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|homeworld=[[Alluvion]]{{Ref/Site|Id=Dispatch|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/discovery-dispatch-february-21-2019|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Discovery Dispatch - February 21, 2019|D=21|M=02|Y=2019}}{{Ref/Book|Id=EN|Enc22|Page=107}}
|birth=c. [[2526]]<ref group="note">The [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] recruits brought to [[Onyx]] in [[2531]] were generally either four, five, or six years old at the time. Notable exceptions to this rule include [[Jun-A266]], [[Emile-A239]], and [[Carter-A259]], who were seven, eight, and eleven years old then.</ref>
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|hair=Blonde{{Ref/Twitter|Id=Twitter9|ZaraVarin|1170046727618875392|Zara Varin|Quote=She *is* Spartan Hazel <3 Canonically; if she’s ever unhelmeted, it’s Jordan’s face you’ll see :D (Same with Owen/Urbane!)|D=29|M=4|Y=2021}}
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'''Petty Officer Second Class Hazel-A302''' is a [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III commando]] known to be in service with the [[United Nations Space Command]] [[UNSC Armed Forces|Armed Forces]] during [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|the period]] following the [[Human-Covenant War]]'s conclusion.<ref name="OutpostDiscovery"/><ref name="ATNOTUHODE">[https://youtu.be/8K3hG76Ctmo?t=164 '''YouTube''': ''All the News on the Upcoming Halo: Outpost Discovery Experience'']</ref>
'''Hazel-A302''', born '''Hazel Leonidov''',{{Ref/Reuse|EN}} is a [[Spartan-III]] in service with the [[United Nations Space Command]] [[UNSC Armed Forces|Armed Forces]].{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}} Orphaned at a young age, she was trained to be a [[Spartan]] on [[Onyx]] as part of the [[Spartan-III program]]'s [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]] and [[Biological augmentation|biologically augmented]].{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO6}} Hazel was separated from the rest of her company prior to its first deployment in [[2536]] and made one of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s [[Headhunters]].{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}{{Ref/Reuse|HM76}} In late [[2553]] she and another Spartan, [[Owen-B096]], were tasked with delivering the [[artificial intelligence]] [[Gabriela]] to [[Earth]] and assisting with an [[Outpost Discovery]] at major population centers on the planet.{{Ref/Reuse|HLW1}}{{Ref/Reuse|HLW4}}


==Biography==
==Biography==
Hazel was born on the [[Human colonies|colony]] of [[Alluvion]].<ref name="Dispatch"/> As a young child, she was an exceptional athlete and student.<ref name="Dispatch"/> Hazel was eventually orphaned due to [[human|humanity]]'s prolonged [[Human-Covenant War|war]] with the [[Covenant]] and became one of four hundred and ninety-seven such war orphans recruited for the [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|the first company]] of [[Spartan-III]]s.<ref name="Dispatch"/><ref name="HGOO6">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 6''</ref> On [[2531#December|December 27, 2531]] Hazel and the rest of the children were brought to the planet [[Onyx]] in the [[Zeta Doradus system]]. Multiple [[D77-TC Pelican]]s touched down on the parade ground at [[Camp Currahee]] at around 1953 hours to unload the recruits, who streamed out of the dropships at the behest of Senior Chief Petty Officer [[Franklin Mendez]] and were met by [[Lieutenant]] [[Kurt Ambrose]]. When the [[Mjolnir]]-clad [[Spartan-II]] first spoke, his voice carried by the camp's public address system, the children stopped moving and fell silent, amazed by the armored giant. As they crowded before him Kurt offered them the chance to become like him so that they might destroy the Covenant. He noted, however, that only three hundred slots were ultimately available and that the process of determining who would fill that roster would began that night. Mendez then ordered the children back onto the [[Pelican]]s and they each proceeded to shuffle aboard, after only some hesitation. After they were airborne once again each recruit was given a [[Falcon Wing aerial descent unit]] and told to jump from their [[dropship]]'s rear bay if they wanted to be a [[Spartan]]. Following this, those who had jumped were recovered.<ref name="HGOO6"/>
===Early life and training===
{{Main|SPARTAN-III program}}
Hazel Leonidov was born on the [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] of [[Alluvion]] on [[2521#January|January 31, 2521]].{{Ref/Reuse|EN}}{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}} As a young child, she was an exceptional athlete and student.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}} Hazel was eventually orphaned due to [[human]]ity's prolonged [[Human-Covenant War|war]] with the [[Covenant]] and became one of four hundred and ninety-seven such war orphans recruited for the [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|the first company]] of [[Spartan-III]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HGOO6|GoO|Chapter=6}} On [[2532#December|December 27, 2532]] Hazel and the rest of the children were brought to the planet [[Onyx]] in the [[Zeta Doradus system]]. Multiple [[D77-TC Pelican]]s touched down on the parade ground at [[Camp Currahee]] at around 1953 hours to unload the recruits, who streamed out of the dropships at the behest of Senior Chief Petty Officer [[Franklin Mendez]] and were met by [[Lieutenant]] [[Kurt Ambrose]]. When the [[Mjolnir]]-clad [[Spartan-II]] first spoke, his voice carried by the camp's public address system, the children stopped moving and fell silent, amazed by the armored giant. As they crowded before him Kurt offered them the chance to become like him so that they might destroy the Covenant. He noted, however, that only three hundred slots were ultimately available and that the process of determining who would fill that roster would began that night. Mendez then ordered the children back onto the [[Pelican]]s and they each proceeded to shuffle aboard, after only some hesitation. After they were airborne once again each recruit was given a [[Falcon Wing aerial descent unit]] and told to jump from their [[dropship]]'s rear bay if they wanted to be a [[Spartan]]. Following this, those who had jumped were recovered.{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO6}}


