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'''Dr. Sandra "Sandy" Katherine Tillson'''{{Ref/Site|Id=TMB|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-the-machine-breaks|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo: The Machine Breaks|D=5|M=9|Y=2024}} ([[Service number|Civilian Consultant Number]]: CC-728304){{Ref/Reuse|VIS}} was an xenoarchaeologist in the employ of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. In [[2557]], she was studying the [[Composer]] at [[Ivanoff Station]].{{Ref/Reuse|H4}}

==Biography==

Sandra Katherine Tillson was born on [[2506|May 14, 2506]], on [[Coral]].{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}} At some point in her life, Tillson studied and earned her doctorate in archaeology in the [[Pegasi Institute]], eventually becoming one of only a handful of experts in the field of Xenoarchaeology. During the [[Human-Covenant War]], Coral would be attacked, forcing Sandra to evacuate to [[Lodestone]]{{Ref/Reuse|TMB}}, where she was then hired by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to conduct research on a number of sites later deemed to be of [[Forerunner]] origin. When [[Installation 03]] was initially discovered, she was one of the first people to be introduced to the research team. This led her to be the one responsible for the discovery of the [[Composer]].{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}}

During the [[Raid on Ivanoff Station]] in July 24, 2557, she assisted in evacuating the station, while [[John-117|Master Chief John-117]] cleared the station of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant]] attackers. Tillson volunteered to stay behind to detonate the [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|HAVOK nukes]] the Chief and Cortana planned to destroy the Composer with. However, she was killed when the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] activated the Composer, digitizing her and everyone aboard Ivanoff Station save the Master Chief.{{Ref/Reuse|H4}}

Tillson's composed mind would be used for the artificial intelligence of '''TDS-009''', a [[Promethean Knight]] in service to [[Jul 'Mdama]] and his [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]]. Following the [[Requiem Campaign]], TDS-009 would take part in the [[Battle of Oban]] as part of the [[Third Dignitary Schema]]. However, during their mission of assaulting a UNSC communications bunker and eliminating the humans within, TDS-009 encounters something that fills it with feelings of revulsion, dread and fear; a small humanoid devoid of facial features and wrapped in flesh that just stands staring at the Promethean Knight. TDS-009 attempts to wait for a directive from the [[Strategos]] on what to do with the being, but nothing comes through. After the battle, as the Third Dignitary Schema are ordered to leave the human bodies to be found, TDS-009 attempts to find the strange humanoid as it wonders why it had not received a directive on it, only to find it gone.{{Ref/Reuse|TMB}}

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File:H4-Tillson-Profile.png|Profile of Sandra Tillson.