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Halsey's projects and the results they yielded gained her widespread acclaim and sympathies among many high-ranking members of the UNSC military, such as [[Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth|Stanforth]], her most powerful ally within ONI, and [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Hood]], who deeply respected Halsey and her Spartans who had saved his own life twice, to the extent that he verbally rebuked Colonel Ackerson for detracting the SPARTAN-IIs.<ref name="hood"/> However, she also garnered a number of competitors and opponents over the decades. The most notable of her rivals was [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson|Ackerson]], who constantly tried to spy on her and co-opted her work while attempting to sabotage the SPARTAN-II Program. Her former student [[Ellen Anders]] also resented Halsey, saying "She hated me and I hated her."<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''' ''manual, character profiles''</ref> ONI Commander-in-Chief, [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]], was resentful of Halsey, perceiving the doctor's aversion for ONI control and her general lack of loyalty to ONI as a threat to her own power. The Admiral only tolerated Halsey because she was so crucial to the war effort,<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 48''</ref> but had her detained immediately after the end of the war. Parangosky's antipathy for Halsey was passed on to [[Serin Osman]], a Spartan-II washout whom the Admiral specifically indoctrinated and groomed to become her successor to secure her personal legacy within ONI, and ultimately culminated in Osman ordering Halsey's assassination after the Covenant abducted the doctor during the [[Second Battle of Requiem]]. | Halsey's projects and the results they yielded gained her widespread acclaim and sympathies among many high-ranking members of the UNSC military, such as [[Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth|Stanforth]], her most powerful ally within ONI, and [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Hood]], who deeply respected Halsey and her Spartans who had saved his own life twice, to the extent that he verbally rebuked Colonel Ackerson for detracting the SPARTAN-IIs.<ref name="hood"/> However, she also garnered a number of competitors and opponents over the decades. The most notable of her rivals was [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson|Ackerson]], who constantly tried to spy on her and co-opted her work while attempting to sabotage the SPARTAN-II Program. Her former student [[Ellen Anders]] also resented Halsey, saying "She hated me and I hated her."<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''' ''manual, character profiles''</ref> ONI Commander-in-Chief, [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]], was resentful of Halsey, perceiving the doctor's aversion for ONI control and her general lack of loyalty to ONI as a threat to her own power. The Admiral only tolerated Halsey because she was so crucial to the war effort,<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 48''</ref> but had her detained immediately after the end of the war. Parangosky's antipathy for Halsey was passed on to [[Serin Osman]], a Spartan-II washout whom the Admiral specifically indoctrinated and groomed to become her successor to secure her personal legacy within ONI, and ultimately culminated in Osman ordering Halsey's assassination after the Covenant abducted the doctor during the [[Second Battle of Requiem]]. | ||
Many of those unfamiliar with the internal dynamics of ONI and the SPARTAN-II Program have come to interpret Halsey and her work in a highly negative light. Despite the predominant role of ONI and the UNSC Naval leadership in the conception and execution of the SPARTAN-II Program, Dr. Halsey is often perceived as the sole individual responsible, due to her conspicuous position as the project head.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 178''</ref> Taking advantage of this, ONI prefers to attribute some of the more controversial aspects of the project to their alleged lack of sufficient oversight. Although she was responsible for much of the program's scientific basis and harbored no illusions otherwise, Halsey was under ONI's constant supervision and was even repeatedly pressured by Section III to use more inhumane means for faster results.<ref name="for29"/> Many have also interpreted her primary motivation as a supposed perverse scientific curiosity, rather than her sincere determination to prevent further excessive bloodshed in the Insurrection and her initial naiveté in failing to grasp the full moral ramifications of her work until witnessing it in practice.<ref name="dec4"/><ref name="for28"/><ref name="feb23"/> | Many of those unfamiliar with the internal dynamics of ONI and the SPARTAN-II Program have come to interpret Halsey and her work in a highly negative light. Despite the predominant role of ONI and the UNSC Naval leadership in the conception and execution of the SPARTAN-II Program, Dr. Halsey is often perceived as the sole individual responsible, due to her conspicuous position as the project head.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 178''</ref> Taking advantage of this, ONI prefers to attribute some of the more controversial aspects of the project to their alleged lack of sufficient oversight. [[Black Box]] even privately acknowledges to Serin Osman that the main reason for Halsey's fall from grace is to conceal or minimize the responsibility of the many others who participated in the project.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata'''</ref> Although she was responsible for much of the program's scientific basis and harbored no illusions otherwise, Halsey was under ONI's constant supervision and was even repeatedly pressured by Section III to use more inhumane means for faster results.<ref name="for29"/> Many have also interpreted her primary motivation as a supposed perverse scientific curiosity, rather than her sincere determination to prevent further excessive bloodshed in the Insurrection and her initial naiveté in failing to grasp the full moral ramifications of her work until witnessing it in practice.<ref name="dec4"/><ref name="for28"/><ref name="feb23"/> | ||
[[File:Spops_HalseyMarines.jpg|thumb|left|275px|Two Marines escort a handcuffed Halsey aboard UNSC ''Infinity''.]] | [[File:Spops_HalseyMarines.jpg|thumb|left|275px|Two Marines escort a handcuffed Halsey aboard UNSC ''Infinity''.]] | ||