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{{disambig header|the novel|the legislation|UN Colonial Mortal Dictata}} | {{disambig header|the novel|the legislation|UN Colonial Mortal Dictata}} | ||
{{Novel infobox | {{Novel infobox | ||
|name=''Halo: Mortal Dictata'' | |||
|variant=KiloFive | |||
|image=[[File:HaloMortalDictata.jpg|300px]] | |image=[[File:HaloMortalDictata.jpg|300px]] | ||
|author=Karen Traviss | |author=Karen Traviss | ||
|cover artist= Dave Seeley{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.daveseeley.com/p318928939/h684299F8#h684299f8|Site=The Art of Dave Seeley|Page=Halo Mortal Dictata - Tor Books - Karen Traviss}} | |cover artist= Dave Seeley{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.daveseeley.com/p318928939/h684299F8#h684299f8|Site=The Art of Dave Seeley|Page=Halo Mortal Dictata - Tor Books - Karen Traviss}} | ||
|illustrator= | |||
|editor= | |||
|audio=Euan Morton | |||
|publisher=[[Tor Books]] (original)<br>[[Simon & Schuster]] (2019 edition) | |publisher=[[Tor Books]] (original)<br>[[Simon & Schuster]] (2019 edition) | ||
|publication=[[2014|January 21, 2014]] (original)<ref name="amazon">[http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Mortal-Dictata-Karen-Traviss/dp/076533545X '''Amazon''' - ''Halo: Mortal Dictata'']</ref><br>April 2, 2019 | |publication=[[2014|January 21, 2014]] (original)<ref name="amazon">[http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Mortal-Dictata-Karen-Traviss/dp/076533545X '''Amazon''' - ''Halo: Mortal Dictata'']</ref><br>April 2, 2019 | ||
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|length=496 pages (original)<br>544 pages (2019 edition) | |length=496 pages (original)<br>544 pages (2019 edition) | ||
|ISBN=[[Special:BookSources/0765323958|0765323958]], [[Special:BookSources/978-0765323958|978-0765323958]], [[Special:BookSources/978-1982111854|978-1982111854]] | |ISBN=[[Special:BookSources/0765323958|0765323958]], [[Special:BookSources/978-0765323958|978-0765323958]], [[Special:BookSources/978-1982111854|978-1982111854]] | ||
|series=[[Kilo-Five Trilogy]] | |||
|preceded=''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'' | |||
|followed= | |||
|multiseries= | |||
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==Official summary== | ==Official summary== | ||
{{Article | {{Article quote|Wars end. But hatred, guilt, and devotion can endure beyond the grave. | ||
With the [[Human-Covenant War|Covenant War]] over, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] faces old grievances rising again to threaten [[Earth]]. The angry, bitter colonies, still with scores to settle from the [[insurrection]] put on hold for thirty years, now want justice — and so does [[Staffan Sentzke|a man]] whose life was torn apart by ONI when [[Naomi-010|his daughter]] was abducted for the [[SPARTAN-II program]]. Black ops squad [[Kilo-Five]] find their loyalties tested beyond breaking point when the father of their Spartan comrade, still searching for the truth about her disappearance, prepares to glass Earth’s cities to get an answer. How far will Kilo-Five go to stop him? And will he be able to live with the truth when he finds it? The painful answer lies with a man long dead, and a conscience that still survives in the most unlikely, undiscovered place.<ref name="excerpt">[http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/07/halo-mortal-dictata-excerpt#more '''Tor.com:''' ''Halo: Mortal Dictata (Excerpt)'']</ref>}} | With the [[Human-Covenant War|Covenant War]] over, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] faces old grievances rising again to threaten [[Earth]]. The angry, bitter colonies, still with scores to settle from the [[insurrection]] put on hold for thirty years, now want justice — and so does [[Staffan Sentzke|a man]] whose life was torn apart by ONI when [[Naomi-010|his daughter]] was abducted for the [[SPARTAN-II program]]. Black ops squad [[Kilo-Five]] find their loyalties tested beyond breaking point when the father of their Spartan comrade, still searching for the truth about her disappearance, prepares to glass Earth’s cities to get an answer. How far will Kilo-Five go to stop him? And will he be able to live with the truth when he finds it? The painful answer lies with a man long dead, and a conscience that still survives in the most unlikely, undiscovered place.<ref name="excerpt">[http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/07/halo-mortal-dictata-excerpt#more '''Tor.com:''' ''Halo: Mortal Dictata (Excerpt)'']</ref>}} | ||