Hazel's innate physical capabilities were greatly enhanced by Spartan [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|augmentations]] and her scholarly abilities bent towards learning the many arts of war.<ref name="Dispatch"/> Alpha Company graduated in [[2536]] and by November of that year the three-hundred selected to form its final incarnation had been selected and deployed.<ref name="HGOO8">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 8''</ref><ref name="WaypointJun-A266">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/jun-a266 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Jun-A266'']</ref> Hazel, however was not numbered among these, her talents having led to her extraction from the larger unit for assignment as an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Headhunters|Headhunter]].<ref name="Dispatch"/> In this capacity she conducted direct action operations against Covenant leaders on occupied planets and destroying critical UNSC information that had fallen into enemy hands.<ref name="Dispatch">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/discovery-dispatch-february-21-2019 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Discovery Dispatch'']</ref>
Alpha Company was trained from that point on by Lieutenant Ambrose and CPO Mendez at the Camp Curahee complex.{{Ref/Book|Id=HOSFM84|OSFM|Page=84}} The regimen mirrored that of the [[Spartan-II]]s', with intensive physical conditioning and education conducted by hand-picked trainers and multiple on-site A.I.s. All training and indoctrination emphasized the significance of achieving objectives at any cost and a willingness to sacrifice for the UNSC.{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}} Hazel's innate physical capabilities were greatly enhanced by Spartan [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|augmentations]], carried out aboard the {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}} in [[2536]], and her scholarly abilities bent towards learning the many arts of war.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}{{Ref/Book|Id=HOSFM85|OSFM|Page=85}}{{Ref/Marketing|Id=BOAS|HR|Birth of a Spartan}} Only around sixty percent of the four hundred and ninety-seven were considered to have been augmented successfully, but this did not automatically disqualify "failures" from being deployed regardless.{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM85}}


