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|affiliation=*[[UNSC Navy]]<ref name="universe"/> {{C|formerly}} | |affiliation=*[[UNSC Navy]]<ref name="universe"/> {{C|formerly}} | ||
**[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]<ref name="universe"/> | **[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]<ref name="universe"/> | ||
*[[Spartan | *[[Spartan Operations]]<ref name="universe"/> | ||
|rank=[[Spartan | |rank=[[Spartan Operations#Rank structure|Spartan]]<ref name="universe"/> | ||
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===Joining the SPARTAN-IV program=== | ===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 name="hitd290">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 290'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | {{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 name="hitd290">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 290'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | ||
The communication skills and combat prowess displayed by Vale throughout Operation: FAR STORM did not go unnoticed by the upper echelons of ONI.<ref name="universe"/> After the mission, perhaps at Spartan Frank Kodiak's suggestion,<ref name="hitd290"/> Vale considered joining the [[SPARTAN-IV program]].<ref name="warfare"/> 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 | The communication skills and combat prowess displayed by Vale throughout Operation: FAR STORM did not go unnoticed by the upper echelons of ONI.<ref name="universe"/> After the mission, perhaps at Spartan Frank Kodiak's suggestion,<ref name="hitd290"/> Vale considered joining the [[SPARTAN-IV program]].<ref name="warfare"/> 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 name="universe"/> | ||
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 name="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 name="gi osiris"/> Fireteam Osiris was charged with carrying out a variety of complex missions for the [[UNSC Security Council]] and High Command.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/fireteam-osiris '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Fireteam Osiris'']</ref> | 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 name="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 name="gi osiris"/> Fireteam Osiris was charged with carrying out a variety of complex missions for the [[UNSC Security Council]] and High Command.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/fireteam-osiris '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Fireteam Osiris'']</ref> | ||
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Olympia Vale is very intelligent and an unusually gifted [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]] linguist, having a strong fluency in the language. Vale was a child prodigy growing up, and she succeeded in graduating from [[Sydney University]] by the time she was nineteen.<ref name="universe"/> During her time stranded in space at the age of eleven, she learned to translate thousands upon thousands of Sangheili words, granting her a strong understanding of the language. Vale is able to effectively communicate with [[Sangheili]] without requiring [[translation software]]. At the age of eleven, her knowledge of the Sangheili language was superior to that of the [[artificial intelligence]]s the [[United Nations Space Command]] tasked with translating the language, as she corrected and improved the AIs' existing translations.<ref name="hitd99"/> | Olympia Vale is very intelligent and an unusually gifted [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]] linguist, having a strong fluency in the language. Vale was a child prodigy growing up, and she succeeded in graduating from [[Sydney University]] by the time she was nineteen.<ref name="universe"/> During her time stranded in space at the age of eleven, she learned to translate thousands upon thousands of Sangheili words, granting her a strong understanding of the language. Vale is able to effectively communicate with [[Sangheili]] without requiring [[translation software]]. At the age of eleven, her knowledge of the Sangheili language was superior to that of the [[artificial intelligence]]s the [[United Nations Space Command]] tasked with translating the language, as she corrected and improved the AIs' existing translations.<ref name="hitd99"/> | ||
Despite minimal training and experience in the field, Vale has proven to be an exemplary combatant.<ref name="H5GLtd"/> As she was often engaged in frontline diplomacy with the Sangheili during her career as a Special Liaison, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] required Vale to have some combat skills. She studied [[martial arts]] for several years and attended the [[Green Cloud]] institute. Although she did not consider herself good at combat, Vale used her martial arts experience to nearly throw the unarmored [[Spartan-IV]] [[Elias Holt]] to the ground after he had inadvertently surprised her.<ref name="hitd131"/> During [[Operation: FAR STORM]], Vale was able to briefly hold her own against the cyborg [[Bobby Kodiak]], though she was eventually outmatched.<ref name="hitd279"/> Despite receiving minimal combat training in comparison to most competitors, Vale succeeded in placing within the top five percent in UNSC [[War Games]] events through a combination of innate physical talent and quick-thinking.<ref name="universe"/> Vale's demonstrated talent for combat, as well as her fluency of Sangheili and knowledge in the species' society, led to her recruitment into the [[Spartan | Despite minimal training and experience in the field, Vale has proven to be an exemplary combatant.<ref name="H5GLtd"/> As she was often engaged in frontline diplomacy with the Sangheili during her career as a Special Liaison, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] required Vale to have some combat skills. She studied [[martial arts]] for several years and attended the [[Green Cloud]] institute. Although she did not consider herself good at combat, Vale used her martial arts experience to nearly throw the unarmored [[Spartan-IV]] [[Elias Holt]] to the ground after he had inadvertently surprised her.<ref name="hitd131"/> During [[Operation: FAR STORM]], Vale was able to briefly hold her own against the cyborg [[Bobby Kodiak]], though she was eventually outmatched.<ref name="hitd279"/> Despite receiving minimal combat training in comparison to most competitors, Vale succeeded in placing within the top five percent in UNSC [[War Games]] events through a combination of innate physical talent and quick-thinking.<ref name="universe"/> Vale's demonstrated talent for combat, as well as her fluency of Sangheili and knowledge in the species' society, led to her recruitment into the [[Spartan Operations|Spartan branch]].<ref name="H5GLtd"/> As a Spartan-IV, Vale has proven to be very skilled in combat. She often uses speed and agility to her advantage, such as during her [[Battle of Kamchatka|mission]] to [[Kamchatka]], in which she boarded a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] [[Type-57 Phantom|Phantom]] and single-handedly battled the [[dropship]]'s Sangheili and [[Kig-Yar]] complement in the confined space by effortlessly maneuvering around the warriors as she fought them.<ref name="osiris"/> | ||
==Physical description== | ==Physical description== | ||