Editing Mona Lisa

{{Title|''Mona Lisa''}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{center|'''Mona Lisa''' redirects here. For the story, see [[The Mona Lisa]].}}
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'''''Mona Lisa''''' was a [[prison ship]] that was in service during the later years of the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EvoTML0932|Anthology=Evo|Story=The Mona Lisa|Detail=>Lopez 0932 hours}}

==Design details==
Like other [[prison ship]]s, the ''Mona Lisa'' was a converted [[freighter]] meant to transport prisoners and ore to and from [[Penal colony|penal colonies]]. The vessel had minimal defenses and few firearms kept aboard as a precaution against prison breaks,{{Ref/Reuse|EvoTML0932}} and it was observed to be in noticeably rough shape by the time of its discovery on [[2552#October|October 25, 2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|Catalog}}{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EvoTML1304|Anthology=Evo|Story=The Mona Lisa|Detail=>Lopez 1304 hours}}

===Layout===
A large and heavy vessel, the ''Mona Lisa''{{'}}s [[hangar bay]] was located near its front on the lower decks, not far from the prison cells. The [[bridge]] was situated at the uppermost decks while the kitchen, mess, infirmary, and berths—the majority of which were repurposed as cargo holds—in the decks between them.{{Ref/Reuse|EvoTML0932}} In the ship's infirmary, there was a small safe room that could only be opened from the inside as a precaution against a prison riot.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EvoTML1440|Anthology=Evo|Story=The Mona Lisa|Detail=>Lopez 1440 hours}} The ship also had an expansive recycling plant{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EvoTML1450|Anthology=Evo|Story=The Mona Lisa|Detail=>Benti 1450 hours}} and a cavernous [[Engineering|engine room]].{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EvoTML1608|Anthology=Evo|Story=The Mona Lisa|Detail=>Benti 1608 hours}}

==Service history==
===Flood outbreak===
{{Main|Skirmish on Mona Lisa}}
Some time after the [[Battle of Installation 04]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[ONI Section Three|Section Three]] scientist [[Major]] [[John Smith]] and his team took command of the ship.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EvoTMLL1510|Anthology=Evo|Story=The Mona Lisa|Detail=>Lopez 1510 hours}} Intending to use it as a research laboratory for the [[Flood]] to attempt to find a way to control the parasite, they also brought [[Sangheili]] prisoners aboard to be used as test subjects. The ship then jumped to the wreckage of [[Installation 04]] in the [[Soell system]], where they recovered samples of the Flood and experimented with it using both human and Sangheili prisoners. However, the Flood soon broke quarantine and infected the ship,{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EvoTMLL1613|Anthology=Evo|Story=The Mona Lisa|Detail=>Lopez 1613 hours}} beginning the process of building a [[Proto-Gravemind]] to attempt [[Slipstream space|FTL travel]] without needing access to the bridge, which was locked off.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EvoTMLB1613|Anthology=Evo|Story=The Mona Lisa|Detail=>Benti 1613 hours}}

Shortly afterward, the Office of Naval Intelligence sent a [[prowler]], the {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}}, to assess the status of the ''Mona Lisa''. A squad of Marines among her crew was sent to investigate it, at first presuming it derelict as they had intentionally not been informed about the ship's true purpose. They split up, with the mission of initiating the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]] by purging the ship's navigational databases, but were quickly alerted to the horrors of the ship.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EvoTML1349|Anthology=Evo|Story=The Mona Lisa|Detail=>Burgundy 1349 hours}} Among its survivors were "[[Henry|Henry]]," a Sangheili who had teamed up with a prisoner named [[Patrick Rimmer]] in order to survive,{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EvoTMLB1510|Anthology=Evo|Story=The Mona Lisa|Detail=>Benti 1510 hours}} and John Smith, the ONI operative responsible for the experiments aboard the ''Mona Lisa'',{{Ref/Reuse|EvoTMLL1613}} who had locked himself in a safe room near the medical bay.{{Ref/Reuse|EvoTML1440}}

The squad of Marines was slowly whittled down as they attempted to escape the ship. Only four members of the squad survived long enough to reach the corridor leading to the vessel's escape pods: [[Sergeant]] [[Zhao Heng Lopez|Lopez]], [[Private]] [[James MacCraw|MacCraw]], [[Clarence]], and [[Corpsman]] [[Ngoc Benti|Benti]]), along with Henry and Rimmer. Upon reaching the escape pods, Clarence shot Rimmer and it was revealed that he was an ONI operative sent to make sure no one but the Marines escaped the ship. The remaining survivors were caught in a standoff pointing guns at one another as the Flood was approaching their position. During this pause, MacCraw took off in one of the escape pods. A wounded Benti jumped on Clarence, pushing them both out into the hallway where they were overtaken by the Flood. Sergeant Lopez, the leader of the squad, and "Henry" fought over the last remaining escape pod, presumably resulting in one or both of their deaths. The ship was subsequently destroyed by a [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]] launched from the ''Red Horse'' in order to contain the Flood.{{Ref/Reuse|Catalog}}{{Ref/Anthology|Id=EvoTMLL1624|Anthology=Evo|Story=The Mona Lisa|Detail=>Lopez 1624 hours}}

==Trivia==
*The ship was named after [[Wikipedia:Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci]]'s famous [[Wikipedia:Mona Lisa|painting of the same name]].
*The ''Mona Lisa'' bears a striking resemblance to the [[deadspace:USG Ishimura|''USG Ishimura'']] from the video game [[deadspace:Dead Space|''Dead Space'']]. Like the ''Mona Lisa'', the ''Ishimura'' was overrun by an alien parasite—the [[deadspace:Necromorphs|Necromorphs]]—capable of infecting dead hosts.

==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:TML_MonaLisa_Concept.jpg|Concept art and turnarounds of the ''Mona Lisa''.
File:Mona_Lisa.png|A schematic of ''Mona Lisa''.
File:MonaLisa_schematic.png|A holographic readout of the ship.
File:TML - bridge.png|The ''Mona Lisa''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge.
File:TML - aft.png|An aft view of ''Mona Lisa''.
File:TML - Ring.jpg|The ship floating amongst the debris of Installation 04.
File:TML - Detail.jpg|The side of the ship, with a Pelican visible.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[The Mona Lisa]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

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[[Category:UNSC ships]]