The Superintendent

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"The Superintendent"

KEEP IT CLEAN
<\\> UNSC OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

<\\> CLASSIFIED SIGNALS ARCHIVE [ONI.SEC.PRTCL-1A]

<\ OPENED PER OFFICIAL REQUEST [DARE.V.500341(S1)]

\ SOURCE: URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE A.I. [SUPERINTENDENT]

\ RECEPIENT: PROWLER “TOKYO RULES” [COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]
>> NOTATION KEYWORD SEARCH: “EMERGENCY” “DATA” “CORRUPTION”
>> (...) ~ QUERY RUNNING
>> (..)
>> (.) \ VTT TRANSCRIPT AS FOLOWS...

[SUPERINTENDENT]: “METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “METROPOLITAN EMER--!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “We know. Personnel are en route. Can you--”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “DETOUR! PROCEED WITH CAUTION!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “--put Kinsler on the line?”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: [UNITELIGIBLE > DOG GROWLING(?)]
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Sorry, what?”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “BE A HERO! REPORT VIOLATORS!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Oh, come on... ”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “METROPOLITAN EMER--!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Listen. We have a report of core data corruption.”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “I need you to upload your--”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “PARDON OUR DUST!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER] “--logs for the last twenty-four hours!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “KEEP IT CLEAN!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “KEEP IT CLEAN!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “KEEP IT CLEAN!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: [UNINTELIGIBLE > PROFANITY (?)]
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “We're sending a team, alright?”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Until they arrive, all additional comm needs to route through me.”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Repeat and acknowledge.”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “OBEY POSTED LIMITS!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “YIELD TO UPHILL TRAFFIC!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “I'll take that as a ‘yes’...”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “PLEASE REMAIN CALM!”

\ ~ QUERY COMPLETE

\ ARCHIVE CLOSED \>

Sidenote: KEEP IT CLEAN appeared in Halo:CE posted on a board in the Pillar of Autumn [1] (credit: 'The BS Police')

Sept 22 7:07pm PT

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Bungie.net news post (direct link)

PARDON OUR DUST
<\\> UNSC OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE
<\\> TAC-OPS LOGISTICS DATABASE [ONI.SEC.PRTCL-1A]

<\ * PRIORITY! * RESOURCE RE-ALLOCATION REQUEST

>> SENT: [DARE.V.500341(S1)]
>> RECEIVED: HEAVY CRUISER “SAY MY NAME” [SMN.ACTUAL]

\ PARTIAL VTT TRANSCRIPT AS FOLLOWS...

[SMN.ACTUAL]: “The situation on the ground isn’t my concern.”
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “I understand, Admiral. But I need --”
[EXPLOSION (4.0098s)]
[SMN.UNKNOWN]:[UNINTELLIGIBLE > PANIC(?)]
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Empty archer pods six through twelve!”
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Ready the MAC, and come about!”
[SMN.UNKNOWN]:[UNINTELLIGIBLE > INSUBORDINATION(?)]
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “It may have passed us, Lieutenant, but it’s still in range.”
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Come about. And shoot it in the ass.”
[EXPLOSION (2.3482s)]
[STATIC (3.8761s)]
[SMN.UNKNOWN]:[UNINTELLIGIBLE > COMPLIANCE(?)]
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “Admiral, about my squad?”
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “I’ve forwarded their NCO’s name to your --”
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Enough, Captain!”
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “If I survive this attack..."
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “I will deploy per my orders from Fleet HQ!”
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “Sir. I don’t report to Fleet.”
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “And the men I want? Now they don’t either.”
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “Please. Read my request.”
[STATIC (2.8179s)]
[EXPLOSION (3.0194s)]
[STATIC (7.4501s)]
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Didn’t think you S1 types ever left your cave.”
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “Desperate times...”
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “Alright, Captain. You’ve got your squad.”
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “If I survive the attack."
[EXPLOSION (2.9016s)]
[SMN.ACTUAL]: “And right now? That’ll take a genuine act of God.”
[DARE.V.500341(S1)]: “I’ll see what I can do.”

\ ~ REQUEST COMPLETE
\ DATABASE CLOSED \>

Sept 24

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Trailer Notes

Locations (? suburbs of New Mombasa?) shown in bottom right of HUD:

TANAGA.0086, LUMUMBA.0624, MBARAKI.2552, MAKADARA.0339

HUD text shown on screen in various screen caps (using the Flickr screen caps as a reference):

0170 -
POST SCAN CAMERA ACTIVE
SCAN>>POP:0
EVAC: COMPLETE
0297 - THRESHOLD TRIGGER
0386 -
AUTH. INQ.
ACTIVATING SUBROUTINE "VERGIL"
WARNING! DATA LEAK ON LEVEL 9!
0453 - AUTH NEGATIVE
0520 - EMP TRIP DETECT
0561 - SAVE SYS STATE
0815-0863 - "PLEASE REMAIN CALM" in various languages
0907 - EXPECT DELAYS
0909 - ROAD CLOSED
0915 - YELLOW MEANS YIELD
0919 - OBEY POSTED LIMITS
0923 - PARDON OUR DUST
0928 - MADDIE, WHERE ARE YOU?
0929 - PROCEED WITH CAUTION
0937 - DANGER:FLOOD ZONE
0939 - FINAL NOTICE:BILL PAST DUE
0947 - KEEP IT CLEAN
0975 - REINITIALIZE...
1041 - WARNING! METROPOLITAN DISASTER
1067 - CHECKING POWER...
1096 - CHECKING COMMS...
1117 - ALERTING EMERGENCY SERVICES!
1239 -
POST SCAN CAMERA ACTIVE
SCAN>>POP:0
EVAC: COMPLETE
1263 - as previous but inverted
1369 -
BITRATE THRESHOLD: 223
TARGET LOSS FAILURE
LINK FAIL.....
1444 - PREPARE TO DROP
1455 - "PREPARE TO DROP" in various languages
1484 -
ACTIVATING SUBROUTINE "VERGIL"
WARNING! DATA LEAK ON LEVEL 9!
1534 -
WAIT SIGNAL TRAP + 10
THREAD COND WAIT + 1244
WAIT RELATIVE NP + 47
[SUPCONDITION:] + 236
[SUPCONDITION:DATE] + 144
[SUPLOCK LOCKWHEN:] + 69
[SUPTHREAD MAIN] + 45
The messages noted under 1534 are repeated in the last few frames with the Bungie and Microsoft Game Studios logos, the only difference is [SUPCONDITION:DATE] is also shown as "[SUPCONDITION:DATE] + 1117"

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