Editing Linda-058

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{{Seealso character|Linda Shebura|the first wife of [[George Shebura]]}}

{{quote|Now I know what you have to do to get a couple of days' R-and-R in this outfit|Linda-058.<ref>Halo:First Strike, Page 268</ref>}}

{{Spartan infobox
|image=[[Image:Linda-058.jpg|200px]]
|name=Linda
|spartantag=SPARTAN-058
|homeworld=
|birth=[[2511]]
|death=
|species=[[Human]]
|gender=Female
|height=
|hair=Red, cut short
|eyes=Green
|cyber=
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
*[[UNSC Navy]]
|rank=[[Petty Officer Second Class]]
|specialty=Sharpshooter
|battles=[[Battle of Jericho VII]], [[Battle of Reach]], [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], [[Operation: First Strike]] and more.
|class=Class I: [[2525]]
}}

'''Petty Officer Second Class Linda-058''' is a [[SPARTAN-II]] supersoldier. She is one of the closest friends to [[John-117]] and one of the few known surviving Spartans. She is best known for her skill with the SRS99-S2 Sniper Rifle Systems, and once eliminated two targets so quickly that [[John-117]] couldn't tell who she had targeted first.

==Personality and Description==
Linda is reputable for her remarkable abilities with the [[Sniper Rifle]]. [[John-117|John]] and [[Fred]] have noted on several occasions that she makes sniping seem almost like an "Art." She is known even for taking out a [[Banshee]] with one shot. She is notably the quietest member of Blue Team, excluding John, and is labeled as a "lone wolf" [[SPARTAN-II|Spartan]]. Linda is unshakable and persistent, demonstrating time after time again that her abilities with a [[Sniper Rifle]] are far greater than any other Spartan in known combat. She is very pale, with sanguine-red hair and lucid green eyes. She is also a practitioner of [[Zen]]. She, like all SPARTAN-IIs, was trained by [[Chief Mendez]] on planet [[Reach]]. She also took part in the battle for Reach. John describes her as "the strongest" Spartan, as she does not rely on other members of her squad for advocating support on or off the battlefield.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 150: ''Linda had been unique among the Spartans with her blood red hair and dark emerald eyes, but her appearance was not what set her apart. She was the unit's best sniper-scout and could hit targets the rest of them couldn't. While the other Spartans preferred to operate as a team, Linda was content to separate, hide and post in some remote location, and wait for days for the single, critical shot that could turn the tide of battle. Although snipers in the UNSC were always trained to function in pairs, a shooter and a spotter, Linda was the exception to that rule--she had proven time and again that she was most effective on her own. If any one of the Spartans could be called a "lone wolf," it was Linda. In many ways that made her the strongest of them.''</ref>

==Biography==
[[Image: Fallofreach.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Linda (standing on John's right with a sniper rifle) in action.]]

===Childhood===
Linda-058 was conscripted into the [[SPARTAN-II]] program in [[2517]], at age of six, when she was singled out as a physically and intellectually superior child by [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]]. She was then abducted and replaced with a [[Flash-Cloning|Flash Clone]], as she was sent to [[Reach]]. Linda then trained there with the rest of the Spartans under the guidance of [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] and [[Déjà]]. She was part of the [[SPARTAN-II|Spartan]] missions at [[Military Reservation 01478-B]], [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] and several in the [[Highland Mountains]].

===Early Career===
Linda adapted successfully to her augmentations in [[2525]], and recovered quickly enough that she was chosen for the [[SPARTAN-II]]s' first mission to [[Eridanus II]], a mission where the [[Spartans]] had no armor. She, along with [[John-117]], [[Frederic-104]], [[Sam-034]] and [[Kelly-087]] boarded the ''[[Laden]]'' and traveled to [[Eridanus Secundus]] where they infiltrated the facility and captured [[Colonel (UNSC)|Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]], the then-leader of the [[Eridanus Rebels]]. 

She was present at [[Jericho VII]] in [[2535]] though never specifically mentioned by name. It is thought that she was designated Blue-Two and was by [[John-117|John]]'s side during the mission when, in actuality, Kelly was designated Blue-Two.

