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The following day Naomi continued to look at Serin strangely during the shuttle transit to Midpoint.<ref name="G3"/> After Osman had acclimated herself to the commanding officer's seat on the ''Port Stanley'''s bridge, she gave Black-Box permission to run through the final launch checks himself and asked him whether or not everyone else was secure. He took this opportunity to warn her that Naomi was on her way to the bridge at that very moment. With only five minutes until their planned jump to [[slipspace]], Osman was prepared for the Spartan's entrance. She asked Naomi if there was something she needed to ask her, to which she was fully straightforward regarding her perplexing familiarity with Osman's face. Serin chose then to tell her the truth about who she was. Serin-019 was alive. Opening up was a great relief to Osman, but Naomi barely reacted, simply belting in at a comms station and acknowledging that they should be heading out. Just then the rest of the team arrived on the bridge and after confirming that nobody had any issues with the arrangements on the ship so far, everyone was seated and strapped in for the jump. BB, knowing Serin's proclivities regarding jumps, offered to sedate her but she said she could deal with it, not wanting to appear weak in front of the others. Just before they slipped into another dimension, BB intercepted a databurst from the {{UNSCship|Ariadne}}.<ref name="G3"/> Osman struggled when the jump finally, as was usual, and it was Devereaux who asked if she was alright. Rather than making the captain feel even worse, she made light of the issue by comparing her situation to [[Wikipedia:Horatio Nelson|Horatio Nelson]] and his seasickness. With forty-eight hours until they reached the [[Brunel system]] and [[New Llanelli]], Osman asked BB about the transmission they had received right before jumping. He relayed that the ''Ariadne'' had been forced to drop out of slipspace near [[Venezia]] in the [[Orso system]] because of a technical problem. [[Pasquale|The ship's commander]] had requested permission to land nonessential personnel on the planet due to unsafe conditions aboard but the colony had refused him.<ref name="G3"/> The message BB picked up had been meant for Earth and was a request for advice. Any further information regarding the developing situation would have to wait until they were no longer in slipspace, so Osman resolved that if nobody else had moved to aid them by then, she wanted to know. Retiring to her cabin to soothe her headache, Serin was greeted by a bag of crystallized ginger Parangosky had arranged for her, since she knew spaceflight could make her nauseous. She popped one of the cubes in her mouth and made for the hangar bay.<ref name="G3">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 3''</ref> | The following day Naomi continued to look at Serin strangely during the shuttle transit to Midpoint.<ref name="G3"/> After Osman had acclimated herself to the commanding officer's seat on the ''Port Stanley'''s bridge, she gave Black-Box permission to run through the final launch checks himself and asked him whether or not everyone else was secure. He took this opportunity to warn her that Naomi was on her way to the bridge at that very moment. With only five minutes until their planned jump to [[slipspace]], Osman was prepared for the Spartan's entrance. She asked Naomi if there was something she needed to ask her, to which she was fully straightforward regarding her perplexing familiarity with Osman's face. Serin chose then to tell her the truth about who she was. Serin-019 was alive. Opening up was a great relief to Osman, but Naomi barely reacted, simply belting in at a comms station and acknowledging that they should be heading out. Just then the rest of the team arrived on the bridge and after confirming that nobody had any issues with the arrangements on the ship so far, everyone was seated and strapped in for the jump. BB, knowing Serin's proclivities regarding jumps, offered to sedate her but she said she could deal with it, not wanting to appear weak in front of the others. Just before they slipped into another dimension, BB intercepted a databurst from the {{UNSCship|Ariadne}}.<ref name="G3"/> Osman struggled when the jump finally, as was usual, and it was Devereaux who asked if she was alright. Rather than making the captain feel even worse, she made light of the issue by comparing her situation to [[Wikipedia:Horatio Nelson|Horatio Nelson]] and his seasickness. With forty-eight hours until they reached the [[Brunel system]] and [[New Llanelli]], Osman asked BB about the transmission they had received right before jumping. He relayed that the ''Ariadne'' had been forced to drop out of slipspace near [[Venezia]] in the [[Orso system]] because of a technical problem. [[Pasquale|The ship's commander]] had requested permission to land nonessential personnel on the planet due to unsafe conditions aboard but the colony had refused him.<ref name="G3"/> The message BB picked up had been meant for Earth and was a request for advice. Any further information regarding the developing situation would have to wait until they were no longer in slipspace, so Osman resolved that if nobody else had moved to aid them by then, she wanted to know. Retiring to her cabin to soothe her headache, Serin was greeted by a bag of crystallized ginger Parangosky had arranged for her, since she knew spaceflight could make her nauseous. She popped one of the cubes in her mouth and made for the hangar bay.<ref name="G3">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 3''</ref> | ||
