Editing Kelly-087

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{{Quote|Kelly's the fastest Spartan.|[[Kurt Ambrose]]{{Ref/Reuse|GoO29}}}}

'''Petty Officer, First Class Kelly-087''', born '''Kelly Shaddock''',{{Ref/Reuse|WaypointKelly-087}} is a [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] supersoldier of the [[UNSC Navy|UNSC Naval]] [[UNSC Special Forces|Special Warfare Command]]. She is renowned for her incredible speed, even without her [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armor]]. As of [[2558]], she is one of the few active Spartan-IIs.{{Ref/Reuse|Gla16}} She had participated in 201 operations—124 of which were full campaigns—as of August 2558, more than any other Spartan with the exception of her closest friend, [[John-117]].{{Ref/Reuse|WaypointKelly-087}} Her most prominent assignment is with [[Blue Team]], in which she continues to serve as a general combat operator as of 2558.{{Ref/Reuse|WaypointKelly-087}}

==Biography==
===Early childhood===
[[File:Kelly Haircut.png|thumb|left|180px|Young Kelly refusing to have her hair cut following her abduction.]]
Kelly Shaddock was born on the [[Inner Colony]] world of [[Imber]] on [[2510|September 21, 2510]].{{Ref/Reuse|WaypointKelly-087}} She was conscripted into the [[SPARTAN-II program]] at age six in [[2517]] when she was singled out as a physically and intellectually superior child by Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]]. During her abduction she eluded [[Retrieval team Gamma]] for six hours but eventually came forward when she thought the abduction was a game for her birthday. Her near-escape resulted in the implementation of new retrieval protocols to avoid further mistakes.{{Ref/Book|Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail=September 15, 2517}} After her abduction she was replaced with a [[Flash cloning|flash clone]]. She was then sent to the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex|FLEETCOM Military Complex]] at [[Reach]] to begin her [[SPARTAN-II training|training]].{{Ref/Reuse|WaypointKelly-087}}

===SPARTAN-II training===
{{Quote|I'm fast. Real fast.|Kelly to John-117 and Sam-034<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 60'' (2010 edition)</ref>}}
[[File:KellyAge7.png|thumb|180px|Kelly is conscripted into the [[Spartan-II]] program two days after her sixth  birthday.]]
Under the guidance of [[Franklin Mendez|Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez]] and [[Déjà]], the Spartans began their [[SPARTAN-II training]]. On her first day of training, Kelly was teamed up with [[John-117]] and [[Samuel-034]] during a drill at [[Military Reservation 01478-B]]. Although John-117 was the first to complete an activity, their team did poorly, because of the lack of teamwork, and finished in last place. They were not allowed to eat that night. The next day Kelly showed her true speed by running for a pulley lift, which she reached twice as quickly as John and Sam. They did not come first, but they did come in third. This was just the first of many times that her speed would be a key factor in strategies. The exercise led to the formation of a camaraderie between the three Spartan trainees and they became good friends.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 35-45'' (2001 edition)</ref> When the Spartans' heads were being shaved for the first time, Kelly disarmed the Master Sergeant barber of his clippers, requiring three aides to force her down and shave her head.{{Ref/Book|Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail=September 28, 2517}}

Kelly later trained with her fellow Spartans at the [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]], with each Spartan being dropped off at a different point in the preserve.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 45'' (2001 edition); ''page 62'' (2010 edition)</ref> The Spartans regrouped and made their way to the extraction point. There, they were almost forced to kill a squad of [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]]. However, Kelly worked together with John, Sam, [[Fhajad-084]], and [[Linda-058]] to defeat the Marines—using her speed to distract the Marines. All the Spartans managed to reach the Marines' [[D96 Albatross]] and then they commandeered the  [[dropship]] to leave the preserve.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 52-53'' (2001 edition); ''pages 70-71'' (2010 edition)</ref> Kelly participated in numerous training missions with the Spartans from 2517 to 2525, including those in [[Emerald Cove]], [[Chiron Test Station]], and the Military Wilderness Training Preserve in the [[Highland Mountains]]. By [[2523|July 14, 2523]], Kelly and the Spartans had begun facing the formidable [[Tango Company]] in simulated war games.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 158'' (2003 edition); ''page 193'' (2010 edition)</ref>

