Editing Lucy-B091

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'''Spartan Lucy-B091''', born '''Lucy Williams''',{{Ref/Reuse|EN}} is a [[SPARTAN-III program|Spartan-III]] supersoldier of [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]]. One of the two survivors of the disastrous [[Operation: TORPEDO]], she suffered from [[posttraumatic vocal disarticulation]] for years as a result of witnessing her unit's destruction.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoOP|GoO|Prologue}} She and her fellow Beta Company survivor [[Tom-B292]] subsequently served as [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose]]'s aides and trainers for [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company]] and fought in the [[Onyx Conflict]] in late [[2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|GoO10}} After a stint of service in the field as members of [[Blue Team]], Lucy and Tom took up instructor duties in the new [[Spartan Operations]] branch, before moving on to serve as security for the [[Onyx United Research Project]] in [[2554]].

==Biography==
===Childhood and training===
{{Quote|Nuts to this.|An impatient Lucy preparing to charge a set of gun turrets head-on rather than wait to come up with a plan during a training exercise}}{{Ref/Reuse|GoO9}}
Lucy Williams was born on the [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] of [[Kholo]] on [[2533#January|January 28, 2533]].{{Ref/Reuse|EN}}{{Ref/Reuse|halowaypoint}} During her childhood, Lucy's family had a pet cat.{{Ref/Reuse|Gla5}} She would also later recall a faint memory of a horse.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Gla6|Gla|Chapter=6}} At some point during her childhood, Lucy was orphaned, likely during the [[Covenant]]'s [[glassing]] [[Battle of Kholo|of her homeworld]] in [[2539]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P51|Enc22|Page=51}} In 2539 or early [[2540]],{{Ref/Reuse|lessons}}{{Ref/Reuse|EN}}{{Ref/Note|Id=Beta|''[[Lessons Learned]]'' establishes that Tom-B292 and Lucy-B091 were six years old when they started their training. Page 106 of the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' establishes that Tom and Lucy were born on April 14, 2533 and January 28, 2533, respectively. This makes Beta Company's start date somewhere between April 2539 and January 2540.}} Lucy was offered to join the [[SPARTAN-III program]] to get revenge on the Covenant. Distraught, she accepted the offer and was initiated into [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]].{{Ref/Reuse|GoOP}}

She was trained by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] at [[Camp Currahee]] on [[Onyx]] for six years. Lucy—along with [[Adam-B004]], [[Min-B174]], and [[Tom-B292]]—became [[Team Foxtrot]], one of the organized Spartan-III combat teams in Beta Company.{{Ref/Reuse|GoOP}} On [[2541|August 24, 2541]], Lucy and the rest of Team Foxtrot participated in one of a series of exercises meant to filter out extra candidates the program lacked funds to train. Lucy and Tom appropriated automated [[M202 XP machine gun]]s and with the help of the rest of their team, completed the objective. However, they continued to ambush several waves of their instructors before being forced to stand down by Chief Mendez and Lieutenant Commander Ambrose. Kurt commended them for their actions and they were accepted for further training and eventually [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|Spartan augmentation]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO9|GoO|Chapter=9}}

===Operation: TORPEDO===
{{Quote|How are you sure we're alive?|Lucy's last words to Tom, until 2553}}{{Ref/Reuse|GoOP}}
On [[2545|July 3, 2545]], Lucy and the rest of Beta Company were sent on [[Operation: TORPEDO]] to destroy a Covenant refinery on [[Pegasi Delta]], a [[natural satellite]] of [[51 Pegasi B]] in the [[51 Pegasi system]].{{Ref/Reuse|GoOP}} Before the mission, Lieutenant Commander Ambrose had intended for Lucy and [[SPARTAN-B170]] to be deployed in advance for long-term reconnaissance, though this attempt ultimately failed and she was sent in along with the main assault force.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24040|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Transcript of Mendez-Ambrose transmission|D=12|M=10|Y=2014}} The majority of the company was killed before reaching the refinery, but Team Foxtrot managed to get to the refinery's reactor core. They destroyed the reactor, and only Lucy and Tom managed to survive by jumping into the ocean nearby, sparing them from the immense heat. After a failed search for survivors, they escaped the moon aboard a {{Class|Black Cat|subprowler}}.{{Ref/Reuse|GoOP}}

