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'''Lieutenant Michael Bradley Horrigan''' is an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] agent who served under serves under ONI's Section III in [[Locke's team|a unit]] led by [[Jameson Locke|Lieutenant Commander Jameson Locke]].<ref name="wp horrigan"/><ref name="Colter interview">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH0B1giHXPY '''YouTube''': ''Mike Colter (Agent Locke) Halo: Nightfall Interview'']</ref>

On [[2556|February 7th, 2556]], Horrigan and his unit, led by [[Jameson Locke|Lieutenant Commander Jameson Locke]] were deployed to the [[Outer Colony]] of [[Sedra]] to investigate local [[terrorism|terrorist]] activity, only to uncover a plot to unleash a [[bioweapon]] which specifically targeted [[human]]s.<ref name="xbox wire SDCC">[http://news.xbox.com/2014/07/ent-halo-nightfall-sdcc-announcement '''Xbox Wire''': ''SDCC 14: 343 Industries and Scott Free Productions Offer First-Look of Halo: Nightfall'']</ref> While patrolling the outskirts of [[Sedra City]], the team spotted a [[Yonhet]] smuggler named [[Axl]] supplying a [[Sangheili Zealot]] with a [[stasis refrigerant]]. While [[Gregory Ramos]] apprehended Axl, Horrigan, Locke, and [[Alistair Estrin]] pursued the Sangheili. Locke chased after the Sangheili into a city access tunnel, while Horrigan and the rest of the unit headed directly to the city. Locke pursued the Zealot into a Sedran mall, where Horrigan arrived in time to watch the Sangheili jump off a ledge and activate the device, killing himself in the process. Many humans throughout the city began showing signs of infection, including operatives [[Jordan Gaines]] and [[Mason Hundley]]. The unit went to the [[Sedran Colonial Guard Hospital]], where Horrigan and the uninfected members of his unit went through a decontamination process. After searching the [[Bactrian-class freighter|tug]] used to transport the bioweapon to Sedra, the unit learned that the core ingredient of the weapon—an all-new element—originated from [[Alpha Shard|a fragment]] of [[Installation 04]] in orbit around a red giant. The team discovered a second tug was travelling to the shard.<ref name="nightfall1">'''[[Halo: Nightfall]]''', ''Chapter 1''</ref>

After getting the approval of [[Goodwin|Rear Admiral Goodwin]], the team was forced to cooperate with the [[Sedran Colonial Guard]] to uncover the origin of the bioweapon. Taking a [[D81-LRT Condor]] to the partially functioning fragment, eleven ONI and Colonial Guard personnel travelled to the Alpha Shard.<ref name="nightfall1"/>

Michael Horrigan has been noted to be a compulsive individual.<ref name="Colter interview"/> In contrast to his parents' wishes, Horrigan values the ability to rise up on the merits of his own strength and ability, not influence. In the long term, Horrigan views the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] as [[human]]ity's best option for reconstruction and unity in the volatile post-[[Covenant War]] era galaxy.<ref name="wp horrigan"/> Horrigan is rather arrogant and over-confident, believing ONI to be superior to the [[Sedran Colonial Guard]]. He hyperbolically stated that the [[Sedra]]ns were "two centuries behind" the UNSC and "still believe in [[Wikipedia:Valhalla|Valhalla]].<ref name="nightfall1"/> Horrigan insisted that the [[Mission to Alpha Shard|mission]] to [[Alpha Shard]] was ONI's mission, which resulted in Sedran [[Randall Aiken|Colonel Randall Aiken]] ordering him to never repeat the sentence again and telling the rest of the mission's operatives to refrain from using the terms "ONI" or "Sedrans". Horrigan was very loyal to fellow operative [[Jameson Locke|Lieutenant Commander Jameson Locke]], informing him that he would follow the orders of Locke over those of Aiken—who had taken tactical control of the mission to Alpha Shard. Horrigan enjoyed watching the explosion of [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|HAVOK nukes]] in real-time.<ref name="nightfall2"/>