She was then at [[Sigma Octanus IV]] during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]. She was designated as Green-One, leading a team of [[SPARTAN-II]]s into the suburbs around [[Côte d'Azur]]. In the suburbs, her team found approximately 20 civilian survivors. She was able to successfully evacuate them before [[Blue Team]] detonated a [[HAVOK Nuclear Warhead]] in the heart of the city, destroying tens of thousands of [[Covenant]] forces stationed there. Linda and her team then dusted off in a [[D77-TC|Pelican]] which docked with the {{UNSCShip|Leviathan}} and returned to [[Reach]] for debriefing.

===[[Reach]]===
Linda was aboard the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} for a short time until the [[Battle of Reach]] began. She was designated as Blue-Two, part of [[John-117]]'s team to [[Reach Station Gamma]] to destroy the unsecured NAV database of [[ONI]]'s {{UNSCShip|Circumference}}. During that mission, [[James (SPARTAN-II)|James]] was out of commission (and presumed KIA) so she and John were forced to enter the station which was filled with [[Elites]] and [[Jackal]] [[Ranger]]s. She found the bay and assisted [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]]'s squad in holding off the [[Covenant]] forces long enough to escape. However, as they jumped out of their [[D77-TC|Pelican]] to open the bay doors, she was hit by several overcharged bolts from [[Plasma Pistol]]s and [[Plasma Rifle]]s which penetrated her armor and flesh all the way to the carbonized bone. One of the globules of plasma hit her in the back of the skull. Linda was recovered by a horrified John, but her vitals flatlined, and she was presumed dead. <ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], pages 325-329</ref>

===[[Alpha Halo]]===
[[John-117]], disheartened over the death of his close teammate, took her to the cryo facilities where they immediately froze Linda's body in a [[Cryo-chamber]]. The ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' then jumped to [[Installation 04]]. As the ship was shot down by [[Covenant]] forces most of the [[Cryo-chamber]]s, including Linda's, were ejected as per standard [[UNSC]] procedure. She floated above the [[Installation 04|Halo]] for several days until after the destruction of the [[Installation 04|Installation]]. Linda was then detected by [[Cortana (AI)|Cortana]] and John who were in a [[Longsword]] fighter. They picked her and two other cryo pods up, but both of the other occupants had died when their chambers failed. Linda was the only [[SPARTAN-II]], other than [[John-117]], who was near [[Installation 04]] during the events of [[Halo: Combat Evolved]].

When [[John-117]], [[Staff Sergeant|SSgt.]] [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]], [[Corporal (UNSC)|Cpl.]] [[Locklear]], [[Lieutenant (UNSC)|Lt.]] [[Elias Haverson|Haverson]], and [[Petty Officer Second Class|PO2]] [[Shiela Polaski]] captured the [[Covenant]] [[Assault Carrier]] ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', Linda, still in her [[Cryo-chamber]], was brought aboard. Due to the extent of her injuries she was left frozen until certified medical staff was available. She stayed on the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' until [[Dr. Halsey]] was rescued from [[Reach]] along with [[Frederic-104]] and the survivors of his team. [[Dr. Halsey]] revived Linda aboard the {{UNSCShip|Gettysburg}}, effectively resuscitating her.

===OPERATION: FIRST STRIKE===
Linda was then geared up and ready for battle but did not exhibit her exceptional skills until [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]. Linda was one of the [[Spartans]] who infiltrated the ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]'', providing cover for [[John-117]], [[Fred|Fred-104]], [[Spartan-043|William-043]] and [[Spartan-093|Grace-093]] with a [[SRS99C-S2 AM Sniper Rifle|Sniper Rifle]]. She made sure they made it to the vessel's fusion reactors and allowed them to overload the reactors. 