Although the mission ended up as a 'success', only Lucy and Tom survived the battle. Adam and Min never made it, killed by the Covenant and a reactor, respectively. Lucy, traumatized by the incident, was diagnosed with [[posttraumatic vocal disarticulation]], rendering her unable to speak.{{Ref/Reuse|GoOP}} Because of this, she was to be classified as "unfit for duty," and reassigned to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s psych branch for "psychological evaluation". Kurt Ambrose rescued her from this fate, along with Tom, convincing [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] that he needed Spartan-IIIs to train the next company of Spartans. Over the next several years, Lucy and Tom became Kurt's adjutants and were instrumental in the training of the third generation of Spartan-IIIs, [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]]. They stayed at Camp Currahee and helped in the training until [[2552]]. By early [[2551]], Lucy and Tom held the rank of Petty Officer Second Class. In February 2551, they accompanied Kurt aboard {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}} to oversee Gamma Company's augmentations. By then they had recently spent significant time in microgravity which was [[Space walk|noticeable]] from their gaits. Kurt noted that she and Tom had spent so much time in their [[Semi-Powered Infiltration armor]] armor he had difficulty recognizing them without the suits on.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO10}} 

===Onyx Conflict===
{{Quote|You two didn't survive Pegasi Delta to die here. There's too much left for you to do.|Kurt Ambrose convincing Lucy and Tom to leave him{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO39|GoO|Chapter=39}}}}
When the [[Onyx Conflict]] broke out in late [[2552#October|October 2552]] with [[Onyx Sentinel]]s attacking the humans on the planet, Lucy and Tom were based in [[Camp Currahee]]. After destroying one of the Sentinels in the camp, they met with Lieutenant Commander Ambrose and SCPO Mendez. Lucy accompanied Kurt to retrieve ordnance from his personal armory where he briefly contemplated on donning his old [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|MJOLNIR armor]], revealing to Lucy—to her great surprise—that the lieutenant commander was a SPARTAN-II.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO15|GoO|Chapter=15}} They subsequently moved to [[El Morro Point]] and, after several days of guerrilla warfare against the Sentinels, met with [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] and [[Blue Team]]. Lucy and Tom subsequently coordinated with [[Linda-058]] to destroy a Sentinel overlooking the area,{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO29|GoO|Chapter=29}} before the group pushed deeper into the restricted [[Zone 67]] and made their way into an excavated Forerunner city.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=30}} Pursued by [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant forces]], they were redirected to destroy a [[Sentinel manufacturing facility]] by Zone 67's ONI AI [[Endless Summer]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO33|GoO|Chapter=33}} The Spartans successfully destroyed the factory in an operation coordinated by Dr. Halsey via the use of local [[teleporter|translocation nodes]], with Lucy and Tom moving ahead of the others to destroy one of the facility's core components.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO34|GoO|Chapter=34}}

After retrieving [[Team Katana]], who had been placed in [[slipspace field pod]]s, the group pushed on to Onyx's [[core room antechamber]] where they prepared to make a last stand against the incoming Covenant army to prevent them from accessing the [[slipspace portal]] into the [[Trevelyan|shield world]]. After all of the other survivors had retreated into the portal, Lucy and Tom were the last to remain at Kurt's side. At first, she and Tom were adamant not to leave their mentor behind, but Kurt knocked Tom unconscious and managed to convince a reluctant Lucy into entering the slipspace rift. Before leaving, Lucy made a respectful [[Spartan signals|gesture]] with two fingers to Kurt's faceplate but only managed a half-choked cry when attempting to verbally express her farewell. She and Tom were the last to go through, before Kurt detonated two [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s, denying the Covenant access to the shield world.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO39}}

