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{{Status|Canon}}
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{{Outdated|[[Halo: Retribution]] ''and'' [[Halo: Divine Wind]]}}
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**[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
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{{Quote|I don't chase phantoms, Major Halal. I catch killers. Quite a lot of them, actually.|Lopis in reply to [[Ira Halal|Major Ira Halal]] during her investigation of the murders in the [[Montero Cave System]]<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 9'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}}
{{Quote|I don't chase phantoms, Major Halal. I catch killers. Quite a lot of them, actually.|Lopis in reply to [[Ira Halal|Major Ira Halal]] during her investigation of the murders in the [[Montero Cave System]]<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 9'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}}
'''Veta Lopis''' is an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] agent who formerly served as a [[special inspector]] of the [[Gao Ministry of Protection|Ministry of Protection]] on planet [[Gao]].<ref name="hll">'''[[Halo: Last Light]]'''</ref><ref name="Azure Noir">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-azure-noir '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Azure Noir'']</ref> Following [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE]] in [[2553#July|July 2553]], she defected from the Ministry of Protection to the [[United Nations Space Command]], having become a fugitive on her homeworld, now leading an ONI [[Ferret|Ferret Team]] comprising [[Ash-G099]], [[Olivia-G291]] and [[Mark-G313]]. Lopis was given the sarcastic nickname '''"Mom"''' by the trio due to her protectiveness toward them.{{Ref/Reuse|ant}}
'''Lieutenant Veta Lopis''' is an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] agent who formerly served as a [[special inspector]] of the [[Gao Ministry of Protection|Ministry of Protection]] on planet [[Gao]].<ref name="hll">'''[[Halo: Last Light]]'''</ref><ref name="Azure Noir">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-azure-noir '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Azure Noir'']</ref> Following [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE]] in [[2553#July|July 2553]], she defected from the Ministry of Protection to the [[United Nations Space Command]], having become a fugitive on her homeworld, now leading an ONI [[Ferret|Ferret Team]] comprising [[Ash-G099]], [[Olivia-G291]] and [[Mark-G313]]. Lopis was given the sarcastic nickname '''"Mom"''' by the trio due to her protectiveness toward them.{{Ref/Reuse|ant}}


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
===Early life===
Veta Lopis was born on [[2520#May|May 7, 2520]] on the [[Outer Colonies|Outer Colony]] of [[Gao]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P111}} When she was seventeen years old, she was kidnapped and endured abuse in a small stone cellar for three weeks. She eventually escaped by breaking out and killing her captor with a rock, only to learn that her father had died of grief while she was gone.{{Ref/Novel|LL|Page=123}} This traumatic experience instilled in her the desire to see injustice of any kind met with strict retribution and so she enrolled at the [[Avelos Academy]] to study criminal investigation and become a homicide investigator.{{Ref/Novel|Ret|Chapter=23}} Since the age of 20,{{Ref/Novel|LL|Page=284}} Lopis took down multiple hardened killers, and had become Gao's top homicide investigator by her early 30s.{{Ref/Reuse|ant}} Many of her childhood attitudes towards the UNSC were formed by the yearlong ordeal of the [[Blockade of Gao]].{{Ref/Novel|DW|Page=356}}
Veta Lopis was born on [[Gao]] at some point between [[2520]] and [[2521]].{{Ref/Reuse|VetaAge}}{{Ref/Reuse|Ethirties}} When she was seventeen years old, she was kidnapped and endured abuse in a small stone cellar for three weeks. She eventually escaped by breaking out and killing her captor with a rock, only to learn that her father had died of grief while she was gone.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 123'' (Google Play edition)</ref> This traumatic experience instilled in her the desire to see injustice of any kind met with strict retribution and so she enrolled at the [[Avelos Academy]] to study criminal investigation and become a homicide investigator.<ref>''[[Halo: Retribution]]'', ''Chapter 23''</ref> Since the age of 20,<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 284'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Lopis took down multiple hardened killers, and had become Gao's top homicide investigator by her early 30s.{{Ref/Reuse|ant}}


