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{{Quote|She's a professional diplomat and extremely fluent in their language and culture. If there's anything to know about the Sangheili, she's the one.|Doctor [[Bob Casper]], referring to Olympia Vale{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD2|HitD|Chapter=2}}}}
{{Quote|She's a professional diplomat and extremely fluent in their language and culture. If there's anything to know about the Sangheili, she's the one.|Doctor [[Bob Casper]], referring to Olympia Vale{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD2|HitD|Chapter=2}}}}


[[Spartan Operations#Rank structure|Spartan]] '''Olympia Vale''' ([[service number]] '''44482-91201-OV'''){{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} is a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV supersoldier]] of [[Fireteam Osiris]].{{Ref/Site|Id=GIH5GO|URL=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/06/11/halo-5-guardians-unmasking-the-fireteam-hunting-master-chief.aspx?PostPageIndex=2|Site=Game Informer|Page=Halo 5: Guardians – Unmasking The Fireteam Hunting Master Chief|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} Vale is an anthropologist and [[Xenoanthropology|xenoanthropologist]], particularly adept in [[Sangheili]] and [[Forerunner]] culture, and fluent in [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]].{{Ref/Book|Id=H5GOGG|[[Halo 5: Guardians Official Game Guide]] (Collector's Edition)|Page=13}} Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], Vale served as a professional diplomat for the [[United Nations Space Command]], specializing in interspecies relations.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD2}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=GIH5GO}} While most Spartan-IVs are recruited from active field duty, Vale is an exception as she was accepted into the program after excelling in training exercises despite minimal field experience.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}}
[[Spartan Operations#Rank structure|Spartan]] '''Olympia Vale''' ([[service number]] '''44482-91201-OV'''){{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} is a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV supersoldier]] of [[Fireteam Osiris]].{{Ref/Site|Id=GIH5GO|URL=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/06/11/halo-5-guardians-unmasking-the-fireteam-hunting-master-chief.aspx?PostPageIndex=2|Site=Game Informer|Page=Halo 5: Guardians – Unmasking The Fireteam Hunting Master Chief|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} Vale is an anthropologist and [[Xenoanthropology|xenoanthropologist]], particularly adept in [[Sangheili]] and [[Forerunner]] culture, and fluent in [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]].{{Ref/Book|Id=H5GOGG|[[Halo 5: Guardians Official Game Guide]] (Collector's Edition)|Page=13}} Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], Vale served as a professional diplomat for the [[United Nations Space Command]], specializing in interspecies relations.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD2}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=GIH5GO}} While most Spartan-IVs are recruited from active field duty, Vale is an exception as she was accepted into the program after excelling in training exercises despite minimal field experience.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}}


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life and naval career===
===Early life and naval career===
{{Quote|I first learned your language when I was very young. Since then, much of my life has been focused on increasing my knowledge of your kind.|Olympia Vale, to Usze 'Taham{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD6}}}}
{{Quote|I first learned your language when I was very young. Since then, much of my life has been focused on increasing my knowledge of your kind.|Olympia Vale, to Usze 'Taham{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD6}}}}
Olympia Vale was born to [[Nerina Vale|Nerina]] and [[Caleb Aagard|Caleb Vale]] on the [[human]] [[Inner Colony]] of [[Luyten]] on [[2536|January 20, 2536]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}}{{Ref/Reuse|Out3}} Vale was a child prodigy who had an innate skill in languages.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=GIH5GO}} When she was eleven, her parents divorced, coincidentally on Vale's eleventh birthday. Her mother, a recently promoted captain in [[UNSC Navy]] signal intelligence, was reassigned to [[UNSC High Command]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] on [[Earth]]. Along with two other people, Vale and her mother left for the planet aboard a [[diplomatic shuttle]] for what was intended to be a six-day trip. While en route to the [[Sol system]], their ship's [[slipspace drive]] failed and the trip ultimately took six months to return to inhabited space,{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD5|HitD|Chapter=5}} dodging [[Covenant]] activity along the way.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} After annoying the others aboard the ship with her endless questions, she was shunted aside and ignored. To pass the time, Vale listened to recordings of the [[Sangheili]]'s [[Sangheili (language)|language]] and compared them to translations performed by [[artificial intelligence]]s. She eventually taught herself the language and even proved several of the AI translations incorrect, or corrected inaccurate translations.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD5}} Vale would suspect her father of having somehow sabotaged the shuttle in a last-ditch effort to keep his family on Luyten, but Nerina dismissed the idea so scornfully that Vale concluded that it was a dumb idea until after the [[Battle for Earth]].{{Ref/Reuse|Out3}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFVV|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-vis-a-vale|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Vis-à-Vale|D=01|M=09|Y=2023}}
Olympia Vale was born on the [[human]] [[Inner Colony]] of [[Luyten]] on [[2536|January 20, 2536]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} Vale was a child prodigy who had an innate skill in languages.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=GIH5GO}} When she was eleven, her parents divorced - coincidentally on Vale's eleventh birthday. Her mother, a recently promoted captain in [[UNSC Navy]] signal intelligence, was reassigned to [[UNSC High Command]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] on [[Earth]]. Along with two other people, Vale and her mother left for the planet aboard a [[diplomatic shuttle]] for what was intended to be a six-day trip. While en route to the [[Sol system]], their ship's [[slipspace drive]] failed and the trip ultimately took six months to return to inhabited space,{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD5|HitD|Chapter=5}} dodging [[Covenant]] activity along the way.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} After annoying the others aboard the ship with her endless questions, she was shunted aside and ignored. To pass the time, Vale listened to recordings of the [[Sangheili]]'s [[Sangheili (language)|language]] and compared them to translations performed by [[artificial intelligence]]s. She eventually taught herself the language and even proved several of the AI translations incorrect, or corrected inaccurate translations.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD5}} Vale would suspect her father of having somehow sabotaged the shuttle in a last-ditch effort to keep his family on Luyten, but Nerina dismissed the idea so scornfully that Vale concluded that it was a dumb idea until after the [[Battle for Earth]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out3|Out|3}}