===Shield world===
Several hours after their entry into the shield world, Lucy was part of the recon team consisting of [[Frederic-104]], [[Linda-058]], [[Mark-G313]], and [[Ash-G099]].{{Ref/Novel|Gla|prologue}} Along the way to the Forerunner structure her team was able to find food of some kind. The teams regrouped at a pair of Forerunner structures and after Dr. Halsey found the entrance to one of the structures, Lucy was the first inside. She found herself in a room with a strange, light-absorbent quality. The unexpected lack of sensory stimuli caused Lucy to have a sudden flashback of Operation: TORPEDO and she started to panic, only to be calmed down by Tom. Shortly later, she spotted something moving down a corridor and chased after it. Anxious to find what she was chasing after, she continued on looking and got separated from the rest of the team by falling into [[Garage (Shield World 006)|a Forerunner hangar]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Gla4|Gla|Chapter=4}}

In the room, she discovered what she had noticed earlier: a [[Huragok]], which she accidentally killed.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Gla5|Gla|Chapter=5}} Three other Huragok were present, and started to mourn the loss of one of their own. In order to get them to help her, she showed them her helmet. One of the Huragok—[[Prone to Drift]]—attempted to communicate with Lucy by tampering with the helmet's systems but, after several failed attempts at contact, Prone to Drift and the other Huragok led Lucy to a nearby maintenance room.{{Ref/Reuse|Gla6}} Here, Lucy and Prone to Drift managed to communicate with each other using a data terminal; she learned that the alien's name and that the Huragok had access to communications with the outside of the sphere and thus might be able to help the human survivors escape.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Gla8|Gla|Chapter=8}} They also revealed that the passage of time inside the [[slipspace bubble]] the sphere occupied was different from that in normal space, and that the utility area Lucy had fallen into was located within another slipspace pocket where time elapsed considerably faster than in the rest of the sphere.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Gla11|Gla|Chapter=11}} The Huragok then led Lucy to the other human survivors, who were relieved to see her as she had been gone for days in their time. Dr. Halsey immediately began questioning Prone to Drift{{Ref/Novel|Id=Gla12|Gla|Chapter=12}} and became increasingly agitated as the Huragok failed to provide her answers or allow them to establish contact with the outside in accordance with their instructions. When Halsey began threatening Prone to Drift, Lucy had a sudden emotional outburst and attacked Halsey, repeatedly screaming "No!", overcoming her posttraumatic vocal disarticulation. However, her ability to speak normally was not immediately restored although she managed to speak several individual words afterward.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Gla13|Gla|Chapter=13}}

Soon after, the humans managed to convince the Huragok to open communications to the ONI ships outside the slipspace bubble.{{Ref/Reuse|Gla13}} Lucy and the other survivors were then taken aboard [[prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Port Stanley}} by the ONI team [[Kilo-Five]], and were transported to [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] on [[Earth]] for a debriefing in [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]].{{Ref/Novel|Gla|Chapter=16}} Despite being offered the chance to integrate into the [[SPARTAN-IV program]],{{Ref/Novel|Gla|Chapter=18}} Lucy, Tom, and the Team Saber survivors continued to serve with Blue Team in the coming months.{{Ref/Novel|LL}}

