Ilsa Zane
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- "We are outnumbered and we are outgunned but our spirit is stronger. Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won with soul."
- — Ilsa Zane[4]
Ilsa Zane, the "Banished Spartan", is a SPARTAN-IV supersoldier serving in the Banished as one of the Bloodstars.[3] She was a part of the original SPARTAN-IV program's prototypical phase and subject to experimental augmentations, which rendered her mentally unstable and resulted in her defection from the United Nations Space Command (UNSC) to the Insurrectionist New Colonial Alliance (NCA). As part of the NCA Zane led numerous attacks on the UNSC including an attack on UNSC Infinity,[5] culminating in her abandonment by the organisation on Laika III in 2558. At this time, Zane joined up with the Banished and went on to take over leadership of the NCA from Admiral Mattius Drake, pledging them to Atriox's service.[3]
At present, Zane leads the NCA for the Banished from her own dreadnought, Ghost of Kholo. She continues to lead attacks against the UNSC including a large-scale raid against the Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science on Nysa, which ultimately allowed her to come into posession of a smart AI developed from a Jiralhanae brain, Iratus.[6][7]
Biography[edit]
Early life and UNSC career[edit]
- "Ilsa Zane was a walking science experiment gone wrong. At one point, she had been slated for the Spartan program, an attempt at building the ultimate unarmored killing machine. But she snapped. After defecting to the NCA, she was quickly indoctrinated and promoted to Admiral Drake's attack dog."
- — Commander Maya Sankar[8]
Born on Kholo on June 11, 2528,[1] Ilsa Zane was present when her parents and everyone else she knew killed in the Covenant's attack and subsequent glassing of the planet.[1][3] After Kholo's fall, Zane was sent to Asphodel as a ward of the state, living a mostly quiet and solitary life. When she came of age in 2547, she was conscripted into UNSC military service.[1]
In 2550, Zane was chosen for the prototype phase of the SPARTAN-IV program. The additional augmentations she underwent were meant to make armor unnecessary, however, they crippled or killed nine others and made Zane unstable. Because of her instability, Zane was discharged and assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence, but subsequently escaped and defected to Mattius Drake's New Colonial Alliance.[5][1]
Life as an insurrectionist[edit]
Attack on the UNSC Infinity[edit]
- Main article: Raid on UNSC Infinity
At some point, members of the New Colonial Alliance managed to steal plans of Infinity, which was undergoing construction in the Sol system's Oort cloud. Wanting to take the ship for themselves before the United Nations Space Command could use it, Zane led an attack group in January 2553 to commandeer the ship. They snuck on board, disguised as a construction crew, and took Captain Andrew Del Rio hostage. They immediately went to the bridge where she was instantly recognized by Aine, the ship's temporary AI. Zane quickly took Aine offline and proceeded to take control of the ship.[9]
A small group of crew and Spartan-IVs led by Spartan Sarah Palmer and Commander Thomas Lasky foiled Zane's plans. With the Spartans' help, Lasky was able to reach a security panel and input override codes, which gave Del Rio and the other officers access to the bridge. Having made their way to Infinity's bridge from outside the ship, Palmer and Edward Davis reached Zane. As they breached Infinity's bridge, Ilsa Zane fought Palmer one-on-one. In the ensuing fight, Del Rio brought Aine back online, who then activated the ship's containment doors. Palmer then knocked Zane out a containment door and into space. However, due to her physical augmentations, Zane survived and was later recovered by an unidentified NCA prowler. Upon awakening, she was met by Mattius Drake, whom she was surprised to see.[5]