Veta's mother died around [[2551]].{{Ref/Novel|LL|Page=365}} Her closest surviving family included two aunts and six cousins, all of whom lived on Gao, as of [[2553]].{{Ref/Novel|LL|Page=373-375}}
Veta's mother died around [[2551]].<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 365'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Her closest surviving family included two aunts and six cousins, all of whom lived on Gao, as of [[2553]].<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 373-375'' (Google Play edition)</ref>


===Crisis on Gao===
===Crisis on Gao===
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In [[2553#May|May 2553]], the UNSC's [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion]] arrived on Gao in search of a [[Forerunner]] [[ancilla]] in the [[Montero Cave System]]; however, the UNSC did not reveal their mission's goal to the Gaos, much to the fiercely independence-minded colonials' chagrin. The situation escalated when the ancilla, [[Intrepid Eye]], began covertly murdering Gao citizens in the Montero Cave System in order to create discord between Gao's citizens and the UNSC. With many Gaos already accusing the UNSC for the murders, the [[Gao Ministry of Protection]] dispatched Lopis and her team to find the killer on [[2553#July|July 2, 2553]]. In addition to her investigation, she was to covertly glean information on the UNSC's classified activities on Gao and report her findings to her superior, [[Minister of Protection]] [[Arlo Casille]].{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}
In [[2553#May|May 2553]], the UNSC's [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion]] arrived on Gao in search of a [[Forerunner]] [[ancilla]] in the [[Montero Cave System]]; however, the UNSC did not reveal their mission's goal to the Gaos, much to the fiercely independence-minded colonials' chagrin. The situation escalated when the ancilla, [[Intrepid Eye]], began covertly murdering Gao citizens in the Montero Cave System in order to create discord between Gao's citizens and the UNSC. With many Gaos already accusing the UNSC for the murders, the [[Gao Ministry of Protection]] dispatched Lopis and her team to find the killer on [[2553#July|July 2, 2553]]. In addition to her investigation, she was to covertly glean information on the UNSC's classified activities on Gao and report her findings to her superior, [[Minister of Protection]] [[Arlo Casille]].{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}


Lopis could not carry out her investigation entirely unhindered, with [[Major]] [[Ira Halal]] of the [[UNSC Judge Advocate General's Corps]] intent on ensuring she did not incriminate the UNSC unfairly and [[Lieutenant, Junior Grade]] [[Frederic-104]] of [[Spartan]] [[Blue Team]] reluctant to reveal classified information, despite the battalion's [[commanding officer]], [[Commander]] [[Murtag Nelson]], ordering the Spartan to cooperate with her. Due to the brutal nature of the killings—which would have required enormous brute strength—as well as Fred's secretive behavior and Lopis' ingrained dislike and distrust of the Spartans, she initially believed the murderer to be one of the supersoldiers.{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}
Lopis could not carry out her investigation entirely unhindered, with [[Major]] [[Ira Halal]] of the [[UNSC Judge Advocate General's Corps]] intent on ensuring she did not incriminate the UNSC unfairly and [[Lieutenant]] [[Frederic-104]] of [[Spartan]] [[Blue Team]] reluctant to reveal classified information, despite the battalion's [[commanding officer]], [[Commander]] [[Murtag Nelson]], ordering the Spartan to cooperate with her. Due to the brutal nature of the killings—which would have required enormous brute strength—as well as Fred's secretive behavior and Lopis' ingrained dislike and distrust of the Spartans, she initially believed the murderer to be one of the supersoldiers.{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}


