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|hair=Brown{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5GLtd}}><ref name="hitd72">'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''', ''pages 72-81'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

{{Quote|She's a professional diplomat and extremely fluent in their language and culture. If there's anything to know about the Sangheili, she's the one.|Doctor [[Bob Casper]], referring to Olympia Vale<ref name="hitd42">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 41-42'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}}

[[Spartan Operations#Rank structure|Spartan]] '''Olympia Vale''' ([[service number]] '''44482-91201-OV'''){{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} is a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV supersoldier]] of [[Fireteam Osiris]].{{Ref/Site|Id=GIH5GO|URL=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/06/11/halo-5-guardians-unmasking-the-fireteam-hunting-master-chief.aspx?PostPageIndex=2|SiteName=Game Informer|PageName=Halo 5: Guardians – Unmasking The Fireteam Hunting Master Chief|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} Vale is an anthropologist and [[Xenoanthropology|xenoanthropologist]], particularly adept in [[Sangheili]] and [[Forerunner]] culture, and fluent in [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]].{{Ref/Book|Id=H5GOGG|[[Halo 5: Guardians Official Game Guide]] (Collector's Edition)|Page=13}} Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], Vale served as a professional diplomat for the [[United Nations Space Command]], specializing in interspecies relations.<ref name="hitd42"/>{{Ref/Reuse|Id=GIH5GO}} While most Spartan-IVs are recruited from active field duty, Vale is an exception as she was accepted into the program after excelling in training exercises despite minimal field experience.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}}

{{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]] [[Inner Colony]] of [[Luyten]] on [[2536|January 20, 2536]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} Vale was a child prodigy who had an innate skill in languages.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=GIH5GO}} 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/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} 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/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} 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/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} 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"/>

{{Quote|If you really believe that destroying my people is the right course of action, then do it! End it—starting with me! I have no desire to wind up being a prisoner here on the Ark—because that's what I'll be. And you will be my jailer. I am a human being, not one of the animals currently running around on your installation's surface, If you don't release me and recall the Retrievers, then we have nothing else to talk about. You should know that no matter what happens to me, you will be hunted down and expunged from the Ark's system permanently. The Huragok managed to force you out, and it is only a short matter of time before it terminates your operability and your control of the Retrievers. And I'll be damned if I am going to listen to any more nonsense from your mouth. So, if you are inclined, kill me.|Olympia Vale, defying 000 Tragic Solitude<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 276'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}}

In [[2555|March 2555]], at Doctor Bob Casper's suggestion, Vale was selected as a member of the joint UNSC–Sangheili force sent to [[Installation 00]] on a [[Operation: FAR STORM|covert operation]] to stop the [[Halo Array]]'s activation sequence discovered on Installation 07. Vale was primarily selected for the mission due to her expertise in Sangheili culture, which would allow her to serve as a buffer between UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios members of the team.<ref name="hitd42"/> Vale was dispatched to the [[Kenya]]n city of [[Voi]], where the UNSC was attempting to reactivate the [[Portal at Voi|slipspace portal]] leading to Installation 00.<ref name="hitd72"/> After two days, [[Huragok]] [[Drifts Randomly]] managed to reactivate the portal with Vale and [[Usze 'Taham]] present. The three quickly returned to the surface and witnessed the portal's activation. However, a [[Retriever]] immediately exited the portal and begun mining the ground nearby. Usze picked up Vale and escaped the Retriever's path of destruction, with the Huragok following right behind them.<ref name="hitd99"/> The three later met with the other members of the expedition aboard the Sangheili's [[Covenant corvette|corvette]] ''[[Mayhem]]'', after the Retriever's destruction.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 110'' (Google Play edition)</ref> When Captain [[Annabelle Richards]] insisted that the team needed ONI's permission before entering the portal, [[N'tho 'Sraom]] nonetheless moved the corvette towards the portal as he felt that they could not waste time waiting for administrative consent. Before they entered, ''Mayhem'' was attacked by another Retriever, though the corvette managed to destroyed the [[Sentinel]].<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 113-118'' (Google Play edition)</ref> ''Mayhem'' entered the portal and, ultimately, the trip only took several hours rather than weeks<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 120'' (Google Play edition)</ref>—due to an increase in the portal's power by [[000 Tragic Solitude]].<ref name="hitd256">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 256-260'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

