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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 [[ | 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 [[{roto-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> | ||
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. 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> | 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. 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> | ||