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| {{Disambig header|the Spartan-III|the civilian teacher|Ash (teacher)}}
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| |image=[[File:Enc22-Ash.png|300px]] | | |birth=Between [[2537]] and [[2540]]<ref>[[Halo:Ghosts of Onyx]] Page 100- the average age was only twelve in 2539.</ref> |
| |homeworld=[[Alluvion]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=110}} | |
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| |species=[[Human]] | | |species=[[Human]] |
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| |height={{Convert|195|cm|ft|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | | |height= |
| |mass={{Convert|95|kg|lb|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} | | |hair=Brown(slightly over regulation) |
| |hair=Brown{{Ref/Reuse|goo100}} | | |eyes=Brown |
| |eyes=Brown<ref name="hll106">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 106'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | | |cyber= |
| |affiliation=*[[UNSC Navy]] | | |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] |
| **[[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Weapons]] {{C|formerly}}
| | |rank=[[Private]]<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 254 - "(Kurt) turned to Ash. 'Private'. 'Sir.' Ash said, and stood straighter".</ref> |
| ***[[SPARTAN-III program]]
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| ****[[Gamma Company]]
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| **[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
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| ***[[Ferrets]] (2553-)
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| |rank=[[Petty Officer, First Class]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Note|[[Kurt Ambrose]] once addresses Ash as a "private" in ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' (p. 254). This is clearly a mistake, as it would imply his service branch is either the UNSC Army or the Marine Corps, even though the mainline Spartan-IIIs were part of the Navy at the time.}}
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| |sn=S-G099<ref name="goo100">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 100''</ref>
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| | '''Ash''' is a [[Spartan]] of the [[SPARTAN-III Program]] and is the leader of [[Team Saber]] in [[Gamma Company]]. He was one of the fiercest, smartest, and the best leaders in the class. He is currently active and in the company of the survivors of the [[Battle of Onyx]]. |
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| '''Ash-G099''', born '''Ashley Gable''',{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} is a [[SPARTAN-III program|Spartan-III]] supersoldier of [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]], and the former leader of [[Team Saber]]. His call sign in the team was '''Saber One'''.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 109''</ref> Following a stint of service as part of [[Blue Team]] between the [[Onyx Conflict]] and [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE]], Ash was assigned to an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Ferret|Ferret Team]] led by [[Veta Lopis]] along with fellow Gamma Spartans [[Olivia-G291]] and [[Mark-G313]], serving as the team's surveillance expert.{{Ref/Reuse|ant}}
| | ==Rank== |
| | While the Spartan-IIIs of [[Alpha Company|Alpha]] and [[Beta Company|Beta Companies]] "graduated" into the [[UNSC Navy]], as Ash holds the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] rank of [[Private]]<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 254 - "(Kurt) turned to Ash. 'Private'. 'Sir.' Ash said, and stood straighter".</ref>, it is possible that [[Gamma Company]] "graduated" into the Marine Corps. |
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| ==Biography== | | == Biography == |
| ===Spartan training===
| | Ash was conscripted into the SPARTAN-III program, developed by [[Colonel James Ackerson|James Ackerson]] around [[2546]] between the ages of 5 and 7 when he, along with other orphans volunteered to become Spartans and avenge his family, Home planet, or just because he wanted to be like the man in green(Kurt in his [[MJOLNIR]] armor). Once on Onyx, he and the other spartan candidates were trained by [[Franklin Mendez|Senior Chief Petty Officer Mendez]]; surviving [[Beta Company]] SPARTAN-IIIs [[Lucy-B091]], [[Tom-B292]]; and SPARTAN-II, [[Lieutenant Commander Ambrose]] aka [[SPARTAN-051]]. |
| Ashley Gable was born on the [[human]] [[Outer Colonies|Outer Colony]] of [[Alluvion]] on [[2539#March|March 5, 2539]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Ash was orphaned when the [[Covenant]] [[Glassing|glassed]] [[Battle for Alluvion|his homeworld]] in [[2543]],{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P50|Enc22|Page=50}} and he joined the [[SPARTAN-III program]] at age six in order to avenge his family.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 129'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Once on [[Onyx]], he and the other SPARTAN-III candidates were trained by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez|Mendez]]. Ash was assigned to lead [[Team Saber]].
