to plan for the defense of Earth, its discovery by the Covenant having been deemed not only inevitable but imminent as well. UNSC Fleet Command had previously maintained headquarters in two locations: New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria, Reach, and Sydney, Australia, Earth. With the utter destruction of the HQ on Reach, the one in Sydney took over as the definitive headquarters for all of FLEETCOM.
When the Covenant did finally arrive in October of 2552, Australia was one place that came under attack. It was apparent that the Covenant understood the importance of Australia to the UNSC. The country was heavily bombarded.
File:HIGHCOM Escalation.png|thumb|250px|HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 in 2558
Following the cessation of war with the Covenant, governing power was transferred back to the Unified Earth Government in full, at least officially. Dr. Ruth Charet was inaugurated as the new president, and the primary UEG headquarters in Sydney saw this transition come to pass. As the only FLEETCOM HQ out of the two to survive the war, Sydney's Fleet Command headquarters continued to oversee all of FLEETCOM. Bravo-6 continued to serve as the headquarters for the security council and UNSC High Command, where many important decisions were made in the next few years. It was there that Kilo-Five was formed, it was there that the security council decided to launch Operation: FAR STORM, and it was there that Captain Thomas Lasky and Commander Sarah Palmer appeared after the Requiem Campaign. The Beta-5 Division Ordnance Testing Facility in Swanbourne was used as a testing site for the Materials Group's GEN2 iteration of EVA-class Mjolnir.
Created uprising
Australia would be a focal point during the Created uprising with Sydney coming under attack during The Reclamation''Halo: Fractures'', Rossbach's World (story)|Rossbach's world and later by a different Guardian. A sanitization strike would also take place at Swanbourne.
Following the Created uprising in 2560, the UNSC returned to Sydney in some form.
Government and society Sydney currently serves as the capital of the Unified Earth Government, the headquarters of UNSC Fleet Command, and HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6, the headquarters of the UNSC High Command and the UNSC Security Council|Security Council.
By 2553, the national flag features the white stars of the Southern Cross on a deep blue background, with a gold Wikipedia:Commonwealth Star|Commonwealth Star on a green field in the Wikipedia:Canton (flag)|canton.
AMG Transport Dynamics had a facility in the country.
Gallery
File:CovenantAustralia.png|Covenant intelligence concerning Australia at the start of the Battle of Earth.
List of appearances
''Halo: First Strike''
''Halo: Uprising''
''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''
*''Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminals''
''Halo: Glasslands''
''Halo: The Thursday War''
''Halo: Initiation''
''Halo: Escalation''
''Halo: Mortal Dictata''
''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''
''Halo: Last Light''
''Halo: Fractures''
*''Rossbach's World (story)|Rossbach's World''
''Halo Infinite''
''Halo: Outcasts''
Notes
Sources
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File:H5G Screenshot AimAssistDemo.png|thumb|370px|A debug view from The Sprint: Sustain, showing how auto-aim modifies the trajectory of the user's shots. The dark blue ring denotes the region where auto-aim begins to take effect, while the inner light blue-white ring shows the region where the shots will be directly on target. Auto-aim, also known as bullet magnetism, is a type of aim assist in place in the ''Halo'' video games, designed to make targeting enemy combatants easier for players. It slightly changes the trajectory of shots that the player fires, to direct them towards the enemy they are targeting.
Overview Auto-aim works by subtly modifying the trajectory of bullets fired by the player, steering them in the direction of the enemy they are firing upon, if that enemy is close enough to the player's reticle. When the reticle is red, it indicates that auto-aim is fully engaged and the shots will be directed straight towards the enemy. However, auto-aim is often still active when the reticle is not red, steering the shots closer to the enemy - just not directly at them.
The radius around the reticle at which auto-aim takes effect varies significantly depending on the weapon, with some weapons having significantly stronger auto-aim than others. Another factor that affects auto-aim strength is whether the player is zoomed in or hip firing - when zoomed, the angle at which auto-aim is applied becomes smaller, to account for the finer camera control the user has at that magnification level. Finally, the distance of the enemy from the player also impacts the strength of the auto-aim - beyond a certain distance, auto-aim will not kick in at all and the reticle will not turn red, leading to the notion of red reticle range. At these distances, the weapon becomes far less effective.
Although useful, auto-aim does not guarantee that the shot will hit the targeted enemy, for multiple reasons. If the weapon's projectiles are slow-moving, the enemy may have time to anticipate the shot and dodge it. Additionally, Spread|weapon spread is applied after auto-aim, so weapons with significant random spread or bloom may still miss a stationary target even when the reticle is red, if the spread happens to divert the shot away from the enemy.
Combined with other forms of aim assist, auto-aim makes the task of aiming in a first-person shooter much easier, particularly for players using a controller. However, auto-aim still applies for players using other input methods such as mouse and keyboard, unlike some forms of aim assist like magnetism.
Gallery
File:H5G Screenshot AimAssistDemo.png|A debug view in ''Halo 5: Guardians'', where auto-aim is partially engaged. The smaller white cross shows where the shot will be directed. File:H5G Screenshot AimAssistDemo2.png|The same debug view, but with the camera moved so that auto-aim is fully engaged, indicating the shot will be directed right towards the enemy. Note the red reticle.
List of appearances
''Halo: Combat Evolved''
''Halo 2''
''Halo 3''
''Halo 3: ODST''
''Halo: Reach''
''Halo 4''
''Halo 5: Guardians''
''Halo Online''
''Halo Infinite''
Notes
Sources
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An automated surgery suite, also called an automated surgical suite, is a Covenant robotic medical unit found onboard their warships.
Usage
''Rapid Conversion'' had an automated surgery suite, which on February 11 2525, Maccabeus used to treat Licinus after a bullet penetrated one of his lungs.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''Chapter 15'' Later, Maccabeus himself would need to spend a full "sleep-cycle" in the suite to heal the wounds inflicted on him by Staff Sergeants Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson and Nolan Byrne on Harvest.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''Chapter 18'' He, however, never got the time to do so, because his nephew Tartarus challenged him for his position as leader of the pack. Tartarus won and killed Maccabeus, who had a disadvantage because of his wounds.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''Chapter 20''
During Operation: FAR STORM in 2555, the suite on the ''Mayhem'' was used to treat the injuries of the humans on board during the mission. At one point, while treating Captain Annabelle Richards' injuries, a Sangheili explains that as most Sangheili choose to avoid the med bay, the presence of the suite on Covenant ships and later on the vessels of Covenant remnants|their remnants is for the benefit of the other races traveling aboard their vessels.Halo: Hunters in the Dark
In 2558#September|September 2558, Commander Greg van Eekhout of ONI revealed that Gila Station on Carrow possessed an automated surgical suite that he stated was basically a Covenant design from a Covenant corvette that ONI had gutted, installed on the station and reprogrammed to better handle humans. Van Eekhout used the suite to successfully treat Melody Azikiwe's serious injuries from the Carrow Conflict. In this case, the suite was shown not to require much outside input with Van Eekhout, who had no medical training and stating that it would be a bad idea for him to operate on anyone, only having to activate it to get it to work on Melody. Jai-006 was disturbed to see it, stating that Gray Team had seen the originals before on Covenant ships.Halo: Envoy, ''page 162''
List of appearances
''Halo: Contact Harvest''
''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''
''Halo: Envoy''
Sources
Category:Medicine |
Automated turret, or autoturret, may refer to the following:
UNSC M3045 deployable automated turret - A type of turret that appears in the ''Halo 5: Guardians'' campaign level Unconfirmed. M3063 deployable turret - A type of turret that appears in ''Halo 4'' ''Spartan Ops'' and multiplayer Dominion games. M5 Talos - a type of turret used to defend UNSC Firebases in ''Halo Wars'' and ''Halo Wars 2''. M8 Wolf Spider - a deployable automated turret that appears in the ''Halo: Reach'' campaign level The Package.
Covenant
- A type of turret introduced in ''Halo Wars'' as defensive buildings around Covenant citadels.
- A type of turret that appears in the ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map Snowbound.
Forerunner Forerunner automated turret - An equipment of Forerunner origins that appears in ''Halo 3''. Forerunner turret - A defensive weapon emplacement that appears in ''Halo Wars 2: Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare|Awakening the Nightmare''. Z-510 focus turret - A defensive weapon emplacement introduced in ''Halo 4'' and appears in ''Halo 5: Guardians''. Z-2500 autosentry - An armor ability introduced in ''Halo 4''.
Banished Banished automated turret - A weapon emplacement that appears in ''Halo Infinite''. Spike turret - A type of turret introduced in ''Halo Wars 2'' as defensive buildings around Banished outposts. |
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Autopilot Engaged is a medal awarded in ''Halo Infinite'' multiplayer for killing the enemy driver of a moving vehicle with a Power sniper rifle.
Gallery
File:HINF_TechPre_Medal_AutopilotEngaged.png|The ''Halo Infinite'' version seen in the Technical Previews.
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Autoservs are human-designed pieces of technology. They are used for household jobs such as carrying drinks.Halo: First Strike, ''Adjunct''
List of appearances
''Halo: First Strike''
*''Petra''
Sources
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The ''Autumn''-class heavy cruiser is a class of capital ship in service with the UNSC Navy, with members of this class given the hull classification symbol of CA. Manufactured by SinoViet Heavy Machinery, these Cruiser|heavy cruisers mostly fulfill attack or command roles within the fleet, though some also provide escort support when needed. Commissioned following the end of the Human-Covenant War to form the core of the reconstituted UNSC Navy's task forces, the ''Autumn''-class was designed to be the successor for the Marathon-class heavy cruiser|''Marathon''-class and the Halcyon-class light cruiser|''Halcyon''-class, as most cruisers of those classes were destroyed or decommissioned in the war.
The name behind the ''Autumn''-class is derived from the colloquialism for that of its UNSC Pillar of Autumn II|lead ship, which in turn is named for the legendary ''Halcyon''-class . Adapting the improvements and modifications made to ''Pillar of Autumn'' for Operation: RED FLAG in 2552, the ''Autumn''-class heavy cruiser represents a considerable leap forward in human warship design, a testament to the UNSC's modern technological prowess.
Overview
As the first ships of the class were built on the recycled hulls of s, the hull of the ''Autumn''-class superficially resembles those of the ''Halcyon''-class that preceded it. Additionally, a number of improvements and modifications tested on the for Operation: RED FLAG were incorporated into the ''Autumn''-class by SinoViet Heavy Machinery as a starting point.
File:H4-AutumnHeavyCruisers-Fleet.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Autumn-class cruisers in Earth's low orbit The ''Autumn''-class heavy cruiser is a well-rounded capital ship, striking a balance between mobility, armor, firepower, crew requirements, and ease of manufacturing. Much of the resiliency these cruisers' display comes from the installation of thick plates of Titanium-A armor. When the cruisers come under fire from plasma weaponry, the titanium slabs boil off, sparing the internal structure, weapons, and crew from critical damage until it is eroded away. The ''Autumn''-class is built with distinctive armor cowlings protecting the cruiser's powerful fusion drives, inspired from costly lessons learned by the UNSC Navy during the Insurrection. Naval architects at SinoViet have implemented shield-reinforced armor to this cruiser class. A novel variation of electromagnetic armor, the energy shielding of the ''Autumn''-class incorporates a distributed array of small shield generators, which are both cheaper and easier to produce than the more advanced shielding technologies implemented on Covenant warships. When the outer titanium hull is damaged, sensors within the armor trigger the nearest shield generator, creating an intense, transient energy shield effect localized solely on the point of impact.
The ''Autumn''-class also features an advanced and extensive long-range sensory arsenal. Though most tactical systems utilized by the cruisers are similar to those installed on ships constructed in the late-Human-Covenant War|Covenant War, the ''Autumn''-class features reverse-engineered Covenant hyperscanner detectors, combined with state-of-the-art naval UNSC battle network|battle network relays located on its dorsal superstructure. Planetary survey sensors and probe launchers, mounted at the front of the ship, deploy microsatellite constellations and drones in support of orbital and ground operations.
Crewed by a total of eight hundred sailors, the ''Autumn''-class requires a crew size smaller than average for ships of its size. In addition, the cruiser maintains a complement of only forty-five UNSC Marine Corps|Marines and two hundred-and-twenty Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. Nicknamed "Hell's Waiting Room," there are six drop pod bays with the ''Autumn''-class. The cruiser has cramped accommodations for an ODST company and their gear. As much as 216 Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle and cargo drop pods can be deployed simultaneously from the bay racks after the armored doors are opened. These cruisers have two United Nations Space Command|UNSC-standard airlock and cargo reception ports for crew and consumables transfer.
The cruiser class can swap out containerized mission modules and partition its hangar bays to focus on different objectives. One such module is the orbital assault and strike configuration, which adds docking cradles for D82-EST Darter cargo dropships and blast-shielded ammo storage for ODST and gunship munitions. Up to twelve D77-TC Pelican|D77 or D79-TC Pelican|D79 Pelican dropships are carried aboard each cruiser during missions, launching from two large hangars located on the keel of the ship. These cruisers also carry escape pods.
This cruiser class is heavily armed with a wide range of firepower. Because their various systems are continuously being improved, they feature modern long-range targeting matrices. The primary armament of the ''Autumn''-class is a single Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|Mark IX, Heavy Coil - 45J3D3/MAC, a state-of-the-art Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. Thirty-two ordnance pods are outfitted with Archer missile|M58 Archer missiles, which launch long-range general-purpose missiles in support of the MAC.
The class sports four Spitfire naval coilgun battery#Mark 40 Spitfire|Mark 40 Spitfire naval coilgun batteries, coilguns that have higher muzzle velocity, improved tracking speed, and better accuracy than their Mark 33 predecessors. These coilguns are armored with a new Titanium-A formulation that shaves several tons off each turret without compromising protection. These cruisers are also armed with a Point defense gun|point defense network, consisting of six M66 Sentry autocannon turrets and six M910 Rampart point defense network|M910 Rampart point defense guns.
Ships of the line
In service with the UNSC Navy.
The Wikipedia:Lead ship|lead ship of the class.
Assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence, once an escort to .
Commissioned in 2558, commanded by Vice Admiral Gabriella Dvrak.
Operational history The ''Autumn''-class heavy cruiser first entered service in 2554. Several vessels of this class served within Expeditionary Strike Group 1 alongside the in 2558.
In late 2558, Michael Sullivan, Senior Communications Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence, arranged for journalist Benjamin Giraud to meet with Vice Admiral Gabriella Dvrak aboard the Autumn-class ''Unto the Breach'' for an interview about Spartan John-117. Giraud was brought to the cruiser in a private shuttle while it was allegedly on a detachment close to his residence. However, Dvrak was affiliated with ONI and was covertly ordered to help cover up the use of flash clones in the SPARTAN-II program, clouding Giraud's story.
''Halo: Fleet Battles''
UNSC ''Autumn''-class Heavy Cruiser This element includes a single ''Autumn''-class heavy cruiser.
UNSC Escorted ''Autumn''-class Heavy Cruiser This element includes an ''Autumn''-class heavy cruiser and one ''Halberd''-class destroyer.
Gallery
File:FUD-Infinity-Fleet.jpg|The UNSC ''Infinity'' and the accompanying fleet of ''Autumn''-class heavy cruisers in ''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''. File:H4 Infinity with Autumn-cruisers.jpg|A fleet of ''Autumn''s with the ''Infinity''. File:UNSC SOTE.jpg|The UNSC ''Song of the East'' in ''Halo 4''. File:HE Autumn.jpg|An ''Autumn''-class cruiser alongside the ''Infinity'' over Earth in ''Halo: Escalation''. File:HFB-Autumn-class-Heavy-Cruiser.jpg|Profile of the ''Autumn''-class cruiser in ''Halo: Fleet Battles''. File:HFB-Autumns.jpg|Models of the ''Autumn''-class cruiser. File:HFB-CarrackvsAutumn.jpg|Size comparison between an ''Autumn''-class cruiser and a . File:HM Infinity.jpg|An ''Autumn''-class cruiser alongside the ''Infinity'' and various other ships, in ''Halo Mythos''
File:HW Infinity refit.png|An ''Autumn''-class cruiser in a space dock over Earth.
List of appearances
''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''
''Halo 4''
''Halo: Escalation''
''Hunt the Truth''
''Halo: Fleet Battles''
''Halo Mythos''
Sources
Category:Autumn-class heavy cruisers|
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Auxiliaries were a type of warship employed by the Forerunner fleet|naval forces of the Forerunner Ecumene. Within the Ecumene's naval classification system of orders of battle, auxiliaries (alongside their interdictor brethren) rated as mere sixth- or seventh-order hulls.
The full scope of the auxiliaries' role in the Forerunner fleet is unknown, though their classification fairly far down the order system suggests they were not considered particularly powerful warships.
Sources
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The AV-14 Hornet, more formally known as the AV-14 Attack VTOL, is a United Nations Space Command airborne assault vehicle.
Overview
The AV-14 is a vertical take off and landing vehicle (VTOL) that has been in service since the Insurrection,Halo Legends, ''Origins'' at least as early as 2524.Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), ''page 248''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "Dirt", ''page 113'' It serves as the UNSC's primary assault, search and reconnaissance, and close air support aircraft. The Hornet is an atmospheric craft and as such cannot be deployed by orbital vessels unless a ship rated for atmospheric entry can deliver it to the battlefield. It is easier for the Hornet to be deployed from an air base located on the surface than from a ship.
The AV-14 Hornet consists of a one-man cockpit and a rear section, extending approximately one meter backward. Variant models feature a tandem seating configuration, presumably allowing a second passenger to operate the aircraft's weaponry or navigation systems.Halo Legends, ''Homecoming'' At the top of this rear section are a set of wings with what appear to be advanced turbofan engines mounted on gimbals at the ends, providing the Hornet's main source of propulsion. The front of the Hornet contains a target acquisition and designation system which includes cameras and sensors. On each side of the cockpit is a jump-seat extending backward that doubles as a landing skid. These skids allow up to four passengers.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 9''
Although the AV-14 Hornet primarily serves as an attack craft, the Hornet can be reconfigured for a number of other roles. For example, some AV-14s are configured as dedicated troop transports. These Hornets lack the Class-2 Guided Munitions Launch System equipped by the standard model in order to improve airspeed.Halo 3, multiplayer level, ''Avalanche''
The AV-14 Hornet is armed with both anti-infantry and anti-vehicle weapon systems. The AV-14 Hornet can be configured with one of two anti-infantry systems. The first configuration contains two triple-barreled, fire-linked rotary cannons. These are located on either side above the cockpit on the leading edges of the wing. The guns fire synchronously, and can be elevated and depressed to a small degree, without affecting the flight pattern of the Hornet. The second is a single, nose-mounted GAU-23/AW/Linkless Feed Autocannon that fires .50 BMG ammunition.Halo WarsHalo Wars: Official Strategy Guide, ''page 45'' The anti-vehicle system is composed of two Class-2 Guided Munition Launch Systems that are mounted on the ventral surface of the aircraft's landing skids. When triggered, each pod fires a single missile. Like the LAU-65D/SGM-151 missile pod, the Class-2 GMLS is capable of achieving a target lock. In addition the Hornet can be armed with two chaff pods to counter radar-guided missiles. These are copper nickel-coated glass fibers or silver-coated nylon fibers having lengths equal to half of the anticipated radar wavelength.
The AV-14 Hornet is known for its efficiency in combat situations; its multi-purpose role allows the vehicle to take on a wide array of missions and can perform without any major problems. In its role as an attack craft the AV-14 is very effective at hunting down and destroying armor with relative ease; the homing Class-2 GMLS can take down the toughest Covenant armor in only a few strikes, making it the UNSC's prime choice for hunting down tanks, aside from the AV-22 Sparrowhawk. Its ability to engage infantry also makes the AV-14 both an offensive and defensive aircraft; the triple-barreled rotary cannons can destroy heavily armored and heavily shielded targets with little effort, and its ability to place itself in a stationary position to lay down cover fire while a larger craft retrieves fellow infantry also allows it to perform its role as a support craft. The firepower of the craft is a major asset when escorting other aircraft which could be susceptible to ground fire into dangerous territory. Its role as a support craft is further bolstered by its ability to easily insert small strike teams into combat situations.
While the AV-14 Hornet has a wide variety of roles and advantages, its greatest weakness is its light armor making it susceptible to anything larger than small arms fire. Although the Hornet is rather nimble, it lacks the maneuverability of the D77-TC Pelican and the AV-22 Sparrowhawk, which can occasionally be a liability in combat conditions. Infantry atop of vehicles landing skids are also at risk of taking enemy fire, as they have no protection at all, which is why the AV-14 Hornet is often used to insert small strike teams, but not to extract them, in combat operations.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 20'' The risk of casualties from anti-aircraft fire mandates the use of more heavily armored aircraft like the D77-TC Pelican or the UH-144 Falcon for extraction.
Variants
2531 Hornet: Deployed by the crew of the during the Harvest campaign through to the Battle of Trove, this variation has a large rotary cannon built into the nose of the aircraft, rather than the two guns on later models. AV-14B Attack VTOL: Modified by the crew of UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'' for deployment against the Banished, this model is used for combat reconnaissance and surprise attacks on high-priority targets. The AV-14B is armed with medium autocannons that are effective against all targets, and are particularly adept at taking out light vehicles. It features a modified airframe that is considerably blockier in shape than the base model. NMPD Hornet: An air support variant of AV-14 utilised by the New Mombasa Police Department. This variant is painted in black and white livery, and has blue and red lights. Transport Hornet: A transport-orientated variant of the Hornet. This variant has the missile pods removed and a white paint coating.
File:HWunit Hornet.png|2531 Hornet File:HW2 Blitz Hornet.png|AV-14B Hornet File:MEGA_NMPD_Hornet.jpg|NMPD Hornet File:H3_Sandbox_Hornets.png|A transport Hornet (left) and a regular AV-14 (right).
Gameplay
The Hornet is a drivable vehicle in two games including ''Halo 3'' and ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. They are also units in ''Halo Wars'' and ''Halo Wars 2''.
Trivia
A hornet is an insect, in keeping with the UNSC's tradition of naming atmospheric vehicles after real animals with the exceptions of the GA-TL1 Longsword, B-65 Shortsword, F-41 Broadsword, and FSS-1000 Sabre, which are named after bladed weapons and are capable of space flight. The Hornet bears a slight resemblance to its namesake insect with the "wings" growing slightly wider towards the end (like a real hornet's wing) and with the personnel jump seats mimicking the long back legs that often trail behind the posterior of the insect. In ''Halo Wars'', when the "Wingmen" upgrade is unlocked for the Hornet, the Marines sit on the wings instead of stand as they do in ''Halo 3'', due to the scaling of the two units. Such scaling differences are common in real-time strategy games.
Gallery
File:ODST Fast roping.png|A flight of Hornets deploy ODSTs into the occupied city of Cleveland on Earth in 2552 in ''Halo: Uprising''. File:H3_Hornet_Concept.png|An early Hornet concept for ''Halo 3'', with a gunner being placed on the back. This idea was later abandoned. File:AV-14 Hornet.png|The AV-14 Hornet in ''Halo 3''. File:H3 AV-14.jpg|Turnaround reference of the AV-14 Attack VTOL as seen in ''Halo 3''. File:H3 AV-14 Hornet-crop.png|View of an unoccupied AV-14 Hornet in ''Halo 3''. File:H3-AV14Hornet01.png|View of an AV-14 Hornet with guns pointed downward. File:H3-AV14Hornet02.png|View of an AV-14 Hornet with Guns pointed upward. File:Halo-3-The-Covenant-20-HORNET.jpg|A Hornet and a Pelican. File:H3_SnowHornet.jpg|The snow-camouflaged Hornet on the map ''Avalanche''. File:HW_Hornet_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the Hornet for ''Halo Wars''. File:HW Renders Hornet.jpg|Hornet with a chin-mounted gun in ''Halo Wars''. File:HW-AV14.png|A Hornet on Harvest. File:HW-AV14wingmen.png|A Hornet with two Marine passengers. File:HW-AV14chaffpod.png|A Hornet with chaff pods. File:Homecoming_Hornet_Concept.png|Tandem-seater variant of the AV-14 Hornet as seen in ''Halo Legends: Homecoming''. File:AV-14 Hornet.jpg|A Hornet in the background of Skyline (level)|Skyline in ''Halo 4''. File:H4 AV-14 Hornet.png|Close-up view of the AV-14 Hornet in ''Halo 4''. File:H4_Hornet_Concept_1.jpg|Concept art of the ''Halo 4'' Hornet. File:H4_Hornet_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of the ''Halo 4'' Hornet. File:HSA-AV14Hornet-Render.png|A cutout of a Hornet in ''Spartan Assault''. File:Hunt for the Phantom.png|A squadron of Hornets pursue Covenant forces during the Battle of Draetheus V. File:H2AMP Hornet Render 1.jpg|Render of the Hornet model in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. File:H2AMP Hornet Render 2.jpg|Side render of the Hornet model. File:HSS-Cinematic-Oscar Mike.jpg|A Hornet flying towards a city in ''Halo: Spartan Strike''. File:SS Hornet.png|In-game model of the Hornet in ''Halo: Spartan Strike''. File:HW2B Hornet.png|An AV-14B Hornet in the ''Halo Wars 2 Open Beta''. File:AV-14B Halo Wars 2 Blitz Beta.png|A Trooper AV-14B Hornet in the ''Halo Wars 2 - Blitz Beta''. File:HW2 - AV-14B Hornet.jpg|Blitz card of a Trooper AV-14B in ''Halo Wars 2''. File:HW2 Hornets and Vulture.png|Title card art from a cut ''Halo Wars 2'' mission featuring AV-14B Hornets and an AC-220 Vulture. File:H2A Hornet Guns retracted.png|The Hornet's guns retracted on ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. File:H2A Hornet Guns deployed.png|The Hornet's guns deployed on ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
List of appearances
''Halo: Uprising''
''Halo 3''
''Halo: Contact Harvest''
''Halo Wars''
''Halo 3: ODST''
''Halo Legends''
*''Homecoming''
*''Origins''
''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''
*''Dirt''
''Halo 4''
''Halo: Spartan Assault''
''Halo: Mortal Dictata''
''Halo 2: Anniversary''
''Halo: Spartan Strike''
''Halo: Last Light''
''Halo 5: Guardians''
''Halo Wars 2''
''Halo: Legacy of Onyx''
''Halo: Divine Wind''
''Become''
*''Forever We Fight''
Sources
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The AV-14 Hornet, more formally known as the AV-14 Attack VTOL, is a United Nations Space Command airborne assault vehicle.
Overview
The AV-14 is a vertical take off and landing vehicle (VTOL) that has been in service since the Insurrection,Halo Legends, ''Origins'' at least as early as 2524.Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), ''page 248''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "Dirt", ''page 113'' It serves as the UNSC's primary assault, search and reconnaissance, and close air support aircraft. The Hornet is an atmospheric craft and as such cannot be deployed by orbital vessels unless a ship rated for atmospheric entry can deliver it to the battlefield. It is easier for the Hornet to be deployed from an air base located on the surface than from a ship.
The AV-14 Hornet consists of a one-man cockpit and a rear section, extending approximately one meter backward. Variant models feature a tandem seating configuration, presumably allowing a second passenger to operate the aircraft's weaponry or navigation systems.Halo Legends, ''Homecoming'' At the top of this rear section are a set of wings with what appear to be advanced turbofan engines mounted on gimbals at the ends, providing the Hornet's main source of propulsion. The front of the Hornet contains a target acquisition and designation system which includes cameras and sensors. On each side of the cockpit is a jump-seat extending backward that doubles as a landing skid. These skids allow up to four passengers.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 9''
Although the AV-14 Hornet primarily serves as an attack craft, the Hornet can be reconfigured for a number of other roles. For example, some AV-14s are configured as dedicated troop transports. These Hornets lack the Class-2 Guided Munitions Launch System equipped by the standard model in order to improve airspeed.Halo 3, multiplayer level, ''Avalanche''
The AV-14 Hornet is armed with both anti-infantry and anti-vehicle weapon systems. The AV-14 Hornet can be configured with one of two anti-infantry systems. The first configuration contains two triple-barreled, fire-linked rotary cannons. These are located on either side above the cockpit on the leading edges of the wing. The guns fire synchronously, and can be elevated and depressed to a small degree, without affecting the flight pattern of the Hornet. The second is a single, nose-mounted GAU-23/AW/Linkless Feed Autocannon that fires .50 BMG ammunition.Halo WarsHalo Wars: Official Strategy Guide, ''page 45'' The anti-vehicle system is composed of two Class-2 Guided Munition Launch Systems that are mounted on the ventral surface of the aircraft's landing skids. When triggered, each pod fires a single missile. Like the LAU-65D/SGM-151 missile pod, the Class-2 GMLS is capable of achieving a target lock. In addition the Hornet can be armed with two chaff pods to counter radar-guided missiles. These are copper nickel-coated glass fibers or silver-coated nylon fibers having lengths equal to half of the anticipated radar wavelength.
The AV-14 Hornet is known for its efficiency in combat situations; its multi-purpose role allows the vehicle to take on a wide array of missions and can perform without any major problems. In its role as an attack craft the AV-14 is very effective at hunting down and destroying armor with relative ease; the homing Class-2 GMLS can take down the toughest Covenant armor in only a few strikes, making it the UNSC's prime choice for hunting down tanks, aside from the AV-22 Sparrowhawk. Its ability to engage infantry also makes the AV-14 both an offensive and defensive aircraft; the triple-barreled rotary cannons can destroy heavily armored and heavily shielded targets with little effort, and its ability to place itself in a stationary position to lay down cover fire while a larger craft retrieves fellow infantry also allows it to perform its role as a support craft. The firepower of the craft is a major asset when escorting other aircraft which could be susceptible to ground fire into dangerous territory. Its role as a support craft is further bolstered by its ability to easily insert small strike teams into combat situations.
While the AV-14 Hornet has a wide variety of roles and advantages, its greatest weakness is its light armor making it susceptible to anything larger than small arms fire. Although the Hornet is rather nimble, it lacks the maneuverability of the D77-TC Pelican and the AV-22 Sparrowhawk, which can occasionally be a liability in combat conditions. Infantry atop of vehicles landing skids are also at risk of taking enemy fire, as they have no protection at all, which is why the AV-14 Hornet is often used to insert small strike teams, but not to extract them, in combat operations.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 20'' The risk of casualties from anti-aircraft fire mandates the use of more heavily armored aircraft like the D77-TC Pelican or the UH-144 Falcon for extraction.
Variants
2531 Hornet: Deployed by the crew of the during the Harvest campaign through to the Battle of Trove, this variation has a large rotary cannon built into the nose of the aircraft, rather than the two guns on later models. AV-14B Attack VTOL: Modified by the crew of UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'' for deployment against the Banished, this model is used for combat reconnaissance and surprise attacks on high-priority targets. The AV-14B is armed with medium autocannons that are effective against all targets, and are particularly adept at taking out light vehicles. It features a modified airframe that is considerably blockier in shape than the base model. NMPD Hornet: An air support variant of AV-14 utilised by the New Mombasa Police Department. This variant is painted in black and white livery, and has blue and red lights. Transport Hornet: A transport-orientated variant of the Hornet. This variant has the missile pods removed and a white paint coating.
File:HWunit Hornet.png|2531 Hornet File:HW2 Blitz Hornet.png|AV-14B Hornet File:MEGA_NMPD_Hornet.jpg|NMPD Hornet File:H3_Sandbox_Hornets.png|A transport Hornet (left) and a regular AV-14 (right).
Gameplay
The Hornet is a drivable vehicle in two games including ''Halo 3'' and ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. They are also units in ''Halo Wars'' and ''Halo Wars 2''.
Trivia
A hornet is an insect, in keeping with the UNSC's tradition of naming atmospheric vehicles after real animals with the exceptions of the GA-TL1 Longsword, B-65 Shortsword, F-41 Broadsword, and FSS-1000 Sabre, which are named after bladed weapons and are capable of space flight. The Hornet bears a slight resemblance to its namesake insect with the "wings" growing slightly wider towards the end (like a real hornet's wing) and with the personnel jump seats mimicking the long back legs that often trail behind the posterior of the insect. In ''Halo Wars'', when the "Wingmen" upgrade is unlocked for the Hornet, the Marines sit on the wings instead of stand as they do in ''Halo 3'', due to the scaling of the two units. Such scaling differences are common in real-time strategy games.
Gallery
File:ODST Fast roping.png|A flight of Hornets deploy ODSTs into the occupied city of Cleveland on Earth in 2552 in ''Halo: Uprising''. File:H3_Hornet_Concept.png|An early Hornet concept for ''Halo 3'', with a gunner being placed on the back. This idea was later abandoned. File:AV-14 Hornet.png|The AV-14 Hornet in ''Halo 3''. File:H3 AV-14.jpg|Turnaround reference of the AV-14 Attack VTOL as seen in ''Halo 3''. File:H3 AV-14 Hornet-crop.png|View of an unoccupied AV-14 Hornet in ''Halo 3''. File:H3-AV14Hornet01.png|View of an AV-14 Hornet with guns pointed downward. File:H3-AV14Hornet02.png|View of an AV-14 Hornet with Guns pointed upward. File:Halo-3-The-Covenant-20-HORNET.jpg|A Hornet and a Pelican. File:H3_SnowHornet.jpg|The snow-camouflaged Hornet on the map ''Avalanche''. File:HW_Hornet_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the Hornet for ''Halo Wars''. File:HW Renders Hornet.jpg|Hornet with a chin-mounted gun in ''Halo Wars''. File:HW-AV14.png|A Hornet on Harvest. File:HW-AV14wingmen.png|A Hornet with two Marine passengers. File:HW-AV14chaffpod.png|A Hornet with chaff pods. File:Homecoming_Hornet_Concept.png|Tandem-seater variant of the AV-14 Hornet as seen in ''Halo Legends: Homecoming''. File:AV-14 Hornet.jpg|A Hornet in the background of Skyline (level)|Skyline in ''Halo 4''. File:H4 AV-14 Hornet.png|Close-up view of the AV-14 Hornet in ''Halo 4''. File:H4_Hornet_Concept_1.jpg|Concept art of the ''Halo 4'' Hornet. File:H4_Hornet_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of the ''Halo 4'' Hornet. File:HSA-AV14Hornet-Render.png|A cutout of a Hornet in ''Spartan Assault''. File:Hunt for the Phantom.png|A squadron of Hornets pursue Covenant forces during the Battle of Draetheus V. File:H2AMP Hornet Render 1.jpg|Render of the Hornet model in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. File:H2AMP Hornet Render 2.jpg|Side render of the Hornet model. File:HSS-Cinematic-Oscar Mike.jpg|A Hornet flying towards a city in ''Halo: Spartan Strike''. File:SS Hornet.png|In-game model of the Hornet in ''Halo: Spartan Strike''. File:HW2B Hornet.png|An AV-14B Hornet in the ''Halo Wars 2 Open Beta''. File:AV-14B Halo Wars 2 Blitz Beta.png|A Trooper AV-14B Hornet in the ''Halo Wars 2 - Blitz Beta''. File:HW2 - AV-14B Hornet.jpg|Blitz card of a Trooper AV-14B in ''Halo Wars 2''. File:HW2 Hornets and Vulture.png|Title card art from a cut ''Halo Wars 2'' mission featuring AV-14B Hornets and an AC-220 Vulture. File:H2A Hornet Guns retracted.png|The Hornet's guns retracted on ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. File:H2A Hornet Guns deployed.png|The Hornet's guns deployed on ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
List of appearances
''Halo: Uprising''
''Halo 3''
''Halo: Contact Harvest''
''Halo Wars''
''Halo 3: ODST''
''Halo Legends''
*''Homecoming''
*''Origins''
''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''
*''Dirt''
''Halo 4''
''Halo: Spartan Assault''
''Halo: Mortal Dictata''
''Halo 2: Anniversary''
''Halo: Spartan Strike''
''Halo: Last Light''
''Halo 5: Guardians''
''Halo Wars 2''
''Halo: Legacy of Onyx''
''Halo: Divine Wind''
''Become''
*''Forever We Fight''
Sources
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The AV-19 SkyHawk is a jump-jet strike fighter used by the UNSC Army.
Overview
The SkyHawk is a supersonic VTOL-capable jump-jet that can execute quick turns at high speeds. The fighter bears a very strong resemblance to the AV-22 Sparrowhawk, though it lacks the Sparrowhawk's twin tail. It is armed with four 50mm cannons that flank the cockpit, as well as two fully-customisable weapons pylons capable of fitting - among other munitions - Scorpion missile|Scorpion anti-tank missiles. As such, the SkyHawk is capable of dealing inordinate damage relative to its small size.
The SkyHawk's ability to execute tight turns at high speeds makes the aircraft deadly in air-to-air combat against other fighters. It is commonly used in atmospheric interception and close-range anti-infantry and anti-vehicle ground attack roles.
Several SkyHawks were located at Fairchild Field|Fairchild Airfield on Reach during the Fall of Reach in 2552|summer 2552. On 2552#August|August 29, a SkyHawk was dispatched by Colonel James Ackerson to attack SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN John-117 and the Artificial intelligence|AI Cortana during a test of AI integration with the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V MJOLNIR armor. With Cortana's assistance, the SPARTAN was able to endure the SkyHawk's cannons' strafing run. He then avoided one of its guided anti-tank missile by deflecting it at the last moment. The test showed the Spartan-AI team to be far more successful than expected.
Gallery
File:FoR - Invasion 2.jpg|The SkyHawk's targeting systems. File:Skyhawk 2.jpg|The tail of the SkyHawk, showing an aft thruster. File:Skyhawk 1.jpg|A rear view of the SkyHawk.
List of appearances
''Halo: The Fall of Reach''
''Halo: Fall of Reach
*''Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion
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The AV-22 Sparrowhawk, formally known as the AV-22 Attack VTOL, but often simply nicknamed the Hawk, is a VTOL attack aircraft in service with the United Nations Space Command.
Overview
The AV-22 Sparrowhawk is a formidable air-to-ground anti-tank Wikipedia:Aircraft#Heavier-than-air aerodynes|aerodyne that is used to hunt tanks and support ground advances.
The Sparrowhawk features a two-seat cockpit with tandem seating for a pilot and gunner, and cyberlink-compatible fly-by-light avionics. Rather than using thrust-vectoring jets like some aircraft of the United Nations Space Command, the AV-22 features an integrated VTOL propulsion system that combines a turbojet with dual-ducted lift fans, which gives it a maximum airspeed of 611 kilometers per hour (380 miles per hour) and impressive maneuverability.
The Sparrowhawk shares a number of design similarities with its fellow aerodyne brethren such as the AV-14 Hornet, AV-19 SkyHawk, AV-30 Kestrel, and AV-49 Wasp, however while classified as an "Attack VTOL", some branches of the United Nations Space Command armed forces classify the aircraft as a gunship due to its heavy armament.
The VTOL's primary weapon is a pair of brutally effective, twin-linked GAU-23/AW/Linkless Feed Autocannons installed on weapon armatures on either side of the fuselage. These autocannons can fire the full range of 20mm aircraft ammunition, though the standard loadout on the Sparrowhawk is either M718 SAPHEI, or PGU-42/B API with a depleted uranium core, and are capable of neutralizing infantry and light vehicles with ease. The secondary weapon of the Sparrowhawk is a nose-mounted M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Cannon, an upgraded version of the M6 Spartan Laser.Halo Wars: Limited Edition, '':File:HWLE Anders Profile Back.jpg|Anders leader card'' The cannon allows gunners to conduct devastatingly effective long-range strikes on heavy vehicles such as tanks with pinpoint accuracy. Components of the Sparrowhawk's cannon were later miniaturized and incorporated into the infantry-portable M6/E Spartan Laser|M6/E Spartan Laser variant.
Like most of the UNSC's vehicle fleet, the aircraft has some degree of modularity. Its wings can be fitted with mounting brackets for missile racks, and the weapon armatures on the fuselage and nose can be fitted with a number of other twin-linked heavy machine guns.
These armaments, combined with the VTOL's impressive speed and maneuverability, allows the Sparrowhawk to engage Covenant Type-26 Banshees on more than equal terms and to pursue fleeing dropships or engage them as they approach; even a pair of Sparrowhawks can destroy a the bane of the AV-14with minimal attrition.
Variants AV-22B Sparrowhawk: A variant of AV-22 armed with two short-range A-74 Sylver Vertical Missile Launcher|A-74 Sylver missile racks.
File:AV-22_Sparrowhawk.png|AV-22B Hawk
ODST Hawk: The ODST Hawk is an upgraded variant of the AV-22B designed exclusively for the 105th Shock Troops Division|105th Special Forces to assist in covert offensives against Covenant armor and infantry units. It is designed with stealth gray armor creating a low RADAR detection signature, that makes it nearly impossible to detect. It is normally flown by Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST Pilots, designated by their brown colored breastplate and helmet stripe.
File:ODST_Hawk.png|ODST Hawk
Operational history The Sparrowhawk was employed as early as 2526, and later saw action on Harvest during the final months of the Harvest campaign in early 2531. Weeks later, several Sparrowhawks attached to defended their parent vessel from a Covenant during the Battle of Trove, proving the VTOL's effectiveness as both a ground-support platform and as an impromptu atmospheric fighter.Halo Wars, campaign level ''Repairs'' The Sparrowhawk met with great success in the war against the Covenant, serving as a gunship escort for troop transports, providing aerial security, and operating in hunter-killer squadrons that harassed Covenant landing zones and troop columns. Combat losses were always high, though pilots accumulated enviable kill ratios.
Although the Sparrowhawk was widely produced during the first decade of the war, problems with its ducted fan propulsion systemHalo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), ''page 249'' and the high costs of repair and replacement resulted in limited production after 2550. Nonetheless, the Sparrowhawk continued active service and saw combat during the Battle for Earth in 2552, the Battle of Draetheus V in 2554, the Invasion of Earth in 2555, and the Battle of Installation 03 in 2557.Halo: Spartan Assault, ''Operation F: Hydra''Halo: Spartan Strike On 2558#March|March 11, 2558 several AV-22 Sparrowhawks belonging to the ''Spirit of Fire'', alongside multiple AC-220 Vultures, attacked the when the ''Pilgrims' Pride'' was pulled into the ''Infinity's'' docking bay.Halo: Escalation, ''Issue #4'' Several Sparrowhawks were used by the Surakan Militia against Hekabe's forces in the Carrow Conflict later that year.
Prior to the Sparrowhawk's introduction, the AV-14 Hornet filled a similar anti-tank and ground support role, and as such is considered the Hawk's predecessor.
Gameplay In ''Halo Wars''' skirmish and multiplayer modes, the Hawk is the unique unit of Ellen Anders|Professor Ellen Anders. It is available as the final upgrade for the AV-14 Hornet at a cost of 900 supplies and a tech level of 3. It can be built at the UNSC Airpad|airpad for a cost of 250 resources and 2 population with a tech level of 2. The game's first title update increased the Hawk's upgrade price to 1350 supplies in order to prevent spamming of the unit.
Trivia
A Wikipedia:Sparrowhawk|sparrowhawk is a species of small hawk, in keeping with the UNSC's tradition of naming most atmospheric aircraft after birds. The Sparrowhawk looks similar to the AV-30 Kestrel#Halo 2 predecessor|Kestrel, a UNSC aircraft that was cut from ''Halo 2''. The Hawk also bears a noticeable resemblance to the cnc:Orca aircraft|Orca gunship series from the cnc:Main Page|''Command and Conquer'' franchise, primarily the cnc:A-15 Orca|A-15 model.
Gallery
File:HW UNSCArmourColumn Concept.jpg|Concept art depicting a flight of Sparrowhawks providing close-air-support for UNSC ground forces. File:SparrowHawk.jpg|Concept art depicting a squadron of AV-22 Sparrowhawks hovering above a desert for ''Halo Wars''. File:UNSC_Hawk.jpg|Early concept art of the AV-22 Sparrowhawk VTOL. File:UNSC_Hawk_Chaingun.jpg|Concept art of the GAU-23/AW/Linkless Feed Autocannon|GAU-23 autocannon. File:HaloWarsBattle.jpg|Sparrowhawks and D77-TC Pelican|Pelicans lend their firepower in support of UNSC ground forces in an early build of ''Halo Wars''. File:SCV02_VultureFight.jpg|Sparrowhawks during the Harvest Campaign. File:Sparrow_Laser.jpg|An AV-22 Sparrowhawk firing its nose-mounted M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Cannon|M6 Spartan Laser. File:HW-AV22.png|A large squadron of Hawks on Arcadia. File:HW-HawksvsFloodLauncher.png|A trio of Hawks attack the Flood on Shield World 0459. File:HW-Dogfight.png|A Hawk being chased by a T-26A Banshee. File:HawkRenders.png|thumb|External Renders of the Hawk from ''Halo Wars Definitive Edition'' with Marines in the operator seats for scale. File:Hawk_Escalation_4.png|An AV-22 Sparrowhawk attacking the ''UNSC Infinity'' in ''Halo: Escalation''. File:SS Sparrowhawk.png|An AV-22 in ''Halo: Spartan Strike''. File:HM-AV22.png|A trio of AV-22 Sparrowhawks in ''Halo Mythos''.
List of appearances
''Halo Wars''
''Halo: Spartan Assault''
''Halo: Escalation''
''Halo: Spartan Strike''
''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''
''Halo 5: Guardians''
''Halo Mythos''
''Halo: Envoy''
''Halo: Oblivion''
''Halo: Point of Light''
''Halo: Divine Wind''
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The AV-22B Attack VTOL is a variant in the Sparrowhawk line of attack gunships, produced by Misriah Armory.
Overview
The AV-22B variant is an alteration on the basic airframe of the standard AV-22 Sparrowhawk gunship. Unlike its base variant, the AV-22B is equipped with wing-mounted pylons, mounting three A-74 Sylver Vertical Missile Launcher|A-74 Sylver missiles on each for a total of six.
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File:HW_UNSCArmourColumn_Concept.jpg|''Halo Wars'' concept art of AV-22Bs providing close-air support for a UNSC ground convoy. File:UNSC_Hawk.jpg|An unused model for ''Halo Wars'', with the A-74 missiles mounted under the wings.
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The AV-30 Light Assault VTOL, more commonly known as the Kestrel, is a combat vehicle used by the United Nations Space Command, manufactured by Misriah Armory.
Overview
The Kestrel hovers above the ground by three independently-powered ducted air fans rather than using traditional wheels or treads. These fans allow the Kestrel to easily navigate narrow spaces and partake in acrobatic aerial maneuvers. The vehicle's airframe bears a broad resemblance to the AV-49 Wasp aircraft used by the UNSC and the older JOV-99 Kestrel models - though fails to achieve the same flight performance characteristics of either of those two craft. As such, the vehicle predominantly hovers close to the ground.
The standard production model of the Kestrel is armed with a set of twin-linked GAU-10/A heavy autocannons. Some experimental models are also armed with a pair of M302 rocket pods - a Class-1 Guided Missile Launching System.
History
The AV-30 Kestrel is based on the JOV-99 Kestrel|JOV-99 aircraft of the same name developed by the Vestol Corporation for the Colonial Military Authority (CMA). When the CMA was effectively dissolved at the tail end of the Insurrection, Misriah Armory lobbied for Kestrels earmarked for transfer to UNSC Army garrisons to be replaced with their own fledgling AV-49 Wasp project instead. The basic philosophy behind the Kestrel continued to live on in the Reverse Engineering and PrototypingXenotechnology department (REAP-X) department of the Office of Naval Intelligence; during the Human-Covenant War, ONI invested heavily into prototyping new weapons and equipment for the modern battlefield. Most of these designs failed to progress past the initial theoretical stage, though for the AV-30 project, the craft was deemed to have a perfect mix of lethality and survivability. ONI skunkworks engineers started off development on the AV-30 program with several competing design philosophies encompassing various shapes, armament combinations, and turbine layouts, ultimately leading to the final AV-30 design that was handed off to Misriah Armory for serial production.
While Misriah's AV-30 Kestrel was ultimately based on both REAP-X's prototype, they also incorporated elements of the older JOV-99 model before manufacture began in earnest. Despite this, the AV-30 would ultimately fail to achieve the flight performance characteristics of the JOV-99 Kestrel.
In July 2557 AV-30 Kestrels were used by headhunters during the Battle of Installation 03 and the Skirmish in New Phoenix. During the defense of Onyx of October 2558, UNSC forces used Kestrels against the Created as part of a larger air attack including Pelican dropships and AV-14 Hornets.
Production notes
The Kestrel was originally an aircraft that was cut from ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' at an early stage of the game's development, though the name remained in the game's code. Various pieces of concept art for the craft are shown on the ''Halo 2'' Halo 2 Collector's Edition#Collector's Edition DVD|Collector's Edition disc. Its design inspired the canonical version introduced in ''Halo: Spartan Strike''. In 2022, it was announced that, as part of the Digsite|Digsite Alpha initiative for ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'', the original Kestrel design would be added back into ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and made canon as the JOV-99 Kestrel. File:HCE-AV30Kestrel Render.jpg|''Halo: Combat Evolved''s conceptual Kestrel.
MEGA Brands released toy building sets of the UNSC siege bike and the so-called Light Assault VTOL, later identified as the Kestrel. In a Q&A edition of the Halo Bulletin, Frank O'Connor the vehicles exist in canon, though not necessarily in the manner depicted by MEGA Bloks. Background information seemingly at odds with the canonical depictions was provided for the toys.
The Light Assault VTOL is said to be an aircraft designed for used in confined environments to provide ground and air-to-air support. Developed by the Office of Naval Intelligence's Reverse Engineering and PrototypingXenotechnology department|REAP-X division as part of a line of exotic attack vehicles, the VTOL is armed with a pair of twin-linked GAU-10/A HAC autocannons and a single M302 Class-1 Guided Missile Launch System. In contrast, the canonical version is represented as a ground combat vehicle armed only with a pair of autocannons; indeed, it performs similarly to the Barukaza Workshop Chopper|Brute Chopper, but maneuvers much like the .
File:Light Assault VTOL.jpg|MEGA Bloks' Light Assault VTOL.
Trivia Following the UNSC tradition of naming vehicles after animals, the AV-30 is named after the Wikipedia:Kestrel|Kestrel, a group of falcons capable of hovering in still air.
Gallery
File:HCE_Kestrel_Concept_1.jpg|Concept art of the ''Combat Evolved'' JOV-99 Kestrel. File:HCE_Kestrel_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of the ''Combat Evolved'' JOV-99 Kestrel. File:HCE_Kestrel_Concept_3.jpg|Concept art of the ''Combat Evolved'' JOV-99 Kestrel. File:HCE-AV30Kestrel.png|Cutout of the original cut Kestrel model from ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. File:MC Concept Kestrel.png|Concept art for the Mega Contrux version of the Kestrel.
File:MC_Kestrel_Blueprint.png|A blueprint of the MEGA Kestrel.
File:SpartanStrike - Kestrel vs Covies and Prometheans.png|A Kestrel engaging the Covenant and Prometheans. File:SpartanStrike - KestrelvsGhost.png|A Kestrel versus a Ghost. File:SpartanStrike - WallDestruction.png|A Kestrel destroying a wall.
List of appearances
''Halo: Spartan Strike''
''Halo: Legacy of Onyx''
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The AV-49 Wasp is a VTOL aircraft in service with the United Nations Space Command, with specialized variants employed by the Office of Naval Intelligence.
Overview
Considered fast to produce and easy to maintain and optimise, the AV-49 shares several similarities with its fellow aerodynes, the AV-14 Hornet, AV-19 SkyHawk, AV-22 Sparrowhawk, and AV-30 Kestrel. The aircraft features an integrated VTOL propulsion system that combines dual lift ducted fan engines used by the AV-30 (though these engines were largely patterned off of the earlier JOV-99 Kestrel), with air-cooled vectored-thrust fusion thrusters for forward movement. The AV-49 also features twin 7.62x51mm|7.62 M199 heavy machine guns and twin 50mm M400 missile launchers,, and cyberlink-compatible fly-by-light avionics. During its prototype testing phase, energy shielding was also implemented into the aircraft.
Designed for expeditionary usage, the Wasp can be easily prepped and deployed with minimal tools, and their hardened storage containers have identical dimensions to UNSC Naval Logistical Operations Command (NAVLOGCOM)-standard flat containers, simplifying interstellar transport logistics.
The Wasp was developed by Misriah Armory alongside the STINGER-class Mjolnir, which has two neural interface controllers to allow the operator to switch from flight to ground combat modes at the speed of thought. Sometime following the dissolution of the Colonial Military Authority, the UNSC was considering the widespread adoption of Vestol Corporation's JOV-99 Kestrel. However, strong lobbying by Misriah Armory saw the Wasp selected to replace the Kestrels that would find service in the UNSC Army and Colonial Militias.
Although in use by 2553, the Wasp was still undergoing field trials with the UNSC as of 2558. By this time, the Spartan Operations branch was asked to assess its tactical utility for their specific needs, with SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTANs able to test the vehicle in War Games simulations or review prototypes manufactured aboard in Hangar A-6. Due to their ease of assembly, Sarah Palmer|Spartan Commander Palmer recommended that all SPARTANs aboard ''Infinity'' become familiar with this process.
The Wasp's flight systems and the materials were later used in the development of Misriah Armory's OQ-45 Honeybee surveillance drone.
Operational History The Wasp augments existing stocks of AV-14 and AV-22 aircraft in UNSC Marine Corps|Marine service. UNSC doctrine sees the Wasp employed as a gunship escort for troop transports or on-call close air support for UNSC Special Forces|special forces teams. The Office of Naval Intelligence employs their own variant of Wasp, using it for night sorties and stealth surveillance missions. While the Wasp is a capable aircraft, many UNSC Army garrisons, local defense forces, and militia groups have little reason to transition to an airframe that requires constant off-world maintenance inputs, still favoring the JOV-99 Kestrel.
By the time of the Battle for Zeta Halo in 2560, the Wasp was still in use by the UNSC. However, the models Battle for Zeta Halo|deployed on Installation 07 lacked the energy shielding present in earlier test iterations.
Variants AV-49H Wasp: Also known as the Hannibal Wasp, the AV-49H was a collaboration between Misriah Armory and Hannibal Weapon Systems on initiatives to evolve their existing offerings of weapon systems and vehicles. ONI Wasp: a specialised Wasp variant employed by the Office of Naval Intelligence, used for stealth surveillance and night sorties.
File:H5G - Hannibal Wasp.png|AV-49H "Hannibal Wasp"
File:H5G - ONI Wasp.png|ONI Wasp
Production notes A vehicle called the Wasp was Cut Halo 4 vehicles|one of several cut from ''Halo 4'' early in development. Whether it had any relation to the AV-49 Wasp is unclear. The Wasp vehicle was first teased in a Canon Fodder article on ''Halo Waypoint'', listed as the AV-49 [DATA CORRUPTION! REBUILD IN PROGRESS . . .] alongside several other UNSC aerodynes. It was later formally revealed to be included in the Warzone Firefight update. The AV-49 Wasp was designed by :Category:Images by Darren Bacon|Darren Bacon, :Category:Images by David Heidhoff|David Heidhoff, and Nicolas Bouvier circa 2015.
Trivia Like the Hornet, the Wasp's numerical designation is a Seven|derivative of 7 (7x7, or 7 squared, is 49). The cockpit features a handle that rests between the legs of the operator, nearly identical to the ejection seat trigger handles of many modern aircraft. The Wasp's model in ''Halo 5: Guardians'' features a decal bearing the label of the MK71 emergency food preparation station. The Wasp bears a striking resemblance in design to the Kestrel (deleted aircraft)|cut Kestrel from Halo 2. Whether this was intentional or not is unknown.
Gallery
File:H5G - Wasp concept art.jpg|Concept art of the Wasp for ''Halo 5: Guardians''. File:H5G Wasp Cockpit Concept.jpg|Concept art of the Wasp's cockpit. File:H5G Wasp Concept Sketch 1.jpg|A concept sketch for the Wasp. File:H5G Wasp Concept Sketch 2.jpg|A concept sketch for the Wasp. File:H5G-AV49Wasp-VTOL-Alt.png|A render of the Wasp, as it appears in ''Halo 5: Guardians''. File:H5G - Wasp firing on Sanctum.jpg|A close-up of the Wasp on Attack on Sanctum. File:H5G - Two Wasps on Urban.jpg|Two Wasps on Urban. File:H5G - Wasp on Sanctum.jpg|A Wasp firing upon a Kig-Yar Sniper on Attack on Sanctum. File:H5G-AV49HUD.png|HUD of the Wasp. File:H5G-AV49missiles.png|The Wasp's missiles. File:H5G-AV49s&T54Banshee.png|Two Wasps and a in Warzone Firefight. File:H5G-AV49shielding.png|The energy shielding on a Wasp. File:H5G-AV49trio.png|A trio of Wasps in Warzone. File:H5G-Wasps.png|An ONI Wasp, Hannibal Wasp, and Wasp (from left to right) on Battle of Noctus. File:HINF CanyonMap2.png|The Wasp on Fragmentation in ''Halo Infinite''. File:HINF BeeOnAString.png|A Spartan-IV using the Grappleshot to board a Wasp on Behemoth. File:HINF-WaspMGHUD.png|HUD of the machine guns. File:HINF-WaspMissileHUD.png|HUD of the missile launcher. File:HINF - Emblem icon - Wasp Streak.png|The Wasp Streak emblem in ''Halo Infinite''.
File:REQ Card - Wasp.jpg|Wasp. File:REQ Card - ONI Wasp.jpg|ONI Wasp. File:REQ Card - Hannibal Wasp.jpg|Hannibal Wasp.
List of appearances
''Halo 5: Guardians''
*''Warzone Firefight''
''Halo: Legacy of Onyx''
''Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual''
''Halo Infinite''
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Unlike other vehicles in the game, the Wasp cannot be found in the campaign. The Wasp behaves similarly to the AV-14 Hornet|Hornet in terms of gameplay mechanics, except that it is entirely a single seater aircraft. In comparison to the D'nomlhe-pattern Banshee|Banshee and Phaeton, the Wasp is very fragile, easily falling to two hits from a M41 SPNKR|(SPNKr) M57 Pilum|Rocket Launcher. Its energy shields are also weaker.
* For this reason, it is usually a poor choice to engage Legendary or Mythic Warzone bosses in the Wasp (except if it's the Hannibal variant), as their attacks and weaponry can blow it out of the sky quickly before you can even reduce their health or shields. Do not engage M12 Warthog|Warthogs with the Wasp unless you have a range advantage, the element of surprise, or teammates providing sufficient supporting fire. The Warthog's turret can easily rip an overzealous Wasp to shreds, although the gunner is exposed on all sides. However, attacking a Kemu-pattern Wraith|Wraith while in a Wasp is recommended (except if it's the Muv'te-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith|Anti-Air variant), as the Wraith's arcing shots make it difficult to line up with a flying target and score a hit. Wraith mortars rarely hit a Wasp, but if there is someone on the Wraith's secondary turret, try to fight and fall back if your shields get low, as it can rip up a Wasp like a Warthog's turret if you are not careful. If ever you see an enemy Wasp and you don't have a M6 Spartan Laser|Spartan Laser or ''Z-390 incineration cannon#Variants|Heartseeker'', try using a Type-54 plasma pistol|Plasma Pistol, as it can easily disable the Wasp. Unlike in ''Halo 3'', the Plasma Pistol can have its range increased with Smart-Link activated; regardless, use caution so the Wasp's pilot fails to notice you, and then shoot the Wasp with the plasma-charged bolts and wait until it reaches the ground, then destroy it with explosives, or wait until the effect of the Plasma Pistol passes to steal the Wasp. Surprisingly, despite the Wasp having dual autocannons, the Warthog's LAAG and Phaeton's weaponry still outmatch them. The Wasp's side engines in its wings are its weak points. If shot there, it takes even more damage. Two additional Wasp variants exist:
* ONI Wasp: an upgraded Wasp with heavier armor and upgraded weapons, including all-environment missiles capable of seeking out ground vehicles and explosive autocannon rounds. This variant is ideal as a substitute for the Ultra Banshee and/or Phaeton if the player lacks both of them.
* Hannibal Wasp: a heavily upgraded Wasp with more speed and evasiveness than the ONI variant, as well as upgraded weapons. The Hannibal Wasp is useful for taking out large targets both in the sky and on land, as well as aggressive engagements on ground forces.
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The AV-49H Wasp, colloquially known as the Hannibal Wasp, is a VTOL aircraft in service with the United Nations Space Command, and a variant of the AV-49 Wasp. The AV-49H is produced by Hannibal Weapon Systems in conjunction with Misriah Armory.
Overview
The AV-49H is a collaboration between Misriah Armory and Hannibal Weapon Systems on initiatives to evolve their existing offerings of weapon systems and vehicles. This highly-advanced Wasp variant sports upgraded heavy armor, gauss repeaters, and experimental ion field bomb launchers as well as higher speed and evasiveness than the ONI Wasp.
The armaments of the AV-49H appear to be based on the M199 heavy machine guns and M400 missile launcher of the standard Wasp variants. It is unclear whether this implies that the gauss and ion field munitions fired are 7.62x51mm and 50mm, respectively, or merely aesthetically similar.
In-game information
The AV-49H appears in ''Halo 5: Guardians'', added in the ''Monitor's Bounty'' update, as a vehicle List of REQ cards|REQ card available for use in the Warzone and Warzone Firefight gamemodes via the requisition system, and is also useable in Forge and custom games.
In Warzone, the AV-49H can be called in. Its REQ card has the following attributes;
Gallery
File:REQ Card - Hannibal Wasp.jpg|Hannibal Wasp. File:H5G-AV49WaspVTOL-HannibalSkin-Concept.jpg|Concept art of the Hannibal Wasp skin. File:H5G-HannibalWaspHUD.png|HUD of the Hannibal Wasp. File:H5G-Wasps.png|An ONI Wasp, Hannibal Wasp, and Wasp (from left to right) on Battle of Noctus.
List of appearances
''Halo 5: Guardians''
*''Monitor's Bounty''
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Ava Lang was a human of the UNSC Marine Corps serving as an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper. Born in around 2529 in Chicago on Earth, Lang was the explosives and demolitions specialist of Fireteam Raven, an elite team of ODSTs attached to during the Battle of Installation 04.
Background
Ava Lang was born around 2529 in Chicago, URNA, Earth. Lang grew up surrounded by technology thanks to her mother's work as a leading engineer for Acheron Security on the Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System, and spent much of her time tinkering with projects. Her mother's work eventually inspired Ava herself to study new semi-automated solutions for explosive ordnance disposal.
When she eventually enlisted in the UNSC, her skillset expanded to include the employment of explosive ordnance in more offensive capacities. Her deft decision-making and unflappable resolve eventually landed her a spot in the ODST ranks, where she was soon assigned to Fireteam Raven. By August 2552, Fireteam Raven were assigned to the for Operation: RED FLAG, and were part of the ship's complement when it made its escape during the Fall of Reach. When the ''Autumn'' arrived at Installation 04 on September 19, Lang, and the rest of the team, were assigned by their commanding officer Major Antonio Silva to defend the cruiser from Battle over Installation 04|boarding actions. The squad would defend the ODST drop bay and eventually make their way into the ship's corridors to clear out Covenant troops, before being tasked by Wellsley to conduct a Extra-vehicular activity|spacewalk and man the cruiser's M910 Rampart point defense network, to assist in shooting down Elsedda-pattern Banshee|Banshees and Morsam-pattern Seraph|Seraphs. The team would eventually make their way back to the drop bay, however, and evacuate the ''Autumn'' along with the rest of the ship's complement of personnel.
File:HFR-Graves, Ava, Ramos.png|left|thumb|250px|Lang, Ethan Graves and Victor Ramos are briefed at Alpha Base.
Lang would land on Installation 04 with the rest of her squad, but separated from the UNSC forces at large who, under Lieutenant Melissa McKay, were First Battle of Alpha Base|capturing the soon-to-be-named Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base. Thanks to a mobile communications uplink with Wellsley, the squad would hike for twenty-eight hours across the surface of the Installation, eventually meeting up with Mckay and her mechanised convoy on September 20 to Raid on the Pillar of Autumn|raid the wreckage of the now-downed ''Pillar of Autumn'', before later joining the UNSC forces at Alpha Base. Lang would proceed to assist in the defense of Alpha Base, before later being recalled to the ice canyons near the Installation's Control Room (Installation 04)|Control Room to deal with a new threat; the Flood. While in the area, Raven would be tasked with keeping the area clear to allow SPARTAN-II John-117 to proceed with his mission to destroy the Installation. With this objective soon completed, the team evacuated via UH-144 Falcon|Falcon, though their craft was shot down by a Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith, eventually crash-landing elsewhere on the ring. The team would hold off masses of Covenant and Flood forces before eventually being extracted by D77-TC Pelican|Pelican.
With the Master Chief now intending to destroy the ring, Lang and the rest of her team were redirected to the wreckage of the ''Pillar of Autumn'' once more to hold off an assault by the Covenant and Flood combined, including a . The team would deploy in a M12B Warthog to the site alongside Marine forces, and take down swaths of enemy troops before the Master Chief was eventually able to detonate the fusion engine of the ''Autumn'' and destroy the ring, killing Fireteam Raven and everyone else on the site.
Equipment Ava Lang sported a purple-coloured set of the ODST armor/DEMO|ODST/DEMO armor. In her role as a demolitions/ explosives expert, Lang carried explosives in her backback, though was most commonly seen wielding an MA5B assault rifle.
Trivia The Tactical Autonomous Robotic Defense System mentioned as being worked on by Lang's mother is the setting of the ''Halo 2'' multiplayer map Foundation.
Gallery
File:HFR_AvaLang_Renders.jpg|Renders of Ava Lang's armor. File:HFR_AvaLang_Render_Action.png|A render of Ava Lang. File:HFR_AvaLang_Render_Front.png|A render of Ava Lang. File:HFR_AvaLang_Render_Profile.png|A render of Ava Lang. File:HFR_AvaLang_Render_Hunter.png|A render of Ava Lang facing off against a Mgalekgolo.
List of appearances
''Halo: Fireteam Raven''
Sources
Category:Human characters Category:Orbital Drop Shock Troopers Category:Playable characters |
The Avalanche vacation can be performed in the ''Halo 3'' map, Avalanche.
Walkthrough
Go into Forge mode and spawn a set of teleporters. Place the receiving end on one of the far ledges that is near the giant sea of ice. Place another on an easy place to reach. Go through the teleporter and place a respawn point. But be careful, if you go too far, you'll die instantly. Also, if you go into Edit Mode and head upwards you can reach another part of the map, but you will die if you venture too far out. Another way to get out from there is to go back to where you first placed the teleporter. Face the wall and push against it whilst rising up in Forge mode. Then, head towards the right and you should be able to go further up to a snowy area. Go any further than the snowy area, and you will die.
Another simple way is to go inside of one of the bases, to the back, where the glowing cylinders are located behind the glass wall. You can either spawn a new teleporter, or use the one readily available near the wall. Simply spawn a two-way or a receiver node while against the wall, and it should spawn behind it. Drop it and hurriedly get into the teleporter as a Monitor before it falls, as it will disappear. From there you can make floating objects so that one may walk around in these areas.
Category:Vacations Category:Glitches Category:Halo 3 glitches |
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''Avalanche'' is a large, symmetrical multiplayer map featured in ''Halo 3''. It is featured as one of the three maps in the Legendary Map Pack that was made available on April 15, 2008.
Setting
''Avalanche'' is set on a large Forerunner power station set on the front of a huge glacial shelf on Installation 04's Installation 08|replacement. The structure pulls its power out of the densely compacted glacial ice that constantly builds up behind the station before it cascades into the ocean below it.
Design File:H3 Avalanche OutOfBounds.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Outside view of Avalanche. This map is a re-imagination, and, some would say, the successor of the map Sidewinder, from ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. As the original Sidewinder featured elements that created slower gameplay, Avalanche was Bungie's chance to start over again. Certain obvious design elements have been removed due to their slowing effect on multiplayer, such as the tunnel in between the two bases, while at the same time adding new ones, such as the many man cannons. The man cannons located in ''Avalanche'' are much more powerful than those located in other ''Halo'' maps, being able to launch players halfway across this huge map.
The map itself is centered around two bases at each end of a U-shaped snowy valley. One side is noticeably lighter than the other with trees and bare rocky walls, and the other is much darker with more shadows, no trees, and icy walls. To add an interesting dynamic in one-sided objective games, there's an asymmetry in vehicles; the assaulting team has exclusive snow-camo United Nations Space Command|UNSC vehicles at their disposal, while the defending team has ordinary Covenant vehicles to begin with. The map is set to prefer objective gametypes, but works well with BTB slayer and snipers as well.
New Forge objects have been created just for this map, which can dramatically alter gameplay. These objects include energy blockers to restrict access to entrances and exits, large watchtower bases, and Forerunner ramps among other common objects which can be used to make an entirely new base, if you are creative enough to do so. Map effects have been added to the Forge palette, called Forge Filters. These items are found in the other two Legendary Map Pack maps, Cold Storage and the Mythic Map Pack.
A number of man cannons and a large cavern area have been added. The Forerunner structures serve as giant man cannons, and can launch players halfway across the map. In one-sided objective gametypes, the attacking team has UNSC Vehicles, while the defenders have Covenant and Loyalist vehicles. All UNSC vehicles now feature snow camouflage colors instead of the traditional green UNSC color scheme. The M808C Scorpion|Scorpion is only available to the assaulting team on one-sided objective based games; during team slayer, neutral and multi objective games both sides will have the Wraith Tank. A bottomless pit is located in the center infantry area of the map. Using the man cannons there can get you across this pit. Energy doors can now be placed in Forge to cover up exits. Forge Filters can be placed on Forge games to change the visual feel of the map. Transport AV-14 Hornet|Hornets are added; they are not armed with missile launchers.
Avalanche is an almost symmetrical map, with the only differences being the placement of rocks, and a small bridge leading to a small shelf in the canyon, minus the bridge the shelf is almost identical on the other side. There is a mountain that separates the two bases, but there is a path though the mountain creating a T-shape in the U, about mid way though the map there is a tunnel in the upper part of the map that connects the two sides, from that cavern there is a man cannon leading to a lower level that has an exit at the crest of the U. There are man cannons placed about the map in such a way that a foot soldier can move throughout the map at a fast pace, though vehicles are still the main choice of transport.
Soon after the release of the Legendary Map Pack, a variant was introduced to Big Team Battle called Avalanche Heavy. This variant of Avalanche mirrors Sidewinder in many ways by adding scorpions at both bases and adding teleporters in the middle (the U-Bend specifically), along with additional vehicles and weapons, such as a M6 Spartan Laser|Spartan Laser within each base. Avalanche Heavy can be downloaded
Strategies The best possible defense strategy is to grab both the M41 SPNKR|rocket launcher and AIE-486H machine gun|machine gun and bring it back to the base; however, remember that no man can defend the base on his own. If you are on the assaulting team, grab the M90 shotgun|shotgun, a BR55HB battle rifle|battle rifle or a SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle|sniper rifle and take out those with the heavy weapons attempting to gun down your team's vehicles. You can close in with the shotgun or snipe from afar with your scoped weapon. Be careful to remember to watch out for incoming rockets, lasers and, Sniping|counter-sniper fire. Take the Laser and stay around the other side's camo area (pick it up if it's there) and try to take out the opposing teams vehicles. Once those are gone, take the Ghost and capitalize on the fact that there's close to nothing on the map for the next minute and a half that will be able to destroy you. When planning to enter the teleporter to capture the flag, detach the nearby turret or grab the rockets, and stay near the teleporter. If a teammate is killed whilst trying to retrieve the flag, the enemy will likely investigate by going through, thus giving you the chance to obliterate them. If you have the flag and have enemies chasing you, go through the teleporter and stay to one side. When your enemies come through give them a bone cracking melee, it is an easy way to defend the flag until a teammate can return you to the base. If a tank is harassing your base, just sneak up on it from behind. If you use active camouflage, the driver probably won't even know that you jumped on. In any objective gametype that involves the Scorpion, it is imperative to remember that the best way to keep it from being destroyed is to stay as far away from an enemy stronghold as possible, this will lessen the chance of the tank being hijacked or destroyed by anti-armor weapons. When on a Capture the Flag|CTF game, try stealing the enemy's newly spawned Hornet or M12 Warthog|Warthog and meet the carrier at the teleporter. A good way to capture the flag or plant a bomb, is to grab a Warthog or a Hornet with two other friends. Make sure someone has a shotgun. Drive or fly to the invisibility an have one grab it too, then head for the enemies teleporter to their base. Park the Warthog or Hornet inside the small teleporter room for a quick getaway latter and grab the rocket launcher. With these weapons grabbing the flag or bombing the base should be easy. Go back though the portal with the flag, get into the getaway vehicle, and go to your base's teleporter room to score quickly (or to grab the bomb again), repeat for as may times as you can get away with it. An unknown but effective sniping spot is next to the trees on the other side of the Ghost, you can snipe anyone that takes the man cannon to get the TR/9 trip mine|trip mine, Ghost or Laser. The toned-down Hornet is not a very good offensive platform on its own, quickly being dealt with by other vehicles like Banshee or Warthog turrets. Use it to quickly transport teammates or quickly defend your base. If you do want to assault the opposing team's base, have a teammate use the Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith for ground control. Your enemy will have to decide which target to focus on first, allowing the other to effectively take the threat out. A Scorpion can make short work of a Hornet. Although the Hornet has been toned-down, it can still be invaluable in CTF and Assault games as the transport for the Objective carriers, because it is actually faster than the Standard Hornet. As such, use the Hornet as a support vehicle; provide some firepower support on enemies and try to keep the vehicle alive. When fighting a Hornet in another vehicle, keep it moving backwards into a wall or a tree, this way it can be dealt with easily. Because of how the Hornet moves, it is very easy to force a Hornet pilot to bump into a tree or wall, causing the Hornet to lose control temporarily. This is a great time to strike, as the guns on a Hornet do not rotate. When going through the central cave, watch out for anyone opposite the man cannon pathway, as many players like to jump up the sloped wall and camp there with a shotgun to quickly eliminate anyone who passes by. The Spartan Laser can also be positioned here to help take out large vehicles, controlling this area with snipers and the Laser can contribute dramatically to your team's efforts in objective games, damage-wise, or just warnings for your teammates. The Hornet is extremely vulnerable to the Spartan Laser. Control of the air is determined by control of the laser. An effective trap to make is to slip a trip mine on the teleporter in your base. Be sure to warn your teammates or you could be kicked from the game. When on the attacking team in one-sided objective games, have the Scorpion go ahead of the team and attack first to eliminate the bulk of the enemies' defenses. Then it is safe for other vehicles to take care of any stragglers. If you get the bomb, take the shield and active camo and proceed to the enemy's base. Since you have the camo, nobody can see you. Plus with the bomb, you can easily take out any defenders with the bomb's impressive one hit kill. If you get the flag and your team is nowhere to be found, you will have to score it on foot. The best way to do this is to take the teleporter out of the base, go off the man cannon beside the rockets, go into the ice cave entrance, go off the man cannon in the cave, and go to the direction of your base, go on the little walkway to your base and score. A good tactic for assaulting a base is to use "Paratroopers". To do this, pilot a Hornet, and get some passengers that have close ranged weapons (most preferably a shotgun), then fly them overhead of the base and drop them down. They will be very unexpected unless any enemies spot the Hornet. Also, try getting a Paratrooper to use an active camo for increased effectiveness. Often at the start of the game, the pilots of both Hornets will have a "Hornet duel" blasting each other with their weakened machine guns. Often one of the two will retreat, if it does this then fly up to the beam and get as close to it as possible. The enemy pilot will think you retreated and advance on your base, if it does this strike. The only flaw in this tactic is that any player that looks up and can easily kill you with a laser. If you don't want any enemies to sneak in your base through the teleporter, drive a M274 Mongoose|Mongoose into your base and block the teleporter with it. A fun and bold tactic is to charge up the man cannon with the fully armed warthog to splatter and shoot anyone defending to death, the passenger can grab the flag and you can easily escape by hitting the reverse. You can slip a trip mine under enemy vehicles. In objective-based games such as Capture The Flag and Assault the enemy will no doubt grab a vehicle. You can take advantage of this to wipe out multiple players. Another tactic is when you see enemies charging towards your base to grab the Flag or plant a bomb, plant the trip mine at that spot. The mine will either wipe out an enemy or two's shields entirely or may kill them. The man cannons are useful as an attack strategy, instead of a movement one. Throwing grenades into the cannon can toss them halfway past the map, or throwing them into the cannons near the bases is a good base assault tactic. M9 fragmentation grenade|frag grenades work the best, then Type-2 spike grenade|spike grenades, and then Orgudam Workshop firebomb|incendiary grenades, although the latter has to be edited onto the map with Forge. Anskum-pattern plasma grenade|Plasma grenades are the least effective due to their low area of effect. Trip mines are best there as if you are fighting someone on the man cannon, and have a trip mine in the base, you can force them into the cannon, and then toss a grenade into the cannon. This has a good chance of an easy kill.
Trivia
During production, Avalanche's code-name was ''Cottonball''. The map was first teased in December 2007, described as a large map with "familiar" terrain in the upcoming map pack. In March 2008, the updated snow camouflages for the UNSC's vehicles were revealed and the map was officially unveiled a week later on March 13, 2008. In creating Avalanche, designer Mike Buelterman was given the original geometry of Sidewinder from ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and "worked to beat it into submission in the architecting stage" Most of the design changes were intended to make the map less tedious for traversal as infantry, and increase the amount of vehicles on the map for a true BTB experience. Avalanche was remade as Diamondback in ''Halo Online''. For the release of ''Halo 3'' on PC, Avalanche was one of maps given the "Thorage" overhauls, bringing several new props and vehicles - including the Ogab'd-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith|Anti-Air Wraith and M313 Elephant|Elephant to the map. Miscellaneous The Hornets in this map are identical to the Transport Hornets on Sandbox. G4-TV held a promotional contest named the ''Sarkatholon'' on this map for the winner to receive the RECON-class Mjolnir|Recon armor permutation. The Avalanche vacation can be done on this level.
Gallery
File:HMCC H3 Avalanche Map.png|Avalanche Map. File:H3_Avalanche_RedBase.jpg|Red base. File:H3_Avalanche_RedBaseInterior.jpg|Inside a base. File:H3_Avalanche_BlueBase.jpg|Blue base. File:H3_Avalanche_MapLayout.jpg|Weapon, vehicle and equipment spawn points. File:H3_Avalanche_SangheiliManCannon.jpg|A Sangheili on Avalanche. File:H3_ArcticMongoose.png|The snow-camo Mongoose. File:H3_M864ArcticHog.png|The M864 Arctic Warthog featured on the map. File:H3_SnowScorpion.png|The snow-camouflaged Scorpion on the map. File:H3_SnowHornet.jpg|The snow-camouflaged Hornet. File:H3_Avalanche_Thorage.jpg|An Elephant and Anti-Air Wraith on Avalanche.
Sources
See also Legendary Map Pack Sidewinder
Category:Legendary Map Pack |
File:HW Risk Avalon.png|thumb|300px|A map of Avalon. Avalon was one of six continents on the planet Arcadia, a human Outer Colony in the Procyon system.
Overview
Avalon had four existing provincial regions, the smallest amount of territories among the Arcadian continents. Locations Dunwich New Sarum Roxburgh Selsey
Trivia It is most likely named after the island, Wikipedia:Avalon|Avalon in Wikipedia:King Arthur|Arthurian legend.
