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{{Quote|On a recent mission to the Outer Colonies, I encountered one Sergeant Holly Tanaka, currently of the 412th Engineer Command… During my brief time with her, Sergeant Tanaka exhibited a mix of intelligence, grit, assertiveness, and selflessness that in my many years I've rarely encountered.|Captain [[French (captain)|French]] to [[Jun-A266]] on Holly Tanaka}} | {{Quote|On a recent mission to the Outer Colonies, I encountered one Sergeant Holly Tanaka, currently of the 412th Engineer Command… During my brief time with her, Sergeant Tanaka exhibited a mix of intelligence, grit, assertiveness, and selflessness that in my many years I've rarely encountered.|Captain [[French (captain)|French]] to [[Jun-A266]] on Holly Tanaka}} | ||
'''Spartan Holly Tanaka''' ([[service number]] '''93312-28001-HT'''){{Ref/Reuse|universe}} is a [[human]] soldier of the [[United Nations Space Command]] who served in the years following the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="HE17">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 17|Issue #17]]</ref> She was one of the three survivors of the [[2550]] [[glassing]] of her homeworld [[Minab]] known to have endured the three year struggle on its barren surface. Shortly after their rescue Tanaka would enlist in the [[UNSC Army]], becoming a non-commissioned officer in the [[UNSC Army Corps of Engineers]], and later volunteered for augmentation and training as a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]] supersoldier.{{Ref/Reuse|HE17}} As of August [[2558]] she had completed 23 military operations, including 14 full campaigns, in her combined Army and Spartan career. | '''Spartan Holly Tanaka''' ([[service number]] '''93312-28001-HT'''){{Ref/Reuse|universe}} is a [[human]] soldier of the [[United Nations Space Command]] who served in the years following the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="HE17">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 17|Issue #17]]''</ref> She was one of the three survivors of the [[2550]] [[glassing]] of her homeworld [[Minab]] known to have endured the three year struggle on its barren surface. Shortly after their rescue Tanaka would enlist in the [[UNSC Army]], becoming a non-commissioned officer in the [[UNSC Army Corps of Engineers]], and later volunteered for augmentation and training as a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]] supersoldier.{{Ref/Reuse|HE17}} As of August [[2558]] she had completed 23 military operations, including 14 full campaigns, in her combined Army and Spartan career.{{Ref/Game|Id=H5GLtd|Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition|[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition dossiers#Holly Tanaka|Dossier files]] - Holly Tanaka}} | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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The survivors began to mount a defense against the Covenant, blocking off the large gate with a haul truck, when Kig-Yar blew through their impromptu barriers and assaulted the cavern in every direction. Holly stood on a large walkway with her father as a number of the Covenant attackers began climbing onto the structure to attack them. Holly's father ordered her daughter to retreat up to the upper levels of the facility to escape the attackers and she obeyed without question. As the ravenous aliens pressed their attack, Holly held them off for a short while with her shotgun, killing at least one of them, and destroyed a ladder to prevent them from following. High atop a ledge she witnessed her father being captured by two Kig-Yar on one of the mine's other haul truck. Distracted by this sight, the two men she had inquired about just moments before snuck up and kidnapped her in the midst of the Covenant assault.{{Ref/Reuse|HE17}} | The survivors began to mount a defense against the Covenant, blocking off the large gate with a haul truck, when Kig-Yar blew through their impromptu barriers and assaulted the cavern in every direction. Holly stood on a large walkway with her father as a number of the Covenant attackers began climbing onto the structure to attack them. Holly's father ordered her daughter to retreat up to the upper levels of the facility to escape the attackers and she obeyed without question. As the ravenous aliens pressed their attack, Holly held them off for a short while with her shotgun, killing at least one of them, and destroyed a ladder to prevent them from following. High atop a ledge she witnessed her father being captured by two Kig-Yar on one of the mine's other haul truck. Distracted by this sight, the two men she had inquired about just moments before snuck up and kidnapped her in the midst of the Covenant assault.{{Ref/Reuse|HE17}} | ||
