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{{Quote|Now I know what you have to do to get a couple of days' R-and-R in this outfit.|Linda, after being resuscitated from clinical death aboard {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}}<ref name="fs268">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 268'' (2003 edition); ''page 322'' (2010 edition)</ref>}} | {{Quote|Now I know what you have to do to get a couple of days' R-and-R in this outfit.|Linda, after being resuscitated from clinical death aboard {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}}<ref name="fs268">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 268'' (2003 edition); ''page 322'' (2010 edition)</ref>}} | ||
Linda was then geared up and made ready for battle, but did not exhibit her exceptional skills until [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]. Linda was one of the Spartans who infiltrated ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', in the [[Tau Ceti system]], in a | Linda was then geared up and made ready for battle, but did not exhibit her exceptional skills until [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]. Linda was one of the Spartans who infiltrated ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', in the [[Tau Ceti system]], in a {{Pattern|Dextro Xur|Spirit}}, providing cover for John-117, Fred-104, [[William-043]], and Grace-093 with an [[SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 299'' (2003 edition); ''page 360'' (2010 edition)</ref> She made sure the Spartans made it to the vessel's fusion reactors and allowed their overload by the team.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 379'' (2010 edition)</ref> | ||
As John, Will, and Fred evacuated, Linda, with some of her best and potent shooting skills, managed to shoot [[seven]] Sangheili pilots right out of their airborne [[Type-26 Banshee]] fliers one-handed and hanging upside-down from a cable.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 318-320'' (2003 edition); ''pages 381-383'' (2010 edition)</ref> She refused to give up her position to make sure her three comrades got out alive, even at the expense of her own life, until John ordered her to let him rescue her over the [[COM]]. She then sent the Spartan-derived [[Oly Oly Oxen Free]] over the COM and uploaded a NAV marker with her location to John's [[Heads-up display|HUD]]. It turned out that she was actually hiding in broad daylight, but angled so that the sun would not reflect off of her suit, thus providing an undetectable cover from which she eliminated the Banshees.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 322'' (2003 edition); ''page 386'' (2010 edition)</ref> | As John, Will, and Fred evacuated, Linda, with some of her best and potent shooting skills, managed to shoot [[seven]] Sangheili pilots right out of their airborne [[Type-26 Banshee]] fliers one-handed and hanging upside-down from a cable.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 318-320'' (2003 edition); ''pages 381-383'' (2010 edition)</ref> She refused to give up her position to make sure her three comrades got out alive, even at the expense of her own life, until John ordered her to let him rescue her over the [[COM]]. She then sent the Spartan-derived [[Oly Oly Oxen Free]] over the COM and uploaded a NAV marker with her location to John's [[Heads-up display|HUD]]. It turned out that she was actually hiding in broad daylight, but angled so that the sun would not reflect off of her suit, thus providing an undetectable cover from which she eliminated the Banshees.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 322'' (2003 edition); ''page 386'' (2010 edition)</ref> | ||
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Using the ''Bloodied Spirit'', Linda and the other SPARTAN-IIs traveled to the planet [[Onyx]] at the request of Dr. Catherine Halsey. Linda arrived with Fred-104 and Will-043 in a crash landing on the surface.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 234''</ref> There, she met [[Kelly-087]], [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]], [[Kurt-051|Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose]] (a Spartan she had thought dead for twenty-one years) and many [[SPARTAN-III program|Spartan-III]]s — most notably [[Holly-G003|Holly]], [[Ash-G099|Ash]], and [[Dante-G188|Dante]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 254''</ref> There they were assaulted by multiple [[Onyx Sentinel]]s. The Sentinels attacked in groups of three, one watching and reporting Spartan tactics to the other Sentinels at three thousand meters in the air, and the other two attacking at close range. Linda was able to shoot the overwatch Sentinel out of the sky with aid from two [[M41 rocket launcher]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 262''</ref> | Using the ''Bloodied Spirit'', Linda and the other SPARTAN-IIs traveled to the planet [[Onyx]] at the request of Dr. Catherine Halsey. Linda arrived with Fred-104 and Will-043 in a crash landing on the surface.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 234''</ref> There, she met [[Kelly-087]], [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]], [[Kurt-051|Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose]] (a Spartan she had thought dead for twenty-one years) and many [[SPARTAN-III program|Spartan-III]]s — most notably [[Holly-G003|Holly]], [[Ash-G099|Ash]], and [[Dante-G188|Dante]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 254''</ref> There they were assaulted by multiple [[Onyx Sentinel]]s. The Sentinels attacked in groups of three, one watching and reporting Spartan tactics to the other Sentinels at three thousand meters in the air, and the other two attacking at close range. Linda was able to shoot the overwatch Sentinel out of the sky with aid from two [[M41 rocket launcher]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 262''</ref> | ||
Linda then accompanied the rest of the human survivors as they used one of ''Bloodied Spirit''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s | Linda then accompanied the rest of the human survivors as they used one of ''Bloodied Spirit''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s {{Pattern|Dextro Xur|Spirit}}s to reach a massive underground [[Forerunner]] city within [[Zone 67]] on Onyx.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 269''</ref> Once they had located Onyx's [[Cartographer|map room]], [[Endless Summer]] assigned them on a mission to destroy a [[Sentinel manufacturing facility|Sentinel factory]], in which they succeeded.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 324''</ref> | ||
[[Slipspace translocation|Translocating]] to another section of Onyx, they found Spartan-III [[Team Katana]], who were trapped in Forerunner [[slipspace field pod]]s. As such, the Spartans were unable to resuscitate them and fled to [[Core room antechamber|a chamber]] within Onyx's core, taking Team Katana with them, whilst being pursued by a [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] army under command of [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 350''</ref> The Covenant forces assaulted the small group of Spartan-IIs and Spartan-IIIs, who were holding their ground at a [[slipspace portal]] in the center of the core room. Linda was able to kill many Sangheili and Unggoy, but they were quickly being overwhelmed, and Kurt ordered a retreat into the slipspace rift while he stayed behind to make sure the Covenant did not follow them inside. Linda's final act during that battle was to shoot two Sangheili out of their Banshees before retreating through.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 366-368''</ref> | [[Slipspace translocation|Translocating]] to another section of Onyx, they found Spartan-III [[Team Katana]], who were trapped in Forerunner [[slipspace field pod]]s. As such, the Spartans were unable to resuscitate them and fled to [[Core room antechamber|a chamber]] within Onyx's core, taking Team Katana with them, whilst being pursued by a [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] army under command of [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 350''</ref> The Covenant forces assaulted the small group of Spartan-IIs and Spartan-IIIs, who were holding their ground at a [[slipspace portal]] in the center of the core room. Linda was able to kill many Sangheili and Unggoy, but they were quickly being overwhelmed, and Kurt ordered a retreat into the slipspace rift while he stayed behind to make sure the Covenant did not follow them inside. Linda's final act during that battle was to shoot two Sangheili out of their Banshees before retreating through.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 366-368''</ref> | ||