Editing Morgan Kinsano

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**[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]
***[[Hellbringers]]
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{{Quote|Hope none of them make it out alive.|Morgan Kinsano during the [[Second Ark Conflict]].{{Ref/Game|HW2|In-game dialogue}}}}
'''Lieutenant Colonel Morgan "Inferno" Kinsano'''{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}} is an [[UNSC Marine Corps]] [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]], responsible for leading the [[Hellbringers|Hellbringer]] detachment aboard {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}. A former [[insurrectionist]], Kinsano was a noted rebel leader in the [[Outer Colonies]] prior to the onset of the [[Human-Covenant War]], at which point she joined the UNSC to fight against the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Game|Id=plog|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Kinsano}} She currently leads the [[Firestorm Battle Group]] detachment aboard ''Spirit of Fire''.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}

==Biography==
===Early life===
Kinsano was born on [[Reynes]] during the [[Insurrection]], and in her youth spent much of her time by the sea on the planet. As a child, she often worked with her mother to operate and maintain an antiquated steamboat. As she grew up, she worked as a miner extracting key strategic minerals for the UNSC military, and spent her teenage years as one of the thousands growing increasingly resentful at the way that the [[Unified Earth Government]] profited from the fruits of Reynes' mines at the expense of the workers. These tensions eventually escalated into protests and strikes, leading to Kinsano becoming the leader of her own [[insurrectionist]] faction. At the height of her insurrectionist career, she was able to meet [[United Rebel Front]] leader [[Robert Watts]] several times and even share [[Sweet William cigars|cigars]] with him, as he instructed her on how to improve her force's fighting ability against the UNSC.{{Ref/Reuse|Fireside}} By the later years of the conflict, Kinsano was considered a key insurrectionist leader in the [[Outer Colonies]].{{Ref/Reuse|plog}}{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}

With the onset of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2525]], Kinsano's position towards the UNSC changed in short order. Early in the conflict, the [[Covenant]] attacked Reynes and killed many of Kinsano's friends and family,{{Ref/Note|See the [[Reynes#Production notes|production notes]] section on Reynes' article}} in the process also turning Reynes' insurrectionists into refugees now being resettled by the UNSC that they had fought for years. Despite her animosity for the UNSC, she felt a sense of gratitude for the fact that they had helped resettle her people and was unwilling to settle for what would likely turn into a temporary safety elsewhere in a refugee camp. As such, she instead enlisted in the UNSC to fight against their common, alien, foe.{{Ref/Reuse|Fireside}}{{Ref/Reuse|plog}}{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}

===UNSC career===
In the UNSC, Kinsano eventually came to join the [[Hellbringers]], the CBRN weapons detachment of the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]' [[Special Tactics and Equipment Group]]. She eventually rose to the rank of [[Lieutenant Colonel]], commanding the Firestorm Battle Group aboard the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} during its campaigns on [[Harvest campaign|Harvest]], [[Battle for Arcadia|Arcadia]], and [[Battle of Trove|Trove]]. The latter of the three aforementioned battles saw the ship sacrifice its [[slipspace drive]] to destroy the [[shield world]], resulting in the ship's crew being placed into [[Cryo chamber|cryostasis]] for the long journey home.{{Ref/Game|HW|campaign}} Kinsano joined the crew when they awoke in [[2559]] to find that the ship had mysteriously travelled outside of the [[Milky Way]] and arrived at the [[Forerunner]] megastructure [[Installation 00]].{{Ref/YouTube|Id=pax|U6HxXDq8ClM|Chief Canuck|Halo Wars 2 - Story, Art, & Kinsano DLC! Pax East 2017 Panel|Time=1694}}

During the [[Second Ark Conflict]], Kinsano played a key role in the fight against the [[Banished]] as the leader of the [[Firestorm Battle Group]]. On May 21, 2559, Kinsano led a Hellbringer expedition to a location on the Ark designated [[Site Ricochet]], with the intention of ascertaining whether it was worth a full assault or not. The region had been earmarked for interest by both ''Spirit of Fire'' and the Banished due to the presence of several crashed [[Covenant cruiser]]s that had been shot down in the region during the [[Battle of Installation 00]] in [[2552]]. As her task force arrived at the site, she noted the presence of a heavy Banished encampment beginning to deploy [[Banished outpost|outposts]] and their requisite buildings, though the scouting mission was interrupted by the awakening of a large Forerunner defensive construct. The construct fired upon the Banished contingent at the site and killed all of the personnel present with the exception of one [[Sangheili]] [[Jato 'Ratum]],{{Ref/Game|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Sentry}} before retreating into dormancy again. Having gone unnoticed during the engagement, Kinsano reported back to Captain [[James Cutter]] that the site would be unuseable for either side's interests in the [[Second Ark Conflict|ongoing war]], leading to her being ordered to return to [[Echo Base]] due to incoming news about a Banished attack on [[Fort Jordan (location)|Fort Jordan]].{{Ref/Reuse|Fireside}}

During the war on the Ark in May of 2559, Kinsano led her forces in a raid on [[Site Ricochet]]

==Personality and traits==
Kinsano is known for her aggressive personality and fierce combat style. Despite her changed allegiances, she has not given up some of her former attitudes and politics, and her approach remains unorthodox by UNSC standards.{{Ref/Reuse|plog}} However, she has also grown to respect Captain James Cutter since joining the crew of the ''Spirit of Fire'', and has saved many lives with her unconventional tactics.{{Ref/Reuse|pax}}

Kinsano's own insurrectionist background has also given her a unique lens with which to view her fight against the Banished. Although she is firmly an enemy of the Banished, she has a respect for [[Atriox]] due to his own background of having rebelled against the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Fireside}}

Morgan is known to armor herself unconventionally and to pattern both her armor and her face. She has short, black hair.

==Equipment==
In battle, Kinsano uses a [[Kinsano's Cyclops|modified Cyclops exoskeleton]] that is armed with dual [[M7057 flamethrower]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|pax}}

==Production notes==
Kinsano is a [[Downloadable content|DLC]] [[Leader]] released on March 21, [[2017]] for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''{{'}}s multiplayer. Befitting her in-universe role, she specializes in flame-based weaponry.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}

==Gallery==
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File:HW2 - Kinsano concept.png|Early concept art of Kinsano.
File:HW2 EarlyKinsano.png|An unused early model of Kinsano.
File:HW2-Kinsanomech.jpg|[[Blitz]] card of Kinsano's Cyclops in ''Halo Wars 2''.
File:HW2 Kisano.png|Blitz art of one of Kinsano's abilities in ''Halo Wars 2''.
File:HW2-Kinsanodesert.png|Kinsano on Installation 00.
File:HW2-KinsanovsOutpost.jpg|Kinsano and Hellbringers attacking a Banished Outpost.
File:HW2 Kinsano logo.png|Morgan Kinsano's leader symbol as it appeared in ''Halo Wars 2'' message of the day.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Fireside]]''

==Notes==
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==Sources==
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