Upon exiting slipspace, ''Mayhem'' was attacked by dozens of heavily armed Retrievers. As the corvette's [[Artificial gravity|artificial gravity systems]] began to falter, Vale was thrown to the ground hard and [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan]] [[Elias Holt]] moved to protect her. As both became knocked unconscious, Drifts Randomly grabbed both humans and held them safely in place. The Retrievers heavily damaged ''Mayhem'' and forced the vessel to crash land on the surface of the Ark. Though Holt soon recovered, N'tho ordered the Huragok to take Vale to the ship's medical laboratory and heal her injuries.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 123-129'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Drifts Randomly healed Vale's concussion and she recovered shortly after.<ref name="hitd131"/> The mission's team—Vale, Richards, Holt, Spartan [[Frank Kodiak]], [[Luther Mann]], [[Henry Lamb]], ten [[UNSC Marines]], N'tho, Usze, [[Kola 'Baoth]], [[Zon 'Vadum]], and Drifts—left ''Mayhem'' and began venturing towards the Ark's [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]] to stop the Halo Array's activation. After encountering a pod of peaceful [[olfmeri]], the group soon encountered a pack of voracious [[Morolaath|blind wolves]]. At Vale's insistence, the group remained silent and still. Unable to hear them, the blind wolves moved on.<ref name="hitd140">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 140-150'' (Google Play edition)</ref> However, they were promptly attacked by [[chaefka]]. When one of the animals attacked Holt, Vale managed to kill the chaefka as it switched targets and bounded towards her. The dead animal crashed into Vale and knocked her down; she was again rendered unconscious when her head hit something hard.<ref name="hitd152">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 152-155'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Tragic Solitude communicated with her through her earpiece and manipulated a psychotropic effect generated by an agent released by the chaefka<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 199'' (Google Play edition)</ref> to make her walk away from a battle and towards the Citadel, alongside a now-friendly chaefka.<ref name="hitd152"/> When the rest of the team realized Vale was gone, Holt, Usze, and Lamb were tasked with finding her.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 160-161'' (Google Play edition)</ref> After some time of travel, the chaefka had Vale climb onto its back. When Vale regained full control over her own body, she only had a vague recollection of the mission's events. After she climbed off the animal, she soon remembered the mission. The floor beneath her suddenly opened up and she fell into an [[elevator]] that delivered her to a hallway. Vale encountered a large, open hatch in the hallway and she was knocked into the hole by an unknown force. She slid down a tube that brought her to another room. Tragic Solitude arrived at her location and transformed himself into a golden replication of Vale, as he believed that this form would make her more comfortable.<ref name="hitd193">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 193-203'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

