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|date=October 2552 (exact date unknown)<ref name="tml223">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 223''</ref><ref group="note">According to a summary on Halo Waypoint, ''The Mona Lisa'' is set [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/Detail/the-mona-lisa-1/1f69c960-2eb1-42e0-89b4-89a58fa153b8 "between the events of Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2"], which would limit the possible timeframe for the skirmish between October 1 and October 20. However, in ''Halo: First Strike'', it is suggested that ''High Charity'' is already on its way to the Soell system by September 22, having sent a smaller scouting party in advance. In ''Halo 2'', it is seen that ''High Charity'' and its fleet were present in the system until October 20, when they departed for Installation 05. ''The Mona Lisa'' makes a reference to a large Covenant fleet having left the system recently, which would coincide with ''High Charity'' and its fleet leaving on October 20th; no other large Covenant fleet is known to have left the system between September and October.</ref> | |date=October 2552 (exact date unknown)<ref name="tml223">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 223''</ref><ref group="note">According to a summary on Halo Waypoint, ''The Mona Lisa'' is set [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/Detail/the-mona-lisa-1/1f69c960-2eb1-42e0-89b4-89a58fa153b8 "between the events of Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2"], which would limit the possible timeframe for the skirmish between October 1 and October 20. However, in ''Halo: First Strike'', it is suggested that ''High Charity'' is already on its way to the Soell system by September 22, having sent a smaller scouting party in advance. In ''Halo 2'', it is seen that ''High Charity'' and its fleet were present in the system until October 20, when they departed for Installation 05. ''The Mona Lisa'' makes a reference to a large Covenant fleet having left the system recently, which would coincide with ''High Charity'' and its fleet leaving on October 20th; no other large Covenant fleet is known to have left the system between September and October.</ref> | ||
|place=''Mona Lisa'', Soell system, Installation 04 debris field<ref name="tml223"/> | |place=''Mona Lisa'', Soell system, Installation 04 debris field<ref name="tml223"/> | ||
|result=Flood outbreak successfully contained | |result=UNSC Pyrrhic victory | ||
|side1=[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] | *Flood outbreak successfully contained | ||
|side2=''Mona Lisa'' occupants | *Most of the marine force lost | ||
|side1=[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] | |||
[[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] (in battle) | |||
|side2=''Mona Lisa'' occupants | |||
[[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] (preclude) | |||
|side3=[[The Flood]] | |side3=[[The Flood]] | ||
|side4= | |side4= | ||
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|commanders3=[[Proto-Gravemind]] | |commanders3=[[Proto-Gravemind]] | ||
|commanders4= | |commanders4= | ||
|forces1=*{{UNSCShip|Red Horse}} | |forces1=*1 ONI Prowler | ||
**18 Marines | **{{UNSCShip|Red Horse}} | ||
|forces2=ONI personnel | ***18 Marines | ||
|forces3= | *Escaped prisoners | ||
**Patrick Rimmer | |||
**"Henry" | |||
|forces2=ONI personnel | |||
Security personnel | |||
Escaped prisoners | |||
|forces3=Flood combat forms | |||
Flood infection forms | |||
|forces4= | |forces4= | ||
|casual1=16 Marines confirmed KIA | |casual1=16 Marines confirmed KIA | ||
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The ''' | The '''Skirmish on ''Mona Lisa''''' was fought in the [[Soell|Soell system]] within [[Installation 04]]'s debris field aboard the [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]]-commissioned [[civilian]] [[Prison ship|prisoner transport]] ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' at some point in [[2552#October|October 2552]]. Having suffered a catastrophic [[The Flood|Flood]] outbreak as a result of the actions of the ONI operative [[John Smith]], the ship was later [[Boarding|boarded]] by an ill-fated [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] unit and destroyed only hours afterward.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"''</ref> | ||
==Prelude== | ==Prelude== | ||