Editing Sigrid Eklund

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**[[UNSC Army Rangers]] {{C|formerly}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}
*[[Spartan Operations]]
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{{Quote|I'd like to see what you can do, when the only one who has your back...is you.|Sigrid Eklund to a Spartan recruit}}{{Ref/Game|Id=Alpha|HI|Alpha Pack}}
'''Sigrid Eklund''' is a [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] supersoldier serving under Commander [[Laurette Agryna]].{{Ref/Site|Id=Announce|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-infinite-update-march-2022|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite Update - March 2022|D=05|M=03|Y=2022}}

==Biography==
===Early career===
Sigrid Eklund served in the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Army Rangers|Army Rangers]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]], working behind the lines on [[Covenant]]-occupied worlds alongside [[human]] resistance groups.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFLore|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-lore-of-the-jungle|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Lore of the Jungle|D=06|M=05|Y=2022}} In [[2551|December 2551]], Sergeant Eklund and her Army Rangers were deployed to support the UNSC's [[Defense of Concord|defense]] of [[Concord]]. On December 6, Eklund's troops managed to neutralize the Covenant's last emplacement in the [[Caravelle province]], with two [[M9 Wolverine]]s being lost to [[Banshee]]s in the process. After this skirmish, Eklund and her Rangers planned to move out and rendezvous with local [[Concordian militia]] groups at a [[mass driver]] station, hoping that the militias would welcome them. On this same day, Eklund sent a communique to [[Commander]] [[Renna]] summarizing these events and requesting information on activity reported at the [[Lethbridge Combat Fields|combat fields]] outside of [[Lethbridge]] the day prior.{{Ref/Site|Id=S2StoryHub|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/halo-infinite|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite|D=06|M=05|Y=2022|LocalArchive=Halo Infinite Story & Intel|Detail=Defunct page; available on linked archive only}}{{Ref/Site|Id=S2Intel|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-infinite-lone-wolves-intel|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite - Lone Wolves Intel|D=03|M=11|Y=2022|LocalArchive=Halo Infinite Story & Intel}} Eklund would also be deployed at the [[Hinterlands region]], repelling the Covenant's presence in the region so civilians could be sheltered behind the main city's walls.{{Ref/Twitter|Code=1925944896067620958|Name=Halo|Tag=Halo|Quote=Sigrid Eklund honed her calm and reserved demeanor during her service as a UNSC Army Ranger where she notably aided local militia groups on Concord, repelling the Covenant invasion so civilians from the hinterlands could be sheltered behind the main city's walls. #FictionFriday|Year=2025|Month=05|Day=23}}

Eklund's experience in the Army Rangers saw her recruited into the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] after the war. By [[2554|December 11, 2554]] Eklund was attached to [[Fireteam Crimson]], where she excelled during operations [[Operation: BELLINGHAM|BELLINGHAM]] and [[Operation: LATE TAXI|LATE TAXI]]. Following these assignments, [[Jun-A266]] recommended Eklund to [[Musa Ghanem]] for more isolated endeavors. At some point, she met Spartan [[Hieu Dinh]] during the [[Vihar collapse]],{{Ref/Reuse|Alpha}}{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}}{{Ref/Reuse|S2Intel}} during which she saved Dinh from death.{{Ref/Novel|Id=BFTA1|Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 1}} The two ultimately deployed on several missions including conflicts at [[Dansenia]] and [[New Berlin]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=BFTA2|Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 2}}

[[File:HINF Eklund & Dinh on Camber.jpg|thumb|250px|Eklund and Dinh in the Banished shipbreaking yard.]]
===Camber===
During the [[Created conflict]], between [[2559]] and [[2560]], Spartans Eklund and Dinh were deployed to one of several [[Banished]] shipbreaking yards in the [[Chiltift Basin]] on [[Camber]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}}{{Ref/Reuse|S2Intel}} This particular facility was a former UNSC fleet depot housing the hull of [[FFG-201 (Breaker)|FFG-201]] and taken under Banished control.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}} Eklund and Dinh began scouting out the location, using intermittent dust storms as cover. At some point, the two Spartans spilt up and Eklund began to believe that there was something more going on at the shipbreaking facility.{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}}{{Ref/Reuse|S2Intel}} After watching the operation for two days, both Spartans discovered [[Iratus]], the first Banished AI in existence, alongside an archive detailing the entirety of Banished operations on the moon. Eklund and Dinh were discovered by Banished forces and managed to hijack an [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Phantom]], but Iratus followed them into their hijacked Phantom, threatening their escape. To have a chance to escape, Dinh allowed Iratus to infect his [[neural interface]], leaving him in a comatose state.{{Ref/Game|Id=LW|HI|Season 02: Lone Wolves}}

