Editing Dante Kirtley

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'''[[Lieutenant]] Dante Kirtley''' was a [[UNSC Navy|UNSC Naval]] officer who served in the command crew of the {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}} in [[2535]], running the communications station with Lieutenant [[Jason Burt|Burt]].<ref name="tcp95">'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 95''</ref> He was responsible for relaying messages throughout the ship.

When Lieutenant [[Badia Campbell]] mortally wounded [[Commander (UNSC)|Commander]] [[Dmitri Zheng]], and shot him and Li to boot, Kirtley recovered from his shoulder wound and tried to give Zheng medical attention.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 178''</ref> However, the Commander refused, instead going to lock the codes to the [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]]s onboard and broadcasting the ship's surrender to [[the Rubble]].<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 181''</ref> On the orders of [[Maria Esquival]], the [[Insurrectionist]]s captured Kirtley and the rest of the crew<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 205''</ref>, but the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] of [[Gray Team]] soon freed them and they boarded the [[freighter]] ''[[Mighty Sparrow]]''.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 263''</ref> Kirtley continued to serve as communications officer onboard the freighter before they moved back to the ''Midsummer Night''. He was the first to notice that the [[Kig-yar|Jackals]], who occupied the Rubble along with Insurrectionists, were moving out of the Rubble.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 297''</ref>

He survived the [[Battle of the Rubble]] and the [[Battle of Metisette]].

==Trivia==
*His surname implies that he is of Scottish descent.

*Kirtley believed that the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] tortured their prisoners, which greatly offended [[Major (UNSC)|Major]] [[Akio Watanabe]].<ref name="tcp95"/>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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