Editing Patrick Rimmer

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'''Patrick Rimmer''' was a prisoner held on the [[Prison ship|prisoner transport]] ''[[Mona Lisa]]''. Rimmer was one of the few humans on board who escaped infection and later was one of the only human beings to make peace with a member of the [[Covenant]]: specifically, a [[Sangheili]], whom he named "[[Henry]]".<ref name="tm288">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa''", ''page 288-293''</ref>

==Biography==
Patrick Rimmer was sentenced to imprisonment on the ''Mona Lisa'' when he was found guilty of selling stolen goods, a crime he freely admitted to.<ref name="tml333">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa''", ''page 333''</ref> He was suspicious of the activity aboard the ship and the strange way prisoners were treated, which was compounded further whenever Covenant prisoners were brought on board. However, he was given more information than most prisoners when a guard named [[Murray]] told Rimmer about the [[Flood]], which they both assumed was a [[biological weapon]].<ref name="tml307">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa''", ''page 307-309''</ref>

When the Flood escaped containment, Rimmer was nearly killed by an [[Flood combat form|infected prison guard]] but was rescued when a Sangheili prisoner killed the guard with a cricket bat. The Sangheili did not kill Rimmer but instead freed him from his cell. Rimmer named the alien Henry, and they soon became close friends and comrades despite the fact that they could not understand each others' language. The duo evaded the Flood by locking themselves in a maintenance room.{{Ref/Reuse|tml307}}

[[File:HEvol - Rimmer Henry.png|thumb|left|150px|Rimmer persuading Marines to cease fire.]]
Rimmer was found by [[Hospital Corpsman]] [[Ngoc Benti]], [[Clarence]], and [[Gersten]], the remnants of a small group that went on a [[Skirmish on Mona Lisa|reconnaissance mission]] and was split off from [[Sergeant]] [[Zhao Heng Lopez]]'s main squad. Rimmer told them about the Flood, his experiences on the ''Mona Lisa'', and had to convince them to trust Henry. However, he also told them that Gersten was infected and had to be killed, which Clarence did immediately.{{Ref/Reuse|tm288}}

The group, despite Rimmer's warnings, went to the engine room in order to [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|purge the ship's secondary NAV database]]. There, they killed the pilots (including [[Burgundy]], the pilot who brought the Marines to the ''Mona Lisa'') that the Flood had absorbed into a [[proto-Gravemind]], thus stopping the Flood from learning how to fly the ship.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 328-330''</ref> However, Benti was wounded by an infected Marine named [[Sydney (Marine)|Sydney]] soon after. Rimmer was given an [[MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System|assault rifle]] to fight the Flood, but was such a poor shot that Benti took his gun and gave it to Henry.{{Ref/Reuse|tml333}}

Rimmer, Henry, Benti, and Clarence then fled to the escape pods in order to regroup with the rest of the survivors. Just as they were about to board one, however, Clarence, revealed to be an [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section Three|ONI Section 3]] operative who was under orders not to let anybody but the Marines escape, shot Rimmer in the head, ending his life.<ref name="tml337">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Mona Lisa"'', ''page 337''</ref>

==Personality==
Patrick Rimmer was jumpy and quick to panic. However, he balanced this out by talking often, a habit that annoyed many people. He had a habit of affectionately patting Henry, something which made the Sangheili visibly uncomfortable.{{Ref/Reuse|tml307}} Despite this, Henry was still fond of Rimmer and was enraged when he was killed.{{Ref/Reuse|tml337}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:TML_Characters_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the characters from ''The Mona Lisa'', with Rimmer pictured in the top-right.
</gallery>

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

==Sources==
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