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''Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, M.D., Ph.D.,'' was a brilliant Scientist and employee of [[ONI]], best known for her work with the [[Spartan-II]] Super-soldier and [[MJOLNIR]] Armor programs. Despite being a civilian, she held considerable authority within ONI and commanded considerable respect from many military figures. Publicly, she was well regarded, in particular because of her evident compassion for and guilt about the Spartan-IIs. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early Life=== | ===Early Life=== | ||
Dr. Halsey is | Not much is known about Dr. Halsey's early life, but what little is known gives a glimpse of what would be a promising career. By the age of 15, Dr. Halsey was already writing her second Doctoral Thesis paper<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]] pg. 128 </ref>. It is also known that at some time in her early life, she supervised the creation of the template for third-generation [[A.I.|Smart AIs]]<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]] pg. 128</ref>. | ||
===ONI Projects=== | ===ONI Projects=== | ||
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With the assistance of [[Chief Petty Officer Mendez]] and the AI [[Deja]], she proceeded to train the Spartans. She supervised their augmentation procedures, combat training, and education, and studied the effects of the Spartan lifestyle on the children. She kept in close contact with them all throughout their lifetimes from her base under Reach. Annoyingly to the Spartans, she was always able to tell them apart from each other, even under half a ton of MJOLNIR battle armor. Dr. Halsey always used their first names, never their ranks or Spartan ID numbers. | With the assistance of [[Chief Petty Officer Mendez]] and the AI [[Deja]], she proceeded to train the Spartans. She supervised their augmentation procedures, combat training, and education, and studied the effects of the Spartan lifestyle on the children. She kept in close contact with them all throughout their lifetimes from her base under Reach. Annoyingly to the Spartans, she was always able to tell them apart from each other, even under half a ton of MJOLNIR battle armor. Dr. Halsey always used their first names, never their ranks or Spartan ID numbers. | ||
=== | === Invasion of Reach === | ||
==== Spartan Rescue ==== | |||
In [[2552]], the Covenant [[Battle of Reach|attacked Reach]]. Dr. Halsey was working in CASTLE Base at the time and volunteered to remain behind to ensure that all UNSC technology was secured from possible capture<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]] pg 125</ref>. With expectations that the Covenant would glass the planet and knowledge that even if they didn't glass it, she would be facing an entire army of Covenant ground forces, it was clearly an offer of sacrifice. | |||
However, this changed with [[Spartan-II|Spartans]] [[Fred-104]], [[Kelly-087]], [[Vinh-030]], [[Isaac-039]], and [[Will-043]] appeared at the entrance to CASTLE base. With the firepower to possibly fight their way out, the possibility of surviving CASTLE base's destruction became available. She did what she could for their injuries, but a data anomaly detected by her accompanying AI, [[Kalmiya]], attracted Dr. Halsey's attention. | |||
==== Ackerson ==== | |||
The data had been accessed by [[Araqiel]], an AI that worked for [[Colonel]] [[Ackerson]], one of Dr. Halsey's main competitors within ONI. After tracing the data access, Dr. Halsey stumbled across the AI, left behind by its master. After shutting it down, she proceeded to read through Ackerson's files and discovered a number of things including the location of Onyx, evidence of the Spartan III program and a map of the mining tunnels CASTLE base had been built upon. The latter particularly interested the Doctor as the file had been classified at X-Ray level, making the file abnormally important for ancient maps. From this, she deduced that there was something of importance under the mountain. | |||
Deducing that, at the very least, these maps provided a back door, she chose to move the Spartans out of the base and into the mine shafts. She triggered CASTLE base's self-destruct mechanism and activated the failsafe on Kalmiya. With the Spartans in tow, they moved into the mine shafts and found themselves in a Forerunner base. | |||
==== The Crystal ==== | |||
Over the course of the next five days, the Spartans and Dr Halsey searched the base, looking for either an exit or what Dr Halsey would dub "The most important discovery of the millenium."<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]] pg. 139</ref> On the fifth day, Fred discovered an entrance into the main section of the base where they found a [[Forerunner Crystal]]. However, the acquiring of the crystal sent a spike of neutrino radiation, attracting the attention of the Covenant<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]] pg 146</ref>. | |||
Halsey and her team retreated into a hallway and sealed off the entrance, losing Vinh and Issac in the process. However, the quickly discovered that the hallway was a dead end. | |||
==== Rescue ==== | |||
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Several weeks later, a group of Spartans lead by [[John-117]] rescued her and evacuated them from Reach. | |||
===Escape into the Unknown=== | ===Escape into the Unknown=== | ||