After her arrival on Earth, Vale spent the remainder of her childhood on the relative safety of the planet. Vale attended [[Sydney University]] on Earth and, upon graduating, followed in her mother's footsteps and enlisted in the UNSC Navy's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], specializing in signals intelligence.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} Following the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552]], Vale found the opportunity to travel to the Sangheili [[Sangheili colonies|frontier colony]] of [[Khael'mothka]], where she wandered the planet for months. The world was embroiled in the Sangheili's ongoing [[Blooding Years|civil war]], though Vale's well-being was rarely endangered as she learned who to stay away from and many of the planet's inhabitants were both tired of war and curious to see the human.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD5}}
After her arrival on Earth, Vale spent the remainder of her childhood on the relative safety of the planet. Vale attended [[Sydney University]] on Earth and, upon graduating, followed in her mother's footsteps and enlisted in the UNSC Navy's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], specializing in signals intelligence.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} Following the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552]], Vale found the opportunity to travel to the Sangheili [[Sangheili colonies|frontier colony]] of [[Khael'mothka]], where she wandered the planet for months. The world was embroiled in the Sangheili's ongoing [[Blooding Years|civil war]], though Vale's well-being was rarely endangered as she learned who to stay away from and many of the planet's inhabitants were both tired of war and curious to see the human.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD5}}


Following Nerina's death in the Battle for Earth, Vale attempted to contact her father to let Caleb know that his ex-wife had died in the [[Covenant]] attack. However, Vale learned that Caleb Vale didn't exist. Through her ONI connections, Vale discovered that Caleb Vale was actually a false identity assumed by [[Caleb Aagard]] who had been born on Luyten in the same year as her father, but the trail then ran cold. The only note in Caleb's file was that he had refused conscription in [[2517]] and then vanished. When Vale tried to find a ghost file that would explain the discrepancy, her superior claimed that it was simply a case of father and son having the same name, and then advised her in a tone that suggested that the "advice" came from someone far above both of their heads to stop wasting ONI resources and devote herself to her proper assignment. Subsequently, Vale stopped poking around ONI's files regarding anyone from Luyten and started searching for more subtle ways to find out her father's true identity.{{Ref/Reuse|Out3}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFVV}}
Following Nerina's death in the Battle for Earth, Vale attempted to contact her father to let Caleb know that his ex-wife had died in the [[Covenant]] attack. However, Vale learned that Caleb Vale didn't exist. Through her ONI connections, Vale discovered that Caleb Vale was actually a false identity assumed by [[Caleb Aagard]] who had been born on Luyten in the same year as her father, but the trail then ran cold. The only note in Caleb's file was that he had refused conscription in [[2517]] and then vanished. When Vale tried to find a ghost file that would explain the discrepancy, her superior claimed that it was simply a case of father and son having the same name, and then advised her in a tone that suggested that the "advice" came from someone far above both of their heads to stop wasting ONI resources and devote herself to her proper assignment.
 
Subsequently, Vale stopped poking around ONI's files regarding anyone from Luyten and started searching for more subtle ways to find out her father's true identity. The revelation by a rogue journalist that the Spartan-IIs had been conscripted as six-year-olds caused Vale to deduce that her father really was Caleb Aagard and that he'd fled conscription as a Spartan, which was ironic as Vale herself would eventually become a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]]. Although still unable to locate Caleb, Vale remained determined to find him and get closure and answers from her father.{{Ref/Reuse|Out3}}


