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Alpha Company graduated in 2536 and by [[2536#October|October 16]] of that year, the three-hundred chosen to form its final incarnation had been selected and deployed to [[Mamore]] for [[Operation: FIREBRAND]].{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}<ref name="HGOO8">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 8''</ref><ref name="WaypointJun-A266">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/jun-a266 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Jun-A266'']</ref> There, the Spartans suppressed an anti-[[Unified Earth Government]] [[Mamore insurrections|coup d'état]] which had seized the colony.{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} Over the next nine months Alpha Company undertook nine other missions, including [[Operation: HWACHA]], in which the Spartans distinguished themselves through successful counter-boarding actions as part of a fleet action against the [[Covenant]] in the [[Bonanza asteroid belt]].{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} The [[Far-gone]] colony platforms were also among the locales which the Spartan-IIIs were deployed to during this period.{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} It was in early [[2537]] that they were tasked with [[Battle of New Constantinople|defending]] the colony of [[New Constantinople]] from Covenant attack as part of [[Operation: IRON GREAVE]].<ref name="Enc36">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', ''page 36''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} During this deployment Hazel caught the eye of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]'s advisors.<ref name="CF106">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/outpost-discoveries '''Halo Waypoint''' - '' Outpost Discoveries'']</ref> Her observed deft and diverse skillset led to her extraction from Alpha Company and conscription into the ranks of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s clandestine [[Headhunters|HEADHUNTERS initiative]].<ref name="HM76">''[[Halo Mythos]]'', ''page 76''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|CF106}} Becoming a Headhunter ensured that when all three-hundred of the [[Spartan-III]]s sent to the asteroid [[K7-49]] in late July 2537 for [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]] perished during the resulting battle, Hazel was not numbered among them (her place having been filled by another following her promotion to Headhunter).{{Ref/Reuse|HM76}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF106}} Hazel had only even been considered for inclusion in the HEADHUNTERS initiative because she had previously survived multiple specially assigned training missions.<ref name="HEH">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Headhunters (story)|Headhunters]]''</ref> For this new role she was put through an additional, grueling training regimen on the far side of Onyx from Camp Curahee.{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} Always as part of a two-Spartan team, she conducted direct action operations against Covenant leaders on occupied planets and destroyed critical UNSC information that had fallen into enemy hands, all whilst outfitted with [[Mjolnir]] armor.<ref name="Dispatch">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/discovery-dispatch-february-21-2019 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Discovery Dispatch - February 21, 2019'']</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HM76}}{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} Headhunters like Hazel were typically tasked with infiltrating heavily fortified enemy encampments, ships, and operation centers completely undetected.{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} They did so with minimal, mission-specific weaponry and no radio contact or hope for backup or retrieval. Their objectives usually constituted preparation for a larger, full-scale assault on a target or were meant as a decoy and distraction for UNSC operations elsewhere.{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} As a Headhunter Hazel personally racked up over a dozen confirmed kills on high-value Covenant targets and successfully recovered several key classified assets, any one of which might have spelled doom for the [[UNSC]] had they fallen into or remained in enemy hands.{{Ref/Reuse|CF106}} | Alpha Company graduated in 2536 and by [[2536#October|October 16]] of that year, the three-hundred chosen to form its final incarnation had been selected and deployed to [[Mamore]] for [[Operation: FIREBRAND]].{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}<ref name="HGOO8">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 8''</ref><ref name="WaypointJun-A266">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/jun-a266 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Jun-A266'']</ref> There, the Spartans suppressed an anti-[[Unified Earth Government]] [[Mamore insurrections|coup d'état]] which had seized the colony.{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} Over the next nine months Alpha Company undertook nine other missions, including [[Operation: HWACHA]], in which the Spartans distinguished themselves through successful counter-boarding actions as part of a fleet action against the [[Covenant]] in the [[Bonanza asteroid belt]].{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} The [[Far-gone]] colony platforms were also among the locales which the Spartan-IIIs were deployed to during this period.{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} It was in early [[2537]] that they were tasked with [[Battle of New Constantinople|defending]] the colony of [[New Constantinople]] from Covenant attack as part of [[Operation: IRON GREAVE]].<ref name="Enc36">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', ''page 36''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} During this deployment Hazel caught the eye of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]'s advisors.<ref name="CF106">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/outpost-discoveries '''Halo Waypoint''' - '' Outpost Discoveries'']</ref> Her observed deft and diverse skillset led to her her extraction from Alpha Company and conscription into the ranks of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s clandestine [[Headhunters|HEADHUNTERS initiative]].<ref name="HM76">''[[Halo Mythos]]'', ''page 76''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|CF106}} Becoming a Headhunter ensured that when all three-hundred of the [[Spartan-III]]s sent to the asteroid [[K7-49]] in late July 2537 for [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]] perished during the resulting battle, Hazel was not numbered among them (her place having been filled by another following her promotion to Headhunter).{{Ref/Reuse|HM76}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF106}} Hazel had only even been considered for inclusion in the HEADHUNTERS initiative because she had previously survived multiple specially assigned training missions.<ref name="HEH">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Headhunters (story)|Headhunters]]''</ref> For this new role she was put through an additional, grueling training regimen on the far side of Onyx from Camp Curahee.{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} Always as part of a two-Spartan team, she conducted direct action operations against Covenant leaders on occupied planets and destroyed critical UNSC information that had fallen into enemy hands, all whilst outfitted with [[Mjolnir]] armor.<ref name="Dispatch">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/discovery-dispatch-february-21-2019 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Discovery Dispatch - February 21, 2019'']</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HM76}}{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} Headhunters like Hazel were typically tasked with infiltrating heavily fortified enemy encampments, ships, and operation centers completely undetected.{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} They did so with minimal, mission-specific weaponry and no radio contact or hope for backup or retrieval. Their objectives usually constituted preparation for a larger, full-scale assault on a target or were meant as a decoy and distraction for UNSC operations elsewhere.{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} As a Headhunter Hazel personally racked up over a dozen confirmed kills on high-value Covenant targets and successfully recovered several key classified assets, any one of which might have spelled doom for the [[UNSC]] had they fallen into or remained in enemy hands.{{Ref/Reuse|CF106}} | ||
===Outpost Discovery=== | ===Outpost Discovery=== |