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| {{Center|''Were you looking for the [[Ministry of Etiology]]?''}} | | {{Era|HCW}} |
| {{Character infobox | | {{Covenant Character Infobox |
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| |name=Minister of Etiology | | |image=[[Image:Legate.jpg|250px]] |
| |image=[[File:Fleet Battles - Minister of Etiology.jpg|300px]] | |
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| |death=[[2552#September|September 21, 2552]]{{Ref/Comic|Id=hgn|HGN|Story=The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor}} | | |death=[[2552#September|September 20, 2552]] |
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| |affiliation=*[[Covenant]] {{C|formerly}}{{Ref/Reuse|hgn}} | | |hair= |
| **[[Ministry of Etiology]]{{Ref/Reuse|hgn}}
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| *[[Flood]]
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| |rank-title=Title(s)|rank=*[[Minister (title)|Minister]] of [[Ministry of Etiology|Etiology]]{{Ref/Reuse|hgn}} | | |era=[[Human-Covenant War]] |
| *[[Minor Prophet]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=284}}
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| {{Quote|I see you never studied, Commander. They are the Flood, one of the many tests and obstacles we must pass to activate the holy rings and begin the Great Journey.|The Minister of Etiology, to [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee and [[Bero 'Kusovai]]{{Ref/Reuse|hgn}}}}
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| The '''Minister of Etiology''', also known as the '''Legate''', was a [[San'Shyuum]] politician and [[Minor Prophet]], serving as the [[Covenant]] [[Minister (title)|Minister]] of [[Ministry of Etiology|Etiology]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. He was stationed aboard the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]]'s {{Pattern|Mjern|agricultural support ship}} ''[[Infinite Succor]]'' during the [[Battle of Installation 04|Battle]] of [[Installation 04]].{{Ref/Reuse|hgn}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFBeyond|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-infinity-beyond|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Infinity & Beyond|D=23|M=12|Y=2019}} He was one of two San'Shyuum personnel in the fleet, the other being the [[Prophet of Stewardship|Minor Prophet of Stewardship]]. | | <center>''Were you looking for the [[Ministry of Etiology]]?''</center> |
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| | The '''Legate''', formally '''Minister of Etiology''', was a [[Prophet|Minor Prophet]] in the [[Covenant Empire]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]], stationed aboard the [[Agricultural Support Ship]] ''[[Infinite Succor]]'' during the [[Battle of Installation 04]].<ref name="hgn">'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''</ref> |
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| ==Biography== | | ==Biography== |
| ===Early life===
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| The Minister of Etiology spent much of his life studying the [[Flood]]. Eventually he was assigned to the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]] as the master of the support ship ''[[Infinite Succor]]''.{{Ref/Twitter|Halo|1197877643346989057|Halo|Quote=Assigned to Thel ‘Vadamee’s Fleet of Particular Justice as master of the support ship Infinite Succor, the Minister of Etiology would eventually meet his end fighting the very threat he had spent much of his life studying – the Flood.|D=22|M=11|Y=2019}} While assigned to ''Infinite Succor'', the Minister had a safe room installed on the ship for his own protection, fearing a [[naval boarding]] action would easily overwhelm the ship's small on-board security force due to its total lack of any Sangheili - something he considered lacking. The crew of the ship were left unaware of this fact.{{Ref/Reuse|hgn}}
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| ===Battle of Installation 04=== | | ===Battle of Installation 04=== |
| {{Quote|We...have command codes. Will soon leave, spread.|The [[Proto-Gravemind]], speaking through the Minister of Etiology.{{Ref/Reuse|hgn}}}}
| | During the [[Battle of Installation 04]], the ''[[Infinite Succor]]'' was in orbit over [[Installation 04]] along with the rest of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]], when a Covenant [[Spirit]] dropship filled with [[Flood]] [[Combat Form]]s crashed into the ship's docking bay. Soon after, the [[Special Operations Commander]] [[Rtas 'Vadumee]] and a Covenant Strike Team boarded the ship, and fought its way through several new [[Flood]] types (as the ship contained an infected hunting ground) all the way to the bridge, only to find [[Infinite Succor]]'s controls disabled. |
| During the [[Battle of Installation 04]], ''Infinite Succor'' was in orbit over [[Installation 04]] along with the rest of the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]], when it became subject to the ongoing [[Outbreak at the Containment Facility|outbreak]] of the [[Flood]] on the ring. Late in the campaign, the {{Pattern|Dextro Xur|Spirit}} dropship ''[[Brilliant Gift]]'' was able to leave the [[Halo array|ringworld's]] surface and crash in ''Infinite Succor''{{'}}s [[hangar bay]], depositing its cargo of Flood forms onto the ship - which promptly began to infect its crew. The Minister of Etiology retreated to his safe room as soon as the boarding alarm was sounded, and disabled the ship's primary controls to ensure the Flood would not be able to take control of the ship and escape the [[Soell system]], also disabling the ship's [[self-destruct]] system. The minister planned to wait for reinforcements to arrive - something which proved true later when a [[Covenant Special Operations]] strike force led by [[Commander (Covenant)|Commander]] [[Rtas 'Vadum]]ee was tasked by the fleet's [[Supreme Commander]], [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee, to board ''Infinite Succor'', rescue the minister, and destroy the ship.{{Ref/Reuse|hgn}} | |
