United Nations Space Command Priority Transmission 09872H-98
Encryption Code: Red
Public Key: file /excised access Omega/
From: Admiral Ysionris Jeromi, Chief Medical Officer, UNSC Research Station Hopeful
To: Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey M.D., Ph.D., special civilian consultant (civilian indentification Number: 10141-026-SRB4695)
Subject: Mitigating factors and relative biological risks associated with queried experimental medical procedures.
Classification: RESTRICTED (BGX Directive)
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Catherine,
I am afraid further analysis has yielded no viable alternatives to mitigate the risks in your proposer "hypothetical" experimentation. I have, however, attached the synopsis of my team's findings as well as all relevant case studies. Perhaps you will find them useful.
I hope it is a hypothetical study . . . the use of Binobo chimpanzees in your proposal is troublesome. These animals are expensive and rare now since they are no longer bred in captivity. I would hate to see such valuable specimens wasted in some Section Three project.
Best,
y.j.
Synopsis of chemical/ biological risks
WARNING: the following procedures are classified level-3 experimental. Primate test subjects must be cleared through UNSC Quartermaster General Offical code: OBF34. Follow gamma code biohazard disposal protocol.
1. Carbide ceramic ossification: advanced material grafting onto skeletal structures to make bones virtually unbreakable. Recommended coverage not to exceed 3 percent total bone mass because of significant white blood cell necrosis. Specific risk for pre- and near-postpubescent adolescents: skeletal growth spurts may cause irreparable bone pulverization. See attached case studies.
2. Muscular enhancement injections: protein complex is injected intramuscularly to increase tissue density and decrease lactase recovery time. Risk: 5 percent of test subjects experience a fatal cardiac volume increase.
3. Catalytic thyroid implant: platinum pellet containing human growth hormone catalyst is implanted in the thyroid to boost growth of skeletal and muscle tissues. Risk: rare instances of elephantiasis. Suppressed sexual drive.
4. Occipital capillary reversal: submergence and boosted blood vessel flow beneath the rods and cones of subject's retina. Produces a marked visual perception increase. Risk: retinal rejection and detachment. Permanent blindness. See attached autopsy reports.
5. Superconduction fibrification of neural dendrites: alteration of bioelectrical nerve transduction to shielded electronic transduction. Three hundred percent increase in subject reflexes. Anecdotal evidence of marked increase in intelligence, memory, and creativity. Risk: significant instances of Parkinson's disease and Fletcher's syndrome.
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United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1
Encryption Code: Red
Public Key: file /first light/
From: UNSC/NAVCOM Fleet H.T. Ward
To: ALL UNSC PERSONNEL
Subject: General Order 098831A-1 ("The Cole Protocol")
Classification: RESTRICTED (BGX Directive)
The Cole Protocol
To safeguard the Inner Colonies and Earth, all UNSC vessels or stations must not be captured with intact navigation databases that may lead Covenant forces to human civilian population centers.
If any Covenant forces are detected:
1. Activate selective purge of databases on all shipbased and planetary data networks.
2. Initiate triple-screen check to ensure all data has been erased and all backups neutralized.
3. Execute viral data scavengers. (Download from UNSCTTP://EPWW:COLEPROTOCOL/Virtualscav/fbr.091)
4. If retreating from Covenant forces, all ships must enter Slipstream space with randomized vectors NOT directed toward Earth, the Inner Colonies, or any other human population center.
5. In case of imminent capture by Covenant forces, all UNSC ships MUST self-destruct.
Violation of this directive will be considered an act of TREASON, and pursuant to UNSC Military Law Articles JAG 845-P AND JAG 7556-L, such vilations are punishable by life imprisonment or execution.
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United Nations Space Command Astrophysics Journal 034-23-01
Date: May 097, 2540 (Military Calendar)
Encryption Code: None
Public Key: N/A
Author(s): Lieutenant Commander Fhajad 034 (service number [CLASSIFIED]), UNSC Office of Naval Intelligence
Subject: Dimensional-Mass Space Compressions in Shaw-Fujikawa (a.k.a. "Slipstream") Space.
Classification: N/A
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Abstract: The space-bending properties of mass in normal space are well described by Einstein's general relativity. Such distortions however, are complicated by the anomalous quantum gravitational effects in Shaw-Fujikawa (SF) spaces. Using loop-string analysis, it can be shown that a large mass bends space in SF space more than general relativity predicts by an order of magnitude. This bending may explain how several small objects clustered closely together in SF space have been reported erroneously as a single larger mass.
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PLNB Priority Transmission XX087R-XX
Encryption Code: GAMMA
Public Key: N/A
From: CODENAME: COALMINER
To: CODENAME: SURGEON
Subject: PROGRESS REPORT/OPERATION HYPODERMIC
Classification: EYES ONLY TOP SECRET (SECTION III X-RAY DIRECTIVE)
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Secured space-dock repair bay. Corvette Circumference undergoing final stealth upgrades. Shipyard records seccessfully altered.
Queries dectedfrom transient AI. Operation deemed AT RISK of being uncovered.
As per contingency plan TANGO: ship registration numbers scambled; hard isolated from dockside computer network; counterintrusion software implemented; Alpha security protocols enacted onboard.
Just as you called it, sir. Don't worry -- as far as the station computers are concerned, Circumference never even existed.
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United Nations Space Command ALPHA PRIORITY TRANSMISSION 04592Z-83
Encryption Code: Red
Public Key: file /bravo-tango-beta-five/
From: Admiral Roland Freemont, Commanding Fleet Officer, FLEETCOM Sector One Commander/ (UNSC Service Number: 00745-16778-HS)
To: ALL UNSCwarships in REACH, JERICO, and TANTALUS systems
Subject: IMMEDIATE RECALL
Classification: Classified (BGX Directive)
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Covenant presence detected on REACH system's edge coordinates 030 relative.
All UNSC warships are hereby ordered to cease all activities and regroup at rally point ZULU at best speed.
ALL SHIPS are to enact the Cole Protocol immediately.
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Alpha priority channel: To Fleet Admiralty from REACH Space Dock Quartermaster AI-8575 (a.k.a Doppler)/
/triple-encryption time-stamped public key: red rover red rover/
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IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED
Item: Covenant data invasion packets detected penetrating firewall of REACH DOC NET. Counterinstrusion software enacted. Resolution: 99.9 percent certainty of neutralization.
Item: Initialization of triple-screening protocol discovered the corvette Circumference/Bay Gamma-9/ isolated from REACH DOC NET.
Item: Covenant ships detected on inbound Slipstream vector intersecting Bay Gamma-9.
Conclusion: Unsecured navigation data on the Circumference detected by Covenant forces.
Conclusion: VIOLATION OF THE COLE PROTOCOL. IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED.
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