By [[2555]], Vale served as a professional diplomat and a Sangheili culture and language expert for the Office of Naval Intelligence.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD1|HitD|Chapter=1}} Vale was required to study [[martial arts]] at the [[Green Cloud]] institution, as a prerequisite for serving as a frontline diplomat for ONI with the Sangheili.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD7|HitD|Chapter=7}} Serving as an ONI Special Liaison for the [[Unified Earth Government]], Vale aided with negotiations with the emerging [[Swords of Sanghelios]] led by [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]. Her fluency in the Sangheili language and knowledge of their society was highly valued by her superiors, though Vale was often busied by endless meetings with Sangheili diplomats.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} Vale was friends with [[Cynthia Diggs]], a scientist and post-war political liaison, as well as the wife of Doctor [[Bob Casper]]. Diggs often sought to keep Vale informed with the [[Zeta Halo project|research and examinations]] her husband conducted at [[Installation 07]], as she was concerned that the participation of the Sangheili may be required, in which Vale could be used as a UNSC translator for the Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD1}}
By [[2555]], Vale served as a professional diplomat and a Sangheili culture and language expert for the Office of Naval Intelligence.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD1|HitD|Chapter=1}} Vale was required to study [[martial arts]] at the [[Green Cloud]] institution, as a prerequisite for serving as a frontline diplomat for ONI with the Sangheili.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD7|HitD|Chapter=7}} Serving as an ONI Special Liaison for the [[Unified Earth Government]], Vale aided with negotiations with the emerging [[Swords of Sanghelios]] led by [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]. Her fluency in the Sangheili language and knowledge of their society was highly valued by her superiors, though Vale was often busied by endless meetings with Sangheili diplomats.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} Vale was friends with [[Cynthia Diggs]], a scientist and post-war political liaison, as well as the wife of Doctor [[Bob Casper]]. Diggs often sought to keep Vale informed with the [[Zeta Halo project|research and examinations]] her husband conducted at [[Installation 07]], as she was concerned that the participation of the Sangheili may be required, in which Vale could be used as a UNSC translator for the Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD1}}
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Undergoing the [[SPARTAN-IV Augmentation Program|augmentations program]], Vale became a Spartan-IV. By [[2558#August|August of 2558]], Vale had participated in seven military [[operation]]s and two full campaigns. During [[Operation: SENTRY]], Vale served as an advisor to Region One of the UNSC's [[Central Command]] during negotiations in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]] with [[Covenant fleet]] remnants at [[Tribute]]. She participated in [[Operation: ATLAS VIGILANCE]], an aborted ONI mission that involved securing [[Shipmaster]] [[Ori 'Sumai]] at [[Salia III]] in the [[Salia system]]. Vale also briefly commanded [[Fireteam Stingray]], an ad hoc intelligence enabling group that participated in [[Operation: OCEAN RAPTOR]] at a location "redacted" by ONI.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5GLtd}} By [[2558#October|October of 2558]], Vale had become a member of Fireteam Osiris, led by Spartan [[Jameson Locke]] and also consisting of Spartans [[Edward Buck]] and [[Holly Tanaka]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=GIH5GO}} Fireteam Osiris was charged with carrying out a variety of complex missions for the [[UNSC Security Council]] and High Command.{{Ref/Site|Id=FOUniverse|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/fireteam-osiris|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Fireteam Osiris|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}}
Undergoing the [[SPARTAN-IV Augmentation Program|augmentations program]], Vale became a Spartan-IV. By [[2558#August|August of 2558]], Vale had participated in seven military [[operation]]s and two full campaigns. During [[Operation: SENTRY]], Vale served as an advisor to Region One of the UNSC's [[Central Command]] during negotiations in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]] with [[Covenant fleet]] remnants at [[Tribute]]. She participated in [[Operation: ATLAS VIGILANCE]], an aborted ONI mission that involved securing [[Shipmaster]] [[Ori 'Sumai]] at [[Salia III]] in the [[Salia system]]. Vale also briefly commanded [[Fireteam Stingray]], an ad hoc intelligence enabling group that participated in [[Operation: OCEAN RAPTOR]] at a location "redacted" by ONI.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5GLtd}} By [[2558#October|October of 2558]], Vale had become a member of Fireteam Osiris, led by Spartan [[Jameson Locke]] and also consisting of Spartans [[Edward Buck]] and [[Holly Tanaka]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=GIH5GO}} Fireteam Osiris was charged with carrying out a variety of complex missions for the [[UNSC Security Council]] and High Command.{{Ref/Site|Id=FOUniverse|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/fireteam-osiris|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Fireteam Osiris|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}}
During her investigation about her father's true identity, the revelation that the Spartan-IIs were conscripted as six-year-olds by the rogue journalist [[Benjamin Giraud]] caused Vale to deduce that her father really was Caleb Aagard and that he'd fled conscription as a Spartan, which was ironic as Vale herself would eventually become a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]]. Although still unable to locate Caleb, Vale remained determined to find him and get closure and answers from her father.{{Ref/Reuse|Out3}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFVV}}


===Battle of Kamchatka===
===Battle of Kamchatka===
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During the Created occupation of Sanghelios in [[2559]], Vale was stationed in a villa in the state of [[Vadam]] to serve as a liaison between Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and his human allies. While there, she would speak with the Arbiter nearly every day. In late 2559, the [[Xenoarchaeology|xenoarchaeologist]] [[Keely Iyuska]],{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out2|Out|Chapter=2}} who was friends with Vale,{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out5|Out|Chapter=5}} visited her in Vadam to deliver important information and request her assistance. While investigating protogenic civilizations using the [[UNSC]]'s [[Military Survey of Uninhabited Planets]], she came across a record of a Guardian being sent to [[Netherop]] to subdue a [[List of unidentified species#Netherop|civilization]] there. However, this civilization managed to defeat the construct, implying that the secret to overcoming Cortana's Guardians may be hidden on Netherop.{{Ref/Reuse|Out2}} Vale spent a day reviewing everything regarding the planet that she could dig up, ultimately coming to the conclusion that they needed to visit Netherop.{{Ref/Reuse|Out5}}
During the Created occupation of Sanghelios in [[2559]], Vale was stationed in a villa in the state of [[Vadam]] to serve as a liaison between Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and his human allies. While there, she would speak with the Arbiter nearly every day. In late 2559, the [[Xenoarchaeology|xenoarchaeologist]] [[Keely Iyuska]],{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out2|Out|Chapter=2}} who was friends with Vale,{{Ref/Novel|Id=Out5|Out|Chapter=5}} visited her in Vadam to deliver important information and request her assistance. While investigating protogenic civilizations using the [[UNSC]]'s [[Military Survey of Uninhabited Planets]], she came across a record of a Guardian being sent to [[Netherop]] to subdue a [[List of unidentified species#Netherop|civilization]] there. However, this civilization managed to defeat the construct, implying that the secret to overcoming Cortana's Guardians may be hidden on Netherop.{{Ref/Reuse|Out2}} Vale spent a day reviewing everything regarding the planet that she could dig up, ultimately coming to the conclusion that they needed to visit Netherop.{{Ref/Reuse|Out5}}


