2532

First year of training for Spartan III Alpha Team (The children for the project were brought to Onyx on December 27, 2531 to determin who stayed).

A transmition (possibly sent by Chief Petty Officer Mendez)was sent to Reach Miltiary Complex. It reads:

///AUTOMATED REROUT UNSC SHIP REG-96667 ABY/// FILE ACCESS GRANTED///WORM-PROTOCOL FIREWALL ENABLED/FILE ERASED///

PLNB TRANSMITION XX08R-XX ENCRYPTION CODE: GAMMA PUBLIC KEY: N/A FROM: CODE NAME COALMINER TO: CODE NAME SURGEON SUBJECT: PROGRESS REPORT/OPERATION HYPODERMIC CLASSIFICATION: EYES ONLY, CODE-WORD [BLANK] TOP SECRET (SECTION THREE X-RAY DIRECTIVE)

/FILE EXTRACTION-RECONSTITUTION COMPLETE/ /FILE START/

INSTITUTIONAL RECORD ALTERED AS PER INSTRUCTION. INITIAL CONTACT WITH BASE AI MADE. HELPFUL, BUT I DON'T TRUST IT. PACKAGES DILIVERED. SELECTION PROCESS STARTED. OPERATION UNDERWAY AND ON SCHEDULE. CANIDATES EXHIBIT MARKED AGGRESSION WELL OUT OF BOUNDS OF THE SMITH-KENSINGTON INDEX. AS MUCH WORK TRAINING THEM AS IT IS KEEPING THEM FROM MURDERING EACH OTHER. THEY'RE REAL HELL-CATS. LIEUTENANT CLAIMS ALL UNDER CONTROL. HE HAS A PLAN FOR EVERYTHING. UNSURE WHERE HE'S GETTING THIS CONFIDENCE, BUT I DO BELIVE HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING. ARE YOU SURPRISED?

/END FILE/ /SCRAMBLE-DESTRUCTION PROCESS ENABLE/ PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE.

Sources: Halo: Ghosts of Onyx Ric Nylund