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In [[2517]], [[Naomi-010|Naomi]], the daughter of [[Staffan Sentzke]]—then an ordinary family man living on [[Sansar]]—fails to return home from school in time. Abducted by an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] recovery team for the [[SPARTAN-II program]], Naomi unexpectedly awakens and escapes her captors for a time, but is eventually caught and a [[flash cloning|flash clone]] is left in her place. After several hours' search, Naomi is evidently found in a [[New Stockholm|nearby town]]. However, Staffan begins to doubt whether this is his daughter after all, and after the child's death and [[Lena Sentzke|his wife]]'s subsequent suicide he dedicates his life to uncovering the truth about Naomi's disappearance. | In [[2517]], [[Naomi-010|Naomi]], the daughter of [[Staffan Sentzke]]—then an ordinary family man living on [[Sansar]]—fails to return home from school in time. Abducted by an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] recovery team for the [[SPARTAN-II program]], Naomi unexpectedly awakens and escapes her captors for a time, but is eventually caught and a [[flash cloning|flash clone]] is left in her place. After several hours' search, Naomi is evidently found in a [[New Stockholm|nearby town]]. However, Staffan begins to doubt whether this is his daughter after all, and after the child's death and [[Lena Sentzke|his wife]]'s subsequent suicide he dedicates his life to uncovering the truth about Naomi's disappearance. | ||
In the present, in [[2553#April|April 2553]], [[Malcolm Geffen|Mal Geffen]] and [[Vasily Beloi|Vaz Beloi]] of [[Kilo-Five]] are deployed on [[Venezia]] disguised as UNSC deserters to infiltrate into the local militia and find ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', a [[ | In the present, in [[2553#April|April 2553]], [[Malcolm Geffen|Mal Geffen]] and [[Vasily Beloi|Vaz Beloi]] of [[Kilo-Five]] are deployed on [[Venezia]] disguised as UNSC deserters to infiltrate into the local militia and find ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', a [[Ket-pattern battlecruiser|Covenant battlecruiser]] which Staffan Sentzke seeks to acquire. Sentzke plans to use the ship to threaten Earth with [[glassing]] in order to coerce the authorities into providing answers about his daughter's disappearance decades earlier. ''Pious Inquisitor'' is in the possession of the [[Kig-Yar]] [[Sav Fel]], who stole the ship from the Sangheili rebel faction known as the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]]. [[Avu Med 'Telcam]], leader of the Abiding Truth, hires the Kig-Yar [[Shipmaster|Shipmistress]] [[Chol Von]] to hunt down Fel and ''Inquisitor'', but Von has plans of her own: she intends to keep the ship to herself as part of her effort to build a unified Kig-Yar navy. | ||
While selling ''Pious Inquisitor'' to Sentzke, Sav Fel demonstrates the destructive power of the battlecruiser's [[energy projector|ventral beam]], destroying a [[Forerunner]] ruin on [[Shaps III]]. [[Sometimes Sinks]], a [[Huragok]] aboard the ship, is horrified about this and develops a particular loyalty to Sentzke after he convinces the Kig-Yar to test the beam away from the ruins. Sentzke then buys ''Pious Inquisitor'' and the Huragok with it, dubbing the ship ''Naomi'' in honor of his daughter. After Mal and Vaz have infiltrated Sentzke's organization, they are soon taken to see the ship due to their professed experience with Covenant equipment. Using a tracer planted by Vaz, Kilo-Five attempt to remotely seize control of ''Pious Inquisitor'' from Venezia, but Sometimes Sinks blocks the intrusion. | While selling ''Pious Inquisitor'' to Sentzke, Sav Fel demonstrates the destructive power of the battlecruiser's [[energy projector|ventral beam]], destroying a [[Forerunner]] ruin on [[Shaps III]]. [[Sometimes Sinks]], a [[Huragok]] aboard the ship, is horrified about this and develops a particular loyalty to Sentzke after he convinces the Kig-Yar to test the beam away from the ruins. Sentzke then buys ''Pious Inquisitor'' and the Huragok with it, dubbing the ship ''Naomi'' in honor of his daughter. After Mal and Vaz have infiltrated Sentzke's organization, they are soon taken to see the ship due to their professed experience with Covenant equipment. Using a tracer planted by Vaz, Kilo-Five attempt to remotely seize control of ''Pious Inquisitor'' from Venezia, but Sometimes Sinks blocks the intrusion. | ||
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**''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' | **''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'' | ||
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