The next three days Holly and her kidnappers spent hiding in a cave in the highlands. There they revealed to her that they were colonial insurgents and that her father was the one who freed the assailant. In order to survive, they decided to acquire some gear they stocked not far from the cave; to do so, they had to pass through the Kig-Yar lurking around the compound. The used guerrilla tactics to deal with the Jackals, then stole their weapons and used [[plasma grenade]] to create a diversion. It brought the attention of the rest of the Jackals and gave them the opportunity to slip by unnoticed and retrieve their gear. Once back in the cave they decided to head south to locate any other camps of survivors. However, Holly protested violently, desiring to go find any survivors in the compound. In response, one of the insurgents disarmed Holly, claiming there were no survivors. They suggested her to join them, otherwise they would resolve to kill her in order to protect themselves from her futile attempts of "chasing ghosts". With no options left Holly agreed. The next few months they spent wandering on the surface of glassed Minab.<ref name="HE18">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 18|Issue #18]]</ref> | The next three days Holly and her kidnappers spent hiding in a cave in the highlands. There they revealed to her that they were colonial insurgents and that her father was the one who freed the assailant. In order to survive, they decided to acquire some gear they stocked not far from the cave; to do so, they had to pass through the Kig-Yar lurking around the compound. The used guerrilla tactics to deal with the Jackals, then stole their weapons and used [[plasma grenade]] to create a diversion. It brought the attention of the rest of the Jackals and gave them the opportunity to slip by unnoticed and retrieve their gear. Once back in the cave they decided to head south to locate any other camps of survivors. However, Holly protested violently, desiring to go find any survivors in the compound. In response, one of the insurgents disarmed Holly, claiming there were no survivors. They suggested her to join them, otherwise they would resolve to kill her in order to protect themselves from her futile attempts of "chasing ghosts". With no options left Holly agreed. The next few months they spent wandering on the surface of glassed Minab.<ref name="HE18">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 18|Issue #18]]''</ref> | ||
===UNSC Army service=== | ===UNSC Army service=== | ||
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Two days later on September 17, Ayit 'Sevi rendezvoused with Jul's fleet in the [[Urs system|Urs–Fied–Joori system]] and sneaked Tanaka and the other members inside the ''Breath of Annihilation''. After the fleet jumped in and out of [[slipspace]] and neared the portal to the Absolute Record, multiple slipspace ruptures materialized into several ships of the fleet, one of which began to tear apart ''Annihilation''. 'Sevi informed the team they had to abandon the ship and that their probe had been destroyed.<ref name=HE19/> | Two days later on September 17, Ayit 'Sevi rendezvoused with Jul's fleet in the [[Urs system|Urs–Fied–Joori system]] and sneaked Tanaka and the other members inside the ''Breath of Annihilation''. After the fleet jumped in and out of [[slipspace]] and neared the portal to the Absolute Record, multiple slipspace ruptures materialized into several ships of the fleet, one of which began to tear apart ''Annihilation''. 'Sevi informed the team they had to abandon the ship and that their probe had been destroyed.<ref name=HE19/> | ||
The team was forced to flee and fight their way through a Covenant battalion in order to reach an undamaged hangar bay. When Dr. Glassman succumbed under the hazardous conditions of the ship and fainted, Tanaka carried and defended him from hostile attacks. Ayit 'Sevi soon procured a Phantom and transported everyone directly to Jul 'Mdama's flagship, ''[[Song of Retribution]]''. With news that 'Mdama would push forward to the portal and reach the Absolute Record, the team resolved to split-up. Tanaka remained aboard the ''Song'' with Palmer and a conscious Glassman, while Thorne and 'Sevi returned to ''Annihilation'' in an attempt to use its communications to contact ONI.<ref>'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 20|Issue #20]]</ref> | The team was forced to flee and fight their way through a Covenant battalion in order to reach an undamaged hangar bay. When Dr. Glassman succumbed under the hazardous conditions of the ship and fainted, Tanaka carried and defended him from hostile attacks. Ayit 'Sevi soon procured a Phantom and transported everyone directly to Jul 'Mdama's flagship, ''[[Song of Retribution]]''. With news that 'Mdama would push forward to the portal and reach the Absolute Record, the team resolved to split-up. Tanaka remained aboard the ''Song'' with Palmer and a conscious Glassman, while Thorne and 'Sevi returned to ''Annihilation'' in an attempt to use its communications to contact ONI.<ref>'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 20|Issue #20]]''</ref> | ||
