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'''Olivia-G291''', nicknamed '''"O"'''<ref name="goo116"/> or '''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Livi'''<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 104, 115, 180, etc.'' (Google Play edition)</ref> is a [[Spartan-III program|SPARTAN-III supersoldier]] of [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]].<ref name="goo116">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 116''</ref> Originally assigned to [[Team Saber]], one of the leading squads in Gamma Company,<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 117''</ref> she served as part of [[Blue Team]] following the [[Onyx Conflict]].<ref name="blue">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 382-383''</ref> After [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE]] in [[2553#July|July 2553]], Olivia was assigned to an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Ferret|Ferret Team]] led by [[Veta Lopis]] along with fellow Gamma Spartans [[Ash-G099]] and [[Mark-G313]], serving as the team's information specialist.<ref name="ant"/>

Olivia joined the SPARTAN-III program developed by [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] at age six when she,<ref name="hll"/> along with other orphans, "volunteered" to become Spartans to avenge their families' deaths. She and the other Spartan-III candidates were trained under [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez|Mendez]], surviving [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]] SPARTAN-IIIs [[Lucy-B091]] and [[Tom-B292]], and [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] at [[Camp Currahee]] on the planet [[Onyx]]. Olivia was assigned to [[Team Saber]] under the command of [[Ash-G099]].

On the other side of the slipspace rift, Olivia and the others found themselves inside a [[Trevelyan|Dyson sphere habitat]]. There, Olivia and the other survivors waited for Kurt to arrive, but he never came. Shortly afterward, they made gravestones for William, Dante, Kurt and Holly; Olivia was then accepted into [[Blue Team]], along with the other Spartan-IIIs present, by [[Kelly-087]] and [[Frederic-104]].<ref name="blue"/>

Olivia and the other survivors then proceeded to explore the sphere in order to fulfill their mission to find valuable Forerunner technologies and take them back to Earth.<ref name="blue"/> After they had reconnoitered the vast construct for some time and established a camp in a Forerunner structure, [[Lucy-B091]] discovered several [[Huragok]] which helped the human survivors contact the ONI ships outside and eventually disabled the [[slipspace bubble]], bringing the shield world into normal space. As the sphere had occupied a pocket of alternate space-time, Olivia and the others had only experienced the passage of several days, whereas over three months had passed in normal space-time.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 382-389''</ref> After being retrieved by [[Kilo-Five]], Olivia and the others were taken to [[Earth]] aboard the {{UNSCShip|Port Stanley}} for a debriefing in [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 401''</ref>

In [[2553#May|May 2553]], Blue Team was attached to ONI's [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion]] deployed to the [[Outer Colony]] of [[Gao]] to search for a [[Forerunner]] [[ancilla]], [[Intrepid Eye]], that had been detected on the planet by the battalion's [[Commander]] [[Murtag Nelson]]. The UNSC's presence on the planet was largely undesired by the traditionally independent Gao. For over a month, the UNSC attempted to capture the ancilla, who, in turn, regularly harassed the 717th with her [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s. Additionally, upon learning of the UNSC's intentions, Intrepid Eye began covertly murdering Gao citizens in the [[Montero Cave System]] in an effort to create discord between the Gaos and the UNSC. The [[Gao Ministry of Protection]] dispatched [[Special inspector|Special Inspector]] [[Veta Lopis]] to find the murderer and Nelson had members of Blue Team aid her in her efforts to allow the UNSC to return searching for the ancilla without Gao interference. Lopis was initially convinced that the murderer was one of the Spartans, with her suspicions eventually focusing on Mark-G313 in particular.<ref name="hll"/>

On [[2553#July|July 4, 2553]], Olivia, Ash, Mark, and Fred accompanied Lopis and her partner [[Cirilo]] to the last known location of [[Major]] [[Ira Halal]] and [[Private]] [[Hayes]], both of whom turned out to have been murdered. The Gao investigators decided to follow a trail of an unidentified fluid—in fact belonging to the wounded [[Huragok]] [[Roams Alone]]—deeper into the caverns, with the Spartans coming along. As they reached a large cavern, after nearly a twelve hours' descent, the humans were attacked by Intrepid Eye's last four remaining Sentinels. Though the Spartans were able to destroy the Forerunner drones, Cirilo was killed and Olivia was seriously wounded, with both of her legs broken by a large falling rock. Following her injury, she destroyed a Sentinel bare-handed in the berserk state experienced by members of Gamma Company under intense pain and stress due to their [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM#Gamma Company|altered brain chemistry]]. With the engagement over, Fred left to reconnoiter the area in hopes of finding the [[Covert Support Base 4276|Forerunner base]] the 717th was searching for. While waiting for Fred, the Gammas and Lopis were approached by Roams Alone, a [[Lifeworker]] Huragok who began to heal Olivia's wounds.<ref name="hll"/>