====The caves====
====The caves====
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====Escape from Gao====
====Escape from Gao====
{{Quote|multi=yes|q1=And you want me to do what, exactly? Play the den mother?|Lopis|q2=Hell, no. Well... maybe sometimes. But what we really want you to do is lead the team and run the investigations.|Osman|Lopis and Serin Osman on the formation of the Ferret Team.{{Ref/Reuse|ll28}}}}
{{Quote|multi=yes|q1=And you want me to do what, exactly? Play the den mother?|Lopis|q2=Hell, no. Well... maybe sometimes. But what we really want you to do is lead the team and run the investigations.|Osman|Lopis and Serin Osman on the formation of the Ferret Team.{{Ref/Reuse|ll28}}}}
While the 717th prepared to evacuate, Arlo Casille, who had recently been elected [[President of Gao]], sent [[Gao Republic]]'s military to forcefully remove the UNSC from the planet. Lopis, Fred, Ash, Olivia and Roams Alone escaped pursuing Gao [[MV-29 Wyvern]]s and [[Gao battle-jumpers|battle-jumpers]] through the jungle in a Warthog to regroup with the rest of Blue Team, having retrieved Wendell's [[data crystal chip]]—now covertly housing Intrepid Eye—and a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]. Lopis having now concluded that the murderer was in fact Intrepid Eye in light of the events in the support module, she attempted to explain to the Spartans that they could no longer trust Wendell; this was too late, however, as Intrepid Eye took control of Fred's armor through Wendell's data chip and attempted to kill Lopis. However, she was able to detonate the explosive she had placed in the armor earlier, powering down the armor.{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}
While the 717th prepared to evacuate, Arlo Casille, who had recently been elected [[President of Gao]], sent [[Gao Republic]]'s military to forcefully remove the UNSC from the planet. Lopis, Fred, Ash, Olivia and Roams Alone escaped pursuing Gao [[Wyvern]]s and [[Gao battle-jumpers|battle-jumpers]] through the jungle in a Warthog to regroup with the rest of Blue Team, having retrieved Wendell's [[data crystal chip]]—now covertly housing Intrepid Eye—and a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]. Lopis having now concluded that the murderer was in fact Intrepid Eye in light of the events in the support module, she attempted to explain to the Spartans that they could no longer trust Wendell; this was too late, however, as Intrepid Eye took control of Fred's armor through Wendell's data chip and attempted to kill Lopis. However, she was able to detonate the explosive she had placed in the armor earlier, powering down the armor.{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}


Blue Team eventually regrouped and headed toward the [[Well of Echoes]] in Warthogs, with the goal of destroying the Forerunner base below with the HAVOK. On the way, Lopis received a call from Casille, who attempted to convince her to reveal her position to the Wyverns, ostensibly believing the inspector was the Spartans' hostage. However, Lopis realized Casille knew she had sided with the UNSC and was merely attempting to eliminate her. As such, she deceived Casille into believing that she and Blue Team were traveling to the nearby [[Singing Grottos]], causing most of the Wyverns to change course. The group arrived at the Well of Echoes where they boarded the [[D102 Owl]] insertion craft ''[[UNSC Silent Claw|Silent Claw]]''. On board, Lopis was greeted by [[Serin Osman|Rear Admiral Serin Osman]], who offered her opportunity to place Intrepid Eye's data chip on the HAVOK nuke before it was deployed to make Intrepid Eye face justice for her crimes, but Lopis realized that ONI would never allow the ancilla to be destroyed and as such denied Osman's offer. Mark dropped the HAVOK into the Well of Echoes, destroying the Forerunner base as the Owl headed to rendezvous with [[Tuwa|Admiral Tuwa]]'s [[battle group]].{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}
Blue Team eventually regrouped and headed toward the [[Well of Echoes]] in Warthogs, with the goal of destroying the Forerunner base below with the HAVOK. On the way, Lopis received a call from Casille, who attempted to convince her to reveal her position to the Wyverns, ostensibly believing the inspector was the Spartans' hostage. However, Lopis realized Casille knew she had sided with the UNSC and was merely attempting to eliminate her. As such, she deceived Casille into believing that she and Blue Team were traveling to the nearby [[Singing Grottos]], causing most of the Wyverns to change course. The group arrived at the Well of Echoes where they boarded the [[Owl]] insertion craft ''[[UNSC Silent Claw|Silent Claw]]''. On board, Lopis was greeted by [[Serin Osman|Rear Admiral Serin Osman]], who offered her opportunity to place Intrepid Eye's data chip on the HAVOK nuke before it was deployed to make Intrepid Eye face justice for her crimes, but Lopis realized that ONI would never allow the ancilla to be destroyed and as such denied Osman's offer. Mark dropped the HAVOK into the Well of Echoes, destroying the Forerunner base as the Owl headed to rendezvous with [[Tuwa|Admiral Tuwa]]'s [[battle group]].{{Ref/Reuse|hll}}