As [[John-117|John]], [[Will]], and [[Fred]] evacuated, Linda, with some of her best and potent shooting skills, managed to shoot 5 [[Elite]] pilots right out of their airborne [[Banshee]] fliers one-handed and hanging upside-down from a cable. She refused to give up her position to make sure her three comrades got out alive, even at the expense of her own life, until [[John-117|John]] ordered her to let him rescue her over the [[COM]]. She then sent the Spartan-derived [[Oly Oly Oxen Free]] over the COM and uploaded a NAV marker with her location to [[John]]'s [[Heads-Up Display|HUD]]. It turns out that she was actually hiding in broad daylight, but angled so that the sun would not reflect off of her suit, thus providing an undetectable cover from which she eliminated the [[Banshee|Banshees]].<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', pages 318-323</ref>

She then retreated in [[John-117|John]]'s [[Banshee]] to the ''[[Gettysburg]]'', upon which she returned to [[Earth]].<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]]</ref>

===First Battle of Earth===
Following her return to [[Earth]], Linda, as well as [[Fred]] and [[Will]], were called upon to perform a number of operations during the [[First Battle of Earth]] up until November 3rd, [[2552]]. These operations included numerous operations in orbit around Earth, such as stopping a [[Covenant]] invasion on Mount Erebus in Antarctica with a HAVOK tactical nuke, and destroying Covenant forces on the sea floor off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Following these operations, they were deployed to the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]] (also known as ''Tallo Negro del Maiz'') in Havana, Cuba to stop Covenant forces that had gathered there. Linda, along with the other [[SPARTAN-II|Spartans]], stopped the Covenant forces that had captured multiple nuclear warheads. The Spartans ascended the orbital elevator, destroyed one of the Covenant [[Capital Ship]]s at the top, and captured another one; the ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]''.

===Onyx===
{{Quote|To absent friends.|Linda, thinking of her fallen fellow Spartans aboard the ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]''}}
Using the ''Bloodied Spirit'', Linda and the other [[SPARTAN-II]]s traveled to the planet [[Onyx]] at the request of [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]]. Linda arrived with [[Fred]] and [[Will]] in a crash landing on the surface. There, she met [[Kelly]], [[Dr. Halsey]], Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose (a Spartan she had thought dead for almost 30 years) and many [[Spartan-III]]'s; most notably [[Holly-G003|Holly]], [[Ash-G099|Ash]] and [[Dante-G188|Dante]]. There they were assaulted by multiple [[Onyx Sentinels]]. The sentinels attacked in groups of three, one watching and reporting Spartan tactics to the other sentinels at 3000 meters in the air, and the other two attacking at close range. Linda was able to shoot the over watch Sentinel out of the sky with aid from two SPNKr rocket launchers. The Spartans then used one of ''Bloodied Spirit's ''dropships to reach a massive city of Onyx underground. Upon arrival, they were teleported to a Sentinel Factory, which they sabotaged. Returning to the city, they found Spartan-III group Team Katana, who were trapped in what Dr. Halsey called an "unshielded Slipspace field", which rendered them immune to all damage. As such, the Spartans were unable to resuscitate them and fled to a control room, taking [[Katana]] with them. At this time, a Covenant Army arrived on Onyx, under command of [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]]. They assaulted the small group of Spartan-II's and Spartan-III's. Linda was able to kill many Elites and Grunts, but they were overwhelmed. [[Holly]] was vaporized by a group of [[Hunters (Lekgolo)|Hunters]], [[Will]] was killed by a Fuel Rod Blast from another Hunter and [[Dante-G188|Dante]] was already dead, from a plasma bolt to his left side and half a dozen Needler shards under his arm and across his chest. [[Kurt-051]] was almost cut in half by a Hunter's shield and he ordered a retreat into the compressed space rift. Linda's final act during that battle was to shoot two elites out of their Banshees, before retreating through. [[Kurt]] stayed behind and destroyed the entire Covenant army and most of the world with two Fenris nuclear warheads. Linda is now shielded in a Micro Dyson Sphere in the heart of Onyx. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]</ref> She is one of the last known surviving Spartan-II's, along with Fred, Kelly and John.

==Trivia==
*[[John-117]] once mentioned that "If any one of the Spartans could be called a 'lone wolf,' it was Linda." He felt that this was one of the many ways that made her the strongest of Spartans.
*In [[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] it's said that Linda equipped her [[Sniper Rifle System 99C-S2 Anti-Matériel|Sniper Rifle]] with flash suppressors and silencers, and often switched configurations to best suit mission parameters.

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