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| ===Onyx Conflict===
| | Ash was assigned to lead [[Team Saber]]. When Onyx came under attack by Sentinels, the teams were still fighting for top honors, and Ash had nearly lost it for his team by walking into a trap set up by one of the other teams. In an effort to not fall into another trap he took his team went dangerously close to [[Zone 67]] to avoid the other teams. The team spied what they assumed at the time to be a new kind of [[Covenant]] drone because of the energy shields. They decided to investigate and the sentinels engaged. Ash dispatched scouts to reconnoiter and figure out the weak spots of the drones. He and the rest of the team hurled rocks at the drones and to their surprise, the drone's shields did not activate. One of the drones chased [[Holly-G003|Holly]] to the edge of a cliff and she was about to jump when Ash flung a fist sized rock at the drone and to his amazement, the shields were not active; however, Ash succeeded in getting the drone's attention and it chased him into a hole and the rest of the team pummeled the drone with huge rocks, destroying it. |
| ====Initial attack====
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| When the human forces on [[Onyx]] came under attack by [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]], Gamma Company's teams Saber, [[Team Gladius|Gladius]] and [[Team Katana|Katana]] were still competing for top honors, and Ash had nearly lost it for his team by walking into a trap set up by one of the other teams. In an effort to avoid additional traps, he took his team dangerously close to [[Zone 67]] to avoid the other teams. There, the team spied what they assumed at the time to be a new kind of [[Covenant]] drone, as it was equipped with [[energy shielding|energy shields]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 117-119''</ref>
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| They decided to investigate, and the drones engaged. Ash dispatched scouts to reconnoiter and figure out the weak spots of the drones. He and the rest of the team hurled rocks at the drones and to their surprise, the robots' shields did not activate. Curiously enough, one drone responded to Ash's [[COM]], and talked to him, first using an unknown language, then switching to [[Latin]] and finally to [[English]], calling him "[[Reclaimer]]". However, after Ash failed to provide the proper counterresponse, the machine reclassified him and the other humans on Onyx as an "aboriginal subspecies" and targets to be neutralized. Before the Sentinel could kill Ash, however, the rest of Team Saber ambushed and destroyed the machine, saving him.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 133''</ref>
| | A general decision was made and the Team moved to the armory to get some real fire power. Team Saber met up with Kurt, Mendez, Tom and Lucy; and proceeded to play life and death games of cat and mouse with the sentinels. Ash and the team met up with [[Kelly-087]] and [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] but had no time for pleasantries because they were soon engaged by a pair of sentinels. After that was over, the team took Dr. Halsey and Kelly to a bombed out bunker. While in the bunker, Dr. Halsey revealed the origin of the Sentinels and what to do next. |
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| ====Regrouping with UNSC forces====
| | Just as Team Saber was in the middle of battling the Sentinels, the covenant dropship ''Bloodied Spirit'' dropped out of Slipspace over Onyx; carrying the [[Blue Team]] of [[SPARTAN-104]], [[SPARTAN-058]], and [[SPARTAN-043]]; landed rather abruptly in the forest at the source of what was believed to be coordinates for a rendezvous point that was on the E-Band<ref>[[Halo:Ghosts of Onyx]] Page 230</ref>. It turns out that the signal was sent by Kurt and the other spartans. Ash and the others were knee deep in sentinel trouble and decided to retreat back to Zone 67 and regroup, with Blue Team. |
| The team then moved to the armory of [[Camp Currahee]] to retrieve heavier weapons. Team Saber met up with Ambrose, [[Franklin Mendez|Mendez]], [[Tom-B292]], and [[Lucy-B091]], and the Spartans proceeded to use guerrilla tactics against the Sentinels. The team later met up with [[Kelly-087]] and Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] once they had landed aboard the ''[[Beatrice]]'', escorting the two to a bombed-out bunker. In the bunker, Dr. Halsey revealed the origin of the Sentinels and what to do next.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 170-176''</ref>
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| Just as Team Saber was in the middle of battling the Sentinels, the [[Covenant]] [[Covenant destroyer|destroyer]] ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'' dropped out of slipspace over Onyx, carrying the remaining members of [[Blue Team]]: [[Frederic-104]], [[Linda-058]] and [[William-043]]. The ship crashed in the forest at the source of an E-Band signal that the UNSC forces on Onyx had sent.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 230''</ref> With the Sentinels increasing in number, Ash and the other survivors decided to regroup and retreat back to Zone 67.
