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|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|rank=[[Petty Officer Third Class]] | |rank=[[Petty Officer Third Class]] | ||
|specialty= | |specialty=Demolitions | ||
|battles= | |battles=Battle of Onyx | ||
|class=[[Spartan-III]] [[Gamma Company]] : [[2551]] | |class=[[Spartan-III]] [[Gamma Company]]: [[2551]] | ||
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{{quote|Sir, I think I got nicked.|Dante's final words.}} | {{quote|Sir, I think I got nicked.|Dante's final words.}} | ||
'''Dante-G188''' was a member of [[SPARTAN-III]] [[Gamma Company]]. He specialized in explosives and demolitions. | '''Dante-G188''' was a member of [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-III]] [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]]. He specialized in explosives and demolitions. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
'''Dante''' entered the | '''Dante''' entered the SPARTAN-III program, developed by [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]], around [[2546]] while between the age of 5 and 7 when he, along with other orphans, volunteered to become a SPARTAN-III to avenge his family or home planet after their destruction by the Covenant. Once on [[Onyx]], he and the other SPARTAN-III candidates were trained by [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]], [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt-051]], and surviving [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]] SPARTAN-IIIs [[Lucy-B091]] and [[Tom-B292]]. He was a member of [[Team Saber]], one of the leading squads in Gamma Company. | ||
It was said that he had "near magical abilities" when it came to explosives<ref>''' | It was said that he had "near magical abilities" when it came to explosives.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 116''</ref> He always knew when they would explode and when they would fail. Dante was the first fatality of Team Saber during the [[Battle of Onyx]] due to a [[plasma]] bolt that grazed his left side and [[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher|Needler]] rounds, which exposed his ribs, whil helping Lucy drag an injured [[Frederic-104]] to safety after covering the group's rear as they retreated. Dante fell behind as the group retreated, and caught up just when Kurt noticed his disappearance, limping and holding his side. Dante then collapsed and died. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] | *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== |