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{{Quote|For the first time in my career I can honestly say I don't know the shape of where this is going. And in fact, the possibilities have me lying awake at night. But I believe we all deserve to know the real story. We need to know where this leads. I know I do.|Benjamin Giraud<ref name="htt"/>}} | {{Quote|For the first time in my career I can honestly say I don't know the shape of where this is going. And in fact, the possibilities have me lying awake at night. But I believe we all deserve to know the real story. We need to know where this leads. I know I do.|Benjamin Giraud<ref name="htt"/>}} | ||
'''Benjamin Giraud''', called '''Ben''' by those closest to him, is a journalist and a war photographer who for a time worked as a [[civilian]] contractor for the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s Section Two. During the [[Battle of Mombasa]] in [[2552#October|October 2552]], he witnessed [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] "saving humanity". This led Giraud to undertake a series of biographical interviews about the Master Chief in [[2558]].<ref name="htt">'''[[Hunt the Truth]]'''</ref> | '''Benjamin Giraud''', called '''Ben''' by those closest to him, is a journalist and a war photographer who for a time worked as a [[civilian]] contractor for the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s Section Two. During the [[Battle of Mombasa]] in [[2552#October|October 2552]], he witnessed [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] "saving humanity". This led Giraud to undertake a series of biographical interviews about the Master Chief in [[2558]].<ref name="htt">'''[[Hunt the Truth]]'''</ref> | ||
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At the end of his investigation, after discovering supposedly incontrovertible proof of ONI's atrocities from a data terminal on [[Bliss]], Giraud arranged to break his story to the public on [[Charles Kesler]]'s talk show on [[ECB]]. However, it soon became apparent that ONI had used Giraud as a pawn to discredit the prevailing rumors concerning the SPARTAN-II program. The authenticity of all of his sources was supposedly disproved, casting his story as little more than the ramblings of a conspiracy theorist. In the end Giraud's feed was cut, with his ultimate fate unknown. However, Petra Janecek took over Giraud's investigation some time afterward, vowing not to make the same mistakes as he had.<ref name="htt13">'''Hunt the Truth''' ''Episode 13: IN THE BAG''</ref> | At the end of his investigation, after discovering supposedly incontrovertible proof of ONI's atrocities from a data terminal on [[Bliss]], Giraud arranged to break his story to the public on [[Charles Kesler]]'s talk show on [[ECB News]]. However, it soon became apparent that ONI had used Giraud as a pawn to discredit the prevailing rumors concerning the SPARTAN-II program. The authenticity of all of his sources was supposedly disproved, casting his story as little more than the ramblings of a conspiracy theorist. In the end Giraud's feed was cut, with his ultimate fate unknown. However, Petra Janecek took over Giraud's investigation some time afterward, vowing not to make the same mistakes as he had.<ref name="htt13">'''Hunt the Truth''' ''Episode 13: IN THE BAG''</ref> | ||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||