After the [[Human-Covenant War|war]] against the [[Covenant]] concluded Hazel spent some time traveling to various major population centers on [[Earth]] alongside another [[Spartan-III]], [[Owen-B096]]. This was done as part of an [[Outpost Discovery]], a mobile exploratory initiative focused on the education, recruitment, inspiration, and training of the next generation of UNSC personnel.<ref name="Dispatch"/>
===Deployment===
Alpha Company graduated in 2536 and by [[2536#October|October 16]] of that year, the three-hundred chosen to form its final incarnation had been selected and deployed to [[Mamore]] for [[Operation: FIREBRAND]].{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HGOO8|GoO|Chapter=8}}{{Ref/Site|Id=WPJun|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/jun-a266|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Jun-A266|D=14|M=05|Y=2021}} There, the Spartans suppressed an anti-[[Unified Earth Government]] [[Mamore insurrections|coup d'état]] which had seized the colony.{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} Over the next nine months Alpha Company undertook nine other missions, including [[Operation: HWACHA]], in which the Spartans distinguished themselves through successful counter-boarding actions as part of a fleet action against the [[Covenant]] in the [[Bonanza asteroid belt]].{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} The [[Far-gone]] colony platforms were also among the locales which the Spartan-IIIs were deployed to during this period.{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} It was in early [[2537]] that they were tasked with [[Battle of New Constantinople|defending]] the colony of [[New Constantinople]] from Covenant attack as part of [[Operation: IRON GREAVE]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc36|Enc09|Page=36}}{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} During this deployment Hazel caught the eye of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]'s advisors.{{Ref/Site|Id=CF106|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/outpost-discoveries|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Outpost Discoveries|D=05|M=11|Y=2019}} Her observed deft and diverse skillset led to her extraction from Alpha Company and conscription into the ranks of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s clandestine [[Headhunters|HEADHUNTERS initiative]].{{Ref/Book|Id=HM76|HM|Page=76}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF106}} Becoming a Headhunter ensured that when all three-hundred of the [[Spartan-III]]s sent to the asteroid [[K7-49]] in late July 2537 for [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]] perished during the resulting battle, Hazel was not numbered among them (her place having been filled by another following her promotion to Headhunter).{{Ref/Reuse|HM76}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF106}} Hazel had only even been considered for inclusion in the HEADHUNTERS initiative because she had previously survived multiple specially assigned training missions.{{Ref/Anthology|Id=HEH|Evo|Headhunters (story)|Headhunters}} For this new role she was put through an additional, grueling training regimen on the far side of Onyx from Camp Curahee.{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} Always as part of a two-Spartan team, she conducted direct action operations against Covenant leaders on occupied planets and destroyed critical UNSC information that had fallen into enemy hands, all whilst outfitted with [[Mjolnir]] armor.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}{{Ref/Reuse|HM76}}{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} Headhunters like Hazel were typically tasked with infiltrating heavily fortified enemy encampments, ships, and operation centers completely undetected.{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} They did so with minimal, mission-specific weaponry and no radio contact or hope for backup or retrieval. Their objectives usually constituted preparation for a larger, full-scale assault on a target or were meant as a decoy and distraction for UNSC operations elsewhere.{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} As a Headhunter Hazel personally racked up over a dozen confirmed kills on high-value Covenant targets and successfully recovered several key classified assets, any one of which might have spelled doom for the [[UNSC]] had they fallen into or remained in enemy hands.{{Ref/Reuse|CF106}}


==Behind the Scenes==
===Outpost Discovery===
Spartan Hazel's existence was revealed through the mention of an exclusive [[Xbox]] avatar costume based on the character that will be provided for those who purchase tickets for ''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''.<ref name="OutpostDiscovery"/>
[[File:HLW OD.PNG|thumb|300px|The outposts Hazel assisted with invited average citizens to explore the legacy of humanity's survival and experience the thrill of being part of the UNSC's first line of defense against whatever threats still lurked in the galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}]]
{{Quote|Gabriela, you are being deployed to Earth, where you will serve as the caretaker of ''Outpost Discovery''. Spartans Owen and Hazel will escort you there.|An ONI officer informs Gabriela of her assignment to work with Hazel and Owen.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HLW4}}
In late [[2553]] she and another [[Spartan-III]], [[Owen-B096]], met with the [[Spartan-II]] [[Linda-058]], the [[Smart AI|volitional]] [[Artificial intelligence|A.I.]] [[Athos]], and an ONI officer.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HLW1|HLW|Issue=1}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=HLW4|HLW|Issue=4}} Linda and Athos had recently returned from a mission in which they had secured another A.I. named [[Gabriela]] thought lost around a year prior during the [[Fall of Reach|Fall]] of [[Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|HLW4}}{{Ref/Comic|Id=HLW3|HLW|Issue=3}} The record of all cataloged human history which Gabriela contained made her unique among A.I.s, so Hazel and Owen were tasked with escorting her to [[Earth]].{{Ref/Reuse|HLW4}}{{Ref/Reuse|HLW3}} There she would assume the role of caretaker for an [[Outpost Discovery]], a mobile exploratory initiative focused on the education, recruitment, inspiration, and training of the next generation of UNSC personnel.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}{{Ref/Reuse|HLW4}} Both Spartans joined her thereafter in assisting with the outposts, which involved traveling to various major population centers on [[humanity]]'s home world and interacting directly with [[civilian]]s in attendance.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}{{Ref/Reuse|HLW4}}{{Ref/Note|''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]'' is canonically set at some point between [[2554]] and [[2557]]. The attraction known as [[The Ring Experience|"The Ring Experience"]] at each ''Outpost Discovery'' location features the exploration of a [[Halo ring]] which cannot be [[Installation 05|Delta]] or [[Gamma Halo]] based on the planet it is shown to orbit, the experience's executive producer, Jason Ambler, believes it is supposed to be [[Installation 07|Zeta Halo]]. If this is the case, ''Outpost Discovery'' cannot be set any earlier than the point in [[2555]] when the [[Zeta Halo project|exploration]] of that installation began. Officially the identity of the installation shown in The Ring Experience is presently undefined by [[343 Industries]]. It should also be noted that the canonical dating of ''Outpost Discovery'' may be able to be further narrowed by a display which claims it is believed [[343 Guilty Spark]] was destroyed in [[2552]]. It was in late [[2555]] that the [[UNSC]] first learned of this [[monitor]]'s survival.}}
 