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| Upon initial contact, the minister refused to re-enable ''Infinite Succor''{{'}}s self-destruct, worrying that Rtas and his troops were a ruse; that they had been infected by the Flood and were trying to trick him into opening his safe room. Consequently, he demanded that the team head to the ship's medical bay and submit scans to him that proved they were clean of Flood infection - before directing them to head to the hydroponics bay and into the safe room. During his time watching the strike team, he observed the Flood's behaviour change as it infected the [[Sangheili]] officers leading the force, and the Flood's [[Flood outbreak|evolution into a new stage]] - growing more organised and altering the atmosphere on-board to facilitate the creation of a [[Proto-Gravemind]]. He observed that the Flood appeared to inherit the knowledge of their victims and worried that they were planning to use the ship's [[borer]] to escape into [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] and begin spreading the infection across [[Milky Way|the galaxy]].{{Ref/Reuse|hgn}}
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| [[File:Legate.png|thumb|250px|left|The Minister absorbed by the Flood.]]
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| While conversing with 'Vadumee, the minister repeatedly emphasised his own importance, and that the strike team's priority was to escort him to safety. He also noted that ''Infinite Succor'' lacked any [[vacuum suit]]s suitable for Sangheili, on account of its lack of Sangheili crew, meaning that it would be impossible to simply depressurise the ship and kill the Flood that way. As such, 'Vadumee instructed that [[Sub-commander]] [[Bero 'Kusovai]] take a strike team to their boarding ship ''[[Glorious Advance]]'' while he took the other troops to ''Infinite Succor''{{'}}s engineering deck to enact the self-destruct. If 'Vadumee did not return, 'Kusovai was to signal the fleet to fire upon and destroy ''Infinite Succor''. The minister objected to 'Vadumee's plan, noting that splitting the force would be insufficient to provide him adequete protection while he was escorted to ''Glorious Advance''. 'Vadumee in turn noted that the time and effort it would take to escort the minister to safety would be a huge risk, especially with the Flood tirelessly working to hack ''Infinite Succor'' and leave the system - by contrast, it would be a simple matter to kill the frail San'Shyuum and posit that he had simply been killed in the initial attack. 'Vadumee promptly struck the minister before picking him up and throwing him across the room - killing him and taking his access codes.{{Ref/Reuse|hgn}}
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| After 'Vadumee and his entourage left the safe room to finish their mission, the Flood infected the now-dead minister - absorbing him into the Proto-Gravemind and gaining all of his knowledge - including the command codes needed to operate ''Infinite Succor''. As 'Vadumee worked to enact ''Infinite Succor''{{'}}s destruction, the Flood used the minister's face to taunt him, noting that the [[Forerunner]]s had [[Forerunner-Flood war|failed]] to stop the Flood, and that the Covenant had no chance. Despite this, 'Vadumee successfully completed his mission, causing ''Infinite Succor'' to fly into Soell and be destroyed.{{Ref/Reuse|hgn}}
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| ==In-game information==
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| ===''Halo: Fleet Battles''===
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| The Minister of Etiology is available as a Heroic Character in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''. As a Heroic Character he must be assigned to a specific formation base within the fleet at the start of the battle.{{Ref/Reuse|CFBeyond}}
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| {| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;text-align:center"
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| |+ <sup>MINOR PROPHET</sup><br>MINISTER OF ETILOGY - 80 points
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| | ZEALOTS: 0-2 per full 1000 Points / 1VP KIA || Each Zealot costs +10 Points
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| ;Prepare My Transport
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| : The Minister of Etiology is never without an escape plan. Should the element containing the Minister be destroyed, roll a Halo dice - on the roll of any result other than a fail, the Minister may be placed on a nearby friendly vessel within 12". Should Minister roll a fail when trying to escape, or have no friendly formation base within 12" however, the Minister is removed from the game and the enemy fleet gains and additional +4 victory points.