On the way, Osman revealed that she had been testing Lopis with her offer to destroy Intrepid Eye and that the inspector had passed by seeing through her bluff. Osman offered Lopis a new job within the Office of Naval Intelligence, announcing that Blue Team's Gamma Company Spartans would be reassigned under ONI to prevent their destabilizing augmentations from becoming a public relations hazard; should she accept, Lopis would be leading the three young Spartans in a new "[[Ferret]]" investigative team. Realizing she could not return to Gao and unwilling to let the Gammas fall to ONI's clutches without her supervision, as well as seeing genuine potential in continuing her former work on a much larger scale than before, Lopis accepted Osman's offer alongside Ash, Olivia, and Mark.<ref name="ll28">'''Halo: Last Light''', Chapter 28, ''pages 330-333'' (Google Play edition)</ref>
On the way, Osman revealed that she had been testing Lopis with her offer to destroy Intrepid Eye and that the inspector had passed by seeing through her bluff. Osman offered Lopis a new job within the Office of Naval Intelligence, announcing that Blue Team's Gamma Company Spartans would be reassigned under ONI to prevent their destabilizing augmentations from becoming a public relations hazard; should she accept, Lopis would be leading the three young Spartans in a new "[[Ferret]]" investigative team. Realizing she could not return to Gao and unwilling to let the Gammas fall to ONI's clutches without her supervision, as well as seeing genuine potential in continuing her former work on a much larger scale than before, Lopis accepted Osman's offer alongside Ash, Olivia, and Mark.<ref name="ll28">'''Halo: Last Light''', Chapter 28, ''pages 330-333'' (Google Play edition)</ref>
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===ONI career===
===ONI career===
[[File:Veta SPI.png|thumb|250px|Lopis, in [[SPI armor]], on the surface of [[Meridian]] alongside Castor.]]
[[File:Veta SPI.png|thumb|250px|Lopis, in [[SPI armor]], on the surface of [[Meridian]] alongside Castor.]]
In the following months, Lopis, Ash, Olivia, and Mark underwent an extensive ONI training regimen, with Veta's training including twice-weekly close-assault drills to prepare her for intense combat. During this time, they visited multiple [[Human colonies|colonies]], rarely staying in one place for long; at one point they were stationed on [[Jastolo]].<ref name="ant">'''Halo: Fractures''', "A Necessary Truth"</ref> They primarily operated out of the ONI reservation known as the [[Mill]].{{Ref/Twitter|TDenningauthor|895332266074820608|Troy Denning|Y=2020|M=10|D=29}}<ref>''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', ''[[A Necessary Truth]]''</ref> Lopis was given the rank of [[Lieutenant]].{{Ref/Reuse|DWEpilogue}}
In the following months, Lopis, Ash, Olivia, and Mark underwent an extensive ONI training regimen, with Veta's training including twice-weekly close-assault drills to prepare her for intense combat. During this time, they visited multiple [[Human colonies|colonies]], rarely staying in one place for long; at one point they were stationed on [[Jastolo]].<ref name="ant">'''Halo: Fractures''', "A Necessary Truth"</ref> They primarily operated out of the ONI reservation known as the [[Mill]].{{Ref/Twitter|TDenningauthor|895332266074820608|Troy Denning|Y=2020|M=10|D=29}}<ref>''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', ''[[A Necessary Truth]]''</ref>