===Rise of the Banished===
Following the start of the [[Created conflict]], Hazel was assigned the mission to prevent the [[Banished]]'s pillaging of the supply chains that connected colonies in the periphery.{{Ref/Reuse|EN}}
 
==Personal characteristics, armor, and effects==
===Capabilities===
Hazel primarily specializes in direct action and secondarily specializes in intelligence collection.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}} Even as a child she was an exceptional athlete and student.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}} Her innate physical capabilities were greatly enhanced by the streamlined augmentation processes and biochemical enhancements employed by the Spartan-III program.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM85}}
 
===Equipment===
In the months following the conclusion of the war between humanity and the Covenant, Hazel's armor configuration consisted of a [[B-class Mjolnir|Mark V[B]]] up-armored with a [[Armor accessories/Collar#Collar/Breacher|Collar/Breacher]] chest piece and a [[RECON-class Mjolnir|Recon]] helmet up-armored with a [[UA/Type O5]] and equipped with a [[Hardened Uplink|HUL[3] attachment]].{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}} Her left shoulder was protected by a SAP/GND pauldron and her right shoulder by a SAP/RECON one. Her knees were protected by two UA/Type GND.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}} In addition to a [[combat knife]] Hazel has been known to carry an [[M45D shotgun]] or an [[MA5C assault rifle]].{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}{{Ref/Reuse|HLW4}}
 
==Production notes==
{{Quote|Whenever we were designing them we wanted to have two characters that made sense. And we already had ''[[Halo: Battle Born|Battle Born]]'' in the works and there were some other opportunities that you'll just have to wait and see with Hazel potentially.|Zara Varin teases upcoming media releases in which Hazel could appear while also noting that both she and [[Owen-B096]] had been conceived of as characters prior to their inclusion in ''Outpost Discovery''.}}{{Ref/Reuse|SSDTMM}}
By the time it was determined that ''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]'' locations ought to include two individuals dressed as [[Spartan]]s attendees could interact with, Hazel was already a character that had been created for potential inclusion in upcoming fiction.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=SSDTMM|g3Yy8vH8_tI|Halopedia Archives|Social Stream: Discovering the Museum MacGyver|D=28|M=06|Y=2024}} [[343 Industries]] consumer products team artist [[Zara Varin]] did most of the [[Wikipedia:3D|three-dimensional]] designing and construction of the armor to be worn by the person dressed as Hazel. Objectives of the armor's design included having it make sense for the time in which ''Outpost Discovery'' is set as well as representative of armor that would actually be worn by Spartans at [[Outpost Discovery]] locations. In addition, Varin had to consider practical issues for the wearer such as the need for pockets, flexibility, and the ability to sit down while wearing the costume. Varin used assets from ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' alongside those from other projects and some they created themselves specifically for ''Outpost Discovery'' while designing the armor.{{Ref/Reuse|SSDTMM}} Hazel's existence was revealed to fans through the mention of an exclusive [[Xbox]] avatar costume based on the character that is provided for those who purchase tickets for ''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch2}} Her first appearance in ''[[Halo (disambiguation)|Halo]]'' media came in the final panels of ''[[Halo: Lone Wolf]]''{{'}}s [[Halo: Lone Wolf Issue 4|concluding issue]].{{Ref/Reuse|HLW4}}
 
