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{{Title|''Halo: Legacy of Onyx''}} | {{Title|''Halo: Legacy of Onyx''}} | ||
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==Official summary== | ==Official summary== | ||
{{Article | {{Article Quote|[[Molly Patel]] was only seven years old when the alien alliance known as the [[Covenant]] [[Siege of Paris IV|destroyed her homeworld]] and killed [[Patel family|her family]]. As one of the few to escape the glassing of [[Paris IV]], and despite the United Nations Space Command winning the war on behalf of humanity, Molly never forgot how much she had lost. | ||
[[2558|Nine years later]], when her adoptive parents—research scientists specializing in ancient [[Forerunner]] technology—are called to the mysterious and wondrous place known as [[Onyx]], Molly vehemently objects. It’s not so much that Molly’s concerned about relocating to inside a [[Dyson sphere|spherical construct]] the diameter of an entire solar system, but the fact that she also has to live alongside members of the same alien species that murdered her family. | [[2558|Nine years later]], when her adoptive parents—research scientists specializing in ancient [[Forerunner]] technology—are called to the mysterious and wondrous place known as [[Onyx]], Molly vehemently objects. It’s not so much that Molly’s concerned about relocating to inside a [[Dyson sphere|spherical construct]] the diameter of an entire solar system, but the fact that she also has to live alongside members of the same alien species that murdered her family. | ||
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The story begins with [[Molly Patel]] recalling the day the [[Covenant]] [[Siege of Paris IV|attacked]] [[Paris IV]] in [[2549]], when she was seven years old. Molly and her parents, without her older sister [[Grace Patel|Grace]], who had spent the night before the attack at a friend's house, try to search for her in the house, but Grace and her friend's family had already left. The [[Patel family]] tries to reach [[Mímir]]'s spaceport, but the Covenant starts to [[Glassing|glass]] Paris IV. Trying to escape the glassing beam, the Patels attempted to seek refuge inside a tunnel located at [[Cochineal Pass]]. Although the Patels barely managed to escape the glassing beam, their vehicle collides with the back of a truck inside the tunnel, killing [[Gotam Patel|Gotam]] and [[Brigid Patel|Brigid]] in the crash. Molly is later found in the pass tunnel by [[UNSC]] troops led by Sergeant [[Avery Johnson]]. | The story begins with [[Molly Patel]] recalling the day the [[Covenant]] [[Siege of Paris IV|attacked]] [[Paris IV]] in [[2549]], when she was seven years old. Molly and her parents, without her older sister [[Grace Patel|Grace]], who had spent the night before the attack at a friend's house, try to search for her in the house, but Grace and her friend's family had already left. The [[Patel family]] tries to reach [[Mímir]]'s spaceport, but the Covenant starts to [[Glassing|glass]] Paris IV. Trying to escape the glassing beam, the Patels attempted to seek refuge inside a tunnel located at [[Cochineal Pass]]. Although the Patels barely managed to escape the glassing beam, their vehicle collides with the back of a truck inside the tunnel, killing [[Gotam Patel|Gotam]] and [[Brigid Patel|Brigid]] in the crash. Molly is later found in the pass tunnel by [[UNSC]] troops led by Sergeant [[Avery Johnson]]. | ||
On [[2558#September|September 2558]], Molly was living in [[Aranuka]] on [[Earth]], along | On [[2558#September|September 2558]], Molly was living in [[Aranuka]] on [[Earth]], along her "Newparents" [[Yong Lee]] and [[Asha Moyamba]]. One day, Yong and Asha came home early, informing Molly that they would be leaving Anaruka because they had been hired by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to study [[Forerunner]] technology on [[Sarcophagus]], living alongside [[Sangheili]] and [[Unggoy]] from the [[Swords of Sanghelios]]. Molly roundly refuses to move with them because of her hate against those species and the Covenant as a whole, even if the Swords are allied with the humans, but when her Newparents mention [[Spartan Operations|Spartans]] will be present to secure the [[shield world]] from any threats, both internal and external, she reticently accepts the move, but plans to leave Sarcophagus when she turns 18. Inside Sarcophagus, a small battle starts near the [[Project GOLIATH|Project: GOLIATH]] site, with Forerunner [[armiger|Armigers]] appearing out of nowhere; Spartans [[Tom-B292]] and [[Lucy-B091]] are dispatched to handle the enemy forces. After the battle, they inform [[Franklin Mendez]] that the armigers were protecting the site, not attacking it. On [[Hesduros]], [[Dural 'Mdama]], "the Pale Blade" and new leader of the [[Servants of Abiding Truth]], leads his forces to the planet and forges an alliance with [[Panom|the]] [[kaidon]] of the [[Panom keep]] to gain access to the same [[slipspace]] portal Dural's father, [[Jul 'Mdama]], used to escape from Sarcophagus [[2553|five years ago]]. | ||
