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'''Lucy-B091''' is a [[SPARTAN-III program|Spartan-III]] supersoldier of [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]].<ref name="g15">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 15''</ref> She is distinguished by her diminutive stature and her [[post-traumatic vocal disarticulation|inability to speak]], a condition she developed after witnessing her unit's destruction in [[Operation: TORPEDO]].<ref name="torpedo"/> Despite this, she proved herself a capable trainer for [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]] alongside fellow Beta Company survivor [[Tom-B292]].<ref name="g98"/>
'''Lucy-B091''' is a [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III]] supersoldier of [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]].<ref name="g15">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 15''</ref> She is distinguished by her comparatively small stature and her [[posttraumatic vocal disarticulation|inability to speak]], a condition she developed after witnessing her unit's destruction in [[Operation: TORPEDO]].<ref name="torpedo"/> She and her fellow fellow Beta Company survivor [[Tom-B292]] subsequently served as [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose]]'s aides and trainers for [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company]] and fought in the [[Battle of Onyx]] in late [[2552]].<ref name="g98"/> After the [[Human-Covenant War]], Lucy and Tom were assigned to the new [[Spartan branch]].<ref name="catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2988772_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2988772 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction - Page 38'']</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Childhood and training===
===Childhood and training===
In her childhood, Lucy's family had a pet cat.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 122''</ref> She would also later recall a faint memory of a horse.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 141''</ref> She was orphaned at age six in [[2539]] when the [[Covenant]] [[Glassing|glassed]] her homeworld and murdered her family. Lucy, distraught, volunteered for the [[Spartan-III program]] to get revenge on the Covenant aliens. She was trained by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] at [[Camp Currahee]] on [[Onyx]] for six years. Lucy, along with [[Tom-B292]]; [[Adam-B004]] and [[Min-B174]], became "[[Team Foxtrot]]," one of the organized SPARTAN-III combat teams in Beta Company.<ref name="g15"/>
In her childhood, Lucy's family had a pet cat.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 122''</ref> She would also later recall a faint memory of a horse.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 141''</ref> She was orphaned at age six in [[2539]] when the [[Covenant]] [[Glassing|glassed]] her homeworld and murdered her family. Lucy, distraught, volunteered for the [[Spartan-III program]] to get revenge on the Covenant aliens.
 
She was trained by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] at [[Camp Currahee]] on [[Onyx]] for six years. Lucy, along with [[Tom-B292]]; [[Adam-B004]] and [[Min-B174]], became [[Team Foxtrot]], one of the organized SPARTAN-III combat teams in Beta Company.<ref name="g15"/> On [[2541|August 24, 2541]], Lucy and the rest of Team Foxtrot participated in one of a series of exercises meant to filter out extra candidates the program lacked funds to train. Lucy and Tom appropriated automated [[M202 XP machine gun]]s and with the help of the rest of their team, completed the objective. However, they continued to ambush several waves of their instructors before being forced to stand down by Chief Mendez and Lieutenant Commander Ambrose. Kurt commended them for their actions and they were accepted for further training and eventually [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|Spartan augmentation]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 89-96''</ref>


===Operation: TORPEDO===
===Operation: TORPEDO===
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{{Quote|How are you sure we're alive?|Lucy's last words to Tom<ref name="torpedo">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 27''</ref>}}
{{Quote|How are you sure we're alive?|Lucy's last words to Tom<ref name="torpedo">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 27''</ref>}}


In [[2545]], Lucy and the rest of Beta Company were sent on [[Operation: TORPEDO]] to destroy a Covenant refinery on [[Pegasi Delta]]. The majority of the company was killed before reaching the refinery, but Team Foxtrot managed to get to the refinery's reactor core. They destroyed the reactor core, and only Lucy and Tom managed to survive by jumping into the ocean nearby, sparing them from the immense heat.<ref name="torpedo"/>
In [[2545]], Lucy and the rest of Beta Company were sent on [[Operation: TORPEDO]] to destroy a Covenant refinery on [[Pegasi Delta]]. The majority of the company was killed before reaching the refinery, but Team Foxtrot managed to get to the refinery's reactor core. They destroyed the reactor core, and only Lucy and Tom managed to survive by jumping into the ocean nearby, sparing them from the immense heat.<ref name="torpedo"/>
 