At ''Outpost Discovery'' locations Hazel is embodied by [[Wikipedia:Twitch.tv|Twitch]] streamer [https://www.twitch.tv/Savagegiggles Jordan Price].{{Ref/Twitter|Id=SavageGiggles|1148796380275757056|Jordan Price|Quote=Hello from Hazel-A302! I will be on duty at all @HaloOutpost events, ensuring the safety of guests and recruits as they learn about the history and operations of the UNSC! Also available for photo ops, so be sure to snag one when you see Spartan Owen and I!|D=10|M=07|Y=2019}} 343 Industries decided that Hazel's face would be canonically identical to Price's. The same is true for Owen-B096 and the man who embodied him, [[Wikipedia:Harlem Globetrotters|Harlem globetrotter]] Urbane Bingham.{{Ref/Reuse|Twitter9}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<GALLERY>
<gallery>
File:HazelAvatar.PNG|An Xbox avatar costume of Hazel.
File:LW Debrief.PNG|Hazel and Owen attend the debriefing of Linda-058 and Athos.{{Ref/Reuse|HLW4}}
File:HOD Spartans.jpg|Hazel with Owen
File:HAZEL.png|Hazel-A302
File:HaloOutpostDiscovery Poster.png|This promotional image for ''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]'' may show Spartan Hazel alongside [[Owen-B096]] who is also the basis of an Xbox avatar costume exclusive to the attraction.<ref name="OutpostDiscovery">[https://halooutpostdiscovery.com/ '''Halo: Outpost Discovery''']</ref>
File:HazelAvatar.PNG|All purchasers of ''Outpost Discovery'' tickets received a download code for this [[Xbox]] avatar costume.{{Ref/Site|Id=Dispatch2|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/discovery-dispatch-march-28-2019|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Discovery Dispatch - March 28, 2019|D=28|M=03|Y=2019}}
File:LW Debrief.PNG
File:HOD OwenHazel.jpg|Owen-B096 and Hazel-A302 were available to take pictures with at ''Outpost Discovery''.
File:HLW OD.PNG
File:HOD Owen and Hazel Expanded.jpg|This artwork shows Hazel and her partner, [[Owen-B096]].{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}
</GALLERY>
File:HaloOutpostDiscovery Poster.png|Hazel is featured in this promotional image for ''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''.
File:HLW ODE.jpg|Hazel is featured on the cover of a hardcover collection of ''Halo: Lone Wolf'' issues exclusive to ''Halo: Outpost Discovery''.
File:HOD Tshirt.jpg|Hazel appears on this T-shirt, exclusive to the ''Outpost Discovery'' experience.
File:HazelLive.PNG|Hazel at ''Halo: Outpost Discovery''.
File:HOD Hazel BTS SavageGiggles.png|A behind the scenes look at Hazel at ''Halo: Outpost Discovery''.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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Hazel-A302
An illustration of Hazel-A302.
Biographical information

Homeworld:

Alluvion[1][2]

Born:

January 31, 2521[2]

Personal details

Species:

Human[1]

Gender:

Female[1]

Height:

190.5 centimeters (6 ft 3.0 in)[2]

Weight:

103.9 kilograms (229 lb)[2]

Hair color:

Blonde[3]

Eye color:

Blue[3]

Political and military information

Affiliation:

Rank:

E-5 paygrade (formerly)[1]
Spartan[2]

Service number:

S-A302[1]

 

Hazel-A302, born Hazel Leonidov,[2] is a Spartan-III in service with the United Nations Space Command Armed Forces.[1] Orphaned at a young age, she was trained to be a Spartan on Onyx as part of the Spartan-III program's Alpha Company and biologically augmented.[1][6] Hazel was separated from the rest of her company prior to its first deployment in 2536 and made one of the Office of Naval Intelligence's Headhunters.[1][7] In late 2553 she and another Spartan, Owen-B096, were tasked with delivering the artificial intelligence Gabriela to Earth and assisting with an Outpost Discovery at major population centers on the planet.[8][9]

