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|name=Melissa McKay | {{Human Character Infobox | ||
|name = Melissa McKay | |||
|death = [[2552#September|September 22<sup>nd</sup>, 2552]] | |||
|rank = [[First Lieutenant]] | |||
|death=[[2552#September | |gender = Female | ||
| | |weapons = [[MA5B ICWS Assault Rifle]] | ||
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| | *[[Warthog|M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle]] | ||
| | *[[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle]] | ||
| | |hair = Black | ||
|eyes = Green | |||
|affiliation = [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|Shock Troopers]] | |||
|hair=Black | |||
|eyes=Green | |||
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] | |||
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}} | }} | ||
<center>''Were you also looking for [[Melissa (AI)|Melissa]] the AI?''</center> | |||
'''First Lieutenant Melissa McKay''' was a [[First Lieutenant|Company Grade officer]] in the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]. She was the Executive Officer of the [[Twenty-Second Tactical|22nd Shock Battalion]], under command of [[Major (UNSC)|Major]] [[Antonio Silva]].<ref name ="Flood58">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 58</ref> | |||
She was stationed on the then | She was stationed on the then newly refit {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} during the [[Battle of Installation 04]].<ref name="Flood33">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 33</ref> | ||
==Physical Appearance and Description== | |||
===Appearance=== | |||
Lieutenant McKay is described as having her hair worn short on the sides and flat on the top, as per Marine Corps regulations (so the tattoos on her scalp could be seen), accompanied by a slightly flattened nose, full lips, and green eyes.<ref name="Flood90">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 90</ref> | |||
===Commands=== | |||
In addition to being the Battalion's Executive Officer, she personally commanded a company of some 130 [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] aboard the ''Autumn''.<ref name ="Flood58"/> Her [[platoon]] Commanders were [[Second Lieutenant|Second Lieutenants]] [[Dalu]] and [[Oros]]. However, Dalu was later reassigned as the Company Supply Officer and his billet was taken by [[Master Sergeant]] [[Lister (Marine)|Lister]]. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Retreating from Reach=== | ===Retreating from Reach=== | ||
When the vessel fled the [[Fall of Reach]], she was wounded in action by [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Covenant Navy|Naval Infantry]] boarding parties.<ref name="Flood33"/> Nonetheless, she made the jump from the ''Pillar of Autumn'' to the surface of [[Installation 04]] aboard a [[Human Entry Vehicle]].<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 36</ref> | |||
===Landing on Installation 04=== | ===Landing on Installation 04=== | ||
She was third in command of the survivors of the Autumn, under [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] and [[Major (UNSC)|Major]] [[Antonio Silva]], and helped secure the ''Pillar of Autumn'''s crash site.<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 62</ref> | |||
After leading the attack to capture the mesa that would become [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]], she met [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] for the first time.<ref name="Flood90"/> Though Major Silva was very antagonistic toward the Chief, McKay was one of the few Shock Troopers to actually look up to the Chief. She figured that it was a matter that Major Silva, and men in general, would not understand. She also felt pain and sorrow for the way he looked out of his armor. | |||
By order of [[Silva]], she led a convoy of [[Warthogs]] and [[M808 MBT|Scorpions]] from the crash site of the ''Autumn''. On the way back to the base, they encountered resistance from Covenant forces under [[Field Master]] [[Noga 'Putumee]]. Nevertheless, she managed to ferry a large number of supplies from the ship to the base. | |||
===Assault on Alpha Base=== | ===Assault on Alpha Base=== | ||
The next day she, along with other ODST's, saw and took prisoner the "wounded" [[Grunt]] [[Yayap]]; little did she know that Yayap would trigger an [[Battle of Alpha Base|attack]] later on. | |||
Later she was at Alpha Base when [[Special Operations Officer|Spec Ops Officer]] [[Zuka 'Zamamee]] and other [[Elites]] attempted to infiltrate the base to find the veteran SPARTAN. She then organized several rifle squads to help fend the attack off from Alpha Base. After the attack, she took the remains of [[Charlie 217]], the [[D77-TC Pelican|D77-TC Pelican Dropship]] used by the Sangheili to infiltrate, and set them up as though the ship had crashed so that the Covenant would come and the Humans could ambush them. | Later she was at Alpha Base when [[Special Operations Officer|Spec Ops Officer]] [[Zuka 'Zamamee]] and other [[Elites]] attempted to infiltrate the base to find the veteran SPARTAN. She then organized several rifle squads to help fend the attack off from Alpha Base. After the attack, she took the remains of [[Charlie 217]], the [[D77-TC Pelican|D77-TC Pelican Dropship]] used by the Sangheili to infiltrate, and set them up as though the ship had crashed so that the Covenant would come and the Humans could ambush them. | ||
The Covenant came, but the plan went wrong when the [[Flood]] attacked them. Lieutenant McKay was horrified at the first sight of the Flood. Nevertheless, she managed to capture one [[Combat Form]] alive, the form of the former [[Private First Class|PFC]] [[Wallace A. Jenkins]]. She, along with Silva, interrogated him and compiled the first tactical information on the Flood. | The Covenant came, but the plan went wrong when the [[Flood]] attacked them. Lieutenant McKay was horrified at the first sight of the Flood. Nevertheless, she managed to capture one [[Combat Form]] alive, the form of the former [[Private First Class|PFC]] [[Wallace A. Jenkins]]. She, along with Silva, interrogated him and compiled the first tactical information on the Flood. | ||
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Later, using Jenkins' information, she helped to prevent an attack on the base by the Flood long enough to evacuate it. | Later, using Jenkins' information, she helped to prevent an attack on the base by the Flood long enough to evacuate it. | ||
===Raid on the Truth and Reconciliation=== | ===Raid on the Truth and Reconciliation=== | ||
She then assisted in the attack on the Covenant-held ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'', having guards drag Private Jenkins along for the ride. | She then assisted in the attack on the Covenant-held ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'', having guards drag Private Jenkins along for the ride. | ||
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===Death=== | ===Death=== | ||
McKay destroyed the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' by priming a grenade and setting it off, instantly killing herself and everyone else on board, including the infected [[Private First Class]] [[Wallace A. Jenkins]], severing the cruiser's fiber-optics connection to the reactor's bridge in order to keep the Flood from escaping the Halo. Though her actions killed everyone on board, she stopped the Flood from potentially killing millions, if not billions, of sentient lifeforms throughout the Milky Way galaxy.<ref>'' | McKay destroyed the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' by priming a grenade and setting it off, instantly killing herself and everyone else on board, including the infected [[Private First Class]] [[Wallace A. Jenkins]], severing the cruiser's fiber-optics connection to the reactor's bridge in order to keep the Flood from escaping the Halo. Though her actions killed everyone on board, she stopped the Flood from potentially killing millions, if not billions, of sentient lifeforms throughout the Milky Way galaxy.<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 332</ref> | ||
== | ==Trivia== | ||
*She had a tattoo of a skull and the letters ODST on her bicep but it was damaged during the skirmish on the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]''.<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 34</ref> | |||
*She died on the same day [[Halo 3: ODST]] was released | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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