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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
While ONI remains a major subordinate command under the [[UNSC Navy]], the CINCONI sits on the [[UNSC Security Council|Security Council]] with equal stature and privilege to their parent service's [[Chief of Naval Operations]].<ref name="HE1">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue 1''</ref> Unlike their colleagues on the council, however, the CINCONI's role is inherently operational by nature. The CINCONI oversees the day-to-day operations of the command and deploys its assets. Under the CINCONI's command exists a microcosm of the UNSC's warfighting capability with its various direct action and covert special operations units, security forces, and [[warship]]s. Although ONI maintains numerous security councils and a number of checks and balances within the organization proper, the CINCONI still holds the most power within the Office of Naval Intelligence. | While ONI remains a major subordinate command under the [[UNSC Navy]], the CINCONI sits on the [[UNSC Security Council|Security Council]] with equal stature and privilege to their parent service's [[Chief of Naval Operations]].<ref name="HE1">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue 1''</ref> Unlike their colleagues on the council, however, the CINCONI's role is inherently operational by nature. The CINCONI oversees the day-to-day operations of the command and deploys its assets. Under the CINCONI's command exists a microcosm of the UNSC's warfighting capability with its various direct action and covert special operations units, security forces, and [[warship]]s. Although ONI maintains numerous security councils and a number of checks and balances within the organization proper, the CINCONI still holds the most power within the Office of Naval Intelligence.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} | ||
The Office of Naval Intelligence takes full advantage of a level of independence no other major command in the UNSC is given. CINCONI's political charge under the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s former emergency government was greatly expanded from the pre-war era, and despite complete transfer to civilian control with the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]], their power and influence still remains. The former intelligence gathering agency of the [[Colonial Administration Authority]], the [[Department of Colonial Security]], reports directly to the office of the CINCONI.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 199''</ref> | The Office of Naval Intelligence takes full advantage of a level of independence no other major command in the UNSC is given. CINCONI's political charge under the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s former emergency government was greatly expanded from the pre-war era, and despite complete transfer to civilian control with the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]], their power and influence still remains. The former intelligence gathering agency of the [[Colonial Administration Authority]], the [[Department of Colonial Security]], reports directly to the office of the CINCONI.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 199''</ref> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence throughout the [[Insurrection]], the [[Human-Covenant War]], and into the post-war era. | [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence throughout the [[Insurrection]], the [[Human-Covenant War]], and into the post-war era.{{Ref/Reuse|HG4}} Parangosky began to groom her protégé [[Serin Osman]], a former [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] candidate and field agent, to replace her as CINCONI, though the [[Section Chiefs]] of ONI sought to gain the office as well.<ref name="itf230">'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''', "[[A Necessary Truth]]", ''page 230''</ref> By [[2555|March 2555]], Osman had succeeded Parangosky as Commander-in-Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence.<ref>'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''', ''Chapter 2''</ref> Admiral Osman holds near-complete operational control over the Office of Naval Intelligence, and much of the UNSC as a result.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== |