Biography[edit]

Early life and training[edit]

Main article: SPARTAN-III program

Hazel Leonidov was born on the human colony of Alluvion on January 31, 2521.[2][1] As a young child, she was an exceptional athlete and student.[1] Hazel was eventually orphaned due to humanity's prolonged war with the Covenant and became one of four hundred and ninety-seven such war orphans recruited for the the first company of Spartan-IIIs.[1][6] On December 27, 2532 Hazel and the rest of the children were brought to the planet Onyx in the Zeta Doradus system. Multiple D77-TC Pelicans touched down on the parade ground at Camp Currahee at around 1953 hours to unload the recruits, who streamed out of the dropships at the behest of Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez and were met by Lieutenant Kurt Ambrose. When the Mjolnir-clad Spartan-II first spoke, his voice carried by the camp's public address system, the children stopped moving and fell silent, amazed by the armored giant. As they crowded before him Kurt offered them the chance to become like him so that they might destroy the Covenant. He noted, however, that only three hundred slots were ultimately available and that the process of determining who would fill that roster would began that night. Mendez then ordered the children back onto the Pelicans and they each proceeded to shuffle aboard, after only some hesitation. After they were airborne once again each recruit was given a Falcon Wing aerial descent unit and told to jump from their dropship's rear bay if they wanted to be a Spartan. Following this, those who had jumped were recovered.[6]

Alpha Company was trained from that point on by Lieutenant Ambrose and CPO Mendez at the Camp Curahee complex.[10] The regimen mirrored that of the Spartan-IIs', with intensive physical conditioning and education conducted by hand-picked trainers and multiple on-site A.I.s. All training and indoctrination emphasized the significance of achieving objectives at any cost and a willingness to sacrifice for the UNSC.[10] Hazel's innate physical capabilities were greatly enhanced by Spartan augmentations, carried out aboard the UNSC Hopeful in 2536, and her scholarly abilities bent towards learning the many arts of war.[1][11][12] Only around sixty percent of the four hundred and ninety-seven were considered to have been augmented successfully, but this did not automatically disqualify "failures" from being deployed regardless.[11]

Deployment[edit]

Alpha Company graduated in 2536 and by October 16 of that year, the three-hundred chosen to form its final incarnation had been selected and deployed to Mamore for Operation: FIREBRAND.[10][13][14] There, the Spartans suppressed an anti-Unified Earth Government coup d'état which had seized the colony.[10][13] Over the next nine months Alpha Company undertook nine other missions, including Operation: HWACHA, in which the Spartans distinguished themselves through successful counter-boarding actions as part of a fleet action against the Covenant in the Bonanza asteroid belt.[10][13] The Far-gone colony platforms were also among the locales which the Spartan-IIIs were deployed to during this period.[13] It was in early 2537 that they were tasked with defending the colony of New Constantinople from Covenant attack as part of Operation: IRON GREAVE.[15][10][13] During this deployment Hazel caught the eye of Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb's advisors.[16] Her observed deft and diverse skillset led to her extraction from Alpha Company and conscription into the ranks of the Office of Naval Intelligence's clandestine HEADHUNTERS initiative.[7][16] Becoming a Headhunter ensured that when all three-hundred of the Spartan-IIIs sent to the asteroid K7-49 in late July 2537 for Operation: PROMETHEUS perished during the resulting battle, Hazel was not numbered among them (her place having been filled by another following her promotion to Headhunter).[7][13][16] Hazel had only even been considered for inclusion in the HEADHUNTERS initiative because she had previously survived multiple specially assigned training missions.[17] For this new role she was put through an additional, grueling training regimen on the far side of Onyx from Camp Curahee.[17] Always as part of a two-Spartan team, she conducted direct action operations against Covenant leaders on occupied planets and destroyed critical UNSC information that had fallen into enemy hands, all whilst outfitted with Mjolnir armor.[1][7][17] Headhunters like Hazel were typically tasked with infiltrating heavily fortified enemy encampments, ships, and operation centers completely undetected.[17] They did so with minimal, mission-specific weaponry and no radio contact or hope for backup or retrieval. Their objectives usually constituted preparation for a larger, full-scale assault on a target or were meant as a decoy and distraction for UNSC operations elsewhere.[17] As a Headhunter Hazel personally racked up over a dozen confirmed kills on high-value Covenant targets and successfully recovered several key classified assets, any one of which might have spelled doom for the UNSC had they fallen into or remained in enemy hands.[16]

