Editing Ngoc Benti

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{{Character Infobox|variant=Human

|name = Ngoc Benti

|image= [[File:Ngoc Benti.png|275px]]

|homeworld = [[Earth]]

|birth = After 2525<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 247''</ref>

|death = [[2552#October|October 2552]] <small>(aboard ''[[Mona Lisa]]'', [[Soell|Soell system]])</small>

|gender = Female

|equipment = [[UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform|Marine BDU]] (Corpsman variant)

|vehicles = UNSC ''Red Horse''

|hair = Black

|eyes = Dark Brown

|affiliation = [[UNSC Navy]]

Benti was born on Earth in a cushy suburban household. This kept her fairly isolated from the [[Human-Covenant War|war]].<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 228''</ref>

In [[2552#October|October 2552]], she was part of [[Sergeant]] [[Zhao Heng Lopez|Lopez]]'s Marine detachment when they boarded the [[prison ship]] ''[[Mona Lisa]]'', unbeknownst to the fact it had been a converted into a laboratory the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] used to experiment on the [[The Flood|Flood]] parasite.

As the Marines [[Boarding|boarded]] the drifting ''Mona Lisa'', they were attacked by a group of unarmed and unarmored [[Sangheili]], which they dispatched with ease. The Marines soon received new orders to enact the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]], and split up into two parties. Sergeant Lopez assigned Benti to lead the group sent to purge the ship's secondary NAV database in the engine room, with her team consisting of [[Clarence]], [[Gersten]], [[Orlav]] and [[Tsardikos]].<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 261''</ref>

On their way to the engineering, they were engaged by the Flood in the ship's recycling plant, losing Tsardikos, Orlav and Gersten. After escaping the Flood into a maintenance room, they encountered a neurotic prisoner called [[Patrick Rimmer]], accompanied by his companion, an Elite he had dubbed "[[Henry]]".<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 288-291''</ref> As they made their way toward the engine room, Rimmer explained them what the Flood were and what had happened on the ship.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 307-309''</ref>

On the way to the escape pods, Benti was wounded by a [[Flood combat form]] she recognized as [[Sydney (Marine)|Sydney]], and soon began showing symptoms of infection. However, she was picked up by Henry, who had already saved her life twice.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 334-335''</ref> Once at the airlock, Clarence shot Rimmer and proceeded to kill Henry, revealing himself to be an ONI operative with the mission to ensure that no one but the Marines left the ship. During the ensuing standoff, Benti sacrificed her life to save Lopez and the rest of the squad by pushing herself against Clarence and disappearing into the oncoming Flood horde. As the Flood infection killed her, she tried to hold onto a mental image of Sergeant Lopez waving goodbye.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 337-340''</ref>

*Judging by her name, she may be of partially Vietnamese descent.

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[[Category:UNSC Naval Personnel|Benti, Ngoc]]