Editing Hieu Dinh

Shortly after the war in early [[2553]], Dinh took part in a recon mission to a desolate [[Natural satellite|moon]] that ONI had dubbed [[Operation: INTERIOR EXILE]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CFEchoes|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-echoes-with-dinh|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Echoes With-Dinh|D=24|M=03|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Site|Id=S3Intel|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/echoes-within-intel|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite - Echoes Within Intel|D=10|M=03|Y=2023|LocalArchive=Halo Infinite Story & Intel}} The goal of this mission was to set up a research facility to examine a dormant [[Forerunner]] [[Lifeworker terraforming vessel|terraforming vessel]] embedded in the moon's rocky terrain.{{Ref/Reuse|CFEchoes}} After his initial recon assessment, Dinh recommend that the thee squads of ONI personnel travel by air under the cover of night to minimize risk of contact with local enemy forces.{{Ref/Game|Id=echoesintro|HI|Season 03: Echoes Within Intro Cinematic}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFEchoes}} However, conflicting assessments resulted in a daytime insertion involving the use of an [[M12B Warthog]].{{Ref/Reuse|echoesintro}}{{Ref/Reuse|S3Intel}} The insertion run resulted in disaster and agents Dinh and [[Padraig]] were among the few survivors. After the failed operation, ONI agent [[Codename: BAYLEAF|BAYLEAF]] communicated to fellow agent [[Codename: FLYBALL|FLYBALL]] that it seemed that they should have listened to Dinh's recommendations and suggested that they consider accelerating other avenues to put him in a position where he could have a greater impact in planning these sorts of operations.{{Ref/Reuse|CFEchoes}}{{Ref/Reuse|S3Intel}}

===Spartan-IV service===

Dinh would be recruited into the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] later in 2553, carrying the weight of the losses on the previous mission with him.{{Ref/Reuse|CFEchoes}} At some point after becoming a Spartan, he received a suit of [[Mirage IIC]] armor within an ONI laboratory beneath the [[Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science]].{{Ref/Game|Id=Unbound|HI|Site Unseen|Detail=Unbound cinematic}} While still a new recruit, his [[fireteam]] was assigned a mission that had them breach and raid a fledgling [[Yanme'e]] hive inside of a derelict Forerunner structure. The raid was ultimately a disaster as well; Dinh escaped with severe wounds, but the rest of his team perished.{{Ref/Site|Id=S2StoryHub|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/halo-infinite|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite|D=06|M=05|Y=2022|LocalArchive=Halo Infinite Story & Intel|Detail=Defunct page; available on linked archive only}}{{Ref/Site|Id=S2Intel|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-infinite-lone-wolves-intel|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Infinite - Lone Wolves Intel|D=03|M=11|Y=2022|LocalArchive=Halo Infinite Story & Intel}} Dinh was left scarred by this experience in the Yanme'e hive, though his close call with death left him resilient in similarly-perilous scenarios.{{Ref/Reuse|CFEchoes}} Later on, he would work alongside [[Laurette Agryna]] as they both earned experience as Spartans.{{Ref/Reuse|HIInter}}{{Ref/Reuse|S2StoryHub}}{{Ref/Reuse|S2Intel}} After the [[The Reclamation|rise]] of the [[Created]], Dinh fought against the [[Banished]] in several close-quarters engagements, including [[boarding]] actions. At some point, he would meet Spartan [[Sigrid Eklund]] during the [[Vihar collapse]].{{Ref/Game|HI|Alpha Pack}}

During the mission to the Yanme'e hive as a new Spartan-IV recruit, Hieu Dinh wore [[MIRAGE-class Mjolnir|Mirage IIC]] armor. As of 2560, Dinh now employs the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|Mjolnir]] [[RAKSHASA-class Mjolnir|Rakshasa]] armor, shaped by his experiences against the Banished and surviving for long periods alone in the field in the wake of the [[The Reclamation|rise of the Created]]. He wears an [[Artaius]] helmet taken from a small run of prototypes intended for a new classification of [[powered exoskeleton]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}} The helmet is equipped with a [[TAS/PATTON]] module. He wears the UTIL/TECCNIQE IOTA-12 shoulder pad on his left shoulder and a Banished war-trophy, the shoulder pad of a [[Special Operations Officer|Spec Ops Sangheili's]] [[infiltration harness]], on his right shoulder. He also wears the AAP/HEARTPLATE chest attachment and the UA/Type MEP[B] knee pads. Dinh is known to regularly wield an M392 Bandit rifle in combat.{{Ref/Reuse|echoesintro}}{{Ref/Reuse|EM}}

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