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{{Title| | {{Title|Skirmish on ''Mona Lisa''}} | ||
{{Status|Canon}} | {{Status|Canon}} | ||
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|conc=[[Battle of Earth]] | |conc=[[Battle of Earth]] | ||
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|name= | |name=Skirmish on ''Mona Lisa'' | ||
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|conflict=Independent | |conflict=Independent | ||
|date=[[2552#October|October 25, 2552]]<ref name="Catalog">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=46#post454 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2976443)]</ref>{{Ref/Note|1=According to a summary on Halo Waypoint, ''The Mona Lisa'' is set [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/Detail/the-mona-lisa-1/1f69c960-2eb1-42e0-89b4-89a58fa153b8 "between the events of Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2"], which would limit the possible timeframe for the skirmish between October 1 and October 20. However, in ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', it is suggested that ''High Charity'' is already on its way to the Soell system by September 22, having sent a smaller scouting party in advance. In ''Halo 2'', it is seen that ''High Charity'' and its fleet were present in the system until October 20, when they departed for Installation 05. ''The Mona Lisa'' makes a reference to a large Covenant fleet having left the system recently, which would coincide with ''High Charity'' and its fleet leaving on October 20th; no other large Covenant fleet is known to have left the system between September and October. Catalog later [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=46#post454 reported] that Sergeant Lopez was listed as KIA on October 25, invalidating the former Waypoint summary.}} | |date=[[2552#October|October 25, 2552]]<ref name="Catalog">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=46#post454 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2976443)]</ref>{{Ref/Note|1=According to a summary on Halo Waypoint, ''The Mona Lisa'' is set [http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/Detail/the-mona-lisa-1/1f69c960-2eb1-42e0-89b4-89a58fa153b8 "between the events of Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2"], which would limit the possible timeframe for the skirmish between October 1 and October 20. However, in ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', it is suggested that ''High Charity'' is already on its way to the Soell system by September 22, having sent a smaller scouting party in advance. In ''Halo 2'', it is seen that ''High Charity'' and its fleet were present in the system until October 20, when they departed for Installation 05. ''The Mona Lisa'' makes a reference to a large Covenant fleet having left the system recently, which would coincide with ''High Charity'' and its fleet leaving on October 20th; no other large Covenant fleet is known to have left the system between September and October. Catalog later [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=46#post454 reported] that Sergeant Lopez was listed as KIA on October 25, invalidating the former Waypoint summary.}} | ||
|place=''Mona Lisa'', Soell system, Installation 04 debris field<ref name="tml223">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 223''</ref> | |place=''Mona Lisa'', Soell system, Installation 04 debris field<ref name="tml223">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 223''</ref> | ||
|result=UNSC victory | |result=UNSC Pyrrhic victory | ||
*Flood outbreak successfully contained | *Flood outbreak successfully contained | ||
*Most of the marine force lost | *Most of the marine force lost | ||
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|casual3=*All Flood | |casual3=*All Flood | ||
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The '''Skirmish on ''Mona Lisa''''' was fought in the [[Soell|Soell system]] within [[Installation 04]]'s debris field aboard the [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]]-commissioned [[civilian]] [[Prison ship|prisoner transport]] ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' on [[2552#October|October 25, 2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|Catalog}} Having suffered a catastrophic [[Flood]] outbreak as a result of the actions of the ONI operative [[John Smith]], the ship was later [[Naval boarding|boarded]] by an ill-fated [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] unit and destroyed only hours afterward.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"''</ref> | |||
The ONI [[operation]]s codenamed '''RED CLOUD''' and '''WHITE SAND''' were linked with the engagement.<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2963929_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2963929 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Catalog Interaction'' (page 18)]</ref> | The ONI [[operation]]s codenamed '''RED CLOUD''' and '''WHITE SAND''' were linked with the engagement.<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2963929_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2963929 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Catalog Interaction'' (page 18)]</ref> |