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<center>''Were you also looking for [[Melissa (AI)|Melissa]] the AI?''</center> | <center>''Were you also looking for [[Melissa (AI)|Melissa]] the AI?''</center> | ||
'''First Lieutenant Melissa McKay''' was a [[First Lieutenant|Company Grade officer]] in the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]. She was the Executive Officer of [[Major (UNSC)|Major]] [[Antonio Silva]]'s [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] battalion.<ref name ="Flood58">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', page 58</ref> | '''First Lieutenant Melissa McKay''' was a [[First Lieutenant|Company Grade officer]] in the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]. She was the Executive Officer of [[Major (UNSC)|Major]] [[Antonio Silva]]'s [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] battalion.<ref name ="Flood58">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 58''</ref> | ||
She was stationed on the then newly refit {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} during the [[Battle of Installation 04]].<ref name="Flood33">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', page 33</ref> | She was stationed on the then newly refit {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} during the [[Battle of Installation 04]].<ref name="Flood33">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 33''</ref> | ||
==Physical Appearance and Description== | ==Physical Appearance and Description== | ||
===Appearance=== | ===Appearance=== | ||
Lieutenant McKay is described as having her hair worn short on the sides and flat on the top, as per Marine Corps regulations (so the tattoos on her scalp could be seen), accompanied by a slightly flattened nose, full lips, and green eyes.<ref name="Flood90">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', page 90</ref> | Lieutenant McKay is described as having her hair worn short on the sides and flat on the top, as per Marine Corps regulations (so the tattoos on her scalp could be seen), accompanied by a slightly flattened nose, full lips, and green eyes.<ref name="Flood90">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 90''</ref> | ||
===Commands=== | ===Commands=== | ||
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Retreating from Reach=== | ===Retreating from Reach=== | ||
When the vessel fled the [[Fall of Reach]], she was wounded in action by [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Covenant Navy|Naval Infantry]] boarding parties.<ref name="Flood33"/> Nonetheless, she made the jump from the ''Pillar of Autumn'' to the surface of [[Installation 04]] aboard a [[Human Entry Vehicle]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', page 36</ref> | When the vessel fled the [[Fall of Reach]], she was wounded in action by [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Covenant Navy|Naval Infantry]] boarding parties.<ref name="Flood33"/> Nonetheless, she made the jump from the ''Pillar of Autumn'' to the surface of [[Installation 04]] aboard a [[Human Entry Vehicle]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 36''</ref> | ||
===Landing on Installation 04=== | ===Landing on Installation 04=== | ||
She was third in command of the survivors of the Autumn, under [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] and [[Major (UNSC)|Major]] [[Antonio Silva]], and helped secure the ''Pillar of Autumn'''s crash site.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', page 62</ref> | She was third in command of the survivors of the Autumn, under [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] and [[Major (UNSC)|Major]] [[Antonio Silva]], and helped secure the ''Pillar of Autumn'''s crash site.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 62''</ref> | ||
After leading the attack to capture the mesa that would become [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]], she met [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] for the first time.<ref name="Flood90"/> Though Major Silva was very antagonistic toward the Chief, McKay was one of the few Shock Troopers to actually look up to the Chief. She figured that it was a matter that Major Silva, and men in general, would not understand. She also felt pain and sorrow for the way he looked out of his armor. | After leading the attack to capture the mesa that would become [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]], she met [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] for the first time.<ref name="Flood90"/> Though Major Silva was very antagonistic toward the Chief, McKay was one of the few Shock Troopers to actually look up to the Chief. She figured that it was a matter that Major Silva, and men in general, would not understand. She also felt pain and sorrow for the way he looked out of his armor. | ||
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===Death=== | ===Death=== | ||
McKay destroyed the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' by priming a grenade and setting it off, instantly killing herself and everyone else on board, including the infected [[Private First Class]] [[Wallace A. Jenkins]], severing the cruiser's fiber-optics connection to the reactor's bridge in order to keep the Flood from escaping the Halo. Though her actions killed everyone on board, she stopped the Flood from potentially killing millions, if not '''billions''', of sentient lifeforms throughout the Milky Way galaxy.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', page 332</ref> | McKay destroyed the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' by priming a grenade and setting it off, instantly killing herself and everyone else on board, including the infected [[Private First Class]] [[Wallace A. Jenkins]], severing the cruiser's fiber-optics connection to the reactor's bridge in order to keep the Flood from escaping the Halo. Though her actions killed everyone on board, she stopped the Flood from potentially killing millions, if not '''billions''', of sentient lifeforms throughout the Milky Way galaxy.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 332''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*She had a tattoo of a skull and the letters ODST on her bicep but it was damaged during the skirmish on the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]''.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', page 34</ref> | *She had a tattoo of a skull and the letters ODST on her bicep but it was damaged during the skirmish on the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]''.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 34''</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||