Editing Burgundy

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{{Character Infobox|variant=Human
|name=Burgundy
|image= [[File:TML - Burgundy portrait.png|250px]]
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|birth=
|death=[[2552#October|October 25, 2552]]<ref name="Catalog">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=46#post454 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2976443)]</ref> <small>(aboard ''[[Mona Lisa]]'', [[Soell|Soell system]])</small>
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|gender=Female
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|hair=Red
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|era=*[[Halopedia:Timeline#The Great War era|The Great War era]]
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|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
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'''Burgundy''', nicknamed '''Stickybeak''', was a [[D77-TC Pelican|D77-TC Pelican dropship]] pilot stationed onboard the [[UNSC prowler|prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}} in [[2552#October|October 2552]].<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions -  Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 257''</ref>

==Biography==
===Mission to Soell===
{{Main|Skirmish on Mona Lisa}}
She accompanied [[Zhao Heng Lopez|Sergeant Zhao Heng Lopez]], [[Ngoc Benti|Corpsman Ngoc Benti]], and others on a classified mission to the location of [[Installation 04]]'s debris field. During the mission, she would occasionally conduct reconnaissance missions with a [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]]. After three days of sifting through the field, the ''Red Horse'''s [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], [[Rebecca]], picked up a signal coming from an escape pod of unknown origin. When the ''Red Horse'' picked up the escape pod, Technical Officer [[Raj Singh]] enlisted the aid of Burgundy and [[Clarence]] to help open it. As they opened the pod, an [[John Doe|unidentified man]] surrounded by blood immediately sprung out. Burgundy, disgusted, ran off into the ship.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions -  Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 223-227''</ref>

The origin of the mysterious escape pod was soon revealed to be a [[prison ship]] known as the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'', drifting in Halo's debris field. As Lopez lead a squad of Marines to investigate the ship, Burgundy was assigned to pilot the Marines' Pelican to transport them to the ''Mona Lisa''.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions -  Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 240''</ref> As the other Marines proceeded deeper into the ship, Lopez ordered Marines [[Cranker]], [[Maller]], [[Simmons]], and [[Sydney (Marine)|Sydney]] to stay with the Pelican with Burgundy locked up inside the dropship.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 252''</ref> Shortly later, the [[Flood]] launched a fierce attack against the Marines outside of the Pelican. Burgundy examined the firefight with the limited view of the visual sensors of the Pelican, failing to see the attackers, nor her protection detail's death and subsequent infection.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions -  Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 256-257''</ref>

===Death===
Less than an hour later, Burgundy's Pelican was approached by two dimly lit figures she recognized as Cranker and Maller. Unaware of the infection and assuming they had been merely injured, Burgundy lowered the Pelican's rear ramp, only to be attacked by the two Flood forms. Learning the truth too late, she opened fire with her sidearm, but failed to ward off the attackers.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions -  Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 271-272''</ref> The Flood forms incapacitated Burgundy and proceeded to harshly carry her to the ''Mona Lisa''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s engine room in order to be absorbed into the [[proto-Gravemind]] they were building.<ref name="tml328">'''Halo: Evolutions -  Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 328''</ref>

Later, Benti, [[Clarence]], "[[Henry]]", and [[Patrick Rimmer|Rimmer]] saw an incessantly screaming Burgundy being dragged and enveloped into the proto-Gravemind.<ref name="tml328"/> In order to end her suffering and prevent the Flood from absorbing her knowledge and using it to escape, Benti tossed two primed [[M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenade|fragmentation grenades]] at the mass and destroyed the Flood growth, the engines and Burgundy.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions -  Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 328-332''</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:TML - BurgundyBDU.png|Burgundy in her sleeveless Marine [[UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform#Pilot variant|pilot BDU]].
File:TML - BurgundyProtoGM.png|Burgundy is tossed into the proto-Gravemind by a Flood-infected Cranker.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[The Mona Lisa]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:UNSC Marine Corps Personnel]]