Although the mission ended up as a 'success', only Lucy and Tom survived the battle. Adam and Min never made it, killed by the Covenant and reactor, respectively. Lucy, traumatized by the incident, was diagnosed with [[post-traumatic vocal disarticulation]], rendering her unable to speak.<ref name="torpedo"/> According to doctors, she was physically capable of speaking, but over time, it became harder and harder for her to express her traumatic experiences, and she felt that "her head was full of things that nobody else would understand or want to hear", so she would stay silent.<ref name="glass99">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 99-100''</ref> After years of silence, she found that she had thoroughly forgotten how to speak even when she wanted to.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 144-145''</ref> Although she would not communicate in any way other than occasionally writing basic information such as map coordinates,<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 304''</ref> Tom-B292 was easily able to understand her.<ref name="glass99"/>


Because of her inability to speak, she was to be classified as "unfit for duty," and reassigned to [[ONI]]'s psych branch for "psychological evaluation". Kurt-051 rescued her from this fate, along with Tom. Together with Tom, Lucy, and Chief Mendez, Kurt was able to train a third generation of SPARTAN-IIIs, [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]]. Lucy, along with Tom, stayed at Camp Currahee and helped in the training until [[2552]].<ref name="g98"/>
Although the mission ended up as a 'success', only Lucy and Tom survived the battle. Adam and Min never made it, killed by the Covenant and reactor, respectively. Lucy, traumatized by the incident, was diagnosed with [[posttraumatic vocal disarticulation]], rendering her unable to speak.<ref name="torpedo"/> Because of her inability to speak, she was to be classified as "unfit for duty," and reassigned to [[ONI]]'s psych branch for "psychological evaluation". Kurt Ambrose rescued her from this fate, along with Tom, convincing [[Margaret Parangosky|Vice Admiral Parangosky]] that he needed Spartans to train Spartans. Over the next several years, Lucy and Tom became Kurt's adjutants and were instrumental in the training of the third generation of SPARTAN-IIIs, [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]]. They stayed at Camp Currahee and helped in the training until [[2552]]. By early [[2551]], Lucy and Tom had spent significant time in microgravity which was [[Space walk|noticeable]] from their gaits. In February 2551 they accompanied Kurt aboard {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}} to oversee Gamma Company's augmentations.<ref name="g98"/>


===Battle of Onyx===
===Battle of Onyx===
{{Main|Battle of Onyx}}
{{Main|Battle of Onyx}}
{{Quote|You two didn't survive Pegasi Delta to die here. There's too much left for you to do.|Kurt Ambrose convincing Lucy and Tom to leave him<ref name="goo368">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 368-369''</ref>}}
When the Battle of Onyx broke out in late [[2552#October|October 2552]] with [[Onyx Sentinel]]s attacking the humans on the planet, Lucy and Tom were based in [[Camp Currahee]]. After destroying one of the Sentinels in the camp they met with Lieutenant Commander Ambrose and SCPO Mendez.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 15</ref> Lucy accompanied Kurt to retrieve ordnance from his personal armory where he briefly contemplated on donning his old MJOLNIR armor, revealing to Lucy—to her great surprise—that the lieutenant commander was a SPARTAN-II.<ref name="goo140"/> They subsequently moved to [[El Morro Point]] and, after several days of guerrilla warfare against the Sentinels, met with [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] and [[Blue Team]]. Lucy and Tom subsequently coordinated with [[Linda-058]] to destroy a Sentinel overlooking the area,<ref name="goo29">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 29</ref> before the group pushed deeper into the restricted [[Zone 67]] and made their way into an excavated Forerunner city.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 30</ref> Pursued by [[Joyous Exultation alliance|Covenant forces]], they were redirected to destroy a [[Sentinel manufacturing facility]] by Zone 67's ONI AI [[Endless Summer]]. Lucy and Tom completed one portion of the operation, coordinated by Dr. Halsey via the use of local [[teleporter|translocation nodes]] and the factory was successfully destroyed.<ref name="goo33">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapters 33-34</ref>


