Editing Olympia Vale

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{{Quote|She's a professional diplomat and extremely fluent in their language and culture. If there's anything to know about the Sangheili, she's the one.|Doctor [[Bob Casper]], referring to Olympia Vale{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD2|HitD|Chapter=2}}}}

[[Spartan Operations#Rank structure|Spartan]] '''Olympia Vale''' ([[service number]] '''44482-91201-OV'''){{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} is a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV supersoldier]] of [[Fireteam Osiris]].{{Ref/Site|Id=GIH5GO|URL=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/06/11/halo-5-guardians-unmasking-the-fireteam-hunting-master-chief.aspx?PostPageIndex=2|Site=Game Informer|Page=Halo 5: Guardians – Unmasking The Fireteam Hunting Master Chief|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} Vale is an anthropologist and [[Xenoanthropology|xenoanthropologist]], particularly adept in [[Sangheili]] and [[Forerunner]] culture, and fluent in [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]].{{Ref/Book|Id=H5GOGG|[[Halo 5: Guardians Official Game Guide]] (Collector's Edition)|Page=13}} Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], Vale served as a professional diplomat for the [[United Nations Space Command]], specializing in interspecies relations.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD2}}{{Ref/Reuse|GIH5GO}} While most Spartan-IVs are recruited from active field duty, Vale is an exception as she was accepted into the program after excelling in training exercises despite minimal field experience.{{Ref/Reuse|OVUniverse}}

==Biography==
===Early life and naval career===
{{Quote|I first learned your language when I was very young. Since then, much of my life has been focused on increasing my knowledge of your kind.|Olympia Vale, to Usze 'Taham{{Ref/Reuse|HitD6}}}}
Olympia Vale was born to [[Nerina Vale|Nerina]] and [[Caleb Aagard|Caleb Vale]] on the [[human]] [[Inner Colony]] of [[Luyten]] on [[2536|January 20, 2536]].{{Ref/Reuse|OVUniverse}}{{Ref/Reuse|Out3}} Vale was a child prodigy who had an innate skill in languages.{{Ref/Reuse|GIH5GO}} When she was eleven, her parents divorced, coincidentally on Vale's eleventh birthday. Her mother, a recently promoted captain in [[UNSC Navy]] signal intelligence, was reassigned to [[UNSC High Command]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] on [[Earth]]. Along with two other people, Vale and her mother left for the planet aboard a [[diplomatic shuttle]] for what was intended to be a six-day trip. While en route to the [[Sol system]], their ship's [[slipspace drive]] failed and the trip ultimately took six months to return to inhabited space,{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD5|HitD|Chapter=5}} dodging [[Covenant]] activity along the way.{{Ref/Reuse|OVUniverse}} After annoying the others aboard the ship with her endless questions, she was shunted aside and ignored. To pass the time, Vale listened to recordings of the [[Sangheili]]'s [[Sangheili (language)|language]] and compared them to translations performed by [[artificial intelligence]]s. She eventually taught herself the language and even proved several of the AI translations incorrect, or corrected inaccurate translations.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD5}} Vale would suspect her father of having somehow sabotaged the shuttle in a last-ditch effort to keep his family on Luyten, but Nerina dismissed the idea so scornfully that Vale concluded that it was a dumb idea until after the [[Battle for Earth]].{{Ref/Reuse|Out3}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFVV|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-vis-a-vale|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Vis-à-Vale|D=01|M=09|Y=2023}}

After her arrival on Earth, Vale spent the remainder of her childhood on the relative safety of the planet. Vale attended [[Sydney University]] on Earth and, upon graduating, followed in her mother's footsteps and enlisted in the UNSC Navy's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], specializing in signals intelligence.{{Ref/Reuse|OVUniverse}} Following the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552]], Vale found the opportunity to travel to the Sangheili [[Sangheili colonies|frontier colony]] of [[Khael'mothka]], where she wandered the planet for months. The world was embroiled in the Sangheili's ongoing [[Blooding Years|civil war]], though Vale's well-being was rarely endangered as she learned who to stay away from and many of the planet's inhabitants were both tired of war and curious to see the human.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD5}}

Following Nerina's death in the Battle for Earth, Vale attempted to contact her father to let Caleb know that his ex-wife had died in the [[Covenant]] attack. However, Vale learned that Caleb Vale didn't exist. Through her ONI connections, Vale discovered that Caleb Vale was actually a false identity assumed by [[Caleb Aagard]] who had been born on Luyten in the same year as her father, but the trail then ran cold. The only note in Caleb's file was that he had refused conscription in [[2517]] and then vanished. When Vale tried to find a ghost file that would explain the discrepancy, her superior claimed that it was simply a case of father and son having the same name, and then advised her in a tone that suggested that the "advice" came from someone far above both of their heads to stop wasting ONI resources and devote herself to her proper assignment. Subsequently, Vale stopped poking around ONI's files regarding anyone from Luyten and started searching for more subtle ways to find out her father's true identity.{{Ref/Reuse|Out3}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFVV}}