Days later, Molly, along with her Newparents and other families, are transported to Sarcophagus onboard the {{UNSCShip|Milwaukee}}, a {{Class|Poseidon|light carrier}} repurposed as a civilian transport and refitted with some [[Forerunner]] technology recovered inside the shield world. On the ship, they are received by Doctor [[Hugo Barton]], who fills them with the history of [[Onyx]] and some information about Sarcophagus. After settling on [[Paxopolis]], Molly and her Newparents are visited by Mendez, Tom, and Lucy. After being dismissed, Molly hides to hear what the Spartans, Mendez, and her Newparents are talking about, hearing about the incidents happening on Project: GOLIATH's site and how it is repeating itself on several human colonies, and some internal problems between the humans and the Sangheili inside Sarcophagus. After hearing that, Molly interrupts the discussion to express her opinion on how hard it is to get over the ghosts of the war. During the discussion, Molly notes [[Kasha 'Hilot]], headmaster of the [[Pax Institute]], is outside her home. Although initially reluctant, Molly greets Kasha, with both talking about the Institute and its students. Kasha hopes Molly and her family became good allies with the rest of Paxopolis, but Molly is not very convinced of it. | Days later, Molly, along with her Newparents and other families, are transported to Sarcophagus onboard the {{UNSCShip|Milwaukee}}, a {{Class|Poseidon|light carrier}} repurposed as a civilian transport and refitted with some [[Forerunner]] technology recovered inside the shield world. On the ship, they are received by Doctor [[Hugo Barton]], who fills them with the history of [[Onyx]] and some information about Sarcophagus. After settling on [[Paxopolis]], Molly and her Newparents are visited by Mendez, Tom, and Lucy. After being dismissed, Molly hides to hear what the Spartans, Mendez, and her Newparents are talking about, hearing about the incidents happening on Project: GOLIATH's site and how it is repeating itself on several human colonies, and some internal problems between the humans and the Sangheili inside Sarcophagus. After hearing that, Molly interrupts the discussion to express her opinion on how hard it is to get over the ghosts of the war. During the discussion, Molly notes [[Kasha 'Hilot]], headmaster of the [[Pax Institute]], is outside her home. Although initially reluctant, Molly greets Kasha, with both talking about the Institute and its students. Kasha hopes Molly and her family became good allies with the rest of Paxopolis, but Molly is not very convinced of it. | ||
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Once settled into her new home, Molly begins to attend the Pax Institute. It quickly becomes apparent that despite the unique location and situation, the school is little different from any other, much to Molly's displeasure. The school is large enough to allow her to avoid interacting with most of the other students, especially the alien ones. She observes she is not the only student to attempt this, as a trip through the school lunch room shows. Students segregate by species. This leaves her sans table, however, and without hesitation, she simply takes an empty one for herself, declaring herself "Molly Patel; nation of one". | Once settled into her new home, Molly begins to attend the Pax Institute. It quickly becomes apparent that despite the unique location and situation, the school is little different from any other, much to Molly's displeasure. The school is large enough to allow her to avoid interacting with most of the other students, especially the alien ones. She observes she is not the only student to attempt this, as a trip through the school lunch room shows. Students segregate by species. This leaves her sans table, however, and without hesitation, she simply takes an empty one for herself, declaring herself "Molly Patel; nation of one". | ||
Her self | Her self imposed exile does not last long, however, as another human joins her; [[Kareem El-Hashem]], who turns out to be a fellow self-imposed exile and a survivor of the Covenant assault on Luna in the Sol system. Warming to Molly with sarcasm and the commrodare of the lonely, they chat over lunch and then exit into the school's courtyard, he reveals his mother is an expert into Unggoy culture and Kareem came along with her when she was invited to Paxopolis to study the local culture of Unggoy that have settled there. One of them joins moments later, cheerfully introducing herself as [[Gudam Keschun]]. She, like Molly and Kareem, is a bit of an outsider, and the daughter of one of the math teachers at the Pax Institute. Molly, at first a bit wary, actually warms to the Unggoy, though a bit startled by their biological differences from humans as a whole. | ||