With an estimated ten hours left before they arrived at [[New Llanelli]], Osman took it upon herself to seek out the rest of her new crew for a very particular purpose.<ref name="G4"/> BB, having listened to conversations being had surrounding the odd tension between the captain and Naomi, had encouraged her to be transparent with everyone about her past.[[File:PortStanley.png|thumb|300px|left|As the commander of Kilo-Five, Osman also served as the captain of its dedicated {{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}}, the {{UNSCship|Port Stanley}}.<ref name="G2"/>]] The A.I. preceded her arrival to inform them she had called a meeting and would be preset imminently. She met Phillips on the hangar deck and found the three [[ODST]]s within a small stealth dropship made to look like a civilian patrol vessel. To Vaz, Phillips looked as if he had just been reprimanded in some way by Osman. She casually asked how things were going before making it clear that she was as omnipresent as BB as long as he shared information with her. Just before she appeared, Devereaux had asked Vaz if he was aware that they really didn't have a plan for their current mission. Osman rebuffed this, stating that she ''did'' have one. She explained that in light of the absence of any top-level entity in command and control of the [[Sangheili]], the best they could do then was to hand off the weapons to see where fault lines formed.<ref name="G4"/> She also cautioned that given the patchy short-range comms they would be at the mercy of during the majority of their mission, the ODSTs would be engaging in more surveillance work than they would be combat, though she thought it likely there would be some of that as well. Abruptly changing the subject, she then revealed what she had intended to: that she had been in the [[Spartan-II program]] and that she and Naomi knew each other years ago. She even told them they had been been six years old when they began, and that at that young age they had been put through real boot camp, not a military academy.<ref name="G4"/> Naomi, who had joined the others shortly after Osman first showed up on the deck, was angered by the captain's willingness to divulge such closely-guarded secrets and couldn't keep herself from giving her an accusatory look. Between Naomi's indigence and the shocked semi-silence of the others, Osman awkwardly exited the conversation with instructions to BB regarding bringing them out of slipspace in two hours and doing a comms sweep of the [[sector]]. She jumped down from the dropship's crew bay and took the ladder up to the upper gantry, leaving the crew.<ref name="G4">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 4''</ref> | With an estimated ten hours left before they arrived at [[New Llanelli]], Osman took it upon herself to seek out the rest of her new crew for a very particular purpose.<ref name="G4"/> BB, having listened to conversations being had surrounding the odd tension between the captain and Naomi, had encouraged her to be transparent with everyone about her past.[[File:PortStanley.png|thumb|300px|left|As the commander of Kilo-Five, Osman also served as the captain of its dedicated {{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}}, the {{UNSCship|Port Stanley}}.<ref name="G2"/>]] The A.I. preceded her arrival to inform them she had called a meeting and would be preset imminently. She met Phillips on the hangar deck and found the three [[ODST]]s within [[Tart-Cart|a small stealth dropship]] made to look like a civilian patrol vessel. To Vaz, Phillips looked as if he had just been reprimanded in some way by Osman. She casually asked how things were going before making it clear that she was as omnipresent as BB as long as he shared information with her. Just before she appeared, Devereaux had asked Vaz if he was aware that they really didn't have a plan for their current mission. Osman rebuffed this, stating that she ''did'' have one. She explained that in light of the absence of any top-level entity in command and control of the [[Sangheili]], the best they could do then was to hand off the weapons to see where fault lines formed.<ref name="G4"/> She also cautioned that given the patchy short-range comms they would be at the mercy of during the majority of their mission, the ODSTs would be engaging in more surveillance work than they would be combat, though she thought it likely there would be some of that as well. Abruptly changing the subject, she then revealed what she had intended to: that she had been in the [[Spartan-II program]] and that she and Naomi knew each other years ago. She even told them they had been been six years old when they began, and that at that young age they had been put through real boot camp, not a military academy.<ref name="G4"/> Naomi, who had joined the others shortly after Osman first showed up on the deck, was angered by the captain's willingness to divulge such closely-guarded secrets and couldn't keep herself from giving her an accusatory look. Between Naomi's indigence and the shocked semi-silence of the others, Osman awkwardly exited the conversation with instructions to BB regarding bringing them out of slipspace in two hours and doing a comms sweep of the [[sector]]. She jumped down from the dropship's crew bay and took the ladder up to the upper gantry, leaving the crew.<ref name="G4">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 4''</ref> | ||
When the time to re-enter realspace arrived, Osman braced herself against her seat, grunting in discomfort.<ref name="G4"/> At 149 million kilometers from the star, BB calculated the rest of the transit would take around five hours, placing them well ahead of schedule. A number of messages were waiting for the crew, including a sitrep for Osman from Parangosky. Naomi asked the A.I. if he knew anything about the status of Dr. Halsey, and Osman quickly jumped in and assured the Spartan Halsey was dead. Changing the subject, she directed Phillips to take a seat at the communications console so that he could listen for any Sangheili transmissions. Vaz asked whether New Llanelli was the name of the planet they were meeting 'Telcam on or if it had just referred to the colony there, and Osman told him it was both. She asked Black-Box whether he had made contact with any of their allies in the sector, and he replied that Kilo-Three-Nine was receiving their hail. Osman explained that Kilo-Three-Nine, or [[Mike Spenser]], an agent for the [[Department of Colonial Security]], was working as an informant for [[ONI]] and had been living on [[Reynes]] and running his own string of [[Kig-Yar]] informers. When Spenser finally opened a live connection from the planet to them, he shared much that had been happening recently in ex-[[Covenant]] society.<ref name="G4"/> By his account, there was a clear lack of leadership in many places. He also had heard of a recent high-profile double-murder on [[Sanghelios]] carried out by the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth|Servants]] against [[Relon|two]] [[keep]] [[Jalam|elders]] for blasphemy.<ref name="G4"/> Osman let Spenser know that with the [[Human-Covenant War|war]] over, the UNSC could take over surveillance in the sector now and that she was planning to pull him out. Next up was 'Telcam, who, after connecting with the ''Port Stanley'' despite being unable to locate the source of its signal, confirmed the meeting. They would make the exchange at the same location they had met one another previously. 