After receiving approval for the mission from her superiors, Vale went with Keely to the [[Outer Colonies|Outer Colony]] of [[Gao]] to recruit [[Roselle|Rosa Fuertes]] as a consultant. Rosa was a member of the [[Castoffs]]—a group of children and young adults rescued from Netherop by Blue Team over three decades prior—and would be an invaluable resource on the expedition. Vale and Keely hired a [[pipistrelle]] piloted by [[Arturo Ramus]] to take them to Rosa's home in [[Paraiso]], a village deep in the jungle. Under the guise of medical researchers studying a newly-encountered [[Wikipedia:Prion|prion disease]], both Vale and Keely wore medical scrubs rather than armor. The armed men protecting the village suspected that the two women were agents of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] and resisted letting them see Rosa. However, with some monetary incentive and a show of force from Vale, the two spoke with Rosa Fuertes, who agreed to come with them to Netherop, despite being afflicted the prion disease.{{Ref/Reuse|Out5}}
After receiving approval for the mission from her superiors, Vale went with Keely to [[Outer Colonies|Outer Colony]] of [[Gao]] to recruit [[Roselle|Rosa Fuertes]] as a consultant. Rosa was a member of the [[Castoffs]]—a group of children and young adults rescued from Netherop by Blue Team over three decades prior—and would be an invaluable resource on the expedition. Vale and Keely hired a [[pipistrelle]] piloted by [[Arturo Ramus]] to take them to Rosa's home in [[Paraiso]], a village deep in the jungle. Under the guise of medical researchers studying a newly-encountered [[Wikipedia:Prion|prion disease]], both Vale and Keely wore medical scrubs rather than armor. The armed men protecting the village suspected that the two women were agents of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] and resisted letting them see Rosa. However, with some monetary incentive and a show of force from Vale, the two spoke with Rosa Fuertes, who agreed to come with them to Netherop, despite being afflicted the prion disease.{{Ref/Reuse|Out5}}


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Being a [[Xenoanthropology|xenoanthropologist]], Vale is deeply interested in anything relating to the Sangheili or the [[Forerunner]]s,{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5GLtd}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD4}} and is proud of her knowledge of both species. Vale is completely fluent in [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD4}} When she interacts with Sangheili, she often speaks in their own language as a gesture of respect.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD5}} Vale is fascinated by the contradictions and complexities of Sangheili culture, believing their psychology and society to be a difficult puzzle that she can unlock through dedication and study.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5GLtd}} During her time on [[Sanghelios]] in [[2558]], Vale was amazed by the ancient ruins found in the [[Nuusra]] territory and how the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] allowed females into their ranks.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5SwordsofSanghelios}} As a diplomat, Vale made it her goal to repair decades of mistrust between humanity and the Sangheili.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD19|HitD|Chapter=19}} She is deeply interested in the Forerunners and would often wonder what the Forerunners were like.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD7}} Although Vale considers the Forerunners to be an incredible race and is amazed by their creations, she does not believe that they were even remotely divine.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD12}} Although her purpose on the mission to [[Installation 00]] was intended to only be diplomatic, she proved to be willing to sacrifice her life to save [[Earth]] and her species when [[monitor]] [[000 Tragic Solitude]] threatened to activate the [[Halo Array]] and destroy Earth with an army of [[Retriever]]s.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD16|HitD|Chapter=16}} Though she recognized the danger of the [[Rampancy|rampant]] Tragic Solitude, she felt some pangs of regret over the monitor's destruction. Vale was disappointed that she could not convince the monitor to avert the firing of the Halo Array, despite her diplomatic skills and knowledge on Forerunner culture.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD19}} Vale is quite modest and often downplays her achievements, including her knowledge of Sangheili and her combat skills, despite her unusual talent.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD5}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD7}} Though she was willing to admit that she was personally proud of her diplomatic skills.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD19}}
Being a [[Xenoanthropology|xenoanthropologist]], Vale is deeply interested in anything relating to the Sangheili or the [[Forerunner]]s,{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5GLtd}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD4}} and is proud of her knowledge of both species. Vale is completely fluent in [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD4}} When she interacts with Sangheili, she often speaks in their own language as a gesture of respect.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD5}} Vale is fascinated by the contradictions and complexities of Sangheili culture, believing their psychology and society to be a difficult puzzle that she can unlock through dedication and study.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5GLtd}} During her time on [[Sanghelios]] in [[2558]], Vale was amazed by the ancient ruins found in the [[Nuusra]] territory and how the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] allowed females into their ranks.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5SwordsofSanghelios}} As a diplomat, Vale made it her goal to repair decades of mistrust between humanity and the Sangheili.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD19|HitD|Chapter=19}} She is deeply interested in the Forerunners and would often wonder what the Forerunners were like.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD7}} Although Vale considers the Forerunners to be an incredible race and is amazed by their creations, she does not believe that they were even remotely divine.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD12}} Although her purpose on the mission to [[Installation 00]] was intended to only be diplomatic, she proved to be willing to sacrifice her life to save [[Earth]] and her species when [[monitor]] [[000 Tragic Solitude]] threatened to activate the [[Halo Array]] and destroy Earth with an army of [[Retriever]]s.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HitD16|HitD|Chapter=16}} Though she recognized the danger of the [[Rampancy|rampant]] Tragic Solitude, she felt some pangs of regret over the monitor's destruction. Vale was disappointed that she could not convince the monitor to avert the firing of the Halo Array, despite her diplomatic skills and knowledge on Forerunner culture.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD19}} Vale is quite modest and often downplays her achievements, including her knowledge of Sangheili and her combat skills, despite her unusual talent.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD5}}{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD7}} Though she was willing to admit that she was personally proud of her diplomatic skills.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD19}}