===Conflict on Gao===
{{Main|Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE}}
In [[2553#May|May 2553]], the Office of Naval Intelligence learned of [[Covert Support Base 4276|a Forerunner structure]] host to [[Intrepid Eye|an ancilla]] located within the [[Montero Cave System]] on the human [[Outer Colony]] of [[Gao]] in the [[Cordoba system]]. Lucy and the rest of Blue Team—Fred, Kelly, Linda, Tom, Ash, Olivia, and Mark—were attached to ONI's [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion]], a research battalion charged with recovering the AI.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 33'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Meanwhile, a string of murders had been occurring in the cave systems; the UNSC forces on Gao agreed to help the [[Gao Ministry of Protection|Ministry of Protection]] with the murders while they covertly located the AI, both parties unaware that the murders were caused by the ancilla. After another victim had been discovered in the caves, Lucy, Tom, Kelly, and Linda were tasked with escorting the GMoP team and the bagged victim back to the village of [[Wendosa]], while the rest of Blue Team continued to search for the ancilla.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 146'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

Upon arriving at Wendosa on [[2553#July|July 4, 2553]], the Spartans attempted to deliver the victim to a [[Pelican]] [[dropship]] for extraction. However, the four Spartans were spotted by members of the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], a radical [[Covenant remnants|Covenant sect]] that had traveled to Gao in search for the ancilla. The cult's [[Jiralhanae]] leader, [[Castor]], believed that the bagged victim aboard the Pelican was actually the ancilla and ordered his forces to attack Wendosa to retrieve the AI.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 134-136'' (Google Play edition)</ref><ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 141-142'' (Google Play edition)</ref> As the Keepers of the One Freedom attacked the village, Lucy and the other Spartans helped [[Charlie Company (717th)|Charlie Company]] defend the rest of the research battalion. While the [[company]] took a defensive position in [[Hotel Wendosa]], Lucy and the Spartans formed a skirmish ring around the hotel, attempting to disrupt enemy formations and prevent a Jiralhanae charge.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 183-185'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

Fred, the rest of Blue Team, and [[Special Inspector]] [[Veta Lopis]] arrived at the village with the captured ancilla to aid the company. Meanwhile, while Kelly and Linda fired explosives at the Keepers from the Wendosa rooftops, Lucy and Tom—armed with heavy machine guns—were helping force the cult's forces back into retreat.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 190-192'' (Google Play edition)</ref> When the Jiralhanae attempted to charge at the village, all Spartans of Blue Team worked together to thin their numbers. During the attack, Fred was ordered to return the captured ancilla to Commander [[Murtag Nelson]] at the [[Montero Vitality Clinic]]. However, while leaving Wendosa in a [[UH-144 Falcon|Falcon]], the aircraft was shot down by Keeper fire.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 219-222'' (Google Play edition)</ref> The rest of Blue Team regrouped and, with Lopis, traveled to the Falcon's crash site to locate Fred and the AI. The team was assaulted by the Keepers, but they were eventually able to defeat the charging Jiralhanae with the help of the battalion's [[Alpha Company (717th)|Alpha Company]]. Having recovered Fred and the ancilla, the team returned to the Montero Vitality Clinic.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 225-239'' (Google Play edition)</ref> However, recently elected [[President of the Gao Republic|President of Gao]] [[Arlo Casille]] declared war on the UNSC forces on the planet and [[Gao battle-jumpers]] and [[MV-29 Wyvern]]s were ordered to engage the battalion's remaining forces.

As the rest of the unit began retreating from the planet, the Spartans and Lopis traveled to the [[Well of Echoes]] to detonate a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]] inside to destroy the Forerunner installation within the Montero Caves, denying the anti-UNSC president access to the installation.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 289-290'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Once they retrieved the ancilla and the nuke, Blue Team and Lopis regrouped in the [[Montero Jungle]]. Lucy and Tom both drove the two Warthogs, with the rest of the team aboard, to the Well of Echoes.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 306-307'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Upon arriving at the Well of Echoes, the team boarded a nearby ONI [[D102 Owl]] with Rear Admiral [[Serin Osman]] aboard. Mark dropped the nuke into the Well of Echoes and the Owl left the planet as the HAVOK detonated and destroyed the Forerunner installation.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 320-324'' (Google Play edition)</ref> As the Owl traveled to the UNSC task force in Gao's orbit, Osman revealed that the Gamma Company Spartan-IIIs in Blue Team were to be officially designated KIA and reassigned to a classified ONI [[Ferret|Ferret Team]]. Despite her initial reluctance to the plan, Lucy and the rest of Blue Team gave their "permission".<ref name="hll327">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 327-333'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