'Telcam asked why she was choosing to remain hidden through stealth, and she reminded the former field master that they were not the only two [[Jiralhanae|parties]] out there. Phillips was able to eavesdrop on to the comms chatter coming from the Bishop's boarding craft and two [[Tarasque heavy fighter]]s and Osman was very pleased to hear that the Elites were arguing over double-crossing the humans and were vexed over not being able to find the their ship.<ref name="G4"/> | When the time to re-enter realspace arrived, Osman braced herself against her seat, grunting in discomfort.<ref name="G4"/> At 149 million kilometers from the star, BB calculated the rest of the transit would take around five hours, placing them well ahead of schedule. A number of messages were waiting for the crew, including a sitrep for Osman from Parangosky. Naomi asked the A.I. if he knew anything about the status of Dr. Halsey, and Osman quickly jumped in and assured the Spartan Halsey was dead. Changing the subject, she directed Phillips to take a seat at the communications console so that he could listen for any Sangheili transmissions. Vaz asked whether New Llanelli was the name of the planet they were meeting 'Telcam on or if it had just referred to the colony there, and Osman told him it was both. She asked Black-Box whether he had made contact with any of their allies in the sector, and he replied that Kilo-Three-Nine was receiving their hail. Osman explained that Kilo-Three-Nine, or [[Mike Spenser]], an agent for the [[Department of Colonial Security]], was working as an informant for [[ONI]] and had been living on [[Reynes]] and running his own string of [[Kig-Yar]] informers. When Spenser finally opened a live connection from the planet to them, he shared much that had been happening recently in ex-[[Covenant]] society.<ref name="G4"/> By his account, there was a clear lack of leadership in many places. He also had heard of a recent high-profile double-murder on [[Sanghelios]] carried out by the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth|Servants]] against [[Relon|two]] [[keep]] [[Jalam|elders]] for blasphemy.<ref name="G4"/> Osman let Spenser know that with the [[Human-Covenant War|war]] over, the UNSC could take over surveillance in the sector now and that she was planning to pull him out. Next up was 'Telcam, who, after connecting with the ''Port Stanley'' despite being unable to locate the source of its signal, confirmed the meeting. They would make the exchange at the same location they had met one another previously. 'Telcam asked why she was choosing to remain hidden through stealth, and she reminded the former field master that they were not the only two [[Jiralhanae|parties]] out there. Phillips was able to eavesdrop on to the comms chatter coming from the Bishop's boarding craft and two [[Tarasque heavy fighter]]s and Osman was very pleased to hear that the Elites were arguing over double-crossing the humans and were vexed over not being able to find the their ship.<ref name="G4"/> | ||
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[[File:Glasslands cover2.jpg|thumb|200px|The second time Osman and Phillips met with 'Avu Med 'Telcam, they took three ODSTs with them.<ref name="G5"/>]] | [[File:Glasslands cover2.jpg|thumb|200px|The second time Osman and Phillips met with 'Avu Med 'Telcam, they took three ODSTs with them.<ref name="G5"/>]] | ||
{{Quote|no=three|q1=Give him a bit more latitude than you usually would before blowing his head off.|Serin Osman|q2=How much more, ma'am? Seriously.|[[Vasily Beloi]]|q3=Whatever happens, let him get away with the weapons. That's what matters. Stoke the fire.|Serin Osman|Osman reveals how seriously she takes the mission to sow disunity and internecine conflict among the Sangheili.}}<ref name="G5"/> | {{Quote|no=three|q1=Give him a bit more latitude than you usually would before blowing his head off.|Serin Osman|q2=How much more, ma'am? Seriously.|[[Vasily Beloi]]|q3=Whatever happens, let him get away with the weapons. That's what matters. Stoke the fire.|Serin Osman|Osman reveals how seriously she takes the mission to sow disunity and internecine conflict among the Sangheili.}}<ref name="G5"/> | ||
All members of the team save for Naomi departed the ''Port Stanley'' at 15,000 kilometers from New Llanelli in a dropship carrying an [[M12 Warthog]], a [[forklift]], and a trailer full of crates of tagged weapons.<ref name="G5"/> Osman made sure BB, who split his processes between the [[prowler]] and the dropship, kept all intercepted channels patched through to Phillips. She coordinated with Naomi to keep track of where the Sangheili were and had Devereaux set them down behind a ridge just north of an escarpment that slanted down to an ice rink of vitrified soil. After letting everyone know that they'd be heading straight for Spenser on [[Reynes]] after concluding their business there, Phillps asked if a replacement would be needed for him, but Osman dismissed his offer. Upon landing, she rolled up her sleeves and helped Devereaux hitch the trailer to the Warthog. From a vantage point on the ridge Mal used an [[SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle]] to keep she and the others informed about the other shore party. Serin took the Warthog's wheel and drove she, Vaz, and Phillips three hundred meters to stop just thirty meters from 'Telcam, another Sangheili, and two [[Jiralhanae]]. Before exiting the vehicle, she implored Vaz to let 'Telcam get away with the weapons no matter what happened. Dressed in a black [[UNSC Navy|UNSCN]] flight suit and light infantry armor to appear less threatening, she took the lead in meeting the Bishop, explaining that they had brought him an assortment of [[Type-25 plasma rifle]]s, [[Type-1 plasma grenade]]s, and [[Covenant proximity mine|antipersonnel mines]].<ref name="G5"/> She also assured him that there would be more to come and that she could even take requests. The Bishop called her bluff at this, since they both knew it wasn't as if she could procure warships for him, and took the opportunity to ask one more where their ship was presently hidden. Osman once again rejected the inquiry but was keen to notice that it seemed as if he was truly looking for a new craft. They concluded the exchange and Osman promised they would see one another in just a week to do it again. The humans stayed put until the Servants' dropship had taken off. Phillps let Osman know that 'Telcam still didn't trust them, as evidently a discussion was being had about whether the humans would warn [[Thel 'Vadam| the Arbiter]]. This didn't concern her, as she had no plans to do anything of the like. Vaz offered to steer them back to where Dev waited for them and Osman consented, stepping up to the back hatch to man the [[M41 Vulcan]] LAAG.