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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
Born on [[Kholo]] on [[2528#June|June 11, 2528]],{{Ref/Reuse|CF153}} Ilsa Zane was present when her parents and everyone else she knew killed in the [[Covenant]]'s [[Battle of Kholo|attack]] and subsequent [[glassing]] of the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|CF153}}{{Ref/Reuse|ttl}} After Kholo's fall, Zane was sent to [[Asphodel]] as a ward of the state, living a mostly quiet and solitary life. When she came of age in [[2547]], she was conscripted into [[UNSC]] military service.{{Ref/Reuse|CF153}} | |||
===Spartan service=== | ===Spartan service=== | ||
{{Quote|Ilsa Zane was a walking science experiment gone wrong. At one point, she had been slated for the Spartan program, an attempt at building the ultimate unarmored killing machine. But she snapped. After defecting to the NCA, she was quickly indoctrinated and promoted to Admiral Drake's attack dog.|Commander [[Maya Sankar]]{{Ref/Audio|Id=htts201|Hunt the Truth Season 2|Ep=Episode 01: Cube B-349}}}} | {{Quote|Ilsa Zane was a walking science experiment gone wrong. At one point, she had been slated for the Spartan program, an attempt at building the ultimate unarmored killing machine. But she snapped. After defecting to the NCA, she was quickly indoctrinated and promoted to Admiral Drake's attack dog.|Commander [[Maya Sankar]]{{Ref/Audio|Id=htts201|Hunt the Truth Season 2|Ep=Episode 01: Cube B-349}}}} | ||
In [[2550]], Zane was | In [[2550]], Zane was chosen for the prototype phase of the [[SPARTAN-IV program]]. The additional augmentations she underwent were meant to make armor unnecessary, however, they crippled or killed nine others and made Zane unstable. Because of her instability, Zane was discharged and assigned to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], but subsequently escaped and defected to [[Mattius Drake]]'s [[New Colonial Alliance]].{{Ref/Reuse|hi3}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF153}} | ||
===Attack on the UNSC ''Infinity''=== | ===Attack on the UNSC ''Infinity''=== | ||
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A small group of crew and Spartan-IVs led by Spartan [[Sarah Palmer]] and Commander [[Thomas Lasky]] foiled Zane's plans. With the Spartans' help, Lasky was able to reach a security panel and input override codes, which gave Del Rio and the other officers access to the bridge. Having made their way to ''Infinity's'' bridge from outside the ship, Palmer and [[Edward Davis]] reached Zane. As they breached ''Infinity's'' bridge, Ilsa Zane fought Palmer one-on-one. In the ensuing fight, Del Rio brought Aine back online, who then activated the ship's containment doors. Palmer then knocked Zane out a containment door and into space. However, due to her physical augmentations, Zane survived and was later recovered by an unidentified NCA [[prowler]]. Upon awakening, she was met by Mattius Drake, whom she was surprised to see.{{Ref/Reuse|hi3}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF153}} | A small group of crew and Spartan-IVs led by Spartan [[Sarah Palmer]] and Commander [[Thomas Lasky]] foiled Zane's plans. With the Spartans' help, Lasky was able to reach a security panel and input override codes, which gave Del Rio and the other officers access to the bridge. Having made their way to ''Infinity's'' bridge from outside the ship, Palmer and [[Edward Davis]] reached Zane. As they breached ''Infinity's'' bridge, Ilsa Zane fought Palmer one-on-one. In the ensuing fight, Del Rio brought Aine back online, who then activated the ship's containment doors. Palmer then knocked Zane out a containment door and into space. However, due to her physical augmentations, Zane survived and was later recovered by an unidentified NCA [[prowler]]. Upon awakening, she was met by Mattius Drake, whom she was surprised to see.{{Ref/Reuse|hi3}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF153}} | ||
After her recovery, Zane was tasked by Drake as an acquisitions specialist for weapons and materiel, as well as a ruthless instructor for mercenary and rebel groups that joined the New Colonial Alliance.{{Ref/Reuse|CF153 | After her recovery, Zane was tasked by Drake as an acquisitions specialist for weapons and materiel, as well as a ruthless instructor for mercenary and rebel groups that joined the New Colonial Alliance.{{Ref/Reuse|CF153}} | ||
===The Guardians=== | ===The Guardians=== | ||
