2004

== Inside the Halo Universe ==
*As shown in the i love bees viral campaign, a temporal rip in space-time somehow sent part of the ’s AI, Melissa back to this year. A Covenant AI known as the Seeker came along for the ride. Melissa was so fragmented and malfunctioning that a built-in program called the System-Peril-Distributed-Reflex was engaged to repair her. The SPDR recognized the Seeker as a harmful foreign application and attempted to kill it. The Seeker knew it could not kill the SPDR itself, so it convinced Melissa that it was an updated version of the SPDR so Melissa would disable "the old version." The Seeker did the SPDR's work in repairing the Melissa and accomplishing various tasks for her, but it also corrupted her goals with its own. Melissa was so fragmented that a buried personality, from the human brain her mind was built from, broke off into another being. This childlike personality called herself the Sleeping Princess and preferred to see things as a fairy tale. The Sleeping Princess, desperate for a friend, befriended the Seeker, whom she named the Pious Flea. The Seeker, who sought the truth, would ask the Princess for information; the Princess taught it human concepts such as fear and humor. In return, the Seeker protected the Princess from Melissa, who wanted to bury her in code. When Melissa managed to imprison the Princess, the Seeker went against its nature and absorbed the Princess without killing her. Instead, it joined the Sleeping Princess' and Melissa's minds together. The resulting being recognized the Seeker as a hostile Covenant AI and attempted to kill the Seeker, but it managed to hide. When the Slipspace rip closed, Melissa was thrown back to her own time. The Seeker, however, was left in the server with the SPDR. This time, the SPDR promptly killed the Seeker.
*November 9: The book, The Castaway Theory by Dr. Jonas Volman was released.
== Real World Events ==
===October===
*October: The Halo 2 Cinematic Trailer was released.
===November===
*November 9:
**Halo 2 was released in the US and Canada.
**The Art of Halo was released.
**Halo 2: The Official Strategy Guide was released.
*November 11: Halo 2 was released in Europe.
===Unknown Date===
*Halo Custom Edition was released.
*Bungie officially confirmed the development of the Halo film.
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