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==Design details== | ==Design details== | ||
Being a prison ship, it was a converted [[freighter]], meant to transport prisoners and ore to and from [[Penal colony|penal colonies]]. It was mostly unarmed. | Being a prison ship, it was a converted [[freighter]], meant to transport prisoners and ore to and from [[Penal colony|penal colonies]]. It was mostly unarmed as a precaution against prison breakouts. It was observed to be in noticeably rough shape by the time of its discovery by Marine Dropship pilot [[Burgundy]]. | ||
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Some time after the [[Battle of Installation 04]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[ONI Section Three|Section III]] scientist [[Major]] [[John Smith]] and his team took command of the ship. Intending to use it as a research laboratory for the [[Flood]] in order to find a way to control the parasite, they also brought [[Sangheili]] prisoners on board to be used as test subjects. The ship then jumped to the wreckage of [[Installation 04]] in the [[Soell system]], where they recovered samples of the Flood and used both human and Covenant prisoners to experiment on it. However, the Flood soon broke quarantine and infected the ship,<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 307-309</ref> beginning the process of building a [[Proto-Gravemind]] to attempt [[Slipstream space|FTL travel]] without needing access to the bridge, which was locked off.<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 328</ref> | Some time after the [[Battle of Installation 04]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[ONI Section Three|Section III]] scientist [[Major]] [[John Smith]] and his team took command of the ship. Intending to use it as a research laboratory for the [[Flood]] in order to find a way to control the parasite, they also brought [[Sangheili]] prisoners on board to be used as test subjects. The ship then jumped to the wreckage of [[Installation 04]] in the [[Soell system]], where they recovered samples of the Flood and used both human and Covenant prisoners to experiment on it. However, the Flood soon broke quarantine and infected the ship,<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 307-309</ref> beginning the process of building a [[Proto-Gravemind]] to attempt [[Slipstream space|FTL travel]] without needing access to the bridge, which was locked off.<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 328</ref> | ||
Shortly afterward, the Office of Naval Intelligence sent a [[prowler]], {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}}, to assess the status of the ''Mona Lisa''. A squad of Marines among her crew was sent to investigate it, at first presuming it derelict. They split up, with the mission of initiating the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]] by purging the ship's navigational databases, but were quickly alerted to the horrors of the ship.<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 261</ref> Among its survivors were [[Henry|"Henry"]], an Elite who teamed with a prisoner named [[Patrick Rimmer]],<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 288</ref> and John Smith, the ONI operative responsible for the experiments on board, who had locked himself into the panic room near the medical bay.<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 324</ref> | Shortly afterward, the Office of Naval Intelligence sent a [[prowler]], {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}}, to assess the status of the ''Mona Lisa''. A squad of Marines among her crew was sent to investigate it, at first presuming it derelict as they had intentionally not been informed about the ship's true purpose. They split up, with the mission of initiating the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]] by purging the ship's navigational databases, but were quickly alerted to the horrors of the ship.<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 261</ref> Among its survivors were [[Henry|"Henry"]], an Elite who teamed with a prisoner named [[Patrick Rimmer]],<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 288</ref> and John Smith, the ONI operative responsible for the experiments on board, who had locked himself into the panic room near the medical bay.<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 324</ref> | ||
The squad was slowly whittled down as the action continued, until they reach the escape pods. Only four members of the squad survived ([[Zhao Heng Lopez|Lopez]], [[James MacCraw|MacCraw]], [[Clarence]], and [[Ngoc Benti|Benti]]), along with Henry and Rimmer. Upon reaching the escape pods, Clarence shot Rimmer and it was revealed that he was an ONI operative sent to make sure no one but the Marines escaped the ship. The remaining survivors were caught in a standoff pointing guns at one another as the Flood was approaching their position and during this pause, MacCraw took off in one of the escape pods. A wounded Benti jumped on Clarence and took them both out into the hallway where they were overtaken by the Flood. Sergeant Lopez, the leader of the squad, and "Henry" fought over the last remaining escape pod, presumably to one or both of their deaths. The ship was subsequently destroyed by a [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]] launched from the ''Red Horse'' in order to contain the Flood.<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 338-342</ref> | The squad was slowly whittled down as the action continued, until they reach the escape pods. Only four members of the squad survived ([[Zhao Heng Lopez|Lopez]], [[James MacCraw|MacCraw]], [[Clarence]], and [[Ngoc Benti|Benti]]), along with Henry and Rimmer. Upon reaching the escape pods, Clarence shot Rimmer and it was revealed that he was an ONI operative sent to make sure no one but the Marines escaped the ship. The remaining survivors were caught in a standoff pointing guns at one another as the Flood was approaching their position and during this pause, MacCraw took off in one of the escape pods. A wounded Benti jumped on Clarence and took them both out into the hallway where they were overtaken by the Flood. Sergeant Lopez, the leader of the squad, and "Henry" fought over the last remaining escape pod, presumably to one or both of their deaths. The ship was subsequently destroyed by a [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]] launched from the ''Red Horse'' in order to contain the Flood.<ref>''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe'', "The Mona Lisa", p. 338-342</ref> | ||