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==Biography==
==Biography==
===Discovery and investigations===
===Discovery and investigations===
By [[2553#April|April 14, 2553]], [[Commander]] Murtag Nelson was a field analyst at a listening post of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. On that day, [[Kig-Yar]] [[pirate]] [[Sav Fel]] [[Glassing|glassed]] [[Forerunner]] ruins on [[Shaps III]] with {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]''. [[Line Installation 444-447]] on the planet responded to the destruction by sending an automated distress signal to [[Covert Support Base 4276]] on the [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Gao]]. When the support facility received the signal, {{Class|archeon|ancilla}} [[Intrepid Eye]] was released from stasis. She attempted to reach the Forerunner [[ecumene]] by sending out a distress signal herself. However, the signal was only detected by Nelson. Nelson hypothesized that the signals emanating from Gao was caused by the glassing of the ruins on Shaps III and correctly guessed that there was a Forerunner [[ancilla]] on Gao. Nelson managed to persuade his superiors into trusting his theory, leading to the [[Commander-in-Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence|Commander-in-Chief of ONI]]—[[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]]—giving Nelson command of the [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion]]. She attached [[Blue Team]] to the [[battalion]] and sent the unit to Gao to [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE|locate and capture the ancilla]].<ref name="ll28"/>
By [[2553#April|April 14, 2553]], [[Commander]] Murtag Nelson was a field analyst at a listening post of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. On that day, [[Kig-Yar]] [[pirate]] [[Sav Fel]] [[Glassing|glassed]] [[Forerunner]] ruins on [[Shaps III]] with {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]''. [[Line Installation 444-447]] on the planet responded to the destruction by sending an automated distress signal to [[Covert Support Base 4276]] on the [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Gao]]. When the support facility received the signal, {{Class|archeon|ancilla}} [[Intrepid Eye]] was released from stasis. She attempted to reach the Forerunner [[ecumene]] by sending out a distress signal herself. However, the signal was only detected by Nelson. Nelson hypothesized that the signals emanating from Gao was caused by the glassing of the ruins on Shaps III and correctly guessed that there was a Forerunner [[ancilla]] on Gao. Nelson managed to persuade his superiors into trusting his theory, leading to the [[Commander-in-Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence|Commander-in-Chief of ONI]]—[[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]]—giving Nelson command of the [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion]]. She attached [[Blue Team]] to the [[battalion]] and sent the unit to Gao to [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE|locate and capture the ancilla]].{{Ref/Reuse|ll28}}


Upon arriving at Gao in [[2553#May|May 2553]], Nelson and most of his staff took up residence at the [[Montero Vitality Center]]. Realizing that the UNSC was searching for her, Intrepid Eye began murdering Gao citizens in the [[Montero Cave System]] hoping that the planet's residents would blame the murders on the UNSC and force them to leave the planet. However, Nelson organized for elements of the battalion to work together with the [[Gao Ministry of Protection]] to investigate the murders in the cave, while also searching for the ancilla.<ref name="ll43">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 43-49''</ref> On [[2553#July|July 2, 2553]], while helping [[Special inspector|Special Inspector]] [[Veta Lopis]] and her team set up their new place of operations with [[Frederic-104]] in the Vitality Center, he learned that [[Major]] [[Ira Halal]] of the [[UNSC Judge Advocate General's Corps]] traveled to a newly discovered murder victim to document it without informing Nelson or Lopis.<ref name="ll52"/>
Upon arriving at Gao in [[2553#May|May 2553]], Nelson and most of his staff took up residence at the [[Montero Vitality Center]]. Realizing that the UNSC was searching for her, Intrepid Eye began murdering Gao citizens in the [[Montero Cave System]] hoping that the planet's residents would blame the murders on the UNSC and force them to leave the planet. However, Nelson organized for elements of the battalion to work together with the [[Gao Ministry of Protection]] to investigate the murders in the cave, while also searching for the ancilla.<ref name="ll43">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 43-49''</ref> On [[2553#July|July 2, 2553]], while helping [[Special inspector|Special Inspector]] [[Veta Lopis]] and her team set up their new place of operations with [[Frederic-104]] in the Vitality Center, he learned that [[Major]] [[Ira Halal]] of the [[UNSC Judge Advocate General's Corps]] traveled to a newly discovered murder victim to document it without informing Nelson or Lopis.{{Ref/Reuse|ll52}}
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==Personality and traits==
==Personality and traits==
Murtag Nelson was a brash, young commander of the [[UNSC Navy]]. Somewhat socially awkward, he was given to bouts of anxiety and was sometimes absorbed into a state of intense concentration, becoming entirely ignorant of his surroundings.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', Chapter 12</ref> During [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE|his mission]] to [[Gao]] to capture [[ancilla]] [[Intrepid Eye]], Nelson felt pressured into succeeding as he realized that the operation could either make or break his career.<ref name="ll28"/> A tired-looking man, Nelson was noted to look more like a junior software engineer than a commander of the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="ll52"/>
Murtag Nelson was a brash, young commander of the [[UNSC Navy]]. Somewhat socially awkward, he was given to bouts of anxiety and was sometimes absorbed into a state of intense concentration, becoming entirely ignorant of his surroundings.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', Chapter 12</ref> During [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE|his mission]] to [[Gao]] to capture [[ancilla]] [[Intrepid Eye]], Nelson felt pressured into succeeding as he realized that the operation could either make or break his career.{{Ref/Reuse|ll28}} A tired-looking man, Nelson was noted to look more like a junior software engineer than a commander of the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Reuse|ll52}}


Despite the tensions between the UNSC and the [[Gao Ministry of Protection]] during his mission on Gao, Nelson genuinely sought to work fairly with the GMoP and treated the Gaos with respect. Nelson desired to both ease tensions between Gao and the [[Unified Earth Government]], while also avoiding escalation the tensions to another rebellion on the planet. After learning that [[Major]] [[Ira Halal]] had gone off to investigate a recently discovered murder victim without informing the GMoP, Nelson was furious and sent Blue Team to locate him.<ref name="ll52"/>
Despite the tensions between the UNSC and the [[Gao Ministry of Protection]] during his mission on Gao, Nelson genuinely sought to work fairly with the GMoP and treated the Gaos with respect. Nelson desired to both ease tensions between Gao and the [[Unified Earth Government]], while also avoiding escalation the tensions to another rebellion on the planet. After learning that [[Major]] [[Ira Halal]] had gone off to investigate a recently discovered murder victim without informing the GMoP, Nelson was furious and sent Blue Team to locate him.{{Ref/Reuse|ll52}}
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