By [[2555]], Vale served as a professional diplomat and a Sangheili culture and language expert for the Office of Naval Intelligence.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD1|HitD|Chapter=1}} Vale was required to study [[martial arts]] at the [[Green Cloud]] institution, as a prerequisite for serving as a frontline diplomat for ONI with the Sangheili.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD7|HitD|Chapter=7}} Serving as an ONI Special Liaison for the [[Unified Earth Government]], Vale aided with negotiations with the emerging [[Swords of Sanghelios]] led by [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]. Her fluency in the Sangheili language and knowledge of their society was highly valued by her superiors, though Vale was often busied by endless meetings with Sangheili diplomats.{{Ref/Reuse|OVUniverse}} Vale was friends with [[Cynthia Diggs]], a scientist and post-war political liaison, as well as the wife of Doctor [[Bob Casper]]. Diggs often sought to keep Vale informed with the [[Zeta Halo Project|research and examinations]] her husband conducted at [[Installation 07]], as she was concerned that the participation of the Sangheili may be required, in which Vale could be used as a UNSC translator for the Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD1}}

===Operation: FAR STORM===
{{Quote|If you really believe that destroying my people is the right course of action, then do it! End it—starting with me! I have no desire to wind up being a prisoner here on the Ark—because that's what I'll be. And you will be my jailer. I am a human being, not one of the animals currently running around on your installation's surface, If you don't release me and recall the Retrievers, then we have nothing else to talk about. You should know that no matter what happens to me, you will be hunted down and expunged from the Ark's system permanently. The Huragok managed to force you out, and it is only a short matter of time before it terminates your operability and your control of the Retrievers. And I'll be damned if I am going to listen to any more nonsense from your mouth. So, if you are inclined, kill me.|Olympia Vale, defying 000 Tragic Solitude{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD17|HitD|Chapter=17}}}}
In [[2555|March 2555]], at Doctor Bob Casper's suggestion, Vale was selected as a member of the joint UNSC–Sangheili force sent to [[Installation 00]] on a [[Operation: FAR STORM|covert operation]] to stop the [[Halo Array]]'s activation sequence discovered on Installation 07. Vale was primarily selected for the mission due to her expertise in Sangheili culture, which would allow her to serve as a buffer between UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios members of the team.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD2}} Vale was dispatched to the [[Kenya]]n city of [[Voi]], where the UNSC was attempting to reactivate the [[Excession|slipspace portal]] leading to Installation 00.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD4}} After two days, [[Huragok]] [[Drifts Randomly]] managed to reactivate the portal with Vale and [[Usze 'Taham]] present. The three quickly returned to the surface and witnessed the portal's activation. However, a [[Retriever]] immediately exited the portal and begun mining the ground nearby. Usze picked up Vale and escaped the Retriever's path of destruction, with the Huragok following right behind them.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD5}} The three later met with the other members of the expedition aboard the Sangheili's [[Covenant corvette|corvette]] ''[[Mayhem]]'', after the Retriever's destruction. When Captain [[Annabelle Richards]] insisted that the team needed ONI's permission before entering the portal, [[N'tho 'Sraom]] nonetheless moved the corvette towards the portal as he felt that they could not waste time waiting for administrative consent. Before they entered, ''Mayhem'' was attacked by another Retriever, though the corvette managed to destroy the [[Sentinel]].''Mayhem'' entered the portal and, ultimately, the trip only took several hours rather than weeks{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD6|HitD|Chapter=6}}—due to an increase in the portal's power by [[000 Tragic Solitude]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD13|HitD|Chapter=13}}

