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| |homeworld=[[Earth]] | | |name = Rani Sobeck |
| |birth=[[2530]] | | |homeworld = [[Earth]] |
| |death= | | |birth = [[2530]] |
| |causeofdeath= | | |rank = Unknown, Not Civilian |
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| '''Rani Sobeck''' is a [[human]] civilian analyst employed by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. Sobeck was assigned to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section One|Section One]] office aboard [[Chawla Base]] on [[Earth]]. | | '''Rani Sobeck''' is a member of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] stapenis fucker and originally from [[Commonwealth of Kentucky|Kentucky]], of the former [[United States of America]]. |
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| ==Background== | | ==Background== |
| {{main|I Love Bees synopsis}} | | {{main|I Love Bees synopsis}} |
| ===Early life===
| | A 22-year-old |
| A 22 year-old college student from the [[United Republic of North America]] state of [[Kentucky]], Rani was incredibly bright and observant. [[Durga]] stated that the young academic would be a good candidate for ONI's cadre of "brain ninjas"—people used as the basis for a [[Smart AI|volitional artificial intelligence construct]].<ref>[[Axon]] [[Media:ILB Brain ninjas.ogg|ILB Brain ninjas.ogg]]</ref> | |
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| While living in [[Boston]], [[Professor Avi]], Sobeck's cultural anthropology professor, encouraged her to apply at ONI. Although she was accepted, Sobeck initially turned it down in favor of starting a business with her friend [[Trevor]] manufacturing cheap, disposable [[chatter]]s for colonial refugees living on Earth. However, when it became clear that the business would never get off the ground, she accepted ONI's employment.
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| Rani traveled home to Kentucky for her cousin [[Sarah-John Pope|Sarah-John]]'s wedding shortly after being onboarded with ONI. At the wedding, Sobeck met the soon-to-be-drafted [[Nick]]. Although they had initially clashed, Rani and Nick soon reconciled their differences and began a long-distance relationship.
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| ===Office of Naval Intelligence===
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| While working as a low-clearance analyst for [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section One|ONI Section One]] in [[Boston]], URNA, Rani Sobeck encountered a Bill of Laden (a civilian request for transfer of UNSC property) supposedly posted by an evacuee from the [[Glassing|glassed]] colony of [[Troy]]. Determining that the record was fraudulent, Rani quickly discovered that it made reference to [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] stationed on the planet for a covert evacuation. While Rani was back home in Kentucky, her superior, [[Lawson|Mrs. Lawson]], shut down her investigation and warned her not to pursue it any further. A week later, an ONI assassin was shot with a [[Hard sound rifle|hard sound rifle]] attempting to kill Sobeck in her apartment.
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| After the assassination attempt, Sobeck was approached on a train by [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section Zero|ONI Section Zero's]] [[Herzog|Colonel Herzog]]. The colonel revealed that it was his security detail who eliminated her would-be assassin. Herzog then persuaded Sobeck to spy for him to divulge the ongoing research into the [[Deep-Space Artifact]] being held at Chawla Base. Sobeck was approached by [[Joe]] later that day. Joe, an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] on liberty, tried hitting on Sobeck and urged her not to waste time being faithful to her boyfriend Nick with the looming threat of [[Covenant]] invasion.
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| ===Durga's Crew===
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| Sobeck continued her investigation into the Deep-Space Artifact on Chawla Base after the murder of her handler Colonel Herzog. The analyst's operation was discovered by ONI [[Standish|Major Standish]], who temporarily convinced her that she had been misguided by Herzog's paranoid delusions. Shortly after her encounter with Major Standish, [[Jersey Morelli]] and Durga would attempt to recruit the insider Sobeck to aid their team in breaking into Chawla Base. Though initially reluctant, she agreed to their plan to deactivate the [[Forerunner]] device. In deactivating the Deep-Space Artifact, however, the group were aware that it would broadcast the location of Earth to the Covenant, who had long been ignorant to the whereabouts of humanity's homeworld.
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| As the team infiltrated Chawla Base, Sobeck was solely taken into custody by security forces. Following the activation of the Deep-Space Artifact, the AI construct [[Melissa (AI)|Melissa]] was reformed. Melissa, who felt as if she disappointed Sobeck, spoofed her identity to pose as a lawyer and aided in the release of Sobeck from jail, along with [[Sophia Bossedon]] and [[Aiden Maki]].
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| Some time later Sobeck would be approached by a Section Zero recruiter on a train. Sobeck decides she is in too far to back out, and accepts the recruiter's offer to join ONI's internal affairs division. The two ONI personnel then hear air-raid sirens blare throughout the city, announcing the Covenant's [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] were on-course for Earth.
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| ==Production notes==
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| *Rani Sobek was voiced in the 2004 ''[[i love bees]]'' audio drama by actress [[Wikipedia:Olivia Burnette|Olivia Burnette]].
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| *Sobek is the name of an [[Wikipedia:Sobek|Egyptian god]] symbolized by crocodiles.
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| *Dan Price, IT team lead at [[343 Industries]], named their internal AI bot after the ''Halo'' character. AI Rani Sobeck aids Price's IT team in managing the studio's technical support tickets. <ref>[https://news.microsoft.com/life/new-hire-or-new-bot/ '''Microsoft Life''': ''New hire or new bot? He built an AI bot to improve mundane tasks for this team. Would they notice it wasn’t human?'']</ref>
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| *''i love bees'' {{1st}} | | *Sobek, is also the name of an Egyptian god. This may be either ironic or purely coincidental, since Sobek is the god of crocodiles and it's doubtful the creators would name a timid character after such a deity. |
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