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| {{Title|''Mona Lisa''}} | | {{Era|HCW}} |
| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Ratings}} |
| {{center|'''Mona Lisa''' redirects here. For the story, see [[The Mona Lisa]].}}
| | :'''''Mona Lisa''' redirects here. For the story, see [[the Mona Lisa]]'' |
| {{Individual ship infobox | | {{Individual ship infobox |
| |name=''Mona Lisa'' | | |name=''Mona Lisa'' |
| |image=[[File:MonaLisa ominous.png|300px]] | | |image=[[File:MonaLisa_ominous.png|300px]] |
| |class=Converted [[freighter]], meant to transport prisoners | | |class=Converted [[freighter]], meant to transport prisoners |
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| |engine= | | |engine= |
| |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] |
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| |power= | | |power= |
| |shield gen=None | | |shield gen=None |
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| |destroyed=[[2552|October 25, 2552]]<ref name="Catalog">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=46#post454 ''Halo Waypoint'': Catalog Interaction (post 2976443)]</ref> | | |destroyed=[[2552|October 2552]] |
| |retired= | | |retired= |
| |lastsight= | | |lastsight= |
| |battles=[[Skirmish on Mona Lisa|Skirmish on ''Mona Lisa'']] | | |battles=None |
| |affiliation=[[Unified Earth Government]] | | |affiliation=[[Unified Earth Government]] |
| |fleet= | | |fleet= |
| |taskforce= | | |taskforce= |
| |owners= | | |owners= |
| |namedcrew=[[Murray]] | | |namedcrew= |
| |captains= | | |captains= |
| }} | | }} |
| | '''''Mona Lisa''''' was a [[prison ship]] that was in service into the late years of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Being a prison ship, it was a converted [[freighter]], meant to transport prisoners to and from [[Penal colony|penal colonies]]. As it was, it was mostly unarmed, as prisoner ships usually were, though mysteriously without an escort to prevent escaping convicts.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''page 223-342''</ref> |
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| '''''Mona Lisa''''' was a [[prison ship]] that was in service during the later years of the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="tml234">''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'', "[[The Mona Lisa]]", p. 234-235</ref>
| | ==Installation 04== |
| | When it arrived at the wreckage of [[Installation 04]] in [[Soell System]] weeks after the [[Battle of Installation 04]], its true purpose was put into action. Surveying the wreckage and finding [[Sangheili]] survivors, the ship then took them as prisoners. One of particular interest to the [[ONI]] operatives on board was one suffering from a [[Flood|strange infection]]. ONI planned to study the infection, either looking for a cure or way to control it. However the Elites and human test subjects broke quarantine and infected the ship, beginning the process of building a [[Proto-Gravemind]] to attempt FTL travel without needing access to the bridge, which was locked off. |
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| | However, when the {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}} arrived at Installation 04, a squad of Marines among her crew was sent to investigate it, at first presuming it derelict. They split up, looking for survivors, but were quickly alerted to the horrors of the ship. Among its survivors were [[Henry (Sangheili)|"Henry"]], an Elite who teamed with a prisoner named [[Patrick Rimmer]], and [[John Smith]], an ONI operative responsible for the experiments on board. The ship is then ordered to be destroyed by [[Rebecca]], the ''Red Horse'' AI, by a [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]]. The squad was slowly whittled down as the action continued, until they reach the escape pods. Only four members of the squad survived (Lopez, MacGraw, Clarence, and Benti), along with Henry and Rimmer. While upon reaching the escape pods, Clarence shot Rimmer and it was revealed that he was an ONI operative sent to "clean up the mess". The remaining survivors were caught in a standoff pointing guns at one another as the Flood was approaching their position and during this pause, MacGraw took off in one of the escape pods. A wounded Benti jumped on Clarence and took them both out into the hallway where they were overtaken by the Flood. Sergeant Lopez, the leader of the squad, and "Henry" fought over the last remaining escape pod, presumably to one or both of their deaths. The ship was subsequently destroyed. |
| Being a prison ship, it was a converted [[freighter]], meant to transport prisoners and ore to and from [[Penal colony|penal colonies]]. It was mostly unarmed as a precaution against prison breakouts. It was observed to be in noticeably rough shape by the time of its discovery by Marine Dropship pilot [[Burgundy]].