[[File:HE24 covering.png|left|thumb|250px|Tanaka fighting off Sentinels while providing cover for Palmer and Glassman.]] | [[File:HE24 covering.png|left|thumb|250px|Tanaka fighting off Sentinels while providing cover for Palmer and Glassman.]] | ||
However, Tanaka and the others did not stay undiscovered for long. When the ''Song'' entered the portal and reached the Record, the [[custodian]] [[ancilla]] monitoring the facility detected the presence of [[Reclaimer]]s aboard and summoned the humans from the ship, revealing their presence to the Covenant. The ancilla assembled both factions to inquire as to who was the rightful owner of the Janus Key and of the Record, but an outbreak of weapons fire from Jul's warriors caused the custodian to kill all the Elites except Jul.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 21|Issue #21]]</ref> It then tested both parties with a hypothetical scenario to see if they could be trusted with the Record's power, but Halsey interrupted the test by hacking the ancilla, disabling it and giving herself control of the Record.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 22|Issue #22]]</ref> | However, Tanaka and the others did not stay undiscovered for long. When the ''Song'' entered the portal and reached the Record, the [[custodian]] [[ancilla]] monitoring the facility detected the presence of [[Reclaimer]]s aboard and summoned the humans from the ship, revealing their presence to the Covenant. The ancilla assembled both factions to inquire as to who was the rightful owner of the Janus Key and of the Record, but an outbreak of weapons fire from Jul's warriors caused the custodian to kill all the Elites except Jul.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 21|Issue #21]]''</ref> It then tested both parties with a hypothetical scenario to see if they could be trusted with the Record's power, but Halsey interrupted the test by hacking the ancilla, disabling it and giving herself control of the Record.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 22|Issue #22]]''</ref> | ||
As Jul called reinforcements, Tanaka and Palmer fended off attacking Covenant while protecting Glassman, but were rescued by the timely intervention of a Sentinel. It turned out to contain the backup memory of the custodian AI, who requested the humans' help in restoring its control.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 23|Issue #23]]</ref> Tanaka and Palmer defended the Sentinel, and it reactivated its old body to overpower Halsey and take control of the Record from her. However, the Record began to fall apart after Jul ordered it fired upon to disrupt the Sentinel attacks, but Glassman aided Tanaka and Palmer in escaping by activating the local [[teleportation grid]]. They used it to teleport to the ''Breath of Annihilation'', and were hidden there by 'Sevi until the ship returned to Sangheili space, after which the humans covertly escaped and were picked up by a UNSC [[prowler]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 24|Issue #24]]</ref> | As Jul called reinforcements, Tanaka and Palmer fended off attacking Covenant while protecting Glassman, but were rescued by the timely intervention of a Sentinel. It turned out to contain the backup memory of the custodian AI, who requested the humans' help in restoring its control.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 23|Issue #23]]''</ref> Tanaka and Palmer defended the Sentinel, and it reactivated its old body to overpower Halsey and take control of the Record from her. However, the Record began to fall apart after Jul ordered it fired upon to disrupt the Sentinel attacks, but Glassman aided Tanaka and Palmer in escaping by activating the local [[teleportation grid]]. They used it to teleport to the ''Breath of Annihilation'', and were hidden there by 'Sevi until the ship returned to Sangheili space, after which the humans covertly escaped and were picked up by a UNSC [[prowler]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 24|Issue #24]]''</ref> | ||
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===Battle of Kamchatka=== | ===Battle of Kamchatka=== | ||