The monitor revealed that he had initiated Halos' activation not only to rid the [[Milky Way]] of humans and other "destructive" species, but to lure humanity into reopening the Voi portal so he could send Retrievers to Earth to mine the planet for resources that would be used to rebuild the Ark after it sustained heavy damaged during the [[Battle of Installation 00]] in [[2552]].<ref name="hitd193"/> Vale argued with Tragic Solitude in an attempt to convince him to stop the Halo Array's activation and mine other worlds to rebuild the Ark, rather than Earth. Tragic Solitude remained unmoved by Vale's arguments and induced her to sleep.<ref name="hitd227">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 227-235'' (Google Play edition)</ref> When she awoke, she was placed inside an energy barrier and elevated to the center of the room. While she continued to argue with Tragic Solitude, she was found by Holt, Kodiak, N'tho, and Zon. As the rest of the team deactivated the Halos' activation sequence, the monitor revealed to Vale that he was now released an army of Retrievers to mine Earth's surface.<ref name="hitd256"/> Meanwhile, Drifts and Mann managed to infiltrate the Ark's systems and take full control of the installation. Tragic Solitude compromised to extract the Retrievers if Vale told the Huragok to return control of the Ark's systems to him. The monitor allowed Mann and Drifts to hear her, but Vale instead insisted for Drifts to purge Tragic Solitude out of the Ark's systems once he had the chance. Vale asked to be killed, but the monitor brought the now-cyborg [[Bobby Kodiak]]—the brother of Frank Kodiak—before her and decided that the two would fight to the death; the "victor" would be used by Tragic Solitude to restart the Halos' activation.<ref name="hitd275">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 275-277'' (Google Play edition)</ref> While the cyborg attacked Vale and proved to be superior, Holt, Kodiak, N'tho, and Zon discovered and fired upon the monitor's data stores. To get them to stop, Tragic Solitude recalled the Retrievers and the cyborg collapsed to the ground.<ref name="hitd279">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 279-285'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Suddenly, the monitor attacked the Spartans, but Bobby Kodiak charged Tragic Solitude and plunged one of his bladed forearms into the monitor's interior housing, destroying both of them.<ref name="hitd287">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 287-289'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Afterwards, the survivors of the expedition returned to ''Mayhem''. Vale's injuries were treated aboard the corvette, and {{UNSCShip|Witness}} arrived at the Ark shortly after and evacuated the crew of ''Mayhem''.<ref name="hitd296">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 296-298'' (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/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} After the mission, perhaps at Spartan Frank Kodiak's suggestion,<ref name="hitd290"/> Vale considered joining the [[SPARTAN-IV program]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=CFCW}} 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/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}}

{{Quote|Some things do not feel right, even when they are. We have a saying in my clan:  Those who always look to the sky never see what is right before them. Do not spend your time looking at the sky, when our victory is right before us. You were sent only to keep the peace between our species, yet you achieved so much more. Do not miss that fact, Olympia Vale.|Usze 'Taham, comforting Olympia Vale aboard UNSC ''Witness''<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 297'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}}

Olympia Vale is personable and has a professional demeanor. Curious and composed, Vale is known to be very crisp and to the point. She does not care for far-fetched hopes and speculation when dealing with serious matters, instead preferring to deal with situations with logic and realism.<ref name="hitd72"/> However, Vale also values imagination and creativity, believing it to be important to her career as both a scientist and a soldier. She is very observant and quick to analyze situations; during [[Operation: FAR STORM]], Vale was able to quickly determine that the [[morolaath]] hunted their prey by their sense of sound rather than sight and she was able to convince her allies to remain silent to avoid conflict with the animals as they passed by.<ref name="hitd140"/> Vale believes that [[human]]s, while occasionally inclined to war, always learned from their experiences and deserved the opportunity to amend the mistakes that were made. She was impressed by the progress made between humanity and other [[Sentience|sapient]] species, such as the [[Sangheili]], in terms of peace after nearly thirty years of [[Human-Covenant War|war]].<ref name="hitd227"/>

Being a [[Xenoanthropology|xenoanthropologist]], Vale is deeply interested in anything relating to the Sangheili or the [[Forerunner]]s,{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5GLtd}}<ref name="hitd72"/> and is proud of her knowledge of both species. Vale is completely fluent in [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]].<ref name="hitd72"/> When she interacts with Sangheili, she often speaks in their own language as a gesture of respect.<ref name="hitd85"/> Vale is fascinated by the contradictions and complexities of Sangheili culture, believing their psychology and society to be a difficult puzzle that she can unlock through dedication and study.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5GLtd}} During her time on [[Sanghelios]] in [[2558]], Vale was amazed by the ancient ruins found in the [[Nuusra]] territory and how the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] allowed females into their ranks.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5SwordsofSanghelios}} As a diplomat, Vale made it her goal to repair decades of mistrust between humanity and the Sangheili.<ref name="hitd296"/> She is deeply interested in the Forerunners and would often wonder what the Forerunners were like.<ref name="hitd140"/> Although Vale considers the Forerunners to be an incredible race and is amazed by their creations, she does not believe that they were even remotely divine.<ref name="hitd227"/> Although her purpose on the mission to [[Installation 00]] was intended to only be diplomatic, she proved to be willing to sacrifice her life to save [[Earth]] and her species when [[monitor]] [[000 Tragic Solitude]] threatened to activate the [[Halo Array]] and destroy Earth with an army of [[Retriever]]s.<ref name="hitd275"/> Though she recognized the danger of the [[Rampancy|rampant]] Tragic Solitude, she felt some pangs of regret over the monitor's destruction. Vale was disappointed that she could not convince the monitor to avert the firing of the Halo Array, despite her diplomatic skills and knowledge on Forerunner culture.<ref name="hitd296"/> Vale is quite modest and often downplays her achievements, including her knowledge of Sangheili and her combat skills.<ref name="hitd99"/><ref name="hitd131"/> Though she was willing to admit that she was personally proud of her diplomatic skills.<ref name="hitd296"/>