====Neos Atlantis====
====Neos Atlantis====
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====Infiltrating the Keepers====
====Infiltrating the Keepers====
[[File:HDW VetaLopis.png|thumb|During their infiltration of the Humans of the Joyous Journey, Veta Lopis adopted the distinctive hairstyles adorned by the cult.]]
[[File:HDW VetaLopis.png|thumb|right|During their infiltration of the Humans of the Joyous Journey, Veta Lopis adopted the distinctive hairstyles adorned by the cult.]]
{{Main|Keepers Eradication Campaign}}
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In [[2557]], ONI sent the [[Ferret]]s undercover to infiltrate the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]]. By joining an allied doomsday cult, the [[Humans of the Joyous Journey]], the Ferrets were successfully able to penetrate the Keepers and spent eight months gathering intelligence on the faction and relaying it to ONI.
 
Eight months after the Ferrets infiltrated the Keepers, ONI put the intelligence that had been gathered to use and began a massive campaign to eradicate the Keepers. The campaign was highly successful, killing about 15,000 Keepers. As a result, the Keepers of the One Freedom were left decimated with less than a hundred members left.{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW1|DW|Chapter=1}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW11|DW|Chapter=11}}
 
Much to everyone's surprise, the campaign had an unexpected effect: [[Castor]] sought refuge with the [[Banished]], forming an alliance with the much larger ex-Covenant faction. Although the Ferrets mission was originally supposed to end once the campaign was over, ONI ordered them to remain undercover in the hopes of getting a shot at assassinating [[Atriox]], the leader of the Banished. However, Atriox [[Second Ark Conflict|vanished]] with his [[flagship]] the {{Class|CAS|assault carrier}} ''[[Enduring Conviction]]'' soon after and the galaxy fell under [[Created conflict|the control]] of [[Cortana]].{{Ref/Reuse|DW1}}


====Operation: WOLFE====
====Operation: WOLFE====
{{Main|Operation: WOLFE}}
{{Main|Operation: WOLFE}}
In [[2559#October|October 2559]], during [[Operation: WOLFE]], Lopis unexpectedly appears to [[Fred-104]], surprising him as the [[Ferret]]s have been [[missing in action]] for more than two years and presumed dead. In reality, they have been working undercover amongst the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] and help them to locate the [[Menachite portal complex]] on [[Reach]]. Lopis hands Fred a message capsule and orders to him to leave immediately, firing her M7 so close above his head that Fred isn't sure if she missed on purpose or not. Calling Fred a Demon and yelling at him to begone at the top of her lungs, Lopis fires another salvo at Fred's feet. Though confused, Fred runs off, deciding that whatever Lopis is doing, he isn't helping her by sticking around and asking a bunch of dumb questions. After a [[slipspace portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] is opened, the Ferrets provide [[Castor]] with cover from [[Atriox]] and join him in traveling to the Ark on a [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Lich]], ostensibly to start the Great Journey.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Chapter 21|SoR|Chapter=21}}
In [[2559#October|October 2559]], during [[Operation: WOLFE]], Lopis unexpectedly appears to [[Fred-104]], surprising him as the [[Ferret]]s have been [[missing in action]] for more than two years and presumed dead. In reality, they have been working undercover amongst the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] and help them to locate the [[Menachite portal complex]] on [[Reach]]. Lopis hands Fred a message capsule and orders to him to leave immediately, firing her M7 so close above his head that Fred isn't sure if she missed on purpose or not. Calling Fred a Demon and yelling at him to begone at the top of her lungs, Lopis fires another salvo at Fred's feet. Though confused, Fred runs off, deciding that whatever Lopis is doing, he isn't helping her by sticking around and asking a bunch of dumb questions. After the Ferrets help open a [[slipspace portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] as [[Reclaimer]]s, they provide [[Castor]] with cover from [[Atriox]] and join him in traveling to the Ark on a [[Banished Lich]], ostensibly to start the Great Journey.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Chapter 21|HSoR|Chapter=21}}