Fred eventually returned and decided that the party should take the Huragok with them, return to the surface and report to Nelson. However, Olivia had lost her "Smoothers"—drugs that controlled the Gammas' destabilizing augmentations—during the fighting, making it inevitable that the young Spartans would run out of them on the way out. Mark volunteered to take only one of the remaining five Smoother injections, leaving two doses each for Ash and Olivia, while Mark subsequently took point as the group began their climb toward the surface. While Roams Alone had improved Olivia's condition, she was still unable to move by herself and had to be carried on a litter.<ref name="hll"/>

After over a day's climb, the party eventually reached the [[Gallery of the Inverted Forest]] where they were approached by a Forerunner [[inspection drone]] housing Intrepid Eye. While isolated from the others, Olivia and Lopis were confronted by [[Petora Zoyas]], who held Olivia at gunpoint and appeared to know Lopis, telling her that they should take both the Huragok and the Forerunner device with them and escape. Meanwhile, however, Fred used a [[scramble grenade]] on the inspection drone, generating a blinding flash of light; Olivia used this to an advantage and promptly killed Zoyas by stabbing the Gao insurgent in the chest with her [[combat knife]]. The incident made Olivia exceedingly distrustful of Lopis, convinced that the inspector was a spy in league with Zoyas.<ref name="hll"/>

With the ancilla in their possession, the group surfaced at the embattled village of [[Wendosa]] and proceeded to reinforce the 717th, which was under attack by the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]]. Roams Alone having worked on her, Olivia was now able to move on her own and contribute to the fighting to some extent. Informed that Fred was to return to the [[Montero Vitality Center]] with the ancilla, the group fought their way through Wendosa and Fred boarded a [[UH-144 Falcon|Falcon]], but the craft was shot down and crashed in the jungle several [[kilometer]]s away. As the battle in Wendosa began to turn to the UNSC's favor, Olivia and the others reunited with the rest of Blue Team, who decided to make their way to the Falcon's crash site before the Keepers could reach it. Before they departed, the Gammas took double doses of Smoothers, stabilizing their mental condition. After a series of sniper battles along the [[Briones Ridge]], the group arrived at the crash site. With the eventual help of [[Alpha Company (717th)|Alpha Company]], they fended off the Keepers and recovered Fred as well as the ancilla. The Spartans were brought to the [[Montero Vitality Center]] to recover, with Olivia and Ash personally checking on Lopis after she regained consciousness.<ref name="hll"/>

{{Quote|multi=yes|q1=We're going to make a great Ferret team. Right, Ash?|Olivia|q2=Yeah. Right. I'm in.|Ash|Olivia and Ash regarding their reassignment<ref name="ll c28"/>}}

Before the 717th could evacuate, the newly-elected [[President of Gao]] [[Arlo Casille]] sent [[Gao Republic]]'s military to forcefully remove the UNSC from the planet. Olivia and Ash joined Fred at the [[Portable Spartan Support Module]] in order to acquire their armor. However, Intrepid Eye had taken control of the module and attempted to suffocate Lopis inside the [[airlock]], but the Spartans were able to free the inspector and neutralize Intrepid Eye's inspection drone. Determined to prevent the Forerunner site from falling into Casille's hands, Blue Team, Lopis, and Roams Alone embarked to destroy the facility with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]. Pursued by [[Wyvern]]s carrying [[Gao battle-jumpers]], the team traveled in Warthogs to the [[Well of Echoes]], below which the Forerunner support base was located, and boarded the [[Owl]] [[UNSC Silent Claw|''Silent Claw'']], with [[Serin Osman|Rear Admiral Serin Osman]] waiting onboard. Mark dropped the HAVOK into the Well of Echoes, destroying the Forerunner base, while Blue Team exfiltrated from the planet successfully.<ref name="hll"/>

{{Quote|no=three|q1=I'm gonna crush that fat fart's tiny little... ears.|Olivia|q2=His ears, huh? Really?|Lopis|q3=Okay, not really. But whatever I crush, it's going to hurt him. A lot.|Olivia|Olivia-G291 after being drugged by Spencer Hume<ref name="ant"/>}}