<ref name="G5"/> | All members of the team save for Naomi departed the ''Port Stanley'' at 15,000 kilometers from New Llanelli in a dropship carrying an [[M12 Warthog]], a [[forklift]], and a trailer full of crates of tagged weapons.<ref name="G5"/> Osman made sure BB, who split his processes between the [[prowler]] and [[Tart-Cart|the dropship]], kept all intercepted channels patched through to Phillips. She coordinated with Naomi to keep track of where the Sangheili were and had Devereaux set them down behind a ridge just north of an escarpment that slanted down to an ice rink of vitrified soil. After letting everyone know that they'd be heading straight for Spenser on [[Reynes]] after concluding their business there, Phillps asked if a replacement would be needed for him, but Osman dismissed his offer. Upon landing, she rolled up her sleeves and helped Devereaux hitch the trailer to the Warthog. From a vantage point on the ridge Mal used an [[SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle]] to keep she and the others informed about the other shore party. Serin took the Warthog's wheel and drove she, Vaz, and Phillips three hundred meters to stop just thirty meters from 'Telcam, another Sangheili, and two [[Jiralhanae]]. Before exiting the vehicle, she implored Vaz to let 'Telcam get away with the weapons no matter what happened. Dressed in a black [[UNSC Navy|UNSCN]] flight suit and light infantry armor to appear less threatening, she took the lead in meeting the Bishop, explaining that they had brought him an assortment of [[Type-25 plasma rifle]]s, [[Type-1 plasma grenade]]s, and [[Covenant proximity mine|antipersonnel mines]].<ref name="G5"/> She also assured him that there would be more to come and that she could even take requests. The Bishop called her bluff at this, since they both knew it wasn't as if she could procure warships for him, and took the opportunity to ask one more where their ship was presently hidden. Osman once again rejected the inquiry but was keen to notice that it seemed as if he was truly looking for a new craft. They concluded the exchange and Osman promised they would see one another in just a week to do it again. The humans stayed put until the Servants' dropship had taken off. Phillps let Osman know that 'Telcam still didn't trust them, as evidently a discussion was being had about whether the humans would warn [[Thel 'Vadam| the Arbiter]]. This didn't concern her, as she had no plans to do anything of the like. Vaz offered to steer them back to where Dev waited for them and Osman consented, stepping up to the back hatch to man the [[M41 Vulcan]] LAAG.<ref name="G5"/> | ||
Before they could leave New Llanelli behind, Mal spotted a lone [[human]] approaching them.<ref name="G5"/> This unexpected appearance and the complication it brought greatly annoyed Captain Osman and Vaz took her aside after they stopped the Warthog near him to ask that he not be harmed. The emaciated man identified himself as [[Tom Muir]] and said he was the only survivor from the colony's [[glassing]] seven years prior. Osman agreed to take him with them as far as the closest UNSC base, provided he was confined to quarters on the ''Port Stanley''.<ref name="G5">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 5''</ref> Before making the jump to [[Reynes]], Osman set up a connection with Parangosky in her day cabin so the two of them could exchange sitreps.<ref name="G6"/> The Admiral had no further news as far as Halsey was concerned, but did communicate her disappointment in having learned that [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] had been confirmed dead. Parangosky told Serin she could link up with the {{UNSCship|Monte Cassino}} near Venezia and cross deck both Spenser and Muir to get them off her hands. If that wouldn't work and they became loose ends, however, the old woman stated plainly that she expected Serin would lose them another way. Upon questioning why she had evacuated Muir in the first place, Osman made the case that executing an unarmed civilian in front of her team wouldn't have been one of the best things she could do for their trust in her. After severing the connection she took her place on the bridge and gave permission to enter slipspace for Reynes. She asked Black-Box how long he expected the transit to take, to which he replied that his best estimation gave them around thirty-two hours. In order to keep Spenser away from the hangar bay full of [[Covenant]] weaponry when he came aboard, she told the A.I. to have him transferred via their docking ring when the time came. After announcing her intentions to pay their new passenger a visit in the meantime, Naomi offered to come along. Osman thanked her for the offer but insisted she could handle any trouble he might give her. She took multiple ladders down to the officer's accommodation deck where Tom was locked within a cabin and guarded by Mal. She went in to see the refugee, who was extremely suspcious of his rescuers and why they had been meeting with Covenant species. Osman was able to convince him they were merely exchanging bodies. She also reinforced that everything on the ship was classified and that was why he was quarantined. Muir was indignant at the way he was being treated and threw the seeming abandonment of New Lllanelli by [[Earth]] in her face, but she cooly informed him that Earth had lost billions when the Covenant [[Battle for Earth|attacked]]. After the cabin door shut behind her, she told Mal she didn't think he'd be a security risk. If he was, however, she also said she wouldn't hesitate to do what was necessary.<ref name="G6">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 6''</ref> | Before they could leave New Llanelli behind, Mal spotted a lone [[human]] approaching them.<ref name="G5"/> This unexpected appearance and the complication it brought greatly annoyed Captain Osman and Vaz took her aside after they stopped the Warthog near him to ask that he not be harmed. The emaciated man identified himself as [[Tom Muir]] and said he was the only survivor from the colony's [[glassing]] seven years prior. Osman agreed to take him with them as far as the closest UNSC base, provided he was confined to quarters on the ''Port Stanley''.