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In May of [[2553]], a mysterious transmission from the [[Outer Colony]] of [[Gao]] drew the attention of the [[UNSC]], and the [[Marine Corps]]' [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion]] was dispatched to the planet to investigate.<ref>''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> The battalion was escorted by [[Blue Team]], comprised of eight [[Spartans]] at the time. The transmission had in fact been a request for a status report sent by [[Intrepid Eye]], an ancient [[Forerunner]] [[ancilla]] that had been charged thousands of years ago with protecting the hidden [[Covert Support Base 4276]].<ref>''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref> Intrepid Eye was awakened from stasis following the partial [[glassing]] of [[Shaps III]], site of [[Line Installation 444-447|the]] [[line installation]] the base on Gao had supported. Before long, [[insurrectionist]] elements within the [[Gao Republic]] exploited the UNSC presence to stage a coup with assistance from the [[Venezia]] [[Venezian militia|militia]] and the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]].<ref>''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', ''Chapter 5''</ref> Ultimately, the Spartans managed to secure Intrepid Eye and exfiltrate from the planet.<ref name="LL28">''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', ''Chapter 28''</ref> With them went [[Veta Lopis]], a [[special inspector]] from the [[Gao Ministry of Protection]] who had aided them during [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE|the fighting]]. Lopis was offered a civilian position within the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] and the chance to lead a new "[[Ferret]]" investigative team made up of herself and three [[Spartan-III]]s of the former [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]] which she had forged a bond with.<ref name="LL28"/> | In May of [[2553]], a mysterious transmission from the [[Outer Colony]] of [[Gao]] drew the attention of the [[UNSC]], and the [[Marine Corps]]' [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion]] was dispatched to the planet to investigate.<ref>''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> The battalion was escorted by [[Blue Team]], comprised of eight [[Spartans]] at the time. The transmission had in fact been a request for a status report sent by [[Intrepid Eye]], an ancient [[Forerunner]] [[ancilla]] that had been charged thousands of years ago with protecting the hidden [[Covert Support Base 4276]].<ref>''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref> Intrepid Eye was awakened from stasis following the partial [[glassing]] of [[Shaps III]], site of [[Line Installation 444-447|the]] [[line installation]] the base on Gao had supported. Before long, [[insurrectionist]] elements within the [[Gao Republic]] exploited the UNSC presence to stage a coup with assistance from the [[Venezia]] [[Venezian militia|militia]] and the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]].<ref>''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', ''Chapter 5''</ref> Ultimately, the Spartans managed to secure Intrepid Eye and exfiltrate from the planet.<ref name="LL28">''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', ''Chapter 28''</ref> With them went [[Veta Lopis]], a [[special inspector]] from the [[Gao Ministry of Protection]] who had aided them during [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE|the fighting]]. Lopis was offered a civilian position within the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] and the chance to lead a new "[[Ferret]]" investigative team made up of herself and three [[Spartan-III]]s of the former [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]] which she had forged a bond with.<ref name="LL28"/> | ||
Intrepid Eye was delivered to the recently-commissioned ''[[Argent Moon]]'', an [[ONI]] research and development station, where she was kept under heavy guard to be interrogated and studied as part of [[Project Archeon]].<ref name="R5"/> Despite the many limitations placed upon her, the [[archeon-class ancilla]] managed to covertly smuggle bits of code off of the station over a span of five months that resulted in the establishment of remote aspects of herself in five different sectors of human-held space.<ref name="R5"/> These aspects were used by her to establish and control propaganda outlets, private security contractors, law practices, and political consulting firms.<ref name="R16"/> During her detainment on Gao, Intrepid Eye had been convinced by [[Wendell|another]] [[A.I.]] that [[human]]s were the intended [[Reclaimer]]s the [[Forerunner]]s had meant to inherit all their work.<ref>''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', ''Chapter 24''</ref> Since that revelation, it had become her primary purpose to make the species worthy of the great responsibility inherent in holding the [[Mantle]]. To this end, she began laying the groundwork through her multiple aspects for a series of events that she believed could bring humanity closer to this worthiness.<ref name="R5"/> One of her remote aspects presented itself to the [[dokab]] [[Castor]] of the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], who had nearly been killed on [[Gao]].<ref name="R13"/> Eye had little trouble making him think he was being visited by a holy [[oracle]] with his best interests at heart, as she recommended a location for him to grow a new base for the Keepers and began to feed him information she had gathered concerning the routes and itineraries of human vessels. From the moon of [[Taram]], Castor waged a campaign of [[piracy]] to rebuild his forces and had soon ascended to first among the Keepers' dokabs.<ref name="R13">''[[Halo: Retribution]]'', ''Chapter 13''</ref> It was her belief that Taram and the [[Suluhu Contemplarium]] on its surface would become known to humans eventually thanks to this, as she was concerned that telling them about it outright could compromise her plans. She hoped to keep track of those that would eventually visit the contemplarium and achieve a sufficient amount of spiritual enlightenment through it.<ref name="R16">''[[Halo: Retribution]]'', ''Chapter 16''</ref> Onboard the ''Argent Moon'', she also handpicked a young ONI [[lieutenant]] by the name of [[Bartalan Cradogg]] to serve her ends. Through the selective supply of information to he and nobody else assigned to Project Archeon, she ensured that he was promoted to higher importance than he rightfully deserved, and she also began to gather evidence of his [[Reproduction|sexual proclivities]] with which to blackmail him.