On [[2553#October|October 14, 2553]], the Ferret Team participated in a training exercise against [[Oscar Squad]] at [[UNSC Recreational Facility 6055-NA-A]] on [[Neos Atlantis]]. Olivia was responsible for hacking into the facility's booking system to reserve the hotel's prestigious Halsey Suite for the team to use as a safe house for the duration of the mission. When the team went undercover, Olivia adopted the cover identity of "Lieutenant Bati", a [[Luna OCS Academy]] graduate, wearing makeup applied to make her appear older than her actual age. At the facility's [[officers' club]], she was approached by a dubious-looking man appearing to show interest in her—in fact the reporter [[Spencer Hume]], who gave her a glass of [[zantelle]] laced with [[nicothiotal]] in an attempt to coax her into revealing classified information about the Spartans and Gamma Company in particular. Realizing Olivia had been drugged, Lopis ordered the rest of the team into action. After Mark seized Hume, Lopis escorted Olivia into the Halsey Suite and administered a counteragent to the nicothiotal.<ref name="ant"/>

As Olivia recovered, Mark and Ash returned to the Halsey Suite, with Mark having been attacked on the way by the waitress who had served Olivia's drink earlier. Not long after, they were joined by Rear Admiral Osman, accompanied by Oscar Squad's [[Svenson|Commander Svenson]], who claimed to have witnessed Mark and Ash carrying a body and demanded an explanation. After a brief argument between Lopis, Svenson and Osman, the admiral left the suite, giving the Ferret Team two hours to resolve the situation. Ash and Mark explained what had happened—Mark had accidentally killed Hume when he was attacked and the two had disposed of the body afterward. After Hume's identity was discovered, Olivia used ONI's [[Facial Recognition Database]] to identify Mark's assailant as a former ONI commander named [[Ota Gallo]], now working for the private security company [[Dark Moon Enterprises]]. Olivia subsequently used Hume's [[COM pad]] to send a message to Gallo in order to lure her into the suite, with a copy of the message sent to Osman. Gallo and two of her henchmen stormed the Halsey Suite immediately afterward, although the Ferrets managed to defeat the attackers after a brief firefight. Though Olivia received multiple injuries, she was able to neutralize Gallo with a thrown knife, causing the rogue operative to be blown apart by her own [[grenade]].<ref name="ant"/>

The Ferret Team's attempt to evacuate in the aftermath of the attack was cut short by Admiral Osman returning to the suite with an [[ONI Security|armed escort]]. Commending Olivia for her actions, the admiral claimed Hume's personal effects and asked Lopis what had really happened to Hume. Lopis lied that Gallo killed Hume after the reporter was planning to name her as his source. While clearly incredulous, Osman was apparently satisfied with the explanation.<ref name="ant"/>

Olivia is energetic and clever and has shown to be quick to catch on to new ideas.<ref name="ll c28"/><ref>'''Halo: Fractures''', "A Necessary Truth", page 234'' (Google Play edition)</ref> She is also empathetic and perceptive, for example quickly noticing [[Veta Lopis]]' anxiety in tight spaces and attempting to calm the inspector down. This was ostensibly to avoid the pair from being discovered, though she also appeared to show genuine concern for Lopis' well-being, unexpectedly opening up to her about a fear of her own; namely one of "white fire" generated by a [[plasma]] discharge. Psychologists stated this was because she had seen her family die in a plasma strike, though she could no longer remember the details of the event herself. As was the norm with Spartan-IIIs, Olivia joined the program in order avenge her family and homeworld. As she was trained, however, she would come to be motivated by a desire to prevent anyone else having to suffer a similar fate. Olivia would later reflect on the tragedy not with bitterness but as something that gave her purpose.<ref name="ll13">'''Halo: Last Light''', Chapter 13, ''pages 173-177'' (Google Play edition)</ref> She even appeared to take some measure of pride in the Gammas' augmentation-induced mental condition, namely their ability to fight under pain intolerable to any other human.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', Chapter 23, ''pages 294-295'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

While cordial around her peers, Olivia shows considerable hostility to those she distrusts. Being highly loyal to her team, she quickly noticed Veta Lopis' attempts to gauge information about [[Mark-G313]] and grew more upset with the inspector for treating her teammate as a suspect.<ref name="ll13"/> However, while she seemed to lose her trust in Lopis after the encounter with [[Petora Zoyas]], Olivia did not hold a grudge with the inspector for long, having already grown to respect her after the battle in Wendosa and later responding to the creation of the Ferret Team with enthusiasm.<ref name="ll c28"/>

Olivia is known as the stealthiest Spartan in Gamma Company and is consequently called "O" for short because she is "as whisper-quiet as her vowel namesake.<ref name="goo116"/> [[Kurt Ambrose]] believed that Olivia could have been wearing fluorescent orange fatigues and still blend in with the terrain.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 252-253''</ref> Following her assignment to the Ferret Team, she specialized in electronic intelligence and hacking.<ref name="ant"/>

Olivia is of East [[Africa]]n descent; [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] estimated that her origins were in the [[Wikipedia:Horn of Africa|Horn of Africa]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 37''</ref> In 2553, Veta Lopis remarked that she looked notably young, "barely even a teen", at the age of fourteen.<ref name="hll"/>