When the Battle of Onyx broke out in late [[2552#October|October 2552]], Lucy fought valiantly alongside her brothers and sisters. When the Spartans made a last stand against a massive Covenant army at the entrance to the [[shield world]], Lucy was ordered to retreat into its safety by Kurt. At first, she and Tom were adamant not to leave their mentor behind, but Kurt knocked Tom unconscious and managed to convince a reluctant Lucy into entering the [[Slipspace portal|slipspace rift]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 368-369''</ref> She and Tom were the last to go through, before Kurt detonated two [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s, denying the Covenant access to the shield world.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 372''</ref>
After retrieving [[Team Katana]], who had been placed in [[slipspace field pod]]s, the group pushed on to Onyx's [[core room antechamber]] where they prepared to make a last stand against the incoming Covenant army to prevent them from accessing the [[slipspace portal]] into the [[Trevelyan|shield world]]. After all of the other survivors had retreated into the portal, Lucy and Tom were the last to remain at Kurt's side. At first, she and Tom were adamant not to leave their mentor behind, but Kurt knocked Tom unconscious and managed to convince a reluctant Lucy into entering the slipspace rift. Before leaving, Lucy made a respectful [[Spartan signals|gesture]] with two fingers to Kurt's faceplate but only managed a half-choked cry when attempting to verbally express her farewell.<ref name="goo368"/> She and Tom were the last to go through, before Kurt detonated two [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s, denying the Covenant access to the shield world.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 372''</ref>


===Inside the Sharpened Shield===
===Shield world and recovery===
Several hours after their entry into the shield world, Lucy was part of the recon team consisting of [[Fred-104]], [[Linda-058]], [[Mark]] and [[Ash-G099]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 13''</ref> Along the way to the Forerunner structure her team was able to find food of some kind. The teams regrouped at a pair of Forerunner structures, after Dr. Halsey found the entrance to one of the structures, Lucy was the first inside. She spotted something moving down a corridor and chased after it. When she entered a dark room Tom and Chief Mendez told her to stop and wait for the rest of the team. In this room she started to get flashbacks of [[Operation: TORPEDO]] and started to panic, only to be calmed down by Tom.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 99''</ref>
Several hours after their entry into the shield world, Lucy was part of the recon team consisting of [[Fred-104]], [[Linda-058]], [[Mark-G313]] and [[Ash-G099]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 13''</ref> Along the way to the Forerunner structure her team was able to find food of some kind. The teams regrouped at a pair of Forerunner structures and after Dr. Halsey found the entrance to one of the structures, Lucy was the first inside. She spotted something moving down a corridor and chased after it. Anxious to find what she was chasing after she continued on looking and got separated from the rest of the team, by falling into another room which appeared to be a hangar of some kind.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 118''</ref> In here she discovered what she had noticed earlier: a [[Huragok]], which she accidentally killed.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 122''</ref> Three other Huragok were present, and started to mourn the loss of one of their own. In order to get them to help her, she showed them her helmet, one of them—named [[Prone to Drift]]—took interest in the helmet and started disassembling and reassembling it. Once it gave her the helmet back she noticed two Forerunner symbols on her HUD—seemingly an attempt by the alien to establish communication.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 143''</ref> After several attempts at contact the Huragok had Lucy follow it and the others.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 146''</ref>


Anxious to find what she was chasing after she continued on looking and got separated from the rest of the team, by falling into another room which appeared to be a hangar of some kind.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 118''</ref> In here she discovered what she had noticed earlier, a [[Huragok]], which she accidentally killed.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 122''</ref> Three other Huragok were present, and started to mourn the loss of one of their own. In order to get them to help her, she showed them her helmet, [[Prone to Drift|one of them]] took interest in the helmet and started disassembling and reassembling it. Once it gave her the helmet back she noticed two Forerunner symbols on her HUD, one of which either modified the audio channels or the physical acoustics of the helmet.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 143''</ref> When she tried to activate the second, nothing happened, she later assumed it had to do with the helmet's microphone. After several attempts at contact the Huragok had it follow her and the others.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 146''</ref>
The Huragok led her into another room where Lucy and the Engineers managed to communicate with each other using a data terminal. Here, Lucy discovered that the Huragok had access to communications with the outside of the sphere and thus might be able to help the human survivors escape.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 186-194''</ref> They also revealed that the passage of time inside the [[slipspace bubble]] the sphere occupied was different from that in normal space, and that the [[Sarcophagus|utility area]] Lucy had fallen into was located within another slipspace pocket where time passed considerably faster than in the rest of the sphere.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 273-281''</ref> The Huragok then led Lucy to the other human survivors, who were relieved to see her as she had been gone for days in their time.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 302-308''</ref> Dr. Halsey immediately began questioning Prone to Drift, becoming increasingly agitated as the Huragok failed to provide her answers or allow them to establish contact with the outside in accordance with their instructions. When Halsey began threatening the creature, Lucy had a sudden emotional outburst and attacked Halsey, repeatedly screaming "No!", overcoming her posttraumatic vocal disarticulation.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 312-317''</ref> However, her ability to speak normally was not immediately restored although she managed to speak several words afterward.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 329, 335''</ref>