[[File:HM-Vale.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Vale participated in the mission to the Ark.]]
Upon exiting slipspace, ''Mayhem'' was attacked by dozens of heavily armed Retrievers. As the corvette's [[Artificial gravity|artificial gravity systems]] began to falter, Vale was thrown to the ground hard and [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan]] [[Elias Holt]] moved to protect her. As both became knocked unconscious, Drifts Randomly grabbed both humans and held them safely in place. The Retrievers heavily damaged ''Mayhem'' and forced the vessel to crash land on the surface of the Ark. Though Holt soon recovered, N'tho ordered the Huragok to take Vale to the ship's medical laboratory and heal her injuries.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD7}} Drifts Randomly healed Vale's concussion and she recovered shortly after.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD8}} The mission's team—Vale, Richards, Holt, Spartan [[Frank Kodiak]], [[Luther Mann]], [[Henry Lamb]], ten [[UNSC Marines]], N'tho, Usze, [[Kola 'Baoth]], [[Zon 'Vadum]], and Drifts—left ''Mayhem'' and began venturing towards the Ark's [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]] to stop the Halo Array's activation. After encountering a pod of peaceful [[olfmeri]], the group soon encountered a pack of voracious [[Morolaath|blind wolves]]. At Vale's insistence, the group remained silent and still. Unable to hear them, the blind wolves moved on.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD7}} However, they were promptly attacked by [[chaefka]]. When one of the animals attacked Holt, Vale managed to kill the chaefka as it switched targets and bounded towards her. The dead animal crashed into Vale and knocked her down; she was again rendered unconscious when her head hit something hard.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD8|HitD|Chapter=8}} Tragic Solitude communicated with her through her earpiece and manipulated a psychotropic effect generated by an agent released by the chaefka{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD10|HitD|Chapter=10}} to make her walk away from a battle and towards the Citadel, alongside a now-friendly chaefka. When the rest of the team realized Vale was gone, Holt, Usze, and Lamb were tasked with finding her.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD8}} After some time of travel, the chaefka had Vale climb onto its back. When Vale regained full control over her own body, she only had a vague recollection of the mission's events. After she climbed off the animal, she soon remembered the mission. The floor beneath her suddenly opened up and she fell into an [[elevator]] that delivered her to a hallway. Vale encountered a large, open hatch in the hallway and she was knocked into the hole by an unknown force. She slid down a tube that brought her to another room. Tragic Solitude arrived at her location and transformed himself into a golden replication of Vale, as he believed that this form would make her more comfortable.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD12|HitD|Chapter=12}}

The monitor revealed that he had initiated Halos' activation not only to rid the [[Milky Way]] of humans and other "destructive" species, but to lure humanity into reopening the Voi portal so he could send Retrievers to Earth to mine the planet for resources that would be used to rebuild the Ark after it sustained heavy damaged during the [[Battle of Installation 00]] in [[2552]]. Vale argued with Tragic Solitude in an attempt to convince him to stop the Halo Array's activation and mine other worlds to rebuild the Ark, rather than Earth. Tragic Solitude remained unmoved by Vale's arguments and induced her to sleep.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD12}} When she awoke, she was placed inside an energy barrier and elevated to the center of the room. While she continued to argue with Tragic Solitude, she was found by Holt, Kodiak, N'tho, and Zon. As the rest of the team deactivated the Halos' activation sequence, the monitor revealed to Vale that he was now released an army of Retrievers to mine Earth's surface.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD13}} Meanwhile, Drifts and Mann managed to infiltrate the Ark's systems and take full control of the installation. Tragic Solitude compromised to extract the Retrievers if Vale told the Huragok to return control of the Ark's systems to him. The monitor allowed Mann and Drifts to hear her, but Vale instead insisted for Drifts to purge Tragic Solitude out of the Ark's systems once he had the chance. Vale asked to be killed, but the monitor brought the now-cyborg [[Bobby Kodiak]]—the brother of Frank Kodiak—before her and decided that the two would fight to the death; the "victor" would be used by Tragic Solitude to restart the Halos' activation. While the cyborg attacked Vale and proved to be superior, Holt, Kodiak, N'tho, and Zon discovered and fired upon the monitor's data stores. To get them to stop, Tragic Solitude recalled the Retrievers and the cyborg collapsed to the ground.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD17}} Suddenly, the monitor attacked the Spartans, but Bobby Kodiak charged Tragic Solitude and plunged one of his bladed forearms into the monitor's interior housing, destroying both of them.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD18|HitD|Chapter=18}} Afterwards, the survivors of the expedition returned to ''Mayhem''. Vale's injuries were treated aboard the corvette, and {{UNSCShip|Witness}} arrived at the Ark shortly after and evacuated the crew of ''Mayhem''.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD19}}