{{Quote|When I found you, there was no discipline, no uniformity. Just a bunch of misfits with different allegiances and philosophies. That was a problem of leadership. The Colonel had allowed this legendary faction of the NCA to devolve into a form for individual interests. You were scattered and slow, and that's a death sentence. I relieved him of his command because bands of misfits don't win wars. Big machines do. Big machines made of lots of little pieces, moving with the same purpose. That's what we needed to build here.|Ilsa Zane, to the rebels under her command{{Ref/Audio|Id=htts202|Hunt the Truth Season 2|Ep=Episode 02: From Fire to Blood}}}} | {{Quote|When I found you, there was no discipline, no uniformity. Just a bunch of misfits with different allegiances and philosophies. That was a problem of leadership. The Colonel had allowed this legendary faction of the NCA to devolve into a form for individual interests. You were scattered and slow, and that's a death sentence. I relieved him of his command because bands of misfits don't win wars. Big machines do. Big machines made of lots of little pieces, moving with the same purpose. That's what we needed to build here.|Ilsa Zane, to the rebels under her command{{Ref/Audio|Id=htts202|Hunt the Truth Season 2|Ep=Episode 02: From Fire to Blood}}}} | ||
In October [[2558]], Zane was sent to the remote world of [[Conrad's Point]], where the undisciplined NCA rebels and mercenaries on the world were being poorly commanded by an unidentified colonel. After relieving the colonel of command, Zane organized the insurgents into a more formidable force. As commander of NCA forces on the world, Zane operated ruthlessly and killed any individual who did not carry their weight. Afterwards, she began preparing the NCA forces on Conrad's Point for war with the [[Unified Earth Government]] and had accumulated a large amount of [[nuclear weapon]]s. In [[2558]], after Conrad's Point was attacked by a [[Forerunner]] [[Guardian]], Zane had all NCA forces move to the Guardian's attack site and secure the crater it left behind. Making camp in a nearby compound, the NCA sought to search the ruins of a city destroyed by the construct for clues on the Guardian's next site of attack. Not wanting the Guardian site to fall under rebel control, ONI sent Commander [[Maya Sankar]]—who operated with the insurrectionists under the codename "FERO"—and [[smart AI]] [[Black-Box]] to infiltrate the faction and rendezvous with operative [[Ari Rezneck]], who had already infiltrated the New Colonial Alliance.{{Ref/Reuse|htts201}} | |||
When Sankar, Black-Box, and Reznek arrived at the NCA compound, Zane arrived shortly after. She congratulated the NCA soldiers for being useful to the cause and working together effectively. Zane informed them of the apparent death of [[Spartan-II]] [[John-117]] and encouraged her soldiers to celebrate the death of the UNSC's "poster boy". Meanwhile, the UNSC was informed of Zane's current location and planned to kill her by bombing the compound. As Sankar and Reznek moved to leave the compound, Zane approached them before the other insurgents and recalled that "FERO" wished for the New Colonial Alliance to stop combating the UNSC and protest peacefully instead. Zane mocked "FERO" for believing that negotiations with the UNSC were a viable plan to gain colonial independence and questioned what use she had for the NCA. When Reznek defended her, Zane killed him with her sidearm and revealed that she knew that he was an ONI operative. As Reznek vouched for her, Zane concluded that Sankar was also an ONI operative. However, before Zane could kill her, Sankar's friend within the NCA—[[Bostwick]]—raised a knife to Zane's throat and insisted that "FERO" was not a spy. Zane attacked Bostwick, but Sankar revealed that she was an ONI operative by informing her that a UNSC airstrike was incoming. Before anyone could react, the compound was bombed by UNSC aircraft. Sankar fled the compound with the injured Bostwick, while Zane pursued. The two escaped the area on an [[M274 Mongoose]] and eventually escaped the world aboard Sankar's [[prison ship]]. Furious, Zane continued to futilely fire upon the vessel as it left Conrad's Point.