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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"/>

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"/> She sent a message to Admiral Parangosky to update her and asked that she enlist Hood's assistance with rescuing Dr. Phillips.<ref name="TTW1">''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'', ''chapter 1''</ref>

===Rescuing the Professor===

Osman was seated and bracing for the transition to [[slipspace]] when the three ODSTs finally returned and took their own seats on the bridge.<ref name="TTW1"/> She asked how the brief meeting with Spenser had gone, but Mal told her she'd want to wait until she had at least five minutes for them to go over it in detail. She didn't hesitate, however, to give them the rundown on what was going on with Phillips. After they jumped, she began to put together a plan for exfiltrating him. Before she could get very far with it, she asked Mal to now fill her in on Venezia. He hesitated and Vaz answered her instead, saying that they had seen [[Naomi]]'s [[Staffan Sentzke|father]] and that not only was he still alive on Venezia, but he was an [[insurrectionist]] on the [[UEG]]'s [[terrorist]] watch list.<ref name="TTW1"/>

Naomi was intentional to make it clear she was unfazed by the news. The conversation returned to the upcoming operation on [[Sanghelios]].<ref name="TTW3">''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'', ''chapter 3''</ref> Osman suggested that they might consider sneaking into Ontom by sea, but Naomi objected the idea due to her [[Mjolnir|armor]]. At this, the captain told her she would not be participating in the op simply because Osman didn't want to lose one of the last remaining [[Spartan-II]]s unnecessarily. Moving on, she brought up Naomi's dad, [[Staffan Sentzke]], again and said they would need to verify his identity at the soonest point they could. She confirmed from Vaz and Mal that Spenser hadn't alerted Parangosky about him while they'd been present and stated she would contact the admiral herself as soon as they existed slipspace. She made sure Naomi understood that no matter how they chose to respond to his presence on the colony, someone was going to get hurt. The Spartan communicated that she was fine with this and would show no partiality. Concluding with hope that Hood could successfully negotiate Kilo-Five landing [[marine]]s on Sanghelios, she retired to her day cabin to catch up on signal traffic.<ref name="TTW3"/>

===Mission on Sanghelios===

After an explosion in [[Ontom]], Sanghelios severed Kilo-Five's communication with BB's fragment and Phillips, Osman immediately ordered Kilo-Five to regroup aboard ''Port Stanley'', which then made a slipspace jump to Sanghelios to recover him.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 456''</ref> Osman had Devereaux fly ''Tart-Cart'' to Ontom amid [[Blooding Years|'Telcam's assault on Vadam]] while herself coordinating the operation from ''Port Stanley''. While initially failing to locate Phillips in the temple, Kilo-Five eventually recovered him from the [[Nes'alun keep]] in [[Acroli]].<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 179''</ref>

While initially failing to locate Phillips in the temple, Kilo-Five eventually recovered him from the [[Nes'alun keep]] in [[Acroli]].<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 179''</ref>

Meanwhile, the Fleet's new flagship, {{UNSCship|Infinity}}, turned the tide over Sanghelios as it decimated the Abiding Truth's forces. As the battle began to turn against the Abiding Truth, Admiral Parangosky ordered Kilo-Five to extract 'Telcam as he was necessary to maintain the imposed stalemate between the two Sangheili factions. With Osman aboard ''Port Stanley'', Kilo-Five headed planetside aboard ''Tart-Cart'' and forced 'Telcam into the dropship. While Lord Hood and ''Infinity'' openly aided 'Vadam and defeated the attackers, with BB's help, ''Port Stanley'' posed as a Kig-Yar pirate ship. Disguised a Shipmistress named "Lahz", Osman and BB covertly destroyed some of 'Vadam's ships under Admiral Parangosky's orders, leaving the Arbiter with a Pyrrhic victory. After the battle, Osman rendezvoused with ''Tart-Cart'' and dropped 'Telcam off at New Llanelli for his safety.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 329''</ref>