After her [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|Spartan augmentation procedures]] at an [[Unidentified ONI medical facility|ONI medical facility]], Kelly was close to death. She was the slowest to recover from the operations, and many of her fellow Spartans were afraid that she would not make it. She did, and her already amazing speed was even further augmented. John-117 noted that she was "''...almost untouchable, no one could touch her if she didn't want them to.''"<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 78''</ref>

===Early career===
[[File:HTFoR AS - Kelly 02.jpg|thumb|250px|Kelly during the [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus]].]]
{{Quote|Flawless amplification of speed and power. It's like I've been training in this suit for years.|Kelly, commenting on the MJOLNIR Mk. IV armor<ref name="for141">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 141'' (2010 edition)</ref>}}
Kelly participated in [[Operation: TALON]], the Spartans' first mission to [[Eridanus Secundus]] in the [[Eridanus system]]. She, along with John, [[Frederic-104]], Sam and Linda, boarded the ''[[Laden]]'' and infiltrated the rebel [[asteroid]] base.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 98'' (2010 edition)</ref> They then captured [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]], a leader of the [[United Rebel Front]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 114'' (2010 edition)</ref> After the [[First Battle of Harvest]], Kelly later attended the UNSC briefing by [[Michael Stanforth|Admiral Michael Stanforth]] and the AI [[Beowulf]] about the emerging [[Covenant]] threat. The training of Kelly, and the rest of the SPARTAN-IIs, was accelerated and the Spartans were sent to [[Chi Ceti IV]] to receive their new [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] from [[Damascus Testing Facility]] to aid them in combat against the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 121'' (2010 edition)</ref> While in orbit over the planet, [[Unrelenting|a Covenant ship]] appeared in the system and attacked the [[Paris-class heavy frigate|frigate]] the Spartans were aboard, {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}}.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 127'' (2010 edition)</ref> The Spartans were eventually able to retrieve the MJOLNIR armor and then left to return to the ''Commonwealth'' in a Pelican.{{Ref/Reuse|for141}} However, ''Unrelenting'' returned to the battle and began to engage the ''Commonwealth'', severely damaging it. Taking the Pelican's [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile|ANVIL-II AS]] missiles, all the Spartans used [[thruster pack]]s to direct themselves into a hull breach in ''Unrelenting'', however only Kelly, Sam, and John made it inside.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 148'' (2010 edition)</ref> Inside the ship, they engaged [[Kig-Yar]] soldiers, one of which created a breach in Sam's armor. Unable to return to the vacuum of space, Kelly and John reluctantly left Sam behind so he could detonate the missiles and destroy the ship. After the battle, Kelly was assigned to [[Blue Team]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 127-130'' (2001 edition); ''pages 150-153'' (2010 edition)</ref>

===Alpha Corvi II===
{{Main|Battle of Alpha Corvi II}}
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===Radiant Arrow===
{{Main|Skirmish over Netherop}}
In [[2526#March|March 2526]], Kelly and the rest of Blue Team, along with [[Gold Team]] and [[Green Team]], were stationed aboard the [[Razor-class prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Starry Night}} over the planet [[Netherop]] as part of a mission with the goal of capturing an intact Covenant vessel for ONI's [[Beta-3 Division]] to examine and hopefully reverse-engineer technology from.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS1|HSS|Chapter=1}} Using some patrolling {{Pattern|Elsedda|Banshee}}s as cover, the three Spartan teams went [[EVA]] and managed to [[Skirmish over Netherop|board]] the [[Radiant Arrow]], a [[Covenant frigate]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS2|HSS|Chapter=2}} Once inside the frigate's hangar, the Spartans quickly eliminated the present crew and moved deeper into the vessel. Blue Team led the stealthy assault, clearing rooms along the ship's primary corridor. While still in the process of looking for the bridge, one of the sensor operators aboard one of the prowlers "accidentally" broadcast a transmission on the Spartans' [[COM|SQUADCOM]]. This immediately made their presence known to the rest of the Covenant aboard the frigate. Unbekownst to the Spartans, the transmission was actually intentional; the apparent mistake was part of an [[insurrectionist]] plot devised by [[Hector Nyeto]] to get the Spartans killed. With their cover blown, Blue Team rushed deeper into the ship, looking for the bridge. The fight soon took them to a [[gravity lift]] tube where they were attacked by [[Sangheili]] warriors wielding [[Vostu-pattern carbine|carbines]] and [[Anskum-pattern plasma grenade|plasma grenades]]. Attempting to keep the Spartans from reaching the bridge, the direction of the lift was reversed, pulling Kelly, Fred, and Linda rapidly downward. John managed to grab a maintenance ladder. At the bottom of the lift, Kelly, Fred, and Linda laid in a pile. Their armors had locked up during the fall to protect them from injury. However, the combined mass of Fred and Linda had landed on top of Kelly, and she received a dangerous compound rib facture as a result. John ordered them to extract Kelly and rendezvous with Green Team while he secured the bridge. Kelly objected, saying that she didn't need a babysitter. When John found that the frigate's [[shipmaster]] had prepared the ''Radiant Arrow'' to self-destruct, he ordered Kelly and the rest of the Spartans off the vessel. They all made it clear just before it detonated.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS3|HSS|Chapter=3}}