<ref name="R5"/> | Intrepid Eye was delivered to the recently-commissioned ''[[Argent Moon]]'', an [[ONI]] research and development station, where she was kept under heavy guard to be interrogated and studied as part of [[Project Archeon]].<ref name="R5"/> Despite the many limitations placed upon her, the [[archeon-class ancilla]] managed to covertly smuggle bits of code off of the station over a span of five months that resulted in the establishment of remote aspects of herself in five different sectors of human-held space.<ref name="R5"/> These aspects were used by her to establish and control [[propaganda]] outlets, private security contractors, law practices, and political consulting firms.<ref name="R16"/> During her detainment on Gao, Intrepid Eye had been convinced by [[Wendell|another]] [[A.I.]] that [[human]]s were the intended [[Reclaimer]]s the [[Forerunner]]s had meant to inherit all their work.<ref>''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', ''Chapter 24''</ref> Since that revelation, it had become her primary purpose to make the species worthy of the great responsibility inherent in holding the [[Mantle]]. To this end, she began laying the groundwork through her multiple aspects for a series of events that she believed could bring humanity closer to this worthiness.<ref name="R5"/> One of her remote aspects presented itself to the [[dokab]] [[Castor]] of the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], who had nearly been killed on [[Gao]].<ref name="R13"/> Eye had little trouble making him think he was being visited by a holy [[oracle]] with his best interests at heart, as she recommended a location for him to grow a new base for the Keepers and began to feed him information she had gathered concerning the routes and itineraries of human vessels. From the moon of [[Taram]], Castor waged a campaign of [[piracy]] to rebuild his forces and had soon ascended to first among the Keepers' dokabs.<ref name="R13">''[[Halo: Retribution]]'', ''Chapter 13''</ref> It was her belief that Taram and the [[Suluhu Contemplarium]] on its surface would become known to humans eventually thanks to this, as she was concerned that telling them about it outright could compromise her plans. She hoped to keep track of those that would eventually visit the contemplarium and achieve a sufficient amount of spiritual enlightenment through it.<ref name="R16">''[[Halo: Retribution]]'', ''Chapter 16''</ref> Onboard the ''Argent Moon'', she also handpicked a young ONI [[lieutenant]] by the name of [[Bartalan Cradogg]] to serve her ends. Through the selective supply of information to he and nobody else assigned to Project Archeon, she ensured that he was promoted to higher importance than he rightfully deserved, and she also began to gather evidence of his [[Reproduction|sexual proclivities]] with which to blackmail him.<ref name="R5"/> | ||
On [[2553#December|December 1, 2553]] the UNSC passenger schooner ''[[UNSC Donoma|Donoma]]'' came under attack while en route to the [[human colony]] of [[Nephis]] in the [[Tisiphone system]]. Onboard the ship was [[Vice Admiral]] [[Graselyn Tuwa]], commander of the [[UNSC Navy]]'s [[Isbanola sector]] patrol fleet. She had been traveling with [[Kerbasi Tuwa|her husband]], [[Catalin Tuwa|her daughter]], and [[Yuso Tuwa|her son]] to attend the [[Threshold Ceremony]] of the daughter of [[Prudence Tuwa|her sister]], the [[Premier of Nephis|Nephis premier]]. The strike was carried out at the behest of [[Dark Moon Enterprises]], one of the security contractors controlled by Intrepid Eye. The ancilla's goal was to kidnap the survivors of the [[Barugi Incident]] so that the antibodies their bodies had made against [[asteroidea merozoite]] could be cultured and reproduced. Eventually, she intended to undertake a massive culling of the human species wherein only those deemed worthy would have been inoculated with a vaccine to the merozoites of asteroidea ahead of time.<ref name="R21"/> Dark Moon used a combination of Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, and humans to hit the ''Donoma'' in order to frame the Keepers.<ref name="R16"/> Veta Lopis and her Ferret team were summoned to the schooner to investigate it by Rear Admiral [[Serin Osman]] and based on their findings, they concluded that the Keepers did indeed seem to be the responsible party. Operation: RETRIBUTION was henceforth set into motion with the objectives of both rescuing the captured Tuwas and getting justice for Admiral Graselyn Tuwa, who had been brutally murdered during the assault.<ref name="R2"/> | On [[2553#December|December 1, 2553]] the UNSC passenger schooner ''[[UNSC Donoma|Donoma]]'' came under attack while en route to the [[human colony]] of [[Nephis]] in the [[Tisiphone system]]. Onboard the ship was [[Vice Admiral]] [[Graselyn Tuwa]], commander of the [[UNSC Navy]]'s [[Isbanola sector]] patrol fleet. She had been traveling with [[Kerbasi Tuwa|her husband]], [[Catalin Tuwa|her daughter]], and [[Yuso Tuwa|her son]] to attend the [[Threshold Ceremony]] of the daughter of [[Prudence Tuwa|her sister]], the [[Premier of Nephis|Nephis premier]]. The strike was carried out at the behest of [[Dark Moon Enterprises]], one of the security contractors controlled by Intrepid Eye. The ancilla's goal was to kidnap the survivors of the [[Barugi Incident]] so that the antibodies their bodies had made against [[asteroidea merozoite]] could be cultured and reproduced. Eventually, she intended to undertake a massive culling of the human species wherein only those deemed worthy would have been inoculated with a vaccine to the merozoites of asteroidea ahead of time.<ref name="R21"/> Dark Moon used a combination of Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, and humans to hit the ''Donoma'' in order to frame the Keepers.<ref name="R16"/> Veta Lopis and her Ferret team were summoned to the schooner to investigate it by Rear Admiral [[Serin Osman]] and based on their findings, they concluded that the Keepers did indeed seem to be the responsible party. Operation: RETRIBUTION was henceforth set into motion with the objectives of both rescuing the captured Tuwas and getting justice for Admiral Graselyn Tuwa, who had been brutally murdered during the assault.<ref name="R2"/> | ||