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Caleb eventually changed his name to Caleb Vale and became a slipspace drive technician and married [[Nerina Vale]] with whom he had a daughter, [[Olympia Vale]]. A devoted pacifist, Caleb refused to work on military vessels, leading to Caleb and Nerina getting divorced after a last family camping trip to [[Hoodoo Gorges]]. The divorce was completed just ten days later - coincidentally on Olympia's eleventh birthday. Mother and daughter boarded a diplomatic shuttle for Earth, only to have a six-day trip turn into a six month trip due to a slipspace drive failure. Olympia would suspect her father of having somehow sabotaged the shuttle in a last-ditch effort to Luyten, but Nerina dismissed the idea so scornfully that Olympia concluded that it was a dumb idea until after the [[Battle for Earth]]. | Caleb eventually changed his name to Caleb Vale and became a slipspace drive technician and married [[Nerina Vale]] with whom he had a daughter, [[Olympia Vale]]. A devoted pacifist, Caleb refused to work on military vessels, leading to Caleb and Nerina getting divorced after a last family camping trip to [[Hoodoo Gorges]]. The divorce was completed just ten days later - coincidentally on Olympia's eleventh birthday. Mother and daughter boarded a diplomatic shuttle for Earth, only to have a six-day trip turn into a six month trip due to a slipspace drive failure. Olympia would suspect her father of having somehow sabotaged the shuttle in a last-ditch effort to Luyten, but Nerina dismissed the idea so scornfully that Olympia concluded that it was a dumb idea until after the [[Battle for Earth]]. | ||
Following Nerina's death in the Battle for Earth, Olympia attempted to contact her father to let Caleb know that his ex-wife had died in the [[Covenant]] attack. However, Olympia learned that Caleb Vale didn't exist. Through her ONI connections, Olympia discovered that | Following Nerina's death in the Battle for Earth, Olympia attempted to contact her father to let Caleb know that his ex-wife had died in the [[Covenant]] attack. However, Olympia learned that Caleb Vale didn't exist. Through her ONI connections, Olympia discovered that Caleb Vale was actually a false identity assumed by Caleb Aagard who had been born on Luyten in the same year as her father, but the trail then ran cold. The only note in Caleb's file was that he had refused conscription in [[2517]] and then vanished. When Olympia tried to find a ghost file that would explain the discrepancy, her superior claimed that it was simply a case of father and son having the same name, and then advised her in a tone that suggested that the "advice" came from someone far above both of their heads to stop wasting ONI resources and devote herself to her proper assignment. | ||
Subsequently, Olympia stopped poking around ONI's files regarding anyone from Luyten and started searching for more subtle ways to find out her father's true | Subsequently, Olympia stopped poking around ONI's files regarding anyone from Luyten and started searching for more subtle ways to find out her father's true identity. However, the [[Created uprising]] came and Olympia could no longer be sure that the information still existed or that she would be able to access it even if it did. The revelation by a rogue journalist that the Spartan-IIs had been conscripted as six-year-olds caused Olympia to deduce that her father really was Caleb Aagard and that he'd fled conscription as a Spartan, which was ironic as Olympia herself would eventually become a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]]. By [[2559#November|November 2559]], Olympia had still not been able to locate Caleb, although she was determined to find him and get closure and answers from her father.{{Ref/Novel|Out|3}} | ||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||