| | By now, the team had figured out that the sentinels only come after them in pairs and there is always one overwatch, or observer that records all the action and reports back to the others, making the sentinels smarter and harder to defeat each time they engage in combat with the humans. So, the only way to turn the tables would be for the teams to take out all three of the sentinels. Olivia, Will and rest Team Saber, scouted out a tunnel to bury the sentinel pair in and Dante rigged it with explosives. They met up with Kurt in a tree and watched as Kelly gave the sentinel pair "the finger" <ref>[[Halo:Ghosts of Onyx]] Page 261</ref> and kept on running. She went through the tunnel and it blew up behind her, throwing her like a rag doll across the forest floor, but destroying the sentinel pair. Kurt dispatched Team Saber to go see if she was ok. Meanwhile, Tom and Lucy fired both rockets from their [[M19 SSR SPNKr Rocket Launcher|SPNKr]] rocket launchers and Linda timed her fire so the sniper rifle rounds would impact at the same time as the rockets. The ploy worked and that bought the team some time. |
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| By now, the team had figured out that the Sentinels only came after them in pairs, and there was always a third Sentinel that acted as an observer, recording the battles and reporting back to the others. This tactic made the Sentinels smarter after each battle; the only way to turn the tables would be for the teams to take out all three of the Sentinels, a strategy that they attempted and succeeded at. During the ambush, Ash ordered Team Saber to attack too soon and was notified of this by Kurt.<ref name="Halo page 254">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 254''</ref>
| | After the team destroyed the two sentinels and the overwatch, they moved into Zone 67. Once there, they discover the map room and the location of [[Team Katana]]. Olivia had picked up Katana squad's signal earlier. They'd reported they were being forced into Zone 67. Their signal was lost shortly thereafter.<ref>[[Halo: Ghost of Onyx]] Page 131-132</ref> First, Dr. Halsey proposed that they go to the sentinel factory and make sure no more sentinels are made. Then, they move to Team Katana |
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| ====Retreat to Zone 67====
| | In looking in the map room and examining the Forerunner text, Dr. Halsey figured out how to utilize the Forerunners Slipspace Translocation System, similar to the one Cortana used on [[Installation 04]]. Just before the team was about to jump to Team Katana, AI [[Endless Summer]] contacts Dr. Halsey and Kurt-051, telling them they need to destroy the [[Sentinel Production Facility]] in order to save [[Battlegroup Stalingrad]]. Halsey gets the teleportation grid working, and they all teleport to the Sentinel Production Facility near the northern pole in Onyx. Halsey sends them to destroy three key structures, which would bring the entire production to a halt. Using the teleportation grid, they go to the three structures and trick Sentinels into firing on them on a line with the structures. Having destroyed the structures, they teleport back. |
| After the team destroyed the trio of Sentinels, they moved into a Forerunner city in Zone 67. Once there, they discovered the [[Cartographer|map room]] and the location of [[Team Katana]], which had dropped out of contact when heading into Zone 67 earlier in the battle.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 131-132''</ref> Meanwhile, a [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] fleet led by [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] arrived at Onyx, dispatching forces after the Spartans. In looking in the map room and examining the Forerunner text, [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] figured out how to utilize the Forerunners' [[slipspace translocation]] [[Teleportation grid|grid]], similar to the one [[Cortana]] used on [[Installation 04]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 311''</ref>
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| Just before the team was about to jump to Team Katana, AI [[Endless Summer]] contacted Dr. Halsey and Kurt-051, telling them they need to destroy the [[Sentinel manufacturing facility]] in order to save [[Carl Patterson|Admiral Patterson]]'s [[Patterson's battle group|battle group]] in orbit. Halsey managed to get the teleportation grid working, and they all teleported to the Sentinel factory near the northern pole in Onyx. Ash came up with a plan to use the teleportation grid to their advantage, destroying three key structures in the facility and tricking Sentinels into firing on them in a line with the structures. Having destroyed the structures, they teleported away as the facility was destroyed.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 313-324''</ref>
| | Ash and the rest of the team arrive at Team Katana’s holding area to find them in some sort of cryo-Slipspace containment cells. Dr. Halsey found out the meaning of the Shield World and also found out that the Covenant knew the location of the group and was on the way with an entire armada of troops to attempt to stop them. |
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| ====Core room antechamber====
