Cardenas
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Lieutenant Cardenas was a young Marine serving onboard the UNSC Infinity in 2559.[1]
Biography[edit]
Battle for Zeta Halo[edit]
- Main article: Battle for Zeta Halo
On December 12, 2559, Cardenas was aboard the UNSC Infinity when it was ambushed by Banished forces upon arrival at Installation 07. She was amongst those who survived the landing and the next six months on the ring. Under the leadership of Commander Wes Thompson, Cardenas was a part of a large group -- a mixture of military, support, science and civilian -- of survivors on the stable part of the ring who spent weeks on the move together, losing too many people to count. Eventually, in around early May, they found Lifeworker Central where the Forerunner Dazzlers protected the remaining fifty-two people from Banished detection.[2] Due to the Banished stealing the dog tags of dead soldiers and using them to lay ambushes, Cardenas and the other military personnel deactivated theirs and left them with Thompson.[3]
On June 6, John-117, Joyeuse, Fernando Esparza and Lucas Browning sought Lifeworker Central in the hopes of using the geas technology located there to remove the imprint placed in Browning's mind by the Harbinger and perhaps decode whatever was in it.[4][5] After the Master Chief met with Dr. Genie Dawson in the Monolith Adjunct and greeted a large crowd of soldiers and civilians who had gathered to see the legendary Spartan,[6] Cardenas arrived with the news that the Banished were gathering in larger numbers than anything the camp had seen along the jungle perimeter. She led the Master Chief to the ops center where everyone was shocked to see that Joy was identical to Cortana. The AI asked everyone to judge her by her own actions rather than Cortana's and to give Joy a chance to prove herself. Thompson ordered Cardenas to gather combat teams Lima, Mike, Tango, Whiskey and Zulu to draw the Banished off and lead the Master Chief's team back to Echo 216. Cardenas took command of the combat teams which successfully drew off the Banished and eliminated a Kig-Yar patrol that got too close, allowing the Master Chief, Joy, Browning and Esparza to depart safely.[1]
On June 8, Cardenas attended Browning's funeral alongside a number of others, including the other members of the combat teams, Master Chief, Joy, Esparza, Thompson, Janina Yu, Gainey, Hightower, the boat crew and four Swords of Sanghelios warriors.[7]
On June 12, Cardenas was presumably amongst the crowd that gathered as Genie revealed that while she and her team were unable to find the Infinity, they had found large groups of other survivors scattered across Zeta Halo. Many amongst the crowd eagerly volunteered themselves to the Spartan for a search and rescue mission for the other survivors.[8]
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Edge of Dawn (First appearance)