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| A large and heavy vessel, the ''Mona Lisa''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[hangar bay]] was located near the front on the lower decks, near the prison cells. The [[bridge]] was situated at the uppermost decks, with the kitchen, mess, infirmary and berths, the majority of which were repurposed as cargo holds, in the decks between them.{{Ref/Reuse|tml234}} In the ship's infirmary, there was a small safe room that could only be opened from the inside as a precaution against a prison riot.<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 265</ref> The ship also had an expansive recycling plant<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 274</ref> and a cavernous [[Engineering|engine room]].<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 320</ref>
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| ==Service history==
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| ===Flood outbreak===
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| {{Main|Skirmish on Mona Lisa}}
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| Some time after the [[Battle of Installation 04]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[ONI Section Three|Section III]] scientist [[Major]] [[John Smith]] and his team took command of the ship. Intending to use it as a research laboratory for the [[Flood]] in order to find a way to control the parasite, they also brought [[Sangheili]] prisoners on board to be used as test subjects. The ship then jumped to the wreckage of [[Installation 04]] in the [[Soell system]], where they recovered samples of the Flood and used both human and Covenant prisoners to experiment on it. However, the Flood soon broke quarantine and infected the ship,<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 307-309</ref> beginning the process of building a [[Proto-Gravemind]] to attempt [[Slipstream space|FTL travel]] without needing access to the bridge, which was locked off.<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 328</ref>
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| Shortly afterward, the Office of Naval Intelligence sent a [[prowler]], {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}}, to assess the status of the ''Mona Lisa''. A squad of Marines among her crew was sent to investigate it, at first presuming it derelict as they had intentionally not been informed about the ship's true purpose. They split up, with the mission of initiating the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]] by purging the ship's navigational databases, but were quickly alerted to the horrors of the ship.<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 261</ref> Among its survivors were [[Henry|"Henry"]], an Elite who teamed with a prisoner named [[Patrick Rimmer]],<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 288</ref> and John Smith, the ONI operative responsible for the experiments on board, who had locked himself into the panic room near the medical bay.<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 324</ref>
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| The squad was slowly whittled down as the action continued, until they reach the escape pods. Only four members of the squad survived ([[Zhao Heng Lopez|Lopez]], [[James MacCraw|MacCraw]], [[Clarence]], and [[Ngoc Benti|Benti]]), along with Henry and Rimmer. Upon reaching the escape pods, Clarence shot Rimmer and it was revealed that he was an ONI operative sent to make sure no one but the Marines escaped the ship. The remaining survivors were caught in a standoff pointing guns at one another as the Flood was approaching their position and during this pause, MacCraw took off in one of the escape pods. A wounded Benti jumped on Clarence and took them both out into the hallway where they were overtaken by the Flood. Sergeant Lopez, the leader of the squad, and "Henry" fought over the last remaining escape pod, presumably to one or both of their deaths. The ship was subsequently destroyed by a [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]] launched from the ''Red Horse'' in order to contain the Flood.<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 338-342</ref> | |
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *The ship was named after the famous painting ''[[wikipedia:Mona Lisa|Mona Lisa]]'' painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
| | * The ''Mona Lisa'' bears a striking resemblance to the [http://deadspace.wikia.com/wiki/USG_Ishimura ''USG Ishimura''] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Space_(video_game) Dead Space], which was also a ship overrun by an alien parasite. |
| *The ''Mona Lisa'' bears a striking resemblance to the [[deadspace:USG Ishimura|''USG Ishimura'']] from the video game [[deadspace:Dead Space|''Dead Space'']]. Like the ''Mona Lisa'', the ''Ishimura'' was overrun by an alien parasite - the [[deadspace:Necromorphs|Necromorphs]] - capable of infecting dead hosts. | |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:TML_MonaLisa_Concept.jpg|Concept art and turnarounds of the ''Mona Lisa''.
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| File:Mona_Lisa.png|A schematic of ''Mona Lisa''. | | File:Mona_Lisa.png|A schematic of ''Mona Lisa''. |
| File:MonaLisa_schematic.png|A holographic readout of the ship. | | File:MonaLisa_schematic.png|A holographic readout of the ship. |
| File:TML - bridge.png|The ''Mona Lisa''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge.
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| File:TML - aft.png|An aft view of ''Mona Lisa''.
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| File:TML - Ring.jpg|The ship floating amongst the debris of Installation 04.
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| File:TML - Detail.jpg|The side of the ship, with a Pelican visible.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'' |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:UNSC ships]] | | [[Category:Human Ships]] |
