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'''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> She had a tattoo of a skull and the letters ODST on her bicep but it was damaged during the skirmish aboard the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]''.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 34''</ref> | ||
===Commands=== | ===Commands=== | ||
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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> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||