Horizon Autonomous Research Collective

== Overview ==
The Horizon Autonomous Research Collective (HARC) appeared as a research and development group in the UNSC's manufacturing database. The designs and manufacturing instructions listed inside were usually incoherent, impossible to construct, and in the case of it being manufacturable; dangerous to use. The designs ranged from non-Euclidian architecture, and unusable weapons, to incorrectly fitted armor and nonfunctioning equipment like radios.
The Office of Naval Intelligence has partitioned and quarantined all previously gathered HARC files. The source of the data was determined to originate from an abandoned R&D space-site known as the Horizon Collective Station T13, which used a closed-off A.I. generation algorithm to aid in designing new products for it's parent company Horizon Collective. It was unclear if the A.I. had been compromised by the Created, but due to its incoherent design processes, and inability to respond to shut down and communication commands, it was classified as rampant. 
== Acquisition ==
As of 2558, the site has been secured, and is closely monitored by ONI. A decommission op was carried out by a squad of Spartan IVs from the UNSC Mockingbird who were equipped with A.I. containment devices, and the necessary black-out modifications to suit systems to deter digital infiltration. Following the relative success of the operation, and the regrettable casualty of the squad leader, the site is now used for R&D using a backup reconstruction of the onboard A.I. The station's A.I. , known as Blue Horizon, has been instrumental in designing new systems and hardware free of the flaws of other A.I. designs that were compromised by the Created.
== Known Products ==
* MJOLNIR HARC-OIU/UA (Armor)
* OPERATOR TII-GEN3 (Helmet)
* SCOUT TII-GEN3 (Helmet)
* HC-ALS (Air-Light Security Helmet)
* HARC-ALPR6.5mm (Air-Light Patrol Rifle)
* HARC-SOPR6.5mm (Spartan Operations Patrol Rifle)
* HC-CQC5.7x28mm Mk. III (Automatic Carbine/SMG)
* HC-FDR7.62x51mm EAP (Frontier Defense Rifle)
== Current Activity ==
Blue Horizon is actively tasked by Captain Reina Belís with the streamlining of several new products that will aid the UNSC Mockingbird in taking back key UNSC sites and facilities occupied by the Created. A number of UNSC forces have been deployed on Station T13, and were reequipped by Blue Horizon with new (and old) HARC equipment, armor, and weapons. This equipment includes the HC-ALS Security Helmet, a light weight, but high performance, HUD-enabled helmet with high customization potential. The HARC-ALPR6.7mm, is a patrol rifle design formed as an amalgamation of previous UNSC weapon designs such as the VK78 Commando, with the added benefit of patented Air-Light construction. The HC-CQC5.7x28mm Mk. III was an preexisting automatic carbine that failed to outperform the M7 SMG in multirole use. While it was never adopted, it still excelled at the needs of several PMC CQC specialists performing ship-boarding combat, and Horizon Collective security personnel.
== Product Gallery ==
File:OPERATOR MK.II-GEN3.png|OPERATOR TII-GEN3
File:OPERATOR Mk.II-GEN3-SUBNIVEAN.png|OPERATOR TII-GEN3/SUBNIVEAN
File:SCOUT-GEN3 Mk. II.png|SCOUT TII-GEN3
File:MC-AL Security Helmet.webp|HC-ALS
File:MARC-ALPR.png|HARC-ALPR6.5mm
File:MARC-SOPR.png|HARC-SOPR6.5mm
File:MC-CQC.png|HC-CQC5.7x28mm Mk. III
File:MC-FDR7.62x51mmNBG.png|HC-FDR7.62x51mm
File:Reversed Magnum.jpg|M6D-R: Reversed Magnum design proposed the by the previously rampant Blue Horizon
File:MJOLNIR MARC-OIU-UA.png|MJOLNIR HARC-OIU/UA
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