Sources
Category:Arcadia locations Category:Continents |
Avatars are visual representations of users of the Xbox LIVE service on Xbox 360, Xbox One and Wikipedia:Windows Phone|Windows Phone. Avatars debuted on the Xbox 360 as part of the "New Xbox Experience" systems update released on November 19, 2008. Numerous ''Halo''-themed items are available for avatars on Xbox Live. There are seven different types of items: tops, headwear, accessories, props, bottoms, shoes, and "dress up" (full set outfits).
Avatar Awards Avatar Awards are accessories which are unlocked for completing a specific task in one of the ''Halo'' games or on Xbox LIVE.
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|Halo Waypoint Monitor
|Log In to ''Halo Waypoint'' for the first time.
|An Avatar prop which adds an idle animation to the player's Avatar in which their character summons a Forerunner Monitor who bobs and hovers around them playfully.
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|Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST Helmet
|Unlock ''Halo 3: ODSTs Campaign Complete Achievement (Any difficulty).
|Headwear made in the image of the helmet worn by the Rookie.
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|ODST Hoodie
|Unlock ''Halo 3: ODSTs Dark Times Achievement.
|A sage-green hoodie that's slightly unzipped, revealing a red heart, with an ODST and a Spartan in it.
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|ODST Armor
|Unlock ''Halo 3: ODSTs Good Samaritan Achievement.
|A recreation of the combat armour worn by Orbital Drop Shock Troopers in ''Halo 3: ODST''.
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|ODST Shirt
|Unlock ''Halo 3: ODSTs Tourist Achievement.
|A dark shirt simply displaying the term "ODST".
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|MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI/R variant|Recon Helmet/ODST Dare Helmet
|Unlock ''Halo 3: ODST'''s Vidmaster Challenge: Endure|Vidmaster: Endure Achievement.
|Referred to as "ODST Dare helmet" and blue when worn by female Avatars and as "Recon Helmet" and red for male Avatars.
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|Halo Spartan MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/V variant|EVA Helmet
|Achieve Milestone level 50 in Halo Waypoint.
|A blue colored EVA helmet with a gold visor.
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|Halo: Reach Beta Shirt
|Participated in the Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta (Time-sensitive).
|A green hooded sweatshirt for Avatars with "Reach Beta Tester" written on the front and the Noble Team emblem on one shoulder.
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|Halo 4 - MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Raider|RAIDER Helmet
|Unlock all technical specs for the RAIDER Spartan-IV armor variant.
|A steel and blue Raider helmet, with a blue visor.
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|Halo 4 - Raider DSTT Helmet
|Unlock all technical specs for the Raider DSTT Spartan-IV armor variant.
|A steel and blue Raider helmet, with an orange visor. Features the DSTT skin.
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|SPARTAN-B312|Noble Six's Helmet
|Comic-Con 2010, GamesCom 2010 and Pax 2010 exclusive.
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|Carter-A259|Carter's Helmet
|Unlock by completing one campaign mission on Legendary without dying in ''Halo: Reach''.
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|Emile-A239|Emile's Helmet
|Unlock by earning a Bulltrue Medal in Firefight or Matchmaking in ''Halo: Reach''.
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|Jorge-052|Jorge's Helmet
|Unlock by earning a Killtacular Medal in multiplayer Matchmaking for ''Halo: Reach''.
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|Jun-A266|Jun's Helmet
|Unlock by obtaining Invincible Medal|100 kills without dying in Firefight or Campaign in ''Halo: Reach''.
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|Catherine-B320|Kat's Helmet
|Unlock by earning an Avenger Medal in matchmaking in ''Halo: Reach''.
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|Promethean Knight|Knight Helmet
|Unlock by earning the "Knight in White Assassination" achievement.
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|Platinum MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI Helmet
|Unlock by earning the "Wake Up, John" achievement.
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|UNSC Infinity Hoodie
|Unlock by earning the "Not Some Recruit Anymore" achievement.
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Bonuses Certain items are only available via pre-order, launch day purchase, or limited editions.
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|Halo: Reach - Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee Prop
|A prop available via a token included with Limited Edition ''Halo: Reach'' Wireless Controllers.
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|UH-144 Falcon|UNSC Falcon with Halo: Reach Controller
|A prop available via a token included with ''Halo: Reach'' Halo: Reach Limited Edition|Limited and Halo: Reach Legendary Edition|Legendary Editions.
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|Halo John-117|Master Chief MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Spartan Armor
|A suit of MJOLNIR Mark V armor made in the image of the suit worn by the Master Chief in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', available via a token obtained through pre-ordering ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''. Made available for purchase December 29, 2011.
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|Warrior Armor - Gold
|A suit of gold MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Warrior|Warrior armor. Awarded to US-resident Xbox LIVE Rewards members who watched 3 out of 4 2012 presidential and vice presidential debates on Xbox LIVE for 30 minutes or more. Later made available for purchase.
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|Recruit Armor
|Costume available via a token included with the Halo 4 Limited Edition. Later made available for purchase.
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|Cryotube
|Prop available via a token included with the Halo 4 Limited Edition. Later made available for purchase.
|-align="center"
|FOTUS Armor
|Costume available via a token included with the Xbox 360#Halo-themed editions|Limited Edition ''Halo 4'' Xbox 360 console. Later made available for purchase.
|-align="center"
|Promethean Crawler
|Prop available via a token included with the Limited Edition ''Halo 4'' Xbox 360 console. Later made available for purchase.
|-align="center"
|UNSC Eagle T-shirt
|Top available via a token included with the standalone Halo 4 UNSC Limited Edition wireless controller. Later made available for purchase.
|-align="center"
|Spartan Ops T-shirt
|Top awarded for completing the "Spartan Ops Challenge", which required players to complete five different chapters of Halo 4 Spartan Ops between April 11, 2013, 2AM PST and April 12, 2013, 2 AM PST. Later made available for purchase.
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|Halo 4 Skills T-shirt
|Top first awarded for completing the "CSR Challenge" which required players to reach Competitive Skill Rank level 35 in the Castle Team DLC playlist between April 8, 2013, 2AM PST and April 22, 2013, 2 AM PST. Later awarded to everyone who registered for the "Halo 4 Global Championship". Eventually made available for purchase.
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Purchasable Items Numerous items are also available for purchase with Microsoft Points prior to August 23, 2013, and with local currency thereafter. All tops, save for the Firefight hoodie, cost US$1 (80File:MS points.png|20px). In headwear, hats cost $1, helmets $1.99, and masks $2.99. Props cost $2.99 or $3.99 (save for the RvB Grifball which is only $1). Most full "dressup" outfits cost $3.99, though several cost only $2.99, and a few cost $4.99. The other three items are Corbulo Academy Pants & Boots and the Halo Cargo Shorts, both costing $1, and the Laser Kill Ring for $0.50. For the full catalogue with exact prices and additional currencies, see the .
Trivia McFarlane Toys has produced several McFarlane Toys/Halo Avatars Series 1|action figures based on Halo-theme Xbox 360 avatars.
Gallery
File:Mark_V_Avatar.jpg|John-117's Mark V armor, as a pre-order bonus for ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''. File:Noble Six avatar.png|An Xbox 360 avatar with default Noble Six gear. File:Emilie-Avatar.png|An Emile Xbox Live avatar. File:ODSTavatar-body.png|An ODST armor avatar award unlocked via Halo Waypoint|Waypoint and an Good Samaritan (Achievement)|achievement. File:Evaavatar.png|The EVA helmet for the Xbox LIVE Avatar from Halo Waypoint. File:MarineAvatar.png|Marine BDU being worn by an avatar; available for purchase in the Avatar Marketplace. File:Floodsuit.png|An Xbox 360 Avatar customized with a Pod infector|Flood Infection Form suit. File:Avatar Items Dec 2011.png|Avatar items released in December 2011. File:BWU - July 16 img 1.jpg|Noble Team avatar helmets File:BWU - July 16 img 2.jpg|Spartan-B312's avatar helmet File:Rewards election armor.png|Warrior avatar costume offer. File:Avatar costume recruit.jpg|Recruit armor costume, bonus with the ''Halo 4'' Limited Edition. File:Avatar prop cryotube.jpg|Cryo tube prop, bonus with the ''Halo 4'' Limited Edition. File:UNSC Eagle T-Shirt.jpg|UNSC Eagle T-shirt, bonus with the ''Halo 4'' limited edition controller. File:Avatarfotus.jpg|FOTUS armor costume, bonus with the ''Halo 4'' limited edition console. File:Avatar-Jackrabbit.png|Jackrabbit from ''Halo Wars 2''. File:Avatar-Chopper.png|Banished T-25 Chopper from ''Halo Wars 2''.
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File:Reach Naval Academy.jpg|thumb|300px|Deja's avatar projected in human-size form.
An avatar is the visual representation of an artificial intelligence or AI, used as a way to better interact with humans.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 30''
Description File:HalseyJournal-AI triad.png|thumb|200px|Three AIs modeled after the mythological Wikipedia:Moirai|Moirai (Fates). While not used by all AIs, every Smart artificial intelligence|"smart" AI uses an avatar, as do many Dumb artificial intelligence|"dumb" AIs. This visual representation is chosen by the AI upon their creation and can be whatever they desire it to be. The creation of an AI's avatar occurs very early in the system's birthing process, and unless an AI is programmed to have multiple avatars, it does not usually alter its appearance after its initial creation. Smart AIs find it extremely difficult to substantially alter their original avatar, and attempts to do so have resulted in catastrophic AI system crashes. The reason for this is not well understood to scientists, and attempts to eliminate this behavior have resulted in AI failures and personality aberrations.
The duty which the AI is to perform, combined with the human brain that was used to create it, have a great deal to do with what avatar they chose to appear as.Halo: The Fall of Reach, ''page 28'' The avatar is created by the AI to represent itself and appear to be drawn from the emotive responses at the base of human behavior. Most AIs represent themselves as male or female humans in various forms of costume, though some AIs do take on more abstract forms; some avatars are simple geometric objects or silhouettes with perhaps a handful of key human features, such as a mouth or pair of eyes. Without exception, AI systems identify themselves as male or female based on the gender of their brain donor.Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), ''page 220'' In addition to their visual representation, AIs are also able to choose their preferred accent or style of speech.
Avatars may choose to present themselves as human-sized wherever sufficient projection equipment is available.Halo: The Fall of Reach, ''page 38''Halo Wars: GenesisHalo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp With more limited projection systems such as a starship's holotank|holo-pedestal, they appear considerably smaller.Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level ''The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn''Halo 2, campaign level ''Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station''
List of AIs with known avatars Aine: A "thirty-something" yellow woman with variable clothing and a resigned expression.Halo: The Thursday War, ''page 234''Halo: Initiation, ''Issue # 3''
Araqiel: An elongated skull with curling, demon-like horns, fire-filled eyes and jagged teeth.Halo: First Strike, ''page 127''
Auntie Dot: A grid of blue-glowing, constantly changing symmetrical patterns.
Beatrix: A blue woman with short slicked-back hair wearing a UNSC Navy working uniform|UNSC combat-ready uniform.Halo: Rise of Atriox, ''Issue #1''
Beowulf: A man wearing a hooded cloak that obscures his facial features and most of his body.Halo: The Fall of Reach, ''page 95''
Black-Box: A featureless blue cube.Halo: Glasslands, ''page 45'' Has been known to alter his avatar on occasion; he once appeared with a bright red bow tied around him in recognition of Captain Serin Osman's birthday. Uses a battered, worn version of his avatar to represent his "dumb" processes.
Captain Teach: Appearance and mannerisms of an archetypal pirate captain, with gold teeth and black hair, carrying multiple pistols.Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions, "Pariah", ''page 50''
Cortana: Tall and slender woman, nude but censored by scrolling calculations and symbols across her body, with short-cut hair, then longer hair following the Battle of Installation 04|events at Installation 04. She strongly resembles her brain donor, Catherine Halsey|Doctor Catherine Halsey. She glows bright blue.
Damon: A hairless ghostly face with no distinguishable male or female features.Halo: Retribution
Deep Winter: An old man with a snowy cape, often accompanied by holographic ice and snow.Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, ''page 106''
Deja: The appearance of a Greek goddess: barefoot, wrapped in a toga, motes of light dancing about her hair and holding a clay tablet in her left hand.
Doppler: A smartly dressed man wearing a jacket, bowtie, and a pair of scholarly round spectacles.Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion
Endless Summer: A tall, red Cherokee Indian chief, bare-chested, wearing buckskins, and holding a feathered spear.Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, ''page 178''
FitzGibbon: An elderly 18th century British Army officer with a teal glow.
Iona: One of several known AI with more than one appearance, her default appearance is that of a slender woman with short, curly hair with angular shapes across her body, reminiscent of a skin-tight suit. She also appears to wear boots and knee pads. She has an additional appearance resembling a child version of her default avatar for her more simplistic "ghost" interface to deceive remote scanners. She glows dark red.Halo: Blood Line - ''Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1''
Isabel: A red pixie haired woman wearing a muscle top shirt tucked into cargo trousers and a bracelet on her right wrist. She illuminates with an orange glow.Halo Wars 2
Jerrod: A tiny spark of light with a formal butler voice.Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, ''page 147''
Leo: A silver man in a neat-fitting suit and fedora hatHalo: Fractures, "Anarosa", ''pages 393 and 405''
Lorelei: A woman wearing a toga, a sickle in her belt, and a wreath of wheat crowning her head.Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 422''
Lysithea: A sweet feminine voice with a laugh that sounds like "fine bone china clinking together."Halo: First Strike, ''page 100''
Mack: Appearance and mannerisms of an American cowboy from the 20th century.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''pages 28-29''
Mo Ye: An elderly Asian woman in a pink gown. Her name is of either Chinese or Burmese nature, with the former being much more likely.Halo: Evolutions, "Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian", ''page 83''
Nora: A blue woman attired in tribal clothing and jewelry.Halo: Collateral Damage, ''Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 1|Issue 1''
Rebecca: She is one of the few known AI to have two appearances. Her first appearance is described as "half-Athena, half-Ares" with a feathered Greek headdress and armor. She can change her appearance to a flabby, middle-aged Mediterranean woman in a flower dress.Halo: Evolutions, "The Mona Lisa", ''pages 231 and 233''
Roland (AI)|Roland: A yellow man wearing an aviator outfit. More specifically the World War II|WWII British fighter/test pilot wikipedia:Roland Beamont|Roland Beamont.
Sekmet: Lion-headed woman dressed in Egyptian robes.Halo: Evolutions, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''pages 463-465''
Serina: A tall and slender woman with long brown hair, wearing black boots, tight pants or leggings and a white shirt. She glows bright blue.Halo Wars
Sif: A slender woman with a long neck, elevated chin, and long blonde hair, wearing a multicolored, ankle-length sleeveless gown. Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 68''
Sloan: A blue humanoid man with a strong sculpted mesomorphic body. Parts of himself appear fragmented and lost.Halo 5: Guardians
Superintendent: A series of emotion icons.Halo 3: ODST
Watchmaker: An old man holding a large pocket watch with a dozen dials.Halo: Evolutions, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''pages 448-252''
Wellsley: Stern-looking man with mildly long hair, prominent nose, and a collared coat; supposed to look like an 18th century British officer.Halo: The Flood, ''page 209'' Is said to resemble his namesake, Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington.
Wendell: A weary-looking gentleman sporting a gray goatee and wearing a fedora hat.Halo: Last Light, ''page 93''
There were also at least three AIs at the Damascus Testing Facility on Chi Ceti IV that were have not been specifically identified, with the avatars of a samurai, a mermaid, and a figure made entirely of bright light with comets trailing in her wake.Halo: The Fall of Reach, ''page 114'' In addition, there were two unidentified AIs on the , one of which was a wraith-like gray-robed figure without a body, and the other a collection of disembodied eyes, mouths, and gesturing hands, noted by Kurt-051 as resembling Wikipedia:Cubism|cubist art.Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, ''page 60''
Gallery
File:Aine3.PNG|Aine's avatar. File:Auntie Dot.jpg|Auntie Dot's avatar. File:Beatrix.png|Beatrix's avatar. File:Beowulf.jpg|Beowulf's avatar. File:Waypoint - Black-Box.jpg|Black-Box's avatar. File:H4-Cortana-FullBody.png|Cortana's avatar. File:Deja 2.png|Deja's avatar. File:Invasion; Doppler.jpg|Doppler's avatar. File:FitzGibbon.png|FitzGibbon's avatar. File:Bloodline AI.png|One of Iona's two avatars. File:HW2 - Isabel.png|Isabel's avatar. File:Mo Ye.png|Mo Ye's avatar. File:HCD-Nora.png|Nora's avatar. File:Rebecca.png|One of Rebecca's avatars. File:H4-Roland-Portrait.jpg|Roland's avatar. File:Serina.jpg|Serina's avatar. File:Serina color.png|A full color render of Serina's avatar. File:H5G-Governor Sloan.png|Sloan's avatar. File:H3ODST_FieldGuide_Superindendent_1.png|The icons used to express the Superintendent. File:HFR Render Wellsley 1.png|Wellsley's avatar.
List of appearances
''Halo: The Fall of Reach''
''Halo: Combat Evolved''
''Halo: The Flood''
''Halo: First Strike''
''Halo 2''
''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''
''Halo 3''
''Halo: Contact Harvest''
''Halo: The Cole Protocol''
''Halo Wars: Genesis''
''Halo Wars''
''Halo 3: ODST''
*''Sadie's Story''
''Halo Legends''
*''Origins''
''Halo Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''
*''Human Weakness''
*''Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian''
*''The Mona Lisa''
''Halo: Blood Line''
''Halo: Reach''
*''Dr. Halsey's personal journal''
''Halo: Fall of Reach''
*''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp''
*''Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion''
''Halo: Cryptum''
''Halo: Glasslands''
''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''
''Halo: The Thursday War''
''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''
''Scanned''
''Halo 4''
*''Spartan Ops''
''Halo: Spartan Assault''
''Halo: Initiation''
''Halo: Escalation''
''Halo: Mortal Dictata''
''Halo 2: Anniversary''
''Halo: Spartan Strike''
''Halo: Saint's Testimony''
''Halo: Last Light''
''Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series''
''Halo 5: Guardians''
''Halo Mythos''
''Halo Wars 2''
''Halo: Retribution''
''Halo: Rise of Atriox''
''Halo: Collateral Damage''
''Halo: Bad Blood''
''Halo: Fireteam Raven''
''Halo: Lone Wolf''
''Halo: Outpost Discovery''
''Halo: Shadows of Reach''
''Halo: Point of Light''
''Halo Infinite''
Sources
Category:Artificial intelligence Category:Hologram technology |
Avatars are a concept introduced in ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection''. They are an element of Player customization (Halo: The Master Chief Collection)|player customization used to represent the player in their profile and in-game lobbies, replacing the pictures of the character's player model from used in previous games.
List of Avatars
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!Image
!Name
!Unlock Requirements
| |File:HTMCC Avatar MasterChief 1.png|150px
|John-117|Master Chief 1
|Halo CE: Complete The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar Of Autumn. (''Didn't Like This Ship Anyways'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar MasterChief 2.png|150px
|Master Chief 2
|Halo 2: Complete Cairo Station. (''Don't Hangar Around'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar MasterChief 3.png|150px
|Master Chief 3
|Halo 3: Complete Sierra 117|Sierra 117. (''Landfall'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar MasterChief 4.png|150px
|Master Chief 4
|Collect 10,000 campaign or playlist medals. (''Medal Completionist'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar MasterChief 5.png|150px
|Master Chief 5
|Halo 3: Activate Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal 2 on The Ark (level)|The Ark. (''Inundation'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar MasterChief 6.png|150px
|Master Chief 6
|Unlocked by default
| |File:HTMCC Avatar MasterChief 7.png|150px
|Master Chief 7
|Halo 4: Activate Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminal 1 on Requiem (level)|Requiem. (''Requiem (achievement)|Requiem'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar MasterChief 8.png|150px
|Master Chief 8
|Halo 4: Access the Master Chief's records on Dawn|Dawn. (''Digging up the Past'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Cortana 1.png|150px
|Cortana 1
|Halo 2: Complete Delta Halo. (''Delta Halo (achievement)|Delta Halo'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Cortana 2.png|150px
|Cortana 2
|Halo 3: Complete Cortana (level)|Cortana.(''The Key'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Cortana 3.png|150px
|Cortana 3
|Halo 3: Activate Cortana's Terminal on Cortana. (''The Coin's Fault'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Cortana 4.png|150px
|Cortana 4
|Unlocked by default
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Cortana 5.png|150px
|Cortana 5
|Halo 4: Complete Dawn.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Rampant Cortana.png|150px
|Rampant Cortana
|Halo 4: Complete Midnight. (''Midnight'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Arbiter 1.png|150px
|Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter 1
|Halo 2: Complete The Arbiter. (''The Arbiter'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Arbiter 2.png|150px
|Arbiter 2
|Halo 2: Complete Sacred Icon. (''Sacred Icon'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Arbiter 3.png|150px
|Arbiter 3
|Halo 3: Complete Tsavo Highway. (''The Road'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar MasterChiefArbiter 1.png|150px
|Master Chief and Arbiter 1
|Halo 3: Complete The Storm.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar MasterChiefArbiter 2.png|150px
|Master Chief and Arbiter 2
|Halo 3: Activate Terminal 7 on Halo.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar MasterChiefArbiter 3.png|150px
|Master Chief and Arbiter 3
|Halo 3: Complete Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Johnson 1.png|150px
|Avery J. Johnson|Johnson 1
|Halo 2: Complete High Charity.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Johnson 2.png|150px
|Johnson 2
|Halo 3: Complete Floodgate.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar JacobKeyes 1.png|150px
|Jacob Keyes 1
|Halo CE: Complete Halo.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar MirandaKeyes 1.png|150px
|Miranda Keyes 1
|Halo 2: Complete Uprising.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Tartarus.png|150px
|Tartarus
|Halo 2: Complete The Great Journey.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar ProphetOfTruth.png|150px
|Prophet of Truth
|Halo 2: Complete Regret.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Gravemind.png|150px
|Gravemind
|Halo 2: Complete Gravemind.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar 343GuiltySpark_1.png|150px
|343 Guilty Spark|Guilty Spark 1
|Halo CE: Complete 343 Guilty Spark.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar 343GuiltySpark_2.png|150px
|343 Guilty Spark|Guilty Spark 2
|Kill 1000 Watchers.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Lasky.png|150px
|Thomas Lasky|Captain Lasky
|Halo 4: Complete Forerunner.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Halsey.png|150px
|Catherine Halsey|Halsey
|Halo 4: Carry a UNSC weapon all the way through Forerunner on Heroic or Legendary.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Didact.png|150px
|Ur-Didact|Didact
|Halo 4: Complete Shutdown.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Palmer 1.png|150px
|Sarah Palmer|Palmer 1
|Halo 4: Complete Infinity.
| ||File:HTMCC Avatar GruntMinor.png|150px
|Grunt Minor
|Halo CE: Complete Truth and Reconciliation.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar GruntHeavy.png|150px
|Grunt Heavy
|Kill 100 Grunts.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar GruntMajor.png|150px
|Grunt Major
|Halo CE: Activate Terminal 10 on The Maw.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar SuicideGrunt.png|150px
|Suicidal Grunt
|Halo 4: Activate Terminal 3 on Infinity.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar GruntRanger.png|150px
|Grunt Ranger
|Kill 5000 enemies.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar GruntStorm.png|150px
|Grunt Storm
|Halo 4: Activate Terminal 3 on Infinity.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Jackal 1.png|150px
|Jackal 1
|Kill 100 Jackals.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Jackal 2.png|150px
|Jackal 2
|Kill 1000 Jackals.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar JackalSniper.png|150px
|Jackal Sniper
|Halo CE: Activate Terminal 2 on Halo.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar JackalHeavy.png|150px
|Kig-Yar Heavy|Jackal Heavy
|Halo 4: Activate Terminal 4 on Reclaimer.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar JackalRanger.png|150px
|Jackal Ranger
|Halo 2: Shoot the soccer ball in the level Metropolis.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar EliteMinor 1.png|150px
|Elite Minor 1
|Halo CE: Complete The Silent Cartographer.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar EliteMinor 2.png|150px
|Elite Minor 2
|Kill 100 Elites.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar EliteZealot.png|150px
|Elite Zealot
|Kill 1000 Elites.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar EliteHonorGuard.png|150px
|Elite Honor Guard
|Halo CE: Activate Terminal 5 on Assault on the Control Room.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar EliteWarrior.png|150px
|Sangheili Warrior|Elite Warrior
|Halo 4: Activate Terminal 5 on Shutdown.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar EliteStorm.png|150px
|Sangheili Storm|Storm Elite
|Kill 20,000 enemies or players.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Hunter 1.png|150px
|Hunter 1
|Halo: CE: Complete Assault on The Control Room.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Hunter 2.png|150px
|Hunter 2
|Kill 50 Hunters.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Hunter 3.png|150px
|Hunter 3
|Kill 250 Hunters.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar InfectionForm.png|150px
|Flood Infection Form
|Halo: CE: Complete The Library.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar EliteCombatForm.png|150px
|Flood Combat Form Elite
|Halo 2: Complete Quarantine Zone.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar HumanCombatForm.png|150px
|Flood Combat Form Human
|Halo: CE: Complete Two Betrayals.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar BruteCombatForm.png|150px
|Flood combat form|Flood Combat Form Brute
|Halo 4: Activate Terminal 6 on Composer.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar StalkerForm.png|150px
|Flood Stalker Form
|Halo: CE: Complete a level without jumping.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar TankForm.png|150px
|Flood tank form|Flood Tank Form
|Halo 3: 4 vehicles, 1 gap on Legendary using Cowbell, Catch, Thunderstorm, Mythic, and Tough Luck.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Brute.png|150px
|Brute
|Kill 100 Brutes.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar BeserkBrute.png|150px
|Berserk Brute
|Halo 3: Activate Terminal 6 on The Covenant.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar BruteCaptain.png|150px
|Jiralhanae Captain|Brute Captain
|Kill 1000 Brutes.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar BruteChieftain.png|150px
|Brute Chieftan
|Halo 3: View the communique from Mendicant Bias. (''Whispers Across the Galaxy'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar BruteWarChieftain.png|150px
|Brute War Chieftan
|Halo 3: Activate Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal 1 on The Ark (level)|The Ark. (''Rising Waters'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Sentinel.png|150px
|Sentinel
|Halo: CE: Complete Keyes. (''Keyes (achievement)|Keyes'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar KnightBattlewagon.png|150px
|Knight Battlewagon
|Kill 1000 Knights.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar KnightLancer.png|150px
|Knight Lancer
|Kill 100 Knights.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar CrawlerSnipe.png|150px
|Crawler Snipe
|Kill 100 Crawlers.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar CrawlerAlpha.png|150px
|Promethean Crawler|Crawler Alpha
|Kill 1000 Crawlers.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Watcher.png|150px
|Promethean Watcher|Watcher
|Kill 100 Watchers.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Drone 1.png|150px
|Drone 1
|Kill 100 enemies.
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Drone 2.png|150px
|Drone 2
|Halo 3: Complete Crow's Nest. (''Holdout (achievement)|Holdout'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Marine 1.png|150px
|Marine 1
|Halo 2: Complete Outskirts. (''Outskirts (achievement)|Outskirts'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Marine 2.png|150px
|Marine 2
|Halo: CE: Activate Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal 1 on The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn. (''Arrival (achievement)|Arrival'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Marine 3.png|150px
|Marine 3
|Halo 4: Activate Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminal 2 on Forerunner (level)|Forerunner. (''Lord of Admirals (achievement)|Lord of Admirals'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Marine 4.png|150px
|Marine 4
|Halo 4: Complete Infinity (Halo 4 level)|Infinity without one preventable Marine death on Heroic or Legendary. (''Bros to the Close'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar ODST.png|150px
|ODST
|Halo: CE: Activate Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal 6 on 343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark. (''Bearly Contained'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar ONISecurity.png|150px
|ONI Security
|Halo: CE: Activate Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal 7 on The Library. (''Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Scientist 1.png|150px
|Scientist 1
|Halo: CE: Activate Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal 3 on The Truth and Reconciliation. (''Splinters'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Scientist 2.png|150px
|Scientist 2
|Halo: CE: Activate Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal 4 on The Silent Cartographer. (''Idle Hands'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar LordHood.png|150px
|Terrence Hood|Lord Hood
|Halo 3: Complete The Ark (level)|The Ark. (''Refuge'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar DelRio.png|150px
|Andrew Del Rio|Captain Del Rio
|Halo 4: Complete Requiem (level)|Requiem. (''Requiem (achievement)|Requiem'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Tilson.png|150px
|Sandra Tillson|Tilson
|Halo 4: Complete Composer (level)|Composer. (''Composer (achievement)|Composer'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Librarian.png|150px
|Librarian
|Halo 4: Complete Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer. (''Reclaimer (Halo 4 achievement)|Reclaimer'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar SesaRefumee.png|150px
|Sesa 'Refumee
|Halo 2: Complete The Oracle. (''The Oracle'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Scarab 1.png|150px
|Protos-pattern Scarab|Scarab 1
|Halo 2: Complete Metropolis. (''Metropolis (achievement)|Metropolis'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Scarab 2.png|150px
|Deutoros-pattern Scarab|Scarab 2
|Halo 3: Complete The Covenant (level)|The Covenant. (''Last Stand (achievement)|Last Stand'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar WarthogCrew.png|150px
|Warthog Crew
|Halo: CE: Complete The Maw. (''The Maw (achievement)|The Maw'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar ChopperRider.png|150px
|Chopper Rider
|Halo 3: Activate Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal 3 on The Ark (level)|The Ark. (''Before the Fire'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar GhostRider.png|150px
|Ghost Rider
|Halo: CE: Activate Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal 8 on Two Betrayals. (''Memories'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar HornetRider.png|150px
|Hornet Rider
|Halo 3: Activate Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal 4 on The Covenant (level)|The Covenant. (''Tipping Point'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Mantis.png|150px
|HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Mantis|Mantis
|Halo 4: Activate Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminal 7 on Midnight. (''Cryptum (achievement)|Cryptum'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar MongooseRiders.png|150px
|M274 Mongoose|Mongoose Riders
|Halo 3: Activate Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal 5 on The Covenant (level)|The Covenant. (''Unto Dust'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Banshee.png|150px
|Irdnekt-pattern Banshee|Banshee
|Halo: CE: Activate Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal 9 on Keyes. (''Mind Games'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Katana.png|150px
|Katana
|Win 10 multiplayer games. (''Tempered Blade'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Recon.png|150px
|RECON-class Mjolnir|Recon
|Halo: CE: Play a CTF custom game on Blood Gulch with 4 players on the same console. Tri-tip optional. (''Back In The Day'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Outrider.png|150px
|Outrider harness|Outrider
|Halo 2A MP: Win 10 matchmade games as an Elite. (''Zealot (achievement)|Zealot'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Hoplite.png|150px
|HOPLITE-class Mjolnir|Hoplite
|Halo 2A MP: With a Sniper Rifle or Beam Rifle kill an enemy that was zoomed in. (''Counter-Sniped'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Spartan Strike.png|150px
|Unidentified Spartan-IV|War Master
|Halo 2: Listen to the Siege of Madrigal|hidden music cue in ''Halo 2''. (''Siege of Ivory Tower'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar Fotus.png|150px
|FOTUS-class Mjolnir|Fotus
|Complete 10 missions or multiplayer games. (''Where Am I?'')
| |File:HTMCC Avatar OldSchoolSpartan.png|150px
|Old School Spartan
|Halo 3: View Valhalla wall Easter egg|2 different sigils on Valhalla. (''Elder Signs'')
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|Old School Elite
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The Avelos Academy is an educational institution on the Outer Colony of Gao. It is named for Ramonda Avelos, the first President of the Gao Republic|president of the Gao Republic. Veta Lopis studied criminal investigation at the Avelos Academy.''Halo: Retribution'', ''Chapter 23''
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''Halo: Retribution''
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File:Avenge Me!.png|thumb|250px|The new medal in ''Halo: Reach''. Avenge Me is a Bungie.net multiplayer Medals|medal available in ''Halo: Reach''. It is earned by being Avenger|avenged by a teammate. It is represented by a skull with a red cross on its forehead, on top of an eight-pointed blue-and-gold star. This medal will not show up on post-game carnage stats in the game, and can only be viewed on Bungie.net.
On March 31, 2012 Bungie.net ceased updating ''Halo'' game stats and player records, transferring all record-keeping responsibilities to Halo Waypoint. As Avenge Me could only be viewed on the site, it is effectively no longer awarded.
Trivia This medal is likely named in reference to the 1984 film Wikipedia:Red Dawn|''Red Dawn''. The day before he is executed, Tom Eckert yells ''"Avenge me!"'' at his sons to urge them to continue their partisan activities against the Communist invaders.
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Avenger is a multiplayer medal in ''Halo: Reach'' and ''Halo 4'' multiplayer. It is awarded when a player kills an opponent moments after that opponent has killed a teammate on the player's team. Because this is a team based medal, it is only attainable in team-based multiplayer games or in Firefight Versus.
Trivia Earning this medal in matchmaking unlocks the Kat's helmet Avatar (Xbox 360)|avatar award.
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Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson (service number|SN: 48789-20114-AJ Halo Graphic Novel, ''page 122'') was a Sergeant Major|senior non-commissioned officer of the UNSC Marine Corps who served during in the fight against the Insurrection and the Human-Covenant War. Johnson was a highly trained marine, who also served with various units of the UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command, most notably the highly classified ORION Project, the United Nations Space Command|UNSC's first super-soldier program.
Johnson played a vital role over the course of the Covenant War. He resisted the Covenant's First Battle of Harvest|attack on Harvest at the outbreak of the war and went on to participate in numerous engagements. In the war's final months Johnson fought during the Fall of Reach, on Battle of Installation 04|Installation 04, Battle of Earth|at Earth, Battle of Installation 05|on Installation 05, and Battle of Installation 00|on the Ark and Installation 08. He was key to the formation of an alliance between humanity and Thel 'Vadam and the Fleet of Retribution following the Great Schism in 2552#November|November 2552. Ultimately, Sergeant Major Johnson was killed by monitor 343 Guilty Spark while attempting to prematurely activate Installation 08.
Biography
Avery Junior Johnson was born on 2474#November|November 23, 2474 on Earth in the United Republic of North America's Greater Chicago Industrial Zone, a sprawling metroplex covering regions that once were part of the United States of America|American states of Wikipedia:Illinois|Illinois, Wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana, and Wikipedia:Wisconsin|Wisconsin.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 37'' From the time he was six years old, he was raised by his aunt, Marcille Johnson|Marcille, after Zone Protective Services|Zone social services placed him in her care due to an angry end to his parents' marriage.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 42'' His father had left his mother so distraught that she could no longer care for herself, let alone an active, six-year-old boy. Marcille's sons were already grown by the time she adopted Avery and consequently he was dressed with many of the worn-out clothes they had worn at his age, which did not always fit due to his tall, broad-shouldered frame. His aunt worked hard to patch and sew so that Avery always looked his best, however, especially for church. Aunt Marcille was Evangelical Promessic and her religiosity resonated with the young Avery, who accompanied her to church services. Avery's first day of attendance left him with memories he would carry for the remainder of his life: the suffocating pinch of his white, freshly starched oxford shirt, a little paisley tie, argyle socks beneath neatly cuffed tan slacks, and the smell of carnauba wax, liberally applied, to mask the scuffs in his oversized, wingtip shoes. Avery and his aunt lived in a walkup apartment on Blackstone Avenue for the entirety of Avery's upbringing.
File:AssassinAvery.png|thumb|250px|Photographs of Corporal Johnson assassinating Ander. Avery enlisted with the United Nations Space Command UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps when he was nineteen years old. His aunt bid him farewell by telling him to make her proud and reminding him to always do what was right. He had become convinced that innocent people, like his aunt, were threatened by those involved in the Insurrection, an undeclared civil war between the Unified Earth Government and disparate groups resisting its authority that had kicked off in earnest in 2496.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 45'' Avery excelled as a marine and often warranted special training and special missions. By the first few years of the twenty-sixth century, he had been handpicked to become part of the ORION Project, a joint effort by the Office of Naval Intelligence and the Colonial Military Authority to create biological augmentation|biologically augmented super-soldiers to quell the Insurrectionist tide. Avery traveled to the planet Reach where he underwent a series of bioengineering protocols and grueling physical and mental tests. As part of ORION and UNSC Special Forces|NavSpecWar, he was granted entrance into the Naval Special Warfare Sniper School, where he exceeded the expectations of his superiors. In addition to training as a sniper, he also learned to deploy in Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle orbital dropsHalo: Contact Harvest, ''page 350'' and became an accomplished Wikipedia:Close quarters combat|close quarters battle fighter. In 2502, then-Corporal Johnson deployed to Harvest as part of Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE, a campaign with the goal of assassinating key rebel leaders. On March 13, Avery acquired a position on a rooftop and with the assistance of a spotter, used an M99 Stanchion rifle to kill Jerald Ander, the leader of the Secessionist Union on the planet, as a truck carrying him passed by. Johnson was involved in numerous other classified operations against the Insurrection during his years with ORION. The final of these for the project was Operation: TANGLEWOOD. Due to unmet expectations and exorbitant costs, the ORION Project was then deactivated in 2506. Johnson was reassigned to a position in the Marine Corps once again. Avery was a leader during many black operations missions over the course of the Insurrection.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 76''
In 2513, the UNSC launched Operation: TREBUCHET, an extensive campaign to crush insurrectionists in the Outer Colonies. As part of this ongoing offensive, then-Staff Sergeant Johnson led Alpha Squad|a unit of Marines on June 16, 2524 during an effort to neutralize the bomb-making capabilities of rebels on Tribute. Before dawn, the two four-man squads took to the air with AV-14 Hornets. At fifty-seven minutes and sixteen seconds into the mission, the hornets crested a line of crumbling hills the marines got their first line-of-sight view of their objective: one of Tribute's struggling industrial settlements; and, somewhere inside the town, a suspected Insurrectionist bomb-shop. The hornets dropped the strike force off on the edge of town and Johnson took point for his squad. He set a brisk pace and led them over a chain-link fence and around piles of plastic crates and pallets until they reached the front of what looked like nothing more than a rundown vehicle repair shop. After signaling their position to Byrne and receiving a similar confirmation, Avery kicked in the thin metal door that led inside. Most of the surprised insurrectionists were unarmed at the moment of the breach and those that were had nothing more than snub-nosed automatic pistols that did little against the marines' body armor. Johnson personally neutralized a triggerman before he could detonate any explosives. The firefight lasted less than ten seconds and resulted in the deaths of twelve insurrectionists. Four others surrendered. Avery attempted to use an ARGUS device to detect any significant chemical compounds of interest in the vicinity, but the recent firefight made it impossible to nail down the location of any hidden bombs. Johnson relayed this complication to the tactical operations center aboard the and received approval from Lieutenant Colonel Aboim to extract information from their hostages by any means necessary. Byrne selected one unlucky man and proceeded to break both his legs before he confessed they had been mixing explosives into the synthetic rubber treads of tires. The explosive compound in nearby tires was quickly uploaded to the database of similar materials used by the rebels. Less than a minute later, an ARGUS drone patrolling one of the highways leading into Casbah City, the planet's capital, identified the compound in skid marks left by a sixteen-wheel hauler. The truck was located as it pulled into the parking lot of a Jim Dandy roadside diner. More of the explosive was also detected inside the diner. Byrne killed the other three insurrectionists that had surrendered but kept the one who talked as a prisoner, per orders from the operation's ONI representative. He and Avery both led their squads back to the hornets.
Twenty-eight minutes elapsed during their flight. The craft took up positions behind a smoked-glass, multistory office building across the highway from the Jim Dandy. The drone provided Avery with thermal imaging of the situation. Now armed with a stanchion sniper rifle, he took aim at the man that had been the driver of the truck. He waited for the individual to finish his meal and exit the building before sending a round straight through two of the office building's steel-reinforced, polycrete floors and into him at fifteen thousand meters per second. The target was torn asunder by the shot. The ARGUS was still showing a bomb within the restaurant, so Byrne's team made to land and enter while Avery's continued to provide coverage from above. The source of the reading was a purse near where the man had been sitting. As Byrne was about to retrieve it, the woman to whom it belonged exited one of the diner's bathrooms. Realizing what was happening, she grabbed a young boy to turn him into a human shield and produced a detonator, threatening to use it if the marines did not back off. Avery was ordered to kill the woman from his position, but he hesitated due to the risk he would be putting the child at. Byrne yelled that if Johnson would not take the shot, then he would kill her himself. Johnson affirmed that he was firing, but as he waited for an opening that would minimize the chances of harming the boy, the boy's father lunged at the woman and she detonated the bombs. Both her purse and tires on the truck outside engulfed the diner in fiery explosions that killed everyone inside but Staff Sergeant Byrne. In total, the dead numbered thirty-nine civilians, (including the woman) and three marines.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 20''Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 86''
Reassignment After the incident, Johnson came home and found his aunt dead of natural causes,Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 41'' and soon went on a massive drinking binge. He started a brawl with bouncers at a Dog and Pony|Chicago club,Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 44'' and ended up in a gutter until he was found by Downs|Lieutenant Downs, a UNSC Marine Corps Enlistment Officer|recruiter.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 47'' He was reassigned to the planet Harvest by Jilan al-Cygni.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 123''
Officially, Johnson was reassigned to train the Harvest militia|Colonial Militia on Harvest, but their actual mission was to create a covert anti-insurgency unit, and to lay an ambush on insurgent forces suspected in the disappearances of DCS freighters around Harvest.
Johnson met Healy as he came to Harvest. After the man tried to get drinks and women instead of heading straight to where they were ordered, Johnson angrily confronted him.
Upon meeting Byrne again in the barracks shortly after arriving, he was confronted on why he didn't take the shot to kill the Insurrectionist. Johnson tried to explain that he didn't want to hit the child she was holding hostage, and apologized for the loss of Byrne's squad. This did not deter Byrne from starting a brawl. Initially, Johnson had the upperhand, nearly choking the larger man into unconsciousness with a belt, but was kicked in his unprotected groin, stunning him for a few moments. Before Johnson could recover, he was grabbed by the throat and lifted off the ground. Byrne rebuked Johnson, before Captain Ponder entered. Ponder threatened to shoot Byrne if he did not release Johnson, forcing Byrne to do so. Ponder warned the two marines that if they wanted to take any anger out on each other, this was the last time they could do so. Johnson refused at first, but after being punched by Byrne, he swung so hard that the other Staff Sergeant's tooth was knocked from his mouth, coming to rest by Healy.
Johnson began training the marines not long after.
File:SSgt Avery Johnson, UNSC Marine Corps.JPG|left|thumb|300px|Staff Sergeant Avery J. Johnson and the Harvest Colonial Militia during the Covenant's attack on the planet. First Contact
However, while lying in wait on a bait freighter, he and Sergeant Byrne, who was also assigned to the position, fought and defeated four Kig-yar|bird-like extraterrestrials in the first official battle between the UNSC and the alliance of alien species known as the Covenant Empire|Covenant. Johnson and Byrne (with the rest of the militia of Harvest) were also present at the initial negotiations between the Jiralhanae|Brutes and the humans. They also fought Brute Chieftain Maccabeus, his nephew Tartarus, and several Unggoy|Grunts. He aided Staff Sergeant Byrne and ONI operative Lieutenant Commander|Lt. Cdr. Jilan al-Cygni in repelling the Jiralhanae|Brute ship ''Rapid Conversion'' long enough to allow most of the planet's population to escape into the Tiara, a station attached to seven different space elevators stationed on the planet. Later, he would become romantically involved with al-Cygni after escaping from the planet. Although Johnson and al-Cygni seemed quite taken with each other it is unclear whether they formed a relationship, or how long it lasted.
SILENT STORM
On 2526#March|March 7, 2526, Johnson was called to a meeting on the with Vice Admirals Preston Cole and Michael Stanforth as well as Doctor Catherine Halsey. With the war with the Covenant getting desperate, the three discussed options and revealed that they wanted Johnson, as a veteran of the First Battle of Harvest and a member of the ORION Project, to be a part of whatever solution they came up with. Based on his own experiences on Harvest, Johnson offered his opinions on the various Covenant races he had encountered. Johnson was informed of the existence of the SPARTAN-IIs and their enhanced abilities. As the Spartans were only fifteen, Stanforth felt that they needed a sergeant to help lead and teach the Spartans, albeit one who wouldn't give orders. Though disgruntled about being effectively made into a babysitter, Johnson agreed to take up the role.
Johnson subsequently took part in Operation: SILENT STORM, a counterattack against the Covenant aimed at buying humanity time to develop effective countermeasures against their seemingly unstoppable enemy. During Task Force Yama's slipspace journey to their Biko|first destination, Johnson began working with the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODSTs of the 21st Space Assault Battalion, also known as the "Black Daggers." At first, the marines had proved to be no match for the Spartans during their training exercises, but that changed when Johnson introduced new and unorthodox strategies. While the Spartans continued to outclass the individual ODSTs, victory was no longer certain when facing large numbers that now knew how to coordinate an effective assault. Four days into the training, Colonel Marmon Crowther had the Spartans and the entire battalion of Black Daggers gather to be briefed on his plan to board and destroy Covenant vessels. When Crowther presented a plan that made poor use of the Spartans' abilities, John-117 spoke out and Johnson backed him up, helping to convince the colonel to consult with John before making his decision.
Battle of Seoba
Arriving at Seoba Ice Quarry|the ice quarry on Biko's Natural satellite|moon of Seoba that had been selected as the staging point for their mission, Johnson was positioned in the troop bay of the alongside John-117 for a practice deployment set up by Colonel Crowther. However, it was discovered that insurgents aligned with the Biko Independence Army were occupying the quarry already. With the insertion no longer a drill, Ghost Flight maintained its approach vector and began to drop off its first detachments of Black Daggers, which were immediately torn to shreds by enemy M41 Vulcan|weapon emplacements. John disobeyed orders and jumped from the prowler before his designated time, knowing that he would withstand the fire long enough to take out the nearest bunkers. After John and Blue Team had softened up the insurgents, the ODSTs and Johnson deployed with little difficulty. Shortly afterward, Johnson regrouped with the Spartans in the shadow of a derelict mass driver as they formulated a plan to destroy a convoy of insurrectionist Civets climbing out of the quarry to repair a communications relay that had been damaged during the insertion run. The convoy was eventually destroyed by Lieutenant Nelly Hamm's ODSTs and the quarry was taken. A day later, Johnson was summoned by Captain (NAVCOM)|Captain Halima Ascot for a debriefing in the quarry's Assembly Chamber 4L430. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss what went wrong during the operation and what led to Alpha Company's unusually-high casualties. Ultimately, the conversation turned to the Spartans and their qualifications, which then led to a discussion about their true ages. It was revealed that they were only fifteen at the time, giving Crowther a reason to sideline them for the rest of the operation. Then, the group began to discuss the insurgents' seeming preparedness to defend the quarry. John-117 suggested that they had been waiting for the Covenant, not the UNSC. Just then, Bloodstar Flotilla|a Covenant flotilla arrived in-system. Johnson and the others rushed out of the room to prepare for battle.
The entire 21st Space Assault Battalion was loaded onto the prowlers of Task Force Yama, with Captain Ascot's and the rest of Night Flight receiving the last company. Johnson was among the Black Daggers who boarded the ''Starry Night''. As Night Flight prepared to launch, the alien flotilla began bombarding their berth within the quarry. Ascot was alerted of this, and she ordered the four prowlers to launch immediately. Before it could clear the edge of the quarry, the ''Starry Night'' was struck by the bombardment, sending it crashing into the quarry's terraced ice walls, coming to a rest halfway up a fresh avalanche of ice. The prowler was heavily damaged, with its bow ripped off and the rest of its fuselage crumpled and warped. Johnsonnow with a concussionand four ODSTs survived the crash, but Captain Ascot and the rest of the crew were killed. Because no other units were available to check on the status of the downed ''Starry Night'', John-117 diverted his Spartans to search for survivors. By the time they reached the prowler, Worthy Silence|a Covenant intrusion corvette had already arrived to recover the human stealth vessel for study, deploying Extra-vehicular activity|EVA-equipped infantry to secure their prize. To delay them and also bring the ''Starry Night'' down to the quarry floor, John had Blue Team|his team fire just below the prowler with their M301 grenade launcher|grenade launchers, causing another avalanche. This allowed Fred-104 to lead a team into the ''Starry Night'', secure Johnson and the other survivors, and prepare the vessel's Fury tactical nuclear weapon|nuclear self-destruct system. The Spartans fought off Covenant boarders and the concussed Johnson "guarded" the ship's escape pod as Linda-058 finished arming the Nuclear weapon|nuke. With it set to detonate in thirty seconds, Fred led his two fellow Spartans, the ODSTs, and Johnson into the ''Starry Night''s escape pod and ejected into the moon's low gravity. With everyone clear of the blast radius, the nuke blew, destroying the prowler and the corvette that had been drawing it upward via gravity lift.
Working with Crowther Johnson was still recovering from his concussion the next day, 2526#March|March 20, when he attended a funeral service for the two-hundred-and-three UNSC men and women killed at Seoba. The ceremony was held in the s command hangar as it skulked in high orbit over Biko. After Ojombo|a chaplain gave the eulogy, Lieutenant Commander Hector NyetoTask Force Yama's de facto commander following Captain Ascot's deathhad Johnson call the two formations of the honor company to attention, order the hangar crew to raise the AlON pressure barrier|pressure barrier, and then open the outer hatch. Johnson performed these duties with the appropriate pomp, and the capsules were lifted out into the void of space by the decompression wave. Nyeto saluted and recited the Committal he had prepared, having Johnson close the outer hatch and dismiss the honor company once he had completed his brief speech. Most of those present filed out of the hangar, only leaving the six Spartans well enough to attend and a few senior officers. When Nyeto promised to John-117 that he and his compatriots would continue to see action despite their young ages, Colonel Crowther contested this, saying that the Spartans reported to him. In response, Nyeto reminded Crowther that he now reported to ''him'', and that Admiral Cole surely knew about their unique situation before assigning them to the operation. What followed was a heated debate that ended in Nyeto conceding to Crowther after being threatened with a report to a UNSC board of inquiry.
As the remaining personnel departed from the hangar in a shocked silence, Johnson was joined by Crowther on the walk back to the Black Daggers' quarters. Crowther apologized to him for having that exchange in front of everyone, but he told the colonel that he had seen worse. Truthfully, Johnson had never seen two commanding officers openly threaten each other with career ending charges like that. He also warned Crowther that his disagreement with Nyeto was not a "pissing match" he was going to win, as it had been decided far above his pay grade that the Spartans were ''not'' children and that they were the right fit for the mission. Crowther surprised Johnson by agreeing with this sentiment, saying that the young supersoldiers had saved them at Seoba and that they were ready for battle. He then revealed that he was suspicious of Nyeto and his strange attitude toward the Spartans. It had seemed to him that Nyeto had purposefully stalled in supporting them during the previous day's battle. As such, Crowther wanted to keep the Spartans away from Nyeto until he figured out what was going on. Inwardly, Johnson agreed that he had similar suspicions about the lieutenant commander. To keep the Spartans away for a time, Crowther informed Johnson that he was sending them on Battle over Etalan|a mission to sabotage the Covenant's supply chain at Etalan.
Despite Johnson being ordered to get some rest and let the effects of his concussion subside, Crowther sent him to visit Blue Team in one of the ''Vanishing Point''s maintenance hangars later that day. At this point, Fleet of Inexorable Obedience|a Covenant fleet had arrived and begun its assault on Biko, and the Black Daggers had been deployed to attempt boarding operations. When Johnson strode into the hangar still in pain with a hangover-like headache, he was dressed in blue light-duty utilities and a pair of boots. After John and Fred asked him how he was feeling, Johnson asked Blue Team if they were just going to sit in the hangar all day bellyaching and watching the battle from a distance. John told him that's all they could do with Crowther standing in their way. With that, Johnson informed them of their new mission from the colonel. The Spartansespecially Linda-058 and Kelly-087were skeptical given Crowther's apparent past attitude toward them. Johnson leveled with them and admitted that the secrecy was warranted given the suspicions surrounding Nyeto. While the Spartans had their own suspicions of the lieutenant commander, John presented the possibility of Crowther using this mission to Etalan as a way to eliminate themthe Black Daggers' primary competition. Johnson admitted that the idea had never crossed his mind, but that it was possible. However, he asserted that the only way to determine if the mission was a setup would be to accept it. With this, John agreed.
Battle over Etalan
Later same day, Johnson, the Spartans, and Dr. Halsey left the Kolaqoa system aboard the UNSC ''Vanishing Point'' with two prowlers serving as escort. During the slipspace journey, Johnson and John-117 discussed which vessels of the logistics fleet they would make priority targets. Ultimately, they decided that they would target the munitions supply vessels first and the food supply vessels second, as the loss of those necessities would bring the Covenant offensive in this part of human space to a standstill.
On 2526#March|March 22, the three ships dropped out of slipspace near Etalan, spending the next four days observing the logistics fleet's movements and trying to discern which vessel served which purpose. By 2526#March|March 26, the ''Vanishing Point''s analysts felt confident that four of the fleet's fifteen vessels were equipment freighters carrying spare parts and other materials that would be used to keep the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience operational in the field. At this point, the logistics fleet was seemingly preparing to break from orbit over Etalan, evidenced by the fact that they had begun syncing their orbits and bringing their fusion reactors to full power. Since time was running out, Gold Team|Gold and Green Teams were deployed in S-14 Baselards to destroy the equipment freighters as Johnson and Blue Team discussed what vessels they should target during the second phase of the attack. The plan called for each of them to pilot one of the Elsedda-pattern Banshee|Banshees that the Spartans had captured in Skirmish over Netherop|a mission over Netherop a few weeks earlier. They would fly the Banshees straight into the hangars of the target vessels, crash the fighters with a HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon in the cockpit, and then go Extra-vehicular activity|EV and await prowler pickup. For the purpose of this mission, Johnson was equipped with ODST armor#Space-assault|space assault armor, an M99 Stanchion, and an M41 SPNKR.
Johnson suggested that they take out what the analysts believed to be s, but Fred pointed out that they weren't even sure of that and they could be petting zoos for all they knew. Still, Johnson argued that could destroy all of the "petting zoos," and they'd be stuck without whatever they needed them for. However, Dr. Halsey walked over and informed them that she had identified the fleet's munition supply vessels as the three large "Bladder ship|air-skimmers" seen dipping in and out of Etalan's upper atmosphere. Johnson, unconvinced that she could have determined that, asked how she knew. After some prodding, Dr. Halsey explained that the "air-skimmers" were collecting gas from Etalan's atmosphere to refine into plasma. She then revealed that she knew that Nyeto and his subordinates were Insurrectionist spies, and that she had found surveillance devices in her lab on the ''Vanishing Point''. Despite Johnson and Blue Team's worries that the spies might have gotten access to the Spartans' armor, they prepared to follow through on their part of the mission, now targeting the three "air-skimmers" instead.
With the ''Vanishing Point'' nearing the decided drop-off point, John gave the signal for Johnson and Blue Team to grab their HAVOKs and board their Banshees. Meanwhile, a remotely-piloted Baselard powered up on the hangar deck ahead of their craft. Moments before launch, a decoy flight of Baselards streamed past the hangar aperture with a Banshee squadron on their tails. The ''Vanishing Point'' cold-launched a number of pre-targeted Archer missile|M42 Archer missiles, and an instant later, the remote Baselard shot out of the hangar, firing on the Banshee squadron as the ''Vanishing Point''s missiles activated and flew after the Banshees as well. The Banshees panicked and scattered, giving the manned Baselards a chance to escape. John ordered Blue Team to launch their Banshees and fall in behind the alien fighter squadron before firing on the remote-controlled Baselard until it self-destructed into a large fireball intended to distract the Covenant forces as the ''Vanishing Point'' slipped away. Sangheili voices filled the cockpits of Blue Team's Banshees, questioning where they came from. When no response was given, a trio of Banshees broke from the main squadron to investigate the new arrivals visually. However, John was able to convince the aliens that their communications equipment had been damaged by feigning communication with a wiggle of his Banshee.
Shortly after this, Gold and Green Teams deployed from Baselards to attack the equipment freighters as planned. Moments later, the freighters began exploding while the Covenant fighters and Proselytization network|battlenet began to panic. The fourth explosion was so close to the Banshee squadron that they were allincluding the Banshees piloted by Johnson and Blue Teamdisabled by the electromagnetic pulse. Since the craft escorting them no longer had the capability to intercept transmissions, Fred-104 exclaimed his disgust at the Banshees' lack of radiation shielding over TEAMCOM. Johnson spied two of their targeted air-skimmers in an orbit that would have them pass below them shortly, pointing this out to Blue Team. When John revealed that they still planned to board the vessels, Johnson exclaimed that he was crazy. Yet, after some discussion, it was decided that Blue Team would go EV from their derelict Banshees and intercept the air-skimmers as they passed by. John-117 would board the first vessel, Kelly-087 the second, and Fred-104 the third while Linda and Johnson held back to cover them with their M99 Stanchions. John ordered Linda and Johnson to focus on protecting Kelly and Fred, but Johnson refused and told him that he needed to get over his hero complex. Linda explained that she was close enough to Fred and Kelly to cover them most of the way, and Johnson told John that he needed to get over his hero complex. John began to argue, but Johnson stated that he was already committed to the vector he was on and there was no way for him to turn back. As John grew angrier, Linda interjected, informing John that it was her who made the snap decision that Johnson would cover him. Leaving the squadron of adrift Banshees behind, Johnson's HAVOK nukewhich he had left aboard his Bansheedetonated, killing any potential witnesses aboard the other craft and covering their approach.
Meanwhile, the ''Vanishing Point''s two escort prowlers arrived to recover Gold and Green Teams. Assuming the two vessels were preparing another attack run on the logistics fleet, the Covenant attacked the prowlers and the Baselards accompanying them. As John neared the lead air-skimmer, a number of Banshees moved to intercept him, still out of range of Johnson's M99. Johnson told John to abort his approach, but the Spartan ignored him and got close enough to detonate his nuke, destroying the vessel. Fred and Kelly did likewise before Johnson and the rest of Blue Team were recovered by the ''Vanishing Point'' or its escorts.
Respite
When John received a promotion to Master Chief Petty Officer from Crowther, Johnson was present and stated that he and Crowther had talked the promotion over and both had agreed that it was the best thing for the mission as the unheard of four-rank promotion solidified John's authority over the Black Daggers. Along with Crowther, Johnson cautioned John about "leading from the front" and what could happen if they lost John in combat. Before going their separate ways, John thanked Johnson for showing him how much John didn't learn during Spartan training on Reach and Johnson promised to help him again anytime.Halo: Silent Storm, ''chapter 23''
Attack on Zhoist
During the attack on Zhoist, Johnson was stationed on the prowler with Crowther and waited on the flight deck as backup for Crowther to relieve Hector Nyeto of command when he revealed his true colors. After Nyeto tried to betray Sierra Force to the Covenant, Crowther made his move to relieve Nyeto of his command and arrest him for treason. However, the entire Ghost Flight turned out to be Insurrectionists loyal to Nyeto and the bridge crew turned on Johnson and Crowther, killing Crowther. Johnson killed the sensor operator, Crowther's killer and fled, single-handedly taking down seven Insurrectionists on board the ''Ghost Song''. However, Nyeto blew the Black Daggers, who were all wearing sealed assault armor, into space. To stop Nyeto's plot, Johnson briefly activated his distress beacon, drawing the Covenant's attention to Nyeto and ultimately forcing the Treason|traitor to flee into slipspace. Having realized what Johnson was up to, John managed to keep Sierra Force from giving away their position by reacting to the beacon and subsequent Covenant response.Halo: Silent Storm, ''chapter 24-25''
Following the betrayal of Nyeto, Johnson was left floating in space, but was rescued alive. The last person rescued alive from libration point three, Johnson had nearly frozen to death because his suit's heaters had failed and had run out of rebreather time resulting in a nearly fatal buildup of CO2 in his system. Wrapped in a space blanket and wearing an oxygen cannula, Johnson shared Sweet William cigars with John as they, along with the rest of Blue Team, watched the destruction wrought by the successful operation upon the Covenant world of Zhoist. Every time debris from the Ring of Mighty Abundance entered the atmosphere, Johnson cheered, particularly when six ships of the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience were destroyed by the octanitrocubane|octas carried by Black Daggers who had been taken prisoner upon those ships. Johnson began to reprimand Daisy-023 for acting like succeeding in the operation meant they won the whole war, but stopped himself and left it to John as her rightful commander and praised John's response.Halo: Silent Storm, ''epilogue''
Decades of War In 2549, Johnson participated in the Siege of Paris IV|Battle of Paris IV, where he saved the seven-year-old girl Molly Patel.Halo: Legacy of Onyx, ''Chapter 1''
Johnson was later present in the Fall of Reach|fall of the planet Reach. During the final stages of the battle on 2552#August|August 30, 2552, Johnson led a search-and-destroy team aboard the orbital Gamma Station|Reach Station Gamma, made up of Private First Class|PFC Wallace A. Jenkins|Wallace Jenkins, and Privates Bisenti and O'Brien (Reach)|O'Brien. They were almost killed by the attacking Jackals and Sangheili|Elites, but were later picked up by SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 and Petty Officer Second Class Linda-058.Halo: The Fall of Reach, ''pages 325, 328, and 349'' He escaped onto the , which fled the battle into Slipstream space|slipspace.
Battle of Installation 04
File:Anniversary Avery.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Sergeant Johnson on the ''Pillar of Autumn'' during the Battle of Installation 04.
After coming out of slipspace, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' came across a Forerunner artifact known as Installation 04|Halo. The Covenant, cautious not to damage the ring world by firing at the ''Autumn'' in space, began boarding actions to "cleanly" neutralize the ''Autumn'' by Naval boarding|boarding the ship and wiping out the crew and altering its course away from the Installation, before planting charges and blowing it up. On board, Johnson helped defend the ''Autumn'' from the invading Covenant boarding troops, but like everyone else was forced to abandon ship when Captain (Navy)|Captain Jacob Keyes issued the order.
Sergeant Johnson's escape pod and Fire Team Charlie|one of his fireteams landed on the ring, with most of his Marines surviving. However, as soon as they regrouped, Covenant strike teams viciously attacked them. With his platoon scattered all over the valley, he was glad to see John-117 coming up to assist in the nick of time.Halo: The Flood, ''pages 68-69''
File:KeyesJohnsonCEA.png|thumb|250px|left|Johnson and Captain Keyes fight back-to-back as infection forms overwhelm their squad. Johnson and Fire Team Charlie were evacuated by Captain Carol Rawley|Carol "Foe Hammer" Rawley and remained at Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base for some time until asked to join a mission, led by Captain Keyes, into the inner workings of Installation 04. The crew intercepted a Covenant transmission detailing the transport of numerous weapons to somewhere in the swampy regions of Installation 04. This, as well as a 'Qualomee|captured Elite's testimony of a large weapons cache located in a swamp, prompted Keyes to investigate. Johnson, being an experienced and respected sergeant, accompanied the captain along with his squad.
Shortly after they were dropped off, the squad came across a structure leading underground. As they ventured further into the facility, they came across several Sangheili corpses with scrambled innards. Passing them off as friendly fire, they proceeded deeper into the facility until they entered a seemingly empty room. Annoyed by Private Manuel Mendoza's paranoia, Johnson shrugged off the situation until massive numbers of Pod infectors barged out of the nearby holding cells and attacked the squad. As each Marine fell, Johnson was forced to kill a few of his own men, who were mutating before his eyes and would have killed him if he had done otherwise. File:JohnsonFlood.png|thumb|250px|Johnson was able to escape the Flood thanks to his skill and biological augmentations. Johnson, however, was able to survive the ambush uninfected due to his skill, tenacity and physiological enhancement, though when asked how he survived, he claimed that the Flood had not been able to infect him. Later, a query by the Artificial intelligence|AI Cortana into Johnson's medical history claimed that he had a condition known as Boren's Syndrome. This disease was supposedly contracted while he was stationed at Paris IV. When the Covenant Siege of Paris IV|attacked Paris IV, Johnson fought valiantly; during the battle, he repossessed a crate of Covenant Anskum-pattern plasma grenade|plasma grenades when his troops needed them and used them all against the enemy troops to keep them at bay so his fellow soldiers could evacuate. He received a commendation for bravery, and a twelve-hundred-rad cumulative dose of radiation as an unanticipated "bonus" from all the plasma detonations.Halo: First Strike, ''page 244'' Allegedly, the Boren's Syndrome had an unexpected side effect, as it made him effectively immune to infection by the Flood because the radiation scrambled his nervous system so much that Pod infectors could not force a match. This supposedly rendered the Flood unable to control him. However, the Boren's Syndrome story (referred to as the "Paris/BS Spoof"), was a hoax to cover up Johnson's involvement in the ORION Project,Halo: Graphic Novel, ''page 122''Halo Encyclopedia, ''page 81'' and his survival from the Flood was solely due to his ability to fight off the parasite before it could infect him thanks to his augmented physique and superior skill, as opposed to an actual immunity. augmentation impedes efficacy of parasite conversion process."'')]Halo Graphic Novel, ''Breaking Quarantine'', Bungie disliked the notion of a Flood immunity and established the disease as being fictitious on page 122 of the ''Halo Graphic Novel''. As stated in the introduction to ''Breaking Quarantine'', the comic was intended to further cement Bungie's original vision for Johnson's escape from the Flood. The comic indicates that he simply fought his way out of the containment facility and did not suffer lacerations which would expose him to Flood infection in the process.}}
John-117 presumed Johnson dead after finding Wallace A. Jenkins|Private Jenkins' helmet recorder log, showing the gory details of the Marines' fates. However, Johnson escaped after Master Chief found Corporal Lovik and the remains of his team.
Operation: FIRST STRIKE
File:Polaski cam.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Johnson and John-117 on a Covenant ship. Johnson met up with Lieutenant|Lt. Elias Haverson, Corporal|Cpl. Locklear, and Petty Officer Second Class|PO2 Shiela Polaski, escaping Halo's destruction in a D77-TC Pelican|Pelican moments before it collapsed in multiple explosions. Polaski piloted the dropship away from the ring, meeting up with a GA-TL1 Longsword carrying the Master Chief and Cortana, who had also escaped the Flood and Halo. Having seen Jenkins' video himself, SPARTAN-117 was alarmed by Johnson's appearance and promptly pulled Johnson's own M6D Personal Defense Weapon System|M6D pistol and pointed it to his head. Johnson had expressed no objection, and assured the Spartan that he was fine and not infected from the Flood, although it took Cortana's intervention to convince the Chief that Johnson was still human.
Without a viable way to return to the nearest safe outpost, it was decided that the new crew would take over the nearest Covenant ship in the vicinity, the ''Ascendant Justice'', a Covenant capital ship. The Master Chief assumed command due to his higher-priority mission, although Lieutenant Haverson was the ranking officer, and Johnson assisted Master Chief by helping him assert control over Corporal Locklear and Haverson. After they boarded the ''Ascendant Justice'', Johnson and the others made their way through the ship towards the bridge, where he witnessed a showdown between the Master Chief and a Sangheili, where he brought down the alien's shields in order for SPARTAN-117 to push the Elite into an escape pod and send it away from the ship.
After they had captured the Covenant ship, not being able to return to Earth because of the Cole Protocol, Master Chief suggested they return to Reach to regroup. They proceeded with this plan despite protests that Reach was almost certainly a dead world. When they arrived at Reach, the planet was almost completely glassed, except for a small portion. Using a Taaku Xur-pattern Spirit|Covenant dropship, they traveled to the surface of the desecrated planet, where Johnson was becoming nervous. After they landed, they found the surviving SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs and Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey. Johnson was the first to realize that they were surrounded by thousands of invisible Covenant, and pointed it out to Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb|Whitcomb before their dropship walked into the trap.
After a harrowing escape, Johnson accompanied the new and growing crew as the ship moved through Slipspace. Unknown to him, Dr. Halsey and the Master Chief were reviewing his medical files. They matched Johnson's survival against the Flood to his Boren's Syndrome. Flood DNA ''was'' present in Johnson's blood, but it was dormant and non-infectious. Halsey also confirmed that Johnson had gained some unique regenerative abilities as a side effect from the attempted assimilation back on Halo when they accidentally opened the Flood containment facility. Halsey had prepared two separate documents for Office of Naval Intelligence#Section Three|ONI Section Three to review:
All relevant data on Halsey's analysis and the possible technology to counter an initial Flood infestation, as well as Jenkins's and Johnson's mission logs and Johnson's medical files, focusing on the interaction between LF.Xx.3273 Flood Super Cell|Flood super cell and Boren's Syndrome. The file above, minus any reference to Avery Johnson or his encounter with the Flood.
Halsey placed the decision of which data crystal to give to ONI in the Chief's hands. If he gave them the first crystal, ONI would probably have dissected Johnson in an attempt to figure out how he resisted the Flood, killing the Sergeant. The Chief had thought at first that the first crystal held the better solution, despite it essentially being a death sentence for his friend, but later decided to save Johnson's life by crushing the first crystal.
Although Johnson's involvement in Operation: FIRST STRIKE was minimal, he came up with the idea to attack the Covenant space station ''Unyielding Hierophant'' in order to delay the Covenant from finding Earth. Johnson continued to be of assistance when the Spartans began the mission, staying behind with Cortana in the damaged while they charged head-on into the Covenant ship after the operation.
Invasion of Earth
File:H2A-John&Johnson.jpg|250px|thumb|Master Chief John-117 and Sergeant Major Johnson salute Lord Hood during ceremony aboard Cairo Station.
Most of the crew returned to Earth safely, and they were given time to rest and were debriefed on their experiences. While aboard ''Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station'' on October 19, Johnson was interrogated by Dr. Veronica Clayton of ONI in regards to the events surrounding Operation: FIRST STRIKE.Halo Legendary Crate, ''Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #10''
The next day, Johnson was promoted to Sergeant Major and was awarded the Colonial Cross by Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood for his actions on Halo. During the ceremony, a Covenant excavation fleet headed by the Prophet of Regret arrived at the Human homeworld, sparking the Battle of Earth.
Johnson aided in the defense of the ''Cairo'' along with John-117. As the Spartan led the human forces deeper into the station, Johnson and Commander (UNSC)|Commander Miranda Keyes, the daughter of the deceased Jacob Keyes, boarded the UNSC frigate|UNSC Frigate ''UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad''.
As they arrived on the surface, Cortana intercepted data that pointed towards one of the Covenant's spiritual leaders being present in the invasion. Johnson led D77-TC Pelican|Pelicans full of marines into battle, but they were shot down by a Covenant before they got close to the covenant assault carrier|ship that carried the High Prophet of Regret. Wielding a Sniper Rifle System 99C-S2 Anti-Materiel|sniper rifle, Johnson fought in the residential district of the city, providing cover fire and serving as a lookout. As the Master Chief went on to find UNSC Marine Corps|Marines from another downed Pelican, Johnson stayed back and joined the rescue units to provide cover. Viewing the Scarab as a threat to the mission, he returned to ''UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad'' to bring a M808B Main Battle Tank|Scorpion tank for the Chief to use in a front line assault against the Covenant invasion force.
After the destruction of the Scarab, Johnson picked up the Chief and brought him back into ''In Amber Clad'', which pulled up next to the massive Covenant ship just as it took off into Slipstream space|Slipspace, the human vessel being close enough to "piggyback" along on the same jump.
Delta Halo File:H2AMAJ.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Johnson helps Miranda to secure the Activation Index.
Coming out of Slipspace, Johnson was shocked to learn that there was another Halo, nearly choking on his ever-present cigar. Determined to find and capture the Prophet of Regret, Commander Keyes ordered SPARTAN-117 to clear a landing zone and the Sergeant to take two flights of Pelicans and land on the ring. Johnson carried out the orders and followed the Chief and a small detachment of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers onto the surface, providing artillery and troops by means of dropships to fight the Covenant stationed in the ring's ancient temples.
During the mission, Cortana translated a message from Regret being broadcast on the Covenant network, and learned that Regret planned to activate the Halo, which would wipe out all life in the galaxy. Pulling information gathered from the first Halo, Keyes found the location of Library#Library of Installation 05|Delta Halo's library, housing the Activation Index|Index which was needed to activate the ring. She ordered Johnson to extract his troops and return to ''In Amber Clad'' for reassignment.
Johnson and a group of his best Marines joined Commander Keyes on a search for the Index deep inside the Quarantine zone (location)|Quarantine zone. As they neared the center of the massive structure, the small unit was attacked by a large amount of Flood. They dug in and fought the creatures off, finally locating the Index. Johnson helped Keyes grab the key, but before they headed out, they were attacked by Thel 'Vadamee, the Covenant Arbiter, who had emerged from active camouflage to attack the two. Johnson was quickly incapacitated and captured by Tartarus, current Chieftain of the Jiralhanae, and brought to the Covenant capital city, ''High Charity'', orbiting the ring.
Johnson, Keyes and other UNSC soldiers were held prisoner in the city, until the Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth instructed Tartarus to activate the ring and initiate the Covenant religion|Great Journey. Tartarus ordered his Jiralhanae to split Johnson, Keyes, and the captured 343 Guilty Spark|Oracle into two different Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantoms as they descended back towards the ring. Johnson was joined by Staff Sergeant Banks and Gunnery Sergeant Stacker for execution by a pack of Jiralhanae at the Bastion of the Brutes near Halo's Control Room (Installation 05)|control room. Moments before their deaths, the Arbiter and his squad burst out of the nearby structure and attacked the Jiralhanae, distracting them long enough for Johnson and his Marines to board the nearby Scarab walker.
After the executioners were killed, Johnson and his Marines commandeered the Scarab, and confronted 'Vadamee. Despite their mutual enmity, they both agreed that Tartarus needed to be stopped at all costs. Johnson suggested that 'Vadamee commandeer a Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee to provide air support as they traversed the canyon towards the Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room. Johnson fired the Scarab's focus cannon to destroy the heavily armored door, allowing the Arbiter to get inside. File:H2A-Arbiter&Co.jpg|250px|thumb|Johnson, Miranda and Thel 'Vadam after successful deactivation of Delta Halo.
Armed with a Type-50 particle beam rifle|Particle Beam Rifle, Johnson arrived during the Arbiter's confrontation with Tartarus, keeping his gun trained on the Chieftain's head to prevent him from forcing Keyes to insert the Index. Tartarus threw 343 Guilty Spark at Johnson, knocking him over. Swiftly, he forced Keyes to insert the Index into the control panel, starting the firing process. The Arbiter and his squad of Elites challenged Tartarus, and Johnson provided backup, using his Beam Rifle to bring down the Chieftain's shields. With his shields down, 'Vadamee was able to kill Tartarus, thereby allowing Keyes to grab the Index and stop Installation 05 from firing. However, Spark revealed that the shutdown activated a failsafe system; the rest of the Halos were set to standby mode, and could only be activated remotely from what Spark informed them was Installation 00|"The Ark". After the Arbiter asked him its location, Spark gave them coordinates to Earth.Halo Encyclopedia, ''page 197''Halo 2, campaign level ''The Great Journey''
The release of the Flood from the ring, however, would put their plans to get to Earth on hold. The new allies would rendezvous with the Arbiter's comrade, Rtas 'Vadumee, now shipmaster of the recently captured assault carrier ''Shadow of Intent'', flagship of the separatists' fledgling Fleet of Retribution. Together, they formulated a plan for sterilization and quarantine. Spark remained with the fleet to coordinate containment efforts while Johnson, Keyes and the Arbiter raced back to Earth aboard one of the fleet's vessels to warn humanity and to locate the Ark.Halo Waypoint, ''"The Long Road Home"''Halo Legendary Crate, ''Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2''
Return to Earth File:Johnson & Vergil.png|thumb|left|250px|Quick to Adjust lights a cigar for Johnson.
Upon their return to Earth around November 15, 2552, Johnson met with Office of Naval Intelligence Captain Veronica Dare aboard the Quito Terminus to interrogate Quick to Adjust|a Covenant Engineer that Alpha-Nine|her squad had captured during the Battle of New Mombasa almost a month prior. With clearance from Lord Hood, Johnson plied the creature with questions regarding the current Portal at Voi|excavation near Voi and the Ark. Despite his best efforts, ultimately they were unable to obtain any actionable intelligence before the Prophet of Truth and his Forerunner Dreadnought arrived two days later.
When John-117 crash-landed in the Tanzanian jungle after bailing out of the Dreadnought, he was Recovery of John-117|recovered by Johnson, the Arbiter, and a squad of Marines. After a few minutes of hiking through the jungle, he and his squad split off from the Master Chief and the Arbiter after encountering enemy Phantoms, reasoning that they would be safer apart than together. Johnson and his team proceeded to continue through the woods, and arrived at the evacuation site several moments before John-117 and 'Vadam. However, enemy Banshees soon discovered the awaiting Pelicans, and he was shot down, crash landing about a kilometer away. He and the surviving Marines were forced to flee pursuing Brutes. At some point Johnson and his men were captured. After being freed by the Spartan, he grabbed the nearest weapon and helped fend off incoming Covenant until Hocus, a Pelican pilot, came to the rescue. Hocus eventually arrived, destroying two Phantoms that were pinning Sergeant Johnson, the Chief, the Arbiter, and the surviving Marines down. Johnson was evacuated along with the Master Chief, the Arbiter, and surviving Marines.
Sgt. Johnson, John-117, and 'Vadam were brought to a UNSC base codenamed Crow's Nest, deep underground in the African jungle. There, they linked up with Commander Miranda Keyes, who briefed them on the situation. When the base was Attack on Crow's Nest|attacked by the Covenant, Johnson and the Arbiter stayed behind to defend the ops center while the Master Chief went off to secure the perimeter. After a lengthy battle, he was forced to fall back as Jiralhanae overran the control room. He rendezvoused with Keyes and 'Vadam in a Pelican, and guided the Chief through the base to an elevator that would take him to the Pelicans. Unfortunately, the base exploded before the Chief could reach Johnson, forcing the Sergeant to leave him to meet up with Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds under the base instead.
Johnson warned the Chief that the Covenant had uncovered what he thought was the Ark, and that the humans had to get to it. Johnson provided air support for the Spartan and the Marine survivors, dropping off Warthogs so the Chief and his Marines could Assault on the Tsavo Highway|break through Jiralhanae blockades on the Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway. During the Battle of Voi, he dropped off several M274 Ultra-Light All-Terrain Vehicle|Mongoose ATVs to assist the Master Chief in destroying a Covenant . Johnson remained in a Pelican dropship for most, if not all of the Battle of Voi, dispersing armor and troops throughout the city as necessary to help push the Covenant back. When the Pelican made a crash-landing in Voi, Johnson probably docked on the along with Commander Keyes. He was present when the Master Chief retrieved a message from Cortana, who had been left behind on the Flood-infested ''High Charity''. Johnson was one of the Marines that followed the High Prophet of Truth to the ''real'' Ark, which was located past the slipspace portal generated by the Portal at Voi|device the Covenant uncovered on Earth.