Upon returning to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, Fred gives the message to Captain [[Veronica Dare]] and reports that the Ferrets are following the Keepers of the One Freedom through the slipspace portal over Reach to the Ark, Atriox's return is expected and the Keepers intend to initiate the Great Journey. Dare admits that its incredible that the Ferrets are still out there and Fred questions if she really didn't know. Dare states that even when ONI was whole, she wasn't read into every operation and Ferret operations were highly compartmentalized. Dare promises to pass along anything that she hears about the team and allows Fred to keep the top third of the message which is implied to be personal in nature, [[John-117]] noting how close Lopis and Fred had become before her disappearance.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epilogue|SoR|Chapter=Epilogue}} Lopis' personal message to Fred was intended to help him sort out her disappearance and why she hadn't been able to warn him beforehand.{{Ref/Novel|Id=DWEpilogue|DW|Chapter=Epilogue}}
Upon returning to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, Fred gives the message to Captain [[Veronica Dare]] and reports that the Ferrets are following the Keepers of the One Freedom through the slipspace portal over Reach to the Ark, Atriox's return is expected and the Keepers intend to initiate the Great Journey. Dare admits that its incredible that the Ferrets are still out there and Fred questions if she really didn't know. Dare states that even when ONI was whole, she wasn't read into every operation and Ferret operations were highly compartmentalized. Dare promises to pass along anything that she hears about the team and allows Fred to keep the top third of the message which is implied to be personal in nature, [[John-117]] noting how close Lopis and Fred had become before her disappearance.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epilogue|HSoR|Chapter=Epilogue}} Lopis' personal message to Fred was intended to help him sort out her disappearance and why she hadn't been able to warn him beforehand.{{Ref/Novel|Id=DWEpilogue|DW|Chapter=Epilogue}}


====Battle on the Ark====
====Battle on the Ark====
{{Main|Second Ark Conflict|Battle of Epsilon Clarion}}
{{Main|Second Ark Conflict}}
After arriving on the Ark, Lopis and the [[Ferret]]s become caught up in [[Castor]]'s mission to fire the [[Halo Array]], complicated by his alliance with [[Prelate]] [[Dhas Bhasvod]]'s faction of [[Dhas Bhasvod's Covenant]] and the return of their old enemy, [[Intrepid Eye]]. The [[Forerunner]] [[archeon-class ancilla]] exposes their status as spies after using Lopis to activate a [[Cartographer#Installation 00|Cartographer]] and locate [[Epsilon Clarion]]. Lopis and the Ferrets make contact with forces from the long-lost {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} who aid them in combating the Keepers and the Covenant. After learning the truth about Halo from Lopis and Intrepid Eye, Castor abandons his mission and the ''Spirit of Fire'' destroys both Epsilon Clarion and Intrepid Eye with an [[orbital bombardment]] of [[EMP]] [[MAC]] rounds on Lopis' order. Lopis and the Ferrets are rescued by [[Red Team]], but Mark is killed by Bhasvod while covering their escape.
 
Ten days later, Lopis and the surviving Ferrets, recovering from their injuries, hold a funeral for Mark. Lopis sets aside any animosity towards [[Captain]] [[James Cutter]] over his potential role in the [[Blockade of Gao]] as they are on the same side now. Cutter offers Lopis his sincere condolences over Mark's death and an offer to talk if she ever wants to, something that she appreciates and accepts. Cutter reassures the Ferrets that Intrepid Eye has truly been destroyed this time and offers them the chance to join the crew of the ''Spirit of Fire'' and help in their [[Second Ark Conflict|ongoing conflict]] with the [[Banished]]. Lopis and the other Ferrets, wanting to continue to fight and with no way home, accept Cutter's offer.{{Ref/Novel|DW}}
 
