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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]].<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 [[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 of 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"/> | 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"/> | ||