The Huragok led her into another room, where Lucy and the Engineers managed to communicate with each other using a data terminal. Here, Lucy discovered that the Huragok had access to communications with the outside of the sphere and thus might be able to help the human survivors escape.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 186-194''</ref> They also revealed that the passage of time inside the [[slipspace bubble]] the sphere occupied was different from that in normal space, and that the [[Sarcophagus|utility area]] Lucy had fallen into was located within another slipspace pocket where time passed considerably faster than in the rest of the sphere.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 273-281''</ref>
Soon after, the humans managed to convince the Huragok to open communications to the ONI ships outside the slipspace bubble.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 336-337''</ref> Lucy, along with the other survivors were then taken aboard the {{UNSCShip|Port Stanley}} by the ONI team [[Kilo-Five]], and would be transported to Earth for a debriefing in [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 401''</ref>


The Huragok then led Lucy to the other human survivors, who were relieved to see her, as she had been gone for days in their time.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 302-308''</ref> Dr. Halsey immediately began questioning Prone to Drift, becoming increasingly agitated as the Huragok failed to provide her answers or allow them to establish contact with the outside, in accordance with their instructions. When Halsey began threatening the creature, Lucy had a sudden emotional outburst; she attacked Halsey, repeatedly screaming "No!", overcoming her post-traumatic vocal disarticulation.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 312-317''</ref> However, it would take some time for her to fully regain her ability to speak.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 329, 335''</ref>
Lucy and the other remaining SPARTAN-IIIs were later offered the chance to integrate into the [[SPARTAN-IV program]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 435''</ref> Lucy and Tom were assigned to the [[Spartan (branch)|Spartan branch]] in [[2553|August 2553]]. Their location remained classified following their reassignment.<ref name="catalog"/>


Soon after, the humans managed to convince the Huragok to open communications to the ONI ships outside the slipspace bubble.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 336-337''</ref> Lucy, along with the other survivors were then taken aboard the {{UNSCShip|Port Stanley}} by the ONI team [[Kilo-Five]], and would be transported to Earth for a debriefing in [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 401''</ref> Lucy and the other remaining SPARTAN-IIIs were later offered the chance to integrate into the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] under the leadership of the surviving SPARTAN-IIs.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 435''</ref>
==Personality and traits==
Despite her speech impediment, Kurt Ambrose considered Lucy a capable Spartan and relied on her and [[Tom-B292]] as his trusted aides both in the training of Gamma Company and in live combat.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 137''</ref> Kurt also believed her to be more rational than Tom, knowing he had a better chance convincing her to leave him behind.<ref name="goo368"/> Because of what the two had gone through, Tom-B292 remained her closest friend and one of the few constants in her life.<ref name="g335">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 335''</ref> Regardless of any difficulties she had communicating with others, Tom was always able to easily understand her.<ref name="glass99"/>