===Training the Spartan-IVs===
[[File:Enc22 Lucy-B091.png|250px|thumb|Following the mission on Gao and her induction in the Spartan branch, Lucy started wearing the Mjolnir GEN2 armor.]]
{{quote|multi=yes|q1=This is insane. It can't possibly work.|Tom|q2=Not even going to try?|Lucy|Tom and Lucy on their impromptu plan to save Jun.{{Ref/Reuse|lessons}}}}
Lucy and Tom left Blue Team to serve as instructors in the recently established [[Spartan Operations]] branch in [[2553|August 2553]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=38|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=12|M=04|Y=2016|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post_.2310}} They were subsequently assigned under [[Commander]] [[Musa-096]] and tasked with training [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]] recruits on [[Spartan-IV Training Station|the program's top-secret training station]]. During this time, they were issued with [[Mjolnir armor]] for the first time and underwent extensive acclimation training with the new armor system.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=lessons|Fra|Story=Lessons Learned}}

On [[2554|March 29, 2554]], Lucy and Tom were in their office reviewing the performance of the new Spartan-IV class when an explosion rocked the station, causing the section they were in to lose gravity. As the pair attempted to assess the situation, Lucy noticed [[Jun-A266]] and the rogue Spartan-IV recruit [[Rudolf Schein]] fighting outside in space, having been blasted out during Schein's attempt to sabotage the station. Jun was able to break from Schein's grip and kick off from the rogue Spartan's chest, sending Schein deeper into space—and Jun back towards the station. At once, Lucy prompted Tom to an [[airlock]] where he, attached to a tether, launched himself into space without a [[vacuum suit]] to rescue Jun. Lucy held onto the tether to control Tom's path and he finally managed to grab hold of Jun. She was able to pull both of them inside the airlock safely, though all three Spartans had to be treated in the infirmary for several days due to their exposure to raw vacuum.{{Ref/Reuse|lessons}}

=== Return to Onyx ===
After Lucy and Tom had recovered from the incident, Musa visited them in their office with Jun and offered them a job working as security at the [[Onyx United Research Project]] on [[Trevelyan]]. While both were initially reluctant due to the [[Sangheili]] presence there, they eventually accepted.{{Ref/Reuse|lessons}} 

Upon arrival at Trevelyan, they were greeted by [[Franklin Mendez]], who they learned was assigned as head of security for the research settlements. Shortly afterward, they were joined by [[Kasha 'Hilot]], a female Sangheili who was working as Mendez's second-in-command of security. While Lucy was hostile toward the Sangheili, Tom's reaction was more restrained. Attempting to defuse the tension, Mendez took Lucy to find transportation while Tom conversed with Kasha. Lucy and Mendez returned to find Kasha under assault by a UNSC soldier bitter about the war, with Tom having defended the Sangheili. Mendez promptly ordered the soldier and a group of his cohorts to leave the shield world. Kasha thanked them for teaching the soldiers a lesson, and was comforted knowing that not all humans there wanted to kill the Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|lessons}}

=== Second Onyx conflict ===
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==Personality and traits==
{{Quote|multi=yes|q1=She strikes me as the unkillable sort.|q2=Yeah. She's a survivor.|Kelly-087|CPO Mendez|Exchange between [[Kelly-087]] and [[Franklin Mendez|CPO Mendez]] regarding Lucy{{Ref/Reuse|Gla8}}}}
Lucy is tenacious and resourceful, and [[Kurt Ambrose|Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose]] implicitly trusted her and [[Tom-B292]] as his aides both in the training of [[Gamma Company]] and in live combat.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO15}} During her training, Lucy and Tom were both remarkably lively and fierce; CPO Mendez remarked that their toughness scared even him. Lucy can be rather persistent and seems to favor spontaneous, direct solutions to problems.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO9}}