| | Ash, along with the other spartans made a loose half-circle kill zone around the entrance to the Shield World and picked off targets at range. They managed to defend the entrance to the shield, although, it had come at some serious losses. Will, Dante, and Holly had already perished. There was little time left and the Covenant forces were closing in for the final kill. Kurt ordered Ash to take his team through the rift. Soon after, Dr. Halsey and the surviving Spartan-II's came through and lastly, Lucy came through with Tom over her shoulder, unconscious. The team waited for Kurt to arrive, but he never came. Once the team was inside the Dyson Sphere, they made gravestones for William, Dante, Kurt and Holly. Now they had to find a way out of this Dyson Sphere. |
| Ash and the rest of the team then arrived at Team Katana's holding area to find them in [[slipspace field pod]]s. Here, Dr. Halsey found out that there was a shelter known as a "[[shield world]]" in Onyx's core. However, the Covenant knew the location of the group and was on the way with an entire armada of troops to attempt to stop them.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 341-343''</ref>
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| Once in the [[Core room antechamber|core room of Onyx]], Ash, along with the other Spartans, made a loose half-circle kill zone around the entrance to the shield world and picked off targets at range. They managed to defend the slipspace rift, although, it had come at some serious losses. Will, [[Dante-G188|Dante]], and [[Holly-G003|Holly]] had already died at the hands of the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 360-362''</ref> As there was little time left and the Covenant forces were closing in for the final kill, Kurt-051 ordered Ash to take his team through the rift,<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 365''</ref> while he stayed behind to detonate two [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s and deny the Covenant access to the shield world.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 372''</ref>
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| {{quote|Welcome to Blue, Spartans. We're going to make a great team.|[[Kelly-087]] welcoming Ash and the other Spartan-IIIs to Blue Team}}
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| On the other side of the slipspace rift, Ash and the others found themselves inside a [[ONI Research Facility Trevelyan|massive Dyson sphere]] contained within a [[slipspace bubble]] of compressed space-time in the core of Onyx. Soon after, Dr. Halsey and the surviving Spartan-IIs came through and lastly, Lucy, who came through with an unconscious Tom over her shoulder. The team waited for Kurt-051 to arrive, but he never came. Once the team was inside the Dyson sphere, they made gravestones for William, Dante, Kurt and Holly. As the group moved out to find a way to escape the sphere, Ash and the other Spartan-IIIs present were accepted into [[Blue Team]] by [[Kelly-087]] and [[Frederic-104]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 378''</ref>
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| After Ash and the other survivors had explored the sphere for several days—over three months in normal space-time—Lucy discovered a group of [[Huragok]] which eventually helped the humans establish contact with the ONI ships outside the sphere and eventually bring the sphere into normal space.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 382-389''</ref> They were then taken aboard the {{UNSCShip|Port Stanley}} and transported to Earth order to be debriefed in [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]].<ref name="Halo page 401">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 401''</ref>
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| In the following months, Ash and the other Spartan-III survivors of the Battle of Onyx continued to serve with Blue Team and embarked on several missions together.<ref name="hll">'''Halo: Last Light'''</ref>
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| ===Gao===
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| {{Main|Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE}}
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| In [[2553#May|May 2553]], Blue Team was attached to ONI's [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion]] [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE|deployed]] to the [[Outer Colony]] of [[Gao]] to search for a [[Forerunner]] [[ancilla]], [[Intrepid Eye]], that had been detected on the planet by the battalion's [[Commander]] [[Murtag Nelson]]. The UNSC's presence on the planet was largely undesired by the traditionally independent Gao. For over a month, the 717th attempted to capture the ancilla while being harassed by her complement of [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s. Additionally, upon learning of the UNSC's intentions, Intrepid Eye began covertly murdering Gao citizens in the [[Montero Cave System]] in an effort to create discord between the Gaos and the UNSC. The [[Gao Ministry of Protection]] dispatched [[Special inspector|Special Inspector]] [[Veta Lopis]] and her field team to find the murderer and Nelson had members of Blue Team aid her in her efforts to allow the UNSC to return searching for the ancilla without Gao interference. Lopis was initially convinced that the murderer was one of the Spartans, with her suspicions eventually focusing on Mark in particular.{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}
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| [[File:Halo Last Light cover.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Members of Blue Team and [[Special Inspector]] [[Veta Lopis]] in [[Gao]]'s [[Montero Cave System]], with Ash and Mark in the background left.]]