Lucy and Tom were assigned to the [[Spartan (branch)|Spartan branch]] in [[2553|August 2553]]. Their location remained classified following their reassignment.<ref name="catalog">[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2988772_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2988772 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction - Page 38'']</ref>
According to doctors, Lucy was physically capable of speaking, but over time, it became harder and harder for her to express her traumatic experiences, and she felt that "her head was full of things that nobody else would understand or want to hear", so she would stay silent.<ref name="glass99">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 99-100''</ref> After years of silence, she found that she had thoroughly forgotten how to speak even when she wanted to,<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 144-145''</ref> though she occasionally produced faint and indistinct sounds of surprise, for example.<ref name="goo140">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 140-141''</ref> She would still communicate by [[Wikipedia:American Sign Language|sign language]]<ref name="goo140"/> as well as writing basic notes such as basic coordinates.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 304''</ref> She also occasionally exhibits symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, such as sporadic flashbacks of Operation: TORPEDO.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 99''</ref> However, this did not obstruct her performance in combat during the Battle of Onyx, for example.<ref name="goo29"/><ref name="goo33"/>


==Physical description==
==Physical description==
Lucy is described as being tiny and almost miniature to her fellow [[SPARTAN-III Program|Spartan]]s. By age 12, at the time of [[Operation: TORPEDO]], she was only 5.2 feet tall and weighed 70 kilograms,<ref>Eric Nylund response to [[user:r1e2u3b4e5n6|R1e2u3b4e5n6]]</ref> which is small even by non-Spartan standards. She also has pale skin from being inside her [[Semi-Powered Infiltration armor]] for long periods of time. By 2551, she wore her black hair close-cropped.<ref name="g98"/>
Lucy is one of the smallest SPARTAN-IIIs. By age 12, at the time of [[Operation: TORPEDO]], she was only {{Convert|160|cm|ftin}} tall and weighed {{Convert|70|kg|lb}} which was small for a SPARTAN-III of that age.<ref name="g26"/> She has neotenous facial features,<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 303''</ref> dark eyes and black hair which she wears close-cropped,<ref name="g98"/> and is recognizable by her short, careful gait.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 16''</ref> She has pale skin,<ref name="g26"/> likely from being inside her [[Semi-Powered Infiltration armor]] for long periods of time; Kurt Ambrose noted that she and Tom spent so much time in their SPI armor he had difficulty recognizing them without the suits on.<ref name="g98"/>  


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
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Lucy
Biographical information

Date of birth:

2533

Gender:

Female

Height:

160 centimetres (5 ft 3 in) (age 12)[1]

Weight:

70 kilograms (150 lb) (age 12)[1]

Hair color:

Black[2]

Eye color:

"Dark"[2]

Political and military information

Spartan tag:

B091

Rank:

Petty Officer Second Class[2]

 

Lucy-B091 is a SPARTAN-III supersoldier of Beta Company.[3] She is distinguished by her comparatively small stature and her inability to speak, a condition she developed after witnessing her unit's destruction in Operation: TORPEDO.[4] She and her fellow fellow Beta Company survivor Tom-B292 subsequently served as Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose's aides and trainers for SPARTAN-III Gamma Company and fought in the Battle of Onyx in late 2552.[2] After the Human-Covenant War, Lucy and Tom were assigned to the new Spartan branch.[5]

Biography

Childhood and training

In her childhood, Lucy's family had a pet cat.[6] She would also later recall a faint memory of a horse.[7] She was orphaned at age six in 2539 when the Covenant glassed her homeworld and murdered her family. Lucy, distraught, volunteered for the Spartan-III program to get revenge on the Covenant aliens.

She was trained by Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose and Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez at Camp Currahee on Onyx for six years. Lucy, along with Tom-B292; Adam-B004 and Min-B174, became Team Foxtrot, one of the organized SPARTAN-III combat teams in Beta Company.[3] On August 24, 2541, Lucy and the rest of Team Foxtrot participated in one of a series of exercises meant to filter out extra candidates the program lacked funds to train. Lucy and Tom appropriated automated M202 XP machine guns and with the help of the rest of their team, completed the objective. However, they continued to ambush several waves of their instructors before being forced to stand down by Chief Mendez and Lieutenant Commander Ambrose. Kurt commended them for their actions and they were accepted for further training and eventually Spartan augmentation.[8]

Operation: TORPEDO

Main article: Operation: TORPEDO

"How are you sure we're alive?"
— Lucy's last words to Tom[4]

In 2545, Lucy and the rest of Beta Company were sent on Operation: TORPEDO to destroy a Covenant refinery on Pegasi Delta. The majority of the company was killed before reaching the refinery, but Team Foxtrot managed to get to the refinery's reactor core. They destroyed the reactor core, and only Lucy and Tom managed to survive by jumping into the ocean nearby, sparing them from the immense heat.[4]

