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'''Ota Gallo''' was a former agent of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. Prior to October [[2553]] Gallo began working for [[Dark Moon Enterprises]].<ref name="necessary"/>

Ota Gallo worked for the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] for nearly two decades. However, in late [[2553]], she was recruited by [[Dark Moon Enterprises]], a recently-established and rapidly growing private security corporation. At some point she contacted [[Spencer Hume]], an investigative journalist who had recently been broadcasting exposés on ONI. Gallo fed Hume information on the [[SPARTAN-III program]], particularly [[Gamma Company]], in an attempt to undermine ONI for Dark Moon's gain. On October 14, 2553, Gallo, disguised as a server, infiltrated the [[officers' club]] at [[UNSC Recreational Facility 6055-NA-A]] on [[Neos Atlantis]], where [[Veta Lopis]] and her [[Ferret|Ferret Team]] were participating in a covert training exercise. Gallo also managed to enable Hume access to the club and he began talking to [[Olivia-G291]], who was undercover as part of the training exercise. Gallo brought Hume a bottle of [[zantelle]] laced with [[nicothiotal]], intending to drug Olivia in an effort to get information on the Spartan-IIIs. Gallo then spotted Veta Lopis and approached her to sell her a drink. Gallo recommended the [[Titan Smoke]] whiskey, but Lopis chose a [[two-tailed comet]] instead. Lopis found it strange that a bar server did not know the difference between a rocks glass and a doffer, but wrote it off as inexperience. Gallo brought Veta a dark, coppery liquid—which Lopis immediately recognized as not being a two-tailed comet, though she chose not to complain.<ref name="necessary"/>

Shortly afterward, the effects of the nicothiotal began to show in Olivia's behavior. Realizing Olivia had been drugged, Lopis ordered [[Mark-G313]] to get Hume out of the bar. Gallo tried to delay Mark by walking in front of him with a tray of drinks, but Mark shoved the tray into her chest and tripped her. Gallo's response, slapping her arms out and tucking her chin, suggested to Veta she had hand-to-hand combat training. Mark managed to capture Hume and headed for the emergency exit. Taking the server to be a part of their training exercise, Veta posed as a member of the [[Criminal Investigation Division]], and had two [[ensign]]s hold Gallo as a witness to Olivia being drugged. However, Gallo managed to escape and went after Mark and Hume with a knife. Mark did not see Gallo coming as Hume was resisting, and instinctively used Hume as a shield to block the knife; however, Gallo still managed to slash Mark in the clavicle. When Hume continued to resist Mark punched him in the chest, killing him. By then [[Ash-G099]] had arrived and Gallo retreated after throwing her knife at Ash. Mark and Ash disposed of Hume's body out an [[airlock]] and cleaned the scene.<ref name="necessary"/>

Lopis and her team later discovered Gallo's identity and status after running Gallo's picture through ONI's [[Facial Recognition Database]]. Not wanting to let Gallo escape with information on the Spartan-IIIs, Veta lured Gallo to their hotel suite with Hume's [[COM pad]]. Gallo attacked the room with two other men, who were quickly taken down by Mark and Ash. Gallo then attempted to throw a grenade in the room, but not before Olivia threw a knife at her; Gallo was subsequently blown apart by the grenade in the lobby, while all members of the Ferret Team survived. Later upon meeting up with [[Serin Osman|Rear Admiral Serin Osman]], Lopis framed Gallo for Hume's murder, claiming Gallo killed Hume to prevent him from naming her as his source.<ref name="necessary"/>

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