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| ====Journey in the dark====
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| On [[2553#July|July 4, 2553]], Ash, Olivia, Mark and Fred accompanied Veta Lopis and her partner [[Cirilo]] to the last known location of [[Major]] [[Ira Halal]] and [[Private]] [[Hayes]], both of whom turned out to have been murdered. The Gao investigators decided to follow a trail of an unidentified fluid—in fact belonging to the wounded [[Huragok]] [[Roams Alone]]—deeper into the caverns, with the Spartans in tow. As they reached a large cavern, after nearly a twelve hours' descent, Intrepid Eye attacked the humans with her last four remaining Sentinels. Though the Spartans were able to destroy the Sentinels, Cirilo was killed and Olivia was seriously wounded. Ash's shoulder was also dislocated, though Lopis managed to pop it back into place. Ordering the others to stay put, Fred left to investigate the area in hopes of finding the [[Covert Support Base 4276|Forerunner base]] sought by the 717th. While waiting for Fred, the Spartans and Lopis were approached by Roams Alone, a [[Lifeworker]] Huragok who began to heal Olivia's wounds. Fred eventually returned and decided that the party should take the Huragok with them, return to the surface and report to Nelson.{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}
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| However, Olivia had lost her "Smoothers"—drugs that controlled the Gammas' [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM#Gamma Company|altered brain chemistry]]—during the fighting, meaning that the young Spartans would inevitably run out of them on the way out. Mark volunteered to take only one of the remaining five Smoother injections, leaving two doses each for Ash and Olivia, with Mark subsequently taking point as the group began their nearly one and a half day's climb toward the surface.{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}
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| ====Battle for Wendosa====
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| [[File:HM-BlueSIII.png|thumb|250px|Ash firing on [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] [[Jiralhanae]] in [[Wendosa]].{{Ref/Note|While the Spartan pictured has not been officially confirmed to be Ash, this can be inferred from the other characters shown. The sniper has been identified as Mark, while Fred's presence implies the illustration takes place before Lopis' party reunited with the rest of Blue Team and thus Lucy-B091 and Tom-B292, who also wore SPI armor. This leaves only Ash and Olivia, the latter of whom was missing her SPI helmet and the lower half of her armor at this point, whereas the pictured Spartan's armor is shown to be fully intact.}}]]
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| After the party reached the [[Gallery of the Inverted Forest]], Fred managed to capture Intrepid Eye's [[inspection drone]] shell with a [[scramble grenade]]. With the ancilla in their possession, the group surfaced at the embattled village of [[Wendosa]] and moved to reinforce the 717th, which had fallen under attack by the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]]. Informed that Fred was to return to the [[Montero Vitality Center]] with the ancilla, the group fought their way through Wendosa and Fred boarded a [[UH-144 Falcon|Falcon]], but the craft was shot down and crashed in the jungle several [[kilometer]]s away.{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}
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| With the battle in Wendosa turning to the UNSC's favor, Ash and the others reunited with the rest of Blue Team, who soon decided to make their way to the Falcon's crash site before the Keepers could reach it. Before they departed, the Gammas took double doses of Smoothers to stabilize their mental condition. After a series of sniper battles along the [[Briones Ridge]], the group arrived at the crash site. With the eventual help of [[Alpha Company (717th)|Alpha Company]], they fended off the Keepers and recovered Fred as well as the ancilla. The Spartans were brought to the Montero Vitality Center to recover. Ash and Olivia personally greeted Lopis after she regained consciousness, with Ash physically subduing [[Mikaelis|a sentry]] guarding the room in order to gain access.{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}
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| ====Escape====
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| {{Quote|multi=yes|q1=We're going to make a great Ferret team. Right, Ash?|Olivia|q2=Yeah. Right. I'm in.|Ash|Olivia and Ash regarding their reassignment{{Ref/Reuse|ll c28}}}}
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| Before the 717th could evacuate, the newly elected [[President of Gao]] [[Arlo Casille]] sent [[Gao Republic]]'s military to forcefully remove the UNSC from the planet. Ash and Olivia joined Fred at the [[Portable Spartan Support Module]] in order to acquire their armor. However, Intrepid Eye had taken control of the module and attempted to suffocate Lopis inside the [[airlock]], but the Spartans were able to free the inspector and neutralize Intrepid Eye's inspection drone. Determined to prevent the support base from falling into the hands of Gao's insurgent government, Blue Team, Lopis, and Roams Alone embarked to destroy the facility with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]], while the rest of the 717th evacuated. Pursued by [[MV-29 Wyvern]]s carrying [[Gao battle-jumpers]], the team traveled in Warthogs to the [[Well of Echoes]], below which the Forerunner support base was located, and boarded the [[D102 Owl]] [[UNSC Silent Claw|''Silent Claw'']], with [[Serin Osman|Rear Admiral Serin Osman]] waiting on board. As the Owl escaped the planet, Mark dropped the HAVOK into the Well of Echoes, destroying the Forerunner base.{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}