<ref name="G5">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 5''</ref> Before making the jump to [[Reynes]], Osman set up a connection with Parangosky in her day cabin so the two of them could exchange sitreps.<ref name="G6"/> The Admiral had no further news as far as Halsey was concerned, but did communicate her disappointment in having learned that [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] had been confirmed dead. Parangosky told Serin she could link up with the {{UNSCship|Monte Cassino}} near Venezia and cross deck both Spenser and Muir to get them off her hands. If that wouldn't work and they became loose ends, however, the old woman stated plainly that she expected Serin would lose them another way. Upon questioning why she had evacuated Muir in the first place, Osman made the case that executing an unarmed civilian in front of her team wouldn't have been one of the best things she could do for their trust in her. After severing the connection she took her place on the bridge and gave permission to enter slipspace for Reynes. She asked Black-Box how long he expected the transit to take, to which he replied that his best estimation gave them around thirty-two hours. In order to keep Spenser away from the hangar bay full of [[Covenant]] weaponry when he came aboard, she told the A.I. to have him transferred via their docking ring when the time came. After announcing her intentions to pay their new passenger a visit in the meantime, Naomi offered to come along. Osman thanked her for the offer but insisted she could handle any trouble he might give her. She took multiple ladders down to the officer's accommodation deck where Tom was locked within a cabin and guarded by Mal. She went in to see the refugee, who was extremely suspcious of his rescuers and why they had been meeting with Covenant species. Osman was able to convince him they were merely exchanging bodies. She also reinforced that everything on the ship was classified and that was why he was quarantined. Muir was indignant at the way he was being treated and threw the seeming abandonment of New Lllanelli by [[Earth]] in her face, but she cooly informed him that Earth had lost billions when the Covenant [[Battle for Earth|attacked]]. After the cabin door shut behind her, she told Mal she didn't think he'd be a security risk. If he was, however, she also said she wouldn't hesitate to do what was necessary.<ref name="G6">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 6''</ref> | ||
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[[File:H4-SpOps-JulMdama.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Kilo-Five]]'s capture of Jul 'Mdama on New Llanelli was instrumental in setting him on the path that eventually made him [[Supreme Commander]] over [[Covenant remnants|a]] [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|resurgent]] [[Covenant]].<ref name="TTW16">''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'', ''chapter 16''</ref>]] | [[File:H4-SpOps-JulMdama.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Kilo-Five]]'s capture of Jul 'Mdama on New Llanelli was instrumental in setting him on the path that eventually made him [[Supreme Commander]] over [[Covenant remnants|a]] [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|resurgent]] [[Covenant]].<ref name="TTW16">''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'', ''chapter 16''</ref>]] | ||
{{Quote|no=two|q1=I'll summarize the rant. He's telling us all we're [[nishum|intestinal worms]] and vermin, and describing what he's going to do with our entrails in due course.|[[Evan Phillips]]|q2=I didn't think he was asking for his lawyer.|Serin Osman|Osman comments on the enraged state of her prisoner, [[Jul 'Mdama]].}}<ref name="G13"/> | {{Quote|no=two|q1=I'll summarize the rant. He's telling us all we're [[nishum|intestinal worms]] and vermin, and describing what he's going to do with our entrails in due course.|[[Evan Phillips]]|q2=I didn't think he was asking for his lawyer.|Serin Osman|Osman comments on the enraged state of her prisoner, [[Jul 'Mdama]].}}<ref name="G13"/> | ||
Over the next twenty-four hours, the ''Port Stanley'' monitored traffic around Sanghelios and gathered intelligence.<ref name="G12"/> 'Telcam eventually contacted the ship spoke to Phillips, who then went to Captain Osman to confirm another appointment with the Bishop for a second weapons handoff. Figuring they would still have time to make it back before Hood arrived, Osman had the ship set off for [[New Llanelli]] once more. There, she chose to ride down to the surface this time to meet with 'Telcam in person once again. The | Over the next twenty-four hours, the ''Port Stanley'' monitored traffic around Sanghelios and gathered intelligence.<ref name="G12"/> 'Telcam eventually contacted the ship spoke to Phillips, who then went to Captain Osman to confirm another appointment with the Bishop for a second weapons handoff. Figuring they would still have time to make it back before Hood arrived, Osman had the ship set off for [[New Llanelli]] once more. There, she chose to ride down to the surface this time to meet with 'Telcam in person once again. The ex-field master had caught wind of Hood's upcoming visit and offered to kill him if that was something Osman wished for. She brushed aside the idea by saying that such an action would be of no benefit to either of them. While they were speaking, Naomi ambushed [[Jul 'Mdama|a Sangheili]] who was spying on the interaction from a short distance away. She managed to subdue him with assistance from Mal and Vaz and after the Servants' {{Class|Contrition|transport}} had departed with more tagged weapons Osman walked over to see what was going on. She told Naomi to continue to restrain the Elite while she made a call to Parongosky for direction. From Earth, the admiral encouraged her protégé to take the interloper [[prisoner]]. She rejoined the ODSTs and Spartan and relayed what she'd been told. She also gave the order to find their new captive's transport and to salvage what they could before destroying it.<ref name="G12">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 12''</ref> | ||