===Joining the SPARTAN-IV program===
{{Quote|You fought well. It was impressive. Perhaps you may want to consider exploring the concept of enlisting with a higher authority.|Spartan Frank Kodiak to Olympia Vale, after Operation: FAR STORM{{Ref/Reuse|HitD18}}}}
The communication skills and combat prowess displayed by Vale throughout Operation: FAR STORM did not go unnoticed by the upper echelons of ONI.{{Ref/Reuse|OVUniverse}} After the mission, perhaps at Spartan Frank Kodiak's suggestion, Vale considered joining the [[SPARTAN-IV program]].{{Ref/Reuse|HitD18}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFCW}} After her experience at Installation 00, Vale found difficulty in returning to her former, often bureaucratic, routine. Seeking new challenges, she entered the UNSC's [[War Games]], an inter-service event for [[UNSC Armed Forces]] personnel to practice on combat decks similar to those used for training by Spartans. Her combat training was minimal compared to most competitors, however, Vale managed to place in the top five percent through a combination of innate physical talent and quick-thinking. As a result of this performance, as well as recommendations from the highest levels of the Office of Naval Intelligence, Vale was approached by [[Spartan Operations]] seeking to cultivate warriors highly attuned to the complexities of a post-war threat environment.{{Ref/Reuse|OVUniverse}} 

In late spring of [[2555]], Vale would meet with [[Keely Iyuska]], who at the time was working on the side as an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[Xenoarchaeology|xenoarchaeology]] consultant. Vale was given permission to brief Iyuska on the technology and architecture she observed on [[Installation 00|the Ark]]. However, Vale was not given permission to share that she would soon leave for [[Mars]] to join the [[SPARTAN-IV program]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HOutC3|Out|Chapter=3}}

Undergoing the [[SPARTAN-IV Augmentation Program|augmentations program]], Vale became a Spartan-IV. By [[2558#August|August of 2558]], Vale had participated in seven military [[operation]]s and two full campaigns. During [[Operation: SENTRY]], Vale served as an advisor to Region One of the UNSC's [[Central Command]] during negotiations in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]] with [[Covenant fleet]] remnants at [[Tribute]]. She participated in [[Operation: ATLAS VIGILANCE]], an aborted ONI mission that involved securing [[Shipmaster]] [[Ori 'Sumai]] at [[Salia III]] in the [[Salia system]]. Vale also briefly commanded [[Fireteam Stingray]], an ad hoc intelligence enabling group that participated in [[Operation: OCEAN RAPTOR]] at a location "redacted" by ONI.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GLtd}} By [[2558#October|October of 2558]], Vale had become a member of Fireteam Osiris, led by Spartan [[Jameson Locke]] and also consisting of Spartans [[Edward Buck]] and [[Holly Tanaka]].{{Ref/Reuse|GIH5GO}} Fireteam Osiris was charged with carrying out a variety of complex missions for the [[UNSC Security Council]] and High Command.{{Ref/Site|Id=FOUniverse|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/fireteam-osiris|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Fireteam Osiris|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}}

During her investigation about her father's true identity, the revelation that the Spartan-IIs were conscripted as six-year-olds by the rogue journalist [[Benjamin Giraud]] caused Vale to deduce that her father really was Caleb Aagard and that he'd fled conscription as a Spartan, which was ironic as Vale herself would eventually become a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]]. Although still unable to locate Caleb, Vale remained determined to find him and get closure and answers from her father.{{Ref/Reuse|Out3}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFVV}}

===Battle of Kamchatka===
{{Quote|We know so little about Forerunner civilization. Halsey's obsession with them almost makes sense to me.|Spartan  Vale about Dr. Halsey's line of interests{{Ref/Level|Id=H5Osiris|H5G|Osiris}}}}
After several [[human colonies]] were unexpectedly attacked by [[Guardian|mysterious Forerunner entities]], Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] contacted {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} with information about the attacks. In response, Vale and the rest of Fireteam Osiris were tasked with undertaking a [[Battle of Kamchatka|mission]] to recover Dr. Halsey from the custody of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|“Covenant”]] [[Supreme Commander|Supreme Commander]] [[Jul 'Mdama]] on the Forerunner world of [[Kamchatka]].{{Ref/Reuse|H5Osiris}}

