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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early career | ===Early career=== | ||
{{Quote|Gentlemen, I'll be brief. After almost fifteen years of continuous and ruinously expensive research without a single new useful technology discovered, the budget of the Onyx initiative has been reprioritized. Although the alien artifacts and hieroglyphics continue to be of interest, recent rebel activities in the Outer Colonies demand that we face realities and reallocate our finite A.I. and military personnel to counter this new threat.|Rear Admiral Parangosky explains the reasoning behind the Onyx initiative's loss of funding.}}<ref name="HGOO13"/> | {{Quote|Gentlemen, I'll be brief. After almost fifteen years of continuous and ruinously expensive research without a single new useful technology discovered, the budget of the Onyx initiative has been reprioritized. Although the alien artifacts and hieroglyphics continue to be of interest, recent rebel activities in the Outer Colonies demand that we face realities and reallocate our finite A.I. and military personnel to counter this new threat.|Rear Admiral Parangosky explains the reasoning behind the Onyx initiative's loss of funding.}}<ref name="HGOO13"/> | ||
Margaret Parangosky was born in [[2461]] or [[2462]], being seventy years of age by [[2531#October|October 24, 2531]].<ref name="HGOO2">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> She joined the [[United Nations Space Command]] [[UNSC Armed Forces|Armed Forces]] when she was around twenty-two years old, eventually becoming a captain in the [[UNSC Navy|Navy]].<ref name="HMD2"/> The first warship she served aboard was the {{UNSCShip|Lutyens}}.<ref name="HTTW2">''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> As a [[captain]] Margaret frequently punched well above her weight, so to speak, and brought down a number of senior officers.<ref name="HMD2">''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> When the [[Colonial Administration Authority]] fell from grace due to a series of scandals Parangosky elected to take on the [[Department of Colonial Security]], which nobody wanted, with the intent to improve it. In doing so she instantly acquired a virtual army of [[civilian]] spies with no preexisting loyalties to anyone else in the UNSC.<ref name="HMD2"/> | Margaret Parangosky was born in [[2461]] or [[2462]], being seventy years of age by [[2531#October|October 24, 2531]].<ref name="HGOO2">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> She joined the [[United Nations Space Command]] [[UNSC Armed Forces|Armed Forces]] when she was around twenty-two years old, eventually becoming a captain in the [[UNSC Navy|Navy]].<ref name="HMD2"/> The first warship she served aboard was the {{UNSCShip|Lutyens}}.<ref name="HTTW2">''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> As a [[captain]] Margaret frequently punched well above her weight, so to speak, and brought down a number of senior officers.<ref name="HMD2">''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> When the [[Colonial Administration Authority]] fell from grace due to a series of scandals Parangosky elected to take on the [[Department of Colonial Security]], which nobody wanted, with the intent to improve it. In doing so she instantly acquired a virtual army of [[civilian]] spies with no preexisting loyalties to anyone else in the UNSC.<ref name="HMD2"/> | ||
On [[2511#January|January 2, 2511]] Parangosky, now a rear admiral, issued [[Order 178.8.64.007|an order]] reclassifying all materials concerning the planet [[Onyx]] as Top Secret, Eyes Only.<ref name="HGOO13">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 13''</ref> This order affected anything mentioning, referencing, or containing reports, surveys, personal notes and logs, images, or any other data pertaining to the planet. It also was accompanied by an ONI-authorized system-wide network purge under the direction of a military [[artificial intelligence]]. On [[2525#March|March 6, 2525]] the admiral announced through [[Order 276.8.91.848|another order]] that after almost fifteen years of continuous and ruinously expensive research without the discovery of a single new useful technology, the Onyx initiative's budget had been reprioritized. Though the [[Forerunner|alien]] artifacts and [[Forerunner symbols|hieroglyphics]] there continued to be of interest, she said that recent [[insurrectionist|rebel]] activities in the [[Outer Colonies]] demanded that A.I. and military personnel were reallocated. Parangosky emphasized that Onyx was to remain classified and shared that all its materials and files had been re-designated under [[KING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN|new nomenclature]]. Any breaches of confidentiality, she added, would be punishable by death in accordance with various legal articles. A skeleton crew and one A.I. would continue to probe the mysteries of the site known as [[Zone 67]] on the planet, she noted. She closed by saying that in the meantime, the rest of them had a war to fight.<ref name="HGOO13"/> | On [[2511#January|January 2, 2511]] Parangosky, now a rear admiral, issued [[Order 178.8.64.007|an order]] reclassifying all materials concerning the planet [[Onyx]] as Top Secret, Eyes Only.<ref name="HGOO13">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 13''</ref> This order affected anything mentioning, referencing, or containing reports, surveys, personal notes and logs, images, or any other data pertaining to the planet. It also was accompanied by an ONI-authorized system-wide network purge under the direction of a military [[artificial intelligence]].<ref name="HGOO13"/> The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Section Three]] project that would come to be christened "[[SPARTAN-II]]" had been in its planning stages as early as [[2510]].<ref name="HJ8810">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''August 8, 2510''</ref> The program eventually involved the abduction and conscription of young children in order to create the ultimate fighting force for the UNSC, and Parangosky approved almost every aspect of it.<ref name="HG18"/> The kidnappings were carried out in [[2517]] and the great majority of the seventy-five children acquired were replaced with [[Flash cloning|flash clones]], though this particular detail escaped Margaret's knowledge for at least a couple years.<ref name="HG18">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''Chapter 18''</ref><ref name="HTFOR3">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref> | ||
On [[2525#March|March 6, 2525]] the admiral announced through [[Order 276.8.91.848|another order]] that after almost fifteen years of continuous and ruinously expensive research without the discovery of a single new useful technology, the Onyx initiative's budget had been reprioritized. Though the [[Forerunner|alien]] artifacts and [[Forerunner symbols|hieroglyphics]] there continued to be of interest, she said that recent [[insurrectionist|rebel]] activities in the [[Outer Colonies]] demanded that A.I. and military personnel were reallocated. Parangosky emphasized that Onyx was to remain classified and shared that all its materials and files had been re-designated under [[KING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN|new nomenclature]]. Any breaches of confidentiality, she added, would be punishable by death in accordance with various legal articles. A skeleton crew and one A.I. would continue to probe the mysteries of the site known as [[Zone 67]] on the planet, she noted. She closed by saying that in the meantime, the rest of them had a war to fight.<ref name="HGOO13"/> | |||
===SPARTAN-III=== | ===SPARTAN-III=== | ||