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| ;Protect The Minister!
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| :Cost: 2 Order Attack die
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| : The Minister may force an enemy firing solution targeting his own formation base to re-target a different member of his battle group - even if a loadout would require the formation to be the nominated (missile barrage, for example). This order may be issued after the formation containing the Minister is declared the target of a firing solution.
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| :Whilst utterly self-possessed and concerned only with politics, the Minster claims a high rank within the Covenant hierarchy and can bend even Fleet Commanders to his will. After any initial order dice have been rolled during the order dice phase, the Minister may change a single friendly Covenant order dice to be any result.
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| ==Production notes==
| | Here they met the [[Prophet]] Legate, Minister of Etiology who revealed to them that he had disabled the controls, and locked-out the self-destruct sequence override from another part of the ship. The Minister ordered the entire group medically scanned before he would meet with them, due to the situation of Flood outbreak aboard the ship. |
| The Minister of Etiology was first introduced in ''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]'', a story in the ''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'' with an extremely heavily stylised visual style. As part of this style, the minister is illustrated as having four fingers on each hand rather than the three as shown in all other media. A minor oversight is also shown later in the story when the Legate is grabbed in a chokehold by Rtas 'Vadumee, then slammed to the floor. In the next panel, he is seen unharmed, his headpiece unbroken, and his being is robustly frail as any other Prophet. This is just a simple printing glitch, meant to be in a prior page.{{Ref/Reuse|hgn}} | | [[Image:Floodlegate.jpg|thumb|200px|The Minister absorbed by the Flood.]] |
| | The group met with the Legate in a secret location on the ship, where a plan was devised to get everyone off of the ship and have the ship vaporized by the nearby [[Fleet of Particular Justice|Covenant Fleet]]. During this time it also became apparent that the [[Flood]] had gained the access codes to ''[[Infinite Succor]]'' through one of the infected [[Sangheili|Elites]] from [[Rtas 'Vadumee|'Vadumee]]'s party. As the [[Flood]] continued to spread throughout the ship, they reached the bridge and engineering room and begun fortifying the engineering room. The Flood were attempting a [[Slipspace]] jump to escape [[Soell|the system]]. At this time, 'Vadumee realized the Legate was only concerned with his own life, which had been costing the group precious time. In anger, [[Rtas 'Vadumee]] slammed the Legate into the floor, telling him that their prime concern was the [[Covenant]]'s safety, not his. The Minister was later absorbed by the Flood, before the ''Infinite Succor'' was destroyed. |
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| The minister was later featured in ''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]'' as a Heroic Character, and given a new and definitive illustration more in keeping with ''Halo''{{'}}s canon visual direction (shown at the top of this page).{{Ref/Reuse|CFBeyond}}
| | ==Quotes== |
| | ''From [[Halo Graphic Novel]]: [[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]''. |
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| ==Gallery==
| | *"That is because I have disabled all primary systems onboard the [[Infinite Succor]]." - To [[Rtas 'Vadumee]], by the screens, when self-destruct system was offline. |
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| | *"I will not, Commander." - When Rtas 'Vadumee asked him to re-enable the self-destruct system. |
| Image:Legate.jpg|The Minister in the ''Graphic Novel''
| | *"On that, we agree, Commander. But how can I trust you are not infected yourself? If I open up one system, you may be able to reach other systems, such as [[slipspace]] controls." - To Rtas 'Vadumee. |
| File:Fleet Battles - Covenant busts.jpg|''Halo: Fleet Battles'' busts of the Minister and other Covenant leaders
| | *"The [[Flood]] cannot be allowed to escape, and you may be assisting it. I do not have accurate information on how quickly the Flood spreads. Thus you and your men are suspect." - To Rtas 'Vadumee. |
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| | *"While in an other circumstance I would take your word for this, Commander. I cannot now." - When Rtas 'Vadumee told him, that he and his men are not infected. |
| | *"Head to the Medical Bay where I can examine you remotely. If you are free from infection then I will meet with you." |
| | *"Yes, I can see that. Go the primary Hydroponics Chamber one deck down, I will contact you there." - When Rtas 'Vadumee showed him that he's free from the infection. |
| | *"And make sure the Flood does not follow you." |
| | *"Excellent, [[Special Operations Commander of the Covenant|Commander]], please enter." - To Rtas 'Vadumee. |
