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'''First Lieutenant Melissa McKay''' was a [[First Lieutenant|Company Grade officer]] in the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]. She was the Executive Officer of the [[Twenty-Second Tactical|22nd Shock Battalion]], under command of [[Major]] [[Antonio Silva]] <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 58</ref>. | '''First Lieutenant Melissa McKay''' was a [[First Lieutenant|Company Grade officer]] in the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]. She was the Executive Officer of the [[Twenty-Second Tactical|22nd Shock Battalion]], under command of [[Major (UNSC|Major]] [[Antonio Silva]] <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 58</ref>. | ||
She was stationed on the then, newly refit {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} during the [[Battle of Installation 04]] <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 33</ref>. | She was stationed on the then, newly refit {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} during the [[Battle of Installation 04]] <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 33</ref>. | ||
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===Commands=== | ===Commands=== | ||
In addition to being the Battalion's Executive Officer, she personally commanded a company of some 130 [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] aboard the ''Autumn'' <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 58</ref>. Her [[platoon]] commanders were [[Second Lieutenant]] [[Dalu]] and | In addition to being the Battalion's Executive Officer, she personally commanded a company of some 130 [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] aboard the ''Autumn'' <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 58</ref>. Her [[platoon]] commanders were [[Second Lieutenant|Second Lieutenants]] [[Dalu]] and [[Oros]]. However, Dalu was later reassigned as the Company Supply Officer and his billet was taken by [[Master Sergeant]] [[Lister (Marine)|Lister]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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===Landing on Installation 04=== | ===Landing on Installation 04=== | ||
She was third in command of the survivors of the Autumn, under [[Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] and [[Major]] [[Antonio Silva]], and helped secure the ''Pillar of Autumn'''s crash site <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 62</ref>. | She was third in command of the survivors of the Autumn, under [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] and [[Major (UNSC)|Major]] [[Antonio Silva]], and helped secure the ''Pillar of Autumn'''s crash site <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 62</ref>. | ||
After leading the attack to capture the mesa that would become [[Alpha Base]], she met [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] for the first time <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 90</ref>. Though Major Silva was very antagonistic toward the Chief, McKay was one of the few Shock Troopers to actually look up to the Chief. She figured that it was a matter that Major Silva, and men in general, would not understand. She also felt pain and sorrow for the way he looked out of his armor. | After leading the attack to capture the mesa that would become [[Alpha Base]], she met [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] for the first time <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 90</ref>. Though Major Silva was very antagonistic toward the Chief, McKay was one of the few Shock Troopers to actually look up to the Chief. She figured that it was a matter that Major Silva, and men in general, would not understand. She also felt pain and sorrow for the way he looked out of his armor. | ||
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===Death=== | ===Death=== | ||
McKay destroyed the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' by priming a grenade and setting it off, killing her and numerous others instantly, including the infected [[Private First Class]] [[Wallace A. Jenkins]], severing the cruiser's fiber-optics connection to the reactors bridge to keep the Flood from escaping the Halo. Her actions killed not only her, but also cost other Marine and Naval personnel their lives, though she stopped the Flood from killing millions, if not billions, of sentient lifeforms throughout the Milky Way galaxy <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 332</ref>. | McKay destroyed the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' by priming a grenade and setting it off, killing her and numerous others instantly, including the infected [[Private First Class]] [[Wallace A. Jenkins]], severing the cruiser's fiber-optics connection to the reactors bridge to keep the Flood from escaping the Halo. Her actions killed not only her, but also cost other Marine and Naval personnel their lives, though she stopped the Flood from potentially killing millions, if not billions, of sentient lifeforms throughout the Milky Way galaxy <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 332</ref>. | ||
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