===SILENT STORM===
{{Main|Operation: SILENT STORM}}
After the failed attempt at capturing the Radiant Arrow, Blue, Gold, and Green Teams were selected to participate in [[Operation: SILENT STORM|an operation]] with the intent to thin the Covenant navy through similar boarding tactics. For this mission, the Spartans would be attached to [[Task Force Yama]] and deployed alongside the [[ODST]]s of the [[21st Space Assault Battalion]], also known as the "Black Daggers." Because of its proximity to the front, [[Seoba ice quarry|an ice quarry]] on [[Biko]]'s third moon, [[Seoba]], was selected as the staging ground for this operation.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS5|HSS|Chapter=5}} 

During the voyage through [[slipspace]], Kelly and the others trained with the ODSTs in the {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}}'s mission preparation hold. The Spartans made short work of the veteran marines in each exercise until [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]] taught them some unorthodox strategies that proved to be much more effective against the supersoldiers. After four days of training, [[Colonel]] [[Marmon Crowther]] had them all gather in the ship's drop hangar to be briefed on the specifics of the operation. Despite their exemplary performance against his ODSTs, Crowther was still skeptical about deploying the Spartans to the front lines due to their inexperience on the battlefield, as well as their apparent young age, much to their frustration.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS5}}

===Seoba===
{{Summarize}}
{{Main|Battle of Seoba}}
When the task force arrived in-system on [[2526#March|March 18]], it was discovered that [[insurrectionist]] forces were occupying the quarry. As such, the UNSC would need to uproot them before the Covenant inevitably arrived.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS7|HSS|Chapter=7}} Kelly and the rest of Blue Team followed John as he disobeyed orders and leapt from the troop bay of the {{UNSCShip|Ghost Song}} while under fire. During the insertion, one of the [[prowler]]s managed to damage the insurrectionist base's communications relay, severing its connection with potential reinforcements. However, the rest of [[Ghost Flight]] was forced to withdraw when the {{UNSCShip|Ghost Star}} was shot down. The Spartans regrouped in the quarry's abandoned docks to discuss how they would destroy the [[Civet]] convoy travelling up the side of the quarry to fix the relay. With approval from [[Captain (UNICOM)|Captain]] [[Zelos Cuvier]] and [[Lieutenant]] [[Nelly Hamm]], they came up with a plan to travel up the accelerator tube of a [[mass driver]] rising five kilometers up and out of the quarry, using thruster packs to outpace the convoy.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS8|HSS|Chapter=8}} As the tube was mostly full of ice, Fred expressed doubt that they would be able to advance quickly enough without a larger flamethrower and more time. He also suggested the possibility that Blue Team was being used as a diversion to allow Hamm and her troopers to eliminate the convoy themselves. Nevertheless, they went forward with the plan, with Linda staying back to cover them with her [[MA5B assault rifle]] and to watch for any hint that the insurrectionists had discovered what they were doing. John led the way, with Fred and then Kelly trailing behind. Linda informed them that the vibrations of them bumping into the tube was launching ice crystals into the sky. Despite the ongoing firefight with the Black Daggers, the insurgents soon discovered the Spartans' plan and began sweeping a portion of the tube ahead of them with an [[M41 Vulcan]]. To distract the gunner, John and Fred rigged their [[thermite-carbon cord]] and [[M7057 flamethrower|I-JeT]] to explode as they moved past the Vulcan fire. Linda began slowly working her way up up the quarry, quietly eliminating insurgents as she went. Shortly thereafter, Blue Team discovered that Fred was right and that Hamm's men had intercepted the convoy via a prowler drop while the enemy was distracted by the Spartans. The ODSTs had also planted explosives on the communications relay by the time Blue Team exited the tube. John expressed his team's misgivings to Hamm about being lied to and used as bait, but she dismissed him, saying that this was what happens when he disobeys orders.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS10|HSS|Chapter=10}}