Although the mission ended up as a 'success', only Lucy and Tom survived the battle. Adam and Min never made it, killed by the Covenant and reactor, respectively. Lucy, traumatized by the incident, was diagnosed with posttraumatic vocal disarticulation, rendering her unable to speak.[4] Because of her inability to speak, she was to be classified as "unfit for duty," and reassigned to ONI's psych branch for "psychological evaluation". Kurt Ambrose rescued her from this fate, along with Tom, convincing Vice Admiral Parangosky that he needed Spartans to train Spartans. Over the next several years, Lucy and Tom became Kurt's adjutants and were instrumental in the training of the third generation of SPARTAN-IIIs, Gamma Company. They stayed at Camp Currahee and helped in the training until 2552. By early 2551, Lucy and Tom had spent significant time in microgravity which was noticeable from their gaits. In February 2551 they accompanied Kurt aboard UNSC Hopeful to oversee Gamma Company's augmentations.[2]

Battle of Onyx

Main article: Battle of Onyx

"You two didn't survive Pegasi Delta to die here. There's too much left for you to do."
— Kurt Ambrose convincing Lucy and Tom to leave him[9]

When the Battle of Onyx broke out in late October 2552 with Onyx Sentinels attacking the humans on the planet, Lucy and Tom were based in Camp Currahee. After destroying one of the Sentinels in the camp they met with Lieutenant Commander Ambrose and SCPO Mendez.[10] Lucy accompanied Kurt to retrieve ordnance from his personal armory where he briefly contemplated on donning his old MJOLNIR armor, revealing to Lucy—to her great surprise—that the lieutenant commander was a SPARTAN-II.[11] They subsequently moved to El Morro Point and, after several days of guerrilla warfare against the Sentinels, met with Dr. Catherine Halsey and Blue Team. Lucy and Tom subsequently coordinated with Linda-058 to destroy a Sentinel overlooking the area,[12] before the group pushed deeper into the restricted Zone 67 and made their way into an excavated Forerunner city.[13] Pursued by Covenant forces, they were redirected to destroy a Sentinel manufacturing facility by Zone 67's ONI AI Endless Summer. Lucy and Tom completed one portion of the operation, coordinated by Dr. Halsey via the use of local translocation nodes and the factory was successfully destroyed.[14]

After retrieving Team Katana, who had been placed in slipspace field pods, the group pushed on to Onyx's core room antechamber where they prepared to make a last stand against the incoming Covenant army to prevent them from accessing the slipspace portal into the shield world. After all of the other survivors had retreated into the portal, Lucy and Tom were the last to remain at Kurt's side. At first, she and Tom were adamant not to leave their mentor behind, but Kurt knocked Tom unconscious and managed to convince a reluctant Lucy into entering the slipspace rift. Before leaving, Lucy made a respectful gesture with two fingers to Kurt's faceplate but only managed a half-choked cry when attempting to verbally express her farewell.[9] She and Tom were the last to go through, before Kurt detonated two FENRIS nuclear warheads, denying the Covenant access to the shield world.[15]

Shield world and recovery

Several hours after their entry into the shield world, Lucy was part of the recon team consisting of Fred-104, Linda-058, Mark-G313 and Ash-G099.[16] Along the way to the Forerunner structure her team was able to find food of some kind. The teams regrouped at a pair of Forerunner structures and after Dr. Halsey found the entrance to one of the structures, Lucy was the first inside. She spotted something moving down a corridor and chased after it. Anxious to find what she was chasing after she continued on looking and got separated from the rest of the team, by falling into another room which appeared to be a hangar of some kind.[17] In here she discovered what she had noticed earlier: a Huragok, which she accidentally killed.[18] Three other Huragok were present, and started to mourn the loss of one of their own. In order to get them to help her, she showed them her helmet, one of them—named Prone to Drift—took interest in the helmet and started disassembling and reassembling it. Once it gave her the helmet back she noticed two Forerunner symbols on her HUD—seemingly an attempt by the alien to establish communication.[19] After several attempts at contact the Huragok had Lucy follow it and the others.[20]