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| With Intrepid Eye successfully captured, the UNSC left Gao. Fearing that Gamma Company's illegal brain mutations would cause a crippling public relations scandal were they to be discovered, Osman had Mark, Ash, and Olivia officially designated as [[killed in action]] and transferred to a classified [[Ferret]] team of which she gave command of to Lopis.<ref name="ll c28">'''Halo: Last Light''', Chapter 28, ''pages 330-333'' (Google Play edition)</ref>
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| ===ONI career===
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| In the following months, Ash, Olivia, Mark and Veta Lopis underwent a training regimen to become ONI field agents, with Ash assigned as the Ferret Team's surveillance expert. While the Gammas were exceptionally quick to learn the new skills, their military background meant they would often instinctively fall back to lethal force in life-or-death situations. During this time, they visited multiple [[Human colonies|colonies]], rarely staying in one place for long; among the worlds they visited was [[Jastolo]].<ref name="ant">'''Halo: Fractures''', "A Necessary Truth"</ref>
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| ====Neos Atlantis====
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| On [[2553#October|October 14, 2553]], the Ferret Team participated in a training exercise against [[Oscar Squad]] at [[UNSC Recreational Facility 6055-NA-A]] on [[Neos Atlantis]]. Disguised as junior ODST lieutenants, Ash and Mark posed as rookie ONI agents in the facility's [[officers' club]] as part of a ploy to deceive Oscar Squad. However, an unexpected complication occurred when Olivia was [[Nicothiotal|drugged]] by an unidentified man. Lopis ordered Ash to create a distraction while Mark seized the man and Veta escorted Olivia back to the hotel's Halsey Suite, which the team used as their base of operations.{{Ref/Reuse|ant}}
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| While hauling the subject out of the club, Mark was attacked by a server from the officers' club wielding a knife and accidentally killed the man he was carrying in an attempt to use him as a shield. At this point Ash arrived, prompting Mark's attacker to flee. Ash and Mark decided to dispose of the man's body through an [[airlock]] and returned to the Halsey Suite afterward. Before they could explain the incident to Lopis, Admiral Osman arrived, accompanied by Oscar Squad's [[Svenson|Commander Svenson]], who had witnessed Mark and Ash carrying the body and demanded an explanation. After a brief argument between Lopis, Svenson and Osman, the admiral left the suite, giving the Ferret Team two hours to resolve the crisis.{{Ref/Reuse|ant}}
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| After Ash and Mark explained what had happened, it was discovered that the man who had drugged Olivia was in fact the investigative reporter [[Spencer Hume]], who had ostensibly had access to classified information such as the Gammas' identities. Hume had received the information from Mark's assailant—a former ONI operative named [[Ota Gallo]], now working for the private security company [[Dark Moon Enterprises]]. Attempting to recover Hume's belongings, now in the Ferret Team's possession, Gallo and two of her henchmen stormed the Halsey Suite soon after. After a brief firefight, the Ferrets managed to defeat the attackers, with Gallo being blown apart by her own [[grenade]].{{Ref/Reuse|ant}}
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| Immediately after the attack, Admiral Osman returned to the suite with an [[ONI Security|armed escort]]. The admiral claimed Hume's personal effects, then asked Lopis what had really happened to Hume. Lopis lied that Gallo killed Hume after the reporter was planning to name her as his source. Although visibly incredulous, Osman was seemingly satisfied with the explanation.{{Ref/Reuse|ant}}
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| ====Assassination of Admiral Tuwa====
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| During the final stages of the Ferret team's training in early December 2553, UNSC Admiral [[Graselyn Tuwa]] was assassinated and her family abducted during an attack on the {{UNSCShip|Donoma}}. The Office of Naval Intelligence resolved to respond to the crisis with a swift retaliation, though not before they could identify the perpetrator and rescue the hostages. Lopis' Ferret team were summoned to an ongoing investigation of the carnage on the ''Donoma'' on December 8. Due to the nature of the attack, the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] were identified as the main suspects, and [[Serin Osman|Admiral Osman]] assigned the case to the Ferret team as their first actual mission. In the following days, Ash and the rest of the team were deployed undercover on [[Venezia]] to infiltrate the local underworld and attract the attention of the Keepers of the One Freedom, posing as a gunrunning crew interested in selling a collection of [[HAVOK]] nuclear warheads.<ref>''Halo: Retribution'', Chapter 1-2</ref>
