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Hoping this meant the [[UNSC]] wouldn't have to fight Sangheilli for a good while, Osman returned to Phillips and congratulated him for setting this up. He was not in the least bit naive with respect to what [[ONI]]'s plans were, but they agreed it was still best that nothing be shared with him explicitly.<ref name="G1"/> After settling into their seats in the shuttle, Osman ran the preflight checks before handing control over to its [[A.I.]]. She opened a secure channel through [[wavespace]] to [[Admiral]] [[Parangosky]] to let her know the mission had been a success and that they were returning. A few hours later, the shuttle rendezvoused with the ''Battle of Minden''. Once they were aboard the larger [[slipspace]]-capable vessel, a course was charted back to [[Earth]]. Phillips casually asked Osman about [[Wikipedia:Turkey|Turkish]] restaurants in [[Sydney]] and she played along, not wishing to expose the fact that her surname was an invention and that she was still willfully unaware of where she really came from.<ref name="G1">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 1''</ref> | Hoping this meant the [[UNSC]] wouldn't have to fight Sangheilli for a good while, Osman returned to Phillips and congratulated him for setting this up. He was not in the least bit naive with respect to what [[ONI]]'s plans were, but they agreed it was still best that nothing be shared with him explicitly.<ref name="G1"/> After settling into their seats in the shuttle, Osman ran the preflight checks before handing control over to its [[A.I.]]. She opened a secure channel through [[wavespace]] to [[Admiral]] [[Parangosky]] to let her know the mission had been a success and that they were returning. A few hours later, the shuttle rendezvoused with the ''Battle of Minden''. Once they were aboard the larger [[slipspace]]-capable vessel, a course was charted back to [[Earth]]. Phillips casually asked Osman about [[Wikipedia:Turkey|Turkish]] restaurants in [[Sydney]] and she played along, not wishing to expose the fact that her surname was an invention and that she was still willfully unaware of where she really came from.<ref name="G1">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 1''</ref> | ||
===Putting the team together=== | |||
By January 26, Serin found herself waiting outside Admiral Parangosky's offices within [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]].<ref name="G2"/> Her own desk was situated near the door beyonfd which lay a corridor that led to the [[CINCONI]] herself. Accompanying her while she waited was the [[Minister for the Colonies]], [[David Agnoli]]. Through he had made no appointment of his own to see Parangosky, he had no compunction about asking Osman to get him a meeting. Osman, however, made sure he knew that Parangosky calls him a weasel and when he casually began rifling through [[The Admiralty Manual of Seamanship Volume II|a book]] that had been given to her by [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]], she asked that he try to refrain from getting his greasy fingerprints all over it. At that moment, the door opened at the hand of Parangosky's flag lieutenant, a young man by the name of [[Dorsey]]. Told that the Admiral would see her then, she grabbed the files she needed from her desk and made her way for the door while Agnoli showed himself out.<ref name="G2"/> Just before she could cross the threshold, her path was suddenly filled with the [[holographic]] projection of an unremarkable blue cube. The [[Smart AI|smart A.I.]] introduced itself as [[Black-Box]]. Osman asked whose pet he was an continued on her way. Black-Box had to reroute himself so he could continue to make his avatar visible as she walked down the corridor, informing the captain that he worked for Parangosky. When she reached where the Admiral was seated, she remarked that it was good the two of them were already getting to know each other.<ref name="G2"/> Parangosky assured Osman that she could trust Black-Box with her life, if it came to that. Once the office had been secured so the three of them could speak in confidence, the Admiral in told Osman that she would in fact be taking him on as her personal [[A.I.]] for the missions that lay ahead. Given the gravity with which Parangosky was speaking, Serin couldn't help but ask whether she was referring to more than just fomenting conflict between the Sangheili. In response to this, she was informed that some recent evidence suggested [[Catherine Halsey]] was still alive. Electronic intelligence (ELINT) officers onboard the {{UNSCship|Glamorgan}} had detected massive electromagnetic abnormalities in the [[Zeta Doradus system]] where the artificial world of [[Onyx]] had been before its disassembly. ELINT could tell that [[shield World 006|something]] the size of a solar system was present, but yet undetectable in realspace.<ref name="G2"/> Onyx had been the doctor's last known location. Though the Sangheili were to still be [[Kilo-Five]]'s top priority at the present, Parangosky made clear that should the ''Glamorgan'' find a way to access whatever was still there in place of Onyx, she wanted Kilo-Five on hand to apprehend Halsey if she was present. Until such an occasion arose, however, the other human members of the team were not to be told she was considered still at large. Having established the parameters of the objectives ahead of the them, the two woman and the A.I. concluded their business and resolved to meet the rest of Kilo-Five. To Osman's surprise, Parangosky let her know that just around two hours prior she had taken a gamble and invited Professor Phillips to join, making him the only civilian on the team.<ref name="G2">''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'', ''chapter 2''</ref> | |||
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Upon arriving aboard the [[prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Port Stanley}} Osman transitioned the ship into [[slipspace]] and revealed her identity to Naomi. Naomi revealed to Osman that the surviving Spartans thought Serin had died.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 82''</ref> Osman then told the others about her past in the SPARTAN-II program, revealing that it started when she was six years old. This shocked the other members on the ship and angered Naomi-010, creating the very tension Osman had hoped to alleviate.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 108''</ref> | |||
Reaching New Llanelli, Osman was surprised to see 'Telcam had kept his word; she gave him tagged Sangheili weapons.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 128-132''</ref> However, she was approached by [[Tom Muir]], a colonist who had managed to survive on New Llanelli in the wake of the colony's [[glassing]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 133''</ref> Brought aboard the ship, Muir angrily questioned Osman about why she was meeting with the Sangheili. Osman made up a story that they were exchanging fallen bodies; Muir fell for this deceit, sparing Osman the trouble of killing him.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 151''</ref> After a quick mission to [[Department of Colonial Security|DCS]] agent [[Mike Spenser]] from [[Reynes]], Osman went to aid {{UNSCShip|Ariadne}}, a ship that had been damaged in orbit of [[Venezia]]. However, Venezia's refusal to help ''Ariadne'' led to the ship's destruction before ''Port Stanley'' could reach it.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 161''</ref> | Reaching New Llanelli, Osman was surprised to see 'Telcam had kept his word; she gave him tagged Sangheili weapons.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 128-132''</ref> However, she was approached by [[Tom Muir]], a colonist who had managed to survive on New Llanelli in the wake of the colony's [[glassing]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 133''</ref> Brought aboard the ship, Muir angrily questioned Osman about why she was meeting with the Sangheili. Osman made up a story that they were exchanging fallen bodies; Muir fell for this deceit, sparing Osman the trouble of killing him.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 151''</ref> After a quick mission to [[Department of Colonial Security|DCS]] agent [[Mike Spenser]] from [[Reynes]], Osman went to aid {{UNSCShip|Ariadne}}, a ship that had been damaged in orbit of [[Venezia]]. However, Venezia's refusal to help ''Ariadne'' led to the ship's destruction before ''Port Stanley'' could reach it.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 161''</ref> | ||