During her time with them, Vale formed friendships with most of her teammates on the Ark expedition. Vale bonded with [[Luther Mann]] and [[Henry Lamb]] over their similar fields of knowledge, and she was deeply saddened when she learned of Lamb's death.<ref name="hitd287"/> She formed a companionship with [[Usze 'Taham]]; she was deeply interested in 'Taham's past and came to trust him, while he believed that Vale was one of the more interesting humans and respected her overall competence. 'Taham even comforted her after she was disappointed in her inability to stop Tragic Solitude through her diplomatic skills.<ref name="hitd296"/> She had also formed a friendship with [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan]] [[Elias Holt]], who admired her bravery and moderate combat skills despite only being a diplomat and alien specialist.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 132'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Vale was also quick to form friendships with her teammates on [[Fireteam Osiris]], often conversing with them about their past outside of combat or joking with them amidst a battle.{{Ref/Game|Id=H5G|H5G}} Upon encountering the corpses of Swords of Sanghelios soldiers killed at the hands of the Covenant, Vale lamented their deaths with a burial prayer in Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5SwordsofSanghelios}} As a child, Vale sought her father's attention. Though the matter did not bother her as an adult, it was a detail noted in her UNSC psychological evaluation.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5Guardians}}

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/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} 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/Reuse|Id=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/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} 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/Reuse|Id=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/Reuse|Id=H5Osiris}}

Prior to becoming a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]], Olympia Vale was of average size and build for the most part, though she was well-toned due to an exercise regimen she engaged in each morning. Her skin was lightly tanned and she had thick, lengthy brown hair that she typically kept tied back in a ponytail with brown eyes. Doctor [[Luther Mann]] noted that she had a curiously curved, rounded face with a pointed chin, reminding him of a classic Valentine heart.<ref name="hitd72"/> Following her [[SPARTAN-IV Augmentation Program|Spartan-IV augmentations]], Vale stood at 205.7 centimeters (6 feet and 9 inches) with her armor and weighed 101.6 kilograms (224 pounds) without her armor.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}}

During [[Operation: FAR STORM|the mission]] to [[Installation 00]] in [[2555]], Olympia Vale armed herself with an [[M6 series]] magnum.<ref name="hitd138">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 138'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Prior to the [[operation]], she had not used the weapon for years, having only used it previously in a training exercise.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 153'' (Google Play edition)</ref> After becoming a Spartan, she sported the [[COPPERHEAD-class Mjolnir|Copperhead]] variant of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR [GEN2] armor]]. Vale's armor is specifically designed with a "militarized anthropology" decision support system that aids in her efforts to utilize the complex "terrain" of human and alien society to her advantage.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFCW|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-conventional-warfare|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=Canon Fodder - Conventional Warfare|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} Her armor, painted red with gold details, has a gold and blue visor.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5G}} Vale's preferred loadout is the [[M20 SMG]] as her primary weapon, with the [[Type-54D plasma pistol]] as her sidearm.{{Ref/Generic|Id=GIJ2015|Game Informer #267, July 2015}} However, she also arms herself with an [[M6H magnum]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5Osiris}} As a member of [[Fireteam Osiris]], Vale has also been granted use of the prototypical [[Artemis Tracking System]], an advanced scanning system only given to Spartans with the permission of Spartan Commander [[Sarah Palmer]].{{Ref/Site|Id=ATUniverse|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/artemis-tracking-system|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=Artemis Tracking System|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}}