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===Alpha Shard===
===Alpha Shard===
Sometime after [[2557#July|July 2557]],<ref name="xbox wire SDCC">[http://news.xbox.com/2014/07/ent-halo-nightfall-sdcc-announcement '''Xbox Wire''': ''SDCC 14: 343 Industries and Scott Free Productions Offer First-Look of Halo: Nightfall'']</ref> the [[City of Sedra]] was attacked by [[terrorism|terrorists]] with a new type of [[biological weapon]]. Macer and the Colonial Guard were forced to work with an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Locke's team|unit]], led by [[Jameson Locke]], to stop the terrorists. During the mission, Macer and the unit traveled to a [[Alpha Shard|partially intact segment]] of [[Installation 04]], which had attempted an emergency [[slipspace]] jump during its [[Battle of Installation 04|destruction]] years prior.<ref name="waypoint">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/halo-nightfall '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Halo: Nightfall description'']</ref>.
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On [[2556|February 7, 2556]], [[Sedra City]] was [[Terrorist attack on Sedra City|attacked]] by [[terrorism|terrorists]] with a new type of [[biological weapon]]. Macer and the Colonial Guard were forced to work with an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Locke's team|unit]], led by [[Jameson Locke]], to stop the terrorists. It was discovered that the bioweapon was created from an element native to [[Alpha Shard]], a partially intact segment of [[Installation 04]], which had attempted an emergency [[slipspace]] jump during its [[Battle of Installation 04|destruction]] years prior. Macer was picked to be part of a team that would travel to the shard, capture the smugglers who mined the element, and destroy the deposits with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]].<ref name="hnf1">'''Halo: Nightfall''', ''Chapter 1''</ref> During the trip to Alpha Shard on a Sedran [[D81-LRT Condor]] dropship, Macer conversed with Lieutenant Commander Locke, who revealed to her that Colonel Aiken was once a [[SPARTAN-II]].<ref name="hnf2">'''Halo: Nightfall''', ''Chapter 2''</ref>


During the aftermath of the mission, Macer and Locke were the sole survivors.
Macer initially copiloted the joint team's Condor during their operations on Alpha Shard, which led to some of the ONI agents calling her a "glorified bus driver". While the ground team were returning to the Condor after capturing the two smugglers who were obtaining the exotic element, a [[Lekgolo]] swarm attacked the Condor. The craft was quickly plunged out of control and Macer was thrown out before the Condor was sent crashing into a distant canyon. Although several Sedrans were killed in the attack, Macer managed to escape along with the other survivors.<ref name="hnf2"/>
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It became apparent that with the Condor out of commission, the smguglers' two-seated {{Class|Bactrian|freighter}} would be their only means of escape, meaning that only two individuals would make it off Alpha Shard. Regardless of this, Aiken maintained that the decision of who would get left behind would be made after the mission was complete. The group then removed their armor to avoid detection by the Lekgolo swarms and moved out toward the Condor's crash site. After they had break to refill on fresh oxygen, the Lekgolo attacked again and Locke's foot became pinned under a rock. Against Colonel Aiken's and Locke's urging to the contrary, Macer rushed to help Locke. She managed to free Locke after sacrificing one of the oxygen packs to distract the Lekgolo and the two successfully reunited with the rest.<ref name="hnf3">'''Halo: Nightfall''', ''Chapter 3''</ref>
 
The group made it to the Condor's crash site after negotiating a cliff, but the ONI team's [[Michael Horrigan]] and [[Gregory Ramos]] betrayed the others, intending to return to the smugglers' tug and use one of the smugglers, [[Arris Le]], to activate the autopilot's biometric scanner.<ref name="hnf4">'''Halo: Nightfall''', ''Chapter 4''</ref> Still intending to finish the mission, Macer, Aiken and Locke made it to the Condor and discovered the craft was still operational enough to make it to the smugglers' tug. However, this required cannibalizing the fuel cell of the HAVOK nuclear warhead, which meant that one of the three would have to remain behind to detonate the nuke. It was determined that Aiken would be the one to stay behind; while it appeared that this was decided by luck, using red and white beads from [[Natalie Aiken|Aiken's daughter's]] necklace, Aiken cheated as he had intended to sacrifice himself all along.<ref name="hnf5">'''Halo: Nightfall''', ''Chapter 5''</ref>
 
Piloted by Macer, the barely flight-capable Condor took her and Locke to the smugglers' freighter. Macer was lightly injured in the crash but with help by Locke, the two made it to the tug and successfully escaped just as Aiken detonated the HAVOK, leaving Macer and Locke as the sole survivors of the mission.<ref name="hnf5"/>


==Personality and traits==
==Personality and traits==
Macer is curious, intelligent and resourceful. She also possesses an innate talent as a [[pilot]], and had an interest in aeronautics and physics at a very young age.<ref name="wp macer"/> Although she is loyal to her commander, [[Randall Aiken]], she is not as resentful to the [[United Nations Space Command]] as most of the Sedran Colonial Guard. She is also noted for her ambition to advance in her military career, viewing the cooperation with Locke's team as an opportunity to prove herself. Although distrustful of Locke at first, she eventually came to trust him over the course of the group's struggle to survive on the Alpha Halo fragment.<ref name="SDCC">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZOLp6pYCE '''YouTube''': ''Halo: Nightfall Panel - SDCC 2014'']</ref>
Macer is curious, intelligent and resourceful. She also possesses an innate talent as a [[pilot]], and had an interest in aeronautics and physics at a very young age.<ref name="wp macer"/> During her service to the Colonial Guard, she became a sort of protégé to the Guard's commander, [[Randall Aiken|Colonel Randall Aiken]]. While loyal to Aiken and her homeworld, she is not as resentful to the [[United Nations Space Command]] as most of the Sedran Colonial Guard. She is also noted for her ambition to advance in her military career, viewing the cooperation with Locke's team as an opportunity to prove herself. Although distrustful of Locke at first, she eventually came to trust him over the course of the group's struggle to survive on the Alpha Halo fragment.<ref name="SDCC">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZOLp6pYCE '''YouTube''': ''Halo: Nightfall Panel - SDCC 2014'']</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Macer is the female lead in ''[[Halo: Nightfall]]'' in which she is portrayed by English actress [[Wikipedia:Christina Chong|Christina Chong]].<ref>[http://upandcomers.net/2014/07/09/christina-chong-lands-female-lead-halo-nightfall/ '''Up & Comers''': ''Christina Chong Lands Female Lead in Digital Feature ‘Halo: Nightfall’'']</ref><ref name="waypoint"/>
*Macer is the female lead in ''[[Halo: Nightfall]]'' in which she is portrayed by English actress [[Wikipedia:Christina Chong|Christina Chong]].<ref>[http://upandcomers.net/2014/07/09/christina-chong-lands-female-lead-halo-nightfall/ '''Up & Comers''': ''Christina Chong Lands Female Lead in Digital Feature ‘Halo: Nightfall’'']</ref><ref name="waypoint"/>
*Her [[blood]] type is AB+.<ref name="waypoint"/>
*Her [[blood]] type is AB+.<ref name="waypoint">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/halo-nightfall '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Halo: Nightfall description'']</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==