The next day, [[Captain (NAVCOM)|Captain]] [[Halima Ascot]], commander of Task Force Yama and captain of the ''Starry Night'', held a meeting to discuss the events of the previous day's battle. John was reprimanded for his maverick actions at the start of the battle, and his Spartans' experience was called into question once more. Due to some of Nyeto's sly comments, the truth about their young ages was revealed to the few personnel present at the meeting. Learning this disturbing fact, Colonel Crowther refused to send the Spartans into battle again, instead ordering them to guard the insurrectionists captured during the fighting and prepare them to be sent to Biko to be processed. While this meeting was being held, a Covenant [[Bloodstar Flotilla|flotilla]] was detected as it arrived in-system and began heading for Seoba.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS11|HSS|Chapter=11}} 

As the rest of Task Force Yama mobilized to meet the alien vessels, Kelly and the other Spartans were sent to [[Subsurface Maintenance Grotto 6M430]] where they would direct the captured insurgents onto [[Emmeline|a transport]]. While the line of roughly 300 prisoners marched onto the vessel, John noticed that a group of them were hiding the presence of an officer, [[General]] [[Harper Garvin]] of the [[United Rebel Front]]. He ordered the officer to step forward, but [[Petora Zoyas|another rebel]] presented herself instead, trying to stall for Garvin by flirting with John. Over SQUADCOM, Kelly informed him that the woman was not actually flirting with him, but that it was meant as a diversion. However, John had already realized this and come up with a new plan. To show that he meant business, John grabbed the woman by her tunic lapels and threatened her with summary execution for interfering with a guard while on the field of combat, as per the [[UNSC Military Code of Conduct]]. John's plan worked and General Garvin presented himself. He began trying to pry information out of John, but this effort was interrupted when a situation with Captain Ascot's [[flagship]] was relayed over the task force's command channel. The ''Starry Night'' had been shot down on takeoff, crash-landing back into the quarry. Crowther was unable to send a unit of his Black Daggers to search for survivors without putting more prowlers at risk. Since they were the only unit available to assist, John decided that he and his Spartans would go for the ''Starry Night'' once the transport was loaded. After sending Garvin back to his people and ordering the transport pilot to launch, John had his Spartans move out, much to the concern of [[Joshua-029]] and [[Kurt-051]]. Not only would they be disobeying a direct order from Crowther, operating without the support of the task force in such a situation would be very risky. Kelly reminded John that even if they managed to save some of the ''Starry Night''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew, they would still need a ride off of Seoba.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS13|HSS|Chapter=13}}

Kelly and the others proceeded to the grotto's access vestibule and entered its airlock, sealing the inner hatch. With that, they stepped out into the dense sublimation fog enshrouding the floor of the ice quarry. Visibility was so poor that each of the Spartans could barely even see the ends of their rifles, but the flashes of plasma bolts could be seen dancing through the clouds above. John accessed the command channel and requested that he and his teammates receive a [[Navigation point|waypoint]] leading to the downed prowler. Colonel Crowther responded by asking what he thought he was doing. John stated that they were checking on the status of the ''Starry Night'' as they were the only unit that could do so at the moment, carefully choosing his words so that Crowther could deflect blame onto the Spartan if need be. This would make it more likely for Crowther to not stand in the way of their self-assigned mission. While John waited for a response, he signaled Joshua and Kurt to spread out their teams in a hundred-meter-wide search line. Green Team spaced out on the left of the more tightly-gathered Blue Team, and Gold Team spaced out on the right. By doing this, the Spartans would be more likely to find any debris from the ''Starry Night'' that might have otherwise been missed in the fog. Kelly pointed out that Nyeto had said the prowler went down intact, but John was not convinced that it stayed that way once the vessel dropped into the quarry. John also ordered them to advance at a trotting speed, leading them away from the dockyards where they had engaged insurgents the day before. When Crowther still had not responded, John added over the command channel that they would take a look at the crash site and report their findings.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS14|HSS|Chapter=14}}