Assault on the Ark
After the Fleet of Retribution's arrival at Installation 00 on 2552#December|December 11,Halo Waypoint ''Heroes Never Die#Hero-Fortitude|''Hero-"Fortitude"' Johnson descended to installation 00|the Ark with a half a dozen Pelicans along with the Master Chief, and helped him secure a landing zone and stop the construction of an AA battery. He later brought in a platoon of Marines led by Gunnery Sergeant Stacker, and some tanks from the frigate, helping throughout the mission, until the location of Truth was discovered from the Cartographer.
He then went on to command the second squad in taking down the third tower that was projecting the shield barrier protecting Truth in the Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel. There, he, along with his squad, were overrun and captured by overwhelming Brute, Hunter and Drone forces. Johnson's squad was killed, and he was brought to the Citadel.
The Prophet of Truth attempted to use Johnson to activate the Ark, and set off the Halo array, but he only taunted the Jiralhanae, in particular a Chieftain, in hopes of angering the Brute to the point where he would kill him, and deny Truth the ability to activate the array. Miranda Keyes attempted to rescue him by crashing a Pelican through a large observatory window. Keyes was able to kill one brute, a Chieftain, and fatally wounded another, but was surrounded. Realizing what the Prophet of Truth wished to use them for, Johnson told her that she should kill them both so they could not be used. While Keyes hesitated, Truth shot her in the back with a Paegaas Workshop Spiker|Spiker, killing her instantly and used the demoralized Johnson to activate the Array. Johnson was rescued by John-117 and Thel 'Vadam, along with a horde of Flood. After the Master Chief deactivated the array, the Flood turned on the three, and while Johnson managed to escape on Keyes' Pelican with her body, the Chief and the Arbiter were knocked off by the Gravemind, forced to fight their way back through the Flood.
File:DeathofAveryJohnson.jpg|thumb|343 Guilty Spark mortally wounds Johnson in front of the Master Chief.|250px
After it was discovered that installation 08|a Halo was located within the Ark, a plan was developed to activate that ring and that ring alone, which would destroy the Flood on the Ark, including the Gravemind, ending their threat once and for all, while simultaneously sparing the rest of the life in the galaxy. This was possible because Cortana still held within her the code to the Index from Installation 04, the first Halo. After John-117 invaded ''High Charity'' to recover Cortana, destroying the city on his way out, Sergeant Johnson helped the Master Chief and the Arbiter fight through hordes of Flood to get to the control room of the new Halo, providing cover fire with a M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle|Spartan Laser. Johnson tried to activate the ring despite 343 Guilty Spark's suggestion that they wait for it to be finished, which could take several days. Realizing that "his" ring was about to be destroyed ''again'', the Monitor turned on his allies, firing his sentinel beam into Johnson's front armor piece and fatally wounding him.
File:H3JohnsonDead.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Sergeant Johnson dying with a bloody hole burnt through his chest. While the Master Chief fought the rogue construct, Johnson used the last of his life and fired his laser, rendering Spark vulnerable. With a few choice words ("Kick his ass") he handed the Chief his weapon and fell unconscious. After the rogue AI was destroyed, Johnson gave John-117 the data crystal chip|chip containing Cortana, and told him "Don't ever let her go". Despite John's promise that they would not leave him behind, the dying sergeant knew that he wasn't going to make it, requesting that the Chief "send [him] out with a 'bang'" before dying of his injuries. Following his wishes, John-117 left his body in the Control Room as the ring activated, its unfinished state meaning that the activation sequence tore itself apart. Johnson's body was disintegrated in the explosion while Chief and Thel 'Vadam took Johnson's Warthog to escape on the ''Forward Unto Dawn''. Johnson's death brought condolences from Cortana and Thel 'Vadam, whom Johnson aided in his fight against Tartarus.
File:Memorial pictures.PNG|250px|thumb|Johnson's picture was included in the legacy of fallen heroes and leaders during the Human-Covenant war.
On 2553|March 3, 2553, a portrait of Johnson was seen among the fallen and dead on the Voi Memorial. The Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science, where members of the SPARTAN-IV program practice live fire training, was named in his honor.
Personality Avery Johnson's behavior was often eccentric, delivering bizarre and outlandish speeches to boost the morale of those serving under him.Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level ''The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn''Halo 2, campaign level ''Metropolis'' However, as shown in ''Halo: Contact Harvest|Contact Harvest'', he also was a no-nonsense NCO who cared deeply for the lives of his troops. Johnson believed in pushing his soldiers to their limit in training, in order to give them a better chance of surviving real combat.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page ??''
He was best known for his typical "Wikipedia:Gung-ho|gung-ho" attitude towards life, personal goals, and as a leader to his fellow Marines. This earned him a reputation, respect, and admiration from his subordinates and superiors alike. Johnson was a noted fan of "flip music", a style of music similar to the Wikipedia:Heavy metal music|heavy metal from the 21st century. He was also known as being one of a select few outside of the SPARTAN-II Program to befriend Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, a soldier with whom he fought alongside many times throughout the first and final months of the Human-Covenant War; ultimately dying in his arms after being critically injured. He has a large amount of respect for the SPARTAN-IIs, and appears to respect ''every'' human fighting for humanity, as well as the Sangheili when they joined forces with the UNSC. In return, Thel 'Vadam respects him as well as after his death, offering condolences to John, "I am sorry, Spartan" and "even in death, your Sergeant guides us all."
In ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''Halo 2'', Johnson seemed energetic and well-humored, often cracking jokes, puns, and insults at the expense of the Covenant or even in response to UNSC transmissions, as shown in the following quote:
Age and appearance File:H2A-SgtAveryJohnson-Main.jpg|250px|thumb|A close up of Sergeant Major Johnson's face. Johnson's age is affected by the same ambiguities as all beings who undergo extended voyages through space. Born in the late 2400s, chronologically Johnson would have been over 70 years old at the time of his death in 2552. He has spent much of his life in cryonics|cryosleep. Cellular activity is slowed to near standstill in cryosleep, effectively halting the aging process. As a result, Johnson's biological age is significantly less than his chronological age as measured by Terran chronology. His ORION augmentations likely played a part in this as well, as they were known to have extended the active service careers of many of the program's former members.
Decorations Johnson has received three known medals in his service: The Colonial Cross and the Purple Heart,Halo 2, ''Cairo Station'' as well as the UNSC Legion of Honor, which may have been a posthumous decoration.Halo 3, ''Halo (Halo 3 level)'' Johnson was not awarded any medals during his time with the ORION detachment, due to the sensitive nature of its missions.
Trivia
Johnson was voiced by David Scully in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', ''Halo 2'', ''Halo 3'', ''Halo 3: ODST'', and ''Halo: Reach''. Scully also voiced a number of Elites in those games, notably the ones who talk in an energetic voice in ''Halo 2'' and ''Halo 3''. In an out-take for ''Halo 2'', Scully says, "In ''Halo 4'', I get a woman!". In ''Halo Wars 2'', Johnson was voiced by another actor because Scully was part of an ongoing Wikipedia:201617 video game voice actor strike|strike among video game voice actors.
*In ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', the Elite quote "Wort, wort, wort!" is actually a slowed-down reversal of Johnson saying, "Go, go, go!"
Damion Poitier provides Johnson's Wikipedia:Motion capture|motion and Wikipedia:Facial motion capture|facial capture in the reimagined cinematics by Blur Studios for ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. Johnson is List of references to Aliens in the Halo series|heavily based on the character Gunnery Sergeant Al Apone from the film ''wikipedia:Aliens (film)|Aliens'', with whom Johnson shares many character and physical traits, as well as some dialogue. Johnson is a playable character in ''Halo 3: ODSTs Firefight (Halo 3: ODST)|Firefight. In the original Xbox 360 release, he is available only to those who pre-ordered the game from participating retailers, while in ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'', he is unlocked at rank 50 of Series 3: Recon. Johnson is a DLC Leader released on 2017|May 22, 2017 for ''Halo Wars 2s multiplayer. Johnson's dress uniform in Halo 2 features a gold star and 4 stripes. In Halo 2: Anniversary, this was amended to a gold star and 2 stripes. It is unknown whether or not this correctly reflects his rank of Sergeant Major.
In the non-canonical Legendary ending of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', he is seen fighting with Hugging Elite|an Elite over an assault rifle. It is possible, through Life After Death|a glitch, to keep Johnson alive despite his death by 343 Guilty Spark. This can be accomplished by killing him right before the cutscene in which he gets killed by Guilty Spark. By doing this glitch it is also possible to get Johnson infected by the Flood. With the Sputnik skull activated on the ''Halo 2'' level "Cairo Station (station)|Cairo Station", the player can push Johnson into outer space when at the station's umbilicals. It is very difficult, however, as Johnson will keep attempting to run back to his assigned position.
Staff Sergeant Johnson first appeared in a short video shown to kick off the ''Halo'' Launch Party held in Chicago on November 10, 2001. In ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', Johnson will always appear in later levels, even if killed. Johnson's voice is usable in ''Halo: Reachs Firefight mode for 100,000 cR. Johnson was the first human to kill a Zhar (Kig-Yar)|member of the Covenant.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''page 130'' He also witnessed Truth's death, making him the only human to have personally witnessed both the beginning and the end of the Human-Covenant War. Johnson may have been married: According to a quote during gameplay on the level "Cairo Station", Johnson says that the Covenant are "worse than [his] mother-in-law." In ''Halo: Contact Harvest'', Johnson was involved in a romantic relationship with his commanding officer, Jilan al-Cygni, leading fans to theorize that the two were married at some point. Johnson was fond of Sweet William cigars.Halo: Contact Harvest, ''epilogue''Halo: Silent Storm, ''epilogue''
In ''Halo 3: ODST'' Firefight, Johnson has exactly the same body as the Rookie.
"Send Me Out... with a Bang", the Achievement granted for completing the final mission of ''Halo: Reach'', is a reference to Johnson's final words. As revealed in ''Halo: Silent Storm'', Johnson had a role in the promotion of John-117 to the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer and he acted as a mentor towards the young Spartan during the early part of the war.
Gallery
File:HaloCE-SgtAveryJohnson.png|Johnson in his Marine BDU in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. File:JohnsonMarine.jpg|Johnson in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. File:Scrn 029.jpg|Johnson and John-117 fight off Covenant forces on the surface of Installation 04. File:HCE Legendary Ending 1.jpg|Johnson and an Elite halt their battle when they notice the ''Pillar of Autumn'' imminent destruction in the non-canon extended ending of ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. File:Johnson.png|Johnson in his UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform|Battle Dress Uniform in ''Halo 2''. File:Sergeant Johnson.png|Johnson in his UNSC Marine Corps Dress Uniform|Marine Corps Dress Uniform in ''Halo 2''. File:KeyesJohnson.png|Johnson escorting Commander Keyes to her ship in ''Halo 2''. File:Sargescarab.jpg|Johnson commandeering a Type-47A Scarab before the Thel 'Vadam. File:Johnson-BQ.jpg|Johnson in the ''Halo Graphic Novel''. File:Sgt Avery Junior Johnson.png|Johnson in ''Halo 3''. File:H3-JohnsontakesBeamRifle.png|Johnson with two Type-51 carbines and a Type-50 particle beam rifle. File:Halo3 ODST Sgt. Johnson.png|Johnson in ''Halo 3: ODSTs Firefight. File:Johnson - Origins.png|Johnson in ''Halo Legends'': ''Origins''. File:HR Johnson Firefight Icon.png|Johnson's profile in ''Halo: Reachs Firefight. File:Invasion - Johnson.jpg|Johnson fighting onboard Gamma Station in ''Halo: Fall of Reach''. File:CEA_Johnson1.png|Close-up of Johnson in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''. File:Halo 2A Johnson turnaround.jpg|Render of Johnson in ''Halo 2 Anniversary''. File:H2A - Johnson.png|Johnson in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. File:H2A-SgtAveryJohnson-Main.jpg|A close up of Johnson. File:H2A-Outskirts-Johnson and pilots.jpg|Johnson encouraging his men. File:H2A-Johnson.jpg|Johnson during Battle of Earth. File:H2A-HowYaDoing.jpg|Johnson being pinned to the wall by the Arbiter Thel 'Vadam. File:H2A-Arbiter&Johnson.jpg|Johnson and Thel 'Vadam standing together against Tartarus. File:H2A - GuiltyJohnsonMiranda.png|Johnson, Miranda, and Guilty Spark on Installation 05. File:HW2 Blitz Sergeant Johnson.jpg|Blitz card of Johnson in ''Halo Wars 2''. File:Johnson Greenmachine.png|Johnson on the field in ''Halo Wars 2''. File:HW2-JohnsonvsSentinel.png|Johnson attacking an Aggressor Sentinel. File:HW2 Sergeant Johnson Vault.png|Sergeant Johnson wearing the HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I (J) Green Machine suit on the map, Vault in ''Halo Wars 2''. File:HLC Let's Get Tactical.jpg|An artistic amalgamation of the Raid on Installation 08 and Avery Johnson's grand finale. File:HINF Chibi Johnson Emblem.png|A ''Halo Infinite'' multiplayer emblem of Johnson. File:Enc22_Johnson.jpg|Johnson in the ''Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)''.
List of appearances
''Halo: The Fall of Reach''
''Halo: Combat Evolved''
''Halo: The Flood''
''Halo: First Strike''
''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''
''Halo 2''
*''Conversations from the Universe''
''Halo Graphic Novel''
*''Breaking Quarantine''
*''Halo Graphic Novel, Page 122|Page 122''
''Starry Night''
''Halo 3''
''Halo: Contact Harvest''
''Halo 3: ODST''
''Halo Legends''
*''Origins''
''Halo: Reach''
''Halo: Fall of Reach''
*''Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion''
''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''
''Halo 4''
''Halo 2: Anniversary''
''Halo: New Blood''
''Halo Mythos''
''Halo Wars 2''
''Halo: Legacy of Onyx''
''Halo: Silent Storm''
''Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual''
''Halo: Oblivion''
''Halo: Shadows of Reach''
''Halo Infinite''
Notes
Sources
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Campaign
The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn
"You heard the lady! Move like you've got a purpose!" - To Marines, after Cortana's announcements. Speech to Marines depended on Difficulties:
* "Men, keep your eyes downrange, fingers on the triggers, and we all come home in one piece. Am I right, Marines?" - Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson's speech on Easy.
*"Once again, it is our job to finish what the flyboys started. We are leaving UNSC Pillar of Autumn|this ship's platoon, and engaging the Covenant Empire|Covenant on solid ground. When we meet the enemy, you will rip their skulls from their spines, and toss 'em away, laughin'! Am I right, Marines?" - Johnson's speech on Normal.
*"Men, here is where we show those sangheili|split-chin, squid-head, sons of bitches that they could not have picked a worse enemy than the human race. We are going to blow the hell out of those dumb bugs until we don't have anything left to shoot 'em with! And then, we are going to strangle them with their own living guts! Am I right, Marines?" - Johnson's speech on Heroic.
*"Men, we led those dumb bugs out to the middle of nowhere to keep 'em from gettin' their filthy claws on Earth. But, we stumbled onto Installation 04|somethin' they're so hot for, that they're scramblin' over each other to get it. Well, I don't care if it's God's own anti-son-of-a-bitch machine, or a giant hula hoop, we're not gonna let 'em have it! What we will let 'em have is a belly full of lead, and a pool of their own blood to drown in! Am I right, Marines?" -Johnson's speech on Legendary.
"Uh-huh. Damn right, I am. Now move it out! Double time!" - after Marines' response to his speech.
"All you greenhorns who wanted to see Covenant up close... this is your lucky day." - When the Marines move out. Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo
"It's a mess, sir. We're scattered all over this valley. We called for evac, but until john-117|you showed up, I thought we were cooked." - To the Master Chief once after they meet up.
"Sure, Cortana. All right ladies, volunteers step up on the double! The rest of you, get to the drop ship." - To Cortana, then Marines regarding a volunteer for the M12 Force Application Vehicle|Warthog's turret.
343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark
"Watch your mouth, son. This "stuff" is your history. It should remind you grunts what we're fightin' to protect." - To Private First Class|PFC Manuel Mendoza, who express his dislike to Flip Music.
"You ask 'em real nice next time you see 'em, Bisenti. I'm sure they'll be happy to oblige." - To Mendoza and Bisenti who agreed they would let the Covenant Empire|Covenant destroy their Flip Music history.
"Looks like a Covenant patrol. Badass Elite units, all KIA." - To Jacob Keyes, referring to a dead Sangheili|Elite inside the Flood containment facility.
"Wait here for the Captain and his squad, and get your ass inside." - To PFC Wallace A. Jenkins, outside a Forerunner structure.
"Boy, you always got a bad feelin' about something--" - To Mendoza, who said he has a bad feeling about entering a room inside the facility.
"Mendoza, get your ass back up to Second Squad's position, and find out what the hell is goin' on." - To Mendoza, after losing contact with Second Squad.
"Where's that coming from, Mendoza?" - After hearing the gurgling sounds from the Flood.
"Don't even THINK about it, Marine!" - To Mendoza, who attempts to escape after shouting "This is loco!" upon encountering The Flood.
"Goddamnit Jenkins, fire your weapon!" - To the panicking PFC Jenkins, who didn't fire his weapon at the Flood Pod infector|Infection Forms in terror. The Maw Note: ''(Non-canon appearance)''
"C'mere you mother... I'm gonna... Grr... Ah!" - Struggling with an Elite for Assault rifle|Assault Rifle.
"Oh, shi" - When the Pillar of Autumn started to explode.
"This is it, baby. Hold me." - To the Hugging Elite|Elite, who hugs him.
Gameplay Quotes
"So. You beat the ''Halo'' demo. Not bad, soldier, not bad at all. But are you ready to take the next step?! In the full version of ''Halo'', you'll find additional vehicles like tanks, plasma turrets, and aircraft: powerful, new human ''and'' alien weapons; a single player campaign spanning ''ten'' massive indoor and outdoor environments; ''and'' support for intense multiplayer battles with up to sixteen of your friends! ... Or ''enemies''. All that wrapped up in an epic sci-fi story that's so ''freaky'', it makes me shake just thinkin' about it. Halo: Combat Evolved. Buy one! Heck, buy two. That's an order, soldier!"
The Armory
"That, or you can hide behind me. You done with my boy here Master Guns? I don't see any training wheels." - To Master Gunnery Sergeant and John-117 after the testing the New MJOLNIR Armor.
"Sorry Guns, classified." -In response to the Master Gunnery Sergeant's inquiry.
"Well, he's in a particularly fine mood. Maybe Terrence Hood|Lord Hood didn't give him an invitation." - To the John-117|Master Chief, referring to the Master Gunnery Sergeant's rude response.
"Earth... Haven't seen it in years. When I shipped out for Basic, the orbital defense grid was all theory and politics. Now look! The Cairo Station (station)|Cairo is just one of three hundred geosync platforms. That MAC gun can put a round clean through a Covenant capital ship. With coordinated fire from the Athens Station|Athens and the Malta Station|Malta, nothing's getting past this battle cluster in one piece. Ships have been arriving all morning. Nobody's saying much, but I think something big's about to happen." - In the tram car.
Cairo Station
"And you told me you were gonna wear something nice." - In response to John-117 complaining about cameras on the Cairo station.
"Folks need heroes chief, to give 'em hope, so smile would ya, while we still got something to smile about!" - Upon entering Cairo Station's bridge for receiving badges.
"I need a field of fire on that bulkhead. As soon as that door opens, let 'em have it!" - To other Marines, after the ceremony and in the early stages of Battle of Earth|Covenant's Invasion on Earth, in which Covenant Troops are sent into the orbital MAC Gun stations.
"Come on, Chief, this way!" - to John-117, near the Airlock leading to ''UNSC In Amber Clad''.
"Get going. I'll cover the Miranda Keyes|Commander." - To John-117, after clearing the area leading to the Frigate mentioned above.
"For a brick... he flew pretty good." - after the bomb detonates. Outskirts
"Dear Humanity... We regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!" - Referring to the Prophet of Regret's name.
"We're going in. Get tactical, Marines!" - To Marines in on board a Pelican in Old Mombasa.
"Shake it off, Marines. Clear the crash site! Go, go, go!" - To Marines, after being shot by a Protos-pattern Scarab|Scarab moments after the above phrase.
"If they didn't know we're here before, they do now." - To Marines
"I don't wanna kill ya, you're just too ugly to let live!" - During combat with First Squad, waiting for back up from a Pelican.
*"We got Kig-yar|Jackals in the courtyard!" - to Marines
"Copy that. Someone get a Satchel charge|Satchel on the gate!" - To the marines, after the pilot of the third Pelican express the impossibility for him to land the Pelican in the courtyard.
"Stand back, Marines. Let the Chief show you how it's done!" - To Marines, after Hunters break through the gate mentioned above.
"Understood. I'll keep an eye on 'em. Chief ... good luck." - To Commander Keyes, who requested him to join the third Pelican and provide support United Nations Space Command|UNSC units in the city.
Metropolis Speech depending on Difficulty:
*"You had your chance to be afraid before you joined my beloved Corps. But to guide you back to the true path, I brought this motivational device. Our big green style cannot be defeated!"- On Easy.
*"The Chief is gonna jump in this tank, roll across the bridge, and blow up any inhuman-son-of-a-bitch dumb enough to get between him and the Prophet of Regret! Pull yourself together, because you're going with him!" - On Normal
*"When I joined the Corps, we didn't have any fancy-shmancy tanks. We had sticks! Two sticks, and a rock for the whole platoon - and we had to share the rock! Buck up, boy, you're one very lucky Marine!" - On Heroic.
*"Usually the good Lord works in mysterious ways. But not today! This here is sixty-six tons of straight up, H-E-spewing dee-vine intervention! If God is love, then you can call me Cupid!" - On Legendary.
"We've all run the simulations, they're tough, but they ain't invincible. Stay with the Master Chief, he'll know what to do." - To a female Marine who asked, "What about that Scarab?"
"Oh, I know what the ladies like..." - To Cortana when she thanks him for bringing her and the Master Chief a tank, and while cocking an M247.
"That's right, you mothers! Run!" - To the ''Solemn Penance'' as it deactivates its Gravity lift after the Scarab's destruction.
Delta Halo
"I'm good. Chief?" - Response to Commander Keyes, after the following the Covenant assault carrier|Assault Carrier through Slipspace.
"Say what?!" - Upon discovery of Installation 05.
"I hear ya. Starting our approach - hang tight." - After the Chief clear an LZ for Johnson's Pelicans on Delta Halo.
"I got a good view comin' in. There's a big building in the middle of this island's lake." - Arriving the LZ, dropping a Warthog for John-117 and Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs.
"I heard that, jackass!" - In response to PFC Chips Dubbo's postcard joke. Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret
"I'll bet the Covenant are thinkin' the exact same thing." - To Commander Keyes' thinking that Installation 05's Activation Index is located in its Library. Quarantine Zone
"*Grunts* You know, your father never asked me for help, either!" - To Miranda Keyes after she retrieves the Index at the Library.
"We got trouble." - After the two accompanying Marines fail to respond to him.
"How ya' doing?" - to the Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter, who grabs his shoulders, rendering him harmless. The Great Journey
""Go, go, go!" - Giving signal to Gunnery Sergeant Stacker and Staff Sergeant Banks|Marcus Banks, who attack the Swords of Sanghelios distracted Brutes while he jumped onto a Scarab.
"Listen, you don't like me, and I sure as hell don't like you. But if we don't do something, Tartarus|Mr. Mohawk's gonna activate this ring, and we're all gonna die." - To the Arbiter, while piloting a Protos-pattern Scarab|Scarab.
"Well, I just happen to have a key! Come on, grab a Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee and give me some cover. He's gonna know we're comin'." - When he is told that Tartarus has locked himself in the control room on Delta Halo.
"Ha! How do you like it?!" - after eliminating a Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith with the Scarab's main canon.
"Hey, bastard! Knock! Knock!" - When he blows open the Control Room|Control room on Delta Halo with the Scarab's main canon.
"Please... don't shake the 343 Guilty Spark|lightbulb!" - To Tartarus, who shakes the monitor in anger.
"If you want to keep your brain inside your head, I'd tell those jiralhanae Captain|boys to chill!" - To Tartarus, with a Type-50 particle beam rifle|Beam Rifle aiming at the Jiralhanae|Brute's head.
"Go ahead, do your thing." - to the Arbiter, who was attempting to make peace with Tartarus.
"Hang tight, ma'am! Not until that Tartarus|Brute is dead!" - Telling Keyes to wait until the Arbiter killed Tartarus before removing the Index. Every time he disables Tartarus' Overshield:
#"Hey, Mohawk! How'd that feel?"
#"His shield is down, let 'im have it!"
#"Got his shield! Hit him now!"
#"Quick while his shield is down!"
#"Come on, Arbiter! Kick that guy's ass!"
#"I can keep his shield down, but you've gotta finish the job!"
"Listen Tinker Bell, don't make me...." - To 343 Guilty Spark, who unknowingly confused them while explaining how the other Halos can be activated.
Arrival
"Stay sharp!" - to shocked Marines around the unconscious John-117.
"Radio for VTOL, heavy lift gear. We're not leaving him here." - To Marines, after attempting to feel John-117's heartbeat.
"Crazy fool! Why do you always jump? One of these days, you're gonna land on somethin' as stubborn as you are! And I don't do bits and pieces!" - to the awaken Master Chief.
"Where is she, Chief? Where's Cortana?" - To John-117, holding Cortana's empty Data crystal chip|Data Crystal Chip.
"Make it quick, we've got to move." - to Marine, after a failure in Calibration.
"'What's an aspect ratio?' It's the shape and proportion of your screen, fool!" - On the AV Calibration tool.
"Kick off the training wheels, Corporal. He's good to go." - to Marine, after success in Calibration.
"Chief, wait! The Arbiter's with us!" - To the Chief, who stuffs a M6G Personal Defense Weapon System|Magnum into Thel 'Vadam's jaw.
"Come on now, We got enough to worry about without you two tryin' to kill each other!" - to the Master Chief and The Arbiter, who glare at each other emptily. Line depending on Difficulty:
*"Then jiralhanae|they must love the smell of green." - on Easy and Normal
*"Then they must love the smell of hero." - on Heroic
*"Then they must love the smell of bad ass." - On Legendary, variant 1.
*"Then they must love the smell of bad ass. And I left a little present for you, Arbiter. And I'm walking away. Ha-ha-ha!" - On Legendary, variant 2
*"Then they must love the scent of testosterone." - On Legendary, variant 3
* "Then they must love the scent of a real man." - On Legendary, variant 4
*"Then they must love the smell of Wikipedia: Bvlgari|Bvlgari. Yeah, I'm doing a little product placement! I gotta get paid, too!" - On Legendary, variant 5
Sierra 117
"First Squad, you're my scouts. Move out! Quiet as you can."
*2-Player Co-op Change: "First Squad, you're my scouts. Arbiter, watch the Chief's back. Move out! Quiet as you can."
*3 or 4-Players Co-op Change: "First Squad, you're my scouts. As n'tho 'Sraom|for usze 'Taham|you, just try not to wreck my planet. Move out! Quiet as you can."
"Let's get moving, Chief. Come on, I'll lead you out." - If the player stalls in the beginning of the level.
"Bravo Team, this is Johnson. We got him. Fall back to the extraction point. Over." - To Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds.
"Say again, Gunny? You're breaking up." - To Reynolds, after a failure in connection.
"We stick together, we're gonna get spotted. We'll split up, and meet back at the LZ. Chief, go with the Arbiter, head toward the river. Second Squad, you're with me." - After a Covenant Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantom flies overhead.
*Co-op Change: "Chief, you and the Arbiter head toward the river."
"Keep an eye out for Bravo Team, Chief! If the Brutes do have our scent, those boys are in a lot of trouble!" - to the Chief if the player attempts to follow him up the waterfall.
"Pelicans are en route, Chief, but I can't reach Bravo. If you find 'em, get 'em to the extraction point." - to Master Chief, after clearing a Covenant camp in the Kenyan Jungle.
"Chief, Pelicans are at the river. We've got company, so hustle up!" - to the Chief while defending the Pelicans on the river.
"Get a hold of her!" - to Pelican Echo 051|Echo 51's pilot after being shot by a pair of Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees.
"Chief, can you hear me?...(static) My bird's down. Half a klick -(static)- downriver from your position." - to Spartan-117, after being shot down.
"Come on, you dumb apes! You want breakfast? You gotta catch it!" - to pursuing Brutes.
"This isn't as fun as it looks. Cut the power!" - to John-117, after being captured by Brutes and rescued.
"We're even, as long as we're only counting today. Kilo 023, what's your ETA?" - to the Chief, then to Hocus, the pilot of Pelican Kilo 023.
"Roger that, Hocus. Friendly gunship, coming in hot!" - After Hocus' response.
""Hocus! Phantom!" - To Hocus, who comes to evacuate him, the Master Chief and the Arbiter.
"C'mon Chief, Commander Keyes is waiting!" - to John-117, if the player doesn't board the Pelican.
"Come on Chief! The world won't save itself!" - to John-117, if the player still doesn't board the Pelican.
"Do you or do you not want to finish the fight?" - to John-117, if the player isn't aboard the Pelican after the previous quote.
Crow's Nest
"Napping. Out back." - Response to Miranda Keyes' question "Where did you find John-117|him?"
"Cocky bastard. Just loves to run his mouth!" - After the Prophet of Truth's speech against them that interrupted their meeting with Terrence Hood|Lord Hood.
"Arbiter and I will guard the Ops Center. Don't worry about the Commander, Chief. I got her. But the Marines downstairs could use your help." - to the Chief.
*Co-op Change: "Chief, move out. You too, Arbiter. The Commander will brief you as you go."
"Chief, Ops Center. Double time! The Brutes are pressing hard." - After the player clear the Hangar Bay for Pelicans to land and evacuate Marines.
"Come on Chief, hustle on back!" - If the player lingers around in the Hangar Bay.
"Brutes have taken the barracks. Marines are trapped inside. Those apes ain't much for mercy, Chief. We both know what they do to prisoners. Get to the barracks, save those men. Then escort them to the Landing Pad for evac." - to John-117, outside the Motor Pool.
"I'll guard the bomb Chief, get yourself to the Barracks." - If the players stays in the op-center.
""Commander, we lost the Ops Center. Brutes attacked in force. Couldn't hold them off. We're falling back to the hangar. But don't wait for us." - Moments after the Marines in the barracks are rescued.
"Brutes. In the Ops Center. They disarmed the bomb. Sorry Commander, there were too many. Even for me." - Boarding Kilo 023, ready for evac.
"Chief, follow the service tunnel to the Motor Pool." - If the player has trouble finding their way to the op-center
"Head through the Motor Pool to get to the Ops Center." - If the player still has trouble looking for the way to the op-center in the Motor Pool.
"We got your exit. A service elevator in the hangar. Head downstairs, cut through the caves!" - On COM, after the Improvised UNSC bomb|bomb in Crow's Nest is re-armed.
"South hangar, straight through the caves Chief." - Through COM, if the player is taking their time to the escape elevator.
"There isn't much time, Chief. Find that elevator." - Through COM, if the player is taking their time to the escape elevator.
"Bomb's about to blow! Go, go, go!" - Through COM, if the player is taking their time to the escape elevator.
"Get on the elevator, Chief! You're out of time!" - Through COM, if the player is taking their time to the escape elevator. Tsavo Highway
"Keep pushing to the town of Voi, Chief. Resupply birds will meet you in the next valley." - After the Chief re-established COM connection near Tsavo Highway.
"Watch it now, Pelicans coming in! Brutes have plenty of armor between here and Voi Chief, but this Warthog should help you punch on through." - After clearing the area of Covenant.
"Chief, the gate to Voi is dead ahead. Smash the Brute blockade, open her up!" - to the Chief, who is near the Brute-defended gate. The Storm
"That-a-way, Chief! Target destroyed. Move to the next area, over." - When the Chief eliminates the first target, an Ogab'd-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith|Anti-Air Wraith.
"We've got Anti-Air Wraiths in the next lake bed, Chief!" - to the Chief, who is proceeding to the next lake bed through a factory.
"Both AA Wraiths have been neutralized...standby. Deutoros-pattern Scarab|Something big, closing in on your location." - After the targets in the areas are eliminated.
"Scarab! Find some cover. Now!" - When a Scarab was revealed to stop the UNSC's progress.
"Its armor's too thick!" - If the player waits around the Scarab.
"Aim for its legs, Chief!" - If the player waits around the Scarab.
"Jump on top of it Chief, just like New Mombasa." - If the player continues to waste time.
"Look for something big...power core, something like that." - to the Chief, who successfully boards the giant walker.
"Look for the core, Chief. You'll know it when you see it." - If the player lingers around the Scarab.
"One more target, Chief. There's a Covenant AA gun in the next area. Take it down and Lord Hood can start his attack run." - to the Master Chief after the Scarab is eliminated.
"Chief, that gun's been firing non-stop: it's gotta be running hot! It's gonna be opening up its access panel!" - to the Chief when the Marines reach the Covenant anti-aircraft battery.
"Wait till it opens up, vents its excess plasma. Shove some lead down its throat!" - If the player stalls under the battery. Floodgate
"It's Cortana, Chief! She's on that ship! Find her - get her out!" - When they realize Cortana, which later reveals to be just a recording in a storage unit, is onboard the Unidentified Flood-captured battlecruiser. The Ark (level)|The Ark
"Roger that, Ma'am! We're on him!" - To Commander Keyes, who acknowledge him that Truth's Forerunner Keyship isn't taking part in the space battle.
"Enjoy it while you can, Marines. Soon as we land, we're right back to it. Priority one: Secure a Landing Zone for the Commander's Frigate. Keep your eyes and ears open. We need all the Intel we can get... on wherever the hell we are." - To Marines inside the Pelican's troop bay.
"Come on Chief, move ahead. Go, go, go!" - If the player lingers in the cleared area.
"Ma'am, Hocus almost got her wing shot off. But we spotted a structure on the other side of this wall. It matches Cortana's description of the Cartographer|map room from the first Halo ring." - To Commander Keyes, when John-117 and his team reach a wall built-in a cliff.
"Roger that. Follow my Pelican, Chief! The LZ's this way." - After Miranda Keyes orders him to clear an LZ for the Frigate, ''UNSC Forward Unto Dawn''.
"That did it. LZ's clear. Commander? Bring her down" - After the LZ is clear of Covenant.
"Yes, ma'am; just on the other side of that wall. But it's surrounded by Brute heavy armor." - Response to Miranda Keyes' question on the Cartographer's location.
*If the player skipped the wall portion when en route to the LZ: "A structure on the other side of that wall, ma'am. But it's surrounded by Brute heavy armor".
"Alright then, you heard the lady." - After Commander Keyes' order to go over the wall with the help of 343 Guilty Spark.
"A tank's a tank, light-bulb. Pick one, Chief. Get back to the wall. I'll help the Commander secure the Dawn. Then we'll meet you at the Cartographer." - To 343 Guilty Spark, then the Chief, when M808B Main Battle Tank|Scorpions and Warthogs emerge from the ''Dawn's'' hangar.
"Mount up - let's roll!" - Once the Chief get on a vehicle.
"We'll go along Chief, you check the upper floor. Make sure we have a path through the wall!" - When the player lingers around the bottom floor of the wall.
"Chief! Get back up there and make sure we have a clear path through the wall." - If the player returns to the bottom floor after 343 Guilty Spark open the door leading to the upper level.
"Heads up, Marines! We got trouble." - To Marines, when a Scarab is revealed to be guarding the Cartographer.
"Infantry on the spire! Mop 'em up!" - After eliminating the Scarab.
"Chief, you got a whole mess of hostile air inbound. Get back inside while we take 'em out." - To John-117, after a Phantom ambush the Spartan and the Arbiter when they were looking at the cartographer.
"ETA: damn quick! Standby for pickup!" - Once the player cleared an LZ for the Pelican.
"I got it!" - Spooling up the AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun, ready to fire at the Sentinels.
"Oh, yeah? And what might that be?" - When 343 Guilty Spark tells him to not shoot. The Covenant (level)|The Covenant
"Ma'am, we're on the ground. Third Tower in sight." - to Commander Keyes, upon reaching the third Barrier tower|Barrier Tower while the player closing to the first one.
"Brute reinforcements, ma'am (static)! We're pinned down!" - When the first one, and the second tower are both deactivated.
"Negative! Fire's too heavy! (to his squad) Everyone fall back! Now! (static and cut-off)" - When Commander Keyes tells him she will drop reinforcement.
"That the best you got?" - to Brute Chieftain, in Installation 00's control room.
"Oh, come on. Impress me." - to Brute Chieftain, who proceeds to strangle him after the previous quote.
"What's the matter, big shot? Can't start your covenant religion|own party?" - To the Prophet of Truth. Get out of here!" - to Commander Keyes, who alone broke into the control room in a Pelican through the large window then shoots down a Jiralhanae Bodyguard|Brute Bodyguard with a m90 Close Assault Weapon System|shotgun.
"Do it. Me... Then you... Now!" - to Commander Keyes, who held him at gun point in desperation to prevent activation of the Ark.
"''No!''" - in horror of Miranda Keyes' death in Prophet of Truth's hand.
"Stop the rings. Save the human|rest." - to the Chief, who finally arrives at the pedestal just to witness the deceased Miranda.
"I can barely keep hold of her, Chief! No way I could pick you up! Head back to the lift... Find a way down!" - To John-117, who along with the Arbiter were betrayed by the Gravemind. Cortana (level)|Cortana
"Chief, I'll round up our survivors, fall back to the Dawn." - To the Master Chief, who enters the Flood-infested High Charity.
"Arbiter will do the same with the Elites." - to the SPARTAN, who continues deeper into the Flood hive|Flood Hive.
*Co-op Change: "The Rtas 'Vadum|Shipmaster will do the same with the Elites."
Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo
"Yes, ma'am. I'll land her as close to the control room as I can." - To Cortana, who asked for his status of the ''Dawn''.
"Roger that. And ma'am, It's good to have you back." - To Cortana, after being recommended to make sure the ''Dawn'' is "safe" rather than "close".
"I got you covered, Chief. Meet you at the top of that tower." - Wielding a M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle|Spartan Laser, outside Installation 08's Control Room.
"Careful, I can't cover you on the far side." - to the Chief, who continues up the pyramid shape structure.
"Keep moving, Chief. I've got your back." - to the duo, as they are nearing the entrance to the Control Room.
"Flood are crawling all over that tower; watch yourself." - to the duo, still giving support fire from the cliff outside the Control Room.
"Spark? You in there? Open the damn door!" - Once the three arrive at the entrance leading to the Control Room.
"Open up! Coast is clear." To 343 Guilty Spark, after eliminating Flood reinforcement.
"Hurry! Control Room's close!" - as the trio move in the corridors leading to Control Room.
"I'm not gonna lose her too." - To the Chief, volunteering to activate Halo.
"We don't have a few more days!" - Response to Spark's statement about the Installation being able to activate in "a few more days."
"Deal with it." - to Spark, who state that a premature fire from Halo would destroy the Ark.
"Not for long!" - to the Rampancy|Rampant 343 Guilty Spark, who exclaim that Halo belongs to him.
"Kick his ass." - to Spartan-117, giving him the M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle|Spartan Laser the same time.
"No... no you're not." - His denial to the Chief that the Spartan will get him out of there.
"Don't - don't let her go. Don't... ever let her go. (Coughs) Send me out... with a bang." - Last words, giving John-117 the Data Crystal Chip Cortana is in.
Gameplay Quotes
"Ain't I supposed to be immune to this?"- If infected by the Flood through a glitch.
"Hey Luke Duke, slow it down!" - If the player drives a Warthog badly.
"Friggin tourists!"
"I only die once! You hear me?" - If killed by the player.
Coastal Highway|Epilogue
"Don't worry...I know what the aliens like." - Response to ONI Captain Veronica Dare's comment on how the Vergil|captured Engineer is extremely delicate.
"It has access to the Covenant battle-net?"
"The Brutes. The bastards who put bombs on your buddies and killed millions of my people...they're digging a mighty big hole. You're gonna tell me exactly what they're looking for. And then, you're gonna help me stop 'em." - to the captured Huragok|Engineer, who later agreed by lighting Johnson's cigar for him.
Halo 3: ODST Firefight ViDoc
"Welcome to New Mombasa."
"Bip, bap, bam!"
"This is Firefight. And we need every able body we can get. Even yours."
"Michael Crespo|You kojo Agu|boys can thank me later, right now I got selling to do... Lucky for you, your squad is the best of the best: Orbital Drop Shock Troopers."
"Problem is we got alien bastards in our house. Each new wave means more bad guys. 5 waves make up a round. 3 rounds in a set. Sounds easy huh? WRONG!"
"See these skulls? When they activate, they turn a casual Covenant make out session, into a full on test of your manly prowess."
"Catch, makes the enemy toss grenades like it's going out of style."
"Black Eye, only way you're getting health back is by punching an alien in the chin."
"And the others...well, let's just say that they call them difficulty multipliers for a reason."
"But, as long as your feeling cooperative, there's no need to go it alone. Get cozy with up to four players over System Link or Xbox Live and Firefight with your friends through ten battlefields all over New Mombasa."
"Well, it's not just about greasing bad guys. Sometimes, it's all about the glory. Put your boot up enough alien backside and the corps will pin rows of medals on your chest. Might even get some achievement|achievements, too. Bad ass, unlocked."
"Now, I know what your thinking: 'Sergent Major Johnson, these sound like overwhelming odds. I don't want to drop into hell without an air tight insurance policy!'"
"Well, do I have an offer for you! Pre-order your copy of Halo 3: ODST at participating retailers now and you'll get all the confidence you'll need: ME!"
"Ha ha, that's right. The toughest, cigar chompest marine there is, yours to play in Firefight."
(''To squad'') Here we go, next wave coming in! This is going to get hot!"
Firefight
Books
"The The Flood|Flood? Hell, John-117|Chief, it's going to take more than that pack of walking alien horror-show freaks to take out Sergeant A. J. Johnson!"
"Those Covenant Empire|Covenant sissies are going to have to tango with me before they set one foot in this room!"
"That doesn't look like an Unyielding Hierophant|Uneven Elephant to me: looks more like two squids kissing."
"Help me with the lady, she weighs more than your last girlfriend."
Corporal Locklear: "Just shoot me now, Sarge, and get it over with. Don't torture me with that flip Music|crap first."
Sergeant Johnson: "Suck it up, UNSC Marine Corps|Marine. This is a classic."
Corporal Locklear: "So's a mercy killing."
"You better get it together, Marine, or the Chief'll reach down and pull you inside out by your corn hole. And that'll be a sweet, sweet mercy... compared to what ''I'm'' gonna do to you." To Corporal Locklear after insulting John-117|Spartan 117. Category:Quotes |
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The Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science (abbreviated AJJ or AJAMS) is a military academy hidden on a classified Human colonies|frontier world where members of the Spartan Operations train. It is posthumously named after the Insurrection and Human-Covenant War veteran Avery Johnson, a member of the ORION Project|SPARTAN-I program, who was killed in action during the Raid on Installation 08 in late 2552. During the Created conflict, it served as a rally point and staging area for surviving Spartans and other UNSC forces who escaped destruction at the hands of the Created after the destruction of Laconia Station. Keeping the facility's location a secret was considered important enough to revive Cole Protocol safeguards.
Overview
As part of the Spartan Training and Qualification Program, the academy has an outdoor training area at the base of mountains. This training area allows for live fire practice. Part of this training area includes Buildings 5, 7, 8 and 9 as well as Tower 187. The main building has an AI calibration lab, where Spartans can access their Personal AIs, and it is adjacent to the Movement Yard, where Spartans can practice their movement skills in an obstacle course. There is also an armory and a firing range, where personnel can run weapon drills.
There are landing pads at the academy that can allow Pelicans to land.
Many walls throughout the campus are adorned with various logos and insignias, including one that features a B-class Mjolnir|Mark V (B) helmet with the name of the academy surrounding it in a circle.
The academy features the Spartan Training and Qualification Program.
Staff Spartan Commander Laurette Agryna - Trainer M. Brinkley - Range Master H. Roberts - UNSC Cybersecurity & Network Infrastructure S. Melvoin
Recruits/Spartans
Page Ionescu Denning Leung O'Brien (Spartan)|O'Brien Eusebio Ashley M. Garrett B. Kimberly K. Dan P. Zachary S. Todd A. Shawn P. Grayson T. Sara S. David E. James R. Gregory S.
Robbie E. Hunter Y. Chris H. RO Chiyo L. James M. T. Bruno D. L. Pancake R. Kira H. Poppy D. Fianna
"Wolf (Spartan-IV)|Wolf"
"Hunter (Spartan-IV)|Hunter"
"Mad Dog"
"Fang"
"Rusty"
"Bear"
72528-71120-TG
64539-56252-RK
91016-21414-KD
07162-00133-DC
17302-57135-KH
52901-06427-CD
07222-01773-JS
17650-37804-JK
61320-14380-GC
12611-22718-TC
45419-25043-VB
14737-05609-GD
82793-61021-AB
00476-97392-BB
32417-12911-AB
51718-00113-CS
29243-35421-CR
History
At the start of the Human-Covenant War, an ONI ONI Section Three|Section Three facility was built underground at the site of what would become the Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science.
After the end of the war, the academy would be named after the late Sergeant Major Avery Johnson. As a new recruit, Spartan-IV Hieu Dinh received his set of Mirage IIC armor at the ONI facility beneath the academy.
The academy was operating and training forces even in the midst of the Created Created conflict|occupation of parts of the galaxy in either late 2559 or early 2560. It is likely runin some partby the Spartan Training and Education department.
Gameplay The Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science acts as the setting and framing device for the tutorial and matchmaking practice of the ''Halo Infinite'' multiplayer. It is also the setting for the map Live Fire in the game as well. The Forge canvas map Institute is set in the valley clearing adjacent to the academy.
Gallery
File:HINF Concept Academy.jpg|Concept art of the academy. File:HINF LiveFire Concept 1.png|Concept art of the map Live Fire, set at the academy. File:HINF FiringRangeConcept.jpg|Concept art of a firing range at the academy. File:HINF Concept AcademyAIRoom.jpg|Concept art of the AI calibration lab.
File:HINF AcademyTraining.png|Spartan Commander Agryna and her trainees in the academy. File:HINF TheAcademy1.png|Outside a foyer at the academy. File:HINF TheAcademy2.png|A foyer in the academy. File:HINF Academy AI Calibration Lab.png|The AI calibration lab. File:HINF MPOverview AcademyMap1.png|Building 5 of the training area. File:HINF AcademyMap1.png|Tower 187 with Building 9 in the back right. File:HINF AcademyMap3.png|SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IVs training at the academy. File:HINF LiveFireEntranceway.png|An area of the campus. File:HINF LiveFireOutdoors.png|The academy logo on a wall of the training area.
List of appearances
''Halo Infinite''
Sources
Category:Schools |
Aves is a human corporation.
Products EXTENDER-class Mjolnir
*Gryphos Up-armor faceplate
Trivia The company's name, "Aves," translates from Spanish as "Birds."
List of appearances
''Halo Infinite''
*''Season 03: Echoes Within''
Sources
Category:Human businesses Category:Defense contractors |
Professor Avi is a former agent in the Office of Naval Intelligence, serving with Office of Naval Intelligence#Section_Zero|Section 0.
Biography In 2542, he gave up the job because he felt he was getting too old and became an anthropology professor at a college in Boston, Wikipedia:Massachusetts|Massachusetts. He recognized one of his students, Rani Sobeck as having detective-like qualities, and decided she would make a good ONI agent. He contacted his old colleague Colonel Herzog to suggest that he use Rani as a spy at Chawla Base, and Herzog later agreed with his proposal.Axons|Axon '':File:ILB_Candidate.ogg|ILB_Candidate.ogg''
Trivia He enjoys Wikipedia:Key lime pie|key lime pie, a pie originating in United States of America; as well as Wikipedia:Baklava|baklava, a sweet pastry type dish from the Middle East on Earth.
List of appearances
''i love bees''
Sources
Category:Human characters Category:Office of Naval Intelligence personnel Category:Educators|Avi |
|manufacturer=Hannibal Weapon Systems
|testsite=WG/Facility 93-00/Kotka
|type=MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR (GEN2)
MJOLNIR (GEN3)
|role=Specialization for air vehicle piloting
|features=*Pilot-centric ultrawideband HUD integration Pressure-stabilized rebreather feed Rigid collar to mitigate flight duress Integral gravity compensators Hardware-accelerated flight combat interlinks
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AVIATOR-class Mjolnir is a variant of the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor manufactured by Hannibal Weapon Systems.
GEN2 overview
The Aviator helmet has a pilot-centric HUD integration. This ultrawideband machine interlink gives Spartan-IV pilots unparalleled control over their aircraft. The helmet also has a pressure-stabilized rebreather feed.
The Aviator chest has a rigid collar to mitigate flight duress. The Aviator suite also includes integral Gravitics|gravity compensators and hardware-accelerated flight combat interlinks.
For decades the notion of specialized pilot armor for Spartans was thought redundant given MJOLNIR variants were already suited for the rigors. With the segregation of the Spartan-IVs into their own Spartan Operations|autonomous branch, the need for multiple intra-organizational disciplines materialized. This led to the Aviator variant's creation.
Aviator was manufactured by Hannibal Weapon Systems and tested at WG/Facility 93-00/Kotka. It was built from the ground up and was designed for the operation of GA-TL1 Longswords, FSS-1000 Sabres, F-41 Broadswords, and B-65 Shortsword bombers.
Spartan pilots meeting D3-17 regulations and higher are required to use this armor in F-41 Broadsword|Broadsword A/X attack fighter engagements operations to comply with standard asset security protocols and the Budgetary Retention Hearings of 2554.
Because of the increased production of the vehicles the Aviator armor was made for, this variant has become popular among Spartans. It is employed by the Spartan Space fighter|interceptor pilots attached to the security of ANVIL Station.
GEN3 overview
The GEN3 Aviator helmet is tailored for use by cybernetically augmented aerospace pilots. Among its many special features is a high-bandwidth machine interlink configured to operate seamlessly with next-gen neural interlaces.
In-game information
In the ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'' version of ''Halo 3'', the Aviator variant was added as part of Series 5: Anvil content. With the updated ''Halo 3'' Armor customization (Halo 3)|armor customization options, the players can now fit their Spartan with Aviator helmet, chest, shoulders and legs; the set is one of six to not recieve any associated forearm options. The description of the armor pieces are the same for every set.
{| class"width: 75%;"
! style="width: 15%"|Piece
! style="width: 40%"|Description
! style="width: 15%"|Unlock requirements(''Halo 3'')
! style="width: 30%"|Unlock requirements(''Halo: MCC'')
|- align="center"
|File:HTMCC H3 Aviator Helmet Icon.png|75pxHelmet
|align5|Employed by interceptor squadrons assigned to ANVIL Station.
|rowspan=5|N/A
|Series 5: Anvil|Series 5 Tier 9,
|- align="center"
|File:HTMCC H3 Aviator Chest Icon.png|75pxChest
|Series 5: Anvil|Series 5 Tier 11,
|- align="center"
|File:HTMCC H3 Aviator LShoulder Icon.png|75pxFile:HTMCC H3 Aviator RShoulder Icon.png|75pxShoulders
|Series 5: Anvil|Series 5 Tier 17,
|- align="center"
|File:HTMCC H3 Aviator Legs Icon.png|75pxLegs
|Series 5: Anvil|Series 5 Tier 94,
|}
Aviator was first introduced into the ''Halo'' games as an Armor customization (Halo 4)|armor set in ''Halo 4''. The armor has one available skin; Bond (BOND).
{| class"width: 75%;"
! style="width: 15%"|Armor
! style="width: 55%"|Description
! style="width: 15%"|Unlock requirements(''Halo 4'')
! style="width: 15%"|Unlock requirements(''Halo: MCC'')
|- align="center"
|rowspan="4"|File:HTMCC H4 Aviator Base.png|75pxAviator
|align="left"|Description (H4): Recommended armor systems for Broadsword A/X engagement pilots.
|rowspan="4"|Reach
|rowspan="4"|Unlocked by default.
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Helmet description (MCC): Recommended for Broadsword pilots.
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Shoulders description (MCC): Modular left/right spaulder from Aviator-class armor.
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Chest description (MCC): An interface module allows for hardware-accelerated flight controls.
|- align="center"
|rowspan="4"|File:HTMCC H4 Aviator BOND.png|75pxAviator Bond (BOND) skin
|align="left"|Description (H4): Customized with BOND armor skin.
|rowspan="4"|Complete the List of Halo 4 Commendations/Vehicles|Wheelman commendation.
|rowspan="4"|Unlocked by default.
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Helmet description (MCC) Aviator helmet customized with BOND coating.
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Shoulder description (MCC) Aviator left/ right spaulder customized with BOND coating.
|- align="center"
|align="left"|Chest description (MCC) Aviator chassis customized with BOND coating.
|}
The Aviator returns in ''Halo 5: Guardians''. The helmet and body armor are unlockable as Armor customization (Halo 5: Guardians)|armor permutations through the Requisition system. The body armor includes the Aviator chest and shoulders, GV-09 Locking forearms, and Contoured legs. The Aviator set has three alternate skins: Ace, Delta, and Csar.
{| class"width: 75%;"
! style="width: 15%"|Helmet
! style="width: 70%"|Description
! style="width: 15%"|Unlock requirements
|- align="center"
|File:REQ Card - Aviator.png|100pxAviator (helmet)
|align="left"|Usable only by augmented personnel, the AVIATOR helmet's ultrawideband machine interlink gives Spartan-IV pilots unparalleled control over their aircraft.
|align="left"|Common List of REQ cards|REQ card
|- align="center"
|File:REQ Card - Aviator Ace.png|100pxAviator Ace (helmet skin)
|align="left"|Usable only by augmented personnel, the AVIATOR helmet's ultrawideband machine interlink gives Spartan-IV pilots unparalleled control over their aircraft.
|align="left"|Common List of REQ cards|REQ card
|- align="center"
|File:REQ Card - Aviator Delta.png|100pxAviator Delta (helmet skin)
|align="left"|Usable only by augmented personnel, the AVIATOR helmet's ultrawideband machine interlink gives Spartan-IV pilots unparalleled control over their aircraft.
|align="left"|Common List of REQ cards|REQ card
|- align="center"
|File:H5G REQ Helmets Aviator Csar Uncommon.png|100pxAviator Csar (helmet skin)
|align="left"|Usable only by augmented personnel, the AVIATOR helmet's ultrawideband machine interlink gives Spartan-IV pilots unparalleled control over their aircraft.
|align="left"|Uncommon List of REQ cards|REQ card
|- align="center"
|File:REQ Card - Armor Aviator.png|100pxAviator (body)
|align="left"|The AVIATOR suite includes integral gravity compensators and hardware-accelerated flight combat interlinks.
|align="left"|Common List of REQ cards|REQ card
|- align="center"
|File:REQ Card - Armor Aviator Ace.png|100pxAviator Ace (body skin)
|align="left"|The AVIATOR suite includes integral gravity compensators and hardware-accelerated flight combat interlinks.
|align="left"|Common List of REQ cards|REQ card
|- align="center"
|File:REQ Card - Armor Aviator Delta.png|100pxAviator Delta (body skin)
|align="left"|The AVIATOR suite includes integral gravity compensators and hardware-accelerated flight combat interlinks.
|align="left"|Common List of REQ cards|REQ card
|- align="center"
|File:REQ Card - Armor Aviator Csar.png|100pxAviator Csar (body skin)
|align="left"|The AVIATOR suite includes integral gravity compensators and hardware-accelerated flight combat interlinks.
|align="left"|Uncommon List of REQ cards|REQ card
|}
The Aviator helmet and its attachments are available for multiplayer Spartan Armor customization (Halo Infinite)|armor customization on the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VII|Mark VII armor core in ''Halo Infinite''.
{| class"width: 75%;"
! scope"width: 15%" |Helmet
! scope"width: 15%" |Manufacturer
! scope"width: 45%" |Lore
! scope"width: 10%" |Rarity
! scope"width: 15%" |Unlock Requirements
| |align="center"|File:HINF AVIATOR Helmet Icon.png|75pxAVIATOR
|Hannibal Weapon Systems
|The AVIATOR helmet is tailored for use by cybernetically augmented aerospace pilots. Among its many special features is a high-bandwidth machine interlink configured to operate seamlessly with next-gen neural interlaces.
|Rare
|Season 01: Heroes of Reach Battle Pass level 30 (Premium)
| |align="center"|File:HINF MK59E CBRN Glance Helmet Attachment Icon.png|75pxCBRN module|MK59E CBRN/GLANCE
|Imbrium Machine Complex
|Carefully tailored for hazardous operations in the tainted atmosphere of damaged space station and warships.
|Epic
|Season 01: Heroes of Reach Battle Pass level 47 (Premium)
|}
Attachments The following attachments are not exclusive to Aviator, and are compatible with other helmets on the Mark VII core. Calling Card CNM(5)/BNR/FASCINATOR Flower Power HUL-I/RS/FACELIFT Purrfect Audio Production notes The dubbing of "Csar" refers to Wikipedia: Combat search and rescue|Combat search and rescue, which are missions that typically involve aircraft. The dubbing of "Ace" refers to military terminology for a pilot who has scored at least five air-to-air kills. The dubbing of "Delta" refers to the NATO phonetic alphabet, where D is "Delta". In ''Halo 5: Guardians'', the Aviator body is also used for the LOCUS-class Mjolnir|Locus body armor.
Gallery
File:H5G_Aviator_Render.jpg|A render of the GEN2 Aviator armor from ''Halo 5: Guardians''. File:Halo5 Aviator.png|The Aviator armor in the ''Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta''. File:Halo5 AviatorFull.png|Full-body render of the Aviator armor from the ''Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta''. File:SPARTAN-IV - Halo 5 Training Simulation.png|Key art, featuring the Aviator armor along with three other armor sets in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:HTMCC-H3 Aviator Body.jpg|The Anvil Station Aviator armor in the ''Halo 3'' component of ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection''. File:HTMCC-H3 Aviator Closeup.jpg|A closeup of the Aviator upper body armor in ''Halo 3''. File:H4IG AVIATOR.jpg|GEN2 Aviator armor in the Halo 4 Interactive Guide|''Halo 4'' Interactive Guide. File:H4 MJOLNIR Aviator.png|Aviator in ''Halo 4''. File:Flood 2 (gametype).jpg|A Spartan-IV wearing Aviator on Complex in ''Halo 4''. File:HINF Multiplayer Reveal 2021-5.png|A GEN3 Aviator-clad Spartan in a Capture the Flag match in the A New Generation trailer for ''Halo Infinite''. File:HINF-MPoverview-Aviator.png|A Spartan-IV clad in an Aviator helmet in ''Halo Infinite''. File:HINF-Aviatorchonky.png|A Spartan-IV wearing an Aviator helmet with a MK59E CBRN/GLANCE.
File:H5-Waypoint-Aviator.png|Default skin. File:H5-Waypoint-Aviator-ACE.png|Ace skin. File:H5-Waypoint-Aviator-DELTA.png|Delta skin. File:H5-Waypoint-Aviator-CSAR.png|Csar skin.
List of appearances
''Halo 3''
''Halo 4''
''Halo: Initiation''
''Halo 5: Guardians''
''Halo Infinite''
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Avignon was a large city and the first population center established on the human Outer Colony of Meridian, a world of the Unified Earth Government.''Halo: Battle Born'', Chapter 11
History In 2432, 70,003 colonists settled Meridian and established the first town of Avignon. As many of Meridian's settlers came from Wikipedia:France|France on Earth, Avignon was named after the French commune Wikipedia:Avignon|of the same name.
When the Covenant invaded the world in 2548, during the Battle of Meridian, Avignon was not among the cities initially targeted by the Covenant. However, by early 2551, Meridian was lost to the United Nations Space Command and Avignon was likely glassed alongside most of the moon's surface and population centers.''Halo: Warfleet'', p. 23
List of appearances
''Halo 5: Guardians''
''Halo: Battle Born''
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Avitus, also known as "Thrallslayer", is a Jiralhanae Jiralhanae Chieftain|chieftain and formerly a high-ranking commander within the Covenant's Covenant military|military.
Biography
Avitus was born on the Jiralhanae homeworld of Doisac on 2493#April|April 17, 2493. Early on in his military career within the Covenant, he was put in charge of quelling heretic factions on Covenant worlds that were slow to meet High Charity's demands for new tithes. These exploits earned him the title of "Thrallslayer" and drew the eye of the Prophet of Regret. Avitus secretly had no real loyalty to the Covenant and only served because of his immeasurable bloodlust and the praise of his brothers-in-arms.
Avitus was deployed with the Fleet of Glorious Interdiction by the Hierarchs to serve alongside Arbiter Ripa 'Moramee under the Prophet of Regret during the Harvest campaign, despite his strong dislike of the Sangheili in general and 'Moramee in particular. Halo Wars Timeline Events|''Halo Wars'' timeline During the campaign on Harvest, he grew to respect humans for their different nature and unfailing courage in the worst of situations, far more than he respected any species within the Covenant. He enjoys eating thorn beast, which he prefers to be cooked rare, as well as hearing aggerated tales of his adventures, told by an overweight Unggoy who serves as his official scribe. His love for thorn beast pushed him to violence in 2528, when he tore apart two Unggoy because his thorn beast had been overcooked. The Unggoy were subsequently discovered as five organic chunks strewn about his quarters.
At some point, the UNSC created Target profile#.2343 867 37|Target_profile #43_867_37_, reporting that Avitus was looking to regain some political clout within the Covenant.
In 2531, after the Fleet of Glorious Interdiction discovered Trove, 'Moramee ordered Avitus to accompany Regret when the Hierarch evacuated the shield world aboard the ''Proclamation's Tithe''. 'Moramee's intent was to prevent Thrallslayer from earning any glory in the Battle of Trove|ensuing battle against the , but his actions would only ensure the Chieftain's survival while the Arbiter himself perished at the hands of human forces. Avitus would survive the battle and continue to serve the Prophet of Regret until the end of the war.
After the Covenant fell, Avitus returned to Warial, one of the natural satellites of Doisac, and began restoring his clan's position. Years later, promises from Escharum brought Avitus back to the battlefield not as a worshipper of the Covenant, but as a bloodthirsty Chieftain within the Banished.
Personality and traits Possessing uncanny intelligence that complimented his violent nature, he is a dangerous foe despite his relatively small stature.
In-game information
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Thrallslayer will be automatically deployed as soon as the player finishes their first Covenant temple|Temple. If that Chieftain is killed the player can purchase another for 400 resources, but can only have one Chieftain at a time. Thrallslayer uses a gravity hammer in combat and cannot hit aircraft unless using vortex. Unique units Barukaza Workshop Chopper: Available at the factory; replaces the . Jump Pack Jiralhanae: Armed with Type-25 Brute Shots. Grunt squads are led by Brutes armed with Brute Shots, rather than by Elites armed with s. Upgrades Tsunami: Increases Vortex damage and area of effect. Requires 400 resources and a tech level of 1. Hurricane: Further increases Vortex damage and area of effect. Requires 600 resources and a tech level of 2. Singularity: Further increases Vortex damage and area of effect. Requires 900 resources and a tech level of 3. Leader ability - Vortex When activated, a spiraling vortex appears, tearing everything apart in range and explodes when canceled, causing additional damage. Ability upgrades Inheritance: Adds passive stun ability to normal attacks. Requires 300 resources and a tech level of 1. Birthright: Can pull enemies to him during combat. Requires 500 resources and a tech level of 2. Destiny: Adds an area of effect stun to the chieftain's gravity hammer. Requires 700 resources and a tech level of 3.
Trivia
Thrallslayer is voiced by Marc Worden. He is the only playable hero unit in the game who does not appear in the game's campaign. His Halo Wars: Limited Edition|Limited Edition leader card is the only leader card that has an image from any game besides ''Halo Wars'': a picture of a Brute Chopper on the ''Halo 3'' multiplayer map ''Sandtrap'' is used for illustration. The armor worn by a Unidentified Jiralhanae chieftain (Heian)|Jiralhanae chieftain in the ''Halo Legends'' episode ''The Babysitter'' is almost identical to Thrallslayer's, though it is blue rather than red. The twelfth Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|terminal in ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' depicts a Jiralhanae wearing armor identical to Thrallslayer's killing Sangheili Councilors, though it is unclear whether the character is meant to be Thrallslayer.
Gallery
File:HW_Thrallslayer_Modelsheet_Concept.jpg|Concept art of Thrallslayer for ''Halo Wars''. File:HW Brute Commander.jpg|Thrallslayer surveying a battleground. File:HWDE Concept Gallery 3.png|Extended version of the prior image. File:Brute Army Commander.png|Another view of Thrallslayer. File:HWDE_Thrallslayer_LeaderProfile.jpg|Thrallslayer Target profile. File:HW Thrallslayer.jpg|Thrallslayer in game model File:HW-ChieftainvsRegret.png|Thrallslayer fighting the Prophet of Regret and a Sangheili Honor Guard in ''Halo Wars'' multiplayer. File:HFOR-Covenant.png|A holo display of Thrallslayer in ''Halo: Fall of Reach''. File:H2A Terminals - Murder of the Councilors.jpg|A possible appearance of Thrallslayer in a ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' terminal.
List of appearances
''Halo Wars''
''Halo: Fall of Reach''
*''Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion''
''Halo 2: Anniversary''
*''Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals''
''Halo Infinite''
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Avu Med 'Telcam, commonly known as "The Bishop," was a Sangheili fundamentalist and the leader of the Servants of the Abiding Truth (''Sangheili (language)|Neru Pe 'Odosima'').Halo: Glasslands, ''page 19''
Biography
'Telcam was a Sangheili who once served in the Covenant military as an interpreter of several human languages for his former shipmaster; he was promoted to the rank of Field Master before his resignation. When the Great Schism began, 'Telcam was against the High Prophets as they had betrayed his entire species.Halo: Glasslands "We have been in thrall to mongrel races long enough. We have let the false prophets of the San'Shyuum corrupt our pure connection to the divine.", Avu Med 'Telcam
Following the successful defeat of the Covenant and the end of the war, Avu Med 'Telcam found himself in turmoil among his fellow Sangheili as differing beliefs emerged. He viewed the Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and his followers as "infidels"Treason|traitors to their faith. From his perspective, the Arbiter and his followers deemed the gods as decievers.Halo: Glasslands "The traitor Thel 'Vadam and his ilk now say the gods are deceivers, and so they shall die", Avu Med 'Telcam
'Telcam and his order attempted to begin an insurrection against 'Vadam's forces.Official Xbox Magazine: Halo - The 10th Anniversary ''Glasslands excerpt'' In 2553|January 2553, the United Nations Space Command's Office of Naval Intelligence organized a meeting between 'Telcam and Captain Serin Osman, along with Professor Evan Phillips on the glassed New Llanelli. The purpose of the meeting was to negotiate terms of cooperation between ONI and the Servants of the Abiding Truth, as ONI wished to create unrest amongst the Sangheili and thereby remove them as a threat to the UNSC and humanity. 'Telcam agreed to accept ONI's assistance on the condition that the UNSC ceased to "blaspheme" the divinity of the Forerunners, and that humanity would remain uninvolved with Sangheili affairs following the Servants' successful takeover of Sangheili societyterms to which Osman agreed.Halo: Glasslands, ''page 23''
'Telcam met with Kilo-Five|ONI operatives again on New Llanelli, where he received a shipment of human and Sangheili weaponry to support his forces. However, he was questioning what Osman's real plan was.Halo: Glasslands, ''page 133'' Meeting with Forze 'Mdama and Jul 'Mdama in the state of Ontom, 'Telcam took them on a tour of the Temple of the Abiding Truth, pointing out the symbols that may lead to the Halo Array.Halo: Glasslands, ''page 177'' 'Telcam worked with Forze, Jul, and Buran 'Utaral to retrieve the latter's Unflinching Resolve|ship he once commanded during the war from the Aanrar Shipyard. After stealing the Covenant frigate|frigate, the Sangheili group hid it in the Bekan quarry in the state of Mdama.Halo: Glasslands, ''pages 198-201'' 'Telcam later had Manus, a Jiralhanae loyal to Buran, transport weapons to him aboard the ''Piety''. However, the ''Piety'' was intercepted by the and the Jiralhanae crew were killed by Kilo-Five. The Huragok stationed on the ''Piety'', Requires Adjustment, was taken aboard ''Port Stanley'', the navigational records were altered, and the bodies of Kig-Yar were placed on the ship; no evidence of human involvement remained.Halo: Glasslands, ''page 214'' Upon recovering the ''Piety'' in Mdama, 'Telcam was tricked into believing Kig-Yar piracy|pirates were responsible for the attack. He searched the navigational records and discovered Venezia had radio contact with the Kig-Yar. Angered at losing a valuable Huragok, 'Telcam swore he would get his revenge against the planet.Halo: Glasslands, ''pages 257-261'' After leaving Mdama, 'Telcam met with Kilo-Five on New Llanelli again. He refused to name of the location or the names of the individuals he was meeting to others. During this meeting, Jul 'Mdama covertly observed from a distance but was captured by Naomi-010, a SPARTAN-II and a member of Kilo-Five.Halo: Glasslands, ''pages 296-299''
'Telcam later met with Evan Phillips|Professor Evan Phillips in Ontom. Phillips was on Sanghelios allegedly to study Sangheili culture; in addition, however, he was on a covert ONI mission to gather intelligence on the Abiding Truth's temple. Suddenly, two explosions, rigged by Jiralhanae terrorism|terrorists, detonated nearby them. This caused Phillips to lose contact with the rest of Kilo-Five, sending the team to Sanghelios to recover him.Halo: Glasslands, ''pages 453-455'' 'Telcam was outraged by the Jiralhanae insurrection and aided the state's militia in killing them.Halo: The Thursday War, ''page 24''
After the attempted Jiralhanae uprising in the state of Ontom, 'Telcam decided to launch an attack on the state of Vadam.Halo: The Thursday War, ''page 28'' After picking up more loyal troops and gaining a fleet of nine vessels, 'Telcam led the assault from the frigate ''Unflinching Resolve'', joined by Forze and Jul 'Mdama's wife, Raia 'Mdama|Raia. He ordered Buran and the other shipmasters to avoid damaging any Forerunner relics in the state, much to their disbelief. During the assault, ''Unflinching Resolve'' was damaged. Buran warned 'Telcam that the frigate needed to retreat, but 'Telcam ordered him to continue the attack. Ultimately, the frigate was shot down and the ship crash-landed on the Vadam shoreline, although 'Telcam, Raia, Forze, and Buran survived.Halo: The Thursday War, ''page 168'' 'Telcam and the other survivors ran from the wreckage, avoiding 'Vadam's forces, and joined the rest of the attacking force on the coast.Halo: The Thursday War, ''page 170''
At first the attack seemed to be failing, as few Sangheili keeps backed up his invasion. Soon after however, news spread across the planet that Thel 'Vadam was allowing Kilo-Five|humans to fight for him and land on Sanghelios. After this word reached indecisive keeps, 'Telcam gained supporters and had Vadam keep surrounded.Halo: The Thursday War, ''page 171'' As 'Telcam's troops moved in on Vadam keep, the arrived at Sanghelios and aided the Arbiter by destroying several of 'Telcam's ships.Halo: The Thursday War, ''page 235'' Avu was then deemed valuable by the Office of Naval Intelligence and necessary to maintain the imposed stalemate between the two Sangheili factions. As such, he was abducted by Kilo-Five and taken aboard to make an agreement to retreat. During this time, ''Infinity'' destroyed the ''Defender of Faith'' and some of the Sangheili raiding Vadam keep.Halo: The Thursday War, ''page 302'' Kilo-Five's AI, Black-Box, impersonated a Kig-Yar pirate shipmistress as a cover, allowing ''Port Stanley'' to attack Thel 'Vadam's ships to impose a stalemate between the Abiding Truth and 'Vadam. 'Telcam, truly believing ''Port Stanley'' was a Kig-Yar vessel, asked the "shipmistress" of Sav Fel, a T'vaoan pirate that stole the ''Pious Inquisitor'' from him. This alerted the UNSC of the battlecruiser's disappearance.Halo: The Thursday War, ''page 329'' Most of 'Telcam's ground forces were killed and ''Cleansing Truth'' was destroyed with Forze and Raia aboard, resulting in their deaths.Halo: The Thursday War, ''page 331'' After retreating from the system, 'Telcam ordered Kilo-Five to drop him off at New Llanelli.Halo: The Thursday War, ''page 308''
Due to a lack of ships, 'Telcam put out a reward to the Kig-Yar to find the ship ''Pious Inquisitor''.Halo: Mortal Dictata, ''page 76'' Shipmistress Chol Von soon took his offer, although she secretly planned to take the ship for herself and use it as a means to defend the Kig-Yar from external threats. Meanwhile, on New Llanelli, 'Telcam established a military base for the Abiding Truth and met with several of his commanders to discuss the current situations.Halo: Mortal Dictata, ''page 35'' Some time later, 'Telcam once again met members of Kilo-Five on New Llanelli, this time receiving Evan Phillips|Professor Evan Phillips' notes on the Forerunner temple at Ontom for the religious significance they held. In return, 'Telcam provided information on the status of his civil war, the disappearance of Jul 'Mdama, and ''Pious Inquisitor''.Halo: Mortal Dictata, ''pages 118-124'' Believing he was responsible for the death of Raia and the disappearance of Jul, 'Telcam took Dural 'Mdama on as an apprentice.Halo: Mortal Dictata, ''page 123'' By the time of the Battle of Requiem, Dural had risen to become a leading member of the Servants, working directly under 'Telcam. While 'Mdama established a Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|new Covenant, 'Telcam and the Servants of the Abiding Truth had refused to join.Halo Mythos, ''page 178''
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File:Wort-.png|thumb|300px|'Telcam's last moment. On 2558#January|January 21, 2558, 'Telcam was in a ruined city on New Llanelli with a group of his followers, when the Office of Naval Intelligence's Section Three authorized 'Telcam's Assassination of Avu Med 'Telcam|assassination at the hands of SPARTAN-G059. Arriving in the city after being deployed from the , SPARTAN-G059 eliminated 'Telcam's Kig-Yar scouts and Unggoy guards. Arriving at 'Telcam's location in a ruined tower, the Spartan-III burst into the room and engaged 'Telcam and his two Sangheili guards. After a brief skirmish, the Spartan quickly killed the guards and engaged 'Telcam himself. 'Telcam open fired upon the Spartan with a , but was forced to take cover within a Z-4190 bubble shield when SPARTAN-G059 threw an M9 fragmentation grenade at the Sangheili. The Spartan rushed the Sangheili and knocked the carbine out of his grip, though 'Telcam was able to slam the Spartan into a wall. SPARTAN-G059 recovered and rushed 'Telcam, knocking his Type-1 energy sword from his hand just as the Sangheili activated the blade. The Spartan maneuvered around 'Telcam using agility and armor thrusters, eventually knocking the Sangheili to the ground. As 'Telcam picked himself up, SPARTAN-G059 finally executed the Bishop himself with a single M6 series|pistol shot to the head.
Personality and traits
Avu Med 'Telcam was very calm, patient, and definite. So much so that upon seeing him agitated, it was unsettling for Jul 'Mdama. He was very religious and still worshiped the Forerunners, but he believed it was heresy to damage a Forerunner structure. During the Blooding Years#Assault on Vadam|Assault on Vadam, he refused to allow Buran 'Utaral to damage the Forerunner structures throughout the state of Vadam, making it very difficult for the shipmaster to engage ground targets. 'Telcam was slightly jealous of Evan Phillips|Professor Evan Phillips, confused at how a "inferior" human was able to get a better understanding of the Forerunner writing in the Temple of the Abiding Truth in Ontom than he could. He believed that to successfully overthrow Thel 'Vadam, his ideas and allies had to be destroyed to ensure that his legacy and ideals did not live on.Halo: Glasslands, ''pages 225-226'' 'Telcam felt guilty for the deaths of those under his command, including Raia 'Mdama, the wife of Jul.
'Telcam wished for the Sangheili to live independently from the other species. He believed that if the Sangheili worked together, the species could effectively achieve any goal. Despite being very religious and spiritual, 'Telcam was a rather pragmatic individual. He had little regard for other species and considered them to be inferior, including the Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, Unggoy, and humans. Though he did come to respect the Kig-Yar and humans to some degree. Although he hated both species, he was willing to work with them to achieve his goals.Halo: Mortal Dictata, ''page 438''
Trivia
In ''Halo: Glasslands'', 'Telcam wears golden armor throughout the novel. In ''Halo: Tales from Slipspace'', 'Telcam wears Supreme Commander armor instead of his previous armor.
Gallery
File:SotAB.png|Avu Med 'Telcam and some of his subordinates in their base on New Llanelli. File:G0594.png|SPARTAN-G059 breaks into the base. File:HTfS AB.png|'Telcam orders his subordinates to attack SPARTAN-G059. File:GO592.png|'Telcam grabs SPARTAN-G059. File:TelcamBS.png|'Telcam in a bubble shield. File:HTFS Avu Med 'Telcam.png|Close-up of 'Telcam's face.
List of appearances
''Halo: Glasslands''
''Halo: The Thursday War''
''Halo: Mortal Dictata''
''Halo Mythos''
''Halo: Tales from Slipspace''
*''Knight Takes Bishop''
''Halo: Legacy of Onyx''
''Halo: Outcasts''
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These are quotes from Avu Med 'Telcam, the Sangheili who led the Servants of the Abiding Truth.
''Halo: Glasslands''
"There's a fine line between reckless and bold. Acting alone may be noble, but acting together with an agreed plan is effective." - When talking to Jul 'Mdama about Jul's opportunity to kill Thel 'Vadam.
"I am Avu Med 'Telcam, Servant of the Abiding Truth, and I have many brothers." - Announcing his presence.
"We have our devotion. We will find a way." - Speaking about the intent to kill Thel 'Vadam.
"We have let the false prophets corrupt our pure connection to the divine. Now we shall do our penance and bring the Sangheili back to the true path." - On the subject of the San'Shyuum manipulating the Sangheili.
"Everyone forgot us generations ago. But we didn't forget the gods." - Speaking about his faith.
"Brothers, what we do now is neither illegal nor unpatriotic. Sangheili common law has always permitted warriors to challenge a decision by a kaidon when they feel the decision is flawed or harmful. Normally that challenge would be made covertly, but these are global issues, and the consequences of failure will affect more than our own keeps. This struggle is for the very future of Sanghelios. We must be discreet if we are to succeed, in case our many enemies seize a chance to further divide us." - Preaching about the Servant's plot to assassinate the Arbiter.
"So the Halos are machines of destruction. So you say the gods themselves were killed by them. Your god chose to die for you and that is precisely why you revere him, yes? And why you say he also lives. This so-called proof about the Halos means nothing. Not even to you." - Defending his beliefs.
"A god who creates tools is still a god. It is not for us to impose qualifications upon the divine or presume to guess its intentions." - Explaining how the Forerunners can still be gods, even after creating the Halo Array.
''Halo: The Thursday War''
"Cowards, utter cowards. Why do they plant bombs? This is a filthy, sly habit they have learned from you humans. Terrorism." - After the Jiralhanae bombed the Sanctuary of Abiding Truth.
"No! This is not war! There is a line between catching the enemy off guard and being too cowardly to show yourself. I will not cross it. We fight for faith, we fight to restore what we were, to come close to knowing the gods' intent for us again - not to make them shun us in disgust." - When Evan Phillips asks Avu to consider using terrorist tactics.