On the way back to the Urs-Fied-Joori system, Phillips was tasked with attempting to speak with the Sangheili prisoner to find out who he was.<ref name="G13"/> By the time they returned to just off of Sanghelios, however, nothing had been learned that wasn't evident after going through the nav data on his ship. All Osman had been able to confirm was that he was from [[Mdama]]. Standing outside the ''Port Stanley'''s brig with Evan, she prodded him for his thoughts on whether or not they ought to notify the Bishop about nabbing him. He reasoned that the Sangheili's absence would likely be noticed eventually, which Osman of course had already concluded herself. Mal and Vaz joined the two of them to observe the captive through a one-way monitoring plate. After BB showed up visually, Captain Osman asked the A.I. if the Elite's [[Sangheili harness|armor]] could tell them anything. To this end, Black-Box recommended using [[Requires Adjustment]] to interrogate it. Given that the prisoner would like be less than cooperative, she summoned Naomi. The Spartan arrived bearing a [[humbler]] stun device and before long she and the two ODSTs were in the brig with a hostile. The [[Huragok]] was able to do what they wished thanks to their help, but Vaz took a hard uppercut blow from the Sangheili. Not wishing to take any chances, Osman ordered him to take a shot of [[chorotazine]] to prevent paralysis.<ref name="G13"/> She couldn't help but tease the professor with the idea of what might have happened if she'd allowed him to just go in an try to convince the Elite to let them inspect his harness and directed him to return to eavesdropping on local Sangheilli transmissions. After making sure Naomi was alright and confirming to Mal that they were still going to supervise Hood's diplomatic visit, she retired to her cabin with plans to brief her boss on the latest developments. Before doing so, however, she had BB comb through Admiral Hood's secure files so she'd be on an even footing when discussing his plans with Parangosky. The A.I. was happy to let the captain know that his fragment back at Bravo-6 had recently taken the liberty of framing [[Damien Hogarth]] for overspending in response to continual attempts to snoop in Osman's own files with an A.I. named [[Harriet]]. Before she could make the call to Parangosky, Phillips came to see her to tell her that he had positively ID'ed their guest by listening to the Servants' voice traffic. His name was [[Jul 'Mdama]] and he was known to 'Telcam, though clearly had been tailing the | On the way back to the Urs-Fied-Joori system, Phillips was tasked with attempting to speak with the Sangheili prisoner to find out who he was.<ref name="G13"/> By the time they returned to just off of Sanghelios, however, nothing had been learned that wasn't evident after going through the nav data on his ship. All Osman had been able to confirm was that he was from [[Mdama]]. Standing outside the ''Port Stanley'''s brig with Evan, she prodded him for his thoughts on whether or not they ought to notify the Bishop about nabbing him. He reasoned that the Sangheili's absence would likely be noticed eventually, which Osman of course had already concluded herself. Mal and Vaz joined the two of them to observe the captive through a one-way monitoring plate. After BB showed up visually, Captain Osman asked the A.I. if the Elite's [[Sangheili harness|armor]] could tell them anything. To this end, Black-Box recommended using [[Requires Adjustment]] to interrogate it. Given that the prisoner would like be less than cooperative, she summoned Naomi. The Spartan arrived bearing a [[humbler]] stun device and before long she and the two ODSTs were in the brig with a hostile. The [[Huragok]] was able to do what they wished thanks to their help, but Vaz took a hard uppercut blow from the Sangheili. Not wishing to take any chances, Osman ordered him to take a shot of [[chorotazine]] to prevent paralysis.<ref name="G13"/> She couldn't help but tease the professor with the idea of what might have happened if she'd allowed him to just go in an try to convince the Elite to let them inspect his harness and directed him to return to eavesdropping on local Sangheilli transmissions. After making sure Naomi was alright and confirming to Mal that they were still going to supervise Hood's diplomatic visit, she retired to her cabin with plans to brief her boss on the latest developments. Before doing so, however, she had BB comb through Admiral Hood's secure files so she'd be on an even footing when discussing his plans with Parangosky. The A.I. was happy to let the captain know that his fragment back at Bravo-6 had recently taken the liberty of framing [[Damien Hogarth]] for overspending in response to continual attempts to snoop in Osman's own files with an A.I. named [[Harriet]]. Before she could make the call to Parangosky, Phillips came to see her to tell her that he had positively ID'ed their guest by listening to the Servants' voice traffic. His name was [[Jul 'Mdama]] and he was known to 'Telcam, though clearly had been tailing the former field master surreptitiously.<ref name="G13"/> | ||
===Truth and reconciliation=== | ===Truth and reconciliation=== | ||
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{{Quote|Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, I have orders to detain you and take you to the nearest secure ONI facility on charges of committing acts likely to aid the enemy. You are now under military jurisdiction and do ''not'' have the right to an attorney. The maximum allowable period of detention before being formally charged or released does ''not'' apply. Come with me, please.|Serin dispassionately recites the appropriate litany before Halsey is arrested.}}<ref name="G15"/> | {{Quote|Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, I have orders to detain you and take you to the nearest secure ONI facility on charges of committing acts likely to aid the enemy. You are now under military jurisdiction and do ''not'' have the right to an attorney. The maximum allowable period of detention before being formally charged or released does ''not'' apply. Come with me, please.|Serin dispassionately recites the appropriate litany before Halsey is arrested.}}<ref name="G15"/> | ||
[[File:HM-Crew of Onyx.jpg|250px|thumb|left|There had been some worry that the Spartans of [[Blue Team]] might defend Halsey, but they only watched as she was led away in handcuffs.<ref name="G15"/>]] | [[File:HM-Crew of Onyx.jpg|250px|thumb|left|There had been some worry that the Spartans of [[Blue Team]] might defend Halsey, but they only watched as she was led away in handcuffs.<ref name="G15"/>]] | ||