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| ==Personality and traits==
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| [[Kurt Ambrose|Lieutenant Commander Ambrose]] considered Ash to be one of the fiercest, smartest, and best leaders in [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]].<ref name="goo100">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 100''</ref> An enthusiastic and affable individual, Ash was able to understand and hone his team members' specialties into working together as a seamless unit; their extraordinary teamwork ultimately placed Team Saber among the top three teams of Gamma Company.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 117''</ref> His tactical intelligence was evident in his coming up with an effective plan to destroy Onyx's [[Sentinel manufacturing facility]] before the other Spartans, although he himself had major doubts whether the plan would work.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 318''</ref> At the time of the [[Battle of Onyx]], Ash was still sometimes overeager to act during combat due to his inexperience.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 113''</ref> He has also been known to lapse in his adherence to military protocol, such as wearing his hair over regulation length or momentarily removing his helmet in potentially hostile territory, although he quickly put the helmet back on once Kurt noticed his mistake.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo page 254}} After several months of active duty, he and the two other Gamma Spartans had come to perform without fault as part of [[Blue Team]].{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}
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| Ash has a very Spartan attitude to his duty as a soldier; he was remarkably calm when faced with almost certain death and affirmed his team that they had succeeded in their mission.<ref name="g322">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 322-323''</ref> He greatly respected Kurt and his other mentors; [[Franklin Mendez|CPO Mendez]], [[Lucy-B091]] and [[Tom-B292]]. Before his augmentations, Ash told Kurt that in case he did not make it he would not have done anything differently.{{Ref/Reuse|goo100}} Ash cares deeply for his team, considering his teammates his brothers and sisters.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 134''</ref> He was also quick to accept the Spartan-IIs as fellow team members of his team and adapt to the new team dynamic.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 324''</ref> Ash can be quite protective of his teammates, for example attempting to shelter Mark from negative consequences by drawing attention to his own mistake during the incident on [[Neos Atlantis]].{{Ref/Reuse|ant}} Out of Team Saber, Ash appears to have been particularly attached to [[Holly-G003]]; while escaping the destruction of Onyx's sentinel factory, Ash helped Holly up after she fell and continued to hold her hand as the Spartans were about to be crushed by machinery, though Dr. Halsey was able to teleport them away at the last moment. Upon being translocated to safety, Holly quickly detached her hand from his, seemingly embarrassed.{{Ref/Reuse|g322}} Ash was deeply distraught at Holly's abrupt death, whereupon he fell on his knees where she had had been vaporized.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 362''</ref>
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| ==Physical description==
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| Ash has large,<ref name="hll123">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 123-125'' (Google Play edition)</ref> brown eyes{{Ref/Reuse|hll106}} and in [[2553]], [[Veta Lopis]] noted that he had gentle features and smooth (albeit scarred) skin that were indicative of his young age. Similar to the other Spartans, his athletic physique appeared to be that of a man in his late teens or early twenties,{{Ref/Reuse|hll123}} and while not as large as the [[Mjolnir]]-armored [[Frederic-104]], he was still taller than average.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 93'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Ash has wavy brown hair which he has been known to wear slightly over regulation length. On the day of Gamma Company's augmentations Kurt took note of this fact but deliberately overlooked it because of the occasion.{{Ref/Reuse|goo100}}
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:HM-Ash-cropped.png|Ash-G099 firing a [[BR85HB battle rifle]].
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Last Light]]''
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| *''[[Halo Mythos]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fractures]]''
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| **''[[A Necessary Truth]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Retribution]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]''
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