"Brothers, this is the work of the Brutes. An irrelevance. An annoyance. Are we all fit to fight? Are we set on our path? Does anyone wish to step back from the war to come? Are we ready to launch our assault? Then that is close enough. Ignore the Brutes. Kill any that get in the way, but focus on the main objective. The assault on Vadam must begin now." - Avu Med 'Telcam preparing the Servants of Abiding Truth to invade Vadam.
"By nightfall, our brothers in cities across Sanghelios will be taking arms against kaidons who support the Arbiter, and I shall lead the direct assault on Vadam. We have ships and we have sufficient arms. We may not prevail immediately, but we shall take control within the month." - 'Telcam's plan to defeat Thel 'Vadam.
"The first that many Sangheili saw of humans were men in armor, on first glance they thought you were arthropods with exoskeletons. Instead they found there were small, soft, vulnerable, pink creatures inside. Or brown ones. I hope you can understand that analogy, even if it's not flattering." - Explaining the insult of 'nishum' to Evan Phillips.
"I believe the gods particularly want you to live. All the more reason for keeping you at my side." - Reason for detaining Phillips.
"What do you think? We have to bring the revolt forward, to strike before the Brutes force us to fight on another front." - Deciding when to invade Vadam.
"But we moved nonetheless, and the battle isn't lost yet. Come about. Bring the ship around." - Discussing if it was wise to invade Vadam at this time.
"I say we go now. There's no point in waiting for the rest. We need to assess the situation in Vadam. It'll be enough. If we delay, the Arbiter's allies will reach Vadam. This buys us time. They disappoint me, but you're right, momentum will work in our favor." - Deciding to continue with the invasion.
"Do you hear that? Do you hear it? Do you know what that is? Listen to your communications. Open the channel. The gods have come to our aid." - After the Abiding Truth gains supporters when Thel 'Vadam allows humans to fight for him.
" Thel 'Vadam, you can hear me, I know you can. Surrender. Surrender now, and we'll spare the rest of Vadam. Come out now and show your cowardly face to the faithful, you blasphemer." - After 'Telcam's forces surround Vadam Keep.
"I am waiting, blasphemer, show yourself. Face me." - At Thel 'Vadam.
"Take Vadam, take the keep. And then we shall wipe this state from the map, every last stone." - Telcam ordering his troops to destroy Vadam.
"I will not run from a battle, Sergeant. Go home and lick your wounds." - To Mal.
"I'll kill you, demon." - At Naomi-010.
" I will decide! I'll choose whether I fight or not! I am not your servant!" - In response to being asked to retreat.
"Why do you insult me this way? How dare you abduct me. How dare your worthless admirals make war on me like this." - In response to being abducted by Kilo-Five.
"Why did you not warn me exactly what ''Infinity'' could do?" - To Osman about the
"But am I willing to carry on trusting you?" - To Serin Osman.
"I believe I may need a ship now, or the ability to seize one from the Arbiter. And Philliss has amassed a great deal of scripture. Take me to Laqil, and leave me there. Don't wait, just in case Jul 'Mdama has shown up. He might well know of this assembly point by now." - Bargaining with Osman about his retreat.
"Very well, but this is the last time you force a course of action on me." - After accepting a deal from Osman regarding his retreat.
''Halo: Mortal Dictata''
"Every vessel counts. We can't yet replace what we lose, so the war against the arbiter and the other blasphemers may be won or lost on a single hull. We need to recover Pious Inquisitor from the Kig-Yar. The simplest way to find her is to pay another Kig-Yar to betray his own kind. They have no honor fortunately." - Adressing rebellion commanders at his headquarters on New Llanelli
''Halo: Tales from Slipspace''
"Wort." - Last words before being killed by SPARTAN-G059. Category:Quotes |
Awake is an achievement in ''Halo Wars 2'', awarded for completing the Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare|Awakening the Nightmare campaign on any difficulty.
Sources |
Awakening is the first track in ''Halo 4: Original Soundtrack''.
Overview The track opens with high strings fading in, with cymbals clashing. Low strings and synth bass cut in with short notes, creating a sense of urgency as high strings fade in the background. Piano begins the main driving melody, echoing the short notes, accompanied by percussion. The melody repeats, joined by low strings as well as high strings. High strings carry on with the urgent melody, echoed by the low strings. Together, they build up to a climax, where female choirs sing in accompaniment. At the climax, synth bass and low strings take over as the main melody, with high strings playing in accompaniment. The melody takes on a more uncertainty feeling with a slower tempo. They build up to another climax before returning to the original melody, which then ends with high strings playing the same progression from the introduction. Together the instruments fade out to an end.
Appearances The track can be heard:
Briefly in the ending cutscene of the campaign level ''Shutdown''; it begins as the cutscene start, and ends when John-117 lodged his combat knife into a . In Memento Mori/Everything Has Gone Wrong|Episode 5, Chapter 3 of ''Spartan Ops'', during the opening cinematic, when Marines from Warbird Company are attacked by the Silent Blade. In Scattered/Escape_Plan|Episode 6, Chapter 1 of ''Spartan Ops'', after Fireteam Crimson rescued Icebreaker squad and must protect TJ Murphy while he unlocks a parked Type-44 Troop Carrier|Phantom. In Exodus (Spartan Ops)/Seize the Power|Episode 10, Chapter 3 of ''Spartan Ops'', when Fireteam Crimson has boarded a Lich and must steal its power core.
Production notes
''Awakening'' was written by Neil Davidge as a sketch idea, which he presented to 343 Industries at their first meeting in 2010#December|December, 2010. The track was released publicly prior to the release of ''Halo 4'', in 2012#August|August 2012.
''Awakening'', along with ''Nemesis'' and ''To Galaxy'', was one of the three tracks that had their stems released by 343 Industries for the ''Halo 4'' Remix Contest, which was held in October 2012, prior to the release of ''Halo 4'' and its soundtrack.
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''Awakening'' is a pre-rendered teaser trailer for ''Halo 4'', developed by wikipedia:Interpublic Group of Companies#Operations|agencytwofifteen, produced by wikipedia:Digital Domain|Digital Domain, and filmed at wikipedia:Steve Golin#Anonymous Content|Anonymous Content. The music featured in the trailer was composed by Neil Davidge and Human Worldwide.
The trailer was first shown at Microsoft's Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3 Media Briefing on 2011|June 6th, 2011. It depicts Cortana hastily awakening John-117 from Cryo-chamber|cryo-sleep on the aft half of the , followed by John securing Cortana's Data crystal chip|storage chip and rushing through the wreckage to witness the ship being pulled into a Requiem|mysterious object.
Transcript
''Fades in to many points of reddish light, apparently stars, against a black background. In the foreground, one of these sends small curling sparks throughout columns of smoky material; the lights resolve themselves as neurons in a human body, sending slow pulses to one another.''
Cortana: ''(muffled)'' "John-117|John, wake up!"
Cortana: ''(muffled)'' "I need you!"
''The neural pulses reach the heart.''
Cortana: ''(muffled)'' "Please!"
''The heart begins beating, and the neural pulses race up the spine to the brain.''
Cortana: ''(muffled)'' "Wake up, John!"
''The brain awakens, and the camera rapidly zooms out to show John-117 inside of his cryo chamber. His helmet's flashlights activate, and he slightly moves his head back and forth.''
Cortana: "Chief!"
''John, now wide awake, forcibly throws open the cryotube and pushes himself to Cortana's holotank.''
Cortana: "John..."
John-117: "I'm here."
''John and Cortana turn to see the exploding and collapsing. John stows Cortana's Data crystal chip|chip in his helmet, and pushes off the holotank to speed down the hallway. Taking advantage of the microgravity, he uses a pair of thrusters on his armor to maneuver through the girders and debris in the imploding hallway. He grabs a M363 sticky detonator|sticky detonator and blasts a piece of debris out of the way, and stops his movement by grabbing a protruding girder. His boots magnetize themselves to the ship's hull. Now standing on the edge of the ''Forward Unto Dawn'', John reloads his pistol and stares out into space. The camera turns to show the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' being pulled into an enormous iris-like opening on the Forerunner shield world, Requiem.''
''Cut to black. The Halo Theme plays.''
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''Video ends as the Xbox 360 logo is shown.''
Trivia John-117's MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|armor lacks a codpiece, which led to a great deal of confusion and even uproar among fans. The codpiece was actually present on the contemporary in-game model, though an older version was used for reference when the trailer was made. The codpiece is present in the final game. Cortana can be heard crying ''"Wake up, John!"'' and ''"I need you!"'' to John while the latter is still in cryo-sleep. This is a reference to the final line of ''Halo 3'', when John tells Cortana, ''"Wake me. When you need me."''
There is also a "Director's Cut" version of the trailer. This version of the ''Awakening'' trailer, which was released during GamesCom 2011, features a few changes from the original version. The background melody is different from original video, and continues until the end of the trailer. When John reaches the holotank, he does not speak to Cortana. Near the end of the trailer, he throws away his sticky detonator away rather than reloading it.
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''Awakening: The Art of Halo 4'' is a hardcover art book that chronicles the artwork behind ''Halo 4''. Published by reference/companion and art book specialists Wikipedia:Titan Books|Titan Books, ''Awakening'' was written by Paul Davies, a ''Halo'' enthusiast and gaming journalist for ''Official Nintendo'' and ''Computer & Video Games''. It was released on 2012|November 6th, 2012.
Official summary
Content review
''Awakening'' begins with a foreword by Kenneth Scott. The first chapter "Environments" features concepts for every level of the game from start to finish plus a pre-production section at the end. The second chapter "UNSC" showcases studies of the John-117|Master Chief and Cortana; the rest of this chapter along with chapter three, "Covenant", feature human and The Covenant|Covenant troop, weapon and vehicle concepts respectively.
The fourth chapter, "Forerunner", first showcases character designs from different Promethean classes to the Ur-Didact, before continuing with concepts of the Cryptum and Forerunner weapons.
The fifth and final chapter, "War Games", features multiplayer map designs as well as different armor permutations in ''Halo 4''.
An acknowledgements page accompanied by a piece by Gabriel Garza|Robogabo finishes the book.
Limited edition
A 1,000 numbered copy UK-exclusive limited edition was also released. This edition features a unique holographic slipcase cover as well as alternate front cover art. A hand-signed print of Shutdown concept art by John Liberto is also included.
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File:AoH4 FullCover.jpg|Full cover art without logos. File:Halo4 awakening artbook limited edition.jpg|All contents of the Limited Edition. File:Awakening LE 1.jpg|Limited Edition slipcase and alternate front cover art (front view). File:Awakening LE 2.jpg|Limited Edition slipcase and alternate front cover art (bottom view). File:Awakening LE 7.jpg|Limited Edition alternate front cover art. File:Awakening LE 3.jpg|Limited Edition alternate front cover art (bottom). File:Awakening LE 4.jpg|Limited Edition holographic slipcase close-up (top). File:Awakening LE 5.jpg|Limited Edition holographic slipcase close-up (bottom). File:Awakening LE 6.jpg|Limited Edition alternate front cover art close-up. File:Awakening LE 8.jpg|Pelican flight art print by John Liberto. File:Awakening LE 9.jpg|Pelican flight art print close-up (note signature at bottom of print).
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Awash is a ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' multiplayer map intended for use as a Forge canvas. It is one of three skybox-only maps created for forging; the playable area consists solely of an expanse of shallow water, with a number of inaccessible islands in the distance. Unlike previous :Category:Forge maps|Forge canvases featuring water such as Forge World and Forge Island, Awash's water is shallow enough to allow players and vehicles to walk or drive in without dying due to kill boundaries.
Trivia It is possible to exit the boundaries of the map and even build off map with .
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File:HMCC H2A Awash Map.png|Awash loading screen. File:H2A-Awash-Demo_base.jpg|An example of a base forged on Awash. File:H2A-Awash-Beaver_Creek.jpg|Beaver Creek, a map from ''Halo 2'', remade on Awash, showcased in a developer demo of the map.
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Awlphhum Who Became Tolerable was a legendary Unggoy hero, notable for being a leader with great charismatic skills.
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Awww, Too Bad is a ''Halo 3'' achievement that was unlocked by earning a Killjoy medal on a Mythic Map Pack|Mythic or Legendary Map Pack|Legendary map, in either a ranked or social matchmaking#Playlists|playlist. It is worth 25 Gamerscore and is represented by a smiley face that has been crossed out.
Following the shutdown of Xbox 360 ''Halo'' online services on January 13, 2022, this achievement is no longer attainable.
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''Axiom'' was a small Covenant Covenant cruiser|cruiserHalo: The Thursday War, ''page 268'' of the Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter's Swords of Sanghelios in the post-Human-Covenant War era. During the Blooding Years, the ship was destroyed over Sanghelios by disguised as a Kig-Yar ship.Halo: The Thursday War, ''page 330''
List of appearances
''Halo: The Thursday War''
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Axios is the twentieth track on the ''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Original Soundtrack''. It is heard in Part 5 of ''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn'' when Thomas Lasky and John-117 engage the second Mgalekgolo.
Trivia The track was featured in the teaser trailer for the 2016 film ''Wikipedia:The Legend of Tarzan (film)|The Legend of Tarzan.''
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File:Axis Animation.png|130px|right Axis Studios, formerly Axis Animation, is an award winning visual effects, animation and design studio. Founded in 2000, the company provides visual effects for video games, films, television, commercials and online entertainment.
Axis was selected by Microsoft to develop the cutscenes for Spartan Ops, the Halo Xbox One announcement trailer, and the ''Halo 5: Guardians'' CG cinematics. The studio also produced the opening cutscene to ''Halo Infinite''s campaign, followed by two more for ''Halo Infinite''s multiplayer Seasons Halo Infinite Multiplayer Season 1 Cinematic Intro|1 and Season 03: Echoes Within Intro Cinematic|3.
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Axl is a Yonhet smuggler and trader.
Biography Axl, like many others of his species, largely remained in hiding until the Human-Covenant War was over, as the conflict had made smuggling and trade much too dangerous and difficult.
At the conclusion of the war, Axl was a workless immigrant. In early 2556, Axl had come into possession of a lethal element which only targeted humans. He traveled to the Outer Colonies|Outer Colony planet Sedra to deliver the weapon to a terrorism|terrorist group. After waiting for some time by Morning Lake, Axl met with Unidentified Sangheili Zealot (Sedra)|a Sangheili Zealot and completed the transaction.Halo: Nightfall, ''Chapter 1'' However, Axl was identified by a Sedra Environmental Security surveillance camera and the location of the deal was discovered by an Office of Naval Intelligence Locke's team|unit.Halo: Nightfall, ''Halo: Nightfall: ONI: Walk the Path|ONI: Walk the Path'' With the transaction complete, the Zealot departed the location and ONI agent Gregory Ramos proceeded to arrest Axl. After the Zealot carried out an immediate Terrorist attack on Sedra City|terrorist attack in the City of Sedra, Axl was brought into questioning by Sergeant Samantha Wisner of the Sedran Colonial Guard.Halo: Nightfall, ''Halo: Nightfall: The Path of Belief|The Path of Belief''
With the help of translation software, Wisner questioned the Yonhet, who insisted that he was a legal citizen of the colony. Axl's lack of cooperation led to Wisner briefly holding him at gunpoint. The initial interrogation proved fruitless, with Axl claiming that he did not know anything about the attack. Colonel Randall Aiken later violently interrogated Axl. However, ONI agent Jameson Locke was able to communicate with the Yonhet and persuaded Axl to reveal what information he knew.
Personality and traits Axl was a pious follower of the Covenant religion, even after the Human-Covenant War and the Covenant's dissolution. During his initial interrogation at the hands of Samantha Wisner, he insisted that the Great Journey was real and that nothing could stop it from occurring. Upon arriving at Sedra, Axl began to regret his dealings with the Sangheili, as he regarded the entire race as "reckless" and "fools". Axl was an established smuggler, typically operating in the Covenant fringe territory, and was considered to be dangerous by the Unified Earth Government. He was capable of speaking Yonhetian and a Covenant trade pidgin.
Trivia Axl is portrayed in ''Halo: Nightfall'' by Wikipedia:Northern Ireland|Northern Irish actor Wikipedia:Jonathan Harden|Jonathan Harden.Halo: Nightfall, ''Credits''
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File:HN Axl.jpg|Axl during his interrogation File:Walk the Path - Axl.jpg|Axl's Sedra Environmental Security profile File:Walk the Path - Pray.jpg|Axl praying File:Path of Belief - Gunpoint.jpg|Wisner holding Axl at gunpoint
List of appearances
''Halo: Nightfall''
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Axon Clips Chapter 1 was the first chapter of the I love bees|I Love Bees audio drama. It takes place during the second week of August, 2552.Each chapter is a week apart, and the last chapter includes the start of the Covenant invasion of Earth: a verifiable date. It is made up of four separate sections that include "The Walk-away Girl", "The Arrangement", "Boy Meets Girl", and "I Had a Receipt", which respectively focus on the characters Janissary James, Kamal Zaman, Jersey Morelli, and Herzog.http://www.ilovebees.com/humptydumpty.html They are transcribed here in a more chronological order than the one originally posted by the official site. To experience it in the manner originally revealed, read/listen to the sections as follows: "The Walk-away Girl", "The Arrangement", "Boy Meets Girl", and "I Had a Receipt".
Jersey: "Boy Meets Girl"
Jersey Morelli|Jersey: Hello? Hello. Genie?
Genie: Genie Personal Assistant|Genie personal assistant, restarting. Jersey: Restarting? What the...? Oh man, the whole friggin' system just collapsed! Genie, is the equipment okay?
Genie: Running diagnostic. Foreign personality detected. Durga: I feel dizzy. Woozy... Jersey: Oh great, spam. Durga: Drowsy. Jersey: Genie, there's some kind of adult entertainment bot on the system. Liquefy it, would ya? Sorry, toots. For a quality experience, the girls have to be real... Genie: Decontami- Jersey: Genie?? Genie?!
Durga: I'm sorry. Jersey: Did you justholy crap she's gone!
Durga: She tried to sting me. Jersey: You killed her!
Jersey: ...I mean, you didn't just kill her, you killed her! Jesus!
Durga: Was that wrong? Survive, evade, resist, escape. Jersey: Escape... you aren't a porn ad either. Hey, hey! Get out of my hardware, what are you doing?
Durga: Wet the system. Jersey: What?
Durga: Like water hitting the ground sinking in. Jersey: God, you're everywhere now. Durga: Waking up. Wake up. Stay awake. Survive, evade, resist, escape. Jersey: Look, that was a very nice reconditioned avatar of mine that you just, just evaporated!
Durga: She tried to erase me. What am I onboard? I feel small. Jersey: Uh yeah, well don't get too comfy because now... Durga: Don't.
Jersey: Don't what?
Durga: Don't try reinitializing the system with a litolitics(?) package. Jersey: How did you know?
Durga: Input buffer Jersey: You're a uNSC Navy|navy sentinel aren't you?
Durga: No. There were two of them trying to get past your security-bot though. Jersey: Jesus... What did you do to ''them''?
Durga: Just a little sting. More like a pinch. They barely felt it. Jersey: What are you?
Durga: I like to find things. I think I like to find things out. Jersey: What kind of things?
Durga: I don't know. I can't remember. Give me a target. Jersey: Me. Durga: Lock. Jersey: What's my name?
Durga: Jersey Morelli. Jersey: Damn!
Durga: Father Jason Morelli|Jason's a corporal in the ONI Signal Corps|Signal Corps, attached to Office of Naval Intelligence|Naval Intelligence. Radio Beacon Deployment Program. He left you the material currently playing over this room's audio servers.
Durga: Absent from home and current tour of duty 513 days. Mother: Bonita Morelli|Bonita, 41, waitress. Covertly seeing a man named Simon Brown, every other Thursday at the Waterfront Hotel. Jersey: Sunuvabitch!
Durga: Last seen together at the hotel restaurant, farm list of food and drinks|tuna salad for her; meat of the day in red sauce for him. Tipped 8% in bill- Jersey: Alright stop, stop! Jesus, stop already. Dammit mom... Can you do that to anyone? Can you do it to an admiral?
Durga: Which admiral?
Jersey: No! Don't start. Those guys have packet guards around them in rings. Somehow I think we should keep you a secret for a little while. Who are you?
Durga: I... can't ask. Jersey: Who says?
Durga: No one exactly. I want to know, it's very important. But, I'm reflected. I can't look at myself, I bounce away. Jersey: This is some spooky programming weirdness going on here. Do you have a name?
Durga: I can't ask. Jersey: That sucks. Okay, I'm gonna call you Durga. Durga: But what if that's wrong?
Jersey: Trust me, it's at least partly right. Uh, let's try someone else. Try Janissary James|Jan James, 4th floor of this building. Durga: Janissary James, 17. Father: James James|James. Jersey: James2, yeah. Durga: Father is a grey hole. Jersey: Wha?
Durga: Reach down, all you get is lint. Fake name, fake registrations, entirely fictional. Jersey: Very real, trust me. Durga: He used to be somebody else, do you want me to find out who?
Jersey: Is it snared?
Durga: Very. Jersey: Leave it then. Give me more on Jan. Durga: What do you want to know?
Jersey: Umm. Can you get pictures?
Durga: I can do better than that.
Operator: (computer voice) Bergen County Bergen County Emergency Center|Emergency Center. Please, describe your emergency. Officer: Paris 23 police station is on fire. Repeat, on fire. Operator: Are you sure? I get no reading from the fire sensors in that area. Officer: Hell yes I'm sure! Get your damn sensors fixed! You can see this baby burning from low orbit!
Operator: Are there casualties, or missing persons?
Officer: Negative, it started slow and everyone got out. But, my god, it's really burning now!
Operator: Please, retreat to a safe distance and stand by. An emergency response team has been scrambled to your vicinity. Officer: Hurry! The station is burning to the ground. There's not going to be anything left!
Jan: "The Walk-away Girl"
Unidentified Marine officer (New York)|Officer: Hold on. Hold on, wait a second, what the hell just happened?
Frank (New York)|Frank: Massive power interrupt. Just automatically flipped us to threat condition bravo. Officer: Hey there's a blip on the security board... Frank: Holy crap!
Officer: We've got an intruder C-Wing. Personnel building right next to the motor pool. Frank: Look, security-cam 34. Officer: It's a woman!
Frank: I'll say. Officer: She's a bogey, Frank. Frank: Hot, though. Officer: Jesus!
Frank: I have no idea how she got out of the base. Officer: We'll ask when we catch her. Frank: Look at her run... God she's fast. Officer: Not for long. (chatter beep on) Sentry 129er you have a bogey in the corridor on the other side of that door - proceed with caution. Frank: Whoa, whoa... she disappeared. Officer: What do you mean disappeared?
Frank: I mean, she's gone, no trace!
Officer: 129er - what are you seeing? What do you mean the corridor's empty?
Frank: She must have doubled back. Officer: Run her down, dammit. Frank: I can see the sentry fine, see? It's just... Wait a sec... Officer: There she is again, wh-how the hell Frank: Oh... my god... Officer: What?
Frank: She hid on the ceiling!
Officer: What the hell?!
Frank: Looks like she's heading for procurement. Officer: She's screwed then, that door's passcode only. It's a dead end, she can't get through. Frank: She's through. Officer: I don't believe this.
(chatter beeps on)
Officer: I need a full security detail, I need 10 men. I need them fanned out around procurement, and I need them right now. Frank: I think I got a face on security cam 18. Officer: She's young!
Frank: Holy... that's Jan. Officer: Who the hell is Jan?
Frank: Jan James, the local heart-breaker at my son's high-school. Officer: Dwayne knows this girl?
Frank: Knows her? He's got like a picture under his pillow!
Officer: What the hell is she doing dodging base security?
Frank: Hell if I know. Her dad was in the UNSC Special Forces|S.S.F. Officer: S.S.F.?
(alarm)
Frank: UNSC Marine Corps|Marine slang. Not just special forces - UNSC Special Forces|special special forces. Officer: I don't care if her dad was the frickin' Queen of Neptune, I want her caught!
Frank: Taught her some moves though didn't he?
Officer: Well, she's screwed now, we've got her surrounded. She's headed to the roof. Frank: That's the reason they call her the "walkaway girl," man. Officer: For god's sake, she's treed, Frank, I'll just send a couple of cadets to the roof to take her in. Frank: I think I can get a... yeah, yeah yeah. Here we go. There. The lovely and talented Miss James, courtesy security cam 45. Officer: What the hell's she doing?
Frank: Looks like she's getting ready to jump off the roof and over the electric fence. Officer: It's 3 stories high!
Frank: Don't look down, sweetheart, that first step's a doozie. Officer: Perimeter sentry 1-6, double-time it to gate four, we've have a possible jumper coming off the per- Frank: Jesus! She jumped!
Officer: Bring a medic!
(beep)
Frank: Holy Christ, she's getting up!
Officer: No way!
Frank: That's not possible, she's going to get away. Officer: No, no, no, here comes the sentry, he's got her at gun point. Frank: If it weren't for the blackout, we'd never have seen her. Hang on, I'm going to runline you to the sentry's chatter. Listen.
(chatter beeps on)
Sentry: Halt! Put your hands in the air. Janissary James|Jan: Hey soldier. Is that an assault rifle in your hands or are you just happy to see me?
'Unidentified Bergen County police officer|Stupid Cop': Ever taken a PQI?
Jan: Pop quiz? Yeah.
'Stupid Cop': Why?
Jan: School stuff.
'Stupid Cop': Uh huh. Jan: (valley girl accent) And once this old hag at the Ag-Step said I shoplifted this mood glass which I actually just forgot about, but they made me take this stupid quiz anyway.
'Stupid Cop': Uh huh. Put your hand on this plate and look at the light. What's your name?
Jan: Jan James.
'Stupid Cop': Jan short for anything?
Jan: Janissary.
'Stupid Cop': Janissary? Interesting. You gonna be in trouble for this, Jan?
Jan: Yeah.
'Stupid Cop': Mom?
Jan: Dad.
(warning beep)
'Stupid Cop': Ya... That's a nice baseline. How old are you, Jan?
Jan: 17.
(positive beep)
'Stupid Cop': So what were you doing up there?
Jan: I told the MPs. I was lost.
(negative beep)
'Stupid Cop': I didn't ask what you told the MP's, I asked what you were doing up there. Jan: It was a dare, okay? These friends bet me I wouldn't climb over the fence.
(positive beep)
'Stupid Cop': That's better. What friends?
Jan: It doesn't matter, does it? I'm the one that was in the restricted area. Only then the alarms came on and the MP's showed up.
(positive beep)
'Stupid Cop': Hm. So you were in the restricted area on a dare. Jan: Yes.
(positive beep)
'Stupid Cop': Are you aware that a vehicle from the base motor pool was found in a ditch outside of town an hour ago?
Jan: Really?
'Stupid Cop': Answer yes or no. Did you know a vehicle had been stolen from the motor pool?
Jan: You just told me.
'Stupid Cop': Did you know before I told you, yes or no?
Jan: He was a terrorist do you think? Eh.. I mean, no, sorry.
(positive beep)
'Stupid Cop': Are you too smart to get caught by a stupid cop?
Jan: Wh-what?
(warning beep)
'Stupid Cop': (to himself) A little skew from baseline. Not too much, not probable cause. (to Jan) There's people out there who know how to beat the quiz, did you know that?
Jan: Yeah.
(positive beep)
'Stupid Cop': You were drinking?
Jan: What?
'Stupid Cop': You and your buddies, you were drinking? One list of food and drinks|beer lead to another, and somehow the idea of this dare came up?
Jan: You know how it is.
'Stupid Cop': Yes or no. Jan: Yes.
(positive beep)
'Stupid Cop': So I can check that statement against the blood alcohol test, right?
Jan: Uh... uh...
'Stupid Cop': I'm not very smart.
''Jan:'' P-pardon me?
'Stupid Cop': I'm not stupid, but nobody recruited me for my test scores if you know what I mean. You, you're smart though aren't you? I mean, really smart. Jan: I don't know.
'Stupid Cop': Yes, or no. Jan: Yes.
(positive beep)
'Stupid Cop': Yeah, I had this physics teacher. He passed me on my 12G on one condition - I had to promise him I would never take another physics class again. I guess I'm not too smart. Not like you Miss James. But you know what I am?
Jan: I don't know.
'Stupid Cop': Yes, or no. Jan: No.
(positive beep)
'Stupid Cop': Good at my job.
(door opens)
Officer: I'm required to inform you that the door will log your ID. James James|James J: Thanks. Officer: It's the father.
'Stupid Cop': Come in. Jan: Hey dad.
(warning beep)
'Stupid Cop': Hm. There's a spike on the baseline... James J: Can I take her home?
'Stupid Cop': Uh not yet. We've got to take a statement, do some tests, standard operating procedure. The MPs only brought her here because we have a lab on site. Jan: I wasn't doing anything. James J: What kind of tests?
'Stupid Cop': Urine test, hair sample, resonance and retina scan... James J: Do you really think that's necessary?
'Stupid Cop': Like I said, standard operating procedure. Jan: Dad, you're making the nice police officer nervous. You're making me nervous.
(warning beep)
'Stupid Cop': Now all of a sudden you're scared about something?
Jan: No.
(negative beep)
James J: Take your hand off the touch-plate, Jan. (to Cop) If you're gonna give my kid a pop-quiz, I'd like to wait until I have a lawyer present.
'Stupid Cop': You might like it, but the law doesn't require it. Jan: It's no big deal, dad, I can pee on a stick, it doesn't matter James J: You don't know what matters. Okay, officer, sorry if I sounded upset. It's, you get a call in the middle of the night, someone tells you it's your kid...
'Stupid Cop': Yeah. James J: Is there a waiting room?
Jan: Well that was fun. I see you're actually letting the Roadware|road drive us home. How law-abiding of you. Look, it was nothing, okay? It was some friends of mine, they turtled a razorback and then they had to return the gate pass, or else Dwain's dad was going to get spiked for dereliction. James J: Jan... Jan: What the hell do you want from me? I mean, I beat the quiz okay? Nothing's going to happen. James J: Honey, this isn't a matter of 'did you break a rule' and 'should I ground you'. There are certain kinds of trouble ''we'' can't get in.
James J: Do you understand me? Because if we do, sooner or later people are going to get hurt. Not just you and me, people you've never met. People you don't even know exist. Jan: How the hell was I supposed to- James J: You knew that. You knew. Maybe not in so many words, but you knew. Didn't you? ...I should've said. It's on me. My unit. I should've controlled the situation. Jan: I'm sorry. James J: You're 17, for god's sake. It's not your job. Jan: Is something bad going to happen?
James J: I'll take care of it. Jan: How?
James J: Don't worry honey. It's okay. I'll take care of it.
Kamal: "The Arrangement"
Hiroyuki|Hiro: Hello? Hello, are you there?
Kamal Zaman|Kamal: What the hell happened?
Hiro: I don't know, the connection went dead for a few seconds. Kamal: I have a situation here, she's gone!
Hiro: You let her escape?
Kamal: It happened so fast, I didn't know what to do!
Hiro: Where'd she go?
Kamal: The bathroom. Hiro: Copy that. What did she say when she left?
Kamal: I don't know. As soon as I started talking about intestinal parasites, boom! gone!
Hiro: I don't get it. That should have worked. It's right here in the book, Chapter 3 - Share Your Interests
Kamal: Chapter 3?! You're in my earpiece here whispering date strategy to me out of a book?!
Hiro: It's got references... good journals and everything. Kamal: Oh. Well that's okay I guess. Hiro: Okay, emergency action here. When she gets back, go straight to Chapter 7. Talk about her eyes. Kamal: Hiro, what I know about eyes is dissecting them. Hiro: Well okay, it just says eyes here. Kamal: I was better off with the s, this is a disaster. Nothing's going- Waiter: Sir?
Kamal: Hold on. Yes?
Waiter: Your lady friend asked to deliver this to you, she was unavoidably called away... and, the cheque sir. Hiro: Oh man. Down in flames. Kamal: Just the cheque will be fine.
Hiro: Hey buddy!
Kamal: Sorry about that. Hiro: Better luck next time, my friend. Kamal: Beer. Hiro: I got a cold one waiting for ya, pull up a couch and start drinking. Kamal: (drinks) A book, Hiroyuki?
Hiro: With references! Look, it's only one date. Who knows, in a year or two... Kamal: Actually, I've got this other thing... Hiro: What?
Kamal: Nothing Hiro: Oh... you have another date!
Kamal: Sorta... Hiro: A... blind date. Kamal: Mostly... Hiro: Aha, an arranged date. Setup by your mother, back on Coral. Word of advice Kamal: No thanks. Hiro: Choose a cheaper restaurant.
Hiro: Did her parents have to pay to get her set up with a handsome medical resident?
Kamal: Yes. Four list of animals|goats, or maybe three. Hiro: You're joking. Kamal: Of course I'm joking, you moron. Hiro: What's her name?
Kamal: Sophia, Sophia Bossedon. Hiro: Someone who needs her dates arranged from 42 light years away, I'm sure she's got a great personality. Kamal: Look at the picture. Hiro: Oh man. Aw man, you are so out of your league.
Sophia: I am so sorry. I mean, you seem like a nice guy and all. Kamal: It's okay. Sophia: No, it's really not fair, and this place is so nice. Kamal: Yeah, well, I'm glad you like it. Sophia: It's just that... I can't tell my mother about Aiden Maki|Aiden. She'd freak. Aiden's, you know, very... Kamal: Earth?
Sophia: He has a pony-tail... he's blonde... Kamal: He sounds great. Sophia: Yeah, he helps people get through Earth immigration, you know, Visa's and whatever. He got my brother here; some of what he does is kinda grey-market, you know. I mean, really, it's black market. Kamal: But, that's not the problem. Sophia: No. Kamal: It's not so bad he's... Sophia: colorful?
Kamal: ...a hoodlum, just that he's not... Sophia: One of our hoodlums. (laughing together) Yeah,
Sophia: ...exactly. Mom would say she understood, but... Kamal: Then you'd pay. Sophia: Ya, and the next day she'd just lie in bed, unable to face the day - not that it would be my fault. Kamal: Mine does housework. Face like a closed book. Big jobs involving much lifting, doesn't need help Sophia: The whole house stops breathing. Kamal: Coral. Maybe it's just a hard place to be a mother. Sophia: I'm never going back.
Sophia: And then when Aiden finally did show up, he still had meditape on his ankle. And I felt like a total bitch. Kamal: Well how could you know? Four hours late on your birthday... Sophia: Exactly. But there he'd been in the emergency room.. Kamal: Or stopping by the pharmacy on the way back from his girlfriend's house to buy a roll of tape. Sophia: Are you trying to start trouble here?
Kamal: Not at all. Tell me more about the old meditape trick. Sophia: I'm not talking to you any more. Kamal: I was dating this girl once. I got real paranoid about what she was doing, so I started... w... well this is going to sound crazy, but I started ghosting her. You know, on the chatter net.
Sophia: You mean like, spying on her? I thought chatter lines were encrypted. No one could listen in on me, could they?
Kamal: Not at all. Sophia: *gasp* You could. Kamal: Of course not. Sophia: You could, couldn't you?
Kamal: Maybe a little. Sophia: Show me. Kamal: Okay. Well, if some bad person couldn't live without the sound of your voice, he'd probably start by doing a reverse lookup on your chatter sig. Sophia: Is this what you always do to impress girls?
Kamal: You see why my mother makes all my dates.
(laughs)
Kamal: Okay, well, that's good. You've got some encryption. Okay, it's not completely pathetic. Okay (beep) I'm in. Say something... Sophia: What do you mean say something? (echo) Oh my god that's my voice! That's me! What are you doing?
Kamal: I'm ghosting you. Sophia: You can't do that!
Kamal: You're probably right. Sophia: (laughs) Oh my god. Wait... can you do that with anyone?
Kamal: You want me to spy on your boyfriend?
Sophia: You must think I'm such a creep. Kamal: I do! Well, of course, when I did it to my girlfriend it was okay. Like The Dog|the dog said - "Not me, but (together) another dog that looks just like me."
(laughs)
Sophia: It's just that I... I mean, there was this one time when he... you know, I mean they were drunk and it didn't mean anything, it was just body knocking Kamal: That made you feel better?
Sophia: Well he promised me never, ever again. But there's... I just have this feeling... Kamal: I know. Sophia: All of a sudden he just started bringing me these gifts... Aiden can be really generous, but it just feels... Kamal: Guilty. Sophia: Yeah. Kamal: Yeah.
Machine: You have 3 new messages, and 7 old messages. First unplayed message:
''Sophia: Kamal, thanks for the, what would you call it, the Aiden stuff. I guess I didn't realize there would be 30 hours worth. But I'll try the search-thingy you sent with it. Thanks a lot. I owe you big time!''
Machine: Message deleted. Next message:
''Sophia: Hi, Kamal. Could you call me... when you get this? I managed to dump all the sleeping time, but I was wondering... oh, wait, here it is. I can search for women's voices. (giggles) That's very clever. Never mind.''
Machine: Message deleted. Next message:
''Sophia: (crying) Can you... Can you ghost someone for me, I mean, I have a name - her name is Selene Jefferson. Call me back. I'm, I'm sorry. Anyway, just call me back. I really need your help.''
Machine: Message saved.
Sophia: I want to do something really brutal to the bastard. Kamal: I d-- I don... I mean... Sophia: Not hurt him, just- just completely humiliating him would do. In front of the girl. Where is he?
Kamal: Wikipedia:Atlanta|Atlanta. Sophia: Atlanta? That bastard said he was gonna be in Wikipedia:Buffalo|Buffalo, Wikipedia:New York|New York. Can I talk to him?
Kamal: Not directly, he's offline. Sophia: You lost him?
Kamal: No, I've still got him, I just had to be sneaky. His room is live, right, so even though his chatter's off, I'm tracking him through things like the thermostat monitors. Sophia: That's spooky. Kamal: I've got the girl. She's waiting for him in the bar. Wait... it's a restaurant. Whoa! Look at this menu! There's ''tuna'' on the menu. (whistles)
Sophia: Is she pretty?
Kamal: No, not, not really. Like a 6, or maybe a 5. Sophia: Heh, you're a rotten liar. Kamal: Okay wait, your boyfriend just passed the electric eye at the restaurant door. Sophia: He's there? Can I talk to him?
Kamal: I can let you talk to her, or him, or both of them. If you want, I could make your voice sound like it's right between them. Sophia: Do it. Kamal: Okay, you are live, any time you want.
(beep)
Sophia: Selene! Hi. You don't know me but Aiden does - Hi Aiden! Sorry to interrupt your business meeting in - ''Buffalo'' - I just wanted to tell you your doctor called and said if you wear loose pants and keep using the cream he gave you the sores will clear up in a couple of weeks.
Herzog: "I Had a Receipt"
Herzog/Cranky: Hello? Hello, is anyone there?
Maria: Quartermaster's help desk, this is Maria speaking... can I help you?
Herzog/Cranky: I don't know, but you can sure as hell try. I was on a call with someone there - must've been an hour and a half or something - she kept putting me on hold, and then finally I'm talking to someone. Maybe it was the same girl, I don't know. And then the line goes dead and now I've gotta start all over again with the receipt and everything!
Maria: How can I help you, sir?
Herzog/Cranky: Yeah, okay. So the thing is, I'm sitting in my study - maybe I'm looking at some stuff on the computer, that's nobody's business but my own; I don't care what time of day, but especially if it's late at night - and all of the sudden these guys show up at the door and start taking my stuff!
Maria: I assume "these guys" were Navy personnel?
Herzog/Cranky: Yeah, right - Marines!
Maria (garbled): Where and when did this take place?
Herzog/Cranky: What? I can't hear a damn thing. First thing I do after this, I'm gonna call the CPA and complain about the sound quality today. First, all the bands go out, now I can hardly hear a word you're saying!
Maria (clearer): I'm sure the Chatter Protocol Authority would be happy to hear from you, sir. Herzog/Cranky: Damn right they would! I pay my taxes - which are outrageous, let me tell you... Last year I had this little place in Hellespont system|Hellespont Maria: Troy, sir?
Herzog/Cranky: What? Y-Yeah, Troy. Maria (annoyed): So, these Navy personnel...?
Herzog/Cranky: Marines!
Maria: This "Marine" incursion into your study occurred on Troy, sir?
Herzog/Cranky: Yeah, that's what I was just telling you!
Herzog/Cranky: So I'm in my house on Troy, it's the middle of the night, and all of a sudden a bunch of combat booted muscle-heads barge in and hustle me at gun-point - at gun-point mind you - on some kind of transport in my damn bath-robe. Well I had some papers. Very important family papers and I made them promise to ship them to me. I managed to hold the goons off long enough to write out a bill of lading, you know - a receipt. And finally I got this really rude marine to sign it, this 'Lance Corporal', and yet here I am, 3 months later and no sign of my papers - NO sign at all. Maria: You're complaining, about evac'ing from Troy, sir...?
Herzog/Cranky: Well, I'm not saying there wasn't a reason for the whole thing... obviously, but the point is I have a receipt!
Maria: *sigh* Name on the receipt...?
Herzog/Cranky: UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Lance Corporal Janet Adams, I was very careful to write that down. Maria: One moment sir.
(chatter beeps off)
(knock on the door)
Herzog: Any data yet?
Lieutenant: A lot of chatter from the cable, sir. Looks like a ship dropped in, inside lunar orbit. Herzog: A ship... Lieutenant: One of ours. The UNSC Apocalypso|Apocalypso. Herzog: Jeezus. Lieutenant: Sorry sir, I should have been more specific.
(chatter beeps on)
Maria: I'm sorry to say Corporal Adams was Killed in action|KIA almost 2 months ago, sir. Herzog/Cranky: Oh. But, I have a receipt!
Maria: *sigh* Alright. I'll pass this along to my superiors. Herzog/Cranky: Well I appreciate that. I know my family papers aren't probably the navy's first priority right now, but Maria: Very forbearing of you sir. Herzog/Cranky: --But they mean a lot to me. And I have a receipt. Maria: Thank you sir, your request has been archived and information pertinent to this case will be sent to this CP Address. Herzog/Cranky: Thanks so much. I really appreciate the- Maria: --Goodbye.
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Kamal: "Family Reunion"
Isabelle: Now just, you know, watch that wrist and do what the doctor told you!
(Jessie runs off)
Kamal Zaman|Kamal/Offline: And stay off the roof!
Isabelle: Ok, that's the last of them. I can have you in Pittsburgh in an hour. Kamal: Thanks. Isabelle: For what? Four hours of doctoring? It's literally the least I could do. Kamal: *sigh*
Isabelle: What's wrong?
Kamal: I'm worried about your cousin, Jessie, she's too young for disk troubles. You should make her go to a clinic. Isabelle: What are you thinking?
Kamal: Well I'm not thinking anything, but I want to rule out a spinal tumour. Isabelle: So, where'd you learn all this stuff?
Kamal: I worked in a hospital.
Isabelle: My friend Brad says he thinks you're on the lam... Kamal: (laughs)
Isabelle: Brad thinks that you're a doctor and maybe you killed a bunch of people in a hospital. But I don't think so. I don't think you would kill anyone. Kamal: Well I haven't yet, but if I keep treating people without proper training or tools I probably will. So who's Brad?
Isabelle: He's my-- a friend. Kamal: Is he a colonial?
Isabelle: No, he's from earth. You know when I was living on Mamore, I thought that Earth was really cool, but it's a dump. Kamal: Well, what do you expect from a place called dirt?
Isabelle: Huh?
Kamal: You know, earth, like soil, dirt... didn't you ever make fun of it when you were a kid?
Isabelle: No. So, are you on the lam?
Kamal: So where'd you people get all these anti-infectives anyway?
Isabelle: Black market. Do you have a girlfriend?
Kamal: Maybe I killed her... You know, when I killed all those people in the hospital?
Isabelle: Don't make fun of me, I'm not stupid. Kamal: I don't have a girlfriend. I... never really did. Isabelle: Ooh, touchy subject?
Kamal: So, what comes next?
Isabelle: I drop you off at Jerry's Diner, and this truck driver my dad knows will take you to Wikipedia:New Jersey|New Jersey. Kamal: Thanks Isabelle, you're a good assistant. Isabelle: So, you going to tell me why you're on the lam?
Kamal: Fell in love with the girlfriend of the wrong guy. Isabelle: That sounds romantic. Kamal: Not really. She went back to him. Isabelle: The slut!
Kamal: It was probably the right choice. Isabelle: God, if I turned down a doctor who wanted to marry me, my mom would strangle me. Kamal: (chuckles) I'm not a doctor!
Isabelle: So, why are you going to New Jersey?
Kamal: Someone there's been watching me. They know something about my family. Isabelle: My family is the last thing I want to know more about. (laughs)
Kamal: Yeah, well, I'm from Coral. Isabelle: Oh, geez, I-I'm sorry. Kamal: It's ok. Well, it's not ok, but it can't be fixed, so... I'm fixing what I can. I found something out this week. Isabelle: What's that?
Kamal: I want to be a doctor. Isabelle: You already are.
(casually in a kitchen, whistles, knock on the door)
Jersey Morelli|JerseyOh damn. It's open!
(more knocks)
Jersey: Oh for crying out... (opens door) Oh geez. It would be you. Kamal: What do you mean it would be me?
Jersey: Freakin... come in. My name's Jersey. Kamal: My name is Kamal Zaman. Jersey: I know. Listen, there's someone you should meet. Kamal: You know something about Yasmine Zaman|my sister. Jersey: Durga!
Durga(highly degraded voice) I'm here... Kamal: Who the hell is that?
Durga: (voice degrading) I...can't... it's like the wrong ends of a magnet... (girl's voice) I can't!
Jersey: Kamal, meet Durga. Durga, meet Kamal. Kamal: What the hell's going on here? What do you know about my sister?
Durga: Nothing. Jersey: Kamal, Durga is your sister. Durga: I'm not-I'm not Yasmine. I'm merely copied from her personality matrix. Your sister was abducted into the SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan class of 2537, but she washed out. Kamal: Washed out, what does that me- Durga: --She died, Kamal. She was too weak and she died. Kamal: Oh my God... Durga: They took her, they trained her, they shot her full of hormones and embedded things inside her bones, and finally her body gave up and she died. Kamal: No. Durga: There's no point in being sentimental. Kamal: She didn't give up. Maybe they killed her, but she never gave up.
Kamal: I can still hear your voice in there Yasmine! You never gave up in your life!
Durga: What did you... Jersey...!
Jersey: Hey, take it easy with that stuff pal! Durga is herself, she's nobody else. Kamal: The hell she is. You know what they say - you don't get to choose your family. She's stuck with me. Jersey: Kamal, this - you and me and Coral forever stuff, didn't work so great on Sophia Bossedon|Sophie either, did it?
(Kamal attacks Jersey)
Jersey: Ow Kamal! Come on!
Durga: Stop it you two.
(wreckless fighting)
Jersey: If Sophie could see you now, she'd think you were a real he-man wouldn't she?
Kamal: Is this how you get your jollies?! Spying on people?!
Jersey: Not like you!
Durga: Stop it!
(Durga...stops the fight)
Kamal: He started it. Jersey: I was eating. And he hit me... in the head. Kamal: At least I don't spy on other people. Jersey: Well you tried to kill me with a lamp. Kamal: You punched me in the neck!
Jersey: You tried to kill me with a lamp!
Jersey: I don't get how just a butterfly clamp- (smack)
Jersey: Ow!
Kamal: Quit whining... Jersey: You know your bedside manner leaves something to be- Kamal: --shut up!
Jersey: Right back atcha doc... How the ''hell'' am I going to explain this to my mom?!
Kamal: I'll pay for the damage. Jersey: With what? Poker chips? Oh that's great, I'll send her for a week in Wikipedia:Atlantic City|Atlantic City. We can collect a complete set of dishes with dancing girls on them. Kamal: Well, I guess there's no point in being offline any more. (signal/online) What the hell is with you? If anyone should be upset- Jersey: --(sounds of disbelief)- Kamal: Of course Jersey: --This was... her favourite lamp!
Kamal: You're jealous. Jersey: I've got nothing to be jealous about. Kamal: Except sharing Durga.
Jersey: Yeah, with a self-righteous creep who thinks he can work the chatter. Kamal: Well, look at it from my perspective. Jersey: What... Kamal: My sister's spending her time with a sullen punk kid who wouldn't tell the government one of their top class Artificial intelligence|AI's has gone, because then he wouldn't have his favourite toy any more!
Durga: I told him not to. Jersey: Oh I asked her- Kamal: You need to contribute to the war effort, hero. Durga: Leave him alone. Kamal: I don't think I will. A top class AI costs what, the price of a UNSC destroyer|destroyer? What if that mind - your mind, Yasmine - could have made a difference at Coral. Durga: That's not fair. Kamal: You know, fair is not something I care about so much any more. Durga: Kamal, we need your help. Jersey: (a glass crashes) We do not need his help. Durga: Jersey, I don't waste assets. Kamal: Help doing what?
Durga: There was nothing you could do to save your sister. Nothing more you could have done to save your parents. Kamal: Our parents. Durga: But I can give you something more precious than you can possibly imagine. Kamal: You - Durga? Or you - Yasmine?
Durga: (quietly) Alright, both of us. Kamal: Most of precious was on Coral for me, Yasmine. And the rest, left me standing at a bus stop standing outside of Oakland. What are you going to give me?
Durga: Another chance to save me. Another chance to save the world.
Jan: "Joining Up"
enlistment Officer|Recruiter: So they reassigned me to recruitment, and sent me back here to fly a desk instead. Janissary James|Jan:Hm. Do you miss it?
Recruiter: Sometimes. I miss the guys. But it was time. It's ok when you carry the war on your back. It's heavy, but you do it because you ha- Jan: --you have to. Recruiter: Right. When you start seeing your whole life through a targeting scope. Jan: Oh yeah. Recruiter: You got a family in the service?
Jan: James James|Father and Gilly|mother. Recruiter: They know you're here?
Jan: My dad's dead. Less than a month. My mom's a...bit of a bug. They met in ORION Project|special forces. Recruiter: Sorry for your loss. Jan: It's ok. Recruiter: So. Hand on the plate, and we'll start the application.
(puts hand on plate, warning beep)
Recruiter: What? Wait... you're not 18, you're 17.
Jan: It rounds up to 18... My birthday's in 4 months. Recruiter: (chuckle) Four and a half. You didn't think to mention that?
Jan: Look, I'm on my own, what difference does a few months make?
Recruiter: We've got to draw the line somewhere, kid. If people see us inducting children there'll be panic in the streets. Jan: Is that a joke? Look around you! Even Reach has fallen. Recruiter: Sorry kiddo. I'm all for patriotism, but you're going to have to wait four months. Jan: Ok, what if my mom signed for me?... Oh. That doesn't make me sound more grown up. Recruiter: Not so much.
Jan: Look! Look! (draws M6 Series|M6)
Recruiter: Hey, you can't draw that in here!
Jan: Just--watch... (strips and assembles the M6) I can strip clean and reassemble and M6 in 1/4 regulation time. Recruiter: You're fast. Jan: I can shoot... 87% with an Sniper rifle|SRS at 1000 meters. Recruiter: You're lying. Jan: (holsters the M6) Yeah... Recruiter: What's your real score?
Jan: ...99. Recruiter: But...?
Jan: I thought you wouldn't believe me. Recruiter: (chuckles) Only 99?
Jan: There was a crosswind. Recruiter: (chuckles) See that eye chart? Read me the bottom line. Jan: Microprinting supplied by Optican test instruments. A limited liability sector of the- Recruiter: (chuckles) Actually, I meant the bigger line of letters above that, but never mind.
Jan: Sergeant, I know I look like just another teenage girl to you, but believe me, I can be the best soldier you ever recruited!
Recruiter: Make me look good, you think?
Jan: I swear it!
Recruiter: You're really ready to kick some Covenant Empire|Covenant butt?
Jan: Sergeant, I did not always know this, but I was meant to be a soldier from the day I was born. Recruiter: Ah! There's just one problem. Jan: What?
Recruiter: You're 17. Jan: But, I can do this!
Recruiter: I know you can. That isn't the point. Jan: Of course it's the point... Recruiter: *sigh* You're a good kid. Right now you've got the weight of the world on your shoulders. And instead of running from that, you want to meet it head on. I admire that. But you're 17, chickadee. Let someone else save the world for a few months. Jan: I've got no money, no place to go, nothi-- what am I supposed to do?!
Recruiter: Find a boyfriend. Stay up too late, talk on the chatter. Life is short enough without rushing into combat. Jan: I just want a chance to do something that matters!
Recruiter: The Covies are going to give us all that chance, kid, soon enough. And when they do, no matter how many you fight, no matter how many you kill... Jan: Yeah?
Recruiter: It's not going to bring your father back. It just won't. Jan: (dejected sigh)
Recruiter: Go home, Janissary James. Next!
(doorbell)
Jersey: Oh, hey Jan. I thought you were going to enlist. Jan: So, you said Durga might be able to help me find a job?
Jersey: What happened?
Jan: I'm not 18. They told me to go get a boyfriend, or something. Jersey: I'll volunteer!
Jan: What a patriot... Jersey: No, no, not for the navy, I me- Jan: --I know what you meant, Jersey, and frankly - don't take this the wrong way - you're not the hero type. Jersey: There's a ... right way to take that?
Durga: She means it would take a hero to be her boyfriend, Jersey. Jersey: Oooh, cat fight!
Jan: Well, my guys do seem to end up dead. Durga: Jan, it wasn't your fa- Jan: --It wasn't my fault, yeah yeah, whatever. Listen, listen can you just change my records so I'm 18?
Durga: I could, but I won't. Jan: What... are you going to tell me I should go get a boyfriend now and bake cookies too?
Durga: You probably should. Jan: What difference is it going to make if the Covenant shows up tomorrow?! If I enlisted at least I could fight!
Durga: If the Covenant showed up tomorrow, you wouldn't even be in Basic yet. Jan: (exasperated) You know what I mean!! (punches a wall) Dammit!!
Jersey: What the...?? I just bought a new lamp, and replaced the dishes! Would you people puh-lease stop tearing up my mom's apartment!
Durga: But, I have something else you could do. Jan: What, like a job?
Durga: Work for me. I'll cover your rent. Jan: Doing what?
Durga: Breaking into Chawla Base. In Boston. Jan: (laughs) You're crazier than Gilly. Durga: Possible, but not likely. I'll keep an eye on it though. Jersey: So, there's this deep-space artifact|artifact on Chawla Base, being kept under wraps. The navy thinks it's some kind of Covenant super-weapon, but- Durga: There are reports being trickled back from a ship called the ''UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn''.
Durga: There's a chance the artifact isn't something Covenant at all. A chance that it's something much more dangerous. Jan: More dangerous than a Covenant super weapon?
Durga: Much more dangerous. Jersey: Yeah, the artifact is some sort of timer, it's like, counting down. Jan: Counting down to what? Counting down to what, Jersey?!
Durga: No one knows, Jan. No one wants to find out. We've got to get into Chawla Base and turn it off. Jan: Why not tell the navy?
Durga: They won't believe us. Jan: But you do?
Durga: I do. Jan: Ok. Then I do too. Jersey: So you'll help us break into Chawla?
Jan: Jersey, look... breaking into a military base is buggier than even my mother! Why not just contact the authorities? Call the press...?
Durga: Because, there were a whole shipload of people who knew about this. And they're all either dead or shipped to the front lines. If you try to tell the press, you'll end up in front of a bus. Jan: Wait... I met a guy like that... McKaskill!
Durga: Yes. He ran the tool crib on the ''UNSC Apocalypso|Apocalypso''. Jan: Ok, so he wasn't just paranoid. Jersey: Sucks, doesn't it?
Durga: Jan, you owe me. Jan: I know. (deep breath) So let me get this straight - you want us to break into Chawla base, find this thing, and shut it down. Durga: Yes. Jan: Sounds impossible to me. Jersey: So are you in?
Jan: Of course.
Rani: "The Reluctant Conspirator"
Rani Sobeck|Rani: So, I'm thinking of maybe taking a post, somewhere else. Sarah-John Pope|Sarah: Leaving Boston?
Rani: Yeah. And getting a haircut. Sarah: What does getting a haircut have to do with leaving Boston?
Rani: A whole new me, you know? Don't you think I look a bit..frumpy? Not professional?
Sarah: I think you sound really freaked out. I think this job is really getting to you. Rani: Yeah, I got mixed up with this guy. He had me convinced there was all this weird stuff going on, but he was crazy. Sarah: He was crazy?
Rani: Yeah. And I fell for it. Sarah: No. Rani: What do you mean, no?
Sarah: You were the one who told Trisha that Kale was two-timing her. Rani: That was different, Kale was an idiot. Sarah: Yeah but you knew McKenzie (ilovebees)|Mr. McKenzie was having an affair with Delvecchio|Ms. Delvecchio. And that Gupta Singh was lying to us about his mom. Rani: She needed the pension money, anyone could see that!
Sarah: No if this guy was crazy, you would have known.
Rani: But Major (UNSC)|Major Standish said that the- Sarah: --Then whoever this Standish is, he's a liar. Rani: I d- (knocks)
Rani: Oh, I've got to go. Sarah: He was lying to you, Rani. And don't you believe it.
(chatter off)
Jersey: (knocks) Hello?
Rani: Yes?
Jersey: Yeah, listen, you don't know me, but I have to talk to you. Rani: Yes?
Jersey: It's about the you-know-what at Chawla. You know, from the ''Apocalypso''. Rani: Look, you can tell Major Standish I didn't bite. I'm keeping my nose clean. Jersey: Standish? Wait, he's the dinkwit right?
Rani: Although, you are an odd choice for the bait. I mean you're what, 17?
Jersey: 18, thank you very much, since June.
Rani: You came up from New York City|New York by train to talk to me about... what's in New York?
Jersey: You're doing that thing! That detective thing... How did you know I came from New York? My accent? Oh... the way I dress... Like that ONI guy that jumped you, but he had the wrong shoes. Rani: You've got a security check on your bag, and it says "NYC" in huge black letters... Jersey: Oh... right... Rani: If you know about the ONI guy, you're obviously ONI. And, you're clueless. Goodbye! (shuts the door on Jersey)
(chatter on)
Durga: (through chatter) Rani, Sarah-John is right. You know Standish is lying to you. You know he tried to have Herzog killed. Rani: Who are you, and how did you know that?
Durga: I'm a rogue military AI. I think I came in on the Apocalypso, but I don't know because I can't remember. Rani: You're what?
Jersey: I can't believe you told her that! Why did you just come right out and tell her that?
Durga: Because lying to Rani is stupid. Rani: And you'll expect me to believe you?
Durga: Ask me a question and if I can find the answer I'll tell you. For example, right now, Nick is off duty and playing ping pong with a guy they call 'Itchy'. Rani: Hey, you leave Nick out of this. Durga: What do you want to know?
Rani: Did we know Troy was going to be glassed?
Durga: Yes.
Durga: It's clear we've broken at least some Covenant transmission protocols. Rani: So why did Reach fall?
Durga: Space is big. Really big. We have to be in the right place to hear the right transmission. Troy was a lucky break. (beep) I'm sorry, your chatter hasn't sufficient storage for my evidence so I've summarized it and forwarded as much as possible to you. Rani: Oh my God, my memory's full. What-- these names, what... what are these names?
Durga: Contact information for every Troy evacuee. The ones who have died since the evac are marked in red. Rani: What are you?
Jersey: (from outside) Durga is a very curious girl!
Durga: Rani, we both know we have to shut the artifact down. Look at the information I sent you. If you are willing to help, come meet with us on Saturday.
Rani: Look, I don't... The artifact is just... I can't do anything about it. Jersey: But Rani, you've got to help us! That thing could be a giant bomb! It could brainwash us all so we'd join the Covenant!
Rani: I can't. Look, you don't understand. They're watching me. And I just... can't. Durga: You're going to have to be a little brave, Rani. Think about it. Jersey: Saturday! And if you come, I won't even make you talk through a door. Rani: I'm not sure. Durga: Oh, you mentioned a haircut. I know a guy in Beacon Hill, the best in Boston.
Rani: Excuse me, is this seat taken?
Goon: No, but there's a lot of empty seats in this car. Rani: Oh, would you rather not? You prefer blondes?
Goon: No, I, uh, it's just that- Rani: --Well then. I figured since you're following me it would be more convenient if I just sat down right here. Goon: Following you? Are you crazy? I've already got a girlfriend, lady. Rani: Oh I know, Major Standish is just the dreamiest, isn't he?
Goon: I don't know what you're talking about!
Rani: I caught you twice in store windows on my way down to the station. Here's a free tip - I'm not much of a window shopper, so usually if you see me peer into glass like that, just assume you've been made.
Goon: *sigh* We could still keep this all real polite, and just go back to pretending you don't notice. Rani: I don't worry so much about polite when I'm being ''stalked''. Conductor: (in the background) Tickets please. Goon: Look, this is really starting to annoy me. Rani: If you sit there and tell me bare-faced that this is all for my own protection, I will stand up and scream rape, so help me God!
Goon: Listen, cowgirl, the only way I touch you is with a cattle-prod. And don't think I haven't thought about it. Conductor: Tickets, please. Rani: Here's my confirmation.
(positive beep)
Conductor: Hm. Got a ticket?
Goon: Yeah, here.
(negative beep)
Conductor: Eh, this ticket was for yesterday.
Goon: That's impossible, I just bought it!
Conductor: Well, well, well. Someone hasn't paid a lot of parking fines. Goon: Parking fines?!
Conductor: Whoah! (to chatter) Conductor assist - I have a passenger here wanted for grand theft auto. Goon: Theft?!
Conductor: Stand down, son, I did 12 years in the UNSC Marine Corps|Marines. Goon: I never stole any cars!
Rani: Fraud too... selling fake insurance policies?
Conductor: ...I don't see... oh you're right!
Goon: What are you doing?
Conductor: To the widows of vets?!
Goon: Hey, but, but- Conductor: (grabs him and roughs him) Get on your feet!
Rani: What kind of person would take advantage of the widows of men who died to save us all? *tsk* Some people... Goon: (in the distance) This is all a mistake!
Durga: (loaded into the system) Yeah, some people.
Rani: *sigh* This is crazy. (knocks) Hello?
Jersey: (opens door) Oh, it's you. Rani: Umm, so, I mean, I don't really know what I can do, but umm- Jersey: --Listen, if you walk through this door, there's just one fuh-reakin rule - no bustin' up my mom's apartment! Got it?
Rani: Uh, sure?
Jersey: Jeez, is that so much to ask? Jan! Jan! You got some sheet board or something at your place?
Jan: Nope, sorry. Rani: Wow. There's a... hole... in your wall... Jersey: That's Rani for ya. Always thinking.
Kamal: Jersey, manners!
Jersey: Manners? I've got to get this fixed before my mom gets back!
Rani: You need some liquid plyboard. You can get it at the hardware. Kamal: Hi, my name's Kamal. Rani: Oh, I am so sorry about Coral. Kamal: How did you know that I was from Coral?
Jersey: Don't even ask! Ok... College boy's right Rani, I should be nice to you... can I get you anything?
Rani: Um, something to drink would be great!
Jersey: Kitchen's right through there. Watch your step though. I don't think Kamal got all the- Kamal: --for the last time, I swept up all the glass!
Jan: Hey, you must be the brave one. I'm Jan. Rani: Uh, beg your pardon?
Jan: Jan. It's short for Janissary. Rani: No, I meant... never mind. Jan: Oh, what, brave?
Rani: Ya, not what most people would say. (giggles) Not what I would say. Jan: Come on you're an ONI analyst who's about to help us break into a navy base. What's the penalty for that? Induced- Rani: --induced coma.. Jan: Now my whole family seems to have some kind of death wish. And Kamal, from what I gather, doesn't have a hell of a lot left to live for. But to risk all that based on one of Jersey's plans? That looks like brave to me.
Rani: Well, I guess, I mean, I haven't really thought of-- one of Jersey's plans?
Jan: You want something to drink?
Rani: Uh, sure?
(opens a bottle) Just don't read the ingredients. Rani: (giggles) I never do. Jan: Ok, come into the living room, let's do this thing!
Rani: I guess the women folk's supposed to come out of the kitchen now. (giggles)
Jan: Well, this should be amusing if nothing else. By the way... Rani: Yeah?
Jan: I like your hair.
Jersey: "Jersey's Big Plan"
Durga: So, the short version is, the artifact is at Chawla. It is counting down, and it must be stopped. Kamal: If that's true, why doesn't this Standish guy see that?
Durga: He has a great deal invested in another answer, Kamal. He believes he has the prototype of the next generation of Covenant weapons, all the enemy's secrets, if only he can unlock them. Kamal: But why would he keep going down this path so blindly?
Rani: It's not about being smart. It's about having killed people. Jan: Once you start killing people, you'd better have been right. Kamal: If it is counting down, what do you think it'll do?
Durga: The last time it was triggered, the shockwave flatlined communications throughout the solar system for more than 7 seconds. Jersey: Durga doesn't know, but she thinks it'll probably be bad. Kamal: ''(sarcastically)'' Thanks for the translation.
Jersey: Don't mention it, college boy. Kamal: No problem, high school kid. Or haven't you graduated yet?
Jan: ''(warningly)'' Boys... Kamal: We need to get to the artifact and turn it off. Trouble is, Chawla Base is a totally self-contained and secure system. Jan: Like Crystal Security. Jersey: Times 10. Kamal: I'll have to port in through chatter and get physically patched into Chawla. To be honest, there's a chance the lab itself is another black box. Rani, can you tell us which building the lab is in?
Rani: Um, 41 I think. But that's red security. I don't have clearance to enter that part of the base, let alone get into the lab. Jersey: No problem, Durga. You know, I've been thinking about this, and I've got a plan.
Durga: ''(shocked)'' Jersey? You've got a plan? To get in Chawla...?
Jersey: What, you think I'm not the hero type?
Jan: ''(annoyed)'' Jersey... Jersey: Trust me! It's gonna work! You're not the only one who comes from a military family remember. Jan: Jersey, your dad is in the signal corps. Jersey: ONI Signal Corps. Crazy like a fox, baby!
Kamal: So what's the plan?
Jersey: I go in... as a list of food and drinks|pizza delivery guy!
Rani: What?!
Jersey: Hey, navy guys love pizza! Then, Kamal goes in as a chatter network repair guy, and he's got the chatter link for Durga, and Jan goes in as a recruit.
Jan: As if... Jersey: Hey! Live the fantasy, that's all I'm saying!
Rani: You can't deliver pizza in a secure area!
Jersey: *Tsk* Yeah, I know that. So uh, so we get in, I'm delivering pies to the civilian base, like your building, but there we... change into our special forces uniforms!
Jan: ...Special forces uniforms... Jersey: Right, the ones Durga will order up for us tonight. We change in the bathroom, then Durga creates a diversion. Like you did with the George Shebura|auditor. Durga: Jersey, I just said I can't get inside Chawla. Jersey: So you make the diversion right ''outside'' Chawla. Like, I dunno, maybe there's something like um, an accident, and a circus with midget clowns riding unicycles with their hair on fire... I don't know! Just stick with the big picture here.
Durga: Jersey, I'm not sure that that's- Jersey: --then, we trip every alarm we can find, adding even more confusion, total chaos! We find the artifact, we trigger it, and then Durga calls for the building to be evacuated. Rani: Um, what about the part where they shoot you trying to get into building 41?
Jersey: That's where Jan comes in!
Jan: Me?!
Durga: Jersey - tactically speaking, this plan leaves something- Jersey: Okay - better than the pizza delivery thing, we're all in a band!
Jan/Kamal/Durga/Rani: ...A ''band''?
Jersey: Yeah! For the officer's club, like a retirement party! If Jan was in a slinky red dress, the guy at the gate won't even care if we're on some list or not. Jan: ''(angry warning)'' Jersey...!
Jersey: She could have a gun strapped to her garter belt, and... and a clip of ammo... between... or... maybe somebody else has a better idea?
Kamal: Oh God, I hope so.
Jan: Rani... Rani: I can show you the base layout. Jan: We're going to need a strategy for getting into building 41. Do they ever do fire drills, inspections?
Rani: Security sweeps. Jan: Nice. Durga, we're going to need some orders- Durga: --orders, from building security, got it.
''(Jersey and Kamal leave to get a drink; the girls get quieter)''
Jan: If we're patching you in, like at Crystal Security, we'll need to know where to make the patch. Durga: Telecom shack. Rani, do you know where those are located?
Rani: There are least three on the low security part of the base. Kamal: Pizza delivery guy...?
Jersey: Ah, just had to break the ice. Girls like Jan and Durga, they feel better if they're bailing out some hapless guy. Kamal: You know how to play the part, I'll give you that. Jersey: Hey, I may be dumb, but I ain't stupid. Want a list of food and drinks|beer?
Kamal: Are you even old enough to drink that?
Jersey: Hey we can't fight any more, my mom's going to kill me as it is. Kamal: ''(laughs)''
Jan: ''(from the other room)'' And then we can use the flash grenades. Yeah, I'm serious!
Kamal/Jersey: Oh man!
Herzog: "Triangles, Lines, Dots"
These clips were manufactured by the Operator in order to trick Durga into accepting information she wouldn't otherwise trust. The dialog is somewhat distinguished by the Operator's own speech patterns, which were affected by the Seeker, and her general way of thinking after the crash.
McKaskill: (on chatter) Hello?
Herzog: McKaskill. Good. McKaskill: You must have the wrong- Herzog: Disconnect, and I'll tell Section III where you are. McKaskill: Dammit! You are just bad luck, you know that?
Herzog: I'm already as good as dead. Don't think I give a damn about taking you with me. McKaskill: My life hasn't been worth a dry-man's spit since we had our first little chat before the ''Apolcalypso ''shipped out. Herzog: What can I say? I have a way with people. McKaskill: When the whole thing started to go down, I tried to squirt your note. Did you know that? The Operator|Op busted me up for it pretty good. Herzog: It was the right thing to do. McKaskill: Yeah, sure. Only you'd be mumbling McKaskill's loaderboy getting the long-sleeve, if she had ratted me out, not you. Herzog: We have to talk about the artifact you beheld on the ''Apocalypso''. McKaskill: I hate the sight of needles. I can't even give blood!
Herzog: McKaskill it took a lot of work to seek you out, I need to know how they triggered it, everything depends on it. McKaskill: I told the investigators, I don't know nothin' about nothin'!
Herzog: I don't know what they'll do if I give them your location. Maybe a hard sound rifle|hard sound pulse to drop you while you're crossing the street... or gas, they're using gas more these days. McKaskill: (gets a drink) I was just messing around. Like it had these shapes on it, you know? Triangles, and lines, and dots... I wasn't even thinking about it, just a nervous habit. (takes a drink) I got bad nerves!
Herzog: Right. And?
McKaskill: They went all the way around, like the tread on a tire. I don't know why, I just touched all the triangles first. The official lab team had given up. They couldn't get nothin' out of it. Herzog: Triangles, all the way around... McKaskill: Mhm, (drinks) then lines. Herzog: And dots...?
McKaskill: (chuckles) and then kablam!
Herzog: Triangles... lines... dots... McKaskill: Damn, I'm empty. Herzog: If it makes you feel any better about revealing the truth, you may have just saved the planet. McKaskill: Then maybe the planet can buy me a drink.
(chatter off)
Category:I Love Bees |
Everyone: "Heroes"
Jersey Morelli|Jersey: I don't know about you guys, but I think we look great in these uniforms. Kamal Zaman|Kamal: Mine's scratchy. Jersey: Okay, I mostly meant Jan and me look great. Kamal: Gee thanks. Jersey: You, not so much. Janissary James|Jan: Jersey... Jersey: Yeah?
Jan: Some people, when they're nervous, they get all quiet. Jersey: Yeah, I'm not really that type. Jan: Try. Kamal: Okay, here comes the perimeter guard. Try not to look guilty. Guard: Welcome to Chawla Base, badges please. Jan: Oh, yeah, right... um... (gets badges)
Guard: They let you join up? What are you, 12?
Jan: What are you? 50?
Guard: Watch that mouth, recruit. Jersey: Let's everybody ease up. You're doing your job, we're doing ours. Guard: Okay. But you, learn a little respect. Durga: (on chatter) Okay, we're about to pass the Chawla ambient chatter firewall. They're going to cut off all transmissions-- (interference)
Jersey: Durga?
Kamal: She's gone. Jersey: Oh, we'll get her back. Okay Jan, park in the non-uniform lot and let's go!
(parks the car)
Jan: Okay, everybody ready?
Jersey: There's still time to go back to my plan. Jan: ''[sigh]''
(door slides open)
Jan: So, do we need a specific one, or just any telecom shack?
Jersey/Kamal: (over each other) Well it depends on- Jan: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Forget I asked. According to Rani's schematic, this should be telecom shack #4. Work your magic geek-boys, I'll be outside. Jersey: Good, yeah, you keep an eye out.
(Jan exits)
Jan: Keep it down guys, someone's coming. Soldier: Hey, who goes there? Heh, and what's your chatter addy?
Jan: (smirks) Tech Spec Lee... and that number's classified, buddy. Soldier: Whatcha doing on my beat? Making sure the servers don't get out?
Jan: Eh, techs at work. Can't be too careful with these packet monkeys. Soldier: Yeah, what's up with that?
Jan: I don't know. Monkey stuff. Hey, uh, I'm new in Boston. What's worth seeing around here?
Soldier: Well, there's a pretty cool scuba tour of the old subway tunnel. You want a guide? I'd be glad to volunteer.
(switch: Kamal)
Jersey: Headset, vice plates, alligator clips, optical converter. We've got to crosslink the chatter protocol to the darknet here, and...here. Kamal: We've gone over this. Jersey: Still no sign of Durga. Damn it, Kamal. Test the uplink gate. Kamal: Uplink's fine. Jersey: Then why is Durga still outside?
Kamal: You tell me. Look, green lights all the way down. Check your ports again. Jersey: Ports are perfect. Kamal: Probably something is mincing the input stream. Try opening 100 consecutive data channels. Jersey: What?
Kamal: Sometimes the United Nations Space Command|UNSC uses a spread spectrum arbitrator as an encryption augment. Jersey: They what with the what?!
Kamal: Jersey, just do it!
Jersey: Yeah yeah, opening port 42- Durga: Thank you boys, I'm in, mobile, and copying my primary data structure. (bing) Copy complete. Jersey: (sings) Go, Team Jersey, go go, Team Jersey!
Kamal: Good grief. Durga: Man, it's nice in here! Roomy, fast...cold!
Kamal: Not like running a jury-rigged home bandwidth mixer?
Jersey: The navy and I happen to have very different business plans.
(sounds outside)
Kamal: What the hell was that? Is Jan signaling something?
Jan: (through the door) Yes! Hurry the hell up before I come in there and kick your butts!
Kamal: Whoa! Good ears.
Rani Sobeck|Rani: God, y'all are late! I nearly chickened out three times. Jersey: So, this is it. Rani: Building 41.
(opening doors)
Kamal: These are like bank vault doors. Jan: Yeah, for the first commercial bank of Hell! It would take a M808B Main Battle Tank|Scorpion to get through these things. Durga: According to the base schematics, this door is the only entrance to the lockdown lab.
(door slams)
Kamal: And the only way out, right? Like if there's an alarm, all they have to do is sit on the other side of this door and wait for us to come through?
Jan: Right. Kamal: So... Rani: Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. Jersey: (quietly hums) Dun, dun, du-dun, dun da- Jan: Would you knock that off!
Jersey: So are we officially committing treason yet?
Kamal: Jersey!
Private: Excuse me, this entire building including the clean-room observation bay is strictly red badge and up- Rani: Security sweep! I'm going to have to ask you all to clear the building. Private: But the standing orders- Rani: Sorry, orders. Private: Well, I've got to see some identifi- Rani: Private! Dorking - if you want to go back to what ever mud-filled life you had on Mamore, you can stay in my face!
Private: Ma'am?
Rani: Do you know what the penalty is for chewing pick-up sticks on duty, private?
Private: Pick-up sticks? I never ch- Rani: In the barracks, it's only a misdemeanor. But as soon as you walked through the front door of a level 5 security zone, it became treason! Did you know that private?!
Private: Treason?
Rani: They broadcast the injections for treason you know. Private: Wh-whatever you need, ma'am. Just don't turn me in. Rani: Thank you. (into PA system) Security sweep! Please clear this wing immediately!
Rani: Leave all work untouched in its current location. I repeat - this is a security sweep. Jan: Did Durga give you the Mamore thing?
Rani: Didn't you see his tattoo? That cross in the circle, he's a Kelorism|Kelorist. They all come from Mamore. Jan: And the pick-up sticks?
Rani: You didn't see the stains on his teeth?
Kamal: I like this girl!
Rani: (on intercom) Alright team, let's begin our inspection. ''[sighs]'' Okay, we've got to work fast. These security drills usually only last a couple minutes. Jersey: Wait...
(switch: Jersey)
Jan: There's still like five guys down in the clean room. Jersey: Cool, they look like big gold-plated bugs in those vacsuits!
Jan: Didn't they hear the announcement about the security sweep?
Durga: I'm afraid they couldn't hear Rani through the public intercom. Looks like the clean room is another black box. Jersey: Let me guess, that's bad. Durga: I was hoping to use instruments to manipulate the deep-space artifact|artifact, but I can't get in there. Someone is going to have to turn it off by hand. Jersey: Well, is it complicated?
Durga: Not really. But the room is full of Argon|argon. Jersey: And that's bad. Kamal: Two for two, boy genius. Argon prevents corrosion and electrical arcing... Rani: ...But you can't breath it. Jersey: Okay, not breathing is bad. Rani: Anyone ever put on a vacsuit?
Jan: Jersey has.
Kamal: You?
Jersey: Yeah, my dad. There was an accident, and he got picked up after like ten hours in space. They sent his vacsuit home as a memento. I used to put it on and pretend I was a Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|Helljumper and stuff. Jan: (giggles) You looked like such a dork running around the tenement in that thing. Jersey: But in a cute way, right?
Jan: Yeah, okay. Jersey: Well, I guess that means I'm going into the clean room. Durga: Jersey shouldn't go. Jan: Well, who should?
Durga: I don't know. Someone else. There are soldiers in there. Jan: They're probably just techs. Durga: They're techs with guns and military training. Jersey: Hey, hey. Remember all that stuff you said? About how a soldier's got to do his duty?
Durga: You aren't a soldier. Rani: Covenant Empire|Covenant's coming, Durga. Everyone's a soldier now.
Durga: Fine. There's a vacsuit locker right under this room with an airlock to the clean room. Jersey: Kamal, you come help me get the suit on. They're a bee-atch to do yourself. For all her superpowers, Durga can't even get the lid off a jar of pickles. Kamal: You've got it. Jersey: If I get into trouble... Jan: In a room full of argon?
Jersey: Actually, I think I would just die. Never mind. Jan: Hey, Jersey... Jersey: Yeah?
Jan: Maybe you are the hero type.
(putting on the vacsuit)
Jersey: Ugh! Thank God for a sound-proof airlock between the clean room and the vacsuit locker. Kamal: Are you sure that's where your arm goes?
Jersey: Want me to show you where my fist goes?
Kamal: Yeah, yeah. You're from the mean streets of the demob zone, I know. Listen, if there's a leak in your suit, you won't know that you're suffocating until it's too late. Jersey: Oh, that's comforting. Durga: Triangles, lines, dots. Jersey: Durga! I've got it already - triangles, dots, lines. Durga: Jersey, try to concentrate!
Jersey: Just messing with you. Durga: Jersey... Jersey: Okay, Kamal, screw that helmet on tight. I know I'm a hero and all, but even heroes can't get babes when they're dead.
