Halo: First Strike - JACOB BUSA | Biblioteka

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Which two characters sacrificed themselves at the end of the novel?

Linda and Fred

Cortana and Dr. Halsey

Admiral Whitcomb and Lieutenant Haverson

Sergeant Johnson and Kelly

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What was the Spartan's "all clear" signal?

each member of the team would flash their signal mirrors

a bobwhite whistle

"the knot is undone by the sword"

Oly Oly Oxen Free

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Who fixed the power coupling to the flagship's Slipspace generator?

Cortana

Sergeant Johnson

Lieutenant Haverson

A Covenant engineer

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How did Dr. Halsey deal with Ackerson's AI watchdog, Araqiel?

she diverted his program to a nonessential subroutine and trapped him there

she used his personal fail-safe to erase him

she inserted a virus into his programming and let him self-destruct

she offered to upgrade his programming if he kept Ackerson in the dark

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Corporal Locklear was killed by...

a high-energy radiation burst released when he destroyed Halsey's crystal

one of the plasma bolts crisscrossing the Slipspace bubble

a volley of crystalline needles

one of the Brutes guarding the temple inside the space station

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What did Cortana decide to do with the Covenant AI's code?

she used it to create another AI to help her run Ascendant Justice

she sent it to Dr. Halsey for further examination

she used it to copy a portion of her own code

she deleted it

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What was problematic about using tac-nukes on Reach?

the EMP blast from a tac-nuke would fry Reach's generators

there was no way for Red-Team to escape the blast radius of a tac-nuke

tac-nukes were not designed for ground combat

detonating a tac-nuke would trigger the dormant volcano near the base

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Why did the Master Chief and his allies need to board the Covenant flagship?

they needed to disable the flagship's comms system

the Master Chief needed to rescue Fred and the rest of Red-Team

the Master Chief needed to capture a Covenant Prophet

they needed a vessel with a Slipspace drive

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How did the crystal from Reach affect Ascendant Justice's Slipspace jump?

it transported the ship to the Covenant homeworld

it transported the ship into a strange, blue Slipspace bubble

it transported the ship back into orbit around Reach

it prevented the ship from entering Slipspace

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What tough decision did Dr. Halsey say the Master Chief would have to make?

whether or not to sacrifice the members of Red-Team to stop the Covenant

whether or not to turn over the data on Sgt. Johnson to ONI Section 3

whether or not to not leave Cortana behind on the Covenant battle station

whether or not to turn over the crystal they found to ONI Section 3