
Another screen appears on it as Sarah Palmer joins in. Holly Tanaka passes an M6H magnum to Vale as they look at the holotank.
Lasky (Video COM): "She claims to have information on these attacks.".Catherine Elizabeth Halsey has managed to contact us." A 3D portrait of Catherine Halsey appears on the holotank. Massive destruction, Forerunner in origin." Over the last 72 hours, five colonies have experienced identical events. Thomas Lasky (Video COM): "Fireteam Osiris.An additional screen appears on it as Thomas Lasky begins his transmission. Members of Fireteam Osiris are looking at the holotank. It activates, displaying several holographic photos of destruction on several human colonies.Ĭut to the Pelican bay.
to kill us both.įade in to Jameson Locke's helmet, lying on a seat inside a Pelican's troop bay.Ī rotating cylindrical holotank lowers from the ceiling. The room darkens and Halsey's smile fades.
Halsey: ( voiceover) They'll order you. Cortana's hologram vanishes as she's transferred to its chip. Halsey turns the handle of the matrix in the tank. Halsey: ( voiceover) Once this is over, after all I have done. Halsey smiles at her AI and Cortana smiles back. Halsey: ( voiceover) I have spent enough years with ONI to know the truth. Standing on it is a projection of a blue woman, Cortana. Halsey plugs the armored matrix into the holotank. She then heads to the far end at the lab, where there is a glowing blue holotank. Halsey reaches into the wall and pulls out an armored matrix. The desk is adorned with books, ONI paper files, an active holoscreen, and a framed photo of Miranda Keyes. As she passes her desk, Halsey sets her journal on it. Inside, Debussy's Prelude No.4 is softly playing. Reaching its end, Halsey places her left hand on a scanning panel and the door opens to let her into her lab. Catherine Halsey walks down a walkway in the middle of a dark circular room, lined by tall black monoliths.