Judgment Weekly: the bulletins and Canon Fodder

*ADDRESS: 168.61.36.255*: Waypoint

Navigation: Waypoint

One-Eyed Devil: ONI
(reasoning: the all-seeing eye logo, and the out-of-universe ties to Waypoint noted here, mirroring the in-universe network known as Waypoint which ONI is known to monitor)

Rampancy to Industry: 343 Industries

Whom Would Turn Tides, Resigned: the Master Chief
(stated relatively specifically; I think the interpretation is MC as Flood-killer)

Predecessor: the Forerunners

War Machine: the UNSC

Minds: the Assembly

Father of Scarabs: the Covenant
(not as sure about this one)

Quaternary Conquistadors: Spartan-IVs

Flagship Unlimited: UNSC Infinity

Accountable Torch: 343 Guilty Spark

The five years refers to the five years since the events of the Halo trilogy, because of the date 4.20.58 at the top of most of these exchanges.

: - Ciphers have been formatted accordingly to avoid automated keyword
: or "hot-phrasing" detection services

They're speaking obliquely to make sure their conversation isn't automatically flagged or detected.

: Our origin is much more pedestrian, albeit I couldn't pinpoint it even if I wanted to.

This is a fan work, and they won't tell us who's responsible.

: Amusingly enough, this [platform] is the only [spectra founded by the arrays]
: service archaic enough that still pertains to not draw attention from
: < !--Judgment Weekly-- >. It is simply operating on a level it cannot relativize. [&]

HBO is the only corner of the Halo fandom so old and backward 343i (or specifically the weekly stuff they put out) doesn't pay attention to it-- likely a joke or meant as a friendly jab.

: [^] That being said, we do request you keep these conversations away from
: < !--Navigation-- >. It would draw far too much attention;
: please do not attempt to expose us.

They don't want us to spread this around and turn it into a big thing.

: [^] We are in no way associated with the exploits of [official business]. We are
: a separate group, unofficial, unattached to the [primary industry]. We are simply
: attempting to find solace and bide our time in the most quiet frontiers of
: [spectra founded by the arrays].[^]

This is clarification and reiteration of this being a fan work.

: [...] Because of this, we are free to speak of some generalized contents
: without jeopardizing our whereabouts, but specific instances of content
: may be avoided. For example: [^]

: [&] "The final stage of the Flood superorganism is a Gravemind." [&]

: [^] "The < !--Whom Would Turn Tides, Resigned-- > fought and
: purportedly slain in the late hours of 2552 was largely disseminated." [^]

General things and oblique references let them go unnoticed, but exact terms make things tricky. (Hopefully I'm not making things too tricky for them.)

: [&] We are not < !--Predecessor-- >, but much like the
: < !--War Machine-- > as of late, we have appropriated certain elements of
: their firmware for our betterment.

They're not Forerunner or created by the Forerunner, but like the UNSC, they've used Forerunner stuff to improve themselves.

I tried something at the top of the post; if it doesn't work, could a mod fix the color, please?