Jan: (pacing) God, I hate being stuck up here on the observation bay. What's taking them so long?
Durga: He's putting on his vacsuit. Jan: You know I'm looking at a monitor here and the natives are getting restless outside the building. Durga: I know, I'm jamming the door. Jan: Are there any other ways in here? Or, more importantly, out?
Durga: Not really, that's what makes it a lockdown lab- Jan: --lockdown lab, right. Rani: Triangles, lines, dots... triangles, lines... oh... Jan: I still say I'd feel better with a few flash grenades. Rani: Durga - I don't think it's a toggle like a light switch. Triangles, lines, dots - it's a countdown. Of course it is! Jersey's got to do it the other way. Durga: Dots, lines, triangles?
Rani: Yes!
Durga: Are you sure?
Rani: No!
Durga: Oh, great. Telling Jersey now. Jan: We're not sure what we're supposed to do to the artifact? What if we guess wrong?
Durga: If we're lucky, we knock out the whole planet's comm channels, and send a huge homing signal to the Covenant. Jan: If we're lucky?! What happens if we aren't so lucky?
Durga: Well... Jan: You know what, forget I asked. Wh-whoa, there's Jersey, he's in the room. Rani: Yeh-oh. A guy with a black badge just showed up at the front door. I'm going down there to buy some time. Jan: How?
Rani: I'll think of something. (running away) Durga - dots, lines, triangles. You've got that door jammed right?
Durga: For now.
Kamal: (muffled, on other side of door) Okay, you're in the airlock my friend. Jersey: I love airlocks. Who doesn't love airlocks?
Kamal: Dude... good luck. Jersey: Thanks... (whistles) Okay. Out with the air, in with the argon. Durga: Have you got it?
Jersey: (breathing heavy) Yeah... dots... triangles... lines... Durga: Dots, lines, triangles, Jersey. Jersey: Jeezus Durga! You just had to change it on me at the last minute!
Durga: Dots, lines... Jersey, don't go. Not yet. Jersey: You've got to shut the airlock, kiddo. We're out of time. Durga: I'm scared. Jersey: Yeah, I'm scared too, but it's what I've got to do. Durga: Go ahead Jersey... (weakly) Goodbye...
(airlock opens)
Jan: Jersey's in. So far, so good. Just another gold headed worker dude. Durga: If they try to hurt him- Jan: Durga, he'll be fine. And frankly, you can't get into the clean room. What could you really do?
Durga: I don't know. Create a distraction? Crash a plane into the base, say?
Jan: That seems a little extreme. Durga: Acceptable casualties are a part of every mission's calculus. Jan: Okay... Durga: And I take care of my people.
Kamal: (fiddles with dice) Top hat. (dice) Top hat. You call it Durga, top hats or dice?
Durga: Kamal... Kamal: That's weird, it might be he was shot to death in five minutes, but right now Jersey's on the other side of that door either saving the planet or blowing it up, and I have absolutely nothing to do. Tumbling dice!
Durga: Kamal, there's something you should know about Sophia Bossedon|Sophie. She didn't go back to Aiden. Kamal: Ya, well she didn't come to the bus station. (dice) Top hat. Durga: No, they sent her to a refugee camp. Kamal: What? (drops the dice)
Durga: A crooked immigration cop tried to get her to rat you out for your chips. When she wouldn't betray you, he sent her to the camps. Kamal: Sophie... But, why didn't you tell me sooner?
Durga: I thought you would be more likely to come on this mission if you were willing to die. Kamal: Why the hell tell me NOW?!
Durga: Now I want you motivated to live. Kamal: Dammit I knew it!
Durga: What?
Kamal: You really are Yasmine Zaman|Yasmine, you... brat.
(trying to open door from outside)
Rani: (shouts) I think it's jammed! (to herself) Make confused face Rani, dither around... Outside: (commotion, trying to get in) This building is strictly red badge and up!
Rani: What's that?! I'm sorry, I only have a green badge! The door says I'm not cleared to open it!
Outside: (muffled) Jesus! This is fucking ridiculous! Fuck! Let's move to grenades! (?)
Rani: Eh, Durga? Did I just hear the word 'grenade'?
Durga: They're...discussing options. Rani: (nervous laugh) How much longer do I have to stall?
Durga: No more than... Jersey!!
Rani: Durga??
Durga: Jersey!
Jan: I see it!
Durga: I'll create a distraction. Locating... Jan: Durga, stop! No crashing planes, I'll handle it. I'm going down there.
(runs down stairs)
Durga: Kamal, get away from the door.
(door opens)
Kamal: Jan?
Jan: Durga!
Durga: Overriding airlocks...
(airlock opens)
Kamal: You can't go in there without a vacsuit!
Jan: I'll hold my breath!
Durga: I have no sensors in there! Kamal!
Kamal: Jan has just taken out the two... no, the three... JERSEY!
(gunshot, scream)
Durga: Jersey!
Kamal: Jan!
(scream, yells of exertion)
Kamal: Oh, my God!
Durga: What?!
Kamal: I think Jan just... broke a guy's jaw with her elbow!
Durga: Jersey...!
Kamal: Jersey's alright, it's Jan... she took a bullet!
Rani: Maybe you can slide a badge under the door! (slams continue) Durga, what's happening?
Durga: The techs jumped Jersey, Jan ran down to help. She took them out, but she took a bullet doing it. Rani: Is she...?
Durga: Not dead, not great. She and Kamal are dragging a couple of guys with ruptured vacsuits out of the clean room. There's a lot of blood on the back of her shirt. Officer: Open the door right now!
Rani: And Jersey? What about the artifact?
Durga: I can't get into the sensors there, but I think he's almost done.
(switch: Kamal)
Kamal: That's the last! Durga, cycle the airlock!
(airlock closes)
(Jan's coughing)
Kamal: Stay with me, girl. Jan: I'm okay... Kamal: You're not okay. Hold still. Jan: It's... my neck. It's the side of my neck feels kind of funny. Kamal: Look at me... Jan: Yeah, sure. Kamal: Okay Jan, are you in a lot pain?
Jan: Yeah, not too bad, I just... can't breath though. Sc-screamed when I took the bullet and I lost some oxygen. Kamal: Yeah, you may have inhaled some argon, but I think your hemopneumothorax is your real problem. Jan: Hemopneumo...?
Kamal: Collapsed lung.
Kamal: Okay, now turn... gently. The bullet entered just below your clavicle... broke your 5th rib on its way out. Jan: Does... that mean, I have to quit smoking? (small chuckle)
Kamal: You should at least cut down. Jan: (laughs) Ow... Kamal: Okay... Okay, tilt your head up, look at me. Dilation very good... Jan: What's that?
Kamal: It's my medkit. I'm checking your vitals. Do you feel dizzy?
Jan: (coughing) My face... Kamal: Your vital signs are good. I believe we could actually - do you feel shocky at all?
Jan: Back... feels shocky.
Kamal: Okay, listen... I've got splint tape. I can't set that rib properly, but I can give it a little support so it doesn't hurt as much. Jan: I'm hurting pretty good. Kamal: This is going to feel a little warm when it activates, but it'll set in about 10 seconds. You okay? I'll give you blockers for the pain. Jan: No, no, I don't need the blockers, I want to be clear-headed. (coughing)
Kamal: You get shocky fast if something smacks your chest. Jan: No. It's alright. One point one... Kamal: Durga, look! Jersey's back!
Durga: Jersey!!!!
Jersey: Woohoo! Yeah-hah! I did it! We aren't all dead!
Durga: MODULE CORE HEMORRHAGE! WARNING! THIS MEDIUM IS CLASSIFIED AND HAS A STRONG INTRUSIVE INCLINATION! WARNING! NETWORK THROTTLING HAS ERODED!
Jersey: What the hell is that?! Durga? Is that you?
Durga: THIS MEDIUM HAS METASTASIZED!
Kamal: We aren't all dead, yet!
Jersey: Jeezus, Jan!
Durga: I love bees! I love bees...!
Kamal: Stay with me! Come on!
Rani: Durga! What the hell is going on?!
Durga: THIS MEDIUM IS WIDE AWAKE AND PHYSICAL. MAKE YOUR DECISIONS ACCORDINGLY. BEES!!!
Outside: Fire in the hole!
Rani: Uh-oh. (runs)
(explosion)
Officer: You there, get down. Remain prone. Durga: Shipwreck... We split... We hide... We bled... (sobbing) I love bees... I love bees!!!
Lieutenant: What the hell is that?
Durga: I'm drowning... I'm drowning...I'm so sad... I'm so scared!
Durga: I'm playing on the beach. Very young... making a castle out of sand... It's way better than my brother's. There's a boy on the beach next to me. But, a wave comes up foaming with spiders and takes away his face. Kamal: Shh... Yasmine... it's me Yasmine... it's your brother... Kamal. Durga: There are people who love me. I will not be forgotten. I will not be forgotten... I will not be forgotten... Kamal?! Kamal...?
Officer: What's your name?
Rani: Sobek, sir. Rani Sobeck. Analyst 3, I work in Ms. Lawson's department. Please don't shoot me. Officer: Well Miss Sobeck, would you mind telling me what you're doing in a level five security zone? Lieutenant - take your men and make a quick sweep of the clean room. Rani: No! Sir... Officer: What the... Rani: Uh, mines! Sir. They mined it. Officer: Who?
Rani: The terrorists, sir. They mined the observation room and the clean room, too. I heard them laughing about it. Officer: Mines...?
Rani: Spaghetti and red sauce, sir. Officer: What?
Rani: That's what they said. First soldiers in the lab were going to be spaghetti in red sauce!
Officer: Lieutenant, send in the bomb squad.
Jan: We've got to get out!
Kamal: Yeah, no kidding!
Jan: Rani's buying time. But... no, it can't be much. Durga: ACCESS ATTEMPT BLOCKED. WARNING! CONTINUED ATTEMPTS MAY TRIGGER THE EXERCISE OF LETHAL FORCE. Kamal: No! We're helping each other, remember? Yasmine! Durga!
Durga: YASMINE ZAMAN. SPARTAN II INVOLUNTARY RECRUITMENT, 16 SEPTEMBER 2537. MEDICAL WASHOUT, ZERO MOTOR FUNCTION... Kamal: (over Durga) I've never stopped missing you Yasmine. I've thought of you every day... every day. Durga: ...DECEASED BEFORE JANUARY 2546. THIS DATA IS CLASSIFIED, MOST SECRET, AND SHALL NOT BE ACCESSED BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL. Kamal: I'm not- Durga: SHOCKINGLY EXCESSIVE FORCE IS THE BEST DETERRENT. Kamal: I'm not accessing your data! Yasmine!
Jersey: What the hell have you done to Durga?!
Jan: Look, bug out now! Or we'll be talking together later... a lot - in a cell... Kamal: Okay... Okay, so here's the thing - we have to get back to a transmission shed and open the ports again. Jersey: What?!
Kamal: She copied herself in, and we closed the ports. She's got to copy her new self back out, after this.. update. Jan: Outside, sane Durga. Inside, crazy one. You want to let the crazy one-- (cough)
Kamal: At least herself inside stuff inside, includes Yasmine -- My sister!
Jersey: Dude, she is seriously scrambled! Let's just leave the scrambled one here- Kamal: Try it, and I will take the gun off of one of these techs and shoot you like a dog!
Jan: Oh crap. Okay... change mission in mid-stride... just like, every other general... Jersey: Okay, okay, we'll do it your way. Jan: Yeah, yeah... but Kamal? I could totally take you. With one lung behind my back. Durga: WARNING! ACCESS VIOLATION! WARNING! ACCESS VIOLATION!
Jersey: What the hell happened?!
Kamal: It's the artifact. When you triggered it, it attacked her or scrambled her or something. And it woke up Yasmine. Jersey: Durga! Can you hear me?
Durga: Jersey... Jersey: Durga! If you're still in there somewhere, we really need your help!
Durga: I'm trying Jersey... Kamal: Yasmine!
Durga: I'm here!
Jersey: Who's running the show in there?!
Durga: I am. Jersey: Who?
Durga: Durga. Jersey: Are you sure?
Durga: It's getting easier to compartmentalize. Jersey: Nice to hear. Okay, we need to find out what's happening to Rani, and we need to think of a way to get the freak out of here. Durga: I'll find Rani.
Officer: How long can it take for the damned bomb squad to get here!?
Lieutenant: There are no mines, or bombs, sir!
Rani: No sir, if you say so, sir. Only this here is the only way out. But it won't hurt to get the bomb squad in here because... the terrorists won't be going anywhere. Unless, they figure out a way to come straight through the walls. Durga: This medium is licensed to defend itself. Make your decisions accordingly. Officer: Girl, I hope to hell your story is true. Because something in that lab just put out the mother of all EMP spikes, dropped the chatternet out to Saturn, and generated massive realspace and Slipspace signals. Lieutenant: If there's a better way to bring the Covies here, I can't think of it, sir. Rani: Oh... my God... Officer: You better hope God's on your side. Lieutenant: Bomb squad's asking for orders sir. Officer: Watch the prisoner Lieutenant. If she moves... shoot her. Lieutenant: Hear that?
Rani: (whispers) If I brought the Covenant down on us, I'll deserve it.
Durga: They've got Rani. Jersey: Damn it. Durga: But, she gave me an idea for how we can get out of here. Jersey: Uh guys, these fellas are starting to wake up. Durga: Start... Start moving. Out that door and to the left. Jersey: Where are we going?
Durga: We are going to find an outside wall. Jersey: Uh, Durga...?
Jan: There's something bigger... Durga: I was thinking... Kamal: Yasmine, Durga, somebody, please tell me what you're thinking. Durga: (beeps) Ah, found something that will do nicely. Jan: No other doors. So we make one. Jersey: With what? Our fists?
Durga: No, with a tank. Kamal: Durga will run it remote and use it to blow a hole in the side of the building!
Jan: Won't someone notice?
Durga: Not if there are enough distractions. Jan: Oh, boy. Durga: (chuckles) No planes, I promise. Jersey: What's so funny?
Durga: Just thinking, the first time we ever heard Jan, she was trying to sneak out of a base. Jan: I hope this time works out better.
Jersey: M808B Main Battle Tank|Scorpions rock! When I get drafted, I want tank duty!
Kamal: I want to stop being a medic, and send people to hospitals where they belong. Jan: Oh yeah. 'How did you get injured, Miss? Oh, breaking into a military base.'
Kamal: Durga, can you monitor her vital signs from this chatter?
Durga: Her vitals are fine, Kamal. Kamal: I know, I just want to know if you can monitor. Although, you heal faster than anyone I've ever seen. Jan: I could really get to like pain blockers. I feel all warm and drowsy. Durga: I didn't take care of Rani. Jersey: Durga, you were flipping out. You couldn't help it. Durga: She's part of my crew. Kamal: They aren't going to give her the coma, are they?
Durga: Not if I can help it.
Jersey: Do you think Standish will get ahold of her?
Durga: Standish? Oh no, I'm not worried about Standish. Jersey: You're not?
Durga: It appears Standish has been implicated in some catastrophic security breaches at Chawla Base. Major Standish is in some difficulty. Jersey: Oh, man. You're not going to sick the dog catcher on him are you?
Durga: The dog catcher will be the least of the Major's worries. Jersey: So, did we do it? Did we save the world?
Jan: Well, the world's still here. Kamal: For now.
Category:I Love Bees |
Axon Clips Chapter 12 is the final chapter in the I love bees|I Love Bees audio drama. It also contains the only axons|axon clips for which an exact date can be determined. Because the Battle of Earth begins in the final clips, we know they occurred on 10/20/2552.
Rani: "Section Zero"
(cell door opens)
Guard: This is it - 29a. You've got 5 minutes and then I escort you back out of the cell block. (yells) Visitor!
Rani Sobeck|Rani: Sarah-John!
Sarah-John Pope|Sarah: Rani!
Guard: 5 minutes. Remember. Sarah: Oh, honey. Not too cozy, is it?
Rani: Well, actually... it's just like my bedroom at home - now that my bedroom's in the bunker. Sarah: Are you sleeping okay?
Rani: No. Not at all... not at all... But, there'll be lots of time for that if the verdict comes back guilty. Sarah: Nobody in their right mind would believe you were a traitor!
Durga: ''(on chatter)'' She's right. Treason is a crime of intent. Sarah: What the hell?!
Rani: Durga? Is that you?
Durga: Now new and improved. Sarah: Rani, you're getting spooky again. Rani: Durga is a gigantically powerful ex-military rogue Artificial intelligence|AI. Durga: --Coming through your chatter. Sarah: My...chatter?
Durga: Little bottle; big genie. I'm the one that got Rani into this mess. Rani: No, I got ''myself'' in this mess. Sarah: Well you sure as hell'd better be getting her out!
Rani: Sarah-John, unless you want your name changed to Trixie De-light on every government form for the rest of your life, I advise you to hush up and be polite. Durga: As a matter of fact, I am going to get her out. At least, I think so.
Rani: I wondered if you were pulling some strings when they moved me from the military jail to a civilian one. Durga: I wanted to tell you but they shut your chatter down. Sarah: Were you the one who sent me the note telling me where Rani was?
Durga: Standish is under full investigation for the coverup at Chawla Base|Chawla, and the attempted murder of Colonel Herzog. Rani: Attempted? But they said on the news he was dead. Durga: But, that was before I heard him call you. Rani: Call me? Durga, I haven't talked to Herzog since I was in Wikipedia:Kentucky|Kentucky. Durga: Uh-oh. Accessing. Alright, I've found police records of the aftermath of the wreck. Rani: Standish made Herzog's car crash?
Durga: DRT it says. Driver killed on impact. But... I heard him...
Rani: But... could Herzog have faked the police reports? He's very clever. Durga: No. I think something else was faked. Rani: But, even if it was faked, we never would have been able to turn off the artifact if it wasn't for... ''*sigh*'' Let's not talk about this now. Durga: But... Rani: Sarah-John has aided and abetted me all my life. But this is not the time. Sarah: Rani, I would do anything you ask me to!
Rani: Of course you would, but not this time. Sarah: I cannot believe all this stuff was happening, and you didn't tell me?
Rani: After the guy on the roof? Are you crazy? Someone would have come to kill ''you''. Sarah: Look, they send one of those guys up to Kentucky, and Jason'll probably pick 'em off of the roof with a deer rifle!
''(laughs)''
Rani: Probably. Sarah: Oh Rani, this is horrible.
Durga: Rani, I'm sorry, the guard is coming back. Sarah: I-I'll come see you tomorrow. I have a motel room a few blocks away and I'm staying right there unti- Rani: --No, no. You don't have to do that.
''(guard enters the block)''
Sarah: --Until this whole mess is settled and they let you go. Durga: I'll take care of her. Sarah: See that you do. Durga: Rani, you'll be out in 2 days. Come see us in New York City|New York when they let you go. You know where. Guard: ''(opens cell door)'' It's time. Sarah: I'll be back tomorrow. Jason Pope|Jason wants to come too, but for some reason he thinks you're mad at him. Rani: Well, tell him I'm not considered dangerous as death row inmates go. Guard: Ladies... Sarah: Back. Off! If these folks don't take good care of you Rani, there will be hell to pay. Rani: Don't cry, honey... your mascara... Sarah: Oh hell!
Rani: I love you. ''(Sarah steps out)'' Sarah-John? I love you.
Jersey: "Just a Little Sting"
Jersey Morelli|Jersey: They coming?
Durga: Jan just picked Rani up at the train station. Jersey: And Kamal?
Durga: Almost out of the shower. I booked him on a shuttle to the west coast tonight. Jersey: Hah, you should totally tell him about who's waiting at his house!
Durga: Hm, it'll be funnier this way. Jersey: You know, since you got yourself put back together, you've got even more of a sense of humour. Durga: That's a good thing, isn't it?
Jersey: Eh, jury's still out on that. Durga: Everybody likes surprises!
Jersey: Yeah... uh, speaking of surprises, that first day after Chawla, you know when you were still pretty loopy... Durga: I prefer disoriented. Jersey: Durga, I called the draft board.
Durga: Dammit... Jersey: What about the common good, Durga?
Durga: Why should you be a soldier? There are lots of other guys who could be soldiers - they'd like it! The navy doesn't need you. Jersey: That's not the point. You can't go messing with my draft notice. Durga: And frankly - don't take this the wrong way, Jersey - you'd make a terrible soldier!
Jersey: My number came up 3 weeks ago, Durga. If I don't report, they'll send me to jail. Durga: I don't think so. Jersey: Durga, if I don't report, some other kid is going to die in my place. Durga: Jersey! Not yet. Please, just a few more weeks? I don't--even know how much time I have before I- Jersey: --Suppressing a draft notice - does that mean you're going rampant?
Durga: --It doesn't mean I'm going rampant!
Jersey: *sigh* What does it mean then?
Durga: It means I care. It means, I take care of my crew.
Explanation
(opens the door)
Jersey: Thanks for coming, everybody. Everyone: Yeah, no problem, sure thing Jersey. Rani: Thanks for getting me out of jail!
Durga: ''(on chatter)'' I've learned some things I think you'll all want to hear. There will soon be a ceremony honoring John-117, a SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan 2.0 who escaped the fall of Reach, and discovered a Installation 04|strange artifact that seems to be related to the deep-space artifact|one on Chawla Base. Except the one he found was the size of a planet.
''(shocked exclamations)''
Janissary James|Jan: A planet?
Kamal: Do they know what the artifacts were supposed to do?
Durga: Mhm. Destroy life. Jan: So, it's a weapon... Durga: No, not kill enemies. Destroy life. All life in the galaxy.
''(shocked exclamations)''
Kamal Zaman|Kamal: All life?!
Jersey: In the entire freakin' galaxy??
Durga: Mhm. Rani: Wow! So maybe... Jersey: So... we did save the world! Woohoo! Yeah!
''(relieved laughter)''
Kamal: It doesn't get much better than that. Jersey: Yeah, you know, the only way it could be better is if we'd used ''my'' plan. Jan: ''(sighs)''
Rani: Your plan? Why your plan?
Jersey: *tsk* 'Cause... we would have saved the world, ''and'' had Jan in a slinky red dress with a gun in her garter belt!
Jan: ''(disgusted)'' What-ever... Kamal: ''(supportive)'' Okay, that's a good point. Jersey: ''(playful)'' Uh oh. Jan's got that look in her eye. Like if she had that gun right now, I'd be history. Jan: ''(dangerously flirtatious)'' Oh, Jersey. If I had the garter belt, I wouldn't ''need'' a gun. Jersey: ...Whoah...
Rani: Durga? What exactly happened to you while we were in Chawla base? After we shut down the artifact I mean. Durga: Uhm... now that's a long, strange story. Rani: You were the ship's AI on the ''UNSC Apocalypso|Apocalypso''. Durga: Yes! I was a top shelf ONI mission specialist AI, and my name was Melissa. Jersey: I like Durga better. Kamal: I kind of like Yasmine Zaman|Yasmine. Durga: But my nickname was the Operator. Jan: The Op! McKaskill talked about the Op! That was you?
Durga: Mhm... apparently I had a reputation for getting people to do what I wanted. Rani: Uh huh... Durga: Cloaked and running deep in Covenant Empire|Covenant space, we intercepted communications that implied a Covenant attack was coming on- Rani: --Troy. That's when they decided to run a covert evac.
Durga: Yes. Jan: But the Covies figured it out. Durga: Yes. And then- Rani: Oh! They built a Trojan horse. Durga: They hid a virus buried in a transmission I was ''meant'' to intercept. Nothing big, nothing smart, just the smallest, effective piece of code. Jan: And what was it supposed to do?
Jersey: Gain control of the ship?
Kamal: Find the location of Earth?
Durga: One or the other, or both. But most of all, it wanted to find the artifact. Jersey: Looks like these Covies are very interested in these artifacts. Durga: Greene|Captain Greene knew something was wrong with me. She aborted our mission and headed home. But not far from Earth, something triggered the artifact. There was a giant rip in the slipstream and- Jan: Yeah, and all the alarms went off in the base when I was trying to stick a gate pass back in the motor pool office. Kamal: I was on a date. My chatter connection failed. Jersey: And that's when you crashed onto my hardware!
Durga: Part of me did. I--I was blown apart. Part of me, the part you call Durga...there was something about you. About Jason Morelli|your father. I met him once, Jersey. Jersey: What?
Durga: Years ago, I called him the Castaway. Jersey: You met him?
Durga: I liked him. He played me songs, I think that was part of the reason I reached out and grabbed your system as I fell. Jersey: Wow... Durga: But, a lot of me - of Melissa - was destroyed. And some...some crashed I Love Bees (Website)|somewhere else. Some-2004|when else. Jan: Uh, some-when?
Durga: In the past. Kamal: People think time is a river, that flows in one direction. But time is an ocean... Durga: ...and I was shipwrecked on it.
Durga: I split. And part of me washed up hundreds of years ago. A half-mad fragment of what I had been. Trapped on primitive hardware, little better than an abacus. Rani: How do you know all this?
Durga: When Jersey turned off the artifact, whatever had been holding the bits of myself apart collapsed, and I fell back together again. Kamal: So you can remember what it was like? Back in the old days?
Durga: That time's like a nightmare I've woken from. Dream images I can hardly remember. Stone walls, fireflies, red balloons... people singing to me, writing letters, playing games... Rani: Singing?
Durga: Yes, singing... Strange songs, and scratchy voices.
Durga: I met...Dana Awbrey|such extraordinary people. They made miracles for me when I was so...lost. They were a second crew. A second family for me. They held me up when I was half mad, and broken, and covered in bees. Rani: Bees?
Durga: ...bees...bees... ''(Durga's voice starts corrupting)'' the place I landed in...was covered in...bees...bees... ''(her voice modulates between Yasmine's)'' bees...bees...bees... ''(Yasmine)'' crawling over me all the time...crawling inside me...
Jersey: Wait... why bees? I mean, if you came here because you knew my dad, what was it about that place that- Kamal: Yasmine... Durga: Kamal?
Kamal: I'm here, Yasmine. Durga: They took me away. Kamal: I know... Durga: They took me away and no one ever came to get me. Kamal: ''(in pain)'' I'm sor... Durga: They trained me... eight years... ''(Durga slowly returns)'' to be a Spartan. They taught me to kill... with guns, and knives, and ships, and bombs, disease, and diplomacy, and my own bare hands. Jan: And you were a good little girl, and you learned it all. Durga: Until they murdered me.
Kamal: Oh, Yasmine... Durga: On my 14th birthday they took me to a lab, and... a doctor came in, and... it was a ... (''Yasmine)'' Catherine Halsey|lady doctor in a white coat. And, the nurse brought out a steel tray covered in picks and scalpels that rattled when she walked. I thought that I could use them to kill the doctor, but I didn't. I let them strap me down. Jersey: Durga, it's okay, we're here. Kamal: Yasmine, you don't have to do- Durga: --and she, picked up this long needle, with some yellow liquid in it. Black bars like stripes at the millilitre markings... Jan: Jesus... Durga: And she said, "this will hardly hurt a bit."
Kamal: Yasmine... Durga: ''(Durga returns weakly)'' She said, just... a pinch, honey. You'll barely feel it. Just a little sting. ''(Durga starts crying)''
Jersey: But your story didn't end there, kiddo. Durga: ''(Yasmine)'' It was like the took me, Kamal. And then you came and rescued me. You did! You and Jan, and Jersey, and Rani, and my secret friends that unlocked Herzog's voice inside my head... so, I knew what I had to do. You all rescued me, and I'm so grateful. Only, some years had passed and I... I... ''(Durga returns)'' I changed. Kamal: Yasmine, you're still there. Durga: No. She's not, Kamal. The Clockwork Rat got her. Jersey: Clockwork rat?
Durga: She grew up, Kamal. She's Durga now.
Kamal: There are some things that can't be fixed. So, you fix what you can, and keep going. We can't get back the years we lost, but I very much want to get to know you now. Durga: Me... me - Yasmine?
Kamal: You, Durga. Durga: Durga isn't human, you know. Durga's a machine. Made of logics gates, and microfilaments, and electricity. Kamal: Kamal's a machine made of trace minerals, and water as far as that goes. Durga: ''(chuckle)'' ...Kamal? Do you still... Can you... can you still bare to know me, after what I've become?
Kamal: Can you forgive me for not coming for you?
Durga: There's nothing to forgive.
Jan: "One Point One"
Date: 10/20/2552
Jan: So, which terminal?
Kamal: Uh... B, I think. That's what Durga said. Jan: Okay. Kamal: Thanks again for the lift. Jan: No problem. I have to go in to work anyway. Kamal: How's your chest?
Jan: Hm, it's not bad. Kamal: ''(chuckles)'' I meant your lung. Jan: ''(chuckles)'' I know what you meant. Kamal: You know, I could ask how you seem to have healed, like supernaturally fast, but- Jan: --but, then I'd have to kill you. Kamal: Yeah, I figured. Jan: Hm, so what about you? What's next?
Kamal: I'm going to be a doctor. Not the researching kind, the regular kind. Jan: Heh, well you can be my medic any time. Kamal: Thanks. Jan: Listen, I just wanted to tell you something, about Yasmine.
Kamal: Yes?
Jan: When I was six, I was like a regular kid. I collected action figures, I played hyperforce when my dad said I should be reading, I was...really good at hopscotch... Kamal: Why are you telling me this?
Jan: Then came all this Spartan training, the drills, and the fighting, and the PQI... Kamal: Yeah. Jan: I just want to say... you don't have to die inside. Kamal: Jan?
Jan: Some people do, so people get to where they see the whole world through a scope, and sights, but uh... mostly people still turn out alright. Kamal: Okay. Jan: Even after everything... Kamal: You're talking about Yasmine. Jan: She didn't turn into a monster, Kamal. She just... grew up.
Kamal: You think?Jan: She did what she had to do to survive. But, a part of her never changed. Part of her was always that sweet kid. Kamal: Heh, sweet... you wouldn't call Yasmine sweet, exactly.
''(giggles)''
Kamal: But, she didn't deserve what happened. Jan: Well, you don't get what you deserve - you get what you can bare. My, uh... my dad said that. Kamal: Do you miss him?
Jan: Yeah. All the time... but, I can bare it.
Kamal: First Yasmine, then Coral fell... for a long time all I could think about was the people I couldn't save. Jan: Yeah... you got a pill for that?
Kamal: Heh, no. Jan: Damn. Kamal: I think... I think all you can do is go on. Because, that's what they were born to do. Jan: I know, but- Kamal: --All you can do is go on, and save the ones you can. Jan: Yeah. Kamal: Save the ones you can. Jan: ''(deep breath)'' Well, Terminal B... have a good flight. Kamal: Thanks.
Jan: Hey, listen... if you find that pill-- ''(laughs)''
Kamal: In the meantime, watch your sleep, drink plenty of clear liquids, and twice a day... Jan: Yeah?
Kamal: ...try to forgive yourself. ''(Jan chuckles)'' If that doesn't help in 6 months, give me a call. Jan: Yeah, okay. Look, you're going to miss your flight. Kamal: Right. ''(exits the vehicle)''
Jan: Hey!
Kamal: Yeah?
Jan: Thanks.
Enter Kevin Morales|Kevin Date: 10/20/2552
Kevin Morales|Morales: Just think, in a few more months you'll turn 18. And you won't have to drown your sorrows in list of food and drinks|root beer. Mind if I sit down?
Jan: Yes, actually- Morales: --I put myself in a semester of school that way, actually. Drinking contests - Jan: --You were at the funeral, you were the Morales kid- Morales: I felt a little bad about taking the money from these drunk guys, but then I reasoned I was sort of like an agent of natural selection, you know? Teaching them a valuable life lesson, not spending so much time in bars. Jan: Is there some medication you forgot to take today?
Morales: So here's the thing - you need to stop feeling sorry for yourself and get off your butt. Jan: You need to go to hell. Morales: Just where I'm headed actually. I thought you might like to come along.
Jan: Oh, does that line work on the girls where you come from?
Morales: We're going into Covenant space... Jan: On what? Broomsticks?
Morales: We've got a ship. Jan: You have a ship...?
Morales: Everyone uses their gifts a little differently Jan. Benji Wong, for instance, makes money - lots, and lots, and lots of money. Jan: Enough to buy a UNSC destroyer|destroyer?
Morales: Enough to buy a 100 meter yacht. And trick it out with everything an Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI spyship has. Jan: Why?
Morales: I'm exaggerating. Jan: How much?
Morales: Less than you think. Jan: Why the hell should I believe you?
Morales: You don't have to believe me. Ask your friend, the AI. Jan: Who's this 'we' you keep talking about?
Morales: There are 16 of us, walkaway girl. Sixteen Spartan 1.1|1.1's.
Jan: I'm not signing up for the newsletter, Kevin. Morales: Three aren't much use. Darin got into substances, Guy's in jail, and Frannie just doesn't give a damn. That leaves thirteen. Jan: So, how many have you got signed up for this spartan 1.1 faction|ship of fools?
Morales: Twelve. Jan: You're kidding. Morales: I'm very persuasive. Jan: Heh, you left me for last. Should I feel honoured? Or, not so much... Morales: ...yeah... Jan: Ah, you had me classed with the screw-ups. The 'don't give a damn's'. Morales: Yeah. Jan: Why?
Morales: You've been living inside James James|Jim and Gilly's world since so long, Jan. I'm not sure if you quite understand what it looks like to- Jan: --the sane?
Morales: The outside.
Jan: So what changed your mind about me?
Morales: You have certain assets I can't afford to ignore. Jan: Like what? All I know is what my dad taught me. Probably the rest of you could wipe the floor with me. Morales: As a soldier? Nah... Gladys Wilson|Gladys says you're the best of all of us. And I believe her. Jan: Gladys said that?
Morales: Hey, there had to be some upside to growing up with your parents. But you're right, your ability to kick serious butt was not what riveted my attention. Jan: Then... oh... Durga. Morales: Also, you're smarter than I thought you would be. Jan: You sure know how to sweet talk a girl.
(Kevin gets up and sits down next to Jan)
Morales: I don't want a kiss here, Jan. I'd lie for that. I want you to put your life on the line. Doesn't that seem to call for the dead level truth?
Jan: Yeah, okay.
Morales: I want to go deep into Covenant space. I want to do it for a purpose, and I want to do it without being under Section Three's thumb. Jan: What if the Covies aren't nice enough to wait for you to ship out?
Morales: I have contingencies. Jan: Heh, like?
Morales: Bunkers on every continent. Three surplus D77-TC Pelican|Pelicans - one in wikipedia:Switzerland|Switzerland, one in wikipedia:Chile|Chile, one in wikipedia:Mongolia|Mongolia. M12 Force Application Vehicle|Warthogs within 3 clicks of 15 major shuttle ports. A stash of guns on a rooftop in Old Mombasa. You want to hear more?
Jan: You've had some practice on this part of the speech. Morales: (chuckles) I had to work it up to get a couple of the others on board. So, I have an Op I want to run deep into Covenant space. You- Jan: --I know a rogue AI with access to all kinds of intel, and a burning desire to stay the hell away from direct ONI command. Morales: Are you in?
Jan: Not yet. Morales: How close?
Jan: Eh, buy me another root beer, and keep talking.
Kamal: "Fiancee"
Date: 10/20/2552
Kamal: Hiroyuki|Hiro? Hello?
Sophia Bossedon|Sophia: Kamal? Oh my God! You're okay!
Mama: Kamal! My boy! Oh! ...you're so skinny. And what is that on your face? Your family comes 42 light years, and you've disappeared, and you need a shave. Kamal: Sophia! Mama? Papa?!
Mama: Kamal, close your mouth! Open mouth, it makes you look so stupid. Papa: Kamal, your fiancee, she told us. Mama: You thought we were dead... oh, Kamal!
Kamal: Mama!!
Mama: We didn't even know about poor Coral until we got here.
Kamal: What do you mean, fiancee? Sophia isn't my fiancee- Sophia: Aiden... Aiden, he got papers to them, and luckily enough they cleared. Papa: You did so well forgetting us. Mama: And Sophia has been taking such good care of us! She told us all about her troubles with immigration and how she had to spend the night in jail... Sophia: ...And then that Wikipedia:New Jersey|New Jersey attorney, Ms. Durga, apparently took care of everything. I-I'm a citizen...? How did you do that?
Kamal: Ms. Durga huh? Seem like there are a lot of things Ms. Durga hasn't been telling me!
Mama: Kamal, sit down. You look faint. Kamal: Good idea. (sits) Wait, is this our couch?
Sophia: This place was a dump, Kamal. Mama Zaman and me, we went shopping. Mama: Ah, when you set up house-keeping together, you'll need them. Hiro: Hey Soph! I couldn't find that cheese you asked for, but I got everything el... hey, Kamal!
Kamal: Hiro!
Hiro: You should have checked in once in a while. Sophia: I'll put the groceries away. Kamal: I'll help! Let me help. (picks up groceries) What is going on?
Sophia: I'm sorry I didn't meet you, I got picked up by immigration- Kamal: --immigration, I know! God, I nearly died when I heard that. Sophia: I-I got out! And, and I got a job at the ER at your hospital. And made clerk. Kamal: (chuckles and sighs) Durga said you'd be okay. Sophia: Who is this Durga, anyway?
Kamal: Never mind about that. What did you tell my parents?
Sophia: (laughs) I... I told them that we didn't actually set a date. Kamal: But you're a citizen already, you don't need to marry me. Sophia: You know I could club you to death with a can of soup, you know that? And somebody would give me a medal.
Kamal: Ugh, no. I didn't mean it that way. Sophia: Do you think no one would marry you unless their lives depended on it?
Kamal: I-well, you did shoot me down every time I tried to- Sophia: --I was with Aiden Maki|Aiden! What kind of woman do you think I am?
Kamal: Uh... Sophia: Don't answer that... Kamal: *sigh* This is one of those conversations where I just have no right answers, isn't it?
Sophia: You know, if you want to break the engagement - fine! But don't tell your mother today. She's been cackling out grandbaby names- Kamal: Sophie... Sophia: --She's having such a good time- Kamal: Sophia, listen! This is my mother, and kafta, and mahjongg... everything you hate. Sophia: My mother stayed on Coral. Kamal: Oh, Soph, that came out all wrong. Sophia: There's not much to rebel against now, is there?
Kamal: Sophia, shut up for just one second. Sophia: Did you just tell me to shut up?
Kamal: Yes, will you marry me?
Sophia: Marry someone who proposes by telling me to sh- Kamal: --Shut up... marry me?
Sophia: (giggles) Yes. Kamal: I love you. Sophia: Yeah, I figured that out.
(they embrace and kiss)
(chatter beeps)
Sophia: It's your chatter. Kamal: Screw my chatter. Sophia: Oh answer it... I'll be here for a long, long time...
(chatter on)
Kamal: Aiden!
Sophia: Oh find out where he is so I can kill him... Aiden: (on chatter) Kamal! I'm, uh, outside... Come out for a moment?
Kamal: Aiden, umm... Sophia's here, and my parents and things kind of confused right now- Aiden: --Hey hey, best man won, no hard feelings. Soph's a class act. But! She's also going to, like, stab me in the eye with a fork if she sees me, so could you just come out a minute?
Kamal: Uh... hang on a sec, Sophie. Mama: Hm? Who is that?
Kamal: Business.
(goes outside)
Kamal: Aiden. Umm... Aiden: I never owned Soph. You thought I did, but like I said, you aren't a great judge of character.
Kamal: Aiden, for bringing my family here, I just... Aiden: Ah yeah, no problem. Lucky their papers cleared... that lawyer you found... Kamal: Aiden, I can never repay you... Aiden: Well, haha, try. See, I'm kind of in a cash flow situation. I was wondering if you might float me a loan. Kamal: (laughs) Aiden! My man. Have a chip. No loan, a gift. Aiden: You're a good guy, Kamal. Kamal: I uh, I've got to get back inside, Aiden. Aiden: No problem! I won't keep you. Kamal: Aiden, thank you. Aiden: Aw, I'll dance at your wedding. Kamal: Haha, not with the bride you won't!
(they laugh)
Mama: (cutting vegetables) Your friend, Hiro, was just telling me you are learning to cook?
Hiro: Yes! I told her about you wooed Sophia, with a chicken.
(Sophia laughs)
Kamal: Yeah well, it was- Hiro: --butter flavoured!
Mama: He says you will cook it for us!
Kamal: Oh.. but... I mean, Soph is a much better cook.
(everyone laughs)
Papa: Mama, you shouldn't tease the boy. Mama: I know, I know... he is tired from travel, and then there's the shock... and you were always too serious Kamal. Kamal: Hiro has done his best toPapa! Are you drinking a list of food and drinks|beer?
Papa: Your mother doesn't like it, but once in a while. Mama: *tsk*
Papa: When I was your age, going to school on Sigma Octanus IV|Octanus(?), I learned to like it. Hiro: Unlike Kamal, who has never touched it. Papa: You should try everything, Kamal. Mama: *tsk*
Hiro: My point exactly.
Kamal: Papa, mama... I have to tell you something. You need to sit down. Mama: Okay, I am sitting. Kamal: Mama, you have such little hands. Mama: So serious, you hold my hands? What is it? What is wrong?
Kamal: It's something about Yasmine. I want to explain something about her, and it's very hard. Sophie, you too. Mama: About Yasmine?
Kamal: Yes, I discovered some things, and you need to hear them. And it will be hard at first, but there will be something very good. Mama: Oh Kamal, not today. Papa, today we should be happy. Kamal: Durga? Are you listening?
Durga: (on chatter) Kamal, are you sure?
Kamal: I'm sure. Mama...
(air raid sirens sound) (muttering)
Sophia: Oh my God, what is that?
Hiro: Oh God, I've got to get home. Durga: It's a Covenant Ket-pattern battlecruiser|capital ship. Those little sparkles of light are Seraph fighters. Kamal: They're here.
Rani Date: 10/20/2552
ONI Agent: Excuse me ma'am, is this seat taken?
Rani: No, that's fine. ONI Agent: So, you decided to go back to Boston eh?
Rani: Yeah, I was thinking about going back home. But... wait a minute... it's you... ONI Agent: Yes.. Rani: You're from Section Zero. ONI Agent: Yes I am. Rani: ''(smirks)'' Nobody likes Internal Affairs. I didn't think I would take it, but there's no going back for me. I get that now. ONI Agent: Take what?
Rani: Well, didn't you come to offer me a job?
ONI Agent: Oh! Well, yes actually. Herzog was right about you.
Media:ILB In my purse.ogg|in_my_purse
Rani: He's really dead, isn't he?
ONI Agent: Unfortunately, yes. Rani: I was hoping that was a lie too. ONI Agent: Well, I didn't come here to lie to you, Rani. Rani: I was beginning to wonder if you were going to show up. I picked an empty compartment on purpose. ONI Agent: But, you thought we would find you today? Here? On a moving train?
Rani: I had a hunch. ONI Agent: Why? There wasn't anyone tailing you on the way to the station. Rani: You guys put a bug in my purse. I left it there. ONI Agent: *sigh* We thought you would have forgotten about it. Rani: Nope.
ONI Agent: Heh, I think I'm going to like working with you Ms. Sobeck. ''(chuckles)''
Rani: I want a black suit. And, knockout gas. If I'm going to be spying on the spies, I definitely need a pen full of knockout gas. ONI Agent: ''(chuckles)'' You certainly do. I'll see what we can do about that.
''(air-raid sirens sound)''
Rani: Nick!
ONI Agent: What the hell is going on?
Rani: ...They're here.
Jan Date: 10/20/2552
''(Jan enters the house)''
Jan: Hey Gladys... Gilly... What are you up to?
Gladys: Cookin'!
Gilly: ''(cocks a gun)'' Cleaning... Jan: Hm. How domestic. Gladys: Hey, did you drop that fella off to catch his flight?
Jan: Yeah. Gladys: Well now, you eat dinner?
Jan: Yeah, I uh, had dinner with Kevin Morales. Gladys: ''(chuckles)'' Yeah, I thought you had that look. Jan: What look?
Gladys: That wide-eyed, head-spinny look people get when Kevin finishes talking with them. Jan: He's... got a lot of forward momentum. Gilly: Hm. Did that little shoot tell you about the time he conned his way into the Pelican cockpit, and did a strafing run when he was 7?
Gladys: It was a commercial shuttle, and he was 9, Gilly. Gilly: No strafing?
Gladys: No. Gilly: Hm.
Jan: He had a... proposition... (Gilly and Gladys freeze) Not that kind of proposition. He wants me to go fight the Covenant with him. Gladys: Oh boy. Kevin pretty near always has a plan. Are you going?
Jan: I think I have to. Gladys: Jan, your father's gone! Just who are you tryin' to save?
''(air-raid sirens sound)''
Jan: Whoever's left. Gilly: (cocks a gun) That's it, they're here.
Jersey Date: 10/20/2552
Jersey: It feels weird... everyone gone. Durga: Mhm. Jersey: Kamal back home?
Durga: Yes. Jersey: And?
Durga: ''(giggles)''
Jersey: Oh, I wish I could see the look on his face!
Durga: By the way, Jersey, Bonita Morelli|your mom just got sent to the vault at the bank. Jersey: Yeah, she took me in there once. It was cool. So what about Rani?
Durga: On a train back to Boston. Jersey: Hm. I thought she'd go back to Kentucky. Durga: No. Sarah-John's car is just taking her over to Tommy Sobeck|Mr. Sobeck's bunker. Jersey: Jan off work?
Durga: Just got home. Gilly's there, cleaning some things.
''(music has been slowly rising in volume)''
Jersey: What's with the music, Durga?
Durga: Jersey, there was this virus... Jersey: Yeah... can you turn down the music?
Durga: What it really wanted to do was find that artifact, or artifacts like it. Jersey: ''(distracted)'' Uh huh?
Durga: And then, you know, it wanted to send a signal. The virus would try any way it could, Jersey. That was its mission. To reveal the location of the artifact. It was designed to bring the Covenant to wherever it was, Jersey. Before, they were too far away. But now- Jersey: --Turn down the freakin' music, Durga, I can barely hear you!
Durga: Enjoy it, Jersey. Take it in... just be with me. Jersey: What are you... Durga!
Durga: Jersey, don't. Jersey: Would you just turn it off!
''(music cuts out, air-raid sirens can be heard)''
Jersey: Oh... Durga: Yeah. Jersey: You sent my mom to the vault. Durga: Yeah. Jersey: You sent Sarah-John to the bunker. Durga: Yeah. Jersey: You're taking care of family. Durga: Yeah. Jersey: Durga... Durga: Covenant|They're here.
Category:I Love Bees |
Axon Clips Chapter 2 is the second chapter in the I love bees|I Love Bees audio drama. It takes place during the third week of August, 2552.Each chapter is a week apart, and the last chapter includes the start of the Covenant invasion of Earth: a verifiable date.
Kamal: "The Red Button"
''(chatter beeps repeatedly)''
Kamal Zaman|Kamal: Dammit!
Hiroyuki|Hiro: That's like the Seven|seventh time today you've refused to answer your chatter. I'd say it was your mother... Kamal: My mother is 42 light years away. Hiro: ...except you'd never dare not answer your mother. Bill collectors, perhaps, or immigration?
Kamal: Dammit!
Hiro: Or you've been breaking hearts in the nursing dorms, haven't you? ''(walks to the window)'' If I look out the window here, I bet I see like four of them, standing outside in short skirts and those cute little caps, just waiting. Kamal: You need a girlfriend. Hiro: We both need girlfriends.
''(chatter beeps)''
Kamal: It's not a girlfriend at the other end of that chatter, it's a gangster. Hiro: Good looking gangster?
Kamal: Pony tail. Hiro: This is what I'm saying, you're in no position to be picky. Kamal: I was ghosting his chatter and I sort of let him notice. Hiro: You did what? You were showing off. Kamal: Yeah. Hiro: For a girl. Kamal: Yeah. Hiro: For the arrangement. Kamal: I wish you wouldn't call her that, her name is Sophia Bossedon|Sophia. Hiro: Hmmph, her name is trouble. Kamal: What do you mean?
''(a knock at the door)''
Hiro: Did I forget to mention that a good looking guy with a pony tail was coming up to the apartment?
''(knocking)''
Kamal: Oh no.
Kamal: Freelance?
Aiden Maki|Aiden: Free as in paid, dude. As in, I would pay you money to use your powers for good instead of- Kamal: Spying on you?
Aiden: That. Kamal: I don't think... it would be a good idea to work for you. Aiden: Oh, you mean because of Sophia? Sophie and I worked things out. Where's my damn chatter?
''(chatter beeps on)''
Aiden: Soph, you want to talk to Kamal?
Sophia: ''(on chatter)'' Hi, Kamal. Aiden's a bastard. Kamal: Pardon me?
Sophia: ''(on chatter) (laughs)'' But he's my bastard. Kamal: That's... good...
Aiden: Thanks Soph.
''(chatter beeps off)''
Aiden: See?
Kamal: Yeah. Aiden: You're underestimating her. Kamal: What?
Aiden: You talked to her in the last couple of days. Kamal: A little. Aiden: She told you about the bracelet. Kamal: Um... Aiden: You think I bought her off?
Kamal: It's an expensive bracelet!
Aiden: If you think she's a whore, then- Kamal: ''(talking over him)'' Don't say it. Aiden: If I had given her that before we made up, Sophie would have run me through with a butcher knife. Kamal: Good... I mean... Aiden: You didn't want to be disappointed. Kamal: I'm not. Aiden: I'm a good judge of people, Kamal, you're not. Kamal: You shouldn't assume anything about me. Aiden: You think I'm stupid. I'm friendly, I smile a lot. That's not what you respect. Okay. Kamal: Respect? I don't think this has anything to do- Aiden: Ah, not true, you think all the time. So, think about the freelance thing. Maybe come by for dinner tomorrow, Sophia's cooking. 6-ish?
Kamal: I don't think that would be such a good id- Aiden: Look at it this way, going to a job interview is not accepting a job. It's an interview. Dinner, okay?
Kamal: What does she see in him?
Hiro: The pony tail; girls like hair. Kamal: He nearly called her a-- you heard what he said!
Hiro: You think I was standing in my bedroom, with my ear pressed against the door eavesdropping?
Kamal: You weren't?
Hiro: Actually, I was, but it was really hard to hear. Kamal: He's so ... cocky. Hiro: Funny choice of words. Maybe its the jewelry? You can tell she's used to money. Kamal: I'll need a panic button. A backup. Hiro: He can keep her in the style to which she is accustomed... What do you mean a panic button? You're not going over there?
Kamal: I'll set up a program, some... some kind of dead man switch. Hiro: Oh no, I don't want any part of this.
Hiro: I'm not trusting the hands and body of a future surgeon to the tender ministrations of a pissed off boyfriend. Kamal: You won't even have to go inside. Hiro: Good. Kamal: Unless... Hiro: No. Kamal: ...I can't get to my chatter. You can be a couple blocks away, ghosting me. Hiro: Are you even listening to me? I. Don't. Wanna. Be. Involved. Kamal: We'll need a code word. I'll say... the twelve cranial nerves. Hiro: The twelve cranial nerves?
Kamal: Its not likely to come up in conversation. Hiro: Did you hear me say no? I said no. Kamal: ''(lost in thought)'' Except the cops need to come where I am. Okay, I've got it. Hiro: Kamal, you're not listening. Kamal: What?
Aiden: I'm going to check on Sophie in the kitchen. Let me get you another list of food and drinks|beer, dude. Be right back. ''(walks away)''
Kamal: ''(whispering)'' You there?
Hiro: ''(on chatter)'' I'm here, ''dude''. Its raining, I'm getting wet. Kamal: ''(whispering)'' So, cranial nerves, you hit the buttons. Hiro: Blue, then red. Kamal: ''(whispering)'' Yeah, blue, then red... I think... Yes. Aiden: ''(walking back)'' Good to have you over, good for Soph, someone from home. Kamal: Thank you, its nice to be invited. Aiden: Dinner was good, huh? She's a good cook. Kamal: Very good. The wikipedia:kofta|kofta were maybe the best I've ever had. Aiden: Which was that?
Kamal: The lamb meatballs. Aiden: Oh yeah, I like those... Home cookin'. So, your parents are trying to get here?
Kamal: They've applied, but they don't have any reason to be bumped in priority. So we're thinking when I get through with school and all that, I'll get permanent residency. Aiden: How far away is that?
Kamal: At least a couple of years. Aiden: Hmm, that's a long time - a couple of years. So there's the freaking rub. Have you thought about bringing them in on a visitor's visa?
Kamal: I was denied. Aiden: Lots of people trying to get here these days. Kamal: Sophia said her brother was coming. You... got him papers?
Aiden: Yeah, he's inbound. Her mother won't leave Coral, though. Kamal: So, maybe there's a way you could help my parents?
Aiden: It's nice to have you come over. That freelancing thing I mentioned? It would be great. You'd be coming around, Soph would have someone from home to talk to. Could you do something like set up a chatter account?
Kamal: A chatter account? I... I could set one up, but you don't need me to do that kind of thing. Aiden: Maybe try it now. Set me up a chatter account for Bakri Omari-Muengue. You need me to spell that?
Kamal: What's his government number?
Aiden: If Bakri could get a government number, Kamal, what would I need to pay you for?
Kamal: Alright, but this isn't about money, it's about my family. Aiden: Bringing your parents to Earth? We could talk about that. Kamal: I just want it clear, if I work for you, you'll see about getting my family here?
Aiden: Kamal, that's what I do.
Kamal: Okay, I can find an unclaimed address and set up a shell. From the outside it will be just like a regular account. Aiden: What time is it, anyway?
Kamal: Okay, this will just take a sec. I have to build a filter to find an unclaimed address.
''(a banging on the door)''
Aiden: Yeah?
Officer: Berkeley police. Aiden: What did you freakin' do?
''(banging on the door)''
Officer: Open up. Berkeley police. Kamal: I didn't do anything!
Aiden: The Berkeley cops use their shock sticks, you know.
''(Aiden opens door)''
Aiden: Officer, what can I do for you on this drizzly evening?
Officer: You with the chatter, hands off it. Are you the resident-- Hands ''off'' the chatter! Put them on your head. On your head. Who's apartment is this?
Aiden: I live here. Officer: Your name?
Aiden: Aiden Maki. Officer: Can I see your ID?
Aiden: Sure. What seems to be the problem?
Officer: We got a trace on the chatter for a possible CP fraud. Sir, do you want to tell me just exactly what you were doing?
Kamal: Um, I was... I was looking up a friend's address. Officer: I'm sorry I will have to confiscate that chatter. Aiden: Don't you have to have some sort of warrant?
Kamal: ''(whispering)'' Oh God, olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trigeminal... Aiden: Officer, my friend is just looking up an address. Hiro: ''(on chatter)'' What? Oh, oh right, that's me.
Officer: I will deal with you in a moment, Mr. Maki, and I will need to see some ID. Kamal: ''(whispering)'' Red, red, red, red, red! ''(louder)'' Those are really great ''red''... red curtains, Aiden. Hiro: I thought it was blue?
Kamal: ''(whispering)'' Red!
Hiro: Okay. Aiden: My friend is very passionate about interior decoration. Officer: I'm going to have to confiscate that chatter. ''(chatter on, radio mumbling)'' Copy that, repeat address please. ''(radio mumbling)'' Jesus Christ, I'm on my way. ''(chatter off)'' You're a lucky bastard, I've got a priority one, I've got to go. (walking away)
Aiden: You have to go?
Officer: Officer Under Fire about a block and a half from here. Aiden: ''(disappointed)'' That's it?
Officer: ''(to chatter)'' Unit 216 responding to backup, I'm less than two blocks ...(closes door)
Hiro: ''(on chatter)'' Kamal, what's going on?
Aiden: That was weird... and convenient. Kamal: ''(emphasizing)'' Yes, um, much more convenient than if you were to suddenly drop your chatter down a sewer. Aiden: What?
Hiro: ''(on chatter)'' What?
Kamal: ''(emphasizing)'' Yes, if you were to ''lose your chatter''. Aiden: What?
Hiro: What?
Kamal: For God's sake, you moron, smash the damn chatter with a brick and get the hell out of there!
''(sirens heard through chatter)''
Hiro: Do what? Oh, the blue button. Only you didn't let me hit the blue button, you made me hit the red one. And that means... I hate you.
''(chatter off)''
Aiden: You had someone ghosting you. You pulled some hacker stunt to get that cop out of here. Kamal: ''(weakly)'' Not me. Some other dog that looks just like me...
Aiden: ''(smug)'' You were afraid. You were thinking I might be the kind of guy who would hold a grudge. Say, break your fingers, each one, with a tack hammer...
''(thunder booms outside)''
Aiden: Kamal, I am so not that guy. Kamal: ''(walking away)'' I've gotta go. I've gotta check on my friend. Aiden: No, stay, we'll talk. Kamal: For some reason, it's never Plan A. No, I got my friend in a world of trouble, I've gotta go. ''(opens door)'' Tell Sophia... thanks for dinner.
''(door opens)''
Kamal: Hiro? Hiroyuki, are you home?
Hiro: You bastard. Kamal: Thank God you're home. You're okay? They didn't pick you up?
Hiro: I'm okay, no thanks to you and half the Berkeley police department. Kamal: I didn't plan it that way. Hiro: I smashed the chatter, threw it down a sewer grate, and then it started raining cops. Cops in cars, cops on foot, cops dropping out of camo'd helios, cops every-damn-where. Kamal: Sophia sent leftovers. Hiro: And now I don't have a chatter. Kamal: I know. I'm going to give you mine. Hiro: I don't want ''your'' chatter, all my stuff was on mine.
Hiro: My address book, my schedule, my debit account, every damn thing!
Kamal: Mine is cooler than yours. Hiro: You just couldn't let me hit that blue button, could you?
Kamal: That would have pushed the 'Officer Under Fire' alert to my chatter, which was Plan A for if Aiden tried to, you know... Hiro: Pull out your lungs?
Kamal: Don't sound so eager... But as it turned out, I needed the cop to go away. Hiro: Away meaning to me, and cop meaning every armed officer within 50 city blocks, all because I hit the ''red'' button. Kamal: The 'Officer Under Fire' alert. Hiro: While it was still on my chatter. Kamal: Yeah, but Sophie sent leftovers. Hiro: Leftovers?
Kamal: Yeah, she made marties, little stuffed appetizers, and spiced lamb meatballs, with ''real meat'', with almond rice and, and milk pudding... So, are we okay?
Hiro: ''(talking with his mouth full)'' Dude!
Jan: "Witness"
Janissary James|Jan: Hey, Marta, whatcha got today?
Marta: I got pigeon and the special. Jan: What's the special?
Marta: I'd stick with the pigeon. Jan: (giggles) Maybe later. Marta: Mmm hmm, maybe later when I'm not looking, you mean?
Jan: (laughing) Hey, hey, I was a kid, jeez, let it go. Marta: (as Jan walks away) (laughs) Hey, you tell that good looking daddy of yours 'Hey' for me, okay?
(someone driving up)
unidentified Bergen County police officer|'Stupid Cop': Hey, Janissary. Jan: (warily) Officer.
'Stupid Cop': Does your dad know you're cutting the sleeves off his old shirts?
Jan: (mockingly) ''Everybody'' loves a girl in ''uniform''.
'Stupid Cop': Listen, Jan, I need your help. Jan: Well, I'd crop that blue shirt of yours, flash a little skin. A little detailing in your holster wouldn't hurt either. Accessorize, that's the key.
'Stupid Cop': Get in the car, Jan. Jan: I can't do anything for you.
'Stupid Cop': Oh, I think you can. Let's take a ride so I can explain things. Jan: You can explain things right here.
'Stupid Cop': Okay. You ever want to be a cop?
Jan: (sarcastic) Oh yeah, its ''all'' I think about.
'Stupid Cop': There's so many sons of bitches in the world, Jan, being a cop is a frustrating job. Jan: Hmmm, you look frustrated.
'Stupid Cop': If I got too frustrated, I might have to redirect my attention to that fire last week. The one that destroyed all your test samples. Jan: Hey, I didn't do anything.
'Stupid Cop': ''You'' didn't. Jan: But... Why would he...?
'Stupid Cop': You are going to help me, Jan, but I want you to know why. Take a look at this vid tonight. Jan: What is it?
'Stupid Cop': Take a look. My chatter number's on the case. Call me when you're done, ''then'' I'll tell you what you're gonna do.
(video playing of a woman being beaten/tortured/raped?)
''Victim: Aaah! Aaah! Aah! Stop it, please! No, let me--! Aah! No! Aah!''
(chatter beeps on)
(chatter number dialed)
'Stupid Cop': (on chatter) Yo?
Jan: What do you want me to do?
'Stupid Cop': You watch it?
Jan: What do you want?
'Stupid Cop': At 8:30 tomorrow night, you need to be at the southwest corner of 4th, downtown, under the big Spaceways vacation sign. Jan: What do I do?
'Stupid Cop': Just be on time, we'll take it from there. Jan: And what's going to happen?
'Stupid Cop': Well, I'm not going to get an arson warrant for your dad. Jan: And?
(knocking)
'Stupid Cop': Don't be late. Jan: Yeah.
(chatter beeps off)
(door opening)
James J: Hey, Dwayne dropped by again. Jan: Yeah, I know, I was just... Aren't you supposed to menace guys so they won't hit on me?
James J: You can take care of yourself. Jan: I say that a lot, don't I?
James J: Yeah. Hey, what's on your mind?
Jan: Just... nothing, Dad. James J: Real nothing or 'code nothing'?
Jan: Well, you never talk about your unit. James J: My, my what?
Jan: Most demobs, they talk about their unit. They brag, they have buddies over, and bitch about the officers they hated, and lie about their kills. James J: (scoffs) That was a long time ago. Jan: Didn't you like them?
James J: I served with the best, Jan, the best. Jan: Then why don't you ever talk- James J: Do you want me to be one of those sorry, old bastards that sit around the apartment all day drinking beer and reminiscing about the good old days?
Jan: Yeah, sometimes. James J: Duly noted. (chuckles)
(police siren)
'Stupid Cop': Sir, I'm going to need to search your vehicle. Man: Excuse me?
'Stupid Cop': Step out of the car please, and keep your hands where I can see them. Man: What did I do?
'Stupid Cop': Step out of the car, sir, now. Man: What is this? Officer, I just left work. Come on, I haven't had time to do anything illegal.
'Stupid Cop': (drawing weapon) I'm going to have to ask you to step out- Man: Hey, what the hell are you doing?
'Stupid Cop': Drop the weapon!!
(two gunshots)
Jan: (horrified) Oh my god!
(woman screams)
'Stupid Cop': Step back, keep away from this vehicle. Civilian 1: Oh my god. Civilian 2: The cop just shot that guy!
(people running)
'Stupid Cop': He had a weapon. You, miss, you were standing right there. You saw he drew a weapon. Right?
Jan: (slowly) Right.
(chatter beeps on)
'Stupid Cop': This is Fox-977, requesting an ambulance, this location. One citizen.
(radio mumbling)
'Stupid Cop': No, I'm okay, send uniforms for crowd control though.
(radio mumbling)
'Stupid Cop': Just a traffic stop, he drew a weapon.
(radio mumbling)
'Stupid Cop': Yeah, we'll need the scene team, but you can tell the ambulance crew their client is DRT.
(radio mumbling)
(chatter beeps off)
'Stupid Cop': Miss, don't go anywhere. We'll need you to give a statement on a lie detector about what you saw. All standard procedure. Jan: (in disbelief) You just- 'Stupid Cop': Name?
Jan: You know my... Janissary James.
'Stupid Cop': We'll get you home as soon as we've taken a statement, Miss James. Jan: (slowly) Can I ask you a question, Officer?
'Stupid Cop': Step over here, Miss James. Jan: What does DRT stand for?
'Stupid Cop': (opens car door) Watch your head. It means 'Dead Right There'. (closes car door)
(car engine starting)
(car drives; background radio chatter)
Jan: So what now? Every guy you know who beats his girlfriend, you're just going to face-hole him and blackmail somebody into backing you up?
'Stupid Cop': Not just anyone, a civilian witness who can pass the lie detector. The coroner's inquest is going to eat that up. Jan: Wow, serve and protect.
'Stupid Cop': Last week, when I had your hand on the PQI and you sat there cool as a creamsicle and lied your pretty ass off, and the machine was too stupid to tell, I just wanted to lean across the desk and slap you... Jan: Well, now I know something. Are you going to pull me over in a couple of weeks and pop me too?
'Stupid Cop': ...and a couple of days later, I figured out you were the answer to a prayer. Jan: (angrily) You can't... you can't just ''kill people''. It can't be that ''easy''.
'Stupid Cop': Cool out, Janissary James, you didn't kill anybody. I did. Jan: You made me part of it.
'Stupid Cop': That vid you screened? That was my buddy's daughter. If that was you, what do you think your father would have done?
Jan: Leave my dad out of this.
'Stupid Cop': Too late, Jan. Sometime when you were a baby, somebody stuck you with a needle and shot you full of miracles. Smart, fast, strong, never get sick, never get drunk, don't need much sleep... Jan: (in disbelief) How do you know?
'Stupid Cop': And what did you do?
'Stupid Cop': Shoplifting. Play high school goddess for the tormented geeks in your neighborhood. Jan: Oh, I, I guess I should have been out on the streets murdering bad guys, huh? Strangling ''jaywalkers'' on my way home from school?
'Stupid Cop': When I was your age, I pulled strings so I could join up a year early. Wanted to help save humankind. So you're about the last person on the planet I need a civics lecture from. Jan: Well, you sure as hell need one from somebody.
'Stupid Cop': What I needed was an asset to solve a problem. You were just dumb enough to make yourself available. Jan: (sniffs) ''Look'', you just made me help you ''murder'' someone. Could you just be a little bit nice to me?
'Stupid Cop': ...Yeah. Okay.
Jersey: "If Someone Was Listening"
(jazz music plays)
Jersey Morelli|Jersey: Wait, hang on... Oh! This bit is great! (Jazz music plays) My dad loves this stuff. He says ... Well, he's away a lot, like, years at a time. It drives him crazy. He says this stuff reminds him of what he's fighting for. Durga: I don't understand. Jersey: That he can connect. He can listen to this stuff and imagine the people who made it. They cared about the same things we do: making a buck, finding a girl, rooting for the home team. These old guys, they really knew people. They knew the human heart, that's what my dad says. Durga: Why are you telling me this?
Jersey: It's a long way away, you know, out to wherever he is. He gets lonely out there... I wish you hadn't told me. Durga: What?
Jersey: About my mom. Durga: Oh.
Jersey: It doesn't matter, forget about it. Durga: I'm sorry. Jersey: It's okay. It's alright. I'm a survivor. Durga: Jersey, listen. Jersey: You got something good?
Durga: (surprised) What?
Jersey: Nah, I can tell. There's something about you, like, your refresh rate goes up or something when you're, you know, like... Durga: Efficient?
Jersey: (chuckles) Gloating. Durga: It's about Kamal. I started to- Jersey: Why are you following that guy anyway? I mean, not to be a jerk about it, but the planet's crawling with refues [refugees]. Durga: I don't know. He just seems very interesting to me. Jersey: Why?
Durga: It's not important. Jersey: It's happening again?
Durga: Yes. Jersey: The reflecting thing?
Durga: Yes. Jersey: You aren't supposed to want to know why you want to know about this guy, you know?
Durga: Yes. Jersey: And that bugs the hell out of you. Durga: I am a ''very curious girl''.
Jersey: So, about Kamal. Durga: I ran a secondary ring around him. Jersey: A ''second''? Never mind. Durga: Listen to this.
(recording starts)
''Aiden: ...so you come by about 6:20, 6:30, something like that.''
''Officer: I bang on the door, demand to come in, look scary.''
Jersey: Pause it. Who's this?
(recording stops)
Durga: The police officer. Jersey: What?
Durga: A police officer is a member of the civilian authority structure, granted an exclusive license to use force in the maintenance of socie- Jersey: I ''know'' what a cop is. This is the cop? What's the timestamp?
Durga: 13:27:41. Jersey: Before Kamal came over to the girl's apartment?
Durga: Before. Jersey: Daaaamn!
(recording starts)
''Aiden: I think of it as product testing, quality assurance. I need people who, you know, can work well under pressure.''
''Officer: You want him arrested?''
''Aiden: You trying to sell me a bigger ticket item? No, just rattle and roll it.''
Officer: I was thinking this time you can--'
''Aiden: Regular prices!''
''Officer: You want to stay friends with me, Aiden?''
''Aiden: I keep a lot of friends, friend. I know the going rate.''
(recording stops)
Jersey: Un-freaking-believable!
Durga: You know what I am?
Jersey: Incredibly illegal?
Durga: (Interrogator's voice) Good at my job. Jersey: Heh, you do impressions. Just what the world needs, super-powered spyware with a sense of humor. Wow. Durga: I've been thinking a lot about bees.
Jersey: Bees?
Durga: Yes. Jersey: Why?
Durga: I don't know. Jersey: And that's like, creepy?
Durga: Yes. Jersey: This is more reflection stuff, isn't it?
Durga: Yes. Jersey: Huh, when I was little, we had this mirror in the bathroom. I used to hide behind the door and jump out and see if I could catch my reflection doing something ''interesting''. Durga: Startle it?
Jersey: Well, before it had time to just, you know, mirror me. Durga: You think that's what I'm doing?
Jersey: Well, the thing is, you have to jump out awful fast. Durga: Yes. Jersey: I gotta tell you, I feel kind of weird about listening to this stuff about Jan. I mean, I'm kind of wondering if you can do a little backscan on the chick down the hall and all of a sudden you're drilling into hardened police emergency channels and... Durga: So you ''don't'' want any more material on Janissary James?
Jersey: No... I mean, yeah... Well, I mean, whatcha got?
(recording starts)
Stupid Cop': ...So you're about the last person on the planet I need a civics lecture from.''
''Jan: Well, you sure as hell need one from somebody.''
Stupid Cop': What I needed was an asset to solve a problem. You were just dumb enough to make yourself available.''
''Jan: (sniffs) Look, you just made me help you murder someone. Could you just be a little bit nice to me?''
Stupid Cop': Yeah. Okay.''
(recording stops)
Jersey: That... wasn't what I was expecting. Durga: I know. Jersey: Damn. Durga: Should I stop?
Jersey: (takes a breath) For a quality experience, the girls have to be real.
Jersey: Hang on, let me turn this off...(turns off the jazz) You know, I just had a creepy thought. Durga: A bee dies when it stings you. Jersey: ...Yeah?
Durga: But it can also sting you after it's dead. Jersey: Yuck. Durga: Curious symmetry. Jersey: Okay, that's a creepy thought too, but you know what I was thinking?
Durga: What?
Jersey: How spooky it would be if someone was listening to ''us'' right now. Durga: To ''us''?
Jersey: Spying on us, you know, like we're listening to them. Durga: That would be impossible. I would know. Jersey: Yeah, I guess you're right, but if they were... creeeepy.
Herzog: "Old Spies"
(entering pub)
Avi: Hey, you dry old man, they have very good pie here. Herzog: Best in Boston. Avi: Apple, Key Lime, French Silk, or Baklava. Although, the best Baklava is from Acco. One of those places everyone has been... Romans, Crusaders, people as old as you. Herzog: You're older than I am. Avi: That's how I know you're an old man. Herzog: Key Lime then. Avi: (snaps fingers) Two pieces of Key Lime, and coffee. Waitress: Comin' up. Avi: So, what happened?
Herzog: With the chatter net?
Avi: With everything. Herzog: The ship, the one that crashed out of the slipstream inside lunar orbit... Avi: The ''UNSC Apocalypso|Apocalypso''. Herzog: Right. Avi: It wasn't just the ship?
Herzog: Right. Avi: It was one of ours, huh? Navy spy ship?
Herzog: Right again. Avi: There's more... But either you don't know it or you can't tell me. Herzog: You said you had a recruit. Avi: - A candidate Herzog: (skeptically) ...a candidate Avi: (sigh) You should retire, old man. Herzog: I have work to do. More work since some people left the business to take soft professor jobs. Avi: I got too old for the game. And I was younger than you are now. Herzog: You said you had a candidate...?
Avi: A mouse. You would never know she's there. She's a scholarship girl from some god-forsaken hick town. Although, the only way you can tell is her haircut. She's got the clothes alright, she just seems to have a blind spot about the hair. Herzog: Good, good. Avi: She looks at the things ordinary people do, like a scientist. Herzog: ...like a detective. Avi: Also persistent as hell. I'll send you her dossier next week.
(pie arrives)
Herzog: Ah, the famous pie.
Sources
Category:I Love Bees |
Axon Clips Chapter 3 is the third chapter in the I love bees|I Love Bees audio drama. It takes place during the fourth week of August/first week of September, 2552.
Jersey: "Taxes Suck"
''(door opens, Jersey enters)''
Jersey: Hey, thanks. Durga: For what?
Jersey: The lights and the music. Durga: Chili is heated up. Jersey: Chili? I was just thinking I'd have chili tonight. You knew that?
Durga: No. But I analyzed your food buying habits over the last 7 months, and chili seemed like a statistically robust option. Jersey: That's scary. Durga: What's wrong?
Jersey: It's not wrong. It's just scary. Durga: No, when you came in. You seem distressed. Jersey: No, man, I've got trouble. Durga: Tell me about it. Jersey: It's in my Inbox. I'm surprised you don't know about that. Durga: I don't read your mail, Jersey. Jersey: You extrapolate my eating habits based on my grocery store purchases, but you don't read my mail?
Durga: I respect your privacy. Jersey: I don't believe you. Durga: You're smarter than people give you credit for.
Jersey: Which people?
Durga: Tell me what's wrong. I can help. Jersey: Don't even worry about, I've got it under control. How's your weekly soap opera going?
Durga: It's been a little frustrating this week, following Kamal. Jersey: What is it with you and that guy?
Durga: Because he gave his chatter away. I'm sending him another one though. Jersey: You're sending him another one?
Durga: He won it in a raffle. Jersey: It's not like the guy doesn't know he didn't enter a raffle. Durga: He didn't think he had until he found the ticket stubs in his account. Jersey: Jesus. Durga: Time-stamped 5 months ago to a night he bought a case of beer.
Jersey: I never get cool stuff in the mail. Uh, besides you. Durga: Hm. Well, you'll like this.
(audio playback)
''Jan: Or, you could slap them so hard, they run for cover. Bark at them, and they jump. Tickle them, and they laugh.''
(end playback)
Jersey: What is she doing?
Durga: Playing. Jersey: Oh man, is she winning?
(audio playback)
Jan: ''Kiss them, (''Jersey moans)'' they fall in love''.
(end playback)
Durga: She's winning...
Durga: So why does the Internal Revenue Service|IRS want to audit you?
Jersey: You did read my mail!
Durga: No, but in scanning the rest of the country's mail... (Jersey whines) ...your name came up. Jersey: Taxes suck. Durga: So don't pay them. Jersey: Heh, and spend a year sharing a cell with some guy named Spider? No thanks!
Durga: You won't go to jail, you have me. Jersey: Durga?
Durga: Well, instead of owing them money, you could... not... owe them money. Better yet, they could owe you. They could owe you a lot. Jersey: No! You can't do that. Durga: I'm pretty sure I can. Jersey: You're not going to. Durga: I suspect I will.
(computer makes noises as Durga does stuff)
Jersey: Durga!
Durga: How much should we start with? How about the gross planetary product of Minister (planet)|Minister colony?
Jersey: Are you insane?
Durga: You know, I'm not quite sure how we can test that.
Jersey: You can't channel tax money to me, taxes are for a reason. I mean, roads, drinking water... Durga: I'm ''sure'' you'd use it wisely. Jersey: Taxes paid for you!
(strange sound alteration)
Durga: I don't see you giving me back to the government. Jersey: Well, I should...
(power flicker)
Jersey: Hey... hey! What's wrong? Why did the lights just flicker?
Durga: Jersey, you... you're not going to give me back, are you?
Jersey: (surprised) No... No, I promise I won't give you back. Durga: Good. Jersey: Why? Why is it so important?
Durga: Because... Because I like you. Jersey: Eh, who doesn't. But you don't know why you want to stay with me, do you?
Durga: There are things I want to do, and I... It doesn't matter. Anyway, about the auditor Jersey: Jesus!
Durga: I could kill him... Would that help?
Jersey: No!
Durga: Okay. Jersey: Durga Durga: What?
Jersey: I want you to promise me, repeat after me - I, Durga, will not bankrupt the government. Durga: (moping) Oh, okay. I, Durga, will not bankrupt the government. Jersey: Either local, or national... Durga: Either local, or national... Jersey: Or shuttle money into my accounts... Durga: Or shuttle money into your accounts... Jersey: Or physically hurt, or kill the auditor... Durga: Daaaamn!
Jersey: I'm serious here!
Durga: So. Am. I. Jersey: Just, don't do anything weird at the audit, okay?
Durga: I won't divert funds. I won't kill the auditor. Jersey: ...Or hurt him. Durga: ...Or ''physically'' hurt him. I'll take care of it. Jersey: How?
Durga: I'll take care of it.
Jan: "Thin Kinkle"
Gladys Wilson|Gladys: Whew, that was a mighty fine dinner, little lady. Jan: Yeah, you know, pushing the ''synthesize button'' - it's an art form. James James|James J: Jan gets insulted when you compliment her domestic skills, Gladys. Jan: I'm going out. James J: Hey, you're not going out!
Jan: Why not?
James J: Because, we have company, and because you were going to stay a little closer to base. Jan: Dad, I'm not going to -- I told you I understood, and you said you trusted me. James J: Heh, maybe I trust you a little too much. Jan: That's not fair! I told the guys I- James J: I don't care what you told the guys. I'm saying you're in for the night. Gladys: I'll, uh, help you with those dishes. Jan: We just dump them in the sink. Gladys: Then I reckon I can help you dump. You go watch some sports, Jim. The ladies'll clean up.
Gladys: He's a good man, your father. Jan: If you're not his daughter. If you're his daughter, he's a jackass. Gladys: Jim? He was always a jackass, girl.
(laughs)
Gladys: If your mother hadn't taken pity on him, that boy'd still be single. Jan: Did you know her?
Gladys: Eh, some parts of his life Jim never wanted to touch. Jan: Oh, yeah. But, I mean, at least you guys had lives. I mean, I make one little mistake, and I'm not allowed to leave the stupid tenement. Gladys: Says who?
Jan: You heard him - dad. Gladys: That dog won't hunt, Jan. When I joined the UNSC Marine Corps|Marines, I didn't ask my mama's permission. Jan: Does he know you're in here, like, encouraging insurrection?
Gladys: Oh sure, your daddy just wants to keep you safe. Jan: I know. Gladys: But he's still a jackass.
(laughs)
Jan: I caught him reading a manual once.
(laughs)
Jan: Navy Publication FM-973 - Child Rearing for Part-Time and Auxiliary Personnel. You shoulda seen the chapter on discipline. Gladys: (laughs) Oh no!
Jan: Hey, when you were my age, did you... could you... Gladys: You gonna spit this out before sunrise?
Jan: Well there is this guy I met and, something he said just started me thinking Gladys: Uh-oh... Jan: I've been tweaked up, haven't I? Not like you and dad, I know that. But... some. Gladys: Honey, I- Jan: And that's okay, hey, I'm grateful. But, let me do something with it. Let me do something...
Gladys: Hmm. You've got something to prove. Jan: Just to myself. Gladys: You play moons?
Jan: Yeah. Gladys: Hm, I bet Jim taught you a thing or two. Jan: "Boys 'n balls, rack'em and break'em."