Outpost Discovery[edit]

The outposts Hazel assisted with invited average citizens to explore the legacy of humanity's survival and experience the thrill of being part of the UNSC's first line of defense against whatever threats still lurked in the galaxy.[1]

"Gabriela, you are being deployed to Earth, where you will serve as the caretaker of Outpost Discovery. Spartans Owen and Hazel will escort you there."
— An ONI officer informs Gabriela of her assignment to work with Hazel and Owen.[9]

In late 2553 she and another Spartan-III, Owen-B096, met with the Spartan-II Linda-058, the volitional A.I. Athos, and an ONI officer.[8][9] Linda and Athos had recently returned from a mission in which they had secured another A.I. named Gabriela thought lost around a year prior during the Fall of Reach.[9][18] The record of all cataloged human history which Gabriela contained made her unique among A.I.s, so Hazel and Owen were tasked with escorting her to Earth.[9][18] There she would assume the role of caretaker for an Outpost Discovery, a mobile exploratory initiative focused on the education, recruitment, inspiration, and training of the next generation of UNSC personnel.[1][9] Both Spartans joined her thereafter in assisting with the outposts, which involved traveling to various major population centers on humanity's home world and interacting directly with civilians in attendance.[1][9][Note 1]

Rise of the Banished[edit]

Following the start of the Created conflict, Hazel was assigned the mission to prevent the Banished's pillaging of the supply chains that connected colonies in the periphery.[2]

Personal characteristics, armor, and effects[edit]

Capabilities[edit]

Hazel primarily specializes in direct action and secondarily specializes in intelligence collection.[1] Even as a child she was an exceptional athlete and student.[1] Her innate physical capabilities were greatly enhanced by the streamlined augmentation processes and biochemical enhancements employed by the Spartan-III program.[1][11]

Equipment[edit]

In the months following the conclusion of the war between humanity and the Covenant, Hazel's armor configuration consisted of a Mark V[B] up-armored with a Collar/Breacher chest piece and a Recon helmet up-armored with a UA/Type O5 and equipped with a HUL[3] attachment.[1] Her left shoulder was protected by a SAP/GND pauldron and her right shoulder by a SAP/RECON one. Her knees were protected by two UA/Type GND.[1] In addition to a combat knife Hazel has been known to carry an M45D shotgun or an MA5C assault rifle.[1][9]

Production notes[edit]

"Whenever we were designing them we wanted to have two characters that made sense. And we already had Battle Born in the works and there were some other opportunities that you'll just have to wait and see with Hazel potentially."
— Zara Varin teases upcoming media releases in which Hazel could appear while also noting that both she and Owen-B096 had been conceived of as characters prior to their inclusion in Outpost Discovery.[19]

By the time it was determined that Halo: Outpost Discovery locations ought to include two individuals dressed as Spartans attendees could interact with, Hazel was already a character that had been created for potential inclusion in upcoming fiction.[19] 343 Industries consumer products team artist Zara Varin did most of the three-dimensional designing and construction of the armor to be worn by the person dressed as Hazel. Objectives of the armor's design included having it make sense for the time in which Outpost Discovery is set as well as representative of armor that would actually be worn by Spartans at Outpost Discovery locations. In addition, Varin had to consider practical issues for the wearer such as the need for pockets, flexibility, and the ability to sit down while wearing the costume. Varin used assets from Halo: Reach alongside those from other projects and some they created themselves specifically for Outpost Discovery while designing the armor.[19] Hazel's existence was revealed to fans through the mention of an exclusive Xbox avatar costume based on the character that is provided for those who purchase tickets for Halo: Outpost Discovery.[20] Her first appearance in Halo media came in the final panels of Halo: Lone Wolf's concluding issue.[9]

At Outpost Discovery locations Hazel is embodied by Twitch streamer Jordan Price.[21] 343 Industries decided that Hazel's face would be canonically identical to Price's. The same is true for Owen-B096 and the man who embodied him, Harlem globetrotter Urbane Bingham.[3]

Gallery[edit]

  • Hazel and Owen attend the debriefing of Linda-058 and Athos.[9]

    Hazel and Owen attend the debriefing of Linda-058 and Athos.[9]

  • Hazel-A302

    Hazel-A302

  • All purchasers of Outpost Discovery tickets received a download code for this Xbox avatar costume.[20]

    All purchasers of Outpost Discovery tickets received a download code for this Xbox avatar costume.[20]

  • Owen-B096 and Hazel-A302 were available to take pictures with at Outpost Discovery.

