Editing Cal-141

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{{Character infobox
|variant=Human
|name=Cal-141
|image=[[File:Cal_2.png|300px]]
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|birth=c. [[2511]]
|death=[[2544]]{{Ref/Site|Id=CFShocks|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-system-shocks|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - System Shocks|D=30|M=06|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Site|Id=S4Intel|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/infection-intel|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite - Infection Intel|LocalArchive=Halo Infinite Story & Intel|D=12|M=09|Y=2023}}
|causeofdeath=Hit in the head with [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]]'s [[gravity hammer]]{{Ref/Reuse|HLTB}}{{Ref/Reuse|S4Intel}}
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|species=[[Human]]
|gender=Female
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|hair=White{{Ref/Reuse|HLTB}}
|eyes=Pale yellow{{Ref/Reuse|HLTB}}
|affiliation=*[[UNSC Navy]]
**[[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command]]
***[[SPARTAN-II program]]
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{{Quote|Take the shot, [[O'Brien (Heian)|O'Brien]], now! You're the only one who can do it!|Cal ordering O'Brien to kill the [[Unidentified Prophet (Heian)|Prophet]].}}

'''Cal-141''' was a [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II supersoldier]] of the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] [[UNSC Special Forces|Special Warfare Command]].{{Ref/Film|Id=HLTB|Film=Halo Legends|Story=The Babysitter}}

==Biography==
===Conscription===
Cal-141 was abducted and conscripted into the SPARTAN-II program by Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] in [[2517]] when she was approximately six years old. Cal was then taken to the planet [[Reach]] and was trained by the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Déjà]] and [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez|Mendez]], along with 74 other children conscripted into the Spartan II program.{{Ref/Novel|Id=FoR|TFoR}}

===Mission to Heian===
{{Main|Operation: GREY VEIL}}
In [[2544]],{{Ref/Reuse|CFShocks}} Cal-141 was sent on an  [[Operation: GREY VEIL|operation]], along with the four [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s she commanded, to assassinate a [[Unidentified Prophet (Heian)|Minor Prophet]] and gather intel of unknown ruins on a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]-held planet, [[Heian]]. The squad consisted of [[Taylor H. Miles|Dutch]], [[O'Brien (Heian)|O'Brien]], [[Cortez]], and [[Checkman]]. Only three remained after the drop, as Checkman was killed in the upper atmosphere during the [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle#Re-entry|orbital insertion]]. After landing, she rescued O'Brien from drowning in a swamp. However, the ODST expressed no gratitude and yelled at Cal for having thrown him about.{{Ref/Reuse|HLTB}}

[[File:HLeg CalSavesObrien2.png|thumb|right|275px|Cal-141 blocks a Chieftain's hammer from hitting O'Brien.]]
During the operation, Cal fought a [[Jiralhanae]] [[unidentified Jiralhanae chieftain (Heian)|chieftain]] that nearly killed O'Brien from behind. After gouging out the chieftain's right eye and pushing it over a waterfall, Cal rescued O'Brien from near death. Again, the ODST expressed no gratitude, instead berating the Spartan.{{Ref/Reuse|HLTB}}

===Death===
While waiting for the Prophet to arrive, the Brute chieftain that Cal had apparently killed the day before ambushed the humans. Cal spotted the Brute as it was about to strike O'Brien and quickly pushed the ODST sniper out of harm's way. She was hit across the head and right shoulder by the chieftain's gravity hammer, resulting in fatal injuries, despite her armor taking the blow.{{Ref/Reuse|HLTB}}

[[File:HLeg DyingCal.png|thumb|left|225px|The ODSTs try in vain to tend to Cal's wounds.]]
Dutch killed the Brute, and the trio removed Cal's helmet to inspect her injuries. They were stunned that Cal was female, as opposed to the squad believing she was male, especially O'Brien and Cortez. Cal, realizing that with her badly damaged arm, as well as her blurring vision due to her head injuries, she would no longer be able to take the shot, ordered O'Brien to kill the Prophet, which he succeeded in doing.{{Ref/Reuse|HLTB}}

After O'Brien killed the Prophet, the ODSTs tried to tend to Cal's wounds, but she knew that she would not be able to make it back to the [[UNSC Kronstadt|destroyer]] that deployed them to Heian. In her dying words, Cal asked Cortez to make a delivery to [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]]. This delivery consisted of an optical chip from Cal's helmet, which contained intelligence of the planet the mission was carried out on, as well as ruins that were neither human nor Covenant. Cortez tried to assure her that she would be able to give the chip to Halsey herself, but Cal replied that the two of them knew it was not going to happen as she felt her death already moments away. She held Cortez's hands a bit longer and eventually died before the three ODSTs.{{Ref/Reuse|HLTB}}

===Aftermath===
Cal's death left a profound impact on the ODSTs with whom she fought on the mission. They, like all ODSTs, had a bitter rivalry with the Spartans and considered them to be freaks, but Cal's efforts in the mission and her actions in saving O'Brien's life many times until the loss of her own had changed their thoughts and opinions on the Spartans. This change was shown well as the ODST team later returned to their ship, where both Cortez and Dutch angrily scolded a [[UNSC Army|soldier]], [[Berger]], for mocking Cal's abilities and joking about her death. O'Brien pondered on how he might be dead if it hadn't been for her.{{Ref/Reuse|HLTB}}

Publicly, she was likely classified as [[missing in action]] or [[wounded in action]] rather than [[killed in action]], as per [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[ONI Directive 930|policy]] regarding the deaths of the supposedly-invincible Spartan-II super soldiers.{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS27|HFS|Chapter=27}} Her death was mourned by Dr. Halsey, who was able to successfully review the footage recovered by the ODSTs.{{Ref/Reuse|S4Intel}}

==Trivia==
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In ''[[Halo Legends]]'', Cal-141 was voiced by [[Wikipedia:Emily Neves|Emily Neves]].<ref>'''Halo Legends:''' ''The Babysitter'' credits</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Cal SOEIV.jpg|Cal-141 emerges from her SOEIV after landing on Heian.
File:HLeg CalSavesObrien.png|Cal pulls O'Brien's SOEIV from the swamp.
File:Babysitter 01.jpg|Cal and the surviving ODSTs.
File:HLeg Lookout.png|Cal-141 on the lookout.
File:Cal-141(2).jpg|Cal wielding an [[MA5B assault rifle]].
File:The Babysitter Cal-141.jpg|Cal-141 during the assassination mission on Heian.
File:HLeg CalSniper.png|Cal prepares to take the shot.
File:Cal-141(3).jpg|Cal-141 after being wounded by the Chieftain.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[The Babysitter]]'' {{1st}}
==Sources==
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