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| |name=Gretchen Ketola | | {{New Content}} |
| |image=[[File:Gretchen.png|300px]] | | |
| |homeworld=[[Harvest]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p97|Enc22|Page=97}} | | {{Human Character Infobox |
| |birth=[[2520|May 14, 2520]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p97}} | | |name= Gretchen |
| |death= | | |image= [[Image:Gretchen.png|250px]] |
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| |spouses=[[Taylor Miles]] (Before [[2552]]-)
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| | |species= [[Human]] |
| |species=[[Human]] | | |gender= Female |
| |gender=Female | | |height= |
| |height={{Convert|203.2|cm|ftin}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p97}} | | |weapons= [[M7/Caseless Submachine Gun|M7 SMG]] |
| |mass={{Convert|109.3|kg|lb}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p97}} | | |equipment= *Unknown version of the [[Body Suit|ODST Body Suit]] |
| |hair=Blonde | | |vehicles= |
| |eyes=Blue | | |hair= Blonde |
| |affiliation=*[[UNSC Marine Corps]] {{C|former}} | | |eyes= Blue |
| **[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]
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| *[[Spartan Operations]]
| | |era= [[Human-Covenant War]] |
| **[[SPARTAN-IV program]]<ref name="Bad Blood">'''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'''</ref>
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| |rank=[[Spartan]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p97}} | |
| |sn=72831-500211-GK{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p97}} | |
| |notable= | | |notable= |
| | |affiliation= [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] |
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| {{Quote|Give her credit: Gretchen was as tough a Marine as you ever saw.|Romeo discussing Gretchen}} | | {{Quote|Give her credit: Gretchen was as tough a Marine as you ever saw.|[[Kojo Agu|Romeo]] on Gretchen.}} |
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| '''Spartan Gretchen Ketola'''<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 53''</ref> is a former [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]. She is married to [[Taylor Miles|Taylor "Dutch" Miles]], a fellow [[Spartan-IV]] supersoldier and former ODST as well.<ref name="is1">'''[[Halo: Helljumper]]''', ''[[Halo: Helljumper Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref>
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| ==Biography==
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| Prior to [[2552]], Gretchen served in the same unit as Dutch and his friend [[Kojo Agu|Kojo "Romeo" Agu]]. At some point, she and Dutch developed a romantic relationship and later married. Gretchen enjoyed fighting, to the extent that she actually laughed in the midst of combat. However, her outlook changed when she stepped on an [[Insurrectionist]] landmine during a mission on [[Ballast]];{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p97}} her left leg was blown off by the resulting explosion.{{Ref/Reuse|is1}}{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}
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| Before the [[Battle of Ariel]] in [[2552#January|January 2552]], she was still confined planetside because of her injury. She sent a message to Dutch, in which she informed him that there was an open position in a motor pool, and suggested that he should accept it.{{Ref/Reuse|is1}} By October 2552, though she was looking forward to return to active service, the doctors predicted she would be confined to non-combat duties for the rest of her career.<ref name= "oni">'''[[Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation]]''' ''- Dutch Interview''</ref> However, by [[2553]], she eventually retired from service. After [[Rookie|a friend and squadmate]] of Dutch's died during [[Draco III rebellion|a rebellion]] on [[Draco III]] in [[2554]], Dutch retired from service to be with Gretchen.<ref>'''[[Halo: New Blood]]''', ''page 99''</ref> The two continued to contact their old squadmates and friends after their retirement, including [[Edward Buck]].<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', ''page 149''</ref>
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| In [[2558]], Dutch and Gretchen unexpectedly resurfaced during the [[Created conflict]] when Buck, Romeo, Dare, [[Quick to Adjust|Vergil]] and [[Sadie Endesha]] visited the [[Spartan-IV training station]] to break out [[Michael Crespo|Mickey Crespo]]. After Buck was declared a rogue Spartan by the AI [[Leonidas]], in reality a rogue AI loyal to the [[Created]], Dutch and Gretchen came to his aid and explained that after Gretchen was given a new prosthetic, they had joined the [[SPARTAN-IV program]], having not told their friends in case the prosthetic didn't work. Dutch and Gretchen joined the reformed [[Alpha-Nine]] as they fled the station in a [[Condor]] to undertake a secret ONI mission.{{Ref/Reuse|Bad Blood}}
| | '''Gretchen''' was an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]. She was involved in a romantic relationship with [[Taylor Miles|Dutch]].<ref name="is1">''[[Halo: Helljumper]] [[Halo: Helljumper Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> |
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| ==Equipment== | | == Biography == |
| As an ODST, Gretchen wore basic [[ODST armor]] with a tan chest piece.{{Ref/Reuse|is1}} After joining the SPARTAN-IV program alongside her husband, she was outfitted with the [[HELLJUMPER-class Mjolnir|Helljumper]] variant of the [[MJOLNIR GEN2]] armor, much like Dutch and the rest of Alpha-Nine.{{Ref/Reuse|Bad Blood}}
| | Some time prior to [[2552]], she was assigned to the same unit with Dutch and Romeo. At some point, she and Dutch developed a romantic relationship. She used to enjoy fighting, to the extent she actually laughed in the midst of combat. However, she changed when in one mission, she stepped on an [[Insurrectionist|Separatist]] landmine, and her left leg and right arm were blown off. |
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| ==Trivia==
| | Before the [[Battle of Ariel]] in 2552, she was still confined planetside because of her injury. She sent a massage to Dutch, in which she informed him that there was an open position in a motor pool, and suggested he'd take it.<ref name="is1"/> |
| *Her blood type is A-.{{Ref/Reuse|oni}}
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| *Ketola's surname suggests she may be of Finnish ancestry.
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| ==Gallery== | | == Gallery == |
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| File:Gretchen fight.png|Gretchen with Romeo and Dutch in ''[[Halo: Helljumper]]''.
| | Gretchen_fight.png|Gretchen with Romeo and Dutch. |
| File:Gret.PNG|Gretchen is wounded by an Insurrectionist land mine.
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| File:Gretchen live action.png|Dutch's memory of Gretchen, viewed through a [[neural marker]].
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| File:Bad Blood cover art (Final).jpg|Gretchen on the cover of ''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]''.
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| File:Enc22 Gretchen.jpg|Gretchen as seen in the [[2022]] edition of the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)|Halo Encyclopedia]]''.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Helljumper]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation]]''
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| *''[[Halo: New Blood]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Venezian Sonata]]''
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| == Sources == | | == Sources == |
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| | | [[Category:Characters]] |
| [[Category:Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|Ketola, Gretchen]]
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| [[Category:Spartan-IVs|Ketola, Gretchen]]
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