During her time with them, Vale formed friendships with most of her teammates on the Ark expedition. Vale bonded with [[Luther Mann]] and [[Henry Lamb]] over their similar fields of knowledge, and she was deeply saddened when she learned of Lamb's death.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD18}} She formed a companionship with [[Usze 'Taham]]; she was deeply interested in 'Taham's past and came to trust him, while he believed that Vale was one of the more interesting humans and respected her overall competence. 'Taham even comforted her after she was disappointed in her inability to stop Tragic Solitude through her diplomatic skills.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD19}} She had also formed a friendship with [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan]] [[Elias Holt]], who admired her bravery and moderate combat skills despite only being a diplomat and alien specialist.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD7}} Vale was also quick to form friendships with her teammates on [[Fireteam Osiris]], often conversing with them about their past outside of combat or joking with them amidst a battle.{{Ref/Game|Id=H5G|H5G}} Upon encountering the corpses of Swords of Sanghelios soldiers killed at the hands of the Covenant, Vale lamented their deaths with a burial prayer in Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|H5SwordsofSanghelios}} As a child, Vale sought her father's attention. Though the matter did not bother her as an adult, it was a detail noted in her UNSC psychological evaluation.{{Ref/Reuse|H5Guardians}}
During her time with them, Vale formed friendships with most of her teammates on the Ark expedition. Vale bonded with [[Luther Mann]] and [[Henry Lamb]] over their similar fields of knowledge, and she was deeply saddened when she learned of Lamb's death.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD18}} She formed a companionship with [[Usze 'Taham]]; she was deeply interested in 'Taham's past and came to trust him, while he believed that Vale was one of the more interesting humans and respected her overall competence. 'Taham even comforted her after she was disappointed in her inability to stop Tragic Solitude through her diplomatic skills.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD19}} She had also formed a friendship with [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan]] [[Elias Holt]], who admired her bravery and moderate combat skills despite only being a diplomat and alien specialist.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD7}} Vale was also quick to form friendships with her teammates on [[Fireteam Osiris]], often conversing with them about their past outside of combat or joking with them amidst a battle.{{Ref/Game|Id=H5G|H5G}} Upon encountering the corpses of Swords of Sanghelios soldiers killed at the hands of the Covenant, Vale lamented their deaths with a burial prayer in Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5SwordsofSanghelios}} As a child, Vale sought her father's attention. Though the matter did not bother her as an adult, it was a detail noted in her UNSC psychological evaluation.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5Guardians}}
 
Vale retains mixed feelings about her participation in the SPARTAN-IV project, especially after uncovering the truth of her father's own candidacy in the SPARTAN-II program decades prior - and wonders what he would have made of her joining the project. Furthermore, she does not feel she has earned that closure yet, in part due to a feeling of responsibility over being at the centre of events that lead to the Created uprising in October 2558.{{Ref/Reuse|CFVV}}


==Skills and abilities==
==Skills and abilities==
{{Quote|When I was a kid, I was stuck on a diplomatic shuttle adrift in deep space for six months. My options were be real bored or spend the time getting smart.|Olympia Vale explains to Holly Tanaka how she learned Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5Osiris}}}}
{{Quote|When I was a kid, I was stuck on a diplomatic shuttle adrift in deep space for six months. My options were be real bored or spend the time getting smart.|Olympia Vale explains to Holly Tanaka how she learned Sangheili.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5Osiris}}}}
[[File:Halo 5 - Vale on Phantom.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Vale battles Covenant forces on a Phantom.]]
[[File:Halo 5 - Vale on Phantom.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Vale battles Covenant forces on a Phantom.]]
Olympia Vale is very intelligent and an unusually gifted [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]] linguist, having a strong fluency in the language. Vale was a child prodigy growing up, and she succeeded in graduating from [[Sydney University]] by the time she was nineteen.{{Ref/Reuse|OVUniverse}} During her time stranded in space at the age of eleven, she learned to translate thousands upon thousands of Sangheili words, granting her a strong understanding of the language. Vale is able to effectively communicate with [[Sangheili]] without requiring [[translation software]]. At the age of eleven, her knowledge of the Sangheili language was superior to that of the [[artificial intelligence]]s the [[United Nations Space Command]] tasked with translating the language, as she corrected and improved the AIs' existing translations.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD5}}
Olympia Vale is very intelligent and an unusually gifted [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]] linguist, having a strong fluency in the language. Vale was a child prodigy growing up, and she succeeded in graduating from [[Sydney University]] by the time she was nineteen.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} During her time stranded in space at the age of eleven, she learned to translate thousands upon thousands of Sangheili words, granting her a strong understanding of the language. Vale is able to effectively communicate with [[Sangheili]] without requiring [[translation software]]. At the age of eleven, her knowledge of the Sangheili language was superior to that of the [[artificial intelligence]]s the [[United Nations Space Command]] tasked with translating the language, as she corrected and improved the AIs' existing translations.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD5}}