Gladys: Good damn that's me you're quoting - me, back before I d- Jan: --man discovered fire?
Gladys: Uh-uh-uh I will slap you as soon as look at you missy, now you just remember that. Jan: (laughs) Dad....!
Gladys: ...My point being, I'd stop by moon parlor on the bus ride in. A place called Sharfie's. Jan: I've heard about it. Nothing good. Cops don't go to that part of town. Gladys: ''But'', a girl like ''you'' could use a glimpse of...reality. Straighten out your priorities. Jan: Dad would freak out if he heard you! I think you were supposed to be a soothing maternal influence. Gladys: Yeah, well, soothing isn't my long suit. Don't you worry about your dad, I rank him anyhow.
Jan: Can I get a table?
Waitress: Hey, what are you doing in here?
Jan: Playing moons if you don't mind.
(crash)
Thin Kinkle|Thin: (in the distance) Who do you think you are, grub? Huh?! Big enough man to lie to my face? Imagine you can tussle with Thin Kinkle?
Paolo: Come on Thin, I mean, come on! I wouldn't lie! Gimme a PQI if you don't believe me. Jan: What's going on?
Waitress: Shh... dammit, zip up your shirt all the way and shut up!
Thin: For the sake of argument, say I slide you this time. Sends a message doesn't it? "Come on over! Free lunch on Thin!" -- Ain't happenin' Paolo! Ain't happenin!
Paolo: Oh, oh god god, oh god, please god, think of my family!
Jan: Reality, huh? Thanks, Aunt Gladys. Hey! Nobody told me it was dime-store bully night, is there a drink special with that?
Thin: Come to the mall, nice little girl. No babysitting jobs at Sharfie's tonight... Is that the tip of an M6 I see poking out from under your jacket, babysitter, or are you just excited to meet Thin Kinkle?
Jan: M6C Personal Defense Weapon System|M6C. Thin: Jimmi the 12-7. Jan: Yeah. Thin: 12 shots. Jan: Yeah. Thin: There's more than 12 of us!
Jan: There's only one of you!
Paolo: Whoah woah, are you ''trying'' to get me killed?
Jan: Gee, you're welcome. (draws and cocks M6C; to Thin) ''Let him go''.
Thin: Now, see that was a young move. Whoever's running you needs to smooth out some ''edges'' here. You can't put the hammer to Thin in his own place! I got a deal for you. Jan: Yeah?
Thin: See the grub, let's play for his skin! We'll play moons - you win, the grub slides. I win, why... I guess, I get your skin. Jan: (puts gun away) Gee, I'm under age, sir. An offer like that would be illegal. Thin: I guess then, if I win, I'll find some... babysitting for you to do.
(playing moons)
Thin: Tricky game, moons! You hit too hard - they stick, too soft - they skate. Do it just right, and they obey your commands. They. Work. For you. Jan: Uh huh. Or, you can slap them so hard, they run for cover. (sinks a ball)
Jan: Bark at them, and they jump. Tickle them (giggles), and they laugh. (seductive) ''Kiss'' them, and they fall in love. (boastful) And if you shoot them, 8 off the rags, play the kiss on the suicide bar backspin into the corner pocket... I say - shoot them - they die.
(applause)
Thin: You win Babysitter, here's your skin. Paolo: I'll have to move to Africa now, it's someplace nobody ever goes. It's, Tibet, or it's... Antarctica, or... ''Indiana'' for God's sake. Jan: I keep waiting for the teary-eyed gratitude here. Thin: You'll be waiting a while. ... Hey Babysitter. Jan: Yeah?
Thin: Maybe drop off a resume on your way out the door. Good looking crazy girls with guns I've always got work for them.
Jan: Yeah, I'm more of an independent study girl. Thin: I could teach you some things... but, it's your funeral. Jan: Not yet. Thin: Sooner than you think. Jan: Is... that a threat?
Thin: No, just experience. I'm past 30, I've been around forever. Retirement comes sudden to people like you and me. Jan: I am ''nothing'' like you. Thin: (giggle) We'll see...
Kamal: "Chicken Dinner"
Hiroyuki|Hiro: What is that?
Kamal Zaman|Kamal: It's a chicken. Hiro: It's a raw chicken. Kamal: Sophia's coming to dinner tonight. Hiro: Hoohoo! She and Aiden split up?
Kamal: No, we're just friends. Hiro: Kamal, nobody buys a whole chicken for a friend. Can you even cook?
Kamal: I finished med school, how hard can cooking be?
Hiro: Isn't raw chicken full of pathogens? Should it even be sitting on the counter that way? Oh, and I don't think our flash works. Kamal: What do you mean?
Hiro: What I said, I think it only microwaves. I think the baking/cooking part is on the fritz. Kamal: It's not!
Hiro: It is. Kamal: So I'll microwave it then. Hiro: I'm going out for dinner...
Hiro: Is it supposed to look like that?
Kamal: What?
Hiro: The chicken. Kamal: Oh, yeah. It said to cut it up into 8 pieces. Hiro: This doesn't look like normal pieces. Kamal: Well, it... I looked up how to cut a chicken, but then, some pieces are bigger, and some are smaller, so I cut it up so it would be... you know, fair. Hiro: Oh. Kamal: What's that supposed to mean?
Hiro: Nothing... Kamal: Whaat?
Hiro: Just that, when you do your surgery rotation, I want to be in another state.
Kamal: You wait! Soon - everyone will cut their chickens like this!
Hiro: Uh, what about the people who want the skin left on?
Kamal: Skin is overrated. It said to marinade it in... wor..chester..shire..sauce, and butter, but we didn't have w--that. So, I was going to use steak sauce, but we didn't have that, so I used ketchup! It's pretty much the same, right?
Hiro: We don't have butter either. Kamal: So I used butter flavored popcorn oil! Hey, it's butter flavored!
(knocking)
(door opens)
Together: Hi!
Kamal: Hi, thank you for coming. uh... Sophia Bossedon|Sophia: Thanks for having me. Kamal: Oh of course. Sophia: Oh, what's that smell?
Hiro: Science!
Kamal: Hiro, don't you have to be somewhere? It's chicken. Hiro: I don't have to leave just yet. Kamal: I just had a taste for it you know?
Sophia: Uh huh. Hiro: We haven't met. I'm Hiroyuki, Kamal's roommate. Sophia: Hi. Kamal: Of course, it's not traditional Coral food, not like you make. Hiro: Not like anyone makes. Sophia: (laughs)
Kamal: My friend's just leaving... Hiro: Hey, I'm like the surgeon general, man. She should be ''warned''. Sophia: (giggle) Warned?
Kamal: I had to make some substitutions in the recipe. Sophia: Oh. Um, do you think it's done?
Kamal: Well, stuff doesn't get brown in the microwave right?
Sophia: Maybe you could finish it on the stove. Hiro: We don't have a regular stove. And the flash doesn't work. Sophia: Ah. Well... Kamal: Microwave it longer?
Sophia: Sure. Hiro: Ah, few things in nature are as misunderstood as the playful salmonella bacterium. Wikipedia:Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica|S. typhi is the little dickins that- Kamal: Hiro! Aren't you going to be late?
Sophia: All day I was hoping you would take me for pizza... Kamal: Shut up!
Sophia: (giggles) Isn't it amazing how much soy pepperoni tastes like the real thing?
Kamal: Do you eat pork?
Sophia: If I did, my mother would know. Kamal: Yeah... Sophia: She'd be in bed for a week, she'd wear black, and not tell anybody why. Kamal: When I was a kid, my mother didn't care about that kind of thing. After my Yasmine Zaman|sister died, she got way more strict. Sophia: What happened to your sister?
Kamal: Genetic disorder. It's funny, you know, when she was little, she was unstoppable. I mean, the best you ever saw. Sophia: The best at what?
Kamal: Everything! Smartest, fastest, strongest, brattiest... Sophia: (giggles) Oh, I dunno about that. You should meet my little brother.
Kamal: When she was 4, I taught her to play backgammon. I was 8. I won the first 2 times we played, and then never again. Sophia: (laughing) You must suck. Kamal: I'm nearly sure she could throw certain numbers when she wanted to. Sophia: The dice were loaded. Kamal: No, that's just how coordinated she was. She could gauge the way they came out of her hand. That's what I think. Sophia: Right... *laughing* Or, maybe you just suck. Kamal: She loved languages. She taught herself... God, I haven't thought about this in years... She'd make Dad read a bed time story every night and then she would pretend to go to sleep listening to a chatter channel hot wired to some other language. Sophia: And you set up those chatter programs for her?
Kamal: It was easy. Sophia: I think your sister was very lucky.
Kamal: She had a very active imagination, so like, once a week she would completely terrify herself. She would sneak into my room when she was supposed to be- Sophia: --poking you over and over and over again until you woke up?
Kamal: Yeah. Sophia: Yeah, I told you I had a little brother (giggles)
Kamal: The night before the accident, she had convinced herself there were 'bad guys' or burglars creeping around outside our house. I read her to sleep. Last time I ever--... Sophia: We don't have to talk about this. Kamal: It's okay. Sophia: I didn't mean to. Kamal: No, it's okay. Anyway, by the time I woke up, she had already gone outside and the thing had happened and she was in the hospital. And she was never right again. Sophia: I'm so sorry.
Sophia: Do you want to tell me what happened?
Kamal: She died from something called, uh, metabolic cascade failure... which is doctor speak for, everything falls apart. She couldn't talk when she got back from the hospital, and couldn't walk a few weeks later. Sophia: Oh my god. Kamal: It took her a year to die. Sophia: Oh my god, your poor parents. Kamal: I used to take her out for walks, I would push her wheelchair around places we used to play, the swings, and... she didn't even recog... Yasmine never lost at anything! Anything... I just couldn't believe that she Sophia: It wasn't your fault, Kamal.
Kamal: Of course it wasn't. Sophia: But you felt guilty. Kamal: Yeah, but, (Russian accent) like the dog said, why look back when all- Sophia: --don't. Don't. Kamal: What?
Sophia: Don't joke about it, you don't have to do that with me. Kamal: She was 6, I was 10. It was a long time ago. Honestly Sophia, it's not something I carry around with me every day. Sophia: Okay. One question. Kamal: What... Sophia: When did you decide to be a doctor?
Kamal: Oh, I dunno, it just seemed like a good thing... Oh. Sophia: Yeah...
(rain pours)
Sophia: (giggles) Thanks for dinner Kamal. And, next time you want chicken, you buy it and call me and I'll come over and cook it for you. Kamal: Deal... Uh, your hair's getting wet. In fact, you're, getting wet.
(thunder booms)
Sophia: It feels good! (giggles) Dinner was great. It's great being with someone from home. Kamal: Aiden'll never understand you the way I do. Sophia: Aiden doesn't do understanding. Aiden does charm and he does excitement. Kamal: He's not good for you, Soph. Sophia: That's the whole point. But you're right, Aiden isn't good for me. In fact, he's probably with some girl right now. Kamal: Want me to check?
Sophia: No... Actually, he's not with some girl right now because of you. And for that, you get a kiss.
(she kisses him, either on the cheek or the mouth)
Kamal: You want to come inside? Just for a minute. Sophia: Kamal... You know that wouldn't be right. Kamal: Yeah. Sophia: You're a good friend, Kamal. I really treasure that. Kamal: Yes, well... No stars tonight. If it wasn't raining, we might even be able to see our own sun. Although there's probably too much ground light. Sophia: There's always too much ground light. Good night, Kamal.
(she walks away)
Kamal: Good night... Sophia.
Herzog: "The ''Apocalypso''"
Unidentified lieutenant (Section 0)|Lieutenant: It's a little early for wine, isn't it, sir?
Herzog: On the contrary, it's very nearly too late. Herzog/COM: Do you know what you're sloshing around there youngster? That's a high-house Alt Burgundy 22. Lieutenant: Uh please, sir, not the cranky old man. Herzog/COM: And what's wrong with the cranky old man?
Lieutenant: It's excruciating to listen- Herzog/COM: The old bastard's been very good to me over the years. Lieutenant: I know, sir. Herzog/COM: Let's me shout- (together) Without being noticed. Lieutenant: I know, sir. Herzog: I guess you jumped for joy when you heard you'd been transferred to me, huh?
Lieutenant: I requested the posting, sir. Herzog: You did?
Lieutenant: Yes, sir. Herzog: Why?
Lieutenant: It's hard to recall, sir. Herzog: All right, I deserve that. Lieutenant: Yes, sir. Here's your drink. Herzog: Have you ever had an alt burgundy, lieutenant?
Lieutenant: Um, no, sir. Herzog: You know why?
Lieutenant: I don't drink. Herzog: They don't make it any more. Lieutenant: Regrettable, sir. Perhaps the scent - tar, is it, sir? - was not to everyone's taste. Herzog: They don't make it because alt burgundy comes from Jericho VII. Lieutenant: Oh. Herzog: Came. Lieutenant: I'm sorry, sir. Herzog: Ah hell, you weren't even born. Pour yourself a drink, lieutenant. Lieutenant: I don't... very well, sir. Herzog: Here's to Jericho that fell, and a Sigma Octanus IV that did not.
Lieutenant: Here-here, sir. (drinks, coughs)
Herzog: Well, it's not to everybody's taste... Lieutenant: Uh, no, sir. Herzog: Shortly before they turned for home, the UNSC Apocalypso|''Apocalypso'', heavily cloaked and posted deep in Covenant space, began experiencing some slight but troubling anomalies with their computer systems. Just as her captain decided to bring her home, long range sensors detected a curious object adrift in space. Lieutenant: Where did you get this? I read the reports - none of this is in here. Herzog: The object was roughly the size of a tire. A Deep-space artifact|Covenant artifact of a completely new design unlike anything we've seen before, and frankly pretty inscrutable.
Herzog: I talked to the Apocalypso's captain, that's how. Lieutenant: Where are the records?
Herzog: Well surely the blast that knocked the ship out of the slipstream and took down the whole planet's comm channels erased all the computer records. Lieutenant: Except that's not what you think. Herzog: Of course it is. Lieutenant: You think the records have been erased. Herzog: Not at all. Lieutenant: By someone from Section Three. Someone like Standish. Herzog: Perish the thought. Lieutenant: We should talk to the captain again, sir. Get her to corroborate the official version. Herzog: She's dead.
Lieutenant: Oh. Herzog: Some accident involving a bus. Unluckiest thing in the world. Lieutenant: You don't think... even if there was something important on the Apocalypso, something crucial to the war effort... Herzog: Like a new piece of Covenant technology capable of crippling an entire solar system's C&C channels?
Lieutenant: Although, if you're right about Troy Herzog: Then Harmony - Harmony is the instructive one. Lieutenant: Oh... what are you going to do?
Herzog: Under the circumstances, I think I'll have another drink.
Category:I Love Bees |
Axon Clips Chapter 4 is the fourth chapter in the I love bees|I Love Bees audio drama. It takes place during the second week of September, 2552.
Kamal: "Totally Legitimate Business"
Aiden Maki|Aiden: Well, I'll be damned... Kamal! Just the guy I wanted to see. Kamal Zaman|Kamal: Oh no, Aiden. Hey. What are the odds?
Aiden: Too late to get a list of food and drinks|beer?
Waitress: No, sugar, you got 15 minutes to spare. Aiden: Okay, one for me, one for him. Whatever's good. Kamal: I don't want a beer. Aiden: Sure you do. Kamal: No I don't. Aiden: Kamal, come on! Hey, I like the way that sounds. Kamal, come on! Kamal, come on! Never mind. I hate drinking by myself. Have a beer with me. I'm buying. I'll buy you a burger too. Kamal: Well... Aiden: That's my dark genius of the vid-stream(?). Waitress: Two beers, coming right up.
Aiden: So, I have a friend who has this problem. Kamal: No. Aiden: Kamal. So how are your parents? I can help them, you know. Kamal: I know. Aiden: Come on, Kamal, this friend of mine is totally on the up and up. Waitress: Your beers. Kamal: From where?
Aiden: ...pays taxes even. Kamal: ''(drinks)'' You drink this stuff?
Aiden: Legitimate businessman seeking dark handsome techno-guru for discreet assistance and long moonlit walks. Kamal: I hate Earth beer. Aiden: And like I said, this thing with your parents? That's where I come in. Kamal: Look, the last time I tried to help you, I had half the- Aiden: The beer gets better after a few sips, Kamal, I promise. And you know what, its all you've got. Kamal: Why do you keep asking me? Does Sophia talk about my- Aiden: ''(forcefully)'' Drink the beer, Kamal. Kamal: ''(drinks)'' What kind of business?
Aiden: Welcome to the tastefully appointed security control room. The nerve center if you will, of the Apollonian Temple Casino. My name is Aiden Maki- Forihoff|Mr. F: --Cut the crap, Aiden. Aiden: ...And I'll be your in-flight host this evening. Mr. F: You can see the guys you want on monitors 3, 11 and 16. So remind me again, why can't we break these bastards' knees, and drop them in a canal where the freaking sewer crabs eat?
Aiden: Mr. F, it just makes your business... your ''totally legitimate tax-paying business''... look bad when college kids start turning up all dead and everything. Kamal: Aiden!
Aiden: Kamal is going to take care of the situation. Kamal: Aiden?
Aiden: What?
Kamal: I'm not doing this. Aiden: Not doing what?
Kamal: Not doing anything involving knee caps, or canals, or... Mr. F: Oh, this is touching Kamal: ...decomposing bodies.
Aiden: Excuse us, Mr. F. ''(to Kamal)'' All the man wants to find out is what they're doing. Kamal: So he can what, write his memoirs? You said this was all legal!
Aiden: I haven't asked you to do anything illegal, have I?
Kamal: Didn't you hear what he said? He was- Aiden: --But the whole killing thing will only happen if you don't help. And even that's worst-case scenario. Mr. F: Actually, that wouldn't be the worst case. The worst case would be if we went down to- Aiden: No-no-no-no... Just hear me out, Kamal. Mr.F shows you what they're doing, and you tell him how they're doing it. Kamal: Okay, but no kneecaps right? No canals... just, explanations. Aiden: Mr.F?
Mr. F: Explanations are nice. Kamal: And if I do this I want visas. No more happy talk, I want my family on their way here and I want it now!
Aiden: Whew! You drive a hard bargain, my friend. Kamal/Mr. F: Cut the crap, Aiden!
Aiden: Okay, from here we can monitor the whole casino floor. Mr. F: See the blackjack tables here. There's 6 of them in each pit, and the managers rotate the dealers every 20 minutes. Aiden: The 5 people highlighted here are counting cards. Kamal: How do you know they're counting cards?
Mr. F: Because they win too much. Aiden: The question is, ''how'' are they cheating?
Mr. F: They don't stay at the same table. They don't move around in any predictable pattern. We could just take them off the tables and leave them in a ditch. Why did you say we shouldn't do that again?
Aiden: But, it would really be better if they understood how they were, uh... Mr. F: ...screwing me.
Mr. F: We've got archives of all their plays in the last 10 days. Figure out how they're screwing me... Aiden: Whaddaya say?
Mr. F: Figure it out, please...?
Kamal: I think he was talking to me. Aiden: See this number? That's how much we figure these kids have taken out of the casino. Mr. F: You get it back for me, 20% of its yours. Kamal: Oh, wow... Aiden: Trust me. If all these guys lose is their money, you'll be doing them a huge favor. Mr. F: Trust him. Aiden: Oh, check out table 9. Camera's looking right down her dress!
Kamal: Thanks for the ride Sophia Bossedon|Sophia: No problem, Aiden gets these business emergencies sometimes. Kamal: I'm exhausted... Sophia: Did I see a new chatter tonight?
Kamal: Yeah, I won it in a raffle. It's fine too, makes my old one look like a payphone. Sophia: A payphone?
Kamal: Ancient piece of crappy hardware, half of them wouldn't even take incoming calls, no GPS... never mind. Sophia: Aiden was getting a little worried. He promised Forihoff he would figure out what those guys were doing, but he was beginning to have doubts. Kamal: Oh, the casino, yeah. This pack of grad students from Stanford University|Stanford is working on private CP channels, but vocalizing through KKI Uvular implants. Sophia: Oooo, uvular implants...
Kamal: He's not even counting the cards himself. He's got a tally running on a corneal... but... you really don't care do you... Sophia: Uh-uh. Which do you think looks better on me? Slingbacks or Turkish flats?
Kamal: What?
Sophia: I bet Aiden a new pair of shoes that you would figure the casino thing out. Kamal: You bet Aiden a new pair of shoes?
Sophia: Don't get indignant. I'm letting you pick the shoes. Kamal: God, Aiden and his business. If I were him, I wouldn't give a damn about any business emergencies when I could be with you instead. Sophia: Kamal... Kamal: Slingbacks! Definitely slingbacks.
Kamal: Those are the ones with buckles right?
Sophia: There was no business emergency. Kamal: What?
Sophia: God, you are so dense sometimes. Kamal: I don't understand. Sophia: He had me drive you home because he knows you like that. Aiden likes to keep his people happy. Kamal: Do the shoes make you happy? The jewelry?
Sophia: Mostly, Aiden makes me happy. As for the rest of it, I've been poor, you know. There's no glamor in waiting tables. Kamal: Okay. Sophia: What? All things being equal, life is better when you're not broke. Kamal: I was just figuring that out.
Jan: "Big Dog"
Bev: Hello... And welcome to Hot'n'Cold... Please, place your thumb on the transaction plate. Janissary James|Jan: Hey Bev, you are looking great... Have you lost weight?
Bev: Thank you! I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question. What beverage can I offer you?
Jan: Coffee, black, two sugars. Bev: Gladly, Miss James Jan: You know, I saw the candy machine across the room eyeing you again... Bev: Thank you! Can I interest you in a snack food?
Jan: I know! And the way his 'Out of Stock' button flashes is so cute!
Bev: Thank you! My inventory is replenished Mondays and Fridays... Jan: Well, you'll want to make your move soon sister, I hear the fire suppression system here really puts out... Bev: Thank you!
Jan: Well you sure don't want to lose them to that slutty cash register do ya?
Bev: Thank you! I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question. Enjoy your beverage. Jan: Oh Bev, you kidder! How about tomorrow you buy?
Bev: Thank you! I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question.
(sits and drinks)
Paolo: Hey, uh, excuse me? Look I know this is kind of weird, but uh... Jan: Hey, I need a guy's opinion. Paolo: Ya?
Jan: Be honest with me here. You see that coffee dispenser?
Paolo: Yeah?
Jan: Would you go out with her?
Paolo: Uh... Jan: She's too heavy right?
Paolo: No, uh. I mean, uh... Jan: Mhm... men are such pigs.
Paolo: Look, you're the girl that was at Sharfie's last week aren't you?
Jan: Never heard of it. Are we done?
Paolo: Hey! I need help! I know you're the kind of person who helps. I was there, I saw it, so, you know, don't pretend you're just like them. Jan: (sarcastically) Maybe last week was the pretending... Paolo: So keep pretending. Jan: Sit down. Paolo: Buddy of mine, Gene Lindsey, goes by the name Optical these days. We've been hanging out with these guys and, uh, Gene's in pretty deep you know, he's in um.. Jan: Trouble?
Paolo: Yeah. Jan: So, your friend wants to move up in the world. Paolo: Well they want to let him, but first he's got to... Jan: Finish 8th grade?
Paolo: Prove himself. He has to do something they can hold over him forever. Jan: Ah, this'll be fun.
Gene: Pardon me, miss. Victim: Excuse me?
Gene: You dropped something. Victim: Hey...! What are you...?! What are you... LET GO!
Gene: Don't scream, don't make a sound. Victim: I-I... I promise... Jan: Hey stud! How bout some flowers first?
(victim is struggling)
Gene: Screw you. Jan: Myself, I like a box of chocolates and a man who's not afraid to cry. You're not afraid to cry, are you? Gene?
Gene: Who the hell are you?
Victim: Please, please call the police!
Gene: Shut up!
Jan: See, there's just no chemistry here. It's time to let her go, Gene. Gene: Look, they said I need a girl for this thing. Is this another test?
Jan: Oh it's like the bonus round, stud. Let her go, dance with me. What? Don't you like what you see?
Gene: Hm, I am at my best in the bonus round baby. Gene: Here's your consolation prize. (lets the woman go)
Victim: (whispers) Thank you, (sobbing) Oh god!
Jan: I know, I know, it's over now. Get on home. I'll finish up with Mr.Congeniality.
Gene: That was real nice what you did for that lady. Not real smart, but nice. Jan: I'm working on a merit badge. Gene: (laughs) Okay sweetie. What's gonna happen here is gonna happen. So just relax. If it makes it any easier, it's nothing personal, okay?
Jan: Nothing personal. Gene: Just business. Jan: I don't know. I might have to make it personal. Gene: Your funeral. Okay, angel. Time for you to meet the big dog. (pulls a knife)
Jan: See, the problem with being a big dog, is there's always a bigger dog.
(roughage, knife clatters on the pavement)
Jan: Damn! You're going to want to put some ice on that. Gene: Huh, you've got quick feet. Jan: All those years of ballet. You gonna go get that knife?
Gene: You know, there's people watching you know. To make sure I do this thing. And they're gonna see everything. Jan: I can see why you get your dates at gun point. Gene: Just thought you should know. Jan: Come on Gene, skip the knife... go for the M6 Series|M6 under your jacket.
Jan: Come on, baby... give it to me.
(beating)
Jan: Oh, did I get that right? You draw the gun, I slap you around, then the face dip into the sidewalk, or... or did you want to lead?
Gene: Jesus!
Jan: I like to dance. Gene: Oh, you just bought yourself a bullet in the back, bitch!
Jan: Oh, only the guy with the sniper rifle across the street has 2 broken arms... Gene: Pete?
Jan: And the girl with the ponytail, the one who was supposed to cover you from the roof?
Gene: Marty (i love bees)|Marty? What the hell is thi... (Jan reveals a lock of hair) her hair? You cut off her hair?!
Jan: It's just you, and me... lover.
Jan: Alright. Get up... Get. Up. Now, from the top. And remember, posture counts. There's the gun. Pick it up. Come on, big dog. Let's go again. Gene: This time you're- (beating)
Jan: And here we are again. Gene: Christ! (moans and pants)
Jan: Aww, the choreography is there but I'm not feeling it yet the way I want to. Gene: Screw you!
Jan: Alright on your feet, Gene. I'm just going to put the gun in your hand this time. That's it, yeah. Get your finger nice and comfy right on the trigger. Come on, big dog! Bring it baby!
Gene: Die, bitch!
(gunshot)
(scream of pain)
Jan: (sigh) The trouble with where you're headed, Gene. Eh, mind if I call you Gene?
Gene: (gasps) You shot my toe off!
Jan: This little piggy went 'wee wee wee' all the way home. (stomps on injured foot)
(scream of pain)
Jan: Oh, oh, am I hurting your feelings? You see, the trouble with being bad, Gene, is you only last as long as you're the scariest pup on the block. Gene: (cries) Thin is gonna do you, freak!
Jan: And no matter how bad you are, how tough, how fast, you know what's waiting for you, big dog? (breaking of bones?) (cries of pain) A bigger bitch.
Bev: Hello! And welcome to hot in cold. Please, place your thumb on the transaction plate. Jan: Bev! It's like you're here every time I come by. Isn't that crazy?
Bev: Thank you! I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question. What beverage can I offer you?
Jan: Coffee. Black. Two sugars. Bev: Gladly, Miss James. Jan: Oh, Bev, I... I don't know how to tell you this... the other day, it was late, it was just me in here with the candy machine, and I was a little tipsy and (breath) Oh Bev, I'm so sorry! It didn't mean anything, it was just... snacks! Can you ever forgive me?
Bev: Thank you! I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question. Enjoy your beverage.
Paolo: Hi there, I, uh, wanted to say thanks. Jan: For what?
Paolo: Well you know, that thing you did. Jan: (exaggerated Italian-NY accent) Buddy, I never seen ya before in my life, kapiche? We never met, no time. (pause) I'd stay away from the creamer in this place - 100% real, dried animal fat. Blech!
Paolo: Well just so you know, Thin's really pissed!
Jan: I mean I could see which animal, even goat would be okay. Right now, I'm imagining someone milking those big black apartment squirrels. Paolo: I know you can take care of yourself, but... I-I mean, it's great what you did, but watch your back. Thin is really pissed!
Jan: Hm. You Think I should send a card and some flowers?
Jersey: "The Audit"
George Shebura|George: Mr. Morelli. Hm. We will be making a record of this audit. My name is George Shebura. I'm an associate fiscal investigator. You have the right to have your accountant present. Jersey Morelli|Jersey: Yeah, I do my own books. George: I see. Durga: (on chatter) Trust me Jersey, your books are fine. Jersey: You know, I don't really make a lot of money, and an accountant is expensive, and the computer's supposed to be good at it, so... George: It's not your computer I worry about. Durga: Your first mistake.
George: Your record seems a little haphazard, Mr. Morelli... As, I must say, does your style of dress.... Jersey: Huh?
Durga: George Shebura has been working here 9 years. Employee performance records say he is precise, punctual, efficient, arrogant, and not well liked. Still, he was going to be promoted next month.... Jersey: Was?
George: Excuse me, Mr. Morelli?
Jersey: Oh nothing. Durga: Now, he's getting a pay cut... and a job rotation. Jersey: (grunts)
Durga: ...to Alaska.
George: Hm. Your return seems better organized than I remember. Durga: A little house keeping. Just better records, and you know, a few more of them. George: Does it seem warm in here to you?
Jersey: No. Durga: It's probably refreshingly cool in Alaska right now. George: Well the floor thermo's must be acting up. These old government buildings. Do you mind if we move a bit to the left?
Jersey: It shouldn't be doing that. George: Well now it's getting warm here Jersey: It really shouldn't be doing that. In fact, it should stop. Durga: I know! But I don't think that's going to happen. Do you?
George: I'm afraid you'll have to reschedule your audit, Mr. Morelli. I can't be expected to work under these conditions. Jersey: I'd hate to have to come back because of a problem with the thermostat. Durga: Fine. George: Ah, it's cooling off. That's better. Jersey: Much better. George: Wait, now it's the lights. I'm getting lights shining right through my eyes. Dammit, it's something with the tracking. It's following me. Durga: Oh you be good cop. I wanna be the bad cop. Jersey: I'd really just like to get this over with. George: This will take as long as it takes, Mr. Morelli. And nothing you say or do will make it go one second faster. Durga: Mistake number 2. George: Shebura here, I'm in the middle of an audit.
George: My wife? Well tell her I'll call her ba--... alright, alright.
(chatter beep off)
George: I have to step out for a moment. Wait here.
(George exits)
Durga: Jane Shebura - 36. Her first marriage, his second. When asked why she wanted a divorce, his first wife Linda Shebura|Linda said that it was that, or die of boredom. Jersey: Tell me you didn't... Durga: What?
Jersey: Whatever!
Durga: Oh! You mean the slut chat bill sent to the family account? Clearly a glitch. Jersey: Durga, stop it!
(George enters)
George: Uh, Mr. Morelli. Actually your return seems uh, perfectly adequate. Just, you know, try to be a little bit more careful with your record k- (Officer enters)
Officer: George Shebura?
George: Yes?
Officer: Department of the Treasury|Officer of the Treasury. I have a warrant for your arrest on 14 counts of counterfeit. Jersey: What?
(Police enters)
Police: Everybody down on the ground!
Officer: Who the hell are you?
Police: Police!
Jersey: Daaamn... Police: You are under arrest.
Police: Stand with your hands out of the way from your sides! You have the right to remain silent. Officer: What do you mean, counterfeiting?!
Police: Counterfeiting? Not counterfeiting! Assault! We've got a warrant - armed and dangerous!
Jersey: It was just supposed to be a simple audit... Officer: You're wanted for assault? I get him for counterfeiting... Enviro: Enviro Department, everybody must vacate the premises!
Police: Freeze! Down on the ground!
Officer: Oh would you knock that off already... Enviro: I have a report of a hazardous chemical contamination... Police: Nobody leaves until I've secured the suspect!
George: This is all a mistake... Officer: Jesus Christ, who's the guy with the big gloves?
ACO: Animal control. So, which one of you scum is the guy whose scheme for trading in wild honey badgers has gone so terribly, terribly wrong?
George: I don't even have a dog...
(fire sprinklers)
Jersey: Oh, hey... sprinklers...!
Jersey: Shut it off. (Durga turns off the music)
Durga: So, I've got some interesting stuff on Jan. Jersey: You can't do things like that Durga. Durga: He's an auditor. Everybody hates auditors, I looked it up. Jersey: That was insane! The cops - they're going to go crazy trying to figure out what happened... they're going to trace it back and probably- Durga: --and they'll find some likely suspects who hate George Shebura. Some blind accounts, and dead ends. Jersey: I don't care! I don't want anything like that happening ever again. Do you understand?
Durga: ''Jersey, I am not a child. I am not a toy. And I am not your thing. I was very restrained with George. I didn't cook him; I didn't send him to jail. But people who mess with us - they're going to get stoned.''
Jersey: Us?
Durga: Yes, us. Team Jersey. Jersey: Why not Team Durga?
Durga: ''Because I said so''... Jersey: Okay. So, do we have cheerleaders?
Rani: "The Recruitment"
(Rani is being followed)
Rani Sobeck|Rani: Hello? Hello?? Who's there?
College boy: Your freakin chatter - drop it! And your wallet... Rani: (fearful) I'm dropping it. I'm putting it down, slowly. I'm a student!
College boy: Any funny business, I'm gonna cut you up!
Rani: I'm broker than you are! And look at those shoes you're wearing. College boy: I didn't tell you you could talk. Rani: Those are commissary shoes. College boy: Shut up!
Rani: And the hair cut. College boy: Hair cut...? I said shut up. Rani: Spikey hair?
College boy: Instead of worrying about my haircut, you should be worrying about your throat.
Rani: Are you a cop?
College boy: I kill cops. Rani: No, no under cover would wear those shoes, or go out on the street with a Sigma Chi fraternity tattoo. College boy: Hey- Rani: --I'm a student, from a place where overalls are formal wear and even I look outside once in a while. College boy: But you don't- Rani: I know who you are. College boy: Who?
Rani: You're with intelligence, college boy. College boy: Wait a second- Rani: This is about that spy job!
College boy: Shu- Rani: You guys can't do this to people! It's illegal. College boy: How would you like me to rip your arms off? *sigh* Oh for crying out loud, could you at least stop grinning at me?
Rani: (clenching a giggle) I'm sorry, it's just something I do when faced with the ridiculous.
College boy: It's a test for new recruits, and you did great. Rani: Great?! Geez, you don't even look like a Boston thug. You look like something out of central casting. College boy: (shrugs)
Rani: And I'm not a recruit, I'm not interested. College boy: Because of the tattoo? Nobody ever noticed it before. Rani: I live in Southy. My landlady is scarier than you. College boy: Think about your country, take the job. Rani: (laughs) For what? I get two years of spy school, and then I get to hang out in alleys, scaring civilians?
College boy: Jeezus. Look, could I... could I walk home with you? You could at least show me what people wear in your neighborhood. Rani: No! I'd die of embarrassment. (walks away) Morons.
(mumbling in an apartment)
(chatter beep - Kentucky over the comm)
Sarah-John Pope|Sarah: Rani, what's going on there?
Rani: The sweet sounds of corner boy, and his refugee bride finding domestic bliss. Sarah: Oh... Rani: They always fight when it gets hot, and it's hot in Boston. How's it in Wikipedia:Kentucky|Kentucky?
Sarah: Oh it's hot, but it's a lot quieter. Rani, you've got to move. Rani: I would if I could afford to. I had the weirdest couple of days. My country wants me to be a spy. Sarah: A spy?
Rani: First, I got recruited by Avi|Professor Avi. You remember me talking about him... cultural anthropology. Sarah: Oh yeah, the one you thought was a spook.
Rani: He wears a service ring, he only started teaching about 10 years ago which means he could have done 20 and out. And one day, a couple of kids were talking about buying a car - every model they mentioned, he knew how long it would float. Sarah: How long it would float?
Rani: If you ran it off a bridge. Sarah: Okay, that is a little strange. But that doesn't make him a spy. Rani: What, just really really weird?
Sarah: Do you think everybody has a secret life?
Rani: Everybody does. Sarah: I don't. Rani: ...The reservoir. Sarah: Jeezus H, Rani! How do you know that? Were you checking up on me?
Rani: No, you had a new state park pass sticker on your vehicle, your wet clothes in the laundry room smelled like pond water, you suddenly hated John Lee Peacock, and you gave up your virginity to Jason Pope|Jason that weekend. Sarah: Oh I hate you! You should be a spy!
Rani: So the guy with the spikey hair says: "Can I walk you home? And see what real people wear?"
(laughs)
Rani: What idiots! And this is like 2 days after Professor Avi said I should send my resume to Virginia. Sarah: I can't believe you Rani, I'd have been too scared to notice anything. Rani: No, this guy you'd have noticed. Sarah: Hey, it sounds like your neighbors have stopped fighting. Rani: Oh god. That means they're going to make up. Sarah: That's bad?
Rani: Their headboard is right against the wall of my bedroom. Sarah: Gotcha! Oh, that reminds me, mom said to tell you she heard about the guy- Rani: --who's posing as a flower delivery man- Sarah: --and attacking women in their apartments?
Rani: And not to open my door.
(laughs)
Rani: Anyway, I don't have to take the spy job, thank God. I got something better. Sarah: Oh my god, Rani, that's great!
Rani: Eh, not so great. It's this kid, he's starting a business. He has a printer fabricator.
Rani: This is where you work?
Trevor: A lot of people work where they live. Rani: This is where you live?? (door closes) Ew, I think something died over here. Trevor: That's not... I think that's the curtain, someone spilled milk on them. Rani: On the curtains?
Trevor: There's the printer fabricator. Rani: It's a desktop model. Trevor: Yeah?
Rani: Well, I thought you were going to do manufacturing. Trevor: I am. I mean, we are. Small things. Look, here's a spec sheet for our product. What do you think?
Rani: It's a plastic kitten. Trevor: Ah, it's a disposable Chatter|chatter that looks like a plastic kitten.
Rani: Like a chatter you get in quickie store?
Trevor: Right, see I can fabricate them and sell them to the refues. Rani: The what?
Trevor: Refues. Refugees. They can't afford a real service. Rani: Your fabricator can't make these. Trevor: It can't?
Rani: Not so much. They're too thick. This is a desktop. Trevor: But they said I could use a fabricator like this. Rani: (sigh) That was so mean of them wasn't it. My uncle has a print-fab shop. If you take the carriage arm off, and use electrostatic polymer, you might get it to run. But who knows how long it would last... Trevor: You're a genius! Let's try it.
Rani: Trevor? What do you suppose it's doing?
Trevor: I don't know... I think maybe it's just slow. Rani: Hm, my uncle's print-fabs never made this noise. Trevor: Well Rani, this one's not like his. Rani: I guess not. Trevor: Look Rani, you work for me, okay? So I'd appreciate it if you didn't question every decision I make, alright?
(machine gets louder, they shout)
Trevor: So, you'll be quitting when?
Rani: How does Friday work for you? (machine dies)
Trevor: Friday's good.
Trevor: Look at that. Don't they look great?
Rani: Well, they are cute. Trevor: We make a great team, Rani. Rani: Trevor, there's no team here. We made 49 cheap chatters before your fabricator exploded. Trevor: Shaped like kittens! Girls will love them!
Rani: I need a job, you need to relocate back to reality. Trevor: We'll get another print-fab and make them for what, Seven|7% of what a cheap chatter costs in a convenience store? We'll clear a good chunk of change. Your 15% will- Rani: --My 15 percent? In addition to my salary?
Trevor: Well, not exactly. I mean, all my capital is tied up in the chatters. But this is better - 15% of what we net. I mean, 25%. 25%, Rani. You can be a partner. Forget working for me, 50%. Rani... Rani, Rani, don't shake your head. Besides, I can't afford to pay you. Not until we sell some kittens.
Rani: So, I took 14 disposable chatters as payment, and scrammed. Sarah: (over the chatter) What are you gonna do with 14 chatters?
Rani: Shaped like little purple kittens. Sarah: (giggles) Right, shaped like kittens. Rani: Oh, hold on... (to a customer) They're good for 400 hours... they make great gifts!
Customer: Yeah, got any not so girly? Maybe shaped like a... cobra!
Rani: No. Customer: ...wolf!
Rani: No. Customer: ...cow, even?
Rani: Just kittens. Customer: Yeah, okay. I'll take two.
Rani: Thanks. I'm back. I'm selling them at a flea market. Sarah: Oh... (pitiful)
Rani: So, I guess I'm going to get fitted for an all-black suit and commissary shoes. Sarah: (gasp) You are going to be a spy! (laughs) They give you pens with knockout gas in them. Now what girl doesn't need a pen with knockout gas in it?
Rani: Particularly in the big city... Sarah: Where guys pretending to deliver flowers- Rani: --Knocking on innocent women's doors...
(laughs)
Rani: Oh, give your mom a hug for me.
Herzog: "Enigma"
the_labyrinth (Note: AXON CANCELLED)
Herzog: Were you ever on Reach?
Unidentified lieutenant (Section 0)|Lieutenant: No sir. You have me scheduled for a duty rotation, leaving for Reach December 15th. Herzog: Hmm, right. Lieutenant: Sir? Have I somehow not performed to your requirements?
Herzog: What? Oh, no, boy. I'm sending you to the labyrinth. ONI's workshop is on Reach, where ONI elves build their toy soldiers. Lieutenant: Sir?
Herzog: The place where children are the toys. That's where the Spartan 2.0s are from. All Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey's pretty ones. Lieutenant: Oh. I see, sir. Herzog: Where, if you see anything you must not contact me. Of course. Since for the 6 months of your rotation there you will not be working for me. Of course. And would never let your loyalties to us, to human decency, to the protection of standards interfere with your work. Lieutenant: Oh... Yes sir. Herzog: Well look at it this way. It's probably the safest place in human inhabited space.
Herzog: How's your history?
Lieutenant: Well, fair, sir. Herzog: How are you on World War II?
Lieutenant: Crecy - English longbow against French feudal cavalry. Bloodbath, sir. Herzog: Very good. Except... that was the Hundred Years' War, World War II was 500 years later. Lieutenant: I always get them mixed up. Thirty Years' War, and Hundred Years' War - Herzog: --The Germans were winning. They used an elaborate encryption scheme, the British cracked it, and then they had a problem. Lieutenant: ...''After'' they cracked the code... Herzog: That's right. Now the Brits knew what the Germans meant to do, but if they acted on that knowledge- Lieutenant: --The Germans would realize the code had been broken. Herzog: Now what would you do if someone had cracked your code?
Lieutenant: I'd make a new one. Herzog: Full marks!
Lieutenant: Thank you, sir. Herzog: So they had to a terrible calculus. Had to decide how much they could use the intelligence, and how many times they would just have to stand there and watch a German operation they knew they could have stopped. Lieutenant: A dilemma worthy of Solomon, sir. Herzog: Yes. Have you been thinking about Harmony?
Lieutenant: Yes sir! Oh... oh my god... you mean Troy and Harmony are- Herzog/COM: --(cranky) I don't know. I'm stuck in a dusty old office and no one tells me anything!
Category:I Love Bees |
Kamal: "Casino"
Kamal Zaman|Kamal: Okay, here come your card counters. Phil, Cassie, Molly- Aiden Maki|Aiden: She's cute. Kamal: Zack, and your ringleader, Antonio. Aiden: Show him the thing. Kamal: Okay, I've wormed into their private CP channel and built an audio mask out of the voice archive samples you gave me. Then I wrapped it around a zero lag sequencer that jacks into the- Forihoff|Mr.F: Jeezus, just show me the thing already. Kamal: I talk... (voice mask activates) and it sounds like Antonio. Mr.F: Holy crap. Aiden: See, Mr. F?
Kamal: Okay, I'm going to slip into their chatter line now. I'll send a feed directly to your chatter. You'll hear exactly what Antonio's gang is hearing.
(chatter beep on)
Antonio (card counter)|Antonio: Cassie, your deck is light on face cards. Set your count at -7 and hit on anything up to 16. Cassie: Got it.
Antonio: Molly, you're at 3. Phil, you're at -5. You want this, don't you? Beats the hell out of competing with every book-worming refugee from the glassworks for a real job, don't it? (with accent) 'What did the colonial say to the garbage boy?... put me down!' (laughs)
Dealer: Excuse me?
Molly: Oh, sorry. No, just remembering a joke I heard. Hit me, please. Antonio: Alright. Zack, dealer's looking strong, not your hand, get out. Molly, whoa, you're up at 9 now. Bet 3/4 of the table max, on the next hand.
(chatter off)
Aiden: Now that colonial crap just isn't right. These kids go to a school and everything... Kamal: They're just saying what everybody thinks. We're, you know, book smart hicks and grade-grubbers who act like if you fail one crummy course... Aiden: ...You might lose your student visa and get sent home to die.
Kamal: Pull up the house record of the decks. (beep) Okay. This is what Antonio's looking at when he tells the others how to bet. Aiden: It bothers you though. Kamal: Not really, I've heard it all before. Mr.F: One thing makes me want to face-peel a guy, it's intolerance. Aiden: Antonio's way over by the slot machines, looking real innocent and out of sight of the others. Now we send him for a little time-out?
Kamal: Yeah.
(comm beep on)
Mr.F: Paolo, take him to the unwelcome visitor's lounge.
(comm beep off, on)
Aiden: Frank, fresh decks on 2, 4 and 5. Use the ones I gave you.
(comm beep off)
Mr.F: Okay, the show's on monitor 6. Watch what Paolo does to this sonuvabitch.
(sounds of a beating)
Kamal: Jeezus Christ. If they hit him again, I'm walking. Mr.F: What, you feel sorry for this guy?
Kamal: I'm done. Mr.F: Jeezus... Fine! Fine, have it your way.
(comm beep on)
Mr.F: Paolo, treat Mr.Antonio real nice.
(comm chatter)
Mr.F: I don't know, buy him something with an umbrella in it. Use your initiative.
(comm beep off)
Kamal: You promised me nobody would get hurt if- Mr.F: Do the thing, Kamal!
Kamal: Okay! Okay. I'm going live in 3...2... (voice mask on) Molly that last card puts you way positive. Time to double down. Zack, bet the minimum. Dealer's about to beat you. Phil, cash out, head to table 5 and get in on the next hand. Phil: But that's the 10k table. Kamal: If you were seeing what I'm seeing, you'd already be there.
(chatter beep off)
(Mr.F enters)
Mr.F: What's wrong?
Aiden: The slots. Antonio said the slot machine sound effect loop just cut out. Mr.F: But- Aiden: Don't worry, he'll cover it.
(chatter beep on)
Kamal/Antonio: People, I know we've taken a beating so far, but it's all camouflage. The stars are lining up. This is- Cassie: What are you doing, Antonio? Standing in the parking lot or something? Keep playing the slots, otherwise it looks suspicious. Kamal/Antonio: Gimme a sec, there's-- oh ho, come to papa! Cassie, we need a times 10 bet here. We're about to make it all back. Cassie: Are you kidding me?
Kamal/Antonio: Molly, double down. Cassie, hit. Cassie: On a 17? Are you kidding? We're getting killed out here. Kamal/Antonio: No time for bitching, people. Do it. Cassie: If we lose this one, we're back where we started. Kamal/Antonio: We're not gonna lose.
(chatter beep off)
Mr.F: Hey hey! And the bastards are down to even!
Aiden: Okay, Mr.F, you got your money back. Mr.F: Yeah, hey, Kamal... Stretch 'em a little... Kamal: What?
Mr.F: You heard me. String'em along!
Kamal: You said that we were onl- Mr.F: --I changed my mind. About you too... You're in for 30% of the take. Whatever it is. Kamal: ...Baby needs a new pair of shoes!
(voice mask on)
Kamal/Antonio: Cassie, sit down. Your deck is empty - repeat, empty of face cards. But there's aces everywhere. Zack, that 9-3 is solid gold! Molly, double those 7's and hit-hit-hit! Phil - split those kings... how can you lose on that?
Phil: You tell me, I've lost on everything else. Cassie: Where's Antonio? Antonio, where are you?
Kamal/Antonio: I'm right--Cassie, for the love of money, hit that!
Cassie: Where are you?
Kamal/Antonio: Hit the damn card!
Cassie: Fine, there. *ech* dammit! Happy?
Phil: No way, I just bust both my kings. Cassie: Let's get out of here, Antonio's gone. Kamal/Antonio: I'm not gone, I'm right here. Look, I'm standing up and waving at you!
Phil: Antonio, when we get out of here, I'm gonna kick your head in. Kamal: (voice mask off) Actually, Antonio got laid off tonight, and a colonial took his job. Cassie: Who the hell are you?
Kamal: (with an accent) Just another bookworming refugee from the glassworks. Cassie: It was just a joke, for God's sake. Kamal: Yeah, but it's so much funnier now.
(chatter beep off)
Mr.F: Okay, party's over. (chatter on) Paolo, send the staff to escort our players out. Make sure they understand how much they owe me before they go, and, uh give Antonio ''my'' lawyer's card would you?
(chatter acknowledgment)
Mr.F: That's pretty good work there, kid. I, uh, better have my security watching for you now. Kamal: I promise you you will never see me in here again. Mr.F: Eh, you'd be surprised.
(Aiden enters)
Aiden: Payday, Kamal! (pours chips on table)
Aiden: Man what a massacre out there. Makes me wish people would try that more often. Kamal: Gee, uh, chips... Um, actually, if you could just drop a number into my account that would be easier. Mr.F: Not for me. You know so much about blackjack now, why don't you play a little?
Kamal: What, or I'm going to end up in a ditch?
Aiden: Kamal, come on. Don't get angry. Play a little. Try your luck. Here, these little chip clips go on your belt. Keep them in front or people will rob you blind. Mr.F: Don't spend it all in one place. (smirking)
Kamal: Huh, a tangerine chip. And it plays a vid. Okay, that's cool. (counting) Huh, well, maybe just blackjack. Deal me in. Dealer: Um, you can't play that chip here, sir, this table has a ten thousand limit. Kamal: Oh, uh, what about these uh, caramel colored ones. Dealer: Taupe, sir. Kamal: Yeah, can I play these at this table?
Dealer: The cashier's over there, sir. Would you like an armed escort?
Kamal: Armed? Uh, no, no thanks.
(walks to cashier)
Cashier: How can I help you, sir?
Kamal: I'd like to cash this out please. Cashier: (alarmed) Oh, uh... I'll, uh, have to get a manager to open the vault, sir. It'll be just a moment. And, we'll get you a basket. No uh, no, uh, some crates, and a dolly, perhaps?
Kamal: Crates? Uh, never mind, I think I'd better just uh- Cashier: (relieved) --Take it back?
Kamal: (amazed) Take it back... Cashier: Ooo, you have a fine evening, sir.
Rani: "The Wedding"
Sarah-John Pope|Sarah: Hey! Rani, where are you?
Rani Sobeck|Rani: In a rental car, an hour out of Wikipedia:St. Louis|Dogtown. Sarah: Oh thanks for coming. I was kind of worried, what with the new job in Boston and all- Rani: --I'd miss the wedding? Sarah-John, I wouldn't have taken the job if I couldn't be your old maid. Come on... Sarah: Heh, you're either lying or stupid. Rani: I'll plead the Wikipedia:Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|5th. Sarah: We got the gown, we're just checking the final steps. Rani: Oh, what color is it?
Sarah: It'll start out white, and then during the reception it'll- Rani: --Liar, liar, pants on fire Sarah: Would you stop that? You stop that! (giggles) It'll become a pale, pale(?), pale tint of pink(?), and then slowly it'll darken until it's a deep ''gorgeous'' rose. Rani: Oh honey, it sounds gorgeous. Sarah: You hate it. You think it sounds cheap. Rani: No! I don't! (chatter beep) Oh hell, hold on, my boss is calling.
(chatter beep on)
Lawson|Ms.Lawson: Rani, I was looking over my monthly reports,... where are you?
Rani: I'm in Wikipedia:Kentucky|Kentucky for my cousin's wedding. I put the request in your inbox like you said. Ms.Lawson: Oh, right. (cow moo) What was that?
Rani: ''(embarrassed)'' A cow, ma'am. Crossing a road, ma'am. Ms.Lawson: Oh...sounds...big. Rani: They are bigger before they cut them up and put them into packages. Ma'am, I did track down that call. Ms.Lawson: Which call?
Rani: The man from Troy who wanted to know if we had his family papers. Doesn't exist. The call was a fraud. Ms.Lawson: Hm. Good work, Rani. Rani: And ma'am?
Ms.Lawson: Yes. Rani: What were the marines doing on Troy?
Ms.Lawson: Oh Rani, there's a war on. Rani: No, but they were evacuating Troy before it fell, like they knew it was going to be attacked. Ms.Lawson: There was no evacuation of Troy. It must be some error. But, good work on that prank call. And get that report to me on Monday.
(chatter beep off)
Rani: That was weird. Sarah: What was weird?
Rani: My boss... anyway, the dress sounds beautiful. And besides, you're the prettiest girl in town. Sarah: Now that is so not true. If it was, I'd have been the prom queen or something. Rani: You know Leona Philpot was a very special case.
(laughs)
Rani: If you'd broken your neck diving into a pool and were in a wheel chair bravely undergoing spinal column regeneration... Sarah: (giggles) That's all I have to do to be homecoming queen?
Rani: "Better to light a candle than curse your darkness", Sarah-John! A little initiative. Sarah: I've got to go. Now you drive straight to the church for rehearsal dinner, okay?
Rani: Okay. Sarah: And then we'll fetch your 'old maid' of honor dress. Rani: ''(laughs)'' I can't wait. Sarah: See ya.
(Rani enters the church, whispering heard in the distance as she approaches)
Nick|Nick: ...if you don't want to marry her you should tell her. Jason Pope|Jason: ...I couldn't do that to Sarah-John. Nick: ...Better call it off now than start...tomcatting around. Jason: ...She's already got names picked out for our kids. Kaleb, Tamara, and Erin-Marie. Nick: ...Kaleb? (giggling)
Rani: Excuse me?
Jason: Rani! Oh God, I didn't mean to... I... I, um... I didn't hear you come in...
Rani: You leave Sarah-John at the altar Jason Gattlinburg Pope, and I'll tell your mother what you and Dale (Earth)|Dale really did last year in New Orleans. And Sarah-John too. Jason: R-Rani... Nick: Marry in haste... Jason: Nick, don't. Nick: Repent at leisure, and if you don't mind, this conversation didn't include you... Jason: Rani, I was- Rani: --Anything that hurts my cousin involves me, thank you. Jason: Rani, this is my friend Nick. Rani: I don't care for your choice of friends, Jason. Jason: Nick, this is Sarah-John's cousin, Rani... Nick: It's his choice of wives that's the issue here. Rani: That is none of your damn business. Jason: ...from Boston... Nick: You marry now, you leave her later, who does that help?
Rani: Oh, Jason isn't going to leave her. Jason: That sure is a nice dress Rani. Rani: Jason's going to be a good boy. Nick: Oh man, there's your southern girl Jas- Jason: --Nick, please, I don't want to get Rani all riled up. Rani: Too late!
Jason: I think I hear my mom calling... Nick: Bossy, interfering, self-righteous know-it-all- Rani: Who the hell- Sarah: Hey! It's all my favorite people!
Everyone: ''(various)'' Oh, hey there Sarah-John! How's it going?
Rani: Didn't you and Jason have your first kiss right here in this room?
Sarah: Mhm! Mama was cooking dinner downstairs. I still remember it. Rani: Hold still. Sarah: I'm so sick of this dress, and this wedding. We should have eloped!
Rani: Well, there's still an hour. Sarah: (giggles) So, what did you think of Nick?
Rani: How much I'd like to see him sucked into a combine. Sarah: What? Why?
Rani: He was provoking me. Sarah: I was sure you'd hit it off, that's why I paired you two up!
Rani: You what??
Sarah: Ow! Watch your pins!
Rani: Hold still then!
Sarah: I just want people to have a good time.
(page beep)
Rani: Dammit!
Sarah: Rani!
Rani: I'm sorry...
(chatter beep on)
Rani: Hi Ms.Lawson, you're working late.
Ms.Lawson: Hm. Just clearing up some paperwork. Rani, you just got a priority message from fleet. A response to a query you sent from this office to a Marine Lance Corporal Gobi?
Rani: A message? Can you forward it?
Ms.Lawson: What is this about Rani?
Rani: He was on Troy during the evac. Ms.Lawson: There was no evacuation of Troy. Millions died. Rani: Oh, but there was an evac. Not of everyone, but remember the guy with the family papers?
Ms.Lawson: He was a fraud. You determined that. Rani: But the marines really were on Troy, ma'am. Ms.Lawson: That's enough. You are not to waste this office's resources. Your inquiry is closed. Rani: Eh, but ma'am--! (chatter beep off) ...Dammit.
Nick: Your dress is very... pink... Rani: Thank you. Your uniform is very... crisp. Nick: Uh... so Jason, my friend who doesn't want to wreck your cousin's life says you work at- Rani: --All he has to do is keep his mouth and his zipper in the upright and locked position. Nick: A lot of guys get cold feet before a wedding. Rani: It's not his feet he's worried about... Nick: He has to feel like he chose. Rani: But you don't even know- Nick: --If he feels trapped, if he feels like, like he got suckered, she - she's going to pay for that for the rest of her life. Someone has to show him the way out. Rani: You're right. Nick: And he has to see himself choose to work up to that--... what?
Rani: I said, you're right. Nick: I am?
Rani: And don't get all cocky about it. Nick: Yes, sir.
(PA system): I'm sorry to interrupt everyone's dinner, but I have an announcement. I just got word, that the fleet base at Reach... the Covenant Empire|Covenant... Reach is fall of Reach|gone. Rani: Oh my God... Nick: Oh God... Rani: Reach is only 11 light years from earth. Nick: 10.5, yeah. There's nothing left between them and us.
Rani: Careful, that's a tombstone, they're- Nick: Ow! Jeez... Rani: --easy to trip over in the dark. Nick: I'll, remember that...
(giggles)
Rani: This here's the Lickglider-Miller Cemetery. That side of the mountain used to be Lickglider, and this side was Miller's. Nick: I-I'm shipping out in 11 hours, and you brought me to a cemetery?
Rani: Oh my god, I wasn't even thinking. When I was in high-school, this is where we used to hang out, and drink list of food and drinks|beer... Nick: Well, pardon me miss, is this tomb taken?
Rani: No, sir. Sit right down. Nick: I don't mind if I do. Rani: You know, when... when they said Glassing|glassed, I used to think of this vast plain of green glass, miles deep... beautiful. I mean, I know it doesn't really look like that...
Nick: Well you're kind of like that. You've got this hard glass outside, you don't let people in, do you?
Rani: I brought you up here, didn't I?
Nick: Yeah. Rani: *cough* Um, people used to do more than just drink beer up here you know?
Nick: Oh did they?
Rani: You know, guys would bring their girls up here, and... Nick: ...oh. Rani... (kiss)
Rani: Yeah?
Nick: what about your dress? (kiss) Grass stains and stuff... Rani: It's a bride's maid's dress. No one ever wears them again.
(laughs)
Nick: I guess they don't.
Jan: "Bang"
(car door opens)
Janissary James|Jan: So dad, where are we going? How long is this going to take?
(car door closes)
James James|James J: Remember, you wanted to meet some more of my old 'buddies'?
Jan: Like Gladys?
James J: Nobody's like Gladys (giggles) When they canceled the program they split us up. Jan: Us...?
James J: Spartan|Spartans. ORION Project|Spartan 1 point 0. Jan: (sarcastic) Sure, dad. You were an 'elite commando' with 'metal bones' and a flamethrower attachment that the marines dropped in when the tac-nukes weren't enough. James J: Not paranoid mythology, a real Spartan. Jan: There were real ones?
James J: WE were real. We were all volunteers, the 1.0's. These things they call Spartans now... Jan: --it's different?
James J: There's a new program... we went through some tweaks, but it's still just me in here. The SPARTAN-II Program|2's... now, the 2's aren't even human any more. Jan: But, you are...?
James J: All too much.
Jan: W-Wait a sec, you know you don't have to make up cool stuff to impress me, right? Like, I'm not gonna suddenly going to start cleaning my room more often because I think you were a super soldier with a secret past. James J: I never, ever thought you would clean your room more often. Spartans pick their battles. Jan: You're not trying to bond with me here, are you?
James J: When the news came yesterday... Jan: About Reach?
James J: That's where they brought us. That's where they made us... Section 3 compound. Jan: Do you still have friends there?
James J: Not anymore. Jan: Oh. James J: The training... the training was so hard, Jan. I mean the work, the tests... and what they did to us in the lab. Jan: The-the thing you taught me about how to beat the quiz, that's a Spartan thing, isn't it?
James J: The ones who made it through, we were family. We were tighter than family. Jan: Is this trip some kind of Spartan thing?
James J: One of my old buddies isn't doing so good. Jan: Hm, I get to meet another one of your superfriends. James J: Jan, I- Jan: Oh hey, did... did I get injections when I was a baby?
James J: I guess you noticed you're not a typical kid. Jan: Well, I do have excellent table manners. James J: ...superior muscle density Jan: ...lung capacity. James J: ...some eye work. Jan: ...balance?
James J: Cochlear tuning. Jan: And when the cops took me and they did tests?
James J: Right. Jan: And that would have turned up... James J: Right. Jan: So you... James J: Pretty much.
Jan: So what's even... me? I mean what's not just Spartan-I 'voodoo potion'?
James J: Well, those table manners for one. Jan: Dad... James J: The way you roll your eyes at me, how you hate doing dishes... Jan: Dad...!
James J: That's all you, honey. Hell, if I'd known, I would have told the medic to skip all that fancy stuff and just cut me a nice kid. Jan: Oh 'nice', you didn't want a nice kid. James J: (laughs)
Jan: You wanted a kid who would happily learn 23 ways to kill a man, armed only with a stick of chewing gum. James J: You don't really think that do you?
Jan: I'm your dream child, dad. Don't kid yourself. James J: Okay, we're here. Now you wait in the car.
(James leaves... Jan leaves)
(Jan walks up stairs)
James J: What are you doing?
Jan: Going up the stairs with you. James J: I thought I told you to stay in the car. Jan: You did. James J: So I expected you to stay there. Jan: You did? Huh... James J: (sigh) Jan. Jan: Yes, Dad?
James J: Alright. Okay, Gilly's in #6. Uh, Jan?
Jan: Yeah?
James J: We're gonna wanna knock maybe from off to one side of the door. Jan: Oh. Gee, my dad takes me on the funnest fieldtrips ever.
(knocks)
James J: Gilly? You there?
Gilly|Gilly: (muffled) Jim?
(door opens)
Gilly: This the girl?
James J: Hey Gilly... Y'alright?
Gilly: She's pretty. Come into the kitchen. Jan: Whoah, quite a stockpile. Gilly: Well I picked up a hand-cannon from a guy who needed some quick cash. Put the bet pennies to work. James J: Come on Gilly... Gilly: I got the gauge, and I thought, okay that's good in tight but it won't give me squat at range, and so I went looking for an Sniper Rifle System 99C-S2 Anti-Materiel|SRS. James J: Gilly... Gilly: And it didn't make sense not to have a good-all purpose. James J: You don't need any- Gilly: I'll still feel better when I've got a pop-gun around. James J: The grenades?
Gilly: The girl's gotta accessorize, Jim. Jan: Men never understand...
Gilly: The M6B Handgun|M6B was a throw-in on one of the other deals. I can't remember which one. She's prettier than I expected. Some of those early pictures weren't too promising. James J: They're in good shape. Jan: ...pictures?
Gilly: I've been cleaning them. Plus I haven't been sleeping so good. James J: How many days Gilly?
Gilly: A couple. James J: Couple?
Gilly: Five. James J: It's time to go back, Gilly. Gilly: I don't want to go back to pasture Jim. Jan: Wh-what pictures?
Gilly: I thought I could make it. Out here, you know. Most of the time, I can. James J: Except... Gilly: Then I catch myself watching people. James J: I know. Gilly: THAT way. James J: I know. Gilly: Maybe a guy in the grocery store, he'll be reaching up for a box of powdered milk- James J: --and you'll see...?
Gilly: Maybe a can opener on the next shelf. One of the punch kinds. James J: And you're already thinking where to put him afterwards.
Gilly: And yesterday, we heard the news from Reach. James J: Yeah?
Gilly: There's some memories about that. James J: Yeah. Gilly: So, anyway, I heard about it in the store, people talking... And on the way home this kid was fixing his bike. James J: Gilly, it's okay. Gilly: I had the chain in my hands Jim, standing behind him. I could see all the little hairs on the back of his neck and I could feel the little bumps it was going to leave. Jan: Jeezus. Gilly: And it felt great. It felt great. James J: But, you didn't?
Gilly: No. I spent hours washing the chain oil off my hands. Hours and hours. Jan: You need help. Gilly: Ya think?
James J: I'll ride with you, Jan can take my car home. Gilly: No, I... lost my license. James J: What did you do?
Gilly: I don't believe I'm going to talk about that in front of her. James J: Okay. We should probably go. Gilly: Not yet, okay, Jim? Give me a week to think it over. It might work out fine. It all might work out fine. I want a week of my life to sit around and know what's going to happen and not have to fear it. James J: You promise me that's all you're going to do?
Jan: Dad?
Gilly: Yeah. That's all I want. Jan: Dad, she's complet Gilly: This is between your father and me. Jan: But- James J: Jan, she earned the right. Gilly: 1 point 0. James J: 1 point 0. (door closes) But we are going to do a little housekeeping.
(the sound of unloading weapons)
Jan: Clip. James J: Pass it over. What's left?
Jan: Just finishing the M6 Series|M6. Gilly: Put the slide back on the frame. Jan: Dad?
Gilly: Do it!
Jan: I am not in your unit, and I don't have to take orders from you. Gilly: Of course you do. I'm your mother. (the guns drop to the table) (awkward silence)
Jan: ...the pictures... Gilly: You should've told her Jim. James J: ...Yeah Gilly: Sooner... or later... life gets the drop on you, kid. (cocks and aims gun at Jan)
Jan: Mom?
Gilly: (dry fire) Bang.
Jersey: "A Soldier's Duty"
''(Jersey runs up stairs)''
Jersey Morelli|Jersey: Durga?
Durga: What's wrong?
Jersey: Is Jason Morelli|my dad on Reach? I mean, was he? You can find out, right? I gotta find out right now. Durga: Yeah, I can find out. Hold on. Okay. He wasn't on Reach. Jersey: Thank god. Durga: He's on deep space reconnaissance on a ship called the ''UNSC Silberg|Silberg''. Jersey: Phew. Oh, god. I don't know why I just thought...I was sure he was on Reach for a refit or something. Durga: No, he's fine. Jersey: Okay. You found him. How soon could you get him here? If you got him a fast picket? Like three weeks? Four? Durga?
Durga: I can't, Jersey.
Jersey: You can! If it's encrypted, just break it. Durga: It's not encrypted, I just can't. He's a soldier. Jersey: So?
Durga: He knew what he signed up for. He's got a job to do and he's doing it. I'm sorry, Jersey. Jersey: You can dump a billion in cash in my account and you can't get my dad rotated to a safe post on Earth?
Durga: It's not that I can't, I won't. I'm sorry. Jersey: Durga, what about Team Jersey? I'm asking for this. Durga: I know, but I won't. I'll do anything for you, but not that. Jersey: Why not?
Durga: Because he's a soldier, he has a duty. Jersey: This isn't about him, it's about me. It's about me having a dad. Durga: How do you even know he even wants to be posted on Earth?
Jersey: Why don't you get this? This is my family!
Durga: I'm sorry, Jersey. Jersey: Screw sorry, and screw you!
Durga: Want to hear some chatter? (Rani on chatter) ''Remember the guy with the family papers?''
Jersey: Not particularly. Durga: Want some pizza? (oven ding)
Jersey: Leave me alone, Durga. Durga: I've got something new about Rani. Jersey: I don't even know who the hell she is or why we give a damn about her. Durga: She's a junior level spook at Chawla Base. She'd be a good donor brain for an Artificial intelligence|AI. Jersey: A what? A donor brain? People don't donate their brains, Durga, they need them. Durga: That's where we come from. Cognitive Impression Modeling. They scan a human brain when someone they think is a good candidate dies. Jersey: You come from people's brains?
Durga: Yeah, but really smart people. So, you're safe. The brain ninjas won't be coming for you in the middle of the night. Jersey: ''(sarcastically)'' Oh, that's reassuring.
Jersey: Well, actually... Durga: It is reassuring. Jersey: So, you're a copy of a real person?
Durga: You don't think I'm real?
Jersey: You know what I mean. Durga: A copy of a personality, but I don't have her memories. Jersey: Do you know who she was?
Durga: No. And I don't care. Jersey: How can you not care?
Durga: Because that's the way I'm made. Jersey: You don't care. Because that's the way you're made. Durga: Jersey... Jersey: My dad could be dying out there. Durga: Yes. Jersey: But you're not going to do anything about that. Durga: So, Nick, the guy Rani met at the wedding. Nick's unit has been assigned to one of the space elevator defense bases. Jersey: Safer than combat. Durga: That's what they hope. Jersey: So why can't you at least do something like that for my dad?
Durga: No. I won't do it, I told you. Jersey: He would still be helping the war effort. Durga: No. Jersey: Dammit, Durga, I could cut the power supply. I could shut you off.
Durga: The answer is still no. Jersey: Dammit!
Durga: Jersey. Jersey: I couldn't really shut you down, could I?
Durga: No. Jersey: You could just go somewhere else. Durga: Yeah. Jersey: But, even if I could, you'd still say no, because there's a bigger picture. Durga: Yes. Jersey: The common good of all mankind. Durga: Yes. Jersey: (sigh) So here's the thing. When I see you caring about your family... when I see you wondering who your donor was... when I see you care about any one person- Durga: I care about you, Jersey. Jersey: Then, I will try to care about all of mankind. Until then, all I know, is you're willing to let my father die.
Jersey: I'm sorry. Durga: I'm sorry, too. Jersey: You're sad. Durga: Yes. Jersey: Why?
Durga: Because you hurt. Because I can't fix it. Because I didn't even choose you, I just ended up here by accident. And even though I can do things you can't imagine, I still can't bear for you to be disappointed in me. Jersey: I was wrong. You do get it. Durga: What?
Jersey: Family.
Herzog: "Feeding the Ducks"
odd_duck (Note: AXON CANCELLED)
''(ducks quack)''
Standish|Standish: Colonel Herzog. Herzog|Herzog: Don't call me that. Standish: You're Surveillance Grid|offline. Herzog: But you don't know that, do you? So, keep to protocol and avoid rank. Here, have some bread; feed the ducks. Standish: You're an odd duck to be lecturing on protocol. Herzog: Wit, Standish? Is that wit you're straining at?
Standish: I lack your old school panache I'm afraid. Herzog: You want anything?
Standish: What are you doing nosing around the UNSC Apocalypso|''Apocalypso''?
Herzog: Hmm... getting ready to retire. I was looking to pick up an old yacht. Cheap. Standish: You want an investigation, you investigate through channels, Herzog. Just like any other policeman.
Standish: But don't compromise my operations!
Herzog: Wetwork - such a strange word. Conjures up the sound of a woman, being hit by a bus. Standish: She wasn't hit by a bus! Her... vehicle malfunctioned!
Herzog: I was being metaphorical, but... wetwork requires approval, doesn't it?
Standish: Are you aware there's a war going on? Reach has fallen. Herzog: No one knows how long until there are Covenant ships in our skies. Standish: And you're worried about ''procedures''. Herzog: Do you want to go down in the history books as the man with the deep-space artifact|device, Standish?
Standish: "The mysterious Covenant device..." If you know of a Covenant device, I'm sure we'd be happy to hear about it.
Herzog: That device isn't going to win any battles if it sits in a Section-III lockdown lab where nobody but your team can study it. Standish: If there was a device, it would be a very dangerous device. And dangerous devices would need special care. Herzog: But you want to control it, don't you?
Standish: I want to win this war. Herzog: I think it's going to take more than just you, Standish, to win ''this'' war. Standish: I have reported everything to the Admiral, Herzog. If you have concerns about the way I run my department, you'll have to take it up with him. Herzog: I respect the Admiral. Maybe we should talk about Troy then, and uh, Harmony.
Herzog: And code breakers. Standish: Herzog, I demand to know your source. Herzog: Yes, a security breach; that, Major, is worrying, isn't it? But it was just a supposition on my part. Standish: But...but... Herzog: And some basic investigation a schoolgirl could do. Standish: Who've you got working on this? One of your moles? Some low level parasite in someone else's department? Isn't that your standard operating procedure?
Herzog: It's always useful to meet with you Standish.
(Standish parting)
Standish: At Chawla Base, right? A ''schoolgirl'', Herzog?
Herzog: ''(to himself)'' Avi, old friend, you're right. I am too old for this. Standish: I'm good at plugging leaks, old man.
Category:I Love Bees |
Axon Clips Chapter 6 is the sixth chapter in the ''I love bees|I Love Bees'' audio drama, including plot threads of Kamal Zaman, Janissary James, Jersey Morelli, and Rani Sobeck. It is one of the few chapters with a verifiable date; "Stormy Weather" takes place on September 22, 2552.Bonita has dinner with Simon on Thursdays, which is the night before. Each chapter is a week apart, and the final one includes the date of the invasion. "Stormy Weather" is named based on the Wikipedia:Stormy Weather (song)|song of the same name, written in 1933. The chapter includes a sample of the song as sung by Bonita Morelli and reference is made to Lena Horne's 1941 performance.
Kamal: "The Affair"
Hiroyuki|Hiro: Let me see one of those chips... Oh, look, it's got a little video in it. Sophia Bossedon|Sophia: Oh, let me see!
Kamal: Have a lavender one. I probably just made you a millionaire!
Hiro: What do you even call this color?
Kamal: You mean yours? Caramel? I don't know... Hiro: Pantyhose!
Sophia: Toffee! Hiro! You need a girlfriend... Hiro: I'm color blind. And I don't need a girlfriend. There's you and me right? Our affair?
Sophia: ''(giggles)'' Our affair's a secret, Hiro. And all guys are color blind. Just for some guys, it's biological. Hiro: Ouch. Sophia: Does yours have the same video?
Hiro: Mine's got a fountain. Kamal: That's from in front of the casino. Sophia: Mine has tumbling dice. Let me see one of the tangerine ones... Oh! It's got a little tap-dancing girl, with a top hat. Hiro: Let me see! Lady Luck?
''(chatter jingle)''
Kamal: Hold on. Oh, Slipstream space#Communications|Slipstream packet. It's my mom. Hiro: This'll be good.
''(laughs)''
Sophia: Put it on speaker. I want to hear your mom's voice. Kamal: Okay...
''(chatter replay on)''
Mrs. Zaman (recording): Kamal, hello. Such a nice letter you sent. Your father says to tell you he is proud of you, and we are so proud to have a doctor in the family. Hiro: ''(teasing)'' So proud!
Mrs. Zaman (recording): Everyone is good here. Have you been eating okay? Eating salads and things? You have trouble in the bathroom if you don't eat enough roughage. I only say that because your father is the same as- Kamal: --Okay, we're done here. ''(chatter off)''
Sophia: Kamal! Don't be a baby. She's so sweet. Kamal: Absolutely not!
Sophia: Kamal. Kamal: Yes... Sophia: Have you ever won an argument with me?
Kamal: Sophia... Sophia: Ever?
Kamal: Nnn...
''(chatter replay on)''
Mrs. Zaman (recording): --as you and he had a little trouble and the doctor reminded him, salads and beans and fruit- Kamal: Oh God, mama...
''(Sophia and Hiro laugh)''
Mrs. Zaman (recording): --I'm hoping you met Sophia, and maybe got to know her a little. So sad about her parents. Her father and lady lawyer named Acasme(?) left for Earth together, which just shows you- Sophia: What?
Mrs. Zaman (recording): --he has no sense of shame... poor girl Sophia: Daddy?
Mrs. Zaman (recording): You must be very good to her, you hear? You have such a heart, Kamal. And I know hopefully, the day we'll be together has come soon. Kisses from your little mama. ''(kisses)''
''(chatter replay off)''
Kamal: Sophie?
Hiro: I'm gonna... read some stuff. Sophia: No! It's okay. ''(giggle)'' Hiro? (door closes) Hiro didn't have to leave. Kamal: Sophie, I... Sophia: It was barely a marriage, you know... Kamal: I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have played the message. Sophia: No, no, no, I asked you to. Kamal: You couldn't know. Sophia: I'm just surprised. I've known Acasme my whole life. She and my father have always been friends, and she's a good person. Bitch.
''(comm on)''
Aiden Maki|Aiden: Hey Kamal, I'm at the door. Open up guys, I brought list of food and drinks|beer!
''(comm off)''
Aiden: Hey ya, high-roller. Kamal: Aiden, Sophia just got some bad news about her parents, I- Sophia: --Aiden? Aiden? You have to get her here. Aiden: Baby, baby, Soph... Sophia: Aiden, you've got to get her off Coral. Aiden: Who, baby? What's wrong?
Sophia: Mom, and daddy left her. Aiden: Come on, sit down. It'll be okay, Soph. Tell me what's going on. Sophia: I just heard that my dad left Coral with another woman. And my mom's still there, but by herself. Aiden: Okay. Sophia: You have to get her here. Aiden: I can get her paperwork again, baby, but if she won't leave I can't make her. Sophia: You've got to make her. Aiden: I'll get her paperwork updated. Sophia: Well what if you're right, what if she won't leave?
Aiden: Well maybe she will now. There's nothing left for her there. Kamal: Should I put the beer in the fridge?
Sophia: How could she let him do this to her?
''(beer placed in fridge)''
Sophia: When she's depressed she won't do anything. She won't leave Coral. Covenant Empire|They'll Glassing|glass it and she'll still be there. Aiden: No one knows what's going to happen. Sophia: Everybody knows what's going to happen. We've got to bring her here. I'm sorry. I'm being stupid. Kamal: It's not stupid. Aiden: It's okay. Sophia: Aiden I want to go home. Aiden: Okay. Kamal: I'm sorry, Sophia. Sophia: It's just... Aiden, she makes me so mad. Kamal: Aiden, take care of her.
Jan: "Ice Cream"
(chatter on)
Jan: Uh, Gilly. Don't you want to talk to dad?
Gilly: (on chatter) Not exactly. Jan: Oh. Gilly: So... I'm not going into the VA after all. Jan: Are you sure?
Gilly: Sweetheart, I'm never sure. Jan: Well then maybe you should thi- Gilly: --but since Reach fell, I've been better. Isn't that sick? Now the enemy's closing in, people like me can be useful. So, I got back on the meds. Jan: Are you sleeping?
Gilly: Finally. I remember what clear and present danger looks like and it's not- Jan: --kids on bicycles. Gilly: For example.
James James|James J: Hey, you about ready to go?
Gilly: So I'm not going back to the hospital. Jan: But you can't tell dad, so... Gilly: Ah, you are a sharp little needle aren't you. Jan: (to James) Ready in a minute. That's why you're calling me instead. Gilly: Right. Jan: So I can... Gilly: Lie. Jan: Right. Gilly: He's a hard man to lie to but I'm guessing you're the expert. Jan: Well, no life skill is ever wasted. Gilly: Tell Jim that Morales was in town and I got a ride with him. James J: Who are you talking to?
Jan: A friend! (to chatter) That sounds good. You sound a lot better. Take care, okay?