The Huragok led her into another room where Lucy and the Engineers managed to communicate with each other using a data terminal. Here, Lucy discovered that the Huragok had access to communications with the outside of the sphere and thus might be able to help the human survivors escape.[21] They also revealed that the passage of time inside the slipspace bubble the sphere occupied was different from that in normal space, and that the utility area Lucy had fallen into was located within another slipspace pocket where time passed considerably faster than in the rest of the sphere.[22] The Huragok then led Lucy to the other human survivors, who were relieved to see her as she had been gone for days in their time.[23] Dr. Halsey immediately began questioning Prone to Drift, becoming increasingly agitated as the Huragok failed to provide her answers or allow them to establish contact with the outside in accordance with their instructions. When Halsey began threatening the creature, Lucy had a sudden emotional outburst and attacked Halsey, repeatedly screaming "No!", overcoming her posttraumatic vocal disarticulation.[24] However, her ability to speak normally was not immediately restored although she managed to speak several words afterward.[25]

Soon after, the humans managed to convince the Huragok to open communications to the ONI ships outside the slipspace bubble.[26] Lucy, along with the other survivors were then taken aboard the UNSC Port Stanley by the ONI team Kilo-Five, and would be transported to Earth for a debriefing in HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6.[27]

Lucy and the other remaining SPARTAN-IIIs were later offered the chance to integrate into the SPARTAN-IV program.[28] Lucy and Tom were assigned to the Spartan branch in August 2553. Their location remained classified following their reassignment.[5]

Personality and traits

Despite her speech impediment, Kurt Ambrose considered Lucy a capable Spartan and relied on her and Tom-B292 as his trusted aides both in the training of Gamma Company and in live combat.[29] Kurt also believed her to be more rational than Tom, knowing he had a better chance convincing her to leave him behind.[9] Because of what the two had gone through, Tom-B292 remained her closest friend and one of the few constants in her life.[30] Regardless of any difficulties she had communicating with others, Tom was always able to easily understand her.[31]

According to doctors, Lucy was physically capable of speaking, but over time, it became harder and harder for her to express her traumatic experiences, and she felt that "her head was full of things that nobody else would understand or want to hear", so she would stay silent.[31] After years of silence, she found that she had thoroughly forgotten how to speak even when she wanted to,[32] though she occasionally produced faint and indistinct sounds of surprise, for example.[11] She would still communicate by sign language[11] as well as writing basic notes such as basic coordinates.[33] She also occasionally exhibits symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, such as sporadic flashbacks of Operation: TORPEDO.[34] However, this did not obstruct her performance in combat during the Battle of Onyx, for example.[12][14]

Physical description

Lucy is one of the smallest SPARTAN-IIIs. By age 12, at the time of Operation: TORPEDO, she was only 160 centimetres (5 ft 3 in) tall and weighed 70 kilograms (150 lb) which was small for a SPARTAN-III of that age.[1] She has neotenous facial features,[35] dark eyes and black hair which she wears close-cropped,[2] and is recognizable by her short, careful gait.[36] She has pale skin,[1] likely from being inside her Semi-Powered Infiltration armor for long periods of time; Kurt Ambrose noted that she and Tom spent so much time in their SPI armor he had difficulty recognizing them without the suits on.[2]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pages 26-27
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 98
  3. ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 15
  4. ^ a b c d Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 27
  5. ^ a b Halo Waypoint: Catalog Interaction - Page 38
  6. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 122
  7. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 141
  8. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pages 89-96
  9. ^ a b c Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 368-369
  10. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Chapter 15
  11. ^ a b c Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pages 140-141
  12. ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Chapter 29
  13. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Chapter 30
  14. ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Chapters 33-34
  15. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 372
  16. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 13
  17. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 118
  18. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 122
  19. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 143
  20. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 146
  21. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 186-194
  22. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 273-281
  23. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 302-308
  24. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 312-317
  25. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 329, 335
  26. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 336-337
  27. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 401
  28. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 435
  29. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 137
  30. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 335
  31. ^ a b Halo: Glasslands, page 99-100
  32. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 144-145
  33. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 304
  34. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 99
  35. ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 303
  36. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 16

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