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==Personality and traits==
==Personality and traits==
Lopis is hardened, cynical and dedicated to her work. An exceedingly competent criminal investigator, she is highly observant and intelligent; in the beginning stages of her investigation of the [[Montero Cave System]] murders she managed to trick [[Frederic-104]] into indirectly divulging classified information several times. As a result of the abuse she suffered as a teenager, Lopis developed a rigid and inflexible sense of justice; her personal code dictated that she invariably terminate her suspects once their guilt had been proven, rather than bring them to trial. During her investigation into the murders on Gao, she relentlessly prioritized the apprehension of the killer even when full-blown violence had erupted between the UNSC, the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], and the [[Insurrectionist]]-sympathetic [[Gao Ministry of Protection]]. She even attempted to interrogate [[Intrepid Eye]] while the [[ancilla]] was trying to suffocate her in the [[Portable Spartan Support Module]].
Lopis is hardened, cynical and dedicated to her work. An exceedingly competent criminal investigator, she is highly observant and intelligent; in the beginning stages of her investigation of the [[Montero Cave System]] murders she managed to trick [[Frederic-104]] into indirectly divulging classified information several times. As a result of the abuse she suffered as a teenager, Lopis developed a rigid and inflexible sense of justice; her personal code dictated that she invariably terminate her suspects once their guilt had been proven, rather than bring them to trial. During her investigation into the murders on Gao, she relentlessly prioritized the apprehension of the killer even when full-blown violence had erupted between the UNSC, the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], and the [[Insurrectionist]]-sympathetic [[Gao Ministry of Protection]]. She even attempted to interrogate [[Intrepid Eye]] while the [[ancilla]] was attempting to suffocate her in the [[Portable Spartan Support Module]].


The traumatic experience in her youth also left Veta with, among others, a fear of the smell of tobacco and men touching her hair, as well as a phobia of tight spaces.{{Ref/Novel|LL|Page=19}} Despite these anxiety-inducing fears, Lopis refused to let them hinder her work and often insisted on clambering through the tight spaces herself, though her hesitance was noticeable to the Spartans.{{Ref/Novel|LL|Page=21}} She also remained unable trust anyone enough to engage in physical intimacy after the incident, considering her friend and colleague [[Cirilo]] the "closest thing she had to a lover" but never returning his frequent advances.{{Ref/Novel|LL|Page=93}}
The traumatic experience in her youth also left Veta with, among others, a fear of the smell of tobacco and men touching her hair, as well as a phobia of tight spaces.{{Ref/Novel|LL|Page=19}} Despite these anxiety-inducing fears, Lopis refused to let them hinder her work and often insisted on clambering through the tight spaces herself, though her hesitance was noticeable to the Spartans.{{Ref/Novel|LL|Page=21}} She also remained unable trust anyone enough to engage in physical intimacy after the incident, considering her friend and colleague [[Cirilo]] the "closest thing she had to a lover" but never returning his frequent advances.{{Ref/Novel|LL|Page=93}}
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Following her recruitment into ONI, Lopis was issued a suit of [[Semi-Powered Infiltration armor]], custom-made for her small frame, for use on combat operations. She disliked wearing the suit because of the way it made her look like a [[Spartan]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/TDenningauthor/status/879779858393440256 '''Twitter''': ''Troy Denning status update #879779858393440256'']</ref> She also began using an [[M6C/SOCOM]] [[Suppressor|suppressed]] automatic pistol.{{Ref/Reuse|Know-Scope}}
Following her recruitment into ONI, Lopis was issued a suit of [[Semi-Powered Infiltration armor]], custom-made for her small frame, for use on combat operations. She disliked wearing the suit because of the way it made her look like a [[Spartan]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/TDenningauthor/status/879779858393440256 '''Twitter''': ''Troy Denning status update #879779858393440256'']</ref> She also began using an [[M6C/SOCOM]] [[Suppressor|suppressed]] automatic pistol.{{Ref/Reuse|Know-Scope}}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Veta Lopis.jpg|Veta Lopis as she appears on the cover of ''[[Halo: Last Light]]''.
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==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==

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