{{Ref/Reuse|htts201}} | When Sankar, Black-Box, and Reznek arrived at the NCA compound, Zane arrived shortly after. She congratulated the NCA soldiers for being useful to the cause and working together effectively. Zane informed them of the apparent death of [[Spartan-II]] [[John-117]] and encouraged her soldiers to celebrate the death of the UNSC's "poster boy". Meanwhile, the UNSC was informed of Zane's current location and planned to kill her by bombing the compound. As Sankar and Reznek moved to leave the compound, Zane approached them before the other insurgents and recalled that "FERO" wished for the New Colonial Alliance to stop combating the UNSC and protest peacefully instead. Zane mocked "FERO" for believing that negotiations with the UNSC were a viable plan to gain colonial independence and questioned what use she had for the NCA. When Reznek defended her, Zane killed him with her sidearm and revealed that she knew that he was an ONI operative. As Reznek vouched for her, Zane concluded that Sankar was also an ONI operative. However, before Zane could kill her, Sankar's friend within the NCA—[[Bostwick]]—raised a knife to Zane's throat and insisted that "FERO" was not a spy. Zane attacked Bostwick, but Sankar revealed that she was an ONI operative by informing her that a UNSC airstrike was incoming. Before anyone could react, the compound was bombed by UNSC aircraft. Sankar fled the compound with the injured Bostwick, while Zane pursued. The two escaped the area on an [[M274 Mongoose]] and eventually escaped the world aboard Sankar's [[prison ship]]. Furious, Zane continued to futilely fire upon the vessel as it left Conrad's Point.{{Ref/Reuse|htts201}} | ||
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However, as Escharum made his way to the bridge, Ilsa began broadcasting on an open frequency to all the NCA-aligned vessels in the Edolas system. She stated that while Admiral Drake had promised them independence and conquest, he had squandered their potential by having them hide out on the fringes of civilized space preying on scraps like cowards. Ilsa claimed that it was Drake that was holding the NCA back and that she refused to let him do so any longer. At this, she said that she would remove Admiral Drake from command, permanently. Executing Drake with her pistol, she continued her speech, pledging the might of the NCA to the Banished. Escharum, who had arrived on the bridge, snarled in approval and joined Ilsa in the broadcast, stating that [[Atriox]] saw the NCA's true potential and that he shares the same desire for freedom. The War Chief then promised that they were do many great things together, that they would hunt powerful prey and ancient treasures, and that they would never bow again.{{Ref/Reuse|ttl}} | However, as Escharum made his way to the bridge, Ilsa began broadcasting on an open frequency to all the NCA-aligned vessels in the Edolas system. She stated that while Admiral Drake had promised them independence and conquest, he had squandered their potential by having them hide out on the fringes of civilized space preying on scraps like cowards. Ilsa claimed that it was Drake that was holding the NCA back and that she refused to let him do so any longer. At this, she said that she would remove Admiral Drake from command, permanently. Executing Drake with her pistol, she continued her speech, pledging the might of the NCA to the Banished. Escharum, who had arrived on the bridge, snarled in approval and joined Ilsa in the broadcast, stating that [[Atriox]] saw the NCA's true potential and that he shares the same desire for freedom. The War Chief then promised that they were do many great things together, that they would hunt powerful prey and ancient treasures, and that they would never bow again.{{Ref/Reuse|ttl}} | ||
Escharum put the NCA to use almost immediately, sending Ilsa Zane and his other newfound warriors on a mission to test them. At some point, Ilsa killed a Spartan and took their [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)|[GEN3]]] [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VII|Mark VII MJOLNIR]] armor for herself. | Escharum put the NCA to use almost immediately, sending Ilsa Zane and his other newfound warriors on a mission to test them. At some point, Ilsa killed a Spartan and took their [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)|[GEN3]]] [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VII|Mark VII MJOLNIR]] armor for herself.{{Ref/Reuse|ttl}} Ilsa has made enough of a name for herself within the Banished to have earned a place among the [[Bloodstars]].{{Ref/Reuse|CF153}} Ilsa maintains a list of people she plans to get revenge on, including: FERO, [[Musa Ghanem]], Sarah Palmer, [[Kree'yat]], and [[Hieu Dinh]].{{Ref/Reuse|ttl}} | ||
==Equipment== | ==Equipment== | ||
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==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||
*Ilsa Zane's name is once misspelled as "Isla" in the second issue of ''Halo: Initiation''. | *Ilsa Zane's name is once misspelled as "Isla" in the second issue of ''[[Halo: Initiation]]''. | ||
*Zane is portrayed by actress [[Wikipedia:Tamara Taylor|Tamara Taylor]] in ''[[Hunt the Truth]]''. | *Zane is portrayed by actress [[Wikipedia:Tamara Taylor|Tamara Taylor]] in ''[[Hunt the Truth]]''. | ||
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