Finally, Crowther replied and acknowledged John's plan, but ordered him to not take action unless immediately warranted. He also informed the Spartans of Biko's naval response to the alien bombardment of Seoba and that Nyeto believed that the small Covenant flotilla would either be in full retreat or destroyed within the hour by the approaching overwhelming force. An inexact waypoint was placed on each of the Spartans' HUDs, and John had them adjust course to match the new trajectory. At this point, Kelly and the rest of Blue Team were arrayed in a diamond formation with only five meters between them, with only their [[motion tracker]]s revealing the locations of their teammates. John ordered them all to advance at a full run while keeping their eyes on their feet, since that was all they could see anyway. As they ran, the ''Emmeline'' departed the grotto and flew over the Spartans, churning up the fog and allowing a brief moment of visibility. Through the haze, they could see five Covenant vessels fire towards the transport as it crested the horizon.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}}

Nearing the provided waypoint, the fog had lowered to shoulder-height, allowing the Spartans to discover that the ''Starry Night'' was largely intact, but sat atop a large avalanche about seven hundred meters up the quarry wall. Fred spotted a Covenant intrusion corvette sliding over the rim of the quarry and descending over the prowler. Kelly theorized that they may be trying to recover the ''Starry Night'' themselves. Realizing the danger, John declared to his teammates that the mission was no longer a rescue mission. Their primary objective was now to deny the Covenant from recovering the prowler and the data stored within. Then, John opened the command channel again and relayed this information to Crowther, who echoed John's concerns and insisted that they could not let the Covenant take possession of the ''Starry Night''. The vessel's [[navigation computer]] and other onboard data devices could reveal the locations of UNSC outposts, entire force deployments, or worse. Crowther asked Nyeto if there was any way that the prowler's [[nuclear weapon|nuclear]] [[self-destruct]] system could be remotely activated, to which the lieutenant commander responded in the affirmative. However, there were only three positions that had access to that ability. The first two were the flight commander and wing commander, both of which were roles held by Captain Ascot, who was either dead or unable to be reached aboard the ''Starry Night''. The final person with the ability to remotely detonate the prowler was the captain of the ''Vanishing Point'', which was holding station two planetary orbits out from Seoba. At that distance, it would take nearly an hour for the request to be sent to the cruiser and for the return signal to arrive. By then, the Covenant might already have retrieved sensitive data from the wrecked prowler. Crowther began to reluctantly order the Spartans to prevent the ''Starry Night''{{'}}s capture, but John cut him off, assuring him that they would not fail. The Spartan requested that Task Force Yama assist them by keeping the assaulting corvettes off their backs. Nyeto began to say that their prowlers were not designed for ship-to-ship combat when Crowther interrupted him, promising that they would find a way. Crowther started to tell John to standby for instructions on how to manually activate the prowler's self-destruct, but he reassured the colonel that his Spartans already knew how to activate a [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon|Fury nuke]].{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}}

Just then, a [[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|Ghost]] appeared on John's motion tracker, firing at him through the fog. Once it showed itself, he killed its [[Jiralhanae]] driver with his MA5B's [[M301 grenade launcher|underbarrel grenade launcher]]. Shortly after that was handled, more Ghosts entered the quarry, so John ordered Green and Gold Teams to deal with them as Blue Team followed him. At this point, the looming intrusion corvette had begun deploying EVA-equipped Sangheili, Jiralhanae, and Kig-Yar warriors via gravity lift, with the first already looking for a way inside the ship. Another corvette crested the edge of the quarry, firing its main cannon on the Spartans. [[Grace-093]] took a hit, and John requested an ETA on Nyeto's support. The lieutenant commander told him not to worry, as it was nearly set up. However, John realized it would be too late for that and he ordered Blue Team to simultaneously fire on the avalanche just below the ''Starry Night'' with their grenade launchers to cause the vessel to fall to quarry floor and prevent the Covenant from gaining entrance. Despite Kelly and Fred's uneasiness, all members of the team acknowledged and followed his order. As they feared, the volley of [[grenade]]s worked a bit too well, bringing the avalanche down on top of the Spartans, but successfully delaying the Covenant in their boarding attempt.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}}

Six of the twelve Spartans were buried under the flow of ice, including Kelly and John. As he and the others worked on freeing themselves, John gave Fred operational command, ordering him to board and destroy the ''Starry Night''. Fred, Linda, and [[Malcolm-059]] prepared to enter the prowle