Once the team found itself near to where [[Onyx]] had used to orbit Zeta Doradus, it was only a matter of waiting while [[Requires Adjustment]] communicated with other [[Huragok]] inside the [[shield world]] in order to bring it out of [[slipspace]].<ref name="G15"/> The captain joined the ODSTs and Naomi at a viewscreen while they watched for the reemergence of the impossibly-large object. She queried [[BB]] about docking procedure, to which he commented that an entrance should form within the shell of the sphere at wherever they approach it. When Devereaux asked about their plans for any valuable technology inside, Osman said that [[Parangosky]] had promised a briefing in which she would provide direction regarding it. She did agree, however, that at the very least they ought to secure another Huragok to be a companion and to [[Adj]] and so that he could be maintained. As soon as the [[astroengineering|enormous superstructure]] sprang back into visible reality, Serin donned a vacuum-rated helmet and made for their dropship along with the others. During the flight to the shield world, Dev mentioned Venezia and Osman confirmed she hadn't forgotten what it had done and still planned to screw it in return somehow. She went over the plan for arresting Halsey, saying that Parangosky wanted her in one piece and able to answer questions, but that they were all authorized to use whatever force necessary should she resist in any way. As the fateful meeting approached, Osman openly wondered whether the doctor would recognize her.<ref name="G15">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 15''</ref> | Once the team found itself near to where [[Onyx]] had used to orbit Zeta Doradus, it was only a matter of waiting while [[Requires Adjustment]] communicated with other [[Huragok]] inside the [[shield world]] in order to bring it out of [[slipspace]].<ref name="G15"/> The captain joined the ODSTs and Naomi at a viewscreen while they watched for the reemergence of the impossibly-large object. She queried [[BB]] about docking procedure, to which he commented that an entrance should form within the shell of the sphere at wherever they approach it. When Devereaux asked about their plans for any valuable technology inside, Osman said that [[Parangosky]] had promised a briefing in which she would provide direction regarding it. She did agree, however, that at the very least they ought to secure another Huragok to be a companion and to [[Adj]] and so that he could be maintained. As soon as the [[astroengineering|enormous superstructure]] sprang back into visible reality, Serin donned a vacuum-rated helmet and made for [[Tart-Cart|their dropship]] along with the others. During the flight to the shield world, Dev mentioned Venezia and Osman confirmed she hadn't forgotten what it had done and still planned to screw it in return somehow. She went over the plan for arresting Halsey, saying that Parangosky wanted her in one piece and able to answer questions, but that they were all authorized to use whatever force necessary should she resist in any way. As the fateful meeting approached, Osman openly wondered whether the doctor would recognize her.<ref name="G15">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 15''</ref> | ||
She didn't have to wait long for the answer to her question, as Catherine recognized Serin immediately, despite not having seen her since she was a teenager.<ref name="G15"/> Mendez also picked up on who she was and extended a friendly greeting, which she reciprocated. Fred, Kelly, and Linda were only slightly behind the other two in placing her face. Serin admitted it had been difficult purposefully leaving them in the dark about her situation for years. Leaving no time for any further pleasantries, she then calmly read Halsey the charges against her and explained she was to be detained without any of the civil liberties that would be due to subjects of civilian arrests. Vaz slipped a pair of microfilament cuffs on her and the two ODSTs marched her off. Osman only jogged to catch up with the trio within a passage a short time later and explained that they would be back for Mendez and the Spartans after she was secured aboard their ship. Halsey guessed that they'd be delivering her to Bravo-6, but Osman let her know that Parangosky would actually be leaving the planet's gravity well to come to her. The doctor asked why the admiral was coming down hard on her now, finally. All Serin could say in return was that she had been living on borrowed time for years and should have known her violations of the law and human decency would catch up to her eventually.<ref name="G15"/> | She didn't have to wait long for the answer to her question, as Catherine recognized Serin immediately, despite not having seen her since she was a teenager.<ref name="G15"/> Mendez also picked up on who she was and extended a friendly greeting, which she reciprocated. Fred, Kelly, and Linda were only slightly behind the other two in placing her face. Serin admitted it had been difficult purposefully leaving them in the dark about her situation for years. Leaving no time for any further pleasantries, she then calmly read Halsey the charges against her and explained she was to be detained without any of the civil liberties that would be due to subjects of civilian arrests. Vaz slipped a pair of microfilament cuffs on her and the two ODSTs marched her off. Osman only jogged to catch up with the trio within a passage a short time later and explained that they would be back for Mendez and the Spartans after she was secured aboard their ship. Halsey guessed that they'd be delivering her to Bravo-6, but Osman let her know that Parangosky would actually be leaving the planet's gravity well to come to her. The doctor asked why the admiral was coming down hard on her now, finally. All Serin could say in return was that she had been living on borrowed time for years and should have known her violations of the law and human decency would catch up to her eventually.<ref name="G15"/> | ||
