Editing Ilsa Zane

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|name=Ilsa Zane

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|species=[[Human]]

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|hair=Black

===Spartan service===

In [[2550]], Zane was chosen for the prototype phase of the [[SPARTAN-IV program]]. The additional augmentations she underwent were meant to make armor unnecessary, however, they crippled or killed nine others and made Zane unstable. Because of her instability, Zane was discharged and assigned to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], but subsequently escaped and defected to [[Mattius Drake]]'s [[New Colonial Alliance]].{{Ref/Reuse|hi3}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF153}}

===The Guardians===

In October [[2558]], Zane was sent to the remote world of [[Conrad's Point]], where the undisciplined NCA rebels and mercenaries on the world were being poorly commanded by an unidentified colonel. After relieving the colonel of command, Zane organized the insurgents into a more formidable force. As commander of NCA forces on the world, Zane operated ruthlessly and killed any individual who did not carry their weight. Afterwards, she began preparing the NCA forces on Conrad's Point for war with the [[Unified Earth Government]] and had accumulated a large amount of [[nuclear weapon]]s. In [[2558]], after Conrad's Point was attacked by a [[Forerunner]] [[Guardian]], Zane had all NCA forces move to the Guardian's attack site and secure the crater it left behind. Making camp in a nearby compound, the NCA sought to search the ruins of a city destroyed by the construct for clues on the Guardian's next site of attack. Not wanting the Guardian site to fall under rebel control, ONI sent Commander [[Maya Sankar]]—who operated with the insurrectionists under the codename "FERO"—and [[smart AI]] [[Black-Box]] to infiltrate the faction and rendezvous with operative [[Ari Rezneck]], who had already infiltrated the New Colonial Alliance.{{Ref/Reuse|htts201}}

When Sankar, Black-Box, and Reznek arrived at the NCA compound, Zane arrived shortly after. She congratulated the NCA soldiers for being useful to the cause and working together effectively. Zane informed them of the apparent death of [[Spartan-II]] [[John-117]] and encouraged her soldiers to celebrate the death of the UNSC's "poster boy". Meanwhile, the UNSC was informed of Zane's current location and planned to kill her by bombing the compound. As Sankar and Reznek moved to leave the compound, Zane approached them before the other insurgents and recalled that "FERO" wished for the New Colonial Alliance to stop combating the UNSC and protest peacefully instead. Zane mocked "FERO" for believing that negotiations with the UNSC were a viable plan to gain colonial independence and questioned what use she had for the NCA. When Reznek defended her, Zane killed him with her sidearm and revealed that she knew that he was an ONI operative. As Reznek vouched for her, Zane concluded that Sankar was also an ONI operative. However, before Zane could kill her, Sankar's friend within the NCA—[[Bostwick]]—raised a knife to Zane's throat and insisted that "FERO" was not a spy. Zane attacked Bostwick, but Sankar revealed that she was an ONI operative by informing her that a UNSC airstrike was incoming. Before anyone could react, the compound was bombed by UNSC aircraft. Sankar fled the compound with the injured Bostwick, while Zane pursued. The two escaped the area on an [[M274 Mongoose]] and eventually escaped the world aboard Sankar's [[prison ship]]. Furious, Zane continued to futilely fire upon the vessel as it left Conrad's Point.{{Ref/Reuse|htts201}}

===Abandonment===

Ilsa revealed to Dasc that she had an implanted tracker that pinged NCA command every twelve hours and that they would need to send a rescue team if she didn't report back in three days. So, Dasc proposed a deal in which he would teach her to deal with the Jiralhanae until the rescue team arrived in exchange for coming with her and being dropped off at a location of his choice. However, when Amatus returned to find a prisoner for his pack to feast on, Ilsa challenged the Jiralhanae by looking him in the eyes berating him. When Amatus let out a roar, Ilsa punched him in the throat and crushed his windpipe, allowing Zane to tear off one of his shoulder plates and use it as a weapon, hitting Amatus in the face over and over again until the Jiralhanae was dead.{{Ref/Reuse|ttl}}

When [[War Chief]] [[Escharum]]'s ship arrived, Banished scientists began to inspect the ancient structure the Guardian rose from. Initially, Escharum was not pleased to find that Ilsa was alive. However, she offered the War Chief a chance to absorb the entirety of the NCA's resources into the Banished.{{Ref/Reuse|ttl}}

*Ilsa Zane's name is once misspelled as "Isla" in the second issue of ''[[Halo: Initiation]]''.

*Zane is portrayed by actress [[Wikipedia:Tamara Taylor|Tamara Taylor]] in ''[[Hunt the Truth]]''.

==Gallery==

<gallery>

File:HI Ilsa program.png|[[Jun-A266]] reveals Ilsa's origin.

File:Ilsa.png|Ilsa rallying her forces before their attack.

File:Halo Initiation - Palmer vs Zane.jpg|Ilsa fighting Palmer.

File:HI Ilsa and palmer.png|Ilsa's punch knocks Palmer's helmet off.

</gallery>

==Sources==

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