The three's friendly bonding session is broken rather abruptly by an incident of cross species bullying. Three humans, who Kareem introduces as Karl and Zeb Zakovsky and their friend Andres Malez, are picking on a young Sangheili male who doesn't seem particularly interested in defending himself. Kareem notes those three are the biggest bullies in the school. The three watch the altercation between the humans and the Sangheili, which rather quickly turns aggressive and threatening. Gudam attempts to break it up, and Karl instinctively lashes out at her hard enough to draw blood and knock her breather pack off. The altercation increases the tension between the Sangheili and Karl, and Molly steps in to break it up. The confrontation quickly devolves into a full on brawl that is only broken up by [[Dinok 'Acroli]], another Sangheili instructor at the school. The parents of those involved in the incident are brought in, and Molly comments on how this is the worst first day of school ever. | The three's friendly bonding session is broken rather abruptly by an incident of cross species bullying. Three humans, who Kareem introduces as Karl and Zeb Zakovsky and their friend Andres Malez, are picking on a young Sangheili male who doesn't seem particularly interested in defending himself. Kareem notes those three are the biggest bullies in the school. The three watch the altercation between the humans and the Sangheili, which rather quickly turns aggressive and threatening. Gudam attempts to break it up, and Karl instinctively lashes out at her hard enough to draw blood and knock her breather pack off. The altercation increases the tension between the Sangheili and Karl, and Molly steps in to break it up. The confrontation quickly devolves into a full on brawl that is only broken up by [[Dinok 'Acroli]], another Sangheili instructor at the school. The parents of those involved in the incident are brought in, and Molly comments on how this is the worst first day of school ever. | ||
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In the Forerunner structure the Servants of the Abiding Truth soon come to call "The Cathedral" (shorted from "The Great Cathedral of the Esteems Avu Med 'Telcam"), "Pale Blade" settles in to begin assaulting the shield world from the inside out. Over several days, they turn the facility into a citadel, installing gunnery stations and armories and command and control equipment, as well as shuttling all the vehicles they can through the portal from Hesduros. The Sangheili within it grow restless quickly, however, sparking arguments between "Pale Blade" and Buran. "Pale Blade" reveals that the next step of the plan is already in motion; the groups Huragok, Even Keel, has located another of its kind, working at a place known as the Repository. "Pale Blade" aims to capture this second Huragok and use its knowledge of Onyx to his advantage. To do so, the Servants will utilize "utter chaos". | In the Forerunner structure the Servants of the Abiding Truth soon come to call "The Cathedral" (shorted from "The Great Cathedral of the Esteems Avu Med 'Telcam"), "Pale Blade" settles in to begin assaulting the shield world from the inside out. Over several days, they turn the facility into a citadel, installing gunnery stations and armories and command and control equipment, as well as shuttling all the vehicles they can through the portal from Hesduros. The Sangheili within it grow restless quickly, however, sparking arguments between "Pale Blade" and Buran. "Pale Blade" reveals that the next step of the plan is already in motion; the groups Huragok, Even Keel, has located another of its kind, working at a place known as the Repository. "Pale Blade" aims to capture this second Huragok and use its knowledge of Onyx to his advantage. To do so, the Servants will utilize "utter chaos". | ||
Spartans Tom and Lucy are sent on [[M121 Jackrabbit|Jackrabbits]] to investigate some tripped sensors near the structure from where Jul 'Mdama escaped. They encounter and easily dispatch a group of Sentinels around the facility with their vehicle's machine guns, and then investigate on foot. They spot tracks left by a Sangheili, and Tom notes that either its a field trip from Paxopolis, or they have a breach. The latter seems more likely, and Lucy comments on their lives getting a lot harder. | Spartans Tom and Lucy are sent on [[M121 Jackrabbit| Jackrabbits]] to investigate some tripped sensors near the structure from where Jul 'Mdama escaped. They encounter and easily dispatch a group of Sentinels around the facility with their vehicle's machine guns, and then investigate on foot. They spot tracks left by a Sangheili, and Tom notes that either its a field trip from Paxopolis, or they have a breach. The latter seems more likely, and Lucy comments on their lives getting a lot harder. | ||