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The ''Port Stanley'' was waiting for them just beyond Earth's orbit, ready for a fast slip.<ref name="G16"/> Just before arriving at [[Sanghelios]] again, Osman met Phillips and Devereaux at in the hangar to see the professor off.<ref name="G17"/> The plan was to extract him in one week's time. During his stay, Osman told him to simply be himself. He was there to observe and report back, but she worried that if he was too obvious in prying about certain things he could be in danger. Evan was fully aware that he could be terminated by BB at any point during his deployment and as much as it troubled her, Osman made sure to remind him to wear the radio that could deliver the toxin at all times. She gave Phillips an awkward pat on the back before taking her leave. As Dev flew him to the surface, the portion of Black-Box that remained aboard the ''Port Stanley'' approached Serin with something Parangosky had asked that he brief her on: the construction of the massive [[Infinity-class supercarrier|supercarrier]], {{UNSCship|Infinity}}. Parangosky had warned her in advance that the A.I. would be bringing her up to speed on something like this when the time was right. Upon viewing blueprints for the ship, she took a keen interest. BB informed her that its development had been ongoing for years in complete secret within the [[Sol system]]'s [[Oort cloud]] and that [[Andrew Del Rio]] had been selected to serve as its [[captain]]. The day Osman would be taking over for Parangosky was drawing close, and it was important that she be brought up to speed on certain things. BB gave her reassurance that he wouldn't allow the likes of [[Damien Hogarth|Hogarth]] to mess up her trajectory toward the [[CINCONI]] position. When he finished speaking with the captain she continued to pore over the ''Infinity'''s schematics.<ref name="G17">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 17''</ref> | The ''Port Stanley'' was waiting for them just beyond Earth's orbit, ready for a fast slip.<ref name="G16"/> Just before arriving at [[Sanghelios]] again, Osman met Phillips and Devereaux at in the hangar to see the professor off.<ref name="G17"/> The plan was to extract him in one week's time. During his stay, Osman told him to simply be himself. He was there to observe and report back, but she worried that if he was too obvious in prying about certain things he could be in danger. Evan was fully aware that he could be terminated by BB at any point during his deployment and as much as it troubled her, Osman made sure to remind him to wear the radio that could deliver the toxin at all times. She gave Phillips an awkward pat on the back before taking her leave. As Dev flew him to the surface, the portion of Black-Box that remained aboard the ''Port Stanley'' approached Serin with something Parangosky had asked that he brief her on: the construction of the massive [[Infinity-class supercarrier|supercarrier]], {{UNSCship|Infinity}}. Parangosky had warned her in advance that the A.I. would be bringing her up to speed on something like this when the time was right. Upon viewing blueprints for the ship, she took a keen interest. BB informed her that its development had been ongoing for years in complete secret within the [[Sol system]]'s [[Oort cloud]] and that [[Andrew Del Rio]] had been selected to serve as its [[captain]]. The day Osman would be taking over for Parangosky was drawing close, and it was important that she be brought up to speed on certain things. BB gave her reassurance that he wouldn't allow the likes of [[Damien Hogarth|Hogarth]] to mess up her trajectory toward the [[CINCONI]] position. When he finished speaking with the captain she continued to pore over the ''Infinity'''s schematics.<ref name="G17">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 17''</ref> | ||
===Fragmenting the Team=== | |||
{{Quote|no=three|q1=I'm having second thoughts.|Serin Osman|q2=We couldn't have turned down that chance. The Arbiter would have thought it was suspicious, too.|Black-Box|q3=Maybe.|Serin Osman|BB tries to assure Osman she was right to send Phillips to Sanghelios alone.}}<ref name="G18"/> | |||
Soon after Phillips left them, ''[[UNSC Port Stanley|Port Stanley]]'' received a message from Agent [[Mike Spenser|Spenser]], relayed to them via the [[GC monitoring node Bacchante]].<ref name="G18"/> All it said was that Osman might find Venezia interesting were she to swing by soon. Resolved to see what this was all about, she checked in on Phillips before ordering the jump to the [[Orso system]]. She let the professor know they were leaving but that they would regularly drop out of slipspace during their journey in order to sync BB's fragment that was with him to his core processes on this ship. After severing the connection she confided to BB that she was having second thoughts about sending him into Sangheilli territory alone. She also asked whether [[Vasily Beloi|Vaz]] had told Naomi everything that was in her file, which BB acknowledges he had. When the [[A.I.]] broached the subject of her own continued refusal to learn about her past, she stated that she was avoiding her file out of shame. As long as she didn't know anything about her parents, she said, then she didn't have to feel guilty about never reaching out to them. Right before they finally jumped the ship, BB said that any parents of the [[Spartan-IIs]] still alive might come forward after Parangosky's testimony.<ref name="G18">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 18''</ref> | |||
Captain Osman had [[Lian Devereaux|Devereaux]] identify the best covert insertion sites outside [[New Tyne]] before they even left Sanghelios behind them, so by the time they dropped out a few hours from Venezia and took up station at 100,000 kilometers from the planet, a clear plan was in place.<ref name="G18"/> All they needed were coordinates from Spenser regarding where to meet him. Stored video footage from Phillips' worn camera begin to play the moment they entered Orso space. The ODSTs went to ground. Mal and Vaz met up with Spenser wile Dev waited at the dropship, now named the {{UNSCship|Tart-Cart}}. Both Osman and Naomi eventually went to the captain's day cabin to go over the ''Infinity'' specs some more. In the middle of their studying, Black-Box suddenly projected himself right between them with urgent news from [[Ontom]] on [[Sanghelios]]. Professor Phillips had evidently been clandestinely handed a message from 'Telcam that indicated the Servants would be moving against the Arbiter soon and that they could shelter him in their sanctuary. Osman wanted to talk with the Bishop right then, but BB was unable to establish a connection. Naomi offered to extract Phillips, but Osman knew she BB might take him out before that became an option. As it turned out, 'Telcam actually approached Phillips then and Osman and Naomi had a live view of the encounter via Evan's hidden camera. The former field master guided him to the entrance of an ancient building and without warning, a huge explosion from somewhere knocked the professor off his feet. It was impossible to tell exactly what was going on, but 'Telcam was adamantly shouting that the blast hadn't been the Servants' doing. Osman wasted no time ordering Dev to get Mal and Vaz and to return now. Their priority was Sanghelios again.<ref name="G18"/> | |||
===Mission on Sanghelios=== | ===Mission on Sanghelios=== | ||