Despite minimal training and experience in the field, Vale has proven to be an exemplary combatant.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GLtd}} As she was often engaged in frontline diplomacy with the Sangheili during her career as a Special Liaison, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] required Vale to have some combat skills. She studied [[martial arts]] for several years and attended the [[Green Cloud]] institute. Although she did not consider herself good at combat, Vale used her martial arts experience to nearly throw the unarmored [[Spartan-IV]] [[Elias Holt]] to the ground after he had inadvertently surprised her.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD7}} During [[Operation: FAR STORM]], Vale was able to briefly hold her own against the cyborg [[Bobby Kodiak]], though she was eventually outmatched.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD17}} Despite receiving minimal combat training in comparison to most competitors, Vale succeeded in placing within the top five percent in UNSC [[War Games]] events through a combination of innate physical talent and quick-thinking.{{Ref/Reuse|OVUniverse}} Vale's demonstrated talent for combat, as well as her fluency of Sangheili and knowledge in the species' society, led to her recruitment into the [[Spartan Operations|Spartan branch]].{{Ref/Reuse|H5GLtd}} As a Spartan-IV, Vale has proven to be very skilled in combat. She often uses speed and agility to her advantage, such as during her [[Battle of Kamchatka|mission]] to [[Kamchatka]], in which she boarded a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] [[Mikpramu-pattern Phantom|Phantom]] and single-handedly battled the [[dropship]]'s Sangheili and [[Kig-Yar]] complement in the confined space by effortlessly maneuvering around the warriors as she fought them.{{Ref/Reuse|H5Osiris}}
Despite minimal training and experience in the field, Vale has proven to be an exemplary combatant.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5GLtd}} As she was often engaged in frontline diplomacy with the Sangheili during her career as a Special Liaison, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] required Vale to have some combat skills. She studied [[martial arts]] for several years and attended the [[Green Cloud]] institute. Although she did not consider herself good at combat, Vale used her martial arts experience to nearly throw the unarmored [[Spartan-IV]] [[Elias Holt]] to the ground after he had inadvertently surprised her.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD7}} During [[Operation: FAR STORM]], Vale was able to briefly hold her own against the cyborg [[Bobby Kodiak]], though she was eventually outmatched.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD17}} Despite receiving minimal combat training in comparison to most competitors, Vale succeeded in placing within the top five percent in UNSC [[War Games]] events through a combination of innate physical talent and quick-thinking.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}} Vale's demonstrated talent for combat, as well as her fluency of Sangheili and knowledge in the species' society, led to her recruitment into the [[Spartan Operations|Spartan branch]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5GLtd}} As a Spartan-IV, Vale has proven to be very skilled in combat. She often uses speed and agility to her advantage, such as during her [[Battle of Kamchatka|mission]] to [[Kamchatka]], in which she boarded a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] [[Mikpramu-pattern Phantom|Phantom]] and single-handedly battled the [[dropship]]'s Sangheili and [[Kig-Yar]] complement in the confined space by effortlessly maneuvering around the warriors as she fought them.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5Osiris}}


==Physical description==
==Physical description==
Prior to becoming a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]], Olympia Vale was of average size and build for the most part, though she was well-toned due to an exercise regimen she engaged in each morning. Her skin was lightly tanned and she had thick, lengthy brown hair that she typically kept tied back in a ponytail with brown eyes. Doctor [[Luther Mann]] noted that she had a curiously curved, rounded face with a pointed chin, reminding him of a classic Valentine heart.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD4}} Following her [[SPARTAN-IV Augmentation Program|Spartan-IV augmentations]], Vale stood at 205.7 centimeters (6 feet and 9 inches) with her armor and weighed 101.6 kilograms (224 pounds) without her armor.{{Ref/Reuse|OVUniverse}}
Prior to becoming a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]], Olympia Vale was of average size and build for the most part, though she was well-toned due to an exercise regimen she engaged in each morning. Her skin was lightly tanned and she had thick, lengthy brown hair that she typically kept tied back in a ponytail with brown eyes. Doctor [[Luther Mann]] noted that she had a curiously curved, rounded face with a pointed chin, reminding him of a classic Valentine heart.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD4}} Following her [[SPARTAN-IV Augmentation Program|Spartan-IV augmentations]], Vale stood at 205.7 centimeters (6 feet and 9 inches) with her armor and weighed 101.6 kilograms (224 pounds) without her armor.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=OVUniverse}}


==Equipment==
==Equipment==
During [[Operation: FAR STORM|the mission]] to [[Installation 00]] in [[2555]], Olympia Vale armed herself with an [[M6 series]] magnum.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD8}} Prior to the [[operation]], she had not used the weapon for years, having only used it previously in a training exercise.{{Ref/Reuse|HitD8}} After becoming a Spartan, she sported the [[COPPERHEAD-class Mjolnir|Copperhead]] variant of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR GEN2]] armor. Vale's armor is specifically designed with a "militarized anthropology" decision support system that aids in her efforts to utilize the complex "terrain" of human and alien society to her advantage.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFCW|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-conventional-warfare|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Conventional Warfare|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} Her armor, painted red with gold details, has a gold and blue visor.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5G}} Vale's preferred loadout is the [[M20 PDW]] as her primary weapon, with the [[Type-54D plasma pistol]] as her sidearm.{{Ref/Generic|Id=GIJ2015|Game Informer #267, July 2015}} However, she also arms herself with an [[M6H magnum]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5Osiris}} As a member of [[Fireteam Osiris]], Vale has also been granted use of the prototypical [[Artemis Tracking System]], an advanced scanning system only given to Spartans with the permission of Spartan Commander [[Sarah Palmer]].{{Ref/Site|Id=ATUniverse|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/artemis-tracking-system|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Artemis Tracking System|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}}
During [[Operation: FAR STORM|the mission]] to [[Installation 00]] in [[2555]], Olympia Vale armed herself with an [[M6 series]] magnum.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD8}} Prior to the [[operation]], she had not used the weapon for years, having only used it previously in a training exercise.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HitD8}} After becoming a Spartan, she sported the [[COPPERHEAD-class Mjolnir|Copperhead]] variant of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR GEN2]] armor. Vale's armor is specifically designed with a "militarized anthropology" decision support system that aids in her efforts to utilize the complex "terrain" of human and alien society to her advantage.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFCW|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-conventional-warfare|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Conventional Warfare|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} Her armor, painted red with gold details, has a gold and blue visor.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5G}} Vale's preferred loadout is the [[M20 SMG]] as her primary weapon, with the [[Type-54D plasma pistol]] as her sidearm.{{Ref/Generic|Id=GIJ2015|Game Informer #267, July 2015}} However, she also arms herself with an [[M6H magnum]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5Osiris}} As a member of [[Fireteam Osiris]], Vale has also been granted use of the prototypical [[Artemis Tracking System]], an advanced scanning system only given to Spartans with the permission of Spartan Commander [[Sarah Palmer]].{{Ref/Site|Id=ATUniverse|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/artemis-tracking-system|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Artemis Tracking System|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}}