Back at the Pax Institute, Molly eagerly goes to her first self defense lesson with Tom and Lucy, only to find that its not the private session she originally envisioned. Kareem, Gudam, and Bakar have all been pressed into the class as well. Molly argues with this, but Tom and Lucy both quickly shoot her down with the logic of soldiers with decades of field experience and an entire Spartan Company's worth of recruits trained. They give her the bottom line; train with the others, or not at all. Molly accepts, realizing that it's not her opponent that she has to change, it's herself. | Back at the Pax Institute, Molly eagerly goes to her first self defense lesson with Tom and Lucy, only to find that its not the private session she originally envisioned. Kareem, Gudam, and Bakar have all been pressed into the class as well. Molly argues with this, but Tom and Lucy both quickly shoot her down with the logic of soldiers with decades of field experience and an entire Spartan Company's worth of recruits trained. They give her the bottom line; train with the others, or not at all. Molly accepts, realizing that it's not her opponent that she has to change, it's herself. | ||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5|title-1=Characters| | {{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5|title-1=Characters| | ||
*[[Andres Malez]] {{1st}} | *[[Andres Malez]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Aphrid]] {{1st}} | |||
*[[Arkit]] {{1st}} | |||
*[[Asha Moyamba]] {{1st}} | *[[Asha Moyamba]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Asum 'Mdama]] | |||
*[[Avery Johnson]] | *[[Avery Johnson]] | ||
*[[Avu Med 'Telcam]] {{Mo}} | |||
*[[Beskin]] {{Fm}} | |||
*[[Brigid Patel]] {{1st}} | *[[Brigid Patel]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Buran 'Utaral]] | |||
*[[Catherine Halsey]] {{Mo}} | *[[Catherine Halsey]] {{Mo}} | ||
*[[Chao]] {{1st}} | *[[Chao]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Cortana]] | |||
*[[Dinok 'Acroli]] {{1st}} | |||
*[[Dural 'Mdama]] | |||
*[[Even Keel]] {{1st}} | |||
*[[Franklin Mendez]] | *[[Franklin Mendez]] | ||
*[[Grace Patel]] {{Fm}} | *[[Grace Patel]] {{Fm}} | ||
*[[Gotam Patel]] {{1st}} | *[[Gotam Patel]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Gudam Keschun]] {{1st}} | |||
*[[Hugo Barton]] | *[[Hugo Barton]] | ||
*[[John-117]] {{Mo}} | *[[John-117]] {{Mo}} | ||
*[[Joseph Harper]] {{Im}} | *[[Joseph Harper]] {{Im}} | ||
*[[Jul 'Mdama]] {{Mo}} | |||
*[[Kareem El-Hashem]] {{1st}} | *[[Kareem El-Hashem]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Karl Zakovksy]] {{1st}} | *[[Karl Zakovksy]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Kasha 'Hilot]] | |||
*[[Kurnik 'Nuusra]] {{1st}} | |||
*[[Kurt-051]] {{Mo}} | *[[Kurt-051]] {{Mo}} | ||
*[[Lucy-B091]] | *[[Lucy-B091]] | ||
*[[Marfo]] {{1st}} | |||
*[[Mike Spenser]] | *[[Mike Spenser]] | ||
*[[Molly Patel]] {{1st}} | *[[Molly Patel]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Naxan 'Mdama]] {{Mo}} | |||
*[[Panom]] | |||
*[[Prone to Drift]] | |||
*[[Raia 'Mdama]] {{Mo}} | |||
*[[Ruk 'Nuusra]] {{1st}} | |||
*[[SPARTAN-G059]] {{Im}} | *[[SPARTAN-G059]] {{Im}} | ||
*[[Thel 'Vadam]] {{Mo}} | |||
*[[Thomas Lasky]] {{Mo}} | *[[Thomas Lasky]] {{Mo}} | ||
*[[Tom-B292]] | *[[Tom-B292]] | ||
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*[[Yong Lee]] {{1st}} | *[[Yong Lee]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Zeb Zakovksy]] {{1st}} | *[[Zeb Zakovksy]] {{1st}} | ||
|title-2=Species| | |title-2=Species| | ||
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*[[Shade]] {{Mo}} | *[[Shade]] {{Mo}} | ||
*[[Type-1 energy sword]] | *[[Type-1 energy sword]] | ||
* | *[[Type-1 plasma grenade]] | ||
*[[Type-25 plasma pistol]] | *[[Type-25 plasma pistol]] | ||
* | *[[Type-25 plasma rifle]] | ||
* | *[[Type-55 storm rifle]] | ||
* | *[[Type-51 carbine]] | ||
|title-7=Vehicles| | |title-7=Vehicles| | ||
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*[[AV-49 Wasp]] {{Mo}} | *[[AV-49 Wasp]] {{Mo}} | ||
*[[Banshee]] | *[[Banshee]] | ||
*[[Covenant starship]] | *[[Covenant starship]] | ||
**[[Covenant cruiser]] {{Mo}} | **[[Covenant cruiser]] {{Mo}} | ||
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***{{UNSCShip|Infinity}} {{Mo}} | ***{{UNSCShip|Infinity}} {{Mo}} | ||
*[[Scorpion]] | *[[Scorpion]] | ||
*''[[Song of Wrath]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*[[Wraith]] | *[[Wraith]] | ||
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**[[Sentinel]] | **[[Sentinel]] | ||
***[[Armiger]] | ***[[Armiger]] | ||
****[[ | ****[[Promethean Soldier]] | ||
***[[Onyx Sentinel]] | ***[[Onyx Sentinel]] | ||
*[[Communications relay]] {{Mo}} | *[[Communications relay]] {{Mo}} | ||