Eklund managed to bring the Phantom into the [[Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science]], where she informed Spartan Commander [[Laurette Agryna]] about their mission on Camber and the events behind Dinh's situation.{{Ref/Reuse|LW}} During a target practice, she would met one of the Spartans who saved Dinh's life, and gave to her Spartan comrade lessons about how the Lone Wolves operate.{{Ref/Reuse|Alpha}} Following Spartan Dinh's recovery, the two met to talk about Iratus and the traumatic memories he forced Dinh to relive. Eklund comforted him and urged him to ignore Iratus's words. She then introduced Dinh to "[[Rook]]", one of the Spartan recruits who helped save his life.{{Ref/Reuse|EM}}

===Attack on Nysa===
{{Main|Battle of Nysa}}
On [[2560#February|February 29, 2560]], Iratus escaped his confinement in the academy's servers and proceeded to take control of the installation's network, pillaging the databanks for information and calling the Banished for help. When the attack began, Eklund initially tried to halt the AI's spread through the system in the base's AI lab, though was instructed by Commander Agryna to round up essential personnel for evacuation. She brought Spartans [[Page]] and [[Ionescu]] with her to the vehicle depot before travelling to the [[hangar bay]] with them. She coordinated the loading of the only slipspace-capable transport on the base, an old {{Class|Zheng He|courier}} ship, though the ship was ultimately destroyed when Iratus took control of the base's [[surface-to-air missile launcher]]s and fired them at the hangar. Eklund escaped the carnage mostly unscathed.{{Ref/Reuse|BFTA1}}

The Banished attack came on March 3, 2560, in the form of the [[New Colonial Alliance]] aboard their [[Banished dreadnought|dreadnought]] ''[[Ghost of Kholo]]'', led by [[Ilsa Zane]]. Zane initially offered to meet Commander Agryna for a parley in the [[Hesychius Mountains]], which Eklund joined as one of Agryna's bodyguards. The group refused Zane's offer of surrender, and the Banished began their invasion of the world. Alongside Agryna and Dinh, Eklund was able to fight her way through the base, eventually coming into contact with some of the [[Riftborn]] operatives sent from Anvil to reinforce their position. However, by this point the only survivor of the group they encountered was Spartan [[Adrian Vesco]]. Ultimately, Eklun and the other three Spartans were successfully extracted from Nysa by [[Jun-A266]] and [[Rosenda-A344]], who used Pelican ''[[Bravo 198]]'' to ferry the group back to {{UNSCShip|Fearful Symmetry}} and from there, to [[Anvil Station]].{{Ref/Reuse|BFTA2}}

==Equipment==
Eklund employs the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|Mjolnir]] [[RAKSHASA-class Mjolnir|Rakshasa]] armor with a [[Stribog]] helmet equipped with the HUL-I/RS/ROSEKEY. She wore the SAP/HVISTLA PLATING on her right shoulder and the IRONGRIP RAILS shoulder pad on her left one. She also wore the FCI-I/SPDR/TRAPDOOR chest attachment, the XCUDO NXS on both wrists and the XCUDO KNEX on both knees.{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}} On multiple occasions, Eklund has been seen wielding an [[MA40 assault rifle]] equipped with the Power Projection coating.{{Ref/Reuse|EM}}{{Ref/Reuse|LW}}

==Production notes==
Sigrid Eklund is voiced by [[Wikipedia:Camilla Arfwedson|Camilla Arfwedson]].{{Ref/Site|Id=WHM24|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/womens-history-month-2024|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Women's History Month 2024|D=01|M=03|Y=2024}} Given the Swedish origins of her surname, Eklund is likely also of Swedish origins like Arfwedson; furthermore, Eklund's post-war communication encryption tag is [[Wikipedia:Karlskrona|Karlskrona]], likely in reference to the eponymous Swedish city.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-infinite-lone-wolves-intel|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite - Lone Wolves Intel|D=03|M=11|Y=2022|LocalArchive=Halo Infinite Story & Intel#Intel|Detail=Intel 4}}

==Gallery==
===Concept art===
<gallery>
File:HINF Concept Spartan Fireteam Velociraptor.jpg|''[[Halo Infinite]]'' concept art, featuring Sigrid Eklund and [[Hieu Dinh]].
File:HINF SigridEklund Concept.png|Concept art of Sigrid Eklund's armor.
File:HINF Concept SigridEklund.png|The previous concept art with Eklund's helmet removed.
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
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File:HINF SigridEklundTrailer.jpg|Eklund in the ''[[Season 02: Lone Wolves]]'' announcement trailer.
File:HINF EklundOpening.png|Eklund in the opening cinematic of ''Season 02: Lone Wolves''.
File:HINF EklundModel.png|Eklund's armor kit in ''Halo Infinite''.
File:HINF EklundPortrait.png|Sigrid Eklund at the firing range of the Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science.
File:HINF - Event - Alpha Pack - Sigrid 002.png|Sigrid Eklund firing an MA40 at the firing range.
File:HINF EklundAndDinh.png|Eklund and Dinh at the firing range.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''
**''[[Season 02: Lone Wolves]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Season 03: Echoes Within]]''
*''[[Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 1]]''
*''[[Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 2]]''

==Sources==
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