    Owen-B096 and Hazel-A302 were available to take pictures with at Outpost Discovery.

  • This artwork shows Hazel and her partner, Owen-B096.[1]

    This artwork shows Hazel and her partner, Owen-B096.[1]

  • Hazel is featured in this promotional image for Halo: Outpost Discovery.

    Hazel is featured in this promotional image for Halo: Outpost Discovery.

  • Hazel is featured on the cover of a hardcover collection of Halo: Lone Wolf issues exclusive to Halo: Outpost Discovery.

    Hazel is featured on the cover of a hardcover collection of Halo: Lone Wolf issues exclusive to Halo: Outpost Discovery.

  • Hazel appears on this T-shirt, exclusive to the Outpost Discovery experience.

    Hazel appears on this T-shirt, exclusive to the Outpost Discovery experience.

  • Hazel at Halo: Outpost Discovery.

    Hazel at Halo: Outpost Discovery.

  • A behind the scenes look at Hazel at Halo: Outpost Discovery.

    A behind the scenes look at Hazel at Halo: Outpost Discovery.

List of appearances[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: Outpost Discovery is canonically set at some point between 2554 and 2557. The attraction known as "The Ring Experience" at each Outpost Discovery location features the exploration of a Halo ring which cannot be Delta or Gamma Halo based on the planet it is shown to orbit, the experience's executive producer, Jason Ambler, believes it is supposed to be Zeta Halo. If this is the case, Outpost Discovery cannot be set any earlier than the point in 2555 when the exploration of that installation began. Officially the identity of the installation shown in The Ring Experience is presently undefined by 343 Industries. It should also be noted that the canonical dating of Outpost Discovery may be able to be further narrowed by a display which claims it is believed 343 Guilty Spark was destroyed in 2552. It was in late 2555 that the UNSC first learned of this monitor's survival.

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Halo Waypoint, Discovery Dispatch - February 21, 2019 (Retrieved on Feb 21, 2019) [archive]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 107
  3. ^ a b c Twitter, Zara Varin (@ZaraVarin): "She *is* Spartan Hazel <3 Canonically; if she’s ever unhelmeted, it’s Jordan’s face you’ll see :D (Same with Owen/Urbane!)" (Retrieved on Apr 29, 2021) [archive]
  4. ^ Halo Waypoint, Spartans (Retrieved on Oct 27, 2015) [archive]
  5. ^ Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual, page 33
  6. ^ a b c Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 6
  7. ^ a b c d Halo Mythos, page 76
  8. ^ a b Halo: Lone Wolf, issue 1
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Halo: Lone Wolf, issue 4
  10. ^ a b c d e f Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual, page 84
  11. ^ a b c Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual, page 85
  12. ^ Halo: Reach marketing, Birth of a Spartan
  13. ^ a b c d e f Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 8
  14. ^ Halo Waypoint, Jun-A266 (Retrieved on May 14, 2021) [archive]
  15. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 36
  16. ^ a b c d Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Outpost Discoveries (Retrieved on Nov 5, 2019) [archive]
  17. ^ a b c d e Halo: Evolutions - Headhunters (story), chapter Headhunters
  18. ^ a b Halo: Lone Wolf, issue 3
  19. ^ a b c YouTube - Halopedia Archives, Social Stream: Discovering the Museum MacGyver (Retrieved on Jun 28, 2024)
  20. ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Discovery Dispatch - March 28, 2019 (Retrieved on Mar 28, 2019) [archive]
  21. ^ Twitter, @1148796380275757056: "Hello from Hazel-A302! I will be on duty at all @HaloOutpost events, ensuring the safety of guests and recruits as they learn about the history and operations of the UNSC! Also available for photo ops, so be sure to snag one when you see Spartan Owen and I!" (Retrieved on Jul 10, 2019) Price [archive]

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