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{{Quote|Sir, I can't just leave you...|The Rookie to an injured [[Gage Yevgenny]]}}

Weeks after the tragedy of New Jerusalem, the Rookie participated in [[Raid on Mount Haven|an engagement]] in the city of [[Mount Haven]] on an unspecified colony.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}{{Ref/Note|It has been confirmed in a comment by [[Tobias Buckell]] [http://goingrampant.blogspot.com/2010/03/examination-of-female-characters-part-3.html here] that the rookie character in ''Dirt'' is indeed The Rookie from ''Halo 3: ODST''.}} He deployed from the {{UNSCShip|Chares}} with ODST reinforcements on orders to defend the transport of a [[Forerunner]] artifact. Shortly thereafter, he responded to a distress call requested by [[Gage Yevgenny]], a veteran ODST who had gone against orders to save a crowd of [[civilian]] children. Gage's [[Pelican]] had been shot down by rogue ODSTs near the mountains outside the city, and was found mortally wounded by the Rookie, who had just arrived with Gage's reinforcements.<ref name="dirt">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Dirt]]"</ref>

Gage, who knew he was dying, told the Rookie his life story, right up until he crashed the Pelican. The Rookie, who had listened intently, promised to remember Gage and do whatever he could against the [[Covenant]]. Gage then told the Rookie that Covenant forces and the rogue ODSTs were on their way to the crash site, and warned the Rookie to get as far away as possible, as Gage was going to detonate a [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]] he had stolen, killing them all.{{Ref/Reuse|dirt}}

The Rookie ditched most of his gear and ran until he reached the other side of the mountain, at which point Gage detonated the Shiva, killing himself, his renegade teammates, and thousands of Covenant troops. The Rookie, being one of the only survivors, hailed a Pelican and was informed that [[Reach]] had just been attacked,<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 153''</ref> and that the survivors of Mount Haven were retreating to Earth. The Rookie would not forget Gage Yevgenny, and his long and tragic life.{{Ref/Reuse|dirt}} After this, he was promoted to [[Lance Corporal]] and transferred to [[Alpha-Nine|a squad]]—then led by [[Gunnery Sergeant|GySgt]] [[Edward Buck]]—as the replacement for [[Baruti Komen|an ODST]] who had died during the [[Fall of Reach]]. After a "friendly" suggestion by his squadmates, the new guy on

Alpha-Nine adopted the callsign “Rookie.” Either in haste or because it was recycled, the Rookie’s nameplate had Private, First Class (PFC) rank insignia instead of Lance Corporal (LCpl).{{Ref/Generic|Id=CosplayRank|[[:File:H3ODST Cosplay Guide.pdf|The Rookie Cosplay Guide]]|p.73}}