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{{Quote|Until we kill Truth, stop the Rings from firing... nothing else matters.|Miranda Keyes, during the [[Battle of Installation 00]]}}

==Biography==

===Early life and military career===

[[File:Young Miranda.png|left|thumb|200px|Dr. Halsey's sketches of a young Miranda.]]

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===Return to Earth===

{{Main|Battle of Kenya}}

[[File:Crow's Nest - Reunion.png|left|thumb|250px|Commander Keyes with Thel 'Vadam, Avery Johnson and the newly retrieved John-117.]]

Upon their return to Earth around November 15, 2552, Keyes took up command at the [[military base|base]] [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]] outside of the town of [[Voi]], near the location of the [[Portal at Voi|supposed Ark]], undergoing excavation.<ref name="lootcrate2">'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Crow's Nest]]''</ref> Truth's [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] arrived two days later, landing directly on the artifact while John-117, who had secretly stowed away during its departure from ''High Charity'', bailed out into the [[Tanzania|Tanzanian]] jungle. Johnson and the Arbiter [[Recovery of John-117|recovered]] the Chief and extracted him back to Crow's Nest, where Keyes detailed her plan to have the Spartan lead an effort to neutralize one of the [[Type-27 Mantis|AA batteries]] defending the excavation site in order to allow [[Battle Group Victory|Lord Hood's ships]] to attack the Dreadnought. However, the base suddenly came under [[Attack on Crow's Nest|heavy Covenant attack]] and as it was overrun, Keyes and the command staff evacuated the wounded Marines and escaped on the last Pelican. A [[Improvised UNSC bomb|large explosive device]] that Keyes ordered left behind was detonated by the Master Chief, destroying a large portion of the attacking Covenant and most of the base itself.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Crow's Nest]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Tsavo Highway]]''</ref> Keyes supported the [[Assault on the Tsavo Highway|offensive towards]] [[Voi]] from Pelican [[Kilo 23]], from which she dropped off supplies for the Master Chief.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Tsavo Highway]]''</ref>

===Battle of Installation 00===

{{Main|Operation: BLIND FAITH}}

Keyes and the rest of the expedition force arrived at the real Ark--[[Installation 00]]--on [[2552#December|December 11]].{{Ref/Reuse|Fortitude}} Although the ''Dawn'' was unable to best [[Truth's fleet]] in direct combat, Miranda was able to fend them off long enough to reach the Ark. During the [[Battle of Installation 00]], she landed troops and large quantities of weaponry and armor on the Ark, largely to supplement John-117's search for the [[Cartographer]] facility. Throughout the battle, she worked with Guilty Spark and 'Vadum to fight off the Covenant forces. Although Guilty Spark wished to find terminals near the core of the installation to aid in the repair of Cortana's storage unit to find the solution to the Flood, Keyes and 'Vadam agreed to focus on eliminating the Prophet of Truth to prevent the firing of the [[Halo Array]].<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref>

[[File:H3 Miranda Keyes Death.png|250px|thumb|right|Miranda Keyes surprised after being shot in her spine as her life quickly fades.]]

Her face is later seen in a photograph on the [[Voi Memorial|Memorial]] to the fallen on a hillside overlooking the Portal to the Ark, near the photograph of Avery Johnson and the service number of Master Chief John-117. Due to her actions during the final months of the [[Human-Covenant War]], she was posthumously awarded the [[UNSC Legion of Honor]].<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Epilogue]]''</ref> Catherine Halsey, despite having been estranged from her daughter, mourned Miranda's death and often cried in her sleep, whispering Miranda's name to herself.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''', ''page 267''</ref>

==Gameplay==

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File:UNSC navy officer uniform.png|Full-body portrait of Miranda Keyes in her UNSC Navy dress uniform in ''Halo 3''.

File:H2-CmdrMirandaKeyes-FullBody.png|Full-body portrait of Miranda Keyes in UNSC Navy dress uniform in ''Halo 2''.

File:H3-Concept-CmdrMirandaKeyes-02.jpg|More concept art of Commander Keyes in uniform in ''Halo 3''.

File:KeyesJohnson.png|Miranda aboard the Cairo, attempting to get back aboard the In Amber Clad.

File:Crow's Nest - Demon.png|Miranda Keyes with Thel 'Vadam and John-117, watching Truth's broadcast before the Covenant infiltration of Crow's Nest.

File:Miranda Memory.jpg|Jacob Keyes' final memory of Miranda before he was fully assimilated by the [[proto-Gravemind]].

File:H2A - GuiltyJohnsonMiranda.png|Miranda with 343 Guilty Spark and Johnson looking at a readout of the primed [[Halo Array]] in [[Installation 05]]'s [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]].

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