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Despite [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson|Ackerson]]'s wish to have Tom for his own private operations, Kurt managed to have him and Lucy assigned to help him train the [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company]] on [[Onyx]] alongside himself and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|Chief]] [[Franklin Mendez|Mendez]]. Tom and Lucy subsequently became Kurt's top adjutants and were instrumental in Gamma Company's training.<ref name="g98"/> By early [[2551]], both held the rank of Petty Officer Second Class. In February 2551 they accompanied Kurt aboard {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}} to oversee Gamma Company's augmentations. By this time they had spent significant time in microgravity which was [[Space walk|apparent]] from their gaits.<ref name="g98"/> | Despite [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson|Ackerson]]'s wish to have Tom for his own private operations, Kurt managed to have him and Lucy assigned to help him train the [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company]] on [[Onyx]] alongside himself and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|Chief]] [[Franklin Mendez|Mendez]]. Tom and Lucy subsequently became Kurt's top adjutants and were instrumental in Gamma Company's training.<ref name="g98"/> By early [[2551]], both held the rank of Petty Officer Second Class. In February 2551 they accompanied Kurt aboard {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}} to oversee Gamma Company's augmentations. By this time they had spent significant time in microgravity which was [[Space walk|apparent]] from their gaits.<ref name="g98"/> | ||
=== | ===Onyx Conflict=== | ||
{{Main| | {{Main|Onyx Conflict}} | ||
{{Quote|With all due respect, sir, we're not leaving. You'll have to court-martial us.|Tom announcing his and Lucy's intention to stay at Lieutenant Commander Ambrose's side<ref name="goo368"/>}} | {{Quote|With all due respect, sir, we're not leaving. You'll have to court-martial us.|Tom announcing his and Lucy's intention to stay at Lieutenant Commander Ambrose's side<ref name="goo368"/>}} | ||
When the [[ | When the [[Onyx Conflict]] broke out in [[2552]] and the planet's [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]] attacked the local UNSC forces, Tom and Lucy were stationed at [[Camp Currahee]]. They managed to destroy one of the Forerunner drones before [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose|Ambrose]] and [[Chief Mendez]] arrived.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 15</ref> After retrieving ordnance and equipment they moved on to [[El Morro Point]] and, following several days of guerrilla warfare against the Sentinels, met with [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] and the [[SPARTAN-II]]s of [[Blue Team]]. Tom and Lucy subsequently coordinated with [[Linda-058]] to destroy a Sentinel monitoring the area,<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 29</ref> before the group pushed deeper into the restricted [[Zone 67]], eventually arriving in a massive Forerunner city.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapter 30</ref> Pursued by [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant forces]], they were redirected to destroy a [[Sentinel manufacturing facility]] by Zone 67's ONI AI [[Endless Summer]]. Operating as an advance team, Tom and Lucy completed a crucial part of the operation, coordinated by Dr. Halsey via the use of local [[teleporter|translocation pads]] and they successfully destroyed the factory.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', Chapters 33-34</ref> | ||
The Spartans eventually made a stand at the entrance to the [[Trevelyan|shield world]] in the [[core room antechamber]] to prevent the incoming Covenant army from entering the shield world. When ordered by Lieutenant Commander Ambrose to enter the rift to the shield world, he and Lucy refused to leave Kurt's side, with Tom saying that he would be court-martialed before he would leave. Kurt then knocked him out with a blow to the underside of his helmet and ordered Lucy to take the unconscious Spartan with her into the shield world. He and Lucy were the last Spartans to leave the battle, surviving through Kurt's sacrifice.<ref name="goo368">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 368-369''</ref> | The Spartans eventually made a stand at the entrance to the [[Trevelyan|shield world]] in the [[core room antechamber]] to prevent the incoming Covenant army from entering the shield world. When ordered by Lieutenant Commander Ambrose to enter the rift to the shield world, he and Lucy refused to leave Kurt's side, with Tom saying that he would be court-martialed before he would leave. Kurt then knocked him out with a blow to the underside of his helmet and ordered Lucy to take the unconscious Spartan with her into the shield world. He and Lucy were the last Spartans to leave the battle, surviving through Kurt's sacrifice.<ref name="goo368">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 368-369''</ref> | ||