Talk:Office of Naval Intelligence

Oni Personnel
We should list people in the ONI! --JohnSpartan117 04:09, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
 * There is already a list on the Characters page. So move that list here and leave a link or leave it were it is but don't create two lists.--Esemono 04:52, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
 * On second thought you could create a template with a list and then have it on both pages...--Esemono 04:52, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Added it--JohnSpartan117 06:24, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

ONI slogan
Hmm, isn't "Semper Vigilans" meant to be somewhere on the logo?

Is that the latin slogan of the ONI? --JohnSpartan117 00:54, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

yes.--Ryanngreenday 10:37, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

The real life one? What does it mean? --JohnSpartan117 04:32, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * "Always Vigillant" -ED 19:50, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Name
Is the name properly shortened to ONI or O.N.I.? --Dragonc laws (talk ) 21:01, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

It should be O.N.I. but for ease of use its ONI AJ 21:19, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

UNSC Military Intelligence Division
If that is its formal name, why don't we call it that?--The All-knowing Sith&#39;ari 20:39, 29 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, that name has only been mentioned once. It seems to be implied that it's the formal name, but the general populace and military personnel (high-ranking or not) refer to it as "ONI". -- UNSC Trooper [[Image:unsctrooper_small.jpg|14px]] TalkMy Work 16:21, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe ONI is only part of the UNSC Military Intelligence Division, and we've only heard that name once because of the Navy-bias that seems to exist in Halo.
 * The Fall of Reach mentions Michael Stanforth being the head of "Section Three" of the UNSC Military Intelligence Division. It could indeed be referring to another "Section Three", as ONI Section Three's executive officer has never been named, but I'm not entirely sure. -- UNSC Trooper [[Image:unsctrooper_small.jpg|14px]] TalkMy Work 20:06, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Perhaps ONI is a section of the UNSC Military Intelligence Division (or at least subordinate to it, given that it's part of the Navy), and the UNSCMID has numbered sections, similar to the British practice of MI5 and MI6 (MI stands for Military Intelligence).--The All-knowing Sith&#39;ari 22:19, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

team black
shouldn't team black be somewhere under units? they where under command of oni so i would assume they would be a unit of there's Quisdog 01:07, 25 February 2011 (EST)quisdog


 * So were Gray team and the S-IIIs - that doesn't make then ONI agents.--  Fore  run  ner '' 11:21, 25 February 2011 (EST)

oh i just kinda assumed they where cause they dealt with ONI directly and seemed much more affiliated with oni than the rest of the Spartans who seemed more navy based and ONI gave the highly advanced mljnoir specially for them, but i get what your sayin.Quisdog 03:37, 28 February 2011 (EST)quisdog

Wouldn't Section 1 be considered logistics? EpsilonIndi 17:53, 4 June 2011 (EDT)

Antagonists
Is the ONI the "bad guys" after the Covenant and the Flood? In The Mona Lisa, John Smith is an ONI officer who tested the Flood infection on human prisoners, and he obviously worked against Lopez and her squad. In Glasslands, ONI attempts to help a group of Elites to start an insurrection against Thel 'Vadam, the very Elite who symbolizes the alliance between the humans and the Sangheili, which helped the humans defeat the Covenant Empire. And to some extent, they are Complete Monsters, abducting children from their parents, training them and then letting the majority of them to die. Sure, there are some good ONI characters: Veronica Dare, Catherine Halsey, Connor Brien... but then there's also James Ackerson, Aaron Gibson, John Smith, etc.

The way the ONI gives out propaganda can be considered immoral. Look at the ONI Directive 930. Numerous Spartans sacrificed themselves, for nothing. Issac-039 and Vinh-030 sacrificed themselves to save Dr Halsey and other Spartans, but they wouldn't get any recognition, because they are MIA. People assumed they just gone missing. No one would know they died to save Halsey. Just some food for thoughts. — S331 (When I played Halo: CE, we didn't have any fancy-shmancy armor abilities...) 03:01, 12 September 2011 (EDT)