She is very compassionate and was greatly upset by the deaths of every one of her comrades; Beta Company's demise traumatized her to the point she ceased speaking completely and caused her to develop severe survivor's guilt.{{Ref/Reuse|Gla8}}{{Ref/Reuse|Gla11}} During [[Operation: TORPEDO]], she initially refused to accept [[Min-B174]]'s abrupt death, though Tom was able to snap her out of her shock, allowing the two to escape the destruction of the Covenant refinery.{{Ref/Reuse|GoOP}} Years later, however, Kurt was able to convince Lucy to leave him behind at the conclusion of the [[Onyx Conflict]].{{Ref/Reuse|GoO39}} She was very protective of the [[Gamma Company]] Spartans she had helped train: when [[Serin Osman|Admiral Serin Osman]] announced that the Gamma Spartans in [[Blue Team]] would be rendered KIA after [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE|the mission]] on [[Gao]], she was prepared to unsheathe her [[combat knife]] before Osman explained the nature of the younger Spartans' reassignment.{{Ref/Reuse|hll327}}

Because of her background as a war orphan, Lucy harbors a resentment of the [[Sangheili]] and expressed considerable discomfort about working with them at the [[Onyx United Research Project]]. She was initially antagonistic to [[Kasha 'Hilot]], though she appeared to have calmed somewhat upon Mendez's harsh dismissal of the soldiers who had harassed the Sangheili.{{Citation needed}} Her hatred of the Covenant did not extend to the [[Huragok]]; she was greatly distraught after she accidentally killed one of the Engineers in the shield world{{Ref/Reuse|Gla5}} and quickly befriended [[Prone to Drift]].{{Ref/Reuse|Gla11}} She also held reservations about fighting fellow humans.{{Ref/Reuse|lessons}}

Lucy would stay completely silent for seven years due to her [[posttraumatic vocal disarticulation]], only producing faint and indistinct sounds on some occasions, such as upon being intensely surprised.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO15}} The condition was entirely psychological; Lucy was physically capable of speaking but over time, it became more and more difficult for her to express her traumatic experiences. Even though there were times when she wanted to speak Lucy felt that "her head was full of things that nobody else would understand or want to hear" so she would stay silent.{{Ref/Reuse|Gla4}} After years of silence, she found that she had thoroughly forgotten how to speak even when she desperately wanted to,{{Ref/Reuse|Gla6}} such as when attempting to say goodbye to Kurt.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO39}}{{Ref/Reuse|Gla6}} Lucy had stopped subvocalizing or thinking in coherent language altogether and, as a result, she struggled to express herself through writing as well.{{Ref/Reuse|Gla8}} She would scribble short notes—including basic coordinates—but had stopped writing more complex information such as full sentences.{{Ref/Reuse|Gla12}}

Despite her condition, Lucy would still communicate by [[Wikipedia:American Sign Language|signing]],{{Ref/Reuse|GoO15}} [[Spartan signals]], Morse code,{{Ref/Reuse|Gla8}} and other forms of gesture-based communication. Additionally, she and Tom developed an extensive private sign language to communicate more effectively.{{Ref/Reuse|lessons}} The UNSC personnel on Onyx could still understand her due to their experience in working together,{{Ref/Novel|Id=Gla3|Gla|Chapter=3}} and she was easily capable of operating with the [[Spartan-II]]s because of their already extensive use of nonverbal communication.{{Ref/Novel|Gla|Chapter=7}} While she regained the ability to speak during the events in the shield world, she would remain relatively untalkative, only speaking on significant occasions and in a slow and considered manner,<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 330'' (Google Play edition)</ref> preferring to use hand signals or other gestures whenever possible.<ref>'''Halo: Last Li