| | *"Do hurry, and close the door. Don't want to give away our location." |
| | *"Lacking a full security complement, I had this installed in case we were boarded. None of the crew knows about it, which is especially valuable now." |
| | *"I see, you never studied, Commander. They are the Flood, one of the many tests and obstacles we must pass to activate the [[Halos|Holy Rings]] and begin the [[Great Journey]]." - When Rtas 'Vadumee asked him what Flood is. |
| | *"They are mentioned in several of our religious texts, but the details are woefully inadequate given current circumstances. They arrived in one of our [[Spirit|Dropships]] from [[Alpha Halo|Halo]], but managed to destroy it in their rather crude attempt at landing here. They are now trapped here, on the Infinite Succor." - To Rtas 'Vadumee. |
| | *"As soon, as the boarding alarm was sounded, I locked down the primary systems and came here to await reinforcements." |
| | *"Unfortunately, I feel now retaking the ship is not an effective course of action. The Flood infects any living or dead animal tissue they come into contact with. Taking control of an infected creature. The infection process also makes these creatures very resilient." |
| | *"In the last half hour since they consumed your comrade, their behavior has changed dramatically. They have grown far more organized and shunted the atmosphere for some areas to the ship to create a defensive perimeter around [[Engineering]] and the primary cargo hold in the rear of the ship. In addition, they have set up patrols throughout the Infinite Succor. Thus it seems they also absorbed the knowledge of those they infect.." - To Rtas 'Vadumee. |
| | *"Now that they have destroyed the [[Bridge]], the Flood have set guards in Engineering - I believe, they plan on using the slipspace drive to flee this system, and Engineering is the only place they can activate it from." |
| | *"They have already absorbed the pilot, so they know how to plot a slipspace course. Using the command codes your [[Kusovai|underling]] knew they have begun trying to bypass my security lockout, and I have no doubt they will succeed in less than an hour." |
| | *"The [[Proto-Gravemind|creature]] they are building I believe serves as their [[The Gravemind|leader]] and organizer. They keep bringing it corpses and other flesh and it has been growing quickly by absorbing them." |
| | *"So, Commander... How are you going to get me safely off this Infinite Succor and then destroy the Flood?" - To Rtas 'Vadumee. |
| | *"Commander?" - When Rtas 'Vadumee was silent. |
| | *"Not from this location. I only have minimal access from here, and the Bridge controls are destroyed." - When Rtas 'Vadumee asked him if he is able to pressurize the vacuum areas. |
| | *"No, we had no [[Sangheili]] on our crew, and so no suits for them." - When Rtas 'Vadumee asked him about vacuum suits for Sangheili. |
| | *"Commander! I must protest! There is no point in you going to [[Engineering]] - we can escape this ship and have the [[Fleet of Particular Justice|Fleet]] destroy it remotely." - To Rtas 'Vadumee. |
| | *"Also, splitting your forces in hostile territory seems a bad move, considering you are responsible for my safety, which should be your foremost concern after destroying the ship. I am the Minister of Etiology after all.." |
| | *"Your comrades... Part of [[Flood|us]]. We know... They knew." - Already infected, to Rtas 'Vadumee. |
| | *"We...have command codes. Will soon leave, spread." |
| | *"The [[Forerunners]]... Not defeat us. What chance... you?" |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==Trivia== |
| *''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' | | *He is introduced in the [[Halo Graphic Novel]] story "[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]". |
| **''[[Halo: The Flood#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]'' {{Mo}} | | *The word "etiology" means "the study of causes, origins, or reasons", meaning he most likely is associated with studying the history of the [[Covenant]] races, the [[Forerunner]], or even the [[Flood]]. This can be confirmed by the fact that he explained the complete history of the Flood to the [[Rtas 'Vadumee|Commander]], implying he has studied the matter deeply. |
| *''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'' | | *His hands have four fingers each, instead of three like the other San 'Shyuum, probably an oversight from the artist. |
| **''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]'' {{1st}}
| | *Despite using a [[Gravity Throne]], it is most likely that he was unarmed when the [[Flood]] managed to infect him. This is because Gravity Cannons are available only for [[High Prophets]]. |
| *''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
| | *In one scene of the Graphic Novel, the Legate is grabbed in a choke hold by Rtas 'Vadumee, then slammed to the floor. In the next "slide" he is seen just fine, his headpiece unbroken and his being is robustly frail as any other Prophet. This is just a simple printing glitch, meant to be in a prior page. |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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