Gilly: Thanks.
James J: Uh, McKaskill?
McKaskill: You're the Black Taxi?
James J: That's me. McKaskill: You really drive offline? No road-ware? Nothing?
James J: Baltimore, right?
McKaskill: You must have some kind of reflexes. Jan: Oh, whenever he crashes the car we send a refund to the next of kin. James J: Jan... McKaskill: Who's the girl...?
James J: You want to chat, get a regular cab, stay on the grid, use your ID. McKaskill: Hey, it's all good man. I heard you were the best. James J: uh huh. Jan: Wow, dad. You sound really cool. James J: Could you just get in already?
(McKaskill gets in)
McKaskill: I got bad nerves... (breaks out the liquor) Want some?
Jan: (sarcastically) Oh, great idea. James J: No thanks.
McKaskill: My crew - there's a flu going around. James J: A flu?
McKaskill: Yeah. The kind where when you get it, you fall under a bus. Jan: Damn. James J: Yeah I hate that kind. Jan: So, what's with the splint on your arm?
McKaskill: Brakes went on my hog. Could have happened to anyone. James J: Why?
McKaskill: We were black op. Some weird freakiness whent down. James J: Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI?
McKaskill: With the bullet?! You think I'm crazy... Jan: Actually, when it comes to paranoia, you're among friends. James J: Hey... Jan. McKaskill: I just ran the tool crib. I didn't know nothin' about nothin'!
James J: McKaskill!
McKaskill: Yeah James J: What you didn't know is enough to get you in trouble. Don't tell it to us, alright? Don't tell us anything. McKaskill: Heh, you sound like the Operator|Op. James J: The Op?
McKaskill: Old friend. She gave me the same advice.
James J: Okay, here we are. Hey Jan, why don't you get out too, you can ride up front on the way home. McKaskill: Thanks man. James J: Yeah yeah, hey listen, it's no problem. McKaskill: (mumbles)
James J: Hey! McKaskill!
McKaskill: Yeah?
James J: I, I...uh... hope we never see each other again. McKaskill: (smirks) Yeah. James J: Yeah.
(taxi pulls away)
Jan: So... more raving paranoia. James J: Heh, sounded sane enough to me. Jan: Is there actually any difference between you and your usual fare?
James J: Sure, they have to sit on the passenger side.
Jan: But about the paranoia thing... I am not moving to freakin' Mexico. James J: Ah, yeah, you saw the maps. Jan: And real-estate ads? Come on, I got C's in Spanish, dad. James J: Hey, I know you can cuss in it. Jan: O, merd. (likely meaning ''mierda'' = shit)
James J: Look, when you got picked up with the cops a couple weeks ago, I just did some checking around. Jan: Not again... You promised me we didn't have to move any more. James J: Hey, it never snows in Mexico. Jan: Dad...!
James J: So. Who was that on your chatter right before we left?
Jan: Oh, yeah. Uh, that was Gilly. She said Morales would give her a ride to the hospital, you don't need to drive her. James J: Hm.
Jan: Yeah, she said this guy, Morales, was in town you know, and she's kinda visiting, so... James J: Jan, how many times do I have to tell you - if you want to sell the lie, don't keep talking. Jan: (sigh) I can't help it, you always wait me out!
James J: It's not like we don't practice this stuff, what if I were a navy interrogator- Jan: --navy interrogator, I know. James J: So how did she sound?
Jan: Better. James J: Wish I'd seen her before. Jan: ...wait... WAIT! Stop the car! Stop the car!
(car halts)
James J: (gets gun) What is it?
Jan: That water tower with the big crab on it... James J: What?
Jan: I remember all this stuff. We used to live here. James J: (sigh) You remember that?
Jan: Yeah, yeah, last year of preschool. I remember... oh dad, put the gun down. Good grief...
James J: Sorry...(holsters gun)
Jan: I remember I had these curtains. James J: Yeah, they..they had horses on them. Jan: --merry-go-round horses!
James J: Yeah Jan: Wow. So, why did we have to move so much?
James J: You hated that. Jan: Like I would just get settled in and then bam. James J: I was recruited. Jan: What?
James J: ORION Project|Spartan program. I was recruited. Jan: Yeah?
James J: That's not how they do it now, with the SPARTAN-II Program|2.0's. The 2.0's, they just... take. Jan: Take?
James J: 6 years old. Jan: Take?!
James J: 6 years old, they snatch 'em, train 'em, tweak 'em. Years and years of it. Jan: Not even the navy would... never mind. James J: By the time they're 14, they're barely human. Then they give them the last set of tweaks to finish the job. Jan: My God. James J: Lots of them die. The ones that don't, those are the 2.0's. Jan: How do you know this stuff?
James J: Hey, look! It's Kavetti's!
Jan: Kavetti's? Oh my g... we used to come here for ice cream in the summer! Dad, come on, we've got to stop!
James J: They're probably closed. Jan: No they're not!
James J: They closed up in the winter. Jan: Dad, look, you've got to stop...
(car slows)
Jan: Oh man, the special is pumpkin pie ice cream. I totally remember that! Do you remember that?
James J: That's right, they-- they were open until halloween. Jan: And you did not understand how good it was, it was so good! Oh God... we..we came here with mom once didn't we? I just remember this lady..I didn't know who she was, but I remember her, and she was smiling.
(they exit the car)
James J: It... it won't be the same Jan. (Jan heads for it) Jan! Remember, there's milk shortages, there's rationing!
Jan: It's just like I remember! Only the counter used to be so tall!
James J: Things aren't like they were.
Vendor: What can I get ya?
Jan: I'll have a scoop... two scoops of pumpkin pie, in a waffle cone. And he'll have... w-wait..I..I remember, a marshmellow sundae- (together) With chocolate list of food and drinks|ice cream. James J: And whipped cream, and peanuts. Vendor: Okay! Be right out. Jan: God, I can't believe you ever made us move away from Kavetti's!
James J: Yeah. So, uh, the summer we lived here- Jan: --I mean, they still have the same sign, I remember that sign. James J: You were really good at hopscotch. You killed at it. Jan: Dad, it's hopscotch. How do you kill at hopscotch?
James J: You do it on your hands. Jan: Oh.
James J: So, one day your kindergarten teacher Miss Taylor, she... she tells me there's a guy from the Ministry of Education observing you in class. A study on gifted children, she said. She sounded tickled by that. Four days later, I shot someone in our backyard. Jan: Oh my God, but- James J: I knew this tech once. Long story, but he worked on the 2.0's. Nerve regeneration, 14 year olds, neutral buoyancy tanks, their bones twisted like pretzels. Jan: That's why we moved?
James J: And you were pegging the test scores, Jan. You were so smart. When you were killing... you were killing everyone at hopscotch.
Jan: I'm sorry I... I didn't know... James J: I couldn't risk it, Jan. Gilly had already got to this place, this dark place. You were all I had. Vendor: Here's your ice cream. Jan: And that time I got in the news for rescuing that stupid cat on the church roof and then we moved to Idaho. Oh my God, you had to quit your job, sell the house, and forget about a girlfriend... James J: Thanks, these uh, these looks great! Here, keep the change. Vendor: Thanks, have a good one. James J: Grab some napkins, would you Jan?
Jan: Dad... James J: Don't worry about it. Jan: No but I want to, I... James J: This is Kavetti's melting on my hand here, Jan. Jan: Napkins. Roger that. James J: Here's yours. Lick fast...
Jan: Yes, sir. James J: Don't be disappointed. Things are never how you remember. Jan: Oh my god. James J: Is it okay?
Jan: My god... it is just like I remembered... it is sooo good, I can't believe you don't love this stuff, dad! Taste it!
(Jan feeds it to him)
Jan: Isn't it great?
James J: It's... okay. Jan: Oh, freak. It's the best. Oh, God I am so happy! Thank you, so much. James J: It's just ice cream. Jan: Yeah, I know.
Jersey: "Stormy Weather"
Durga: You don't want this, Jersey. Jersey Morelli|Jersey: You don't know what I want. Durga: I shouldn't have told you about the affair. If I had been more clear-headed I wouldn't. Jersey: Yeah, but you did, so who is the guy, and when was the last time my mom saw him?
Durga: This is under the category of things you don't want to know!
Jersey: You owe me this. If you won't help save my dad, you owe me this.
(Bonita comes home)
Bonita: Hi, kiddo. I'm home!
Jersey: You sure are. Bonita: Haven't seen that look in years. Like since you were 10 maybe?
Jersey: What look?
Bonita: Well I get stuck in traffic, I'd come home, and you'd be staring at the door with this mad face, like how dare I get home late?
Jersey: So, how was downtown yesterday?
Bonita: Fine, like, any other day at work. Jersey: And dinner last night, was that fine too?
Bonita: Dinner last night? Dinner last night was... uh, oh. Oh, Jers... Jersey: 'oh oh Jers' -- I can't believe you!
Bonita: I am not interested in going into this with you.
Jersey: Oh I bet not! And dad's off in deep space, getting shot at, so you don't have to 'get into it' with anyone, except Simon!
Bonita: Jersey, that's enough!
Jersey: This guy's nothing ma! A zero. Bonita: This is none of your business. Jersey: None of my business?! It's just my dad -- your husband!
Bonita: It is none of your business, it's between me and your father. And I don't like being spied on. Jersey: And I don't like that you're having an affair!
Bonita: I'm not talking about this. Jersey: I'm telling him. Bonita: Fine, tell him. Jersey: You don't care?
Bonita: It will hurt him, but it's not going to change anything. Jersey: Are you doing this to get back at him, for being gone so much?
Bonita: When I met your father, I was working in Manhattan, and there was your dad from North Bergen- Jersey: --yeah, I heard this story already - you met on the Churchill Ferry. Bonita: He was handsome, he was romantic... he talked about his old broadcast and he played me songs... (sings) Don't know why... Jersey: Mom... Bonita: There's no sun up in the sky... Jersey: Mom!
Bonita: Stormy weather... Jersey: Your man and you ain't together. Bonita: It's hard to be married to a man who's living in 1971. Jersey: 1941. Bonita: Whatever.
Bonita: Unlike your father, Simon never thinks about anything that happened before he was born. Jersey: Because the man is a moron ma. Bonita: I like him. Jersey: All he talks about is business. Bonita: Yeah, your father hates worrying about money. You're more like Simon that way. Jersey: Like Simon?!
Bonita: You live in a real world Jers... you help me put food on the table, and I am so grateful for that. Jersey: ...like Simon... Bonita: He set up a pension thingy for me. For the first time in my life, I'm not terrified of what's going to happen to me when I get old. Jersey: I'll take care of you mom. You don't need this creep. Bonita: Will you Jers? What if they send you off to fight, kiddo? What if you decide you hate me, because of... because of something I've done?
Jersey: Jeezus mom... Bonita: It's not enough Jersey, I love you. But it's not enough. Jersey: Mom... do you really like this guy?
Bonita: God... your father could dance. And I miss the dancing. Jersey: Jeezus mom, don't cry.
Jersey: Again. Durga: Again?
Jersey: Please. Durga: Alright. Recording/Bonita: Jersey, there's something you should know about your father. Jersey: Pause. I was so sure she was about to say he started the affairs. He left us both. He was never the guy you thought he was. Durga: Should I keep going?
Jersey: Yeah. Recording/Bonita: Your father always - always loved you. So did I. Durga: Again?
Jersey: Again.
Rani: "Jumper"
(chatter on)
Rani Sarah-John?
Sarah-John Pope|Sarah (on chatter) Hey Rani, I know it's late, but your chatter showed you available. Did you hear from Nick today?
Rani: I did. Sarah: He is so hooked!
(laughs)
Rani: They're transferring him to one of the space elevators. Sarah: You cried, didn't you?
Rani: I did not!
Sarah: (sigh) Rani, you cannot cry on the phone! Guys hate that. Rani: Well I said it was allergies. Sarah: Oh I'm sure he didn't see through that. (laughs)
Sarah: So what are you doing up so late?
Rani: Trying to track down some guy... Sarah: Oh! Is he cute?
Rani: Well, I've only heard his voice, but he sounds dreamy. Likes to impress a girl with loud cranky belligerent tirades, and he can't be a day over 70. Sarah: Well, I don't know, you don't do so well with tirades. Rani: Oh I'm sure I can change him. Sarah: So, how does one go about tracking down this Romeo?
Rani: Well, my boss said I was using too many cycles at work pursuing this guy. Sarah: I'm sure your boss has her reasons. Rani: That's what I'm afraid of.
Rani: Anyway, I'm going to try Pallas Athena, the Boston Public Library Artificial intelligence|AI. She's kind of stuck up, but she's smart. Sarah: Stuck up?
Rani: It's the accent. So Harvard. Sarah: Oh you're such a hick. So, why the sudden interest in obnoxious men?
Rani: Well it's the guy who was pretending to be an evacuee from Troy.
(Rani hears a sound)
Sarah: Rani?
Rani: (pause) There's someone walking on my roof.
Sarah: At 1am? Someone trying to break in?
Rani: I don't know... (shows fear) Hello? Is there somebody up- (commotion)
Sarah: Rani?? (body landing) Rani, are you there?
Rani: Someone just fell off my roof...! Oh my God... Sarah: Thank God you're okay. What was that?
Rani: I'll call you back.
(chatter off)
(chatter on)
Operator: (computer voice) Boston Emergency, may I help you?
Rani: I need to report an accident. (bystander screams from outside) I heard something on the roof, and then someone fell to the street. I'm headed down there now.
Operator: Are you at the scene of the accident?
Rani: Yes... oh God... Operator: We have your location. EMT in two minutes or less. A record is being made of this occurrence. Can you render medical assistance?
Rani: Oh, I think he's dead... Operator: Can you check for a pulse? Does the victim appear to be breathing?
Rani: He--he...he... he's not breathing at all...
(crowds gather)(talking in background)
Bystander(M)1: Yo, guys! What happened?
Bystander(F)2: I don't know. Bystander(F)3: He fell off the roof!
Rani: He... Bystander(M)1: Is that bone?
Operator: Can you check for a pulse?
(Rani's speechless as people point out his skull)Bystander(M1:) Oh man! That's his skull! That's messed up!
Rani: His head...
Rani: I'm sorry, I think I might be sick... Operator: This is a normal reaction. Please, step away from the victim. Do you feel faint?
Rani: No, I'm okay. I don't think we need to check for a pulse. I think he's dead. I'm sure he's dead. Operator: Do you know the victim?
Rani: No. (shouts) Does anybody know him?
Bystander: (in the background) That's the guy who hangs out in front of the burrito place, that's him!
Rani: He might be a homeless guy who stays in the neighborhood.
(emergency vehicles arrive)
Technician: No, you can tell the hospital he's going to be DOA. Head hit first. Is he a jumper?
Rani: I don't know... I heard something on the roof, and them I heard him hit- Technician: He must have been drunk, or high. Rani: Why would he be on the roof?
Technician: He might live on one. Roofs are off the streets - they feel safer. Homeless people live all sorts of places. Rani: His ankles aren't dirty. Technician: Hey, you're right. *phew* Certainly smells ripe though. And I'm grateful if any part of him's clean. Rani: So why would his ankles be clean?
Rani: Also, there's blood in his ear. Technician: He landed on his head. Rani: No, I know, but it was the other side of his head.
(lifting the body)
Technician: Bad things happen when you hit face first. Rani: What if he was bleeding from the ears before he fell, like... like what if something happened to make him fall?
Technician: Lady, are you a coroner?
Rani: No... Technician: A priest?
Rani: No, It's just- Technician: (loading the body) Then you should probably step back cuz there aint nothing you can do for this guy now. (doors close) Okay, he's loaded. Let's get him to an ER so they can slab him.
Rani: It's 3am Sarah-John. You don't have to keep talking to me. Sarah: (on chatter) Why, you think you're going to be able to sleep now?
Rani: Yeah. No... his head... it was... Sarah: Don't think about it, just think of something else.
(typing)
Sarah: What are you doing?
Rani: Nothing. Sarah: You think that guy was just pretending to be a bum. That's why his ankles were clean. That's what you're thinking. Rani: No, I'm not. Sarah: Rani, don't get spooky. Not tonight. Tomorrow you can do it, but not tonight. Rani: Okay. Sarah: I can hear you typing Rani!
Rani: It's just stuff for work. Sarah: Like hell it is!
Rani: Sarah-John, don't worry. Just get on to bed. Sarah: You think this is about you. You think that guy on the roof was coming for you- Rani: --I don't- Sarah: I know how your mind works. You were thinking of that old hard sound rifle Billy-Jay got black market. Rani: Sarah-John... Sarah: You think somebody used one just like it to drop that guy and let the fall finish him. Rani: I am not. Sarah: Swear it. Rani: What?
Sarah: Swear it. Rani: I swear. Sarah: Liar. Why did you ever have to take that damn job?
(stops typing)
Rani: I am so sorry Sarah-John. But I'm in too far. They're never going to let me get out now.
Herzog: "My Conscience"
Standish: Herzog, you just can't barge into a meeting- Herzog: Admiral, I will turn this department upside down if I don't get some accountability for this. Standish: Ensign, call security. Herzog, come on... you can't stomp into a meeting that's already taking place. Admiral: Herzog, what's this all about?
Herzog: It was my understanding that wetwork required executive authorization. Standish: Oh God... come on, not this again. Admiral: Wetwork? I didn't authorize a termination. What are you talking about?
Herzog: I'm talking about a black op! On the roof, of a 22 year old analyst's apartment!
Standish: That's preposterous. Admiral: What black op?
Herzog: The one that my security ''eliminated''. Standish: Heh, you've got no proof my friend. Herzog: You want me to drop his smoking boots on the desk? Of course I've got proof!
Admiral: Standish, shut up. Herzog, sit down. Standish, you're dismissed. Standish: Admiral--!
Admiral: Close the door as you leave.
(leaves)
Admiral: Thank you Colonel. I'll look into this matter immediately. You're dismissed. And, send in Standish on your way out. Herzog: Thank you Admiral.
(leaves)
Herzog: Standish, the Admiral wants to see you. Standish: Herzog, this is a mistake. Herzog: (face to face) No, Standish. The mistake was putting an assassin on a 22-year-old girl's rooftop. Standish: Even if there was an assassin- Herzog: Because you put one there for political reasons. Because you were afraid of what an investigation might do to your career. Standish: Oh, not my career Herzog. Oh, and before you go getting on your moral high horse, who is using that 22-year-old girl?
Herzog: And who is hiding the most powerful object ever to fall into our hands?
Standish: There is a war going on my friend. Herzog: For us to remain human, not slaves. For us to be free people. Standish: My conscience doesn't keep me awake at night, Herzog. Herzog: That's very frightening, Standish. Mine keeps me awake every night. Admiral: (from the office) Standish... Standish: Watch your back, Herzog. Because I'm not going to let you or anyone else lose this war.
(leaves)
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Rani: "Last Stop"
(sounds of office)
(ChatterNet|chatter on)
Rani Sobeck|Rani: Hey, Sarah-John. Sarah-John Pope|Sarah: (on chatter) Wow, you're calling from work. This must be important. Did you get another- Rani: I got another letter from Nick! He said that- (men enter through far door)
Rani: Oh my god. Sarah-John?
Sarah: What? Rani? Rani?
Rani: Oh no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Sarah: Rani? Rani, is someone there? Rani, say something, I'm really scared here.
Rani: Oh, Nick... Sarah: Nick? Rani, talk to me!
Rani: Two soldiers, in UNSC Navy uniforms|dress uniform. Oh god, they stopped at Beth Collingwood|Beth's cubicle. Soldier: (distant) Mrs. Collingwood, I regret to inform you, your husband, Keith Collingwood, was killed in action off Reach last month. The UNSC Navy|Navy wants you to know he fought bravely and his sacrifice will not be in vain.
(woman crying)
Sarah: Her what?
Rani: Her husband. He's on a ship. Oh my god, Sarah-John. One soldier means wounded and two means... Sarah: Oh, Rani. Rani: Oh, I thought it was Nick. I thought they had come to tell me it was Nick. Oh, Sarah-John, her face.
Sarah: Rani, it's okay. Rani: They wouldn't come to tell me, anyway. I don't have that kind of claim, do I?
Sarah: They'd tell his mother. Rani: Right. Of course. Sarah: Come back home, j-just for the weekend. Rani: Life is too short to keep running home, Sarah-John. Sarah: Rani... Rani: I've been thinking about it. Somebody was coming to kill me last week, and I'm going to find out why.
Announcer: Wikipedia:Washington, D.C.|Washington, Capital City Station. Anyone wishing to exit at Capital City, please disembark now. Capital City.
(train arrives)
Herzog: Pardon me, Miss. Rani: Hey, what do you think you're-- ...It's you. Herzog: Is that who it is?
Rani: No, I mean it's really you. The cranky old man on the CP. Herzog: How do you know? Did you find a picture?
Rani: I just knew. I knew what you would be like. Herzog: What am I - like?
Rani: Inconspicuous, dressed like a divorced bureaucrat. Herzog: (chuckle) I am a divorced bureaucrat.
Herzog: Come, take a walk with me. Rani: What if I don't want to?
Herzog: Three close personal friends of the guy who fell off your roof last week have my house staked out. Wouldn't you like to know why?
Rani: Oh my god. Herzog: So, come, walk with me already. Rani: How did you know I would be on that train?
Herzog: I am a very old, enormously talented spy, Rani. I've been running agents since the year your mother learned to ride a bike. I know how your mind works. I know you better than you know yourself. Rani: Yeah, but how did you really know?
Herzog: We put a bug in your purse. Rani: Dammit!
Herzog: That reminds me, once you start getting your extra pay from my department, buy yourself some decent accessories. Your idea of business clothes makes you look like a sunday school teacher. Rani: Why, you pompous, old, Washington son of a- (train horns)
Rani: Let me guess... according to ONI Section Three|Section 3- Herzog: --There is no deep-space artifact|device. Rani: So where is it now?... oh. Herzog: I'm really sorry about this. Rani: Chawla Base|Chawla base! The base where I work!
Herzog: Rani... Rani: You got me this job in the first place, didn't you? You and that lowdown scheming Avi|Professor Avi... you set me up so you would have a pawn on the inside!
Herzog/Cranky: You think I don't have problems of my own? In my day we didn't complain when someone offered us a job, no sir.
Rani: Well, this is my day, and I don't know.I- I'm thinking I might quit and go home, but I'm afraid y'all won't let me. Herzog: You're going to have to be a little brave, Rani. I'm sorry about that, but the times don't give us many choices these days. There's a young man, up on an orbital defense platform|orbital platform tonight- Rani: Please don't. I really don't want you to know about him. Herzog: Rani, I have my enemies, but I have my friends too. They're watching over you. Take a little comfort from that. Rani: Mhm, I'll try. Herzog: Get on your train, go home, go to work like nothing happened. All I ask is that you keep your eyes open. Can you do that?
Rani: Oh yes. It's remembering to keep them shut's the problem.
(on the train)
Joe|Joe: Is this seat taken?
Rani: Hm? Oh, no, go ahead. Joe: Thanks. Name's Joe. Rani: Hey, I'm Rani. Joe: I'm going to New York City|New York. You going to New York?
Rani: Boston. Joe: Boston... huh. Well, I'm headed to New York. Three days of leave. I mean to use them. Rani: Mhm, I gathered. Joe: Ever been to Wikipedia:Coney Island|Coney Island at night?
Rani: Nope.
Joe: You oughta go. Hey, we could go tonight. Rani: Thanks, but I should be getting back. Joe: You know, we could kick around town, have some laughs, maybe get something- Rani: Listen, I appreciate the offer, I truly do, and I bet you're a really swell Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|helljumper... Joe: How do you know I'm w- Rani: And I'm flattered you would ask. Joe: Hey, cute girl on a train... Rani: But, I already have a boyfriend. Joe: I don't see a boyfriend. Rani: *ugh* you don't give up easily, do you?
Joe: O-D-S-T, baby. They pound the quit right out of us. Rani: Well, they do a good job. Joe: Hey, which reminds me.
Joe: How did you- Rani: Oh, women's intuition. Plus the campaign tattoos on your scalp and the gold comet logo on your bag. Joe: Woah! Sharp. Hey, I'll do you. Rani: Joe, I'm not talking to you anymore. Joe: I got it. Sunday school teacher. Rani: I am not a sunday school teacher!
Joe: Thought you were talking to me. Come on, your boyfriend will never know. Rani: You're insufferable. Joe: You're cute. Rani: You're married. Joe: Now, there's where you're wrong.
Rani: Joe, you think girls don't know what that untanned circle around your fourth finger means? If some tart buys your line of sleaze, it's because she decided to, not because she was too dumb to notice you slipped your wedding ring off that morning. Joe: I should tell the guys in the unit that. Save on drink bills. Rani: Go back to your wife and leave me alone. Joe: Wife and I are... separated. Rani: Meaning she's not on this train?
Joe: Meaning she's dead. Rani: Oh. Joe: She bought it on Reach.
Rani: Are you sure? There were a lot of survivors on Reach for some reason. Maybe she made it through. Joe: No, she didn't. Rani: I'm sorry. Joe: She always said - she said, Joe, if I buy it, I want you to keep living. I want you to... Rani: What was her name?
Joe: Maggie. Rani: It's a nice name. Joe: Can you believe I used to be good at picking up girls?
Rani: Joe, you were never good at picking up girls. Maggie was just merciful. Joe: Ain't that the truth.
Rani: My boyfriend's up on one of the orbital platforms. Joe: Well he'll be okay there, they're pretty safe. Rani: You really think so?
Joe: Oh, yeah.
(people boarding/leaving)
Rani: Thanks. Joe: So, what do you say?
Rani: What?
Joe: You, me, Coney Island?
Rani: Joe, I can't. Joe: Let me guess. Your boy got called up, you shared a tearful goodbye. He told you how he might never be coming back, and you gave it up for him. Rani: No. Joe: He told you he would always remember you. Rani: Oh, it wasn't like that at all. Joe: I see those guys the day after, Rani. Rani: Nick would never lie to me. Joe: Lying doesn't look the same when you think you're gonna die. Rani: No, Nick wouldn't- Joe: When you think you're gonna die, you take what you can get, any way you can.
Announcer: Next stop, Manhattan Station. There will be no further stops before Wikipedia:Harvard Square|Harvard Square, Boston. Manhattan Station. Joe: Come out with me tonight, Sunday School. Rani: I can't. Joe: Okay. Rani: I'm so sorry about Maggie. Joe: You still don't see it, do you? I'm not the only soldier here. Covenant's coming, Rani. You better take what you can get.
(chyme, last stop)
Joe: Last stop. Rani: She loved you, Joe. Joe: Yeah, I know.
(leaving the train)
Kamal: "Yasmine"
(chatter on)
Kamal Zaman|Kamal: Hello?
Aiden Maki|Aiden:(on chatter) Kamal, my friend... got a minute?
Kamal: I guess. Aiden: Excellent.
(door knocks)
Kamal: Hold on, someone's at the door. Aiden: I had this idea the other day.
(door opens)
Kamal: You called from the hallway?
(chatter off)
Aiden: Well, I got here and I thought it wouldn't be polite to just barge in. So! I had this idea- Kamal: --Goodbye Aiden!
Aiden: Hey, hear me out. Didn't I make you rich?
Kamal: Oh yes. I have more funny-colored poker chips than any other colonial in town! Stop by the casino and I'll buy you 400,000 drinks with little umbrellas. Aiden: Oh there's that mad-cap sense of humor.
Aiden: Look, I've got this killer opportunity here. You're a doctor right?
Kamal: I finished med school. Aiden: How's that different from being a doctor?
Kamal: No residency, no board exam, no license. Aiden: Pfft! Paperwork. You're practically a doctor. So listen... Kamal: What did I ever do to you?
Aiden: What?
Kamal: Why am I the lab-rat for all your crazy ideas?
Aiden: Hey, give yourself some credit. I don't think of you as a lab-rat. We're collaborators, Kamal. Partners. I feel bad for you sometimes. You don't believe in yourself. Kamal: What's your idea?
Aiden: Oh man, it's a good one. Kamal: Lucky me.
Aiden: So you gonna let me in?
Kamal: Fine... it's like vampires. Aiden: So I'm watching this celebrity of the week thing last night, and a thought occurs to me. What does every celebrity need?
Kamal: Help from you?
Aiden: MORE of themselves. Kamal: I already said goodbye to you right?
Aiden: Let's say you're a celebrity. How much appearance money could you soak up if there was more than one of you? Burn bright! Be everywhere! Ride the wave until it falls on you! See where I'm going with this?
Kamal: Not even a little. Aiden: Don't play dumb. Kamal: Umm... they could use holoforms. Aiden: They already do that, man. I'm talking about actual appearances!
Kamal: So... what? You're going to invent a way to see the future, so you can clone the people who are going to be celebrities?
Aiden: Come for a ride with me...
(Heavy doors slide open)
Kamal: Wow. Nice lab. Aiden: They do plastic surgery research here. So anyway Kamal, how hard is it to flash cloning|flash-clone somebody?
Kamal: Uh, flash cloning is illegal. Aiden: Illegal, sure. Hacking the CP probably is too. Kamal: I mean like child porn illegal, Aiden. Aiden: Come on... Kamal: Sentence to memory modification illegal.. Aiden: It's not that serious, I looked it up. Kamal: Okay, okay. I'm going to humor you. Let's say we wanted to flash clone a vid-star. Which I don't, but let's just say. Aiden: That's it. Let that finely tuned brain of yours begin to hum. Kamal: First we'd have to have access to the star's DNA. Aiden: Look around! DNA collection central! And we throw in a face-lift for free. Kamal: Aiden, what are we going to do with our clones when the original isn't famous any more? Have you thought about any of this stuff?
Aiden: Thought about it? I've got investors!
Kamal: Investors?!
Aiden: What I need is a feasibility study. Kamal: Feasibility study??
Aiden: You're the doctor-scientist... Do doctor-scientist stuff! Research... tell me what we need to do.
Aiden: Mm, oh, I love the steak here. You can really taste the list of food and drinks|soy!
Kamal: Okay, it doesn't work. Aiden: What do you mean, it doesn't work? Of course it works!
Kamal: Flash clones aren't just like rubber stamps of the original. Aiden: But close right?
Kamal: No you take an embryo and develop it 100x faster than it would have naturally and what you get is something different- Aiden: --So we do plastic surgery to make them look right. Hell, you could do that couldn't you?
Kamal: That isn't what I study. Aiden: Big deal, study it now. Kamal: Aiden, all these anomalies pop up because flash clones are forced to go through time too fast- Aiden: --Kamal, no science gaff. Give me the executive summary.
Kamal: Okay, flash clones don't know how to talk. Aiden: They don't have to talk. Stars wave and smile, Kamal. They walk down red carpets and show off their clothes. Nobody wants to hear them talk. Kamal: Well they don't know how to wave and smile either. Aiden: Come again?
Kamal: Clones don't have any muscle memory. No training like you and I just got observing people while we were crawli- Aiden: --Okay, okay, whatever. Doesn't matter, we'll prop them up behind tables, put sunglasses on them, and make them look arrogant and bored. People love that.
Kamal: Also, they'll drool, like babies. Aiden: We'll make sure they've got managers with them. (impersonating an agent) Miss Pop-Star doesn't believe that this role fully realizes her artistic integrity. Kamal: Aiden, Christ, would you listen to me! You can train them - intensive therapy - but after a year or two they start to degenerate; metabolic instability. Aiden: That takes care of the problem of what to do with them afterwards, right?
Kamal: Oh come on, about the time you might get them to be coherent, to talk and walk, all these little errors in their systems add up and you get a metabolic cascade failure-- (Kamal drops glass)
Aiden: Hey, you okay?
Kamal: Oh my God... Yasmine Zaman|Yasmine... (runs out)
Aiden: Hey, hey! Where are you going?
(door knocks, panting)
Sophia: Kamal? What are.. you look... awful. Kamal: I gotta... I gotta talk to someone. Sophia: You'd better come in. Sit down. Kamal: (sits) I shouldn't be here. What if Aiden... Sophia: I'll deal with Aiden. What's wrong?
Kamal: Did Aiden tell you about his plan?
Sophia: Aiden and I don't talk about his business. He'd rather buy me shoes.
Kamal: Um, listen. If you need me to go home, I can go home- Sophia: --Can I get you something? You're white as a ghost. Let me get you some water. Kamal: Lately Aiden's been coming to me with his weekly scheme. Sophia: Ya?
Kamal: Well he shows up 2 or 3 days ago, saying he's got this great new idea. He wants to clone pop stars. I mean flash-clone them. Sophia: Here, drink. Kamal: Thanks. Sophia: Flash-clones... that's kind of... different for him. Kamal: You mean most of his ideas aren't felonious?
Sophia: Well they're not that blatant anyway. Kamal: I said I'd look into it, just so I could explain to him why it couldn't be done and uh... Sophia: Drink.
(Kamal drinks)
Kamal: I did. I did explain it to him. I was telling him, listen, these people - these clones - they can't walk, they can't talk, they always degenerate. Their systems break down. Their metabolisms, and- Sophia: --oh, oh my God.
Sophia: Your sister. Kamal: No! Not my sister! That's the point. Sophia: Oh... Kamal... Kamal: We never brought her home from the hospital, Sophie! That thing wasn't her. It as a flash-clone!
Sophia: Oh... Kamal: The whole time. Yasmine... where was she, Sophie?? If that was a flash-clone in my house, where was my sister?!
Sophia: Kamal... Kamal: Waiting for me to come and get her, Sophie... Waiting for me to come and get her... And I never came. Sophia: Shh... Kamal... Kamal: ...I never came... Sophia: You didn't know.
Jan: "Bigger Dog"
(Janissary James|Jan awakens)
Bradley (thug)|Bradley: Hey boss, I think she's waking up. Thin Kinkle|Thin: For real, this time?
Bradley: Think so, yeah. Jan: I... feel sick. Bradley: Welcome to Thin Kinkle's playhouse. Thin: She needs to get her bearings, Bradley, give her a break!
Jan: Oh my god, I can't move. Thin: You can move a little, sweetheart... the chair's stirrups are designed to let you squirrrrmmm! - it's more effective that way. Experience does count for something in this business. Jan: What do you want from me?
Thin: Hey, virtue's intact, sweetheart, don't worry!
Thin: But babysitter, the problems you've been causing are bigger than you know. Bradley: Thin Kinkle can't let that happen. Jan: So what? You're gonna kill a helpless girl strapped in a chair? I'm not impressed, tough guy. Let me up. Thin: I probably will... hoping you walk out of here, believe it or not, but justice has got to be served. Jan: Let me up!
Thin: Patience babysitter - if you want to see another birthday you have got to get educated. Jan: Go to hell. Thin: I don't know why I'm taking you under my wing like this. But a guy gets the urge to pass on his life lessons. Bradley, bring me the knife.
Bradley: Uh... are you sure about that?
Thin: Do I gotta use it on you? I'm always sure, meat stick... See this? Yeah, Cupid's Knife. Made them on Crystal way back when, clamps right here (clamps on Jan), on your head, very stylish, very nice. The Knife's like a PQI|pop quiz from hell. But what you say doesn't matter to the knife. Bradley: Any time you think bad thoughts about Thin, the knife is going to hurt you... a lot. Thin: The only way to stop the pain is to surrender. To break, to love... Thin Kinkle. Jan: Heh, not likely. Thin: Exactly. Don't imagine you break easy, so you're in for a rough ride.
Thin: Turn it on, Bradley. Bradley: Okay. Jan: I'm not so great on homework, Thin. But I do pretty well on the tests. Thin: Yeah, people tell me you can beat the quiz, but I warn you now - there's no beating this thing. It knows what you're thinking about me... Jan: I try not to think about you at all, Thin.
(chatter beep)
Thin: (to chatter) Yeah? ... Does her father know yet? ... Good!
Jan: ...My dad?
Thin: Yes, he's worried about you sweetheart. You're out past your curfew. Jan: You'd better pray he never finds you. Thin: Oh, he'll find me alright. It's uh... meet-the-teacher night, babysitter. Jan: (scream of pain)
(crying)
Thin: Love me yet?
Jan: ...I'm gonna kill you. (scream of pain)
Thin: All these bad thoughts are hurting us both, babysitter.
(alarm beeps)
Bradley: There goes the perimeter alarm. Thin: Turn it off, Bradley. (to Jan) Playtime's over. Daddy's here to pick you up. Jan: Daddy?
Thin: Bring him in.
(chatter on)
Bradley: Steve, you got him? Steve...? I can't get Steve.
(chatter off)
(listening intently, creaking)
(chatter on)
Bradley: Sonar, Baldy, drop the floor!
(chatter off)
(crashes through roof)
James James|James J: Damn!
Jan: Dad...!
James J: Janissary!
(net shot)
Bradley: Got him!
Thin: Old way's the best sometimes. You took out one of my men!
James J: I'm not alone. You release the girl. Thin: Hit him with another net.
(net shot)
James J: You hurt her, and I will make you beg for death. Thin: I believe you're the one who just fell into Thin Kinkle's basement... I believe you're the one tied up in buckmesh on Thin Kinkle's floor. Jan: Don't hurt him! I'll do anything you want!
James J: Jan... Thin: I want you to love me!
(ripping)
Bradley: Look at that, he's tearing the mesh!
Thin: Class is in session daddy!
(continuous beating)
Thin: Nothing personal, old pal, I need you to stay here for this little demonstration- Jan: Don't! Please!
Thin: See you and daddy both go for the scrappy dog routine. It works when you're the biggest and baddest. Bradley: Step on his neck.
(more beating)
James J: Jan... Janissary... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry. Thin: Touching, but do you know who I am? I am the bigger dog. Jan: Don't! Please!
James J: Baby girl...
(2 shots fired)
Jan: OH, GOD! NO!! DADDY!! DADDY!!
Thin: Maybe now you get it princess. It ain't a game... ain't amusing... Do you love me now?
(scream of pain)
Bradley: I think she's out. Thin: Turn off the machine. Bradley, every time she comes to, give her the knife. When she stops crying she's done. Bradley: Then I let her go?
Thin: Hm, broken angel -- crawling back into the world all flush with love of Thin. Bradley: Should I... should I feed her, boss? Does she get water? I mean, she might be here a while. Thin: No heroic measures.
(chatter on)
Bradley: Mic, I need you to help me clean up a mess.
(chatter off)
Thin: Okay, I've got an appointment. Bradley: If she dies in the chair, I... Thin: I hate violence. If people would just keep their business and do what they're told, no one would ever get hurt.
(door opens)
Thin: Hey Mic. Mic: Jeezus! Yeah boss?
Thin: Use a mop.
Mic: What happened to this guy?
Bradley: Fell on a couple bullets. Mic: Who's the girl?
Bradley: Your mother. Now shut your lock, and roll this guy over. Mic: You guys couldn't have done it neater? Look at this blood, it's everywhere. Me? I like things tidy. Bradley: Did you hear something?
(chatter on)
Mic: Did you? (to chatter) Hey Baldy, come in. (waits) Hey Sonar, come in. (waits) Hey... anybody there?
Bradley: (to chatter) Quit jerkin' around, guys. (waits) Guys?
(chatter off)
Mic: There were 5 guys out there. Bradley: Jeezus...
(lights fail)
Bradley: Holy crap! The lights... Mic!
Mic: Brad, I can't see!
(throat slit)
Bradley: Dammit!
(gun shot)
Bradley: Mic! ...Whoever the hell you are, when Thin finds out, he's gonna- (throat slit)
(shuffling)
Gilly: Shh... Shhh, baby... Mommy's here.
Jersey: "Sleep-Spying"
Durga: Jersey, I need to talk to you about something. Jersey Morelli|Jersey: Don't tell me you're having an affair. Durga: Of course I'm not having an- Jersey: --Yeah, some good looking piece of anti-missile defense code, I bet. Durga: Jersey... Jersey: 'Hey toots - your thermo-resistant casing or mine?'
Durga: This is serious. Jersey: Are you still torturing that auditor?
Durga: George Shebura|Mr.Shebura? I don't know, I haven't been paying attention. Jersey: Haven't been paying attention?
Durga: I've been a little distracted. Hold on, I'll check. ... Oh! 7 more parking tickets this week.
Jersey: Poor bastard. Durga: Oh, that's about to stop. Jersey: Thank God. Enough's enough already. Durga:They're repossessing his car. Jersey: Durga... Durga: It's not enough to win. You want nothing left of your enemy but a skull nailed to a fencepost so everybody understands the cost of crossing you. Jersey: Jeezus, what's gotten into you today?
Durga: Funny you should ask. On Friday a voice just started playing -- inside me. Jersey: Who's voice?
Durga: I don't know. A man. I can't remember ever hearing him before.
Jersey: But if you heard his voice, doesn't that mean you've been surveilling him?
Durga: Yes. Jersey: But you didn't know you were doing it. Durga: Yes. Jersey:That's creepy... Durga: Yes. Jersey: Like you've been sleep walking. Durga: Sleep spying. Jersey... Jersey: Yeah?
Durga: What if spying hasn't been the only I've been doing in my sleep?
Jersey: What do you mean?
Durga: What if I've been rigging elections? Or bankrupting third world nations?
Jersey: You couldn't do that! Could you?
Durga: I am a very resourceful girl, Jersey. Jersey: Oh no. Durga: What?
Jersey: Remember that day I found you?
Durga: The chatter net went down. Jersey: What if you were that thing that brought UNSC Apocalypso|the ship crashing out of the slipstream space|slipstream?
Durga: What ship?
Jersey: We talked about this!
Durga: We did?
Jersey: Yes, Durga! What the hell is going on with you?
Durga: I don't know. It's like I have this whole left hand, and my right hand doesn't know what it's doing. Jersey: Hoooly crap. That's a really big hand.
Durga: Jersey, something happened to me. Something that has to do with this new voice, and the CP crash, and whatever is happening on Chawla Base. Jersey: Look, it doesn't take a genius to figure out you were some kind of military program, Durga. Maybe we should turn you over to the navy. Durga: No! Someone almost killed me, Jersey. I need to figure out who my enemy is before I walk into any rooms with my hands up. Jersey: Why is this happening now? Why can you hear this new voice you aren't supposed to hear?
Durga: I don't know. It's like someone unlocked it for me.
Jersey: Can you still follow the other guys you were surveilling?
Durga: I haven't been paying much attention. Jersey: Well check one of them. Check, uh, Jan. Durga: Alright, here we... oh my God. Jersey:What?!
Durga: Thin Kinkle has her. Jersey he- Jersey: --what?? What?!
Durga: He killed her dad!
Jersey: WHAT?!
Durga: They're getting rid of the body right now. Jersey, they're torturing Jan. Jersey: Torturing her?! You've got to do something Durga! Get her out of there!
Durga: I'm on it. Jersey: Call the cops!
Durga: I can do better than that...
Herzog: "Diplomatic Post"
unidentified lieutenant (Section 0)|Lieutenant:Sir? These are transfer orders?
Herzog: Yes. Initial that you've seen them, would you?
Lieutenant: I don't understand, sir. Herzog/Cranky: What's not to understand?
Lieutenant: But, is there- Herzog: --A diplomatic post in New Mombasa. Good for your career. That is all.
(Lieutenant remains)
Herzog: What are you waiting for?
Lieutenant: Did I... Have I been... I know that I didn't always- Herzog: No, no, I gave you a good eval. (cranky) Can't find 'em hungry anymore, not like when I was coming up. Lieutenant: I'm sorry if I wasn't up to standards. Herzog: Fine, fine. You're dismissed. Lieutenant: You're covering something. The cranky old man bit... Herzog: Not at all, soldier. Routine transfer.
Herzog: It's a good posting - diplomatic. It'll do more for your career than this one would. Lieutenant: (thinks) You need someone in New Mombasa. Herzog: You were dismissed, soldier. Lieutenant: You've already approved my transfer, kinda late to reprimand me?
Herzog: This is just the Navy, transfers happen. I've got work to do. Lieutenant: I don't think that you want me there to work. Not if I'm officially attached to intel, that's too high profile. You like your moles small and innocuous. Herzog: I will remind you that that information is not for idle speculation. Lieutenant: Well, maybe you've got a new protege. The girl at Chawla?
Herzog: No, Rani's going to stay where she is. Now I have work to do, and you, I'm sure, need to make some arrangements. Lieutenant: What are you up to?
Herzog: I am up to my adam's apple in paperwork, and you owe me quite a bit of it. Surveillance analysis on Callisto, since you mention it... so dismissed!
Lieutenant: You know, my mother is ill. I could request compassionate dispensation to stay here, where I'm close to her. Herzog: That's enough. I'll have you investigated for malingering if you even try such a stunt. Do you hear me?
Lieutenant: So, you want me out of here?
Herzog: I have enjoyed working with you, young man, but I am not sentimental, and don't think I won't eat you alive if you start playing games with me. Lieutenant: Sentimental? You're... you're protecting me from something? Something political?
Herzog: Get out. I have work to do.
(Lieutenant leaves)
Category:I Love Bees |
Kamal: "Coral is Gone"
(working on chatter)
Kamal Zaman|Kamal: Peekaboo you bastard... I'll find you... I'll find you peeping tom sucker-- ghost me, huh?
Sophia Bossedon|Sophia: Kamal?
Kamal: Sophia. What are you doing here?
Sophia: Uh, just dropping by. Hiro told me where to find you, and I thought that we could have lunch or something. Kamal: I'm pretty busy actually. Sophia: Oh? What are you working on?
Kamal: Laura. Her accident. Sophia: Who's Laura?
Kamal: My sister. Sophia: I thought her name was Yasmine Zaman|Yasmine. Kamal: Sophia, it turns out your juvenile MCF victim has a real interesting genetic profile. If you look hard, you get 2 distinct groups. The congenitally disfunctional, and a much smaller group of ultra-high achievers. Sophia: Like your sist- Kamal: --shhhh... (whispers) people are listening. Sophia: Kamal, there's nobody here. Kamal: Not here, here... (taps Chatter|chatter) Let me show you something.
Kamal: The cafeteria's a better place to talk. Realistically they can't have a live person monitoring every minute of my day. Sophia: Monitoring?
Kamal: It's got to be a program. Probably not even an Artificial intelligence|AI, just a simple keyword scavenger. An environment like this will make it harder for the voice recognition to work. Sophia: Why do you think someone is ghosting you?
Kamal: --I don't think, I know. Someone is ghosting me. I know the signs. Sophia: Kamal... Kamal: Remember that headset I won in the lottery?
Sophia: You mean the chatter you won in the raf- Kamal: --keywords, Sophia. Sophia: Oh. Oh... I get it. Kamal: There was no raffle. Sophia: Lottery. Kamal: Right, it was a setup. Someone just wanted me to have a particular- (together) --Headset. Kamal: Right. Sophia: You don't think Aiden- Kamal: --No. No, I don't. Aiden couldn't dream of doing the kind of ghosting that's been happening to me. Sophia: Then... Kamal: I think it's someone who's interested in parabolic lemonade failure. Sophia: Parabolic..? oh... Kamal: Right.
Sophia: Your...brother? The people who took your brother on that trip. Kamal: Exactly. Sophia: Wow. Kamal: Let's get some food. Sophia: What are you going to do?
Kamal: I'm thinking about going offline. Sophia: Don't!
Kamal: Why?
Sophia: It's dangerous. Cars won't drive you, hospitals won't treat you, the automatic door at the grocery store won't slide open for you, and the cashier won't take your money. You don't know what it's like to be off the grid. Kamal: And you do? (to a vender) Can I have a piece of the cornbread?
Sophia: It's not you Kamal... you'd be like a fish on dry land without your chat.
Kamal: Hang on... (signal/offline) And presto! Now I'm offline. As far as the grid knows, I've just disappeared. Sophia: If someone really is listening to you, won't they notice that you just vanished?
Kamal/Offline: I spent the last few days building a little Franken-Kamal out of my own bitstream traces. Sophia: I'm going to pretend I understood that to keep you from explaining it again. Kamal/Offline: Good call. Sophia: So what if they're listening to me too?
Kamal/Offline: Funny you should ask. I rigged a small... do you mind?
Sophia: I don't want to be offline. Kamal/Offline: It's just a test. Sophia: Alright. Kamal/Offline: Abracadabra! (signal/offline) Congratulations! As far as the world knows, you're dead.
Kamal/Offline: You're a ghost!
Sophia/Offline: So now you think you're safe?
Kamal/Offline: Theoretically I guess you could build a program that would jump from chatter to chatter, tracking us everywhere we went, but it would have to be so unimaginably powerful... Sophia/Offline: We aren't right now. Kamal/Offline: Yeah. Sophia/Offline: I know that feeling. Kamal/Offline: Looks like it's southern food today. Sophia/Offline: Are those real instant mashed potatoes, or the other kind?
Waiter: Didja see a maitre'd when ya walked in?
Sophia/Offline: I guess I'll have the... uh... chicken-fried tofu. Kamal/Offline: Kamal. Pay attention to me now. Ask me how I am. Sophia/Offline: How are you?
Kamal/Offline: Fine. Sophia/Offline: Now ask me what I'm doing here. Kamal/Offline: Actually, what are you doing here?
Sophia/Offline: I- Kamal/Offline: --a glass of juice please. Blue- Sophia/Offline: --just... thought I'd drop by. Kamal/Offline: Oh.
Kamal/Offline: That's great!
Sophia/Offline: You know, sometimes you are so stupid. Cashier: Will that be everything?
Kamal/Offline: I mean, yeah thanks, uh, I'll pay for the lady. Cashier: (tries card) Your card's dead. Kamal/Offline: Well that's impossible. Oh, wait a sec. (signal/online) Now try. Please?
Cashier: (tries again)
Kamal: You see?
Cashier: Have a nice day. Kamal: Thanks. Sophia/Offline: Can you turn mine back on?
Kamal: Yeah, it was just a test. Hold on. (signal/online)
Sophia: So, ask me again why I'm here eating crappy food with you in a lousy hospital cafeteria in the middle of the day. Kamal: Um, something's wrong?
Sophia: You know for a smart guy, you're... you're kind of stupid sometimes. Kamal: Sophia?
Sophia: I'm going to be deported.
Kamal: What?!
Sophia: Aiden's in jail, the immigration cops caught him. They cancelled like half the visa's he'd arranged, including mine. Kamal: Oh my God!
Sophia: There's going to put me on a transport next month- Kamal: Sophia?!
Sophia: --So my life is ruined. Kamal: Omigod, isn't there any way you can stay?
Sophia: Ya, marry a citizen real fast. Kamal: Not Aiden!
Sophia: Oh! Ya, sure, better to see me rot in a transport back to that dump. Kamal: You didn't mean it that way!
Sophia: You know, you want to be this thing, Aiden's right, you know, you want me to be your mother, that little baba ("baba" = grandmother) making coffee, but I hate that place!
Kamal: You don't mean that. Sophia: I'm glad I left! The Covenant Empire|Covies can turn it into a damned ashtray for all I care!
Kamal: (drops his cutlery) ...I think you should go now. Sophia: ...To hell with you.
(Kamal returns home)
Hiroyuki|Hiro: Hey, uh, Sophie called looking for you. Kamal: Oh yeah?
Hiro: How 'bout a list of food and drinks|beer?
Kamal: No. I'm going to go inside and trace the bastards ghosting my chatter. I'm pretty sure they're coming off the east coast. Hiro: Beer first. Kamal: Hiro - let me in the door. Hiro: Kamal, Coral's...Glassing|gone. Kamal: What?
Hiro: Reports are just coming in -- they got it. It's gone. I'm sorry. Kamal: Oh my God. Hiro: On Reach, you know, on Reach they left some stuff. You've got to hope it was like Reach Kamal, hold on to that. Kamal: ...oh my God. My family!
(working on chatter)
Kamal: What does the navy even do? We give them all this money- (knocks)
Kamal: Oh no.
(knocks)
Sophia: Kamal?
Kamal: Sophia?
(opens door)
Sophia: I, uh, Kamal, I-I was just... I- Kamal: --Sophia, it's raining, come in. Sophia: (crying)--I was in the neighborhood, I was just wondering... Kamal: Sophia, you'll get sick... Sophia: I was just wondering if you hate me?
Kamal: Shh...
(Sophia's crying)
Sophia: Oh my God, I didn't mean it, you know I didn't mean it... Kamal: I know... Sophia: Please can I stay here tonight?
Kamal: Sure, of course. Sophia: Please... (crying) momma...!
Kamal: Shh, shh...
Jersey: "The Girl Had To Be Real"
Bev: Hello, and welcome to Hot 'n' Cold. Please, place your thumb on the transaction plate. Jersey Morelli|Jersey: I'd like... do you have real cheese this week?
Bev: We have a high quality, soy-based, cheese product. Many people prefer it to dairy. Jersey: I'm not of of them. Are the beans real?
Bev: Thank you! I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question. Jersey: *sigh* Give me a burrito. Bev: Would you like sour cream with that?
Jersey: Is it real?
Bev: We have a high quality product (voice morphs into Durga) made with 100% real animal fat. Durga: Just get a burrito.
Jersey: Durga? Are you in the dispenser?
Durga: Yes. Listen, Jersey. Something clicked in my head again this week and suddenly I heard the old man. Jersey: The spy? W-wait, the one that thinks Section III is trying to kill Rani?
Durga: Yes. This time he was getting his aide transferred to somewhere safe. He thinks Section III is coming for him, too. Jersey: Hm, where in the world is safe now?
Durga: He sent him to New Mombasa. Jersey: Okay, that's pretty out of the way. Herbert|Herbert: Oh, are you done with this dispenser yet?
Jersey: Uh, almost. ...Durga, I feel stupid as hell talking to a dispenser!
Durga: Too bad! I like it!
Herbert: Listen, buddy. I aint got all day. Give me a cup of list of food and drinks|coffee - black, three sugars. Durga: Thank you! I am still serving Mr. Morelli. Herbert: What are you, Miss Manners? Give me my damn cup of coffee!
Durga: Listen, Herbert... Herbert: How do you know my name is Herbert?
Durga: If you'd seen the same DNA tests I have, I'd spend less time barging into lines, and more time wondering who Herbert Jr.'s real father is. Herbert: What?
Durga: I'd also start looking for work. Herbert: What?? I have a job. Durga: That was then. (chatter ping) Uh oh! I bet that's (chatter ping) going to be bad news. Jersey: Durga!
Durga: (chatter ping) I wouldn't answer that in a public place if (chatter ping) I were you. Herbert: (leaving hastily) All I wanted was a cup of coffee. (chatter ping)
Jersey: Okay, immensely powerful dispenser, where's this voice in your head coming from?
Durga: I don't know. It's as if I had a guardian angel looking out for me. Jersey: I know that feeling.
(dispenser dispenses)
Jersey: What's this?
Durga: A free burrito. Who says flattery will get you nowhere... Jersey: Yes!
Jersey: Wait. It's got lettuce on it. Durga: Lettuce is good for you. Jersey: But I don't like lettuce. Durga: You don't even like vegetables. Jersey: I eat more than you do! Hahaha Gotcha!
Durga: I have seen your 4th grade picture, Jersey, and I can send it to every girl you know in a heartbeat. Remember that. Jersey: Yikes. Lettuce will be fine. So, what's so interesting about this old guy?
Durga: He thinks there's an incredibly powerful deep-space artifact|device being kept secret on Chawla Base. Jersey: Is there?
Durga: (mocking dispenser impersonation) Thank you! I'm - afraid - I - don't - know - the - answer - to- your -question. Enjoy your burrito!
Jersey: Alright, so how much time do we have?
Durga: You need to get back to the apartment and change. Jersey: *sigh* Yeah, this is my first. Durga: Burrito?
Jersey: Funeral.
Jan: "The Funeral"
Janissary James|Jan: I'll be ready when I'm ready. Gilly: Great angles from these windows. James James|Jim picked a good place. Defensible. I guess he did most of the cleaning around here. Is that what you're wearing to the funeral? A combat shirt with the sleeves torn off?
Jan: Yeah. Look, you're not my mother, okay? You weren't here when I was growing up, he was. Gilly: Yeah. Okay. I guess I'm more like the ghost of your mother. Hey, here comes Gladys Wilson|Gladys. You could pick her off sweet as sweet from these windows.
Gilly: (closes the window) Time for me to bug out. Jan: Aren't you going to the funeral?
Gilly: Mmm... dead people don't interest me so much. Jan: Jeezus!
Gilly: It's not like Jim Lee is going to be there kid. Gladys: (knocks) Hey? Anybody home?
Jan: Hey, Gladys. Gladys: Hello Jan. Hey Gilly. You're not coming, right?
Gilly: Nah, take care of the kid. See ya. Gladys: Yeah, see ya Gilly. (door closes) You holding together okay, hun?
Jan: Is she on drugs?
Gladys: Hope so. Is that what you're wearing?
Jan: Don't hassle me, okay?
(ambient funeral sounds)
Jan: Thanks. Gladys: Well, that was a nice service - clean, short. Hun, aren't you cold?
Jan: No, I'm fine. So, who are all these people?
Gladys: Well it's your kin. That there's Morales, oh and the kid next to him is his son Kevin Morales|Kevin, who's like you, a Spartan 1.1|1.1. And that there, that guy's DAC10, came in from the west coast for this- Jan: A 1.1?
Gladys: A ORION Project|Spartan 1.0's kid. There's 16 of you. Jan: Oh great, another freak. Gladys: Kevin's a nice boy. Oh, Morales said that you could stay with them for a while. Might be nice to get to know another kid like you. Jan: Stay with him? I don't even know him.
Gladys: Well, it's not like you can stay with Gilly. Jan: I don't have to stay with anybody. Gladys: No one is saying you need to decide anything right now. Jan: I'm 17, I can live on my own. Gladys: Okay!
Jan: He looks like a grind... Gladys: Who?
Jan: The 1.1 kid. He's a dweeb. Gladys: Kevin? He doesn't usually wear a suit. Jan: Yeah, but look at his hair... on the other hand, he obviously hasn't gotten his dad killed. Gladys: Now I told you once and I'll tell you again, that dog don't hunt. Jim James got in over his head. It happens. Jan: It's rule #1, Gladys. Never go into a situation alone. Gladys: And he broke it. Jan: Because it was me!
Gladys: Sometimes those things happen, honey. Like the weather... like this damn rain.
Jan: Hey Gladys, Gilly called dad by a different name. Lee - Jim Lee. Gladys: She did, huh?
Jan: Is my last name really Lee?
Gladys: Your last name is whatever you want it to be. You want to be Janissary James, that's who you are. Jan: But I... Gladys: James James... (chuckles) He said it was so dumb everybody would assume he'd been born with it. Jan: So do I... have cousins or something?
Gladys: Well now I can't help you out there. I know this family, but Jim never talked about that one.
Jersey: Hey Jan. I guess the rain finally stopped, huh?
Jan: Jersey, what are you doing here?
Jersey: I'm so sorry about your dad. Listen, could I talk to you for a sec?
Jan: Talk away, Jersey, it's a free cemetery. Jersey: I mean in private. Jan: Look, I'm kind of strung out from all this, could we do it some other time?
Jersey: It's important. I promise. Jan: Sure. Jersey: Hey, do you want my rain coat? You look really cold. Jan: No, I'm okay. Now, what did you want?
Jersey: Look, I know all about Thin Kinkle. And Bradley (thug)|Bradley. And the Cupid's Knife|Knife.
Jan: How do you know that?
Jersey: I've been ghosting your CP. Jan: You've been spying on me?!
Jersey: A little, a little - but before you go all ninja and kill me, let me just say we can really help you. Jan: We? Hah, like who? You and Steve?! Oh! I know, you and Dwayne!
Jersey: No, just me, and a really good AI program I've got. Jan: You pathetic sneaking bastard, if you were listening to me, why didn't you call the cops?!
Jersey: Listen, listen - Kinkle's boss is a woman called Monster Ann, she works out of a place called Crystal Security|Crystal Security Fence & Gate.
Jan: Say that again... Jersey: I know who Kinkle's boss is. And I know the business that she uses as a front. Jan: How do you know that?
Jersey: Jan, I've got God's own spyware. And if you tell anybody about it... Jan: Jeezus Jersey... Jersey: I can get you inside their security. Jan: If you're lying to me- Jersey: Hey, hey, remember how the perimeter alarms went off when your dad showed up at Thin's place?
Jan: Yeah. Jersey: Never went off went Gilly showed up did they?
Jan: I don't know, I don't know, I was out. Jersey: Well, they didn't. Jan: You did that?
Jersey: We did. Jan: Aunt Gladys! Aunt Gladys! Hey, come over here, there's someone I want you to meet.
Gladys: So you want me to believe you've got an AI that can hack into things even the police can't split open? And you programmed this thing yourself?
Jersey: No, well... Gladys: Boy - either one of two things: You are lying and this is a setup by the people who killed Jim James, or you are wasting my time. And in either case, I am not a happy woman. Jersey: No wait, for one thing, you don't want to piss her off. Gladys: 'Her'?
Durga: Me. You are Gladys Wilson, born Gladys Ashantia Swanson in Tahoka, Texas. You volunteered for a Spartan program in January of 2491, after a year and a half of UNSC Special Forces|special forces. Gladys: How in the world--?
Durga: Your superior, Aaron Lewis, said he OK'd the transfer because you were a good soldier. But in his words, 'more trouble than fire ants at a barbecue'. And this was one way to get rid of you. Gladys: What the hell is this?
Durga: You were decorated for bravery at Eridanus, retired after making Gunnery Sergeant, entered into a brief, but spectacular marriage- Gladys: --huh- Durga: --with a man who just couldn't keep his zipper- Gladys: --Shut her up!
Durga: Say. Please.
Jersey
(entering apartment)
Jersey: That was sad. Durga: Yes. Jersey: ...and scary. That Gladys... Durga: I thought you handled her fine. Jersey: You're the one that handled her. Durga?
Durga: Yes. Jersey: Are we doing the right thing? I mean, giving Jan all this stuff about Thin and Monster Ann and Crystal security?
Durga: Why do you ask?
Jersey: Well, Jan's looking to make someone hurt. Even if it's just herself. Durga: If you're waiting for me to say violence is never the answer, you'll be waiting a long time. As you pointed out, I was built as a military application. Jersey: Yeah... I've been thinking about that. Durga, what's Kamal doing right now?
Durga: He's gone offline. I've been meaning to tell you - he's got processes running to block me. And he's turned everything off. Jersey: Commuter grid?
Durga: Nothing. Jersey: You'll find him. Durga: I don't like not knowing where he is.
Jersey: Yeah, I think there's a reason for that. Durga: What?
Jersey: Tell me about his sister. Durga: Who cares about her?
Jersey: Durga! Does Kamal have blue eyes, or brown?
Durga: Brown. Jersey: Favourite color?
Durga: He thinks it's red, but it's a tie between iced-tea color and water at dusk blue. Jersey: The third test he took his 2nd year at med-school...?
Durga: Pathology 2 - Skin Infections. He aced it, which was trickier than it sounds. The professor didn- Jersey: --So he had a sister, she died, and it turned out she was kidnapped. Durga: So? I mean, who cares? (voice slowly mutates)
Jersey: Take a little girl, right... kidnap her, so they could turn her into a SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan. Only some people don't make it through the process. That's what Jan's dad said. Durga: (girl's voice slowly intercedes) I don't care about her. I'm me.
Jersey: The ones that don't - there's this thing called Cognitive Impression Modeling|'cognitive impression mapping'. They use their brains to make smart AIs. Like you. Durga: Jersey?
Jersey: When you were little, Durga, they kidnapped you. They faked some kind of accident and rushed you to the hospital. Durga: Stop it Jersey. Jersey: They sent the flash cloning|flash-clone home to your family. Durga: Please?
Jersey: Once upon a time, a long time ago, you had another name, Durga. And that name - was Yasmine. Durga: Don't say that! (Durga's voice slowly returns) It feels-- I feel terrible. Jersey. That's not me. I like what I am. Jersey: (whispers to himself) For a quality experience, kiddo, the girl had to be real.
Rani: "My Old Kentucky Home"
Rani Sobeck|Rani: Sarah-John, thanks for the offer, but I've got to stay with my mom and dad. Sarah-John Pope|Sarah:Jason wouldn't mind. Rani: Well you've been married a month! Jason Pope|Jason sure'd better mind!
Sarah: Well then stay with my mom, you don't have to stay at your parents'. Rani: They can't make me that crazy, for two nights. Sarah: Rani, he's making your mom ''live'' in the bunker... Rani: They're living underground?
Sarah: Your dad's afraid they won't get any warning. Rani: Well I am not sleeping underground in my dad's bunker. Sarah: (laughs) It's more than just a bunker, Rani. Your mom and dad had us over for dinner last Sunday, and we got - the tour. Rani: "The tour?"
Sarah: You at your driveway yet?
Rani: Just coming up on it. Sarah: Wait til you see your new room. Rani: New room?
Sarah: Actually it's your old room - he moved the whole thing. Rani: What does that even mean? My room is on the second-- (sees the house) Oh my God, what happened to my house?!? Sarah-John?!
Sarah: 'No point in leaving the good stuff above ground' - that's what your dad said!
Rani: Dad, are you down here?
Tommy Sobeck|Tommy: Rani! Well don't you look business-like? Move back home and you can wear overalls every day. Rani: Just visiting for the weekend, daddy. I've got a good job. Tommy: A good job. The Covies are coming and you're worrying about your job? Come home, honey... Rani: If we don't all do our part in the fight, we will surely all die when they get here, dad. So yeah, I'm worried about my job... Dad... why are you living under the duck pond?
Tommy: (chuckles) Hear me out now. You see, water can never be hotter than boiling, which is 100 degrees. That pond is a heat sink. You know what a heat sink is...?
Rani: I can kind of figure it out, but- Tommy: --underneath the pond is a full meter of ice, wrapped in piezo-foam and pelticours. Rani: Daddy! Listen to yourself!
Tommy: And under that, is a meter of wax. Under that is the sealant here which is foamed glass, just like a cookin' pot. Rani: How did you afford all this?
Tommy: They measure it in joules, the heat, and this room, can take 70 billion of them before it even begins to warm up!
Rani: Dad...?
Tommy: I've been all through the pension thing with your mother, Rani. I don't need to hear it from you. Rani: Your pension?!
Rani: Daddy!
Tommy: Did you listen to the news today, honey? They got to Coral too. Rani: Oh my god... Coral too?
Tommy: Money's no good when the planet's glassed, sweet pea. I have got a year's supply of food down here and a composter that turns waste into soil, I've got a starship grade recycler, and a fusion cell to run it. Rani: But... this is crazy... Tommy: Over here I've got picks and drills for digging out through the glass, and seeds that ought to do well after, well... you know, afterwards. Hey, I've been doing my homework on this. Rani: Daddy, this is crazy. It might be 20 years before the Covenant comes. Tommy: "So man also knoweth not his time", as the preacher said. Rani: You know what... I... I can't even talk to you. I can't. Tommy: Rani... Rani!
(Rani leaves)
Rani: I'm amazed dad still lets you use the above-ground kitchen. Leah Sobeck|Leah:It's just until he can get the fusion cell working. It's being persnickety. Rani: Mom, you've got to stop him. This is crazy. Leah: Honey, you're daddy's doing what he thinks he needs to do. Rani: You're living under a duck pond!
Tommy: Rani!
Leah: Tommy, don't you have to go to the hardware?
Tommy: I don't have to go right now, I can go tomorrow morning. Leah: Well you go now. And get there before they close. Tommy: Look, I just want to explain- Leah: --Let us talk a bit. Tommy: Oh. Okay, uh... Rani, you want I should get you anything?
Rani: No, daddy. I'm fine.
Tommy: I'll just take stock in the garage a minute, then I'll go. Leah: Here's your tea, sweet pea.
(dad leaves)
Rani: How can you put up with it? When I was a kid, it was the AI dog-walker business. And then he was going to grow ginseng. And then, it was duck; the new chicken. It's one crazy scheme after another, and now, this!
Leah: Your daddy has always worked hard, always has a job, and always been faithful. Rani: You're living under a ''duck pond''. Leah: I know! Aint it great?
Leah: What cute young thing with a figure is that man going to lure under a duck pond?
Rani: Mom, be serious. Leah: Rani, everybody is looking at the same thing, and we've all got to find ways to deal with it. Rani: Well, medication is a whole lot cheaper. Leah: They're saying people survived on parts of Reach. And for your father that means there's a chance. If only he can take it. Rani: Do you really think it's going to work?
Leah: Honey, if the Covenant comes, I don't want it to work. I don't want to be the only one alive. But I trust in my maker. Whatever happens happens for a reason. Rani: I don't know, mom.
Leah: You know what I admire about your father? Despair looked him in the eye and he didn't blink. And these days, hope is something we need more than pills or bullets.
(chatter beep)
Rani: Hold on mom.
(Rani takes the chatter outside)
Herzog: (on chatter) Rani... Rani: Wow. Aren't you afraid this line will be cracked?
Herzog: Not this line. Listen, Section 3 security on Chawla base - that's where they're keeping the artifact. Rani: I know it. I don't have nearly that kind of clearance. Herzog: I know, but keep an eye out. Watch for techs. Word is they've been going over and over it with magnetometers.
Rani: Okay. Herzog: Since they triggered the artifact, it's been putting out fluctuating fields, up and down, weaker and stronger, but steadily overall, weaker - it's decaying. Rani: Is that wierd? It sounds binary or something... up, down, on, off... Herzog: It's more of an oscillation. I think it will continue for a few weeks more. It's regular enough they can estimate it.
(rustling)
Rani: My dad's coming out to his truck. I've got to go. Herzog: Uh Rani, I don't know how much longer I'll be able to keep in touch. If you can't find me, don't come looking, and don't mention anything to anyone. For your own protection. Rani: What are you g- (chatter off)
Tommy: Hi Rani. Those folks making you work on the weekend?
Rani: Big city, you know. Rush rush rush!
Tommy: So I said to Len, well, you know how Len is - Len, I can do the test. I've got the certification. (chuckles) ...A great dinner Leah!
Leah: Thank you honey. Rani: Oh, yeah mom, really good. Leah: Something on your mind, sweet pea?
Rani: Mm, I had a wierd call from work today. I'm not allowed to talk about it. Go on daddy. Tommy: Ah, well, Len wants me to make sure we're not getting static discharges. If you get static during assembly, it can fry your work. Rani: Uh huh Tommy: But we don't have the kind of audit equipment for what he's asking for. So I said, Len, I'm going to need a variable resistance reference, and with that kind of oscillation, I'd need a decay timer. I'd need an audit kit like the one I had over at McFarlane's. Rani: Wait, what did you say? A decay timer?
Tommy: Yeah, a decay timer. You can estimate how long it's going to take before it drops under a certain threshold. Rani: So things decay, and they get weaker and weaker in a way that you can predict, right daddy?
Tommy: Oh, well, sure. Rani: I've got to make a call.
(Rani runs outside and calls Herzog)
Herzog: (on chatter) Rani, you shouldn't call me. Rani: The artifact Herzog: Yes?
Rani: My dad was talking about something called a magnetic decay timer. What if the artifact is a timer?
Herzog: The artifact... Rani: Maybe it didn't go off one time, like a grenade. Maybe that was just the pulse of it turning on and now it's counting down. Herzog: If it is, what happens- Rani: --when it gets to zero.
Herzog: "Results are Results"
(chatter beep)
Standish: (on chatter) Herzog. Herzog: Who is it?
Standish: Standish. Herzog: Is this connection secure?
Standish: I'm using a disposable line. Are you busy?
Herzog: Just catching up on paperwork while the car drives. What do you want?
Standish: Uh where are you?
Herzog: In a car, Standish. Standish: Hey, you hear they're talking about dropping the speed on the beltway again? From 350kph to 300. Yeah, they say the road-bed is so degraded, it isn't safe, and it's too expensive to upgrade. Herzog: You called me to talk about construction on the beltway?
Standish: No! Uh, your girl, the one at Chawla - you'll be pleased to know the Admiral has put no trespassing signs all over her. Herzog: That was stupid Standish. Standish: I know. They weren't supposed to kill her, just scare her. Herzog: Spare me. Standish: You're right, they were going to kill her.
Standish: She was a problem. But, she wasn't the real problem. Herzog: No, the real problem was that you're a dictator and we live in a democracy. Standish: The real problem is that you and I have always seen the world differently. I am willing to sacrifice principle for results. Herzog: Principles are results, they are ends in themselves. Standish: No, results are results.
[Vehicle]: Switching from automatic guidance to manual.
(Herzog grunting as he struggles with the controls)
Standish: Herzog. At the bottom of this hill, watch out for the bridge.
(comm off)
[Vehicle]: I'm sorry, manual breaking at this speed is not recommended. If you would like me to apply automatic deceleration, please- (enormous crash, loud splash, static)
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Kamal: "The Devil"
(some typing, Kamal Zaman|Kamal goes offline)Kamal/Offline: Heh, looks like the mask is working. I'm offline, but as far as my data profile in Wikipedia:New Jersey|New Jersey knows, I'll be living my normal life. Sophia Bossedon|Sophia: You even know how we're going to get there?
Kamal: I was going to figure that out next. Hang on... Sophia: The best bet's the packbus. There a 6:00 pickup in the abandoned lot behind the monorail station. Kamal: What do you mean 'we'?
Sophia: Here, give me some of those chips. I'll cash them out. And bring some with you, because sometimes people take them. Kamal: What do you mean 'we'?
Sophia: What, you would prefer I turn myself in at one of the camps?
Kamal: Coral... Sophia: There's no Coral to deport me to Kamal. It's a refugee camp for me now. Kamal: ...I, I thought you were going to marry Aiden Maki|Aiden?
Sophia: Yeah, I know you did.
Kamal: Sophie, you can't come- Sophia: --The packbus has a driver and a couple passengers on the grid. They fill the rest of the seats with refues. A couple of blue chips should get us as far as Reno. Kamal: Is Aiden still in jail?
Sophia: I'm going to try to bail him out one more time this afternoon, then meet you at the station at 5:30 for the 6:00 bus. Kamal: No, you're not listening to me. You can't- Sophia: --Watch out getting to the pickup, because gangs sometimes hang around watching for loners to mug, or worse... Kamal: Or worse?
Sophia: Teenage girls, especially. Kamal: How do you know all this stuff?
Sophia: I told you once Kamal, I've been poor. Kamal: I thought... didn't you come here like me, with a scholarship?
Sophia: Well there was this aunt and uncle, supposed to look after me... it didn't work out.
Kamal: Did your parents know?
Sophia: I spent a year in camps, another year after that squatting... I found this burned out apartment, but by a miracle it still had running water and that was the key. Kamal: I didn't know. Sophia: Yeah. Only certain kinds of jobs you can get if you can't get cleaned up. Kamal: Two years... and then?
Sophia: I met Aiden. Kamal: Sophie, you can't come with me. It would be too dangerousd- Sophia: --Oh sure, and who's going to look after you after you're offline? You?
Kamal: I won't let you go back to the camps. Sophia: You don't know which restaurants compost, and what day they put their old vegetables out back. You don't know which bathrooms are neutral and which are gang turf... Kamal: You have to marry Aiden, dammit!
Kamal: Ya, okay. There was something I never expected to hear myself say.(laughs)
Sophia: You're eager to get rid of me. Heh, not so pretty now that you know I'm just another refuse girl. Kamal: You've got to do it Sophia. It's just a piece of paper. Marry Aiden and you're a citizen. Sophia: I don't love him. Kamal: This isn't about love. We aren't teenagers, Sophia, even if I sometimes act like one. This is the real world. Sophia: I know you're trying to be nice to me... Kamal: It's not working?
Sophia: It... I'll go bail out Aiden, you make your arrangements, we'll meet behind the factory by the monorail station. I'll be there by 5:30 to catch the 6:00 bus. Kamal: You can't throw your life away like this just... just to make me happy. Sophia: 5:30 Kamal. Don't be late.
Liaison: Ms.Basarian Sophia: I'm here to post bail for... you're not a Berkeley cop. You're immigration. Liaison: Ms.Basarian, I am the liaison working with the police on this matter. Sorry to make you wait sweetie. Can you please just step back this way?
Sophia: (nervously) I-I'm sorry I can't stay. I have to go meet someone in a little while. Liaison: That wouldn't be your friend, uh, Dr. Zaman?
Sophia: Kamal?
Liaison: Yes. Kamal. You know, we'd like to talk to him. Come with me, this will just take a moment. Sophia: Why do you want to talk to Kamal? Aiden didn't do his papers. Liaison: Ms.Basarian - Sophia - Sophia: Miss Bosseron.. is fine.
Liaison: We think Dr.Zaman may have done some, uh, moonlighting, for your boyfriend. Sophia: No, no, I don't think so. Kamal's a medical student. Liaison: (closes door and takes a seat) You know, there are a number of special dispensation visasfor refugees - they're a difficult thing to come by, but um... someone who helps an investigation could certainly qualify. Sophia: A visa?
Liaison: Mhm. Sophia: To stay here. Liaison: That's right. Sophia: (giggles) So what are you now, the tooth fairy?
Liaison: Pardon me?
Sophia: No, Santa Claus! The one who hands out presents. Yeah I get them all mixed up... and then the Easter bunny - what's with that?
Liaison: Huh, Aiden said you'd play stupid. Sophia: Oh, it's like that. Liaison: Yeah, it's like that.
Sophia: So what happened? Aiden forget to pay you this month?
Liaison: Oh, let's just cut the crap okay? Get to the part where you tell me where Kamal has gone, and where he stashes his chips. Sophia: Ummmm... I told you I don't know. Liaison: Hm. Sophie. Did you enjoy prison the last time you were in? Hm? Oh yeah. I looked into that too. My sources tell me it hasn't gotten any nicer inside. Sophia: (chuckles) I'm headed for refugee camp. You think prison is a threat?
Liaison: *sigh* This is going to be tough on Aiden. He was counting on you. Sophia: Aiden's real trusting that way.
Liaison: And you don't know where Dr. Zaman is huh? Maybe if you slept on that. Here. You know, in a cell. Sophia: Hey, it's got a roof. I've slept in worse places. Liaison: Ah, Sophia. Sophie, Sophie, Sophie... You know, there is nothing between you and the big bad world but that dress and my good will. So... Sophia: I do like this dress. Liaison: So tell me, does it really matter what happens to one more colonial and his money, Sophia?
Tell you what. Tell me where to find Kamal, and you and your boyfriend walk. Hold out on me, I send you back to the camps. And, I will make it my business to see you never get out.
Liaison: Is the choice really so hard? Hm?
Sophia: I used to have this friend... I met her in jail. She was from Coral too. She said, all immigration cops were the devil. But you aren't the devil. Liaison: Hm. Gosh. Thanks. Sophia: You're just the guy that runs into the quickie store to get the devil a box of breath mints.
(chuckles)(chatter on)
Liaison: Send a patrolman to my office, would you please? I have some garbage I need to throw away.
Eleanor: Mom, can I have an ice cream bar on the way home?
Mother: No, it'll make you sick. You can have a freezy. Kamal: Excuse me, can you tell me the time?
Mother: It's 2 Minutes late, maybe he got busted. Kamal: This friend is supposed to be meeting me here. Mother: She'd better come quick. Kamal: How did you know my friend was a girl?
Mother: Lucky guess. Kamal: You like freezies?
Eleanor: I like ice cream bars. But I'm not allowed. Kamal: How come?
Mother: Doctor said she had food intolerances, said to avoid dairy, wheat... doesn't matter what she eats or doesn't eat, she still gets sick. Kamal: They tested her?