==Production notes==
==Production notes==
{{Quote|We were well into development on Halo 5: Guardians when Peter started work on Halo: Hunters in the Dark, so we were able to inform him quite a bit on who Vale was and how she thought, but we were really only talking about our own experiences working with her in the course of Halo 5, when she's already part of Fireteam Osiris. Peter took what we said and figured out how Vale behaved before she was a Spartan, which again fed back into our work on the game and has the effect of making Vale more rounded as a person and therefore more "real" in the long run.|[[Brian Reed]], on Olympia Vale's character development.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFJA|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-jurassic-ark|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Jurassic Ark|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}}}}
{{Quote|We were well into development on Halo 5: Guardians when Peter started work on Halo: Hunters in the Dark, so we were able to inform him quite a bit on who Vale was and how she thought, but we were really only talking about our own experiences working with her in the course of Halo 5, when she's already part of Fireteam Osiris. Peter took what we said and figured out how Vale behaved before she was a Spartan, which again fed back into our work on the game and has the effect of making Vale more rounded as a person and therefore more "real" in the long run.|[[Brian Reed]], on Olympia Vale's character development.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFJA|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-jurassic-ark|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Jurassic Ark|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}}}}
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Olympia Vale is voiced by [[Laura Bailey]], who also provides the character's likeness and performance capture. Bailey is married to [[Travis Willingham]], the voice actor for [[Frederic-104]] and [[Jul 'Mdama]].{{Ref/Twitter|LauraBaileyVO|609130785334018048|Laura Bailey|Quote=Yup! So excited to confirm my role in @Halo 5! #SpartanVale|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} Bailey also voiced [[Katrina]] in the ''[[Hunt the Truth]]'' audio drama.{{Ref/Site|Id=XWHTT8|URL=http://news.xbox.com/2015/05/games-hunt-the-truth-podcast-episode-8|Site=Game Informer|Page=Halo 5: Guardians #HuntTheTruth – Has the Master Chief Gone AWOL?|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} Vale first appeared in a cameo appearance in additional, bookend [[cutscene]]s in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'', alongside other members of [[Fireteam Osiris]].{{Ref/Level|Id=H2ATheheretic|H2A|The Heretic|}} She was later revealed to be one of the playable characters of Fireteam Osiris in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' in the [[2015#July|July 2015]] issue of Game Informer.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=GIJ2015}} Vale's backstory and character were expanded upon in the subsequently released novel ''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'', written by [[Peter David]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=CFCW}} As Vale's character was already partially developed for ''Halo 5: Guardians'', David was able to figure out how Vale behaved prior to becoming a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]] for the novel. Vale's personality in ''Hunters in the Dark'' was then incorporated into ''Halo 5'' to make her a more rounded character.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=CFJA}} As a playable character in ''Halo 5: Guardians'', her unique gameplay abilities are faster movement speed, faster thruster recharge and slower stabilizer descent.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5G}}
Olympia Vale is voiced by [[Laura Bailey]], who also provides the character's likeness and performance capture. Bailey is married to [[Travis Willingham]], the voice actor for [[Frederic-104]] and [[Jul 'Mdama]].{{Ref/Twitter|LauraBaileyVO|609130785334018048|Laura Bailey|Quote=Yup! So excited to confirm my role in @Halo 5! #SpartanVale|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} Bailey also voiced [[Katrina]] in the ''[[Hunt the Truth]]'' audio logs.{{Ref/Site|Id=XWHTT8|URL=http://news.xbox.com/2015/05/games-hunt-the-truth-podcast-episode-8|Site=Game Informer|Page=Halo 5: Guardians #HuntTheTruth – Has the Master Chief Gone AWOL?|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} Vale first appeared in a cameo appearance in additional, bookend [[cutscene]]s in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'', alongside other members of [[Fireteam Osiris]].{{Ref/Level|Id=H2ATheheretic|H2A|The Heretic|}} She was later revealed to be one of the playable characters of Fireteam Osiris in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' in the [[2015#July|July 2015]] issue of Game Informer.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=GIJ2015}} Vale's backstory and character were expanded upon in the subsequently released novel ''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'', written by [[Peter David]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=CFCW}} As Vale's character was already partially developed for ''Halo 5: Guardians'', David was able to figure out how Vale behaved prior to becoming a [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]] for the novel. Vale's personality in ''Hunters in the Dark'' was then incorporated into ''Halo 5'' to make her a more rounded character.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=CFJA}} As a playable character in ''Halo 5: Guardians'', her unique gameplay abilities are faster movement speed, faster thruster recharge and slower stabilizer descent.{{Ref/Reuse|Id=H5G}}