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 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"/>
+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"/> She sent a message to Admiral Parangosky to update her and asked that she enlist Hood's assistance with rescuing Dr. Phillips.<ref name="TTW1">''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'', ''chapter 1''</ref>
+===Rescuing the Professor===
+Osman was seated and bracing for the transition to [[slipspace]] when the three ODSTs finally returned and took their own seats on the bridge.<ref name="TTW1"/> She asked how the brief meeting with Spenser had gone, but Mal told her she'd want to wait until she had at least five minutes for them to go over it in detail. She didn't hesitate, however, to give them the rundown on what was going on with Phillips. After they jumped, she began to put together a plan for exfiltrating him. Before she could get very far with it, she asked Mal to now fill her in on Venezia. He hesitated and Vaz answered her instead, saying that they had seen [[Naomi]]'s [[Staffan Sentzke|father]] and that not only was he still alive on Venezia, but he was an [[insurrectionist]] on the [[UEG]]'s [[terrorist]] watch list.<ref name="TTW1"/>
+Naomi was intentional to make it clear she was unfazed by the news. The conversation returned to the upcoming operation on [[Sanghelios]].<ref name="TTW3">''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'', ''chapter 3''</ref> Osman suggested that they might consider sneaking into Ontom by sea, but Naomi objected the idea due to her [[Mjolnir|armor]]. At this, the captain told her she would not be participating in the op simply because Osman didn't want to lose one of the last remaining [[Spartan-II]]s unnecessarily. Moving on, she brought up Naomi's dad, [[Staffan Sentzke]], again and said they would need to verify his identity at the soonest point they could. She confirmed from Vaz and Mal that Spenser hadn't alerted Parangosky about him while they'd been present and stated she would contact the admiral herself as soon as they existed slipspace. She made sure Naomi understood that no matter how they chose to respond to his presence on the colony, someone was going to get hurt. The Spartan communicated that she was fine with this and would show no partiality. Concluding with hope that Hood could successfully negotiate Kilo-Five landing [[marine]]s on Sanghelios, she retired to her day cabin to catch up on signal traffic.<ref name="TTW3"/>
+{{Expand-section}}
 ===Mission on Sanghelios===
-After an explosion in [[Ontom]], Sanghelios severed Kilo-Five's communication with BB's fragment and Phillips, Osman immediately ordered Kilo-Five to regroup aboard ''Port Stanley'', which then made a slipspace jump to Sanghelios to recover him.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 456''</ref> Osman had Devereaux fly ''Tart-Cart'' to Ontom amid [[Blooding Years|'Telcam's assault on Vadam]] while herself coordinating the operation from ''Port Stanley''. While initially failing to locate Phillips in the temple, Kilo-Five eventually recovered him from the [[Nes'alun keep]] in [[Acroli]].<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 179''</ref>
+While initially failing to locate Phillips in the temple, Kilo-Five eventually recovered him from the [[Nes'alun keep]] in [[Acroli]].<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 179''</ref>
 Meanwhile, the Fleet's new flagship, {{UNSCship|Infinity}}, turned the tide over Sanghelios as it decimated the Abiding Truth's forces. As the battle began to turn against the Abiding Truth, Admiral Parangosky ordered Kilo-Five to extract 'Telcam as he was necessary to maintain the imposed stalemate between the two Sangheili factions. With Osman aboard ''Port Stanley'', Kilo-Five headed planetside aboard ''Tart-Cart'' and forced 'Telcam into the dropship. While Lord Hood and ''Infinity'' openly aided 'Vadam and defeated the attackers, with BB's help, ''Port Stanley'' posed as a Kig-Yar pirate ship. Disguised a Shipmistress named "Lahz", Osman and BB covertly destroyed some of 'Vadam's ships under Admiral Parangosky's orders, leaving the Arbiter with a Pyrrhic victory. After the battle, Osman rendezvoused with ''Tart-Cart'' and dropped 'Telcam off at New Llanelli for his safety.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 329''</ref>