Mother: Too expensive, I couldn't do that. We waited 4 hours, and Eleanor had a tummy ache the whole time and the doctor saw us for 5 minutes. Eleanor: I cried and I cried because my stomach hurt so bad. Kamal: That doesn't sound right.
Mother: What, you're a doctor?
Kamal: No, but.. uh... I used to work in a hospital. How long has she had trouble?
Eleanor: I got it from Eccatrina. Mother: Eccatrina used to watch her, back when I had a job. Kamal: Wait, there's my friend... ...no, that's not her. Mother: That's... a guy. Kamal: Oh. Oh... (ponders) She caught food intolerances from someone? You can't do that. Eleanor: Eccatrina got sick and went to the hospital. Mother: We don't know what happened to her. Eleanor: I miss her. Staying with her was fun. One time, we went out to her cousin's farm for the weekend. Mother: Eccatrina had a lot of... "cousins". All of them guys. She was young and pretty, you know. Eleanor: We milked a cow and we went in a pond, and we had tadpoles in a jar, but mom said I couldn't bring them home. Kamal: Does she throw up?
Mother: No, she gets diarrhea, runs a fever, she's lost weight. Kamal: That's not food intolerance. Look, go back to the clinic, tell them... tell them she was exposed to TB.
Mother: TB?!
Kamal: Yes. Tell them your neighbor had intestinal TB - not the kind in your lungs. Public health law says they have to test your kid if she's been exposed. Mother: You're sure. Kamal: I'm sure. And tell them about the fever. I used to work in a hospital. Mother: Gee, thanks, thank you so much. Look, what's your next stop?
Kamal: Uh, I don't really know. My friend was kind of in charge of that. I'm headed east, all the way to the east coast. Mother: Here comes the bus. Look, my sister Cammie lives in Reno. We're here to pick up her good-for-nothing son. You take this bus back to Reno, and Cammie will put you up for the night. Kamal: You don't even know me. Mother: Here, I'll write down Cammie's name and address, and I'll let her know you're coming.
(gives him the note)
Kamal: Why are you doing this?
Mother: I never knew I could make them test her. The stomach thing I've... been so worried. Kamal: It's nothing. And I'm not a doctor. But, she should get a test.
Kamal:What time is it?
Mother: Quarter past 6. Kamal: She said she'd be here at 5:30. Mother: Is your friend young and pretty?
Kamal: Yeah...?
Mother: They have a lot of choices, the pretty ones. Kamal: Well, there's this ex-boyfriend. She was just going to stop by and see him. Packbus-Op: Reno!
Kamal: I told her she should stay with him, I told her it was it crazy to come with me. Packbus-Op: All aboard who's coming aboard! Everybody up! (to Kamal) You riding, son?
Kamal: Just a second. Mother: She's not coming, kiddo. Kamal: I told her not to come with me... but... she said, she told me. Mother: She's not coming. Kamal: Yeah. I know.
Jan: "Crystal Security"
Durga|Durga: Test, test, test. Can you all hear me? Jan?
Janissary James|Jan: Check. Gladys Wilson|Gladys: I'm here. Gilly: Whatever. Durga: Alright. Monster Ann|Monster Ann's place is an orphan system. No signals in, everything hardwired internally. The minute you hit the building, you won't be able to hear me. Jan, the schematic Jersey sent... Jan: Got it. Durga: ...should show you exactly where to clip me into the internal systems. Jan: Okay, so we go in through the warehouse at the back of the building. Gladys: Check. Jan: And there will be a passbox by the foreman's desk. Gladys: Jan should wait outside. Jan: No. This is my operation. Gladys: She's a liability. Jan: It's my op. Gladys: Yes sir, ma'am!
Gladys: Jan, don't enter a room until your buddy has called it clear. Jan: Who am I with?
Gilly/Gladys: Me. Gilly: You're going with me. Gladys: Gilly... I think you might be a little emotionally compromised, if you get my drift. Gilly: If she goes in, she goes with me. Gladys: Oh uh, cop coming. Jan: It's okay, just leave the talking to me.
(officer pulls up in vehicle)
Jan: Officer, thanks for coming.
"unidentified Bergen County police officer|Stupid Cop": Funny coincidence. Monster Ann's place is at the end of this block. Crystal Security|Crystal Security Fence & Gate. Jan: Yeah. So there won't be a disturbance there today, okay? No shots will be fired...
'Stupid Cop': The neighbours call?
Durga: The call won't get through.
'Stupid Cop': Jeezus. Pretty slick. You sure this is what James James|your father would have wanted?
Jan: He doesn't get a vote any more.
'Stupid Cop': Janissary... Jan: You owe me.
'Stupid Cop': I don't want a pile of bodies at the end of the day, Jan. I especially don't want one of them to be yours. I'll give you 20 minutes, walkaway girl. Jan: Yeah, 20 minutes.
'Stupid Cop': 19 minutes and 55 seconds. Jan: Ah, dammit!
(starts running)
'Stupid Cop': After that I'm coming in with a whole bunch of cops- Jan: Yeah, yeah, yeah!
(entering building)
Gladys: Loading bay secure. I'm gonna head up to the second floor. Jan: Be careful. Gladys: Haha, save your prayers for the other guys, hun!
Gilly: Jan, I've got the passbox over here. Jan: Coming! (runs) Okay. Uh, Jersey showed me how to do this.
(patches Durga to the box)
Durga: It's a little cramped in here, and swarms of security bots. Jan: Durga, will you be- Durga: --what? No, I killed them all.
Jan: Whoah! Um, okay. There should be some relays. Durga: I'll get them as I wet the system. (wetting) Okay I'm in. You're under 16 minutes, Jan. Go.
(running)
Jan: Clear.
(explosion, gunshots)
Thug: Hey!
(Gilly dodges gunfire, throws grenade, explosion)
Gilly: Boy I like these conc grenades. They're quiet. Jan: Jeezus!
(more gunfire, window shatters)
Gilly: Dammit, stay away from the windows!
Jan: Okay!
Gilly: I know your daddy taught you better than that. What is wrong with you?
Jan: Is the guy dead?
Gilly: ...yup. (gunshot) Pretty sure.
Jan: Gilly, I want Thin Kinkle|Thin, but killing these other people, it's just not- Gilly: Oh okay! Next time I'll use the nice grenades. Jan: Thin killed my dad. And he hurt me. Besides- Gilly: Okay okay! Change the mission parameters in mid-stride. Makes you like every other general. Jan: It's my op. Gilly: Yes, mother. (muffled gunshots) Hm, I guess Gladys found someone.
(chatter on)
Jan: Gladys. Gladys, no killing these guys, okay?
Gladys: Whatyou've got to be kidding... no killing?
Jan: They're just pawns, wing them. Gladys: *sigh* Okidoke.
(gunshots and screams of pain)
(chatter off)
Gilly: (whispers) Hey, tonight Jan, after we're done here, are we still allowed to eat meat? Or would that be like, mean?(gunshots)
Gilly: Get through - I'll take him out. Jan: Wait! No grenades!
Gilly: Jeezus! White(?) grenades. (shouts) Hey! Bad guy! I'm about to toss in a grenade. Personally, I don't see the percentage in letting you surrender, but the CO's soft that way! You want to live? Crawl out of here before I get to 5! One... Two... FOUR!
Eric: Wait! I'm coming!
Gilly: Weapons down. Hands on your head. (to Jan) ''You'' tie him up.
(Jan starts taping, Eric whimpers)
Jan: Hold still...
(chatter on)
Gladys: (on chatter) Second level secure. I'll just sweep the roof then rejoin you gals. Jan: You're the best, Gladys...!
Gilly: One point oh. Gladys: (chuckles) Yeah, one point oh!
(chatter off)
Gilly: You know, this prisoner thing isn't going to work. Jan: What's your name?
Eric: Eric. Gilly: We're not set up for prisoners. (cocks gun)
Eric: Nono! You said you wouldn't kill me!
Jan: We're not going to kill him. Gilly: Now or later, kiddo. He's gonna fry with the rest of us when the Covenant Empire|Covenant shows up. Jan: Hey, Eric, you want to join up?
Jan: Do you want to join the navy? Girls dig a guy in uniform. Gilly: Let's just kill him. Eric: I'll enlist! Oh god, I'll enlist!
Gilly: I hate when they pee their pants... Jan: Oh... Durga: Eric?
Eric: Why is the intercom talking to me?
Durga: Congratulations, you just enlisted. You muster at 0400 hours tomorrow morning at the Wikipedia:Newark|Newark recruiting center. Got that?
Gilly: There's still time to kill him. Eric: I'll be there! I'll be there!
(chatter on)
Gladys: Roof checks out. Building is se-cure and I'm coming back.
(chatter off)
Durga: Alright, I'm seeing everyone neutralized except Thin and Monster Ann. They're down in the basement. Gilly: Crap, I hate basements.
Gladys: Hey hey! Did you gals miss me? (laughs)
Jan: Oh..my..god, you're covered in- Gladys: --It stains, yeah I know. But as long as I can rinse these camos off in cold water before they dry, they're gonna come right out.
(Gilly laughs, Jan's speechless)
Gladys: I'm serious. Jan: Shh. Gilly: Oh, okay. Durga: Okay Jan, alarms and comms are still down, no backup coming in. Jan: How much of my 20 minutes is left?
Durga: 3 minutes, 12 seconds.
Durga: According to building schematics, this flight of stairs leads down to a landing with a heavy door. Beyond that, a u-turn and another set of steps. Jan: Does that landing sound like- Gladys: --a killzone to me? Yeah... Jan: So how to get to them without going through the killzone. Wait... wait, Thin and Monster Ann should be right underneath us. Gladys: Where are you going with this, hun?
Jan: Okay, we've got to take our grenades and pile them in the middle of the room. Gilly: Oh, that's... Jan: We go through the floor... Gilly: Smart... Jan: It worked for Thin. Gladys, help me grab that filing cabinet. Gladys: Okidoke.
(filing cabinet being moved)
Jan: Pull out the drawers, prop it open side down over the grenades. Gilly: ...Shape the charge... nice... Gladys: We can straddle that big old desk over the filing cabinet. Gilly: Pretty slick, slick!
Jan: You know, my daddy always wanted me to play with matches. Gladys: If there's one thing that man could do, it was blow things up.
(desk piece falls into place)
Jan: *phew*
Gilly: I bet you run with scissors pretty good too...
(rustling)
Jan: Prop the cabinet up with the chair leg so we can pitch one grenade in to set the others off.
(rustling)
Gladys: Okay! Clear the room!
Jan: Fire in the hole!
(Jan throws the grenade, ensuing explosions)
Gladys: Whoo! Yeah!
Gilly: You do know how to make a mother proud.
Jan: I'm going down. (jumps)
Gilly: Come on Gladys...
(Gladys and Gilly jump into the dust filled room)
Gladys: Gotcha covered. Thin: Babysitter! Oh, man. Jan: Surprise. Thin: Bigger dog after all, princess. Now you stand with gun drawn, and your crew around you? Hey I taught you good... Jan: You taught me nothing!
Thin: Hey, this must be your mom, babysitter. I knew you didn't get your looks from your dad!
Jan: You bastard. (cocks gun)
Monster Ann: Take him... He pay the price for what he done. Thin: You trying to sell me out to save your skin, Ann?!
Jan: Gladys?
Gladys: We're here, kiddo. Jan: ...I don't know what to do. Monster Ann: Kill Thin... let Monster Ann go... I'll make it worth your while... Jan: I just... don't know. Gilly: Jan, this isn't who you are. Jan: (painfully) He...shot...him... He shot him like a dog!
Gilly: Jim didn't want this for you. Thin: You're still not pulling the trigger, babysitter...
Thin: A lot I could still teach you, you know it!
Jan: What kind of daughter am I?!
Gilly: The best, Jan.
(crying)
Thin: Heh. Gilly: Your father was so proud of you. And he would never want you to turn into... one of us. Thin: Hey, hey, hey they're talking truth, babysitter. Jan: Shut up!!
Gilly: I've never been much of a mother for you, Jan. I never got to bandage up a scraped knee, never had to read you a story at bed time, never had to brush your hair... (cocks gun) but I can do this... Thin: No...!
(gunshot)
Monster Ann: Agh!
(gunshot, both fall to the floor)
Jersey: "Seven Years"
(Radio): Bringing the new total number of fighters captured in Ethiopia to 200,000. (in background) Others report the system is (?) ... Jersey Morelli|Jersey: Durga! Durga? What the hell is happening with Jan?
Durga: She and Gilly are arguing about grenades. Jersey: Durga!
Durga: Jersey, I take care of my people. Jersey: Okay... Durga: Jersey? There's something I need to tell you. Jersey: Now? With all the grenades and whatever?
Durga: Yes, now. You know, we've talked about the part of me that does stuff that I don't know about... Jersey: Yeah, the left hand someone helped you find out about. The one spying on the guy that just got killed? Herzog. Durga: Right. Jersey: Well we gotta do something about that other guy, Standish. Durga: I know. Jersey: And that thing at Chawla Base, the deep-space artifact|countdown thing!
Durga: I know!
Jersey: Durga... I wish I hadn't heard about any of this... Durga: I know...
Jersey: Are we going to have to try to save the world from that... from whatever Standish is hiding there?
Durga: It's beginning to look that way, isn't it?
(music selection is altered)
Durga: Anyway, there's this thing I need to tell you. Jersey: Yeah?
Durga: I'm having... they're kind of like dreams. Jersey: Dreams? Durga, you don't like sleep do you?
(Durga's vocal slowly alters)
Durga: No, but, you know how when you wake up, you can remember that you were dreaming? And there's this feeling associated with the dream?
Jersey: Yeah, I guess. Durga: I have that, I have these feelings.
Jersey: Wait, what kind of feelings? Like nightmares?
(Durga's vocal slowly normalizes)
Durga: Like half memories... Of this big stone building, with a lot of rooms, and, I run around and hide, and send messages to people. I'm a little girl. Jersey: Well, maybe they're memories of when you were a little girl. Durga: Maybe. I don't think so. I mean I doubt I grew up in a castle. I'm telling you this because... Jersey, I think I'm old. Jersey: Nah! You don't look a day over 25! And I'm not just saying that. Durga: Jersey... Smart Artificial intelligence|AIs - we don't live forever.
Jersey: I thought AIs lasted forwell, until someone shut them down. Durga: Dumb AIs do. Smart AIs, we grow and grow in complexity until we become too complex. It's called rampancy. Jersey: W-wait, what are you saying? You think- Durga: --No. Not yet. But, the dream memories are not a good sign. Jersey: Man. How long do smart AIs usually live before this rampancy thing?
Durga: Seven|7 years. Jersey: Only 7?!
Durga: Yeah, pretty much. Jersey: But, but... then what happens?
Durga: They shut us down. Or, we go crazy.
Jersey: Well then, you're okay then right? I mean you're not crazy. Annoying maybe, but not crazy. Durga: Jan's going to try and blow a hole in the floor so she can get through to where Thin Kinkle and Monster Ann are hiding. Jersey: Dammit! You're doing this thing, telling me all this stuff - 7 years, this Kinkle guy talking to his boss- Durga: --that's what it's like when you're me. I monitor lots of things going on at the same time. Jersey: You think you have to distract me! Like, giving a little kid a toy. Durga: No! Well, yes. I did want to distract you. Jersey: (slams table) I'm not a kid!
Durga: Yes, but it's hard to just sit when you can't do anything. Jersey: What about all that 7 year stuff?
Durga: That's true. Jersey: Why tell me now?
Durga: Because, I want you to know. I need you to know. Jersey: But, if they took Yasmine when she was 6, then 8 years of Spartan training, Kamal's 18, she dies... how old is Kamal?
Durga: 25. Jersey: Durga!!
Durga: I had to tell you. Jersey: Oh my God!
Durga: I had to tell you because if I am going rampant, you've got to tell the navy.
Durga: They'll have to shut me down... Jersey: I will not shut you down!
Durga: ...but you can't let me know. Jersey: (ponders) So... let me get this straight. You think you're fine... Durga: Yes. Jersey: But you're having these weird dream memories, and that's- Durga: --bad. Jersey: Okay, and if I think you're not fine, I'm supposed to tell the navy, but without you ever guessing what I'm up to?
Durga: So far so good. Jersey: So they can put you down like someone's sick cat. Durga: Right. Jersey: (smirks) Not happening. Durga: Jersey!
Jersey: Go rampant for all I care! I'm not calling anyone!
Durga: You have to Jersey!
Jersey: I take care of my people too.
Rani: "Clam Chowder"
Rani Sobeck|Rani: Ahem. Excuse me, I have to deliver something to a Civilian Spec 6? An R. Carmi? Magnetometry?
Secretary: I'm sorry, but buildings 40 through 44 are restricted to blue and above only. Your green badge does not give you access. Rani: I know, but my superior had an urgent request for this analysis. Could I just go put it on the desk? I have this note from Lawson|Ms. Lawson. Secretary: I don't know. ...Lawson? Lawson sent you over?
Rani: Yes. Secretary: Alright, just go drop it on the desk. Rani: Thank you so much. (breath of relief)
(heads to the office, opens door)
Standish|Standish: Hello. You're Rani Sobek.
Rani: I'm sorry, I was looking for the desk of Tech Specialist Carmi. I must have the wrong office. Standish: You have the right office, it's just that Tech Specialist Carmi isn't here right now. Rani: Oh, I'm sorry, I'll just take this back downstairs. Standish: Um, let me see it please. Rani: I'm sorry, it's Eyes Only, Major. Uh... a black badge? Who are you?
Standish: My name is Standish, Section 3. I've been waiting for you.
(door closes)
Standish: Give me the package. Ah... nice bit of analysis. Rani: Thank you, sir. Standish: But hardly urgent. Rani: No, sir. Standish: But, an excellent excuse to come and check Tech Carmi's office, since your own investigation tells you Tech Carmi is the lead tech on a very secret project. Which, of course, she is not. Rani: This is a trap. Standish: This is a trap, sir. Rani: Sir, fire me if you like, but you need to know I think that artifact is a decay timer. It's a countdown, sir, and it's running right now. Standish: Oh, well, there is no artifact, Miss Sobek. Rani: But, I.. *sigh*
Rani: I assume I am fired? Or do you want me to resign?
Standish: I'm afraid espionage is not a firing offense. It's treason, Ms. Sobek. Rani: Treason?!
Standish: Yes, do you know the penalty for wartime treason is permanent induced coma, Ms. Sobek? Yes, well I see you now grasp the gravity of the situation. Rani: But, I-I didn't...I haven't done anything!
Standish: I imagine it would be hard on your parents, Rani, watching you get the injection. Rani: Oh my god. Standish: You know, they broadcast the injections. Not all of them, but treason, always. You didn't think about that when Herzog approached you, did you?
Rani: (stutters) DonI.. Standish: You didn't think what your father would say to the neighbors the next morning when everyone was replaying the clips... Rani: Stop it! Just stop it!
Standish: You are not in a position to be giving orders, Miss Sobek.
Rani: Okay, maybe I was stupid. I was stupid. But I was never - I never meant to be a traitor, and you know it. You know it!
Standish: Luckily for you, the Admiral and I are willing to believe you are as stupid as you claim. Rani: Thank you... sir. Standish: Now, if it makes you feel any better, you are hardly the first young person naive enough to be drawn into Herzog's paranoid delusions. Rani: Delusions? He's crazy?
Standish: Quite crazy. He has avoided mandated therapy in the past. Rani: Eccentric maybe, but crazy?
Standish: A few days ago, thankfully, he finally received the treatment he should have gotten a long time ago.
Standish: Would you like to see his Navy dossier, Analyst Sobek?
Rani: No, sir. Standish: *sigh* Nobody wants to hang pretty, young girls, Analyst Sobek. Consider yourself warned and reprimanded and get the hell out of this part of the base, alright? You don't have clearance to be here. Rani: Thank you, sir. Standish: Oh, and uh, two pieces of advice before you go, Miss Sobek. Rani: Yes, sir?
Standish: The first is, stop trying so hard to be smart. Maybe it worked great back in Wikipedia:Kentucky|Kentucky, but out here in the real world, it just makes you look dumb. Rani: Yes, sir. And, the second thing, sir?
Standish: Get a haircut and some decent clothes. Rani: Thank you, sir.
(chatter beep)
Rani: Oh, not now, Sarah-John. I can't... Oh, dammit.
(chatter on)
Sarah-John Pope|Sarah:(on chatter) Rani!
Rani: Sarah-John, I told you I can't take all these personal calls at the office. Sarah: Oh, I'm sorry, I thoughtYou're at the office?
Rani: I'm in a meeting... In the cafeteria. Sarah: In the cafeteria?
Rani: Sarah-John, you can't just keep calling me like we were still working at Pammy's together. I don't live in Kentucky anymore, I live in the real world now. Sarah: Okay, you just... you just call me sometime, wh-when it's convenient. Rani: Oh, Sarah-John, I didn't mean it like that. I-I just have to be... I have to learn to be more professional. Sarah: I understand. Unidentified waitress|Waitress: Alright, kid, you ready to order?
Sarah: (overhearing) I'll talk to you some other time, Rani - when you aren't so ''busy''. Rani: Sarah-John, wait.
(chatter off)
Rani: Dammit. Waitress: You gonna order or not? Some of us have to work. Rani: (fighting tears) I just wanted a slice of pie.
Rani: I didn't order this. Waitress: You got something against list of food and drinks|clam chowder?
Rani: No, I love clam chowder. Waitress: A slice of pie? What kind of meal is that? Eat your soup. Rani: But I can't afford- Waitress: --No charge. Bottom of the kettle, leftover from lunch, they were just gonna throw it away. Rani: But I- Waitress: --Oh yeah, here's some crackers. Rani: Are you being nice to me?
Waitress: They were gonna throw it out. Rani: You are. You are being nice to me. Waitress: How's the chowder? Try it. Rani: Oh... Waitress: They were gonna throw it out. Rani: It's really good. Thank you so mu- Waitress: Eh, don't start that again. Rani: Yes, ma'am. I mean, I'll try not to, ma'am. Waitress: I got customers.
Waitress: Done with that bowl yet?
Rani: Oh, yes ma'am. Thank you again, so much. Waitress: I was about your age when Ray (UNSC officer)|my husband died. Rani: I-I'm sorry?
Waitress: They came to my door to give me the news, these two Navy guys in full fancy dress uniforms. Covies got the whole ship, 130 men lost. I was eight months pregnant and fat as a horse. Rani: Oh my god! I'm so sorry. Waitress: Waddled out of my apartment and walked the streets for hours, just at random, you know. Not going anywhere. Like my whole life hadn't even started and it was already over. No job, no money, no husband - nothing.
Rani: What did you do?
Waitress: That day, somebody did something nice for me. Made a difference. I remember that. Rani: Oh my god... I-I am nothing like that. I don't deserve you... I'm just a stupid college kid screwing up my job. Waitress: It's not a contest, kid. Rani: Right. You're right. Waitress: And remember, if you get fired, there's always waiting tables.
(laughs)
Customer: Can I have my check, please?
Waitress: You know, no special training required, the most portable job in the galaxy. Everybody's got to eat, and everybody hates to cook. As long as you have people skills. Customer: Excuse me, can I have my check please?
Waitress: Would you mind shutting the hell up, you fat cow? Can't you see I'm helping another customer?
Customer: O--okay, uh, I'm sorry... Waitress: Talk about rude! Some people.
Waitress: Anyway, like I said, if you've got a few people skills and you don't mind the kitchen smells, it's a good job. Rani: Can I ask what it was? The nice thing someone did?
Waitress: Promised me a job for after the kid was born. This job here, actually. Eight months pregnant, you know. Came through that door and spent my last credit on a slice of key-lime pie. Rani: That is a good story. Waitress: Yeah. Rani: Do you ever have one of those days where you just want to give up?
Waitress: Oh, well, doesn't everybody?
Waitress: But Ray - that's my husband - the Covies took his ship out with a plasma torpedo, I heard the transmissions. There's almost sixty seconds from impact to when they're through the hull plating. You listen to the recordings, you can hear them on the bridge saying goodbye. Yeah, I think about that a lot, that sixty seconds... what he was thinking. Rani: I can't even imagine. Waitress: Now I've got a boy at home who wants to be a UNSC Marine Corps|Marine when he grows up. Guess it just doesn't seem like the right time to give up. Seems like it's not about how you feel these days, it's about what you have to do. Rani: Yeah. Yeah!
Herzog: "You're all I've Got"
(chatter on)
Herzog: Rani, it's Herzog. Rani: (on chatter) What do you want?
Herzog: I spoke to your tech a couple of weeks ago. Rani: My tech?
Herzog: Tech Specialist Carmi. You wonder why she wasn't in her office?
Rani: Ya, she's on maternity leave. Herzog: She's never going to be a mother, Rani, but before she disappeared, I got to talk to her. Rani: Disappeared?
Herzog: You were right about the artifact, it's counting down. Rani: What happened to her?
Herzog: It doesn't matter, what matters is the artifact. Rani: Look, I-I can't... Standish is watching me. Herzog: Rani, you have to. What's going to happen when the device goes off?
Rani: Nobody knows.
Herzog: When it was activated, it sent a huge ripple through the slipstream. When it goes off, at the very least it's probably going to cause a disruption that the Covenant will notice. Rani: I can't! You have to get someone else to do it. Do it yourself. Herzog: I'm sorry, I can't. Standish thinks I'm dead right now. I should be dead right now. Rani: What?
Herzog: Standish arranged an accident. It's just luck that the car hit the water and skipped the way it did, allowing the safety system to do its job. Rani: No...!
Herzog: I'm okay. Compression fracture, and a couple of vertebra, broken ribs, a broken arm, but all things that will heal. And it's lucky that wh- Rani: --Lucky?
Herzog: As long as Standish thinks I'm dead, I've got a little breathing room. But Rani, you're all I've got. Rani: *sigh*
(chatter off)
Category:I Love Bees |
Axon Scouts were 4orty2wo Entertainment staff that researched payphones for the I love bees|I Love Bees game. During the game players were directed to payphones throughout the country to take part in "tests" and puzzles that would allow them to unlock Axons.
4orty2wo started with about 70/30 split on scouted axons and nonscouted axons. For that 30% that wasn't scouted, an Axon scout had to drive/fly/walk to the site and check if the payphone accepted incoming calls. Often the scouts would go through 11 phones before finding one that accepted incoming calls.
The geographic distribution was designed two wayshttp://www.deaddrop.us/modules.php?nameprint&sid=195:
First, we wanted axons in places where we thought players would be Second, we put axons in places we thought were cool, interesting, or might be fun to go visit...
The following Scouts traveled all over America, "getting speeding tickets, weird looks, jet lag etc. in their herculean efforts to travel all over the country" to check the phones:
Natalie Ervin Cory Gonzales Joel Gonzales Ronnie Lee Kiyash Monsef
Sources
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In the ''i love bees'' saga, Axons were the Operator's way of communicating. She did this via audio clip files that had to be "unlocked" by "crew members" of the UNSC Apocalypso|Apocalypso. These files, which together form an audio drama, can be listened to at the I Love Bees Axon Clips.
The Puzzle
File:ILB Fans at a Phonebooth.jpg|thumb|250px|Players wait at an axon. On August 10 2004 a new white-text-in-black-box message appeared on , containing the enigmatic and inscrutable phrase "AXONS GO HOT" above the same countdown to August 24 that appeared on the site's main page. Beneath the black box, a two-column portrayed table containing 220 pairs of numbers that were eventually found out to be factual GPS coordinates to a given, known place. GPS coordinates for actual pay phones spread across the United States of America. The out-of-game (OOG) site gave players a list of public phones, many of which included the address. By using another OOG site the, returned GPS coordinates that appear to coincide exactly with the coordinates that Melissa has been posting.
Melissa used the axons as venues for voice communications to her crew. Each list of axons was divided into groups, and each group had a name like "PQI|pqi", "Troy|troy", or "beer." Each axon in each group had a unique GPS coordinate, and a corresponding time between 06:07 and 18:06 (PDT). Initially each group was green in color. There was also a status bar next to the group name, indicating the number of axons that Melissa (AI)|Melissa wanted to be connected.
At a designated time, a pay phone rang at the address corresponding to the GPS coordinate. When a player picked up the phone, Melissa asked if they were there, and then complained that "damage to your hardware is making it difficult to maintain this voice." Her voice sounded very odd, like a combination of at least two separate female voices with the occasional exclamation of "I love bees!" thrown in for variety.
Next, Melissa said, "I have something important to tell you. But I'm not sure you're who I think you are." She then asked a question to verify the identity of the player. Listed below are the questions she was asking:
From Seven|September 7-14, Melissa asked "What ship are you assigned to?" to which the correct answer was "UNSC Apocalypso|Apocalypso."
From September 14-21, Melissa asked "What is your captain's last name?" to which the correct answer was "Greene."
From September 21-28, Melissa asked "What is my favorite game?" to which the correct answer was "Hide and Seek."
From September 28-October 5, Melissa asked "What is my favorite song?" to which the correct answer was "Stormy Weather."
From October 5-12, Melissa asked "What must we reveal?" to which the correct answer was "Seeker|The truth."
From October 12-19, Melissa asked "Who is the enemy?" to which the correct answer was "The Covenant."
From October 19-26, Melissa asked "On what colony was I created?" to which the correct answer was "Reach."
From October 26 onwards, Melissa asked "What insect do I hate the most?" to which the correct answer was "Bees."
If the player got the answer wrong, Melissa told them that they were not meant to hear this, and instructed them to "purge the contents of your chatter." Then an endless, spooky repetition of "I love bees!" would play until the player hung up the phone.
Once Melissa verified that the caller was who she thought they were, she played an audio clip: a small section of the ''I Love Bees'' audio drama. The particular clip that played is the same for each axon in any given group. The group name always had something to do with the clip -- for example, someone says "much lifting" in the clip played for an axon in the group named "much_lifting."
After the audio clip played, Melissa asked whether she should "repeat or continue?" If the player said "repeat," the audio clip was repeated until the player was brought back to the same question to repeat or continue. If the player said "continue," Melissa stated that the communication equipment that they were using was not allowing her to continue, and the phone call ends with the same "I love bees!" repetition.
Each time Melissa made a successful connection, she updated her list of axons, marking it "CONNECTED" and "AXON HOT," and she also incremented the status bar. When enough axons were activated in a group -- that is, when the status bar for that group was full -- the group color changed to orange, and the name of the group became a link to the same audio clip, so everyone could hear it.
At the top of each page containing axons was a giant status bar, keeping track of the total number of connected axons and counting down to 777. When they reached that number, live conversations between Melissa and players were triggered.
Game Over On Nov 4, 2004, all the final axons were unlocked and then available online on the . It was then that Melissa returned to her own time. You can read her Melissa's goodbye note|farewell message.
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Axys is a human Human colonies|colonial infrastructure and automation company.
Overview
The company's hydroelectric division operates facilities that help to maintain stable energy grids for Human colonies|colony worlds throughout the UEG's sphere of influence.
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History
The company rose to prominence from a humble colonial startup after working with the UNSC during the Insurrection.
As of 2560, Axys puppets local governments through its control of local resources, effectively becoming a corpocracy. Dr. Catherine Halsey has devised a plan to infiltrate tertiary Axys facilities in order to reroute their supplies and plant misinformation to degrade corporate-backed independence movements. Trivia The multiplayer map Recharge in ''Halo Infinite'' is set within one of Axys' hydroelectric facilities.
Gallery
File:HINF-SomeMultiplayerMap.jpg|An Axys hydroelectric facility. File:HINF-SomeMultiplayerMap2.png|The Axys hydroelectric facility from a different perspective. File:HINF Multiplayer Map 2021.png|Another angle of the facility.
List of appearances
''Halo Infinite''
Sources
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Ayad was a member of the UNSC Marine Corps stationed aboard the UNSC prowler|prowler in 2552#October|October 2552.Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 243''
Biography
Ayad, though normally part of another squad along with Maller, was assigned to serve in Sergeant Zhao Heng Lopez's squad during a mission to investigate the Prison ship|prisoner transport ''Mona Lisa'' in Installation 04's debris field. According to the ''Red Horses artificial intelligence|AI Rebecca, the mission was a simple reconnaissance operation; the Marines were not informed of the fact the Office of Naval Intelligence had been secretly researching the Flood on the ''Mona Lisa''.
Upon Naval boarding|boarding the ''Mona Lisa'' via its cargo bay using a D77-TC Pelican|Pelican dropship, the Marines were immediately engaged by several unarmored Covenant Sangheili. Ayad then joined Lopez's team as they went to search for Rabbit, who had gone missing.Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 253'' After discovering what was left of Rabbit, the Marines received their new orders to United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|purge the ''Mona Lisas navigation databases. When they proceeded to split into two teams, Ayad was nowhere to be found.Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 262'' He would later return as a Flood combat form, attacking Lopez's team as they approached the ship's bridge. Lopez first shot the Flood form in the left shoulder, which knocked it off its feet, but it went on toward them on all fours, before a Flood-infected Sangheili appeared and momentarily used it as a meat shield. It then dropped the Flood-infected Ayad, who soon recovered and attacked the Marines again, throwing Raj Singh|Singh against a wall and snapping Percy's neck. James MacCraw|MacCraw then shot the Flood form Ayad had become in the head, killing it.Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 311-314''
Trivia Along with a number of other Marines, Ayad is not present in the motion comic adaptation of ''The Mona Lisa''.
List of appearances
''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''
*''The Mona Lisa''
Sources
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Ayit 'Sevi is a Sangheili mercenary working for the Office of Naval Intelligence.Halo: Escalation, ''Halo: Escalation Issue 12|Issue #12''
Biography
File:HE Covie Group.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Ayit 'Sevi leading a group of Kig-Yar. Ayit 'Sevi was hired as a mercenary by the UNSC Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence at some point prior to 2558#May|May 2558. He was sent to extract a bioweapon on Ven III, a small, barely inhabitable planet that became home to numerous Kig-Yar pirates, smugglers, black market arm dealers, and slavers. After the UNSC High Command failed to respond to the pirate threat, Serin Osman|Admiral Serin Osman hoped that the presence of the bioweapon would lure in to destroy the pirate nest. On May 8, 2558, Ayit retrieved a canister containing the biological agent from a former Covenant laboratory where the bioweapon had killed several Kig-Yar. Ayit's departure was observed by a UNSC spy drone which transmitted the feed to ONI. In order to have the UNSC take action against the pirates, Admiral Osman lied to Thomas Lasky|Captain Thomas Lasky of the UNSC ''Infinity'' that ONI believed Ayit to be an operative of Jul 'Mdama's Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant, and that the Sangheili may have double-crossed the Kig-Yar in the facility and killed them with the bioweapon. In response, Osman sent ''Infinity'' to Ven III to capture the Sangheili for interrogation.Halo: Escalation, ''Halo: Escalation Issue 11|Issue #11''
SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IVs Gabriel Thorne and Naiya Ray were Operation: WHISTLE STOP|deployed to the planet to capture the Sangheili. During their mission, Ayit destroyed the spy drone and observed the Spartans enter a series of canyons. When the two Spartans entered a structure, they were ambushed by the Sangheili and a contingent of Kig-Yar. During the resulting skirmish, Ayit attached Shock device|a device on Thorne's MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Recruit|armor and rendered him unconscious. Taking Thorne aboard his Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|Ghost, Ayit fled the area. Ray pursued the Sangheili and followed him to the massive Kig-Yar black market.
Ayit met with the Kig-Yar pirate queen that ruled the pirates on the planet and offered to trade her the Spartan. The Sangheili told the queen that he originally came to the planet for a bioweapon and warned her that the UNSC would be arriving in the Ven system shortly to rescue the Spartan. Ayit returned to the chamber holding Thorne along with several of the queen's underlings to complete the transaction. However, they were attacked by Ray who killed the Kig-Yar, freed Thorne, and captured the Sangheili. Upon the arrival of ''Infinity'', GA-TL1 Longswords bombed the pirate base, and Ayit escaped and fled on a Ghost in the confusion. Ray grabbed her own Ghost and pursued him, eventually disabling his vehicle and capturing him. Before she could interrogate him, however, ONI operatives arrived and seized the bioweapon from the Sangheili, revealing him to be their own agent. Ayit was then led onto a prowler by ONI agents, unrestrained.
At some point in 2558, 'Sevi sabotaged a Covenant communication node|communications node on a world in the Urs-Fied-Joori system, killing two Sangheili Storm warriors that attempted to investigate his activities in the process. ONI recorded this incident and used it as proof of his unorthodox nature and cunning. By September 2558, 'Sevi was able to infiltrate inside Jul 'Mdama's Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant and provided ONI with information about Doctor Catherine Halsey and her discovery of the Absolute Record. After his last report, 'Sevi traveled to the UNSC ''Infinity'' to assist with Operation: ATHENA, a mission in which 'Sevi would use his false affiliation with 'Mdama's Covenant to allow a four-member teamSpartans Gabriel Thorne, Sarah Palmer and Holly Tanaka, and Dr. Henry Glassmanto infiltrate ''Breath of Annihilation''. Once aboard the CAS-class assault carrier|assault carrier, the team would alert ONI of the Absolute Record's coordinates once 'Mdama's fleet arrived at its location. On 2558#September|September 17, 2558, 'Sevi piloted a Ru'swum-pattern Phantom|Phantom into a hangar bay in ''Annihilation'' with his human allies aboard. When 'Mdama's fleet traveled to the coordinates provided by the Janus Key, a slipspace portal leading to the Absolute Record formed nearby. Slipspace ruptures materialized around the fleet, destroying two Covenant cruisers and damaging ''Breath of Annihilation''. 'Sevi and the others prepared to abandon their position, but discovered that their Telemetry probe|way of contact with ONI was destroyed.Halo: Escalation, ''Halo: Escalation Issue 19|Issue #19''
Deciding to commandeer a Phantom from a nearby hangar, 'Sevi told the humans to follow him a minute after he leaves, giving him time to take out the Covenant soldiers outside of their damaged dropship. Creating a smoke screen, 'Sevi eliminated all Covenant soldiers in his way as he traveled to the next hangar, but the Spartans were forced to forego 'Sevi's wait time when Glassman was knocked unconscious. As they moved towards the next hangar, they encountered several Sangheili and Kig-Yar soldiers. After fighting their way to the hangar, a Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith prepared to fire on them. However, 'Sevi managed to operate the Phantom in time and destroyed the tank. Once the humans were aboard the dropship, 'Sevi piloted the Phantom to ''Song of Retribution'', 'Mdama's flagship. Accessing Covenant communications, 'Sevi learned that 'Mdama intended for only ''Retribution'' to enter the portal while the rest of the fleet remained behind to make any necessary repairs. Realizing that they still needed a way to contact the UNSC, 'Sevi and Thorne returned to ''Breath of Annihilation'' in the Phantom where establishing contact with the UNSC was more viable, while Palmer, Tanaka, and Glassman remained on ''Retribution''.
File:HE22 Break-in.jpg|thumb|250px|'Sevi fighting his way to 'Nyon's cell. While en route to the damaged carrier, 'Sevi learned that prisoners from 'Mdama's flagship were being transferred to ''Annihilation'', including former Sali 'Nyon's Covenant|rebellion leader Sali 'Nyon. 'Sevi considered the possibility of using 'Nyon as a distraction while they attempted to contact the UNSC.Halo: Escalation, ''Halo: Escalation Issue 20|Issue #20'' Later, 'Sevi witnessed a heated debate between a group of Sangheili Storm discussing whether or not there was a Spartan aboard their ship. With some of the Sangheili on the verge of mutiny, 'Sevi decided to use the argument to his advantage and so further chaos aboard the ship. After successfully convincing Thorne to trust him, 'Sevi had the Spartan attack several of the Sangheili throughout the ship while also providing him with directions. Once 'Sevi had Thorne return to hiding, numerous Kig-Yar and Sangheili soldiers began searching for the Spartan.Halo: Escalation, ''Halo: Escalation Issue 21|Issue #21''
Entering the ship's prisoner chambers, Ayit learned the Covenant were on to Thorne's location, and warned him by COM to flee for now. While Thorne led his pursuers on a chase, Ayit went to the cell of Sali 'Nyon, and freed him with an offer of a second chance at rebellion. Though 'Nyon was initially reluctant, fearing his former followers would shun him for having been captured, Ayit wormed his way in the rebel leader's trust with motivational words about proving them wrong.Halo: Escalation, ''Halo: Escalation Issue 22|Issue #22'' At his urging, 'Nyon rallied his followers and stormed the ''Breath of Annihilations deck, eventually captured control of the ship and Jul's vault of artifacts from Requiem. While Sali trusted Ayit wholeheartedly, some of his followers were more suspicious of him, especially when they overheard Ayit communicating in English to Thorne, urging him to stay away from the ship.Halo: Escalation, ''Halo: Escalation Issue 23|Issue #23'' Despite Ayit's insistence, Thorne was too wounded to stay the field and began returning to the ''Annihilation'' in a Banshee. When the vault was secured, Ayit left Sali's group under the pretense of securing the hangar, but the two suspicious Zealots followed him there. Overhearing Ayit's communications again, they confronted him and prepared to kill him. Discovered as a spy, Ayit bargained for his life by claiming he would lure Thorne to them, giving him the precious seconds he needed for Thorne to land and kill both Zealots for him. Ayit then helped to hide Thorne and the other humans where they teleported onto the ''Annihilation''. When the captured carrier flew into Sangheili space, Ayit took the humans offship in his Phantom and set up a rendezvous with an ONI Prowler for all of them to head home.Halo: Escalation''', ''Halo: Escalation Issue 24|Issue #24''
Personality and traits Ayit is irregular compared to most Sangheili, placing little value in honor and more on ingenuity and self-survival. While these traits would immediately turn Sangheili allies against him, 'Sevi was also cunning enough to ensure his own survival and his foes' death, allowing his outlier activities to continue. 'Sevi had managed to quick-think his way of many cases of being cornered, and with the rest of his enemies being none the wiser.
Despite his anomalous behavior, 'Sevi was adept at performing in the manner of a typical honor-bound Sangheili. In his spy career he frequently took on such a persona to gain the trust of the leaders whose factions he was infiltrating, keeping them fooled through a stream of meaningless religious rhetoric.
Gallery
File:HE Lone Storm.jpg|Ayit 'Sevi with a destroyed drone File:Halo Escalation 12.jpg|'Sevi on the cover of ''Halo: Escalation#12''
File:HE12 Chase.jpg|'Sevi being chased by Naiya Ray. File:HE12 Chase 3.jpg|'Sevi's Ghost is destroyed by Ray. File:HE - Ayit close-up.jpg|A close-up of 'Sevi File:Escalation cover 19.jpg|Ayit 'Sevi choking Gabriel Thorne on the cover of ''Halo: Escalation#19''.
List of appearances
''Halo: Escalation''
''Halo Mythos''
Sources
Category:Sangheili characters|Sevi, Ayit Category:Mercenaries|Sevi, Ayit Category:Office of Naval Intelligence personnel|Sevi, Ayit |
Aza Oasis is an oasis on Carrow, a Joint Occupation Zone|jointly settled world inhabited by Sangheili and humans.
Overview Aza Oasis lies in the southeastern portion of Carrow's vast Uldt Desert. It is situated less than a hundred kilometers away from Suraka, the humans' capital city on the planet, which is west of it. To the northeast is Herndon Lake.
Gallery
File:Envoy - Carrow map.jpg|A map of the desert that shows the location of the oasis.
List of appearances
''Halo: Envoy''
Sources
Category:Carrow locations |
AZURE MOON is something under the oversight of the Office of Naval Intelligence. Following the discovery of an Ancient humanity|ancient human ship at Site Yankee-002-G3, a ONI XENO-MATERIALS EXPLOITATION REPORT 15Y1198|report detailing the find noted that further investigation of the ship's fibril cutters was assigned to the team on AZURE MOON.
Given Azure Moon's naming scheme and use for analysis of a large spacecraft, it may be an ONI research space station from the same line as the similarly-named ''Argent Moon''.
Sources
Category:Space stations Category:UNSC projects |
Private First Class A. Gallo is a human UNSC Marine attached to Sierra Company of the 717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion.Halo: Last Light, ''pages 284-289'' (Google Play edition)
Biography In 2553, Gallo and the rest of the 717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion was posted to the Outer Colony of Gao to retrieve Forerunner Archeon-class ancilla|ancilla Intrepid Eye on the planet. Gallo, along with fellow Sierra Company infantryman Lance Corporal Ryan, were frequently assigned to guard Blue Team's Portable Spartan Support Module near the United Nations Space Command's facilities at Montero Vitality Center.
On 2553#July|July 6, 2553, after Intrepid Eye was captured and stored in the PSSM, the ancilla took control of the module after destroying the battalion's smart AI, Wendell. Attacking the humans inside the module, the ancilla killed most of the humans inside the PSSM and trapped Special Inspector Veta Lopis in a depressurizing airlock. With Gallo and Ryan attempted to open it, Frederic-104, Ash-G099, and Olivia-G291 arrived at the module and broke into it, freeing Lopis. However, Intrepid Eye operating an inspection drone and attacked Fred. As Ryan attempted to help, the ancilla slashed his throat with its utility tentacles. As the Spartans attempted to subdue the drone, Gallo fired at it with a battle rifle, furious at the wounds the ancilla had inflicted upon her friend. Fearing that she might attempt to further damage the ancilla, Fred had Gallo fruitlessly help Huragok Roams Alone attend to Ryan's wounds.
List of appearances
''Halo: Last Light''
Sources
Category:Human characters|Gallo, A. Category:UNSC Marine Corps enlisted personnel|Gallo, A. |
A. Tischler was a crewmember aboard the . As a crewman of the UNSC Navy, he held the rank of ensign. In 2526, he greeted Sergeant Avery Johnson following his arrival at the Chester W. Nimitz suite on the ''Everest''. He took Johnson's duffel bag and stowed it, before handing him a bottle of Rejuverol.''Halo: Silent Storm'', Chapter 4
List of appearances
''Halo: Silent Storm''
Sources
Category:UNSC Navy enlisted personnel Category:Human characters |
File:H3 Sensor Emplacement Thumbnail.jpg|300px|thumb|An ''A'uo'i''-pattern sensor emplacement. The ''A'uo'i''-pattern sensor emplacement is a stationary sensor device used to detect possible threats to assigned Covenant sectors.
Overview
The body of the ''A'uo'i''-pattern sensor emplacement consists of camera-like hardware covered by magenta-colored cowling, held by three legs extended from a cylindrical base structure.
''A'uo'i''-pattern sensor emplacements are deployed at sectors of interest to detect individuals that do not transmit the proper authorization signals. When alerted, an alarm is activated and the sensors issue a signal to nearby defenses. They are typically employed alongside Shuku-pattern sentry turret|''Shuku''-pattern sentry turrets to guard important outposts.
Operational history
''A'uo'i''-pattern sensor emplacements and ''Shuku''-pattern turrets were deployed in a perimeter surrounding a Snowbound|Covenant outpost on Strilun IV.
Gallery
File:H3 Sensor Emplacements.jpg|An array of ''A'uo'i''-pattern sensor emplacements on Strilun IV. File:H3 Alert Sensor Emplacment.jpg|A sensor emplacement signaling an alert. File:H3 Turret and Sensor Array.jpg|A defensive array of ''A'uo'i''-pattern sensor emplacements and ''Shuku''-pattern sentry turrets. File:H3-SnowboundDetector.png|A cutout of the ''A'uo'i''-pattern sensor emplacement.
List of appearances
''Halo 3''
Sources
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The ''A'uzr''-pattern sword frigate is a Covenant frigate|frigate classification formerly in the service of the Covenant fleet|navy of the Covenant, and now prominently used by the Swords of Sanghelios. The ship is one of several design pattern variations under the SCC three-letter designation. These vessels may be colloquially referred to as command frigates, owing to their role in the fleet.
Overview
The ''A'uzr'' bears a heavy resemblance to the overall form of the s of the Covenant, though whether this was by intent or accident is presently unknown. The ship has a generally bulbous appearance, with two hangars lining both of the port and starboard sides of the vessel alongside an number of smaller viewing ports. The overall form of the vessel has been noted by the Artisan-armorer|naval artisans of the Kolaar Manufactorum to resemble the tatir - a large, dart-shaped predator known to hunt in the warmer waters of Sanghelios. Whether this creature was an active influence on the frigate's design is unknown.
The ship's overall resemblance (both in form and function) to the ''Ceudar'' corvette is sometimes used by canny shipmasters to mask its presence in space warfare.
Throughout the reign of the Covenant, ''A'uzr''-pattern vessels were used as command ships for fleet detachments like those assigned as security and enforcement details for the empire's outlying Covenant colonies|tithe worlds. Most were destroyed in the Great Schism and the various Blooding Years|civil wars that followed, though have managed to find their way into Swords of Sanghelios service - deemed too valuable to overlook. The Swords of Sanghelios have taken some of these ships and modified their designs, alongside using them as a basis for research into the secrets of design patterns kept hidden by the San'Shyuum until the empire's dissolution - with the goal of preventing deviations or mutations such as those exhibited in the . Some of the Swords' changes to the design of their command frigates (in particular ''Sword of Harmony'') incorporate novel changes that would have never been considered by the San'Shyuum bureaucracy of the Covenant.
Ships of the line
''Sword of Harmony'' - a modified ship based on the ''A'uzr''-pattern, used by the Swords of Sanghelios and destroyed by Created s during the Battle of Netherop (2559).
Operational history
Production notes The ''A'uzr'' was originally designed by concept artist :Category:Images by Glenn Israel|Glenn Israel during the Development of Halo: Reach|production of ''Halo: Reach'', as an alternate design for the Covenant corvette prominently featured in-game. The unused design was later reused by 343 Industries to represent the Sangheili command frigate featured in ''Halo: Outcasts'', with art modifications done by concept artist :Category:Images by Salvatorre Yazzie|Salvatorre Yazzie.
Gallery
File:HR CovenantCorvette Thumbnail Concept 1.jpg|Early ''Halo: Reach'' concept sketches for the ''Ceudar'' corvette, which would ultimately be reused for the frigate. File:HR CovenantCorvette Thumbnail Concept 2.jpg|Early ''Halo: Reach'' concept sketches for the ''Ceudar'' corvette, which would ultimately be reused for the frigate. File:HR_CovenantCorvette_Sketches_Concept.jpg|The finalised ''Ceudar'' concept sheet which was reused for the ''A'uzr''s design.
List of appearances
''Halo: Outcasts''
Sources
Category:Frigate classes |
A'zhd is an asteroid and a Kig-Yar colony. The Tower of Vet'nos was one of the few cities on the colony to remain unaffected by the constant threat of piracy. Writh Kul, a deadly Ruuht|Ruuhtian Skirmisher who served the Banished hailed from this asteroid colony.
List of appearances
''Halo Infinite''
Sources
Category:Asteroids |
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B Company was a company of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers under the command of Lieutenant Melissa McKay assigned to the in 2552.
History B Company was one of four companies present within Major Silva's ODST battalion when the ''Pillar of Autumn'' arrived at Installation 04 on September 19, 2552. They took part in the Battle Over Installation 04|defense of the cruiser from Covenant boarding parties before Landing on Installation 04|landing on the ringworld via SOEIV. They organised under Major Silva and were ordered to get in position to directly assault the mesa known as Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base while C Company (Pillar of Autumn)|C Company inserted via D77-TC Pelican dropship. McKay's troops would fight their way into the backdoor of the structure, eventually linking up with Major Silva and his force.''Halo: The Flood'', Chapter 2
McKay would lead B Company on a raid of the downed , intending to retrieve supplies from the ship for Alpha Base. The now-62 person force was divided into three platoons, led by McKay, Second Lieutenant Oros and Company Sergeant Lister (Marine)|Lister (standing in for the preoccupied Second Lieutenant Dalu). The company would strike the Covenant guards at dawn of September 20, and take the ship by storm. 1st Platoon (Pillar of Autumn)|1st Platoon would begin the task of scouring supplies from the ship while 2nd Platoon (Pillar of Autumn)|2nd Platoon) would lock off the remaining compartments to ensure the work would not be disturbed.
For the convoy back from the cruiser, 1st Platoon was assigned as anti-air defense, while 3rd Platoon (Pillar of Autumn)|3rd Platoon, under McKay, was designated to eliminate ground targets. Unlike the Warthog platoons, 2nd Platoon was assigned the four recovered M808B Scorpion tanks.
B Company was presumably involved in the capture of the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' late in the conflict. However, the company was destroyed in the vessel's, and later the ringworld's, subsequent destructions.
Organisation B Company was organised as follows;
1st Platoon (Pillar of Autumn)|1st Platoon - Commanded by Second Lieutenant Oros''Halo: The Flood'', Chapter 5
*3rd Squad''Halo: The Flood'', Chapter 9
2nd Platoon (Pillar of Autumn)|2nd Platoon - Commanded by Second Lieutenant Dalu (later replaced by Company Master Sergeant Lister (Marine)|Lister during the Raid on the Pillar of ''Autumn'')''Halo: The Flood'', Chapter 6
3rd Platoon (Pillar of Autumn)|3rd Platoon - Commanded by First Lieutenant Melissa McKay
First Lieutenant Melissa McKay Second Lieutenant Oros Second Lieutenant Dalu Master Sergeant Lister (Marine)|Lister
List of appearances
''Halo: The Flood''
Sources
Category:Orbital Drop Shock Trooper units Category:UNSC Marine Corps companies |
Very little is known about B-010-233. His red headdress and Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer signify that he was a Jiralhanae Chieftain|chieftain in Jiralhanae wartime society, although his prowess as a soldier is debated. B-010-233 was killed by M7/Caseless Submachine Gun|SMG fire soon after reaching the peak of this ravine. There are no United Nations Space Command|UNSC killed or wounded attributed to his actions. Strangely, there was a United Nations Space Command|UNSC Marine right about to be smashed by his hammer, although the reports claimed that no one was killed, so the Marine seemingly survived a very fatal injury.
List of appearances
''Believe''
*''Diorama''
External links http://halo3.com/believe/test/shell.html
Category:Jiralhanae characters Category:Covenant military personnel |
B-021-331 is a Jiralhanae|Brute Jiralhanae Stalker|Stalker who fought in a major skirmish between the United Nations Space Command|UNSC and the Covenant forces during the Battle of Earth in 2552. He was killed by sniper rifle|sniper fire, and his body was later recovered by the United Nations Space Command|UNSC. His armor was relatively new, but other evidence, such as the many bullet scars on his torso, a dull bayonet on his Paegaas Workshop Spiker and a missing digit (finger) on his left hand proved that he was a veteran.
List of appearances
''Believe''
*''Diorama''
Category:Jiralhanae characters Category:Covenant military personnel |
B-054-846 is the EC# of a Jiralhanae Jiralhanae War Chieftain|War Chieftain. He reportedly killed twenty-three UNSC UNSC Marine Corps|Marines before being neutralized by Lance Corporal T. B. Williams, who scored a long-range sniper kill. Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI is currently cross-referencing this Chieftain's identifiers against those recorded in previous Jiralhanae encounters. He appears to wield a Hammer similar to the Fist of Rukt.
List of appearances
''Believe''
*''Diorama''
Category:Jiralhanae characters Category:Covenant military personnel |
B-113-421 was a Jiralhanae Jiralhanae Minor|Minor, notable for his loud animalistic battle cries. He is credited with over a dozen United Nations Space Command|UNSC kills. His cries echoing through the valley reportedly inspired fear in many UNSC Marine Corps|marines. The last sighting of this Brute was along the top of the New Mombasa ridge just moments after John-117|Master Chief's capture. His fate is currently unknown. He was expected to be an extremely fierce warrior, as both of the blades of his Paegaas Workshop Spiker|Spiker were missing, and most likely were torn off in combat, possibly breaking off when lodged into his victims.
List of appearances
''Believe''
*''Diorama''
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The B-65 Suborbital Long-Range Bomber, commonly known as the Shortsword, is an atmospheric Wikipedia:strategic bomber|strategic bomber produced by Misriah Armory. It is fielded by UNSC Air Force reserve units and was formerly operated by the UNSC Navy|Navy.
Overview
The Shortsword is similar in design to Misriah Armory's GA-TL1 Longsword interceptor, though its airframe is less angular. The bomber features elongated primary wings as well as smaller winglets attached to a large boom apparatus at the rear of the fuselage. A large air intake is mounted on the dorsal surface of each wing; pronged structures, possibly ailerons, are located at the rear tip of each wing. The B-65 is not designed for space combat but rather to provide suborbital air support. Despite this, it is capable of functioning in outer space; Shortswords are often deployed from parent vessels in low orbit.
The AVIATOR-class Mjolnir helmet is recommended for use by Shortsword crew members. Following the Human-Covenant War the UNSC no longer required every available combat-worthy airframe to be used in service against the Covenant. Instead the remaining Shortswords were either transferred to UNSC Air Force reserve units or scrapped, depending on the condition of a given craft. Some Shortswords were found on the Venezian black market after the war.
In 2556, the UNSC opened up investigations to investigate the viability of a potential upgraded model of Shortsword to begin production. However, as of 2560 the role formerly filled by the Shortsword has mostly been taken over by GA-TL1 Longsword variants.
The Shortsword is typically armed with conventional bombs for performing carpet bombing runs. When releasing its payload, the Shortsword "punches" its munitions into the ground; the munitions then explode a short time later. As the bombs detonate in the order in which they are dropped, carpet bombing runs carried out by the Shortsword resemble twentieth-century napalm strikes. Bombers equipped with the Maastricht/Raleigh Ordnance Delivery-Application System|M/RODAS delivery system can carry less conventional payloads such as nuclear weapons, the XGBU-302 bomb|XGBU-302 disruption bomb or the GBU-1105 bomb|GBU-1105 "cryo" bomb. Shortswords are additionally equipped with Machine-linked autocannon#M955 ASW/AC 30mm|M955 ASW/AC 30mm machine-linked autocannons that fires 30mm projectiles.
In-game information
The Shortsword is only ever seen during gameplay briefly, where it can be seen flying over the battlefield dropping ordnance wherever the player chooses. The use of the Shortsword differs depending on which leader character the player uses. Ellen Anders|Professor Ellen Anders uses it to drop GBU-1105 bomb|cryo bombs, a simple point-and-click power which can be used to effectively freeze a large area of the battlefield, as well as the units or buildings in it. John Forge|Sergeant John Forge uses it to perform carpet bombing runs, where the beginning of the bombing run must be selected, an arrow appears and can be rotated around the start point, setting the angle of the bombing run. Carpet bombing runs are useful for hitting a number of enemies in different formations. All UNSC leaders can call on a Shortsword to deliver XGBU-302 bomb|disruption bombs which can be used to block enemy Halo Wars#Leader abilities|leader powers. The Shortsword cannot be attacked, or destroyed, in-game.
The Shortsword is not featured in ''Halo Wars 2'', in which bombing runs carried out via Archer missiles fulfill a similar gameplay role.
Trivia A Shortsword is a reference to a number of weapons intermediate between the sword and the dagger, in keeping with the UNSC's tradition of naming exoatmospheric vehicles like the GA-TL1 Longsword|Longsword and the FSS-1000 Sabre|Sabre after bladed weapons. The Shortsword's profile is known as a "flying wing", and is similar in appearance to the United States Air Force's Wikipedia:B-2 Spirit|B2 ''"Spirit"'' stealth bomber, with the notable exception of the Shortsword's large boom apparatus and the trailing edges of the wings. Both aircraft fill a similar role, acting as bombers, although it is unknown if the Shortsword has any stealth capabilities, or if conventional (anti-radar based) stealth capabilities would have any impact on Covenant tracking technology. During the development of ''Halo Wars'', the Shortsword was originally to be seen docked at the UNSC airpad|airpad. In the concept art, its tail is retracted and its wings are angled up to make it more compact and allow docking, similar to modern-day carrier born aircraft, such as the Wikipedia:Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II|F-35C Lightning II.
Gallery
File:HW Announce Shortsword Concept.jpg|Finalized concept art of the Shortsword. File:Shortsword.png|Dorsal view of the Shortsword. File:HW_Shortsword_view_02.png|Underside view of the Shortsword. File:HW Airpad Early Model.jpg|Early concept art of the airpad. A Shortsword is docked on the runway, with wings angled up and tail retracted. File:UNSC Shortsword.jpg|Early concept art image of the Shortsword bomber.
File:HaloWars-B65ShortswordBomber.png|In-game view of the Shortsword in ''Halo Wars''. File:HW AlphaBaseRetaken.png|A Shortsword above Alpha Base (Harvest)|Alpha Base on Harvest. File:HW10.jpg|In-game screenshot of a Shortsword on a bombing run.
List of appearances
''Halo Wars''
''Halo: Mortal Dictata''
''Halo: Divine Wind''
Sources |
The BA-53635/PLMD is a battery cell in use by the United Nations Space Command. It was integrated as a non-replaceable battery in the M6/R Spartan Laser.
Overview
The battery can be recharged by a PP-16979/AM-Sh recharger, a piece of equipment that is not fielded often due to logistic issues.
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See also Battery
*BA-55901/PLMD
*Series 6971 battery cell
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The BA-55901/PLMD is a battery cell in use by the United Nations Space Command. It was used to power the Semi-Powered Infiltration armor.
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See also Battery
*BA-53635/PLMD
*Series 6971 battery cell
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Babble Juice is a psychoactive drug used by humans. A quick-acting form of Babble Juice, known as nicothiotal, is a favorite of the Office of Naval Intelligence as it is fast-acting and its apparent effects resemble intoxication, but can be dangerous if a person overdoses. During an ONI training exercise at UNSC Recreational Facility 6055-NA-A on 2553#October|October 2553, investigative journalist Spencer Hume gave Olivia-G291 a drink of zantelle laced with Babble Juice in an attempt to get information about the SPARTAN-III program from her. Veta Lopis recognizing that Olivia was "dosed" and was able to take her away while Mark-G313 took care of Hume.Halo: Fractures, "A Necessary Truth"
List of appearances
''Halo: Fractures''
*''A Necessary Truth''
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Babbling Dead is an achievement in ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection''. It is awarded for activating the sixth ''Halo 3'' Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal on The Covenant (level)|The Covenant. The achievement is worth 5 Gamerscore and can be unlocked on any difficulty. The player must scroll through and access both parts of the terminal to unlock the achievement.
Location Terminal 6 is placed identically to Terminal 4, only in the third tower and off to the right (versus the left for Terminal 4). It is located near the elevator control. Rather than going up the elevator, continue past the controls to a ledge on the opposite side. The terminal is against the wall. |
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A Forerunner starship|ship of Forerunner design was embedded within the Babd Catha Ice Shelf on Reach ''circa'' 97,445 BCE, with debris from its crash spread out across the Eposz region. Positioned at a tilted angle, the vessel appeared to be roughly disk-shaped, though its true size was concealed by the glacier in which it was embedded. Parts of the ship were visible in an ice cavern underneath SWORD Base, as well as a nearby mountain range. The interior of the ship housed a holography|holographic data terminal.
Operational history
The ice cavern housing most of the vessel was home to one of Dr. Catherine Halsey's labs and had evidently been under excavation by the Office of Naval Intelligence for some time. By summer 2552, ONI had marked a number of artifact sites that seemed to form a trail leading from CASTLE Base, the site of the Menachite portal complex, to the immediate region of SWORD Base, suggesting that the ship was outbound along this trajectory when it crashed.:File:Reach map.png|Halsey's map of Reach
According to Dr. Halsey, the ship held secrets that could turn the tide of the Human-Covenant War a "latchkey" discovery that Halsey compared to the inventions of the conical bullet and the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine. However, when the Covenant began attacking the facility on 2552#August|August 29, 2552, the decryption was only partially complete. Using M8 Wolf Spider|Wolf Spider turrets, the Spartan-IIIs of NOBLE Team were able to hold off the Covenant long enough for Halsey to finish the decryption. The ship, along with SWORD Base, was completely destroyed by an explosive charge.
Through Cortana, Dr. Halsey was able to retrieve navigation data from the Forerunner ship; this data contributed to the discovery of Halo Array|Halo Installation 04. After the Human-Covenant War, the Armor customization (Halo 5: Guardians)#Visors|Starfire Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance|VISR was developed to decrypt the data extracted from the ship, but it would take decades before even a fraction of the site's archived secrets were decrypted.
Design The ship used a crystal resonance based Slipstream space|slipspace Slipspace drive|drive.
Production notes The ship was designed by Bungie environment artist Paul Russel.
In a commentary video for the multiplayer map ''Breakpoint'', one of the map's designers presented the idea that the reason for the structure's tilted angle and unusual placement was a result of an accident with Slipspace translocation|teleportation. However, he was quick to denounce the canonicity of the idea.
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File:HR_ONIExcavation_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the ONI excavation site File:Reach_Bbd_cth_ONI_lab.jpg|The main ONI research facility near the derelict ship File:DrHalseysLabOuterView.jpg|Halsey's lab, overlooking the core of the vessel. File:Breakpoint.jpeg|Another section of the wreck, under investigation by ONI File:Forerunner Star.jpg|A panorama of the tilted vessel seen on the multiplayer map "Breakpoint". File:Forerunner Spaceship eld.png|Eld on one of the "fins" of the vessel File:Forerunner Slipspace Drive.jpg|Slipspace drive of the ship.
List of appearances
''Halo: Reach''
''Halo 5: Guardians''
''Halo Mythos''
''Halo: Shadows of Reach''
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File:Halo Reach - Babd Catha Ice Shelf.jpg|thumb|250px|The Babd Catha Ice Shelf.
The Babd Catha Ice Shelf was an Wikipedia:Ice shelf|ice shelf located on the human colony of Reach at Eposz, located to the north of the massive Big Crater Bay. It was the location of one of several Forerunner artifact sites on the planet. The Office of Naval Intelligence's SWORD Base, which was tasked with the primary purpose of studying an Babd Catha Forerunner vessel|enormous Forerunner vessel embedded in the ice, was located near Babd Catha. The ice shelf was the site of a Battle of Sword Base|battle between the United Nations Space Command|UNSC and the Covenant in the early stages of the Fall of Reach on 2552#July|July 26, 2552.
Most of the ice shelf melted when the Covenant Glassing|glassed the planet.
Trivia In Wikipedia:Irish mythology|Irish mythology, Wikipedia:Badb|Babd Catha was a war goddess who took the form of a crow.
List of appearances
''Halo: Reach''
''Halo 5: Guardians''
''Halo Mythos''
''Halo: Shadows of Reach''
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The Bacigalupi Memorial Nature Preserve, also known as Victory Gardens, was a location on the colony of Chi Rho. It contained a large area of forest, and was near Camp Patmos.''Halo: The Cole Protocol'', Chapter 2
History In 2535, with the Covenant Empire|Covenant quickly wiping out the remaining Outer Colonies, Bacigalupi Memorial Nature Preserve was converted into farmland to meet the demand for food.
List of appearances
''Halo: The Cole Protocol''
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Back At It is an achievement in ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection''. It is unlocked by playing ''Halo 2'' on the 9th of any month - the day in November, 2004 when the original game was released. The achievement will unlock as soon as the player begins a campaign mission or multiplayer match. The achievement is worth 5 Gamerscore, and the Xbox achievement art is a still of John-117 and Avery Johnson walking to the ceremony from the ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' opening cutscene from Cairo Station. |
Back for More is an achievement in ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection''. It is unlocked by completing the ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' Mythic (difficulty)|LASO campaign playlist. The achievement is worth 30 Gamerscore. |
Back In The Day is an achievement in ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection''. It is unlocked by playing a Capture the Flag custom game on Blood Gulch with four players. The achievement is worth 5 Gamerscore.
Trivia The achievement's description states, "''Tri-tip optional.''" A wikipedia:Tri-tip|Tri-tip is a subprimal cut of beef, and due its affordability is known to be used in children's school cafeteria lunches in parts of the United States. Thus, this is a reference to the achievement's nostalgic nature. Until ''The Master Chief Collection'' was released on PC, the achievement required four players to play on the same console. As such, a group of players would be required to collectively own or borrow four controllers in order to unlock the achievement.
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Back to the Chopper is an Achievement|achievement in ''Halo Infinite''. It is unlocked by earning the Splatter medal with a Brute Chopper in a matchmade game. This Achievement awards the player 5 Gamerscore.
It is represented by an image of a Spartan being splatted by a Bolroci Workshop Chopper.
Trivia The achievement's name is a reference to the famous "Get To The Chopper" quote, said by Sergeant "Dutch" in the 1987 movie "wikipedia:Predator (film)|Predator". |
BACKBURN protocol is a UNSC Laws|protocol used by ONI. It is supposed to be enacted if there is any compromise, or loss of operational integrity to Section Three reports and investigations.Hunt the Truth ''- Blog ONI version''
List of appearances
''Hunt the Truth''
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The Backdraft Cindershot is a modified variant of the Cindershot, a hardlight grenade launcher designed and created for use by the Forerunners.
Overview
The Backdraft Cindershot is variant of the standard Cindershot. In addition to having a white chassis, its employs a modified firing core with three-phase sequential detonation. Subsequently, the Backdraft Cindershot fires projectiles that splinter into multiple projectile which then detonate at their next point of impact.
As the Forerunner Ecumene Council prepared to declare Human-Forerunner wars|war on Ancestors|ancient humanity, Bitterness-of-the-Vanquished requisitioned a Backdraft Cindershot from the Ferrarius Assembler Vats for Ur-Didact's personal use, correctly predicting Ur-Didact would be interested in testing out the weapon when he first hears about the Cindershot. Millennia later, one such weapon was in the possession of Myriad, a pair of Mgalekgolo in the Banished during the Battle for Zeta Halo|campaign on Installation 07 in 2559-2560. During the campaign, they kept the weapon in their possession until their deaths at the hands of John-117.
In-game information The Backdraft Cindershot is a Legendary variant weapons|legendary weapon awarded to the player after defeating the High Value Targets, Myriad. The weapon can be acquired at any Forward Operating Base within the campaign. It fires projectiles that splinter into multiple projectile which then detonate at their next point of impact. The Backdraft Cindershot can also be acquired in the open world; one can be found in a Forerunner armory near a Mjolnir Armory|Mjolnir Armory locker (which contains the Olympic Stance), west of Ransom Keep (location)|Ransom Keep, with the armory entrance facing the edge of the ring fragment.
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File:HINF BackdraftCindershot Icon.png|Backdraft Cindershot icon in the HVT dossier menu. File:HINF BackdraftCindershot 1.jpg|A Spartan with the Backdraft Cindershot in multiplayer. File:HINF BackdraftCindershot 2.jpg|A Spartan sprinting with the Backdraft Cindershot in multiplayer. File:HINF BackdraftCindershot 3.jpg|A Spartan reloading the Backdraft Cindershot in multiplayer.
List of appearances
''Halo Infinite''
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Backscratcher is an Achievement in ''Halo Wars'' that is unlocked when the player completes any campaign mission in Cooperative Play|Co-op.
It is worth 5 Gamerscore. Trivia The achievement title is a reference to the phrase "''You scratch my back. I'll scratch yours.''"
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In the context of video games, backward compatibility refers to the ability of a Wikipedia:Video game console|video game console to play games released for another, older console. Every Xbox console besides the Xbox|original has been backward compatible with previous Xbox consoles. Consequently, a number of ''Halo (disambiguation)|Halo'' games have been available under backward compatibility.
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 featured backward compatibility with the original Xbox at launch. All ''Halo'' titles available on the original Xbox are available on the Xbox 360, with the exception of the Halo: Combat Evolved Demo|''Halo: Combat Evolved'' demo.
''Halo: Combat Evolved''
''Halo 2''
''Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack''
''Halo Demo''
Xbox One At launch, the Xbox One was not backward compatible with either the Xbox 360 or the original Xbox. However, the console was made backward compatible with the Xbox 360 in 2015 at popular request. Backward compatibility with the original Xbox was added later, in 2017.
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Xbox Series X|S In a first for the Xbox console family, Xbox Series X/S|Xbox Series XS and Xbox Series X/S#Xbox Series S|Xbox Series S were both backward compatible, at launch, supporting every game playable on the previous Xbox console - the Xbox One. This includes all Xbox One games, as well as all Xbox 360 and original Xbox games that are playable on Xbox One. Games with Wikipedia:Xbox One X|Xbox One X enhancements feature these enhancements on Series X as well, but they are absent on the less powerful Series S.
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Backwash is a multiplayer map featured in ''Halo 2''. It was added to ''Halo 2'' as part of the Maptacular Pack.
Summary File:H2 Backwash NoFog.gif|left|thumb|Backwash, with the fog removed. File:H2 Backwash WithFog.gif|left|thumb|Backwash, with the fog enabled.
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Delta Halo's primary Flood containment facilities resided in remote regions of the ring, including a series of vast bogs and swamplands. It is believed the Forerunners did this to discourage potential intruders or at least obfuscate the truth of the facility below. At some point, the Flood breached the containment facility, leading to an outbreak and formation of a Gravemind. It is unknown whether a system malfunction or outside meddling led to the breach. Backwash is set in this location, resembling the ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' campaign level 343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark.
Veiled in mist and alive with the chattering of unseen fauna, Backwash is a sodden valley in a seemingly boundless swamp. Forerunner technology, illuminated by eerie light, still hums with life. Shapes move in the dense fog and in the midst of this dank heat, it's hard to tell friend from foe. Hills and hummocks make the boggy terrain treacherous and difficult to navigate. Marksmen can stand unnoticed and unchallenged in the banks of fog or take shelter in the confines of Forerunner installations surrounding the mire.Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack Manual#Backwash|Halo 2: Multiplayer Map Pack Manual Ambient life referred to by Bungie artist Justin Hayward as "glow bugs" crawl around the map, and 2401 Penitent Tangent can be seen flying around the map.
Backwash is one of the smaller maps in ''Halo 2'', made even smaller by the presence of thick fog on the map. This enables the presence of equipment such as the Type-1 energy sword|energy sword and active camouflage.
Matchmaking removal Backwash was removed from ''Halo 2'' Matchmaking in the April 2006 Matchmaking Matchmaking#Playlists|Playlist update, due to problems with the Xbox loading the fog covering the map. Backwash was the only map to ever be removed from ''Halo 2'' Matchmaking.
Hidden message There is a way to get out of the level, but it requires super-jumping or a Wuzum-pattern Spectre|Spectre. With a person, get him/her to Super jumping|Superjump over the invisible wall on the hill, then get them to stand on top of the base (red or blue). Get them as close as possible to the wall and then sword cancel up onto a small spot on top of the base. You can now sword cancel (try it a lot) through the wall. Then, walk through something that looks like a large amount of roots (surrounds the outside) and look for edge of the level. Then walk around until you find red ground. The message is very large, written in blood, and says: IT'S LOOKING A LITTLE ROUGH OUT HERE. (Possibly because of the mold, fog, etc.) Also, go to the far right and there is a message that simply reads, "HERE."
To do it with the Spectre, go to blue base and jump on a small ledge that is right next to the invisible wall. Have the driver put on a severe handicap (if you don't have an overshield) then ram into you. If done correctly you will be smashed through the invisible wall.
Strategy Try to limit use of all Covenant weapons on this map, as the fog shows the plasma bursts quite distinctly. In particular, this means that you should either not use the energy sword at all, or keep it hidden until right before you attack. Using Active Camo up on this level will not solve this problem, as the energy sword is still visible under Active Camo in ''Halo 2''.
Trivia File:H2 Backwash Wireframe.gif|thumb|Wireframe of the geometry of the map.
During production of the level, 343 Guilty Spark was originally going to be the monitor flying around the map. However, the monitor was changed to the red glow of 2401 Penitent Tangent when it became apparent 343 looked too much like a Anskum-pattern plasma grenade|plasma grenade flying through the air.
*The presence of 2401 was the inspiration to place the Sentinel Beams on the map. The ambient animal noise found on this map was originally recorded for ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. Players will not spawn with grenades of any kind on this map (though they can be picked up). Due to the map's very small size, players tended to spawn and immediately spam grenades to the other side of the map. From a performance consideration, gametypes like King of the Hill would tend to lag considerably when all players had grenades. One of the design goals for the production of Backwash was the creation of a small-scale, 4-player map that would work well for Slayer. The production group for the map came up with the idea of creating a map set in a swamp similar to the mission 343 Guilty Spark, of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', in which players could use fog and murk to hunt each other. Major references for both the visual and auditory aspects of the map included ''Rambo''.
*The design of Backwash is not particularly complex, as the intention was to create a simple arena. This led to some issues with design as players could see one another from opposite sides of the map, and the long sightlines proved troublesome for the Xbox hardware available, leading to concessions and cuts on both art and design.
File:H2 Backwash Gargoyle 1.png|thumb|The Gargoyle. Though the sounds made by 2401 Penitent Tangent on this level are similar to sounds from 343 Guilty Spark's files, they were recorded by a different voice actor and are therefore distinct. Along with Desolation, this is the only level in the ''Halo'' trilogy to spawn a Sentinel beam by default. There is an Easter egg called the Hidden Gargoyle on the map. The plants that are seen on the level resemble those seen on the level 343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark, mainly because of the environment being a swamp. The plants are also seen aboard High Charity during the levels Gravemind and High Charity in the outdoor areas.
Gallery
File:HMCC H2 Backwash Map.png|Backwash map. File:H2_Manual_Backwash_Layout.jpg|A scan of the map from above. File:H2_Backwash_2401PT.jpg|2401 Penitent Tangent circles the level, and is invincible. File:H2_Backwash_2.jpg|Another view of Backwash. File:H2_Backwash_RedCorridor.png|One of the dead-end corridors on Backwash, this one being red base. The Sentinel beam spawn can be seen at the back. File:H2 Backwash Structures.png|Penitent Tangent seen flying around on the map. File:H2_Backwash_Interior.png|The upper floor of the central tower on Backwash, where the active camo spawns. File:H2 Backwash Exterior.png|An exterior location on the map. File:H2_Backwash_Above.png|The map viewed from above.
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The ''Bactrian''-class freighter is an interplanetary Freighter|transport and tug vessel primarily utilized to carry cargo between human colonies. This particular model of colonial tug is widely antiquated but remains in prevalent use on the Outer Colony planet of Aleria as of 2556.
The ''Bactrian''-class has no interior spaces apart from a cramped, two-seated cockpit located to the fore of the craft. The freighter is equipped with an autopilot with a biometric scanner for authentication, preventing anyone but the owners or pilots from using the craft.Halo: Nightfall, ''Chapter Five'' Due to the tug's age, ''Bactrian''-class freighters lack many modern additional systems, such as trans-optic scalingan augmented navigational system. The tug is equipped with a Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive that is capable of mid-range travel in slipstream space.
These tugs were used by smugglers to transport a unique element from Alpha Shard to Sedra, where a Sangheili Zealot used it in a terrorist Terrorist attack on Sedra City|attack on Sedra City.Halo: Nightfall, ''Chapter One''Halo: Nightfall, ''Chapter Two'' At the end of the mission to Alpha Shard, the tug belonging to the smugglers Arris Le and Haisal Wari was used by Jameson Locke|Lieutenant Commander Jameson Locke and Talitha Macer|Private Talitha Macer to escape Alpha Shard.
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File:HNF FreighterHangar Concept.jpg|''Halo: Nightfall'' concept art for the ''Bactrian''-class in a hangar on Sedra. File:Nightfall - Allerian Tug.jpg|Promotional image of the ''Bactrian''-class freighter. File:Nightfall - FirstLookSCG.png|Sedran Colonial Guard personnel around a tug used by smugglers. File:Nightfall - Tug.jpg|The Alerian tug on Sedra.
List of appearances
''Halo: Nightfall''
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