Editing Evelyn Collins

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{{Quote|Today I found myself working alongside another former colonist. Tough old broad named Lorie. Told her about what I'd been feeling. She laughed in my face! She told me, 'Sister, you gotta forget about what Meridian was, and think about what it could be.' I like that. So now, when I chip away the glass, I picture a new world we're making.|Evelyn Collins reflects on her motive for digging on Meridian.{{Ref/Reuse|glass17}}}}

'''Evelyn Collins''' is a [[human]] who survived the [[Covenant]]'s [[glassing]] of the [[human colony]] [[Meridian]]. After the glassing, Collins returned to the planet as a deglasser working for the [[Liang Dortmund Corporation]].{{Ref/Level|Id=glass|H5|Glassed|Detail=''[[Mission Intel|Evelyn Collins: Meridian Day 1]]''}}

==Biography==
Collins lived on Meridian before [[Battle of Meridian|it was attacked by the Covenant]] in [[2548]].{{Ref/Reuse|glass}} Both Evelyn's parents and her sister were killed when Meridian was lost to the Covenant.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=wr|Fra|What Remains}}

===Return and mining===
{{quote|It's a hell of a thing...to return to your home...find it completely different. Ruined. I couldn't prepare myself for the cold feeling that struck my heart when that elevator rolled down through the planet's atmosphere. The world I knew...was gone.|Collins on her first day back at Meridian.{{Ref/Reuse|glass}}}}

After the [[Human-Covenant War]] ended in [[2553]], Collins returned and was hired by the [[Liang-Dortmund Corporation]] as a miner to aid the [[terraforming]] of Meridian back into a livable state.{{Ref/Reuse|glass}}
 
On the fifth day of her return to Meridian, Collins aided in the digging of a road from the [[space elevator]] to [[Meridian Station]]. Collins was discouraged to find that most of the miners seemed to be just in it for the profit, with no other former refugees like her.{{Ref/Level|H5|Glassed|Detail=''[[Mission Intel|Evelyn Collins: Meridian Day 5]]''}}

On the seventeenth day of her stay, Collins met another past citizen of Meridian, [[Lorie]]. With their shared background, Collins confessed to her about her regrets and fears about Meridian's destruction, but Lorie laughed in response. She suggested that Collins forget what Meridian was and concentrate on what it could become. Collins took her words to heart and dug more hopefully afterward to build a new world.{{Ref/Level|Id=glass17|H5|Glassed|Detail=''[[Mission Intel|Evelyn Collins: Meridian Day 17]]''}}

===The Guardian attack===
{{Quote|Hello? Can anyone hear me? I'm at Meridian Station. Everyone's dead. Governor Sloan isn't here. I... (''sobs'') ...please! Is there anyone left here but me?!|Collins during the Guardian attack on Meridian.{{Ref/Reuse|evac}}}}

On October 25 [[2558]], a [[Guardian]] broke out from under Meridian's surface. Meridian Station's AI [[Sloan|Governor Sloan]] initiated a mass evacuation, but he eventually fled on his own civilians when given the chance to leave with the Guardian and join the [[Created]]. Collins missed the evacuation ships and instead was left behind alone in Meridian Station. Afraid she'd been left to die, Collins sent a plea for help over the COM networks, which was overheard by [[Fireteam Osiris]].{{Ref/Level|Id=evac|H5|Evacuation}}

===Aftermath===
{{Quote|Everyone's gone. I'm alone here.{{Ref/Reuse|wr}}}}
Immediately following her open channel broadcast, Collins wandered around the now EMP'd town, eventually entering the medical station, where she ran into [[Cale]], the resident doctor of the outpost and notably [[Marquez]], a technician. Collins gathered parts for Marquez to construct a radio transmitter, which he did successfully. On activation, they overheard [[Cortana]]'s message to the galaxy. In a desperate bid for survival, Collins told Marquez to transmit back that they agreed to Cortana's terms. Cortana, however, replied ''"I hear you, Meridian Station. All will be dealt with in time."''{{Ref/Reuse|wr}}

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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Fractures]]''
**''[[What Remains]]''

==Sources==
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