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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 the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', in the [[Tau Ceti system]], in a [[Type-25 Spirit]], providing cover for John-117, Fred-104, [[Will-043]], and [[Grace-093]] with a [[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> | 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 the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', in the [[Tau Ceti system]], in a [[Type-25 Spirit]], providing cover for John-117, Fred-104, [[Will-043]], and [[Grace-093]] with a [[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 [[ | 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> | ||
[[File:H2A Terminals - ONICouncil.jpg|thumb|250px|Fred and Linda reporting the destruction of ''Unyielding Hierophant'' to an ONI council.]] | [[File:H2A Terminals - ONICouncil.jpg|thumb|250px|Fred and Linda reporting the destruction of ''Unyielding Hierophant'' to an ONI council.]] | ||