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{{Quote|Well, when I think of all the things we had to do to win the war... Let's just say it's nice to have an opportunity to do some unalloyed good.|Mendez to [[Tom-B292]] and [[Lucy-B091]] on his new post.<ref name="lessons"/>}} | {{Quote|Well, when I think of all the things we had to do to win the war... Let's just say it's nice to have an opportunity to do some unalloyed good.|Mendez to [[Tom-B292]] and [[Lucy-B091]] on his new post.<ref name="lessons"/>}} | ||
Mendez was ultimately not comfortable with his retirement and by early [[2554]], he had been appointed as head of security for the [[Onyx United Research Project]] within [[Shield World 006]], with the Sangheili [[Kasha 'Hilot]] as his second-in-command. While still nominally a civilian, Mendez had authority over the UNSC forces within the facility. Around April 2554, he welcomed [[Lucy-B091]] and [[Tom-B292]] to the shield world, the two [[Beta Company]] Spartans having been assigned under him as part of the project's security staff. Following an incident in which a UNSC soldier assaulted Kasha 'Hilot, Mendez dismissed the offender and his comrades, intending to talk with the facility's director [[Hugo Barton]] regarding the vetting standards for the facility's personnel.<ref name="lessons">'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''', "[[Lessons Learned]]"</ref> | Mendez was ultimately not comfortable with his retirement and by early [[2554]], he had been appointed as head of security for the [[Onyx United Research Project]] within [[Shield World 006]], with the Sangheili [[Kasha 'Hilot]] as his second-in-command. While still nominally a civilian, Mendez had authority over the UNSC forces within the facility. Around April 2554, he welcomed [[Lucy-B091]] and [[Tom-B292]] to the shield world, the two [[Beta Company]] Spartans having been assigned under him as part of the project's security staff. Following an incident in which a UNSC soldier assaulted Kasha 'Hilot, Mendez dismissed the offender and his comrades, intending to talk with the facility's director [[Hugo Barton]] regarding the vetting standards for the facility's personnel.<ref name="lessons">'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''', "[[Lessons Learned]]"</ref> | ||
===Interview with Benjamin Giraud=== | ===Interview with Benjamin Giraud=== | ||
In [[2558]], ONI had a man claimed to be Mendez provide an interview regarding the Master Chief for journalist [[Benjamin Giraud]] in ONI's [[Boston]] headquarters. Like the other sources ONI had provided for Giraud, "Mendez" adhered to the sanitized public version of the Spartan-IIs' background, centered on glorifying John's heroism and omitting any mention of his age or life before his [[SPARTAN-II training|training]]. When Giraud attempted to approach the topic from a more critical angle, his interviewee rather unambiguously advised him not to press the issue so as to avoid turning the conversation "decidedly unpleasant".<ref>'''[[Hunt the Truth]]''', ''Episode 5: OUT OF TIME''</ref><ref group="note">It is suspect that the man interviewed by Giraud was in fact the real Mendez, as opposed to an ONI stand-in. ''[[Lessons Learned]]'' and ''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'' establish that Mendez was consistently stationed at Onyx as part of his role as the facility's head of security during the emergence of the Guardians in 2558. Additionally, ''Legacy of Onyx'' shows Mendez remained troubled over his part in the Spartan programs, making it questionable he would so readily perpetuate ONI's narrative regarding the Spartan-IIs - or that ONI would summon him to Earth from his duties at Onyx only to have him provide a relatively brief interview in the first place.</ref> | In [[2558]], ONI had a man claimed to be Mendez provide an interview regarding the Master Chief for journalist [[Benjamin Giraud]] in ONI's [[Boston]] headquarters. Like the other sources ONI had provided for Giraud, "Mendez" adhered to the sanitized public version of the Spartan-IIs' background, centered on glorifying John's heroism and omitting any mention of his age or life before his [[SPARTAN-II training|training]]. When Giraud attempted to approach the topic from a more critical angle, his interviewee rather unambiguously advised him not to press the issue so as to avoid turning the conversation "decidedly unpleasant".<ref>'''[[Hunt the Truth]]''', ''Episode 5: OUT OF TIME''</ref><ref group="note">It is suspect that the man interviewed by Giraud was in fact the real Mendez, as opposed to an ONI stand-in. ''[[Lessons Learned]]'' and ''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'' establish that Mendez was consistently stationed at Onyx as part of his role as the facility's head of security during the emergence of the Guardians in 2558. Additionally, ''Legacy of Onyx'' shows Mendez remained troubled over his part in the Spartan programs, making it questionable he would so readily perpetuate ONI's narrative regarding the Spartan-IIs - or that ONI would summon him to Earth from his duties at Onyx only to have him provide a relatively brief interview in the first place.</ref> | ||
=== Second Onyx conflict === | |||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||