During the initial story development of ''Halo 5: Guardians'', Vale was first realized as "Spartan Jones" as Fireteam Osiris was being created. After a few weeks of development, Spartan Jones would become a Spartan fluent in alien languages and renamed "Spartan Vesper". As the character was further developed, she was proving to be too "kid genius", so the character was matured while still retaining enough of her innocence to contrast with her fellow squadmates. Eventually, Spartan Vesper was renamed Vale and her character design was largely completed.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFFC|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-fifty-caliber|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Fifty Caliber|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} Vale's [[COPPERHEAD-class Mjolnir|armor]] was specifically designed for her character, making the character appear sleek, lightweight, and acrobatic.{{Ref/Site|Id=H5AS|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/art-showcase|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo 5 Art Showcase|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} User interface artist Eric Will noted that the armor's aggressive "V"-shaped visor proved to be challenging to design.{{Ref/Site|Id=CU81415|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/art-showcase|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Community Update 8-14-15|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}}
During the initial story development of ''Halo 5: Guardians'', Vale was first realized as "Spartan Jones" as Fireteam Osiris was being created. After a few weeks of development, Spartan Jones would become a Spartan fluent in alien languages and renamed "Spartan Vesper". As the character was further developed, she was proving to be too "kid genius", so the character was matured while still retaining enough of her innocence to contrast with her fellow squadmates. Eventually, Spartan Vesper was renamed Vale and her character design was largely completed.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFFC|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-fifty-caliber|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Fifty Caliber|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} Vale's [[COPPERHEAD-class Mjolnir|armor]] was specifically designed for her character, making the character appear sleek, lightweight, and acrobatic.{{Ref/Site|Id=H5AS|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/art-showcase|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo 5 Art Showcase|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}} User interface artist Eric Will noted that the armor's aggressive "V"-shaped visor proved to be challenging to design.{{Ref/Site|Id=CU81415|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/art-showcase|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Community Update 8-14-15|D=28|M=3|Y=2021}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Development images===
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<gallery>
File:H5G Concept EarlyVale.jpg|Early concept art of Vale for ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:Vale and Buck - Live action.png|Vale and Buck entering Meridian's atmosphere inside a Pelican in ''[[The Hunt Begins]]''.
File:H5G Vale_Concept_1.jpg|Concept art of Vale in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:H5G Vale_Concept_1.jpg|Concept art of Vale in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:H5G Vale_Concept_2.jpg|More concept art of Vale in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:H5G Vale_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of Vale in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:H5G Concept OsirisIntro3.jpg|Concept art of Vale for the opening cutscene of ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:Locke team Halo 5.png|Olympia Vale along with her teammates in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:Halo Waypoint - Copperhead renders.jpg|Renders of Spartan Vale.
File:Halo Waypoint - Copperhead renders.jpg|Renders of Spartan Vale.
File:H5G-Render-Vale.png|A render of Vale in her Mjolnir armor.
File:H5G-Render-OlympiaVale.png|A close-up render of Spartan Vale without her helmet.
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===Screenshots and official artwork===
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File:Vale and Buck - Live action.png|Vale and Buck entering Meridian's atmosphere inside a Pelican in ''[[The Hunt Begins]]''.
File:Locke team Halo 5.png|Olympia Vale along with her teammates in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:Halo_5_Co-op_Vale.png|Vale's Loadout in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:Halo_5_Co-op_Vale.png|Vale's Loadout in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
File:H5G-Render-Vale.png|Vale in her Mjolnir armor.
File:H5G-Render-OlympiaVale.png|A close-up of Spartan Vale.
File:H5G-PrettyVale.png|Vale looking at a hologram of Catherine Halsey.
File:H5G-PrettyVale.png|Vale looking at a hologram of Catherine Halsey.
File:H5G-Valewrecking.gif|Vale taking on two Sangheili and a Kig-Yar on Kamchatka.
File:H5G-Valewrecking.gif|Vale taking on two Sangheili and a Kig-Yar on Kamchatka.
File:H5G CuteVale.jpg|Vale on the UNSC ''Infinity''.
File:H5G-Locke&Vale.jpg|Vale and Locke during the Battle of Sunaion.
File:H5G ValeNuusra.jpg|Vale in Nuusra.
File:H5G-Vale&SOSSangheiliStorm.png|Vale talking to a Sangheili aboard a Lich.
File:H5G-Vale&SOSSangheiliStorm.png|Vale talking to a Sangheili aboard a Lich.
File:H5G-Locke&Vale.jpg|Vale and Locke during the Battle of Sunaion.
File:HM-FarStorm.jpg|Vale fighting alongside two Swords of Sanghelios against a chaefka during [[Operation: FAR STORM]] in ''Halo: Mythos''.
File:HM-FarStorm.jpg|Vale fighting alongside two Swords of Sanghelios against a chaefka during [[Operation: FAR STORM]] in ''Halo: Mythos''.
File:HM-Battle_of_Meridian.jpg|Vale and Fireteam Osiris during the Battle of Meridian in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.
File:HM-Battle_of_Meridian.jpg|Vale and Fireteam Osiris during the Battle of Meridian in ''[[Halo Mythos]]''.
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*''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]''
*''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]''
*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]''
*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]''
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{C|Emblem only}}
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]''
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]''
*''[[Halo: The Machine Breaks]]''


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