[[File:H5G-ValevsZealot.png|thumb|250px|Vale combating a Zealot on Kamchatka.]]
After being briefed by Captain [[Thomas Lasky]] of UNSC ''Infinity'', the Spartans were delivered to Kamchatka via [[D79H Pelican]], where they discovered the Covenant [[Battle of Kamchatka|engaging]] their former [[Promethean]] allies. Osiris exited the [[dropship]] to free fall past battling Covenant and Promethean ships, and the Spartans used their armors' thrusters to control their landing. Osiris landed on a mountainside, where the Covenant and Prometheans were currently engaged in combat and the Spartans fought their way through the terrain. While the rest of Osiris engaged the hostiles on the ground, Vale boarded a Covenant {{Pattern|Mikpramu|Phantom}} and engaged its passengers before crashing it into a Promethean [[Phaeton]] and abandoning the dropship to join her team. As one of the [[Sangheili blockade runner|Covenant blockade runners]] crashed into a nearby mountain peak, Osiris was forced to outrun the ensuring avalanche. The Spartans leaped off a cliff and slide down the mountainside, where they regrouped and engaged Covenant forces in a valley. With 'Mdama and Halsey located in a nearby Forerunner structure, Fireteam Osiris fought their way past Covenant and Promethean forces to reach their targets' location. Translating 'Mdama's orders from the [[proselytization network]], Vale determined that the Covenant was deploying a {{Pattern|Shuul'se|Kraken}} to fend off the Promethean forces assaulting the structure. However, the Prometheans managed to make the walker fall into retreat.{{Ref/Reuse|H5Osiris}}

As Osiris battled their way to the structure, they arrived at 'Mdama's and Halsey's position on a balcony. The Spartans engaged 'Mdama's [[Sangheili Zealot|Zealot]] guards, with Locke engaging the Supreme Commander in close-quarters combat. While Locke assassinated 'Mdama, Vale, Buck, and Tanaka eliminated the rest of the Sangheili on the platform. With Halsey recovered, Osiris and the doctor returned to UNSC ''Infinity''.{{Ref/Reuse|H5Osiris}}

===Mission to Meridian===
{{Quote|no=two|1=Olympia Vale|q1=When did Cortana tell you about the Guardian?|2=Governor Sloan|q2=I'd—you're good.|3=Olympia Vale tricks Governor Sloan into revealing his affiliation with Cortana{{Ref/Level|Id=H5Evacuation|H5G|H5G:Evacuation|Evacuation}}}}
Upon their return to ''Infinity'', Fireteam Osiris learned that [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]] [[John-117]], [[Kelly-087]], [[Linda-058]], and [[Frederic-104]] of [[Blue Team]] traveled to the [[Outer Colony]] of [[Meridian]]—absent without leave—to investigate [[smart AI]] [[Cortana]]'s location. Osiris was tasked with embarking to the recently resettled and now independent Meridian to track down Blue Team and take them back to the UNSC. Fireteam Osiris arrived at the Meridian [[space elevator]] via Pelican, where they descended to the [[moon]]'s surface. Osiris quickly discovered that Meridian was also under attack from Promethean constructs and the moon's settlers were desperately attempting to fend off the invaders. In exchange for [[Governor]] [[Sloan]]'s cooperation, Osiris agreed to help the settlers fight off the Prometheans. After destroying the Prometheans that were assaulting the outpost at the space elevator, the Spartans traveled to [[H5G:Meridian Station|Meridian Station]], the lead settlement on the moon which the Prometheans were attempting to invade. However, Sloan was unwilling to allow the Spartans access to the road leading to the settlement, fearing that the Prometheans would follow. After Osiris defeated the Prometheans, Sloan gave the Spartans access to the road, where they aided the settlers under attack at a nearby service garage. In exchange for their help, Sloan gifted the Spartans one of the [[Liang-Dortmund Corporation]]'s [[M820 Scorpion]]s to use against the Prometheans.{{Ref/Level|Id=H5Glassed|H5G|H5G:Glassed|Glassed}}

[[File:H5G-Osiris-04.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Osiris inside the Guardian's shelter.]]
After using the Scorpion to clear out the rest of the nearby Prometheans, Vale and the rest of Osiris proceeded to Meridian Station, where they discovered that Sloan was a smart AI suffering from onset [[rampancy]]. Sloan allowed the Spartans to search the settlement for clues about Blue Team's location, leading to Osiris splitting up to see if they could learn anything from the local settlers. After learning that Blue Team's [[ONI Acrisius|prowler]] was seen traveling to the nearby [[Apogee Station]], Fireteam Osiris boarded a transport Pelican and departed for the settlement.{{Ref/Level|Id=H5Meridianstation|H5G|H5G:Meridian Station|Meridian Station}} Upon arriving at Apogee, they found the settlement under attack. Working with Meridian soldiers, Vale and the rest of the Spartans cleared out the Prometheans and discovered Blue Team's abandoned [[prowler]]. Accessing the prowler's data banks, Osiris discovered that Blue Team had traveled to the mines under the settlement. After eliminating more Prometheans throughout the mines, Osiris discovered that the Meridian settlers had found a massive Forerunner structure underneath the moon's surface. As they investigated the structure, they eventually came across the [[Warden Eternal]], an [[ancilla]] that served as the protector of the [[Domain]] and claimed his loyalty belonged to Cortana. After refusing to allow