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===Early life and naval career=== | ===Early life and naval career=== | ||
{{Quote|I first learned your language when I was very young. Since then, much of my life has been focused on increasing my knowledge of your kind.|Olympia Vale, to Usze 'Taham<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 105'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | {{Quote|I first learned your language when I was very young. Since then, much of my life has been focused on increasing my knowledge of your kind.|Olympia Vale, to Usze 'Taham<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 105'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | ||
Olympia Vale was born on the [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] of [[Luyten]] on [[2536|January 20, 2536]].<ref name="universe"/> Vale was a child prodigy who had an innate skill in languages.<ref name="gi osiris"/> When | Olympia Vale was born on the [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] of [[Luyten]] on [[2536|January 20, 2536]].<ref name="universe"/> Vale was a child prodigy who had an innate skill in languages.<ref name="gi osiris"/> When she was eleven, her parents divorced. Her mother, a recently promoted captain in [[UNSC Navy]] signal intelligence, was reassigned to [[UNSC High Command]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] on [[Earth]]. Along with two other people, Vale and her mother left for the planet aboard a [[diplomatic shuttle]] for what was intended to be a six-day trip. While en route to the [[Sol system]], their ship's [[slipspace drive]] failed and the trip ultimately took six months to return to inhabited space,<ref name="hitd99">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 99-104'' (Google Play edition)</ref> dodging [[Covenant]] activity along the way.<ref name="universe"/> After annoying the others aboard the ship with her endless questions, she was shunted aside and ignored. To pass the time, Vale listened to recordings of the [[Sangheili]]'s [[Sangheili (language)|language]] and compared them to translations performed by [[artificial intelligence]]s. She eventually taught herself the language and even proved several of the AI translations incorrect, or corrected inaccurate translations.<ref name="hitd99"/> After her arrival on Earth, Vale spent the remainder of her childhood on the relative safety of the planet. Vale attended [[Sydney University]] on Earth and, upon graduating, followed in her mother's footsteps and enlisted in the UNSC Navy's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], specializing in signals intelligence.<ref name="universe"/> Following the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552]], Vale found the opportunity to travel to the Sangheili [[Sangheili colonies|frontier colony]] of [[Khael'mothka]], where she wandered the planet for months. The world was embroiled in the Sangheili's ongoing [[Blooding Years|civil war]], though Vale's well-being was rarely endangered as she learned who to stay away from and many of the planet's inhabitants were both tired of war and curious to see the human.<ref name="hitd85">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 85-89'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | ||
By [[2555]], Vale served as a professional diplomat and a Sangheili culture and language expert for the Office of Naval Intelligence.<ref name="hitd21">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 21'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Vale was required to study [[martial arts]] at the [[Green Cloud]] institution, as a prerequisite for serving as a frontline diplomat for ONI with the Sangheili.<ref name="hitd131">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 131-133'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Serving as an ONI Special Liaison for the [[Unified Earth Government]], Vale aided with negotiations with the emerging [[Swords of Sanghelios]] led by [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]. Her fluency in the Sangheili language and knowledge of their society was highly valued by her superiors, though Vale was often busied by endless meetings with Sangheili diplomats.<ref name="universe"/> Vale was friends with [[Cynthia Diggs]], a scientist and post-war political liaison, as well as the wife of Doctor [[Bob Casper]]. Diggs often sought to keep Vale informed with the [[Zeta Halo project|research and examinations]] her husband conducted at [[Installation 07]], as she was concerned that the participation of the Sangheili may be required, in which Vale could be used as a UNSC translator for the Sangheili.<ref name="hitd21"/> | By [[2555]], Vale served as a professional diplomat and a Sangheili culture and language expert for the Office of Naval Intelligence.<ref name="hitd21">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 21'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Vale was required to study [[martial arts]] at the [[Green Cloud]] institution, as a prerequisite for serving as a frontline diplomat for ONI with the Sangheili.<ref name="hitd131">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 131-133'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Serving as an ONI Special Liaison for the [[Unified Earth Government]], Vale aided with negotiations with the emerging [[Swords of Sanghelios]] led by [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]. Her fluency in the Sangheili language and knowledge of their society was highly valued by her superiors, though Vale was often busied by endless meetings with Sangheili diplomats.<ref name="universe"/> Vale was friends with [[Cynthia Diggs]], a scientist and post-war political liaison, as well as the wife of Doctor [[Bob Casper]]. Diggs often sought to keep Vale informed with the [[Zeta Halo project|research and examinations]] her husband conducted at [[Installation 07]], as she was concerned that the participation of the Sangheili may be required, in which Vale could be used as a UNSC translator for the Sangheili.<ref name="hitd21"/> | ||