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|branch=[[UNSC Navy]]
|branch=[[UNSC Navy]]
|group= [[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Weapons]], [[SPARTAN-II Program]]
|group= [[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Weapons]], [[SPARTAN-II Program]] <small>(former)</small>
|rank=[[Petty Officer Second Class]] or higher<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 99''</ref>
|rank=[[Petty officer second class]] or higher<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 99''</ref>
}}
}}
{{Quote|Once John gets a hold of this armor, we'll all start sleeping a little better at night.|Maria-062}}
{{Quote|Once John gets a hold of this armor, we'll all start sleeping a little better at night.|Maria-062}}
'''Maria-062''' is a [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II supersoldier]]. She claimed that, at some point during the [[Human-Covenant War]], she had retired with the intent of starting a family.<ref>'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', "[[Armor Testing]]", ''page 68''</ref>
'''Maria-062''' is a former [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II supersoldier]]. She retired from the program after failing the [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|augmentation process]], becoming the only SPARTAN-II to do so.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 367''</ref> In spite of the Spartans' reduced sex drive, she intended to start a family as of [[2552#October|October 2552]].<ref>'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', "[[Armor Testing]]", ''page 68''</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Special Warfare Center===
===Special Warfare Center===
Prior to the [[Battle of Earth]] in [[2552#October|October 2552]], Maria tested the new Mark VI MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor in [[Seongnam]], [[United Korea]].
Hours before the [[Covenant]]'s [[Battle of Earth|invasion of Earth]] on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], Maria tested the new [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] in [[Seongnam]], [[United Korea]]. She engaged a squad of [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] from the [[340th ODST Combat Training Unit]] in a mock battle near the [[Special Warfare Center]]. After the exercise, the armor was approved for battle and was delivered to the [[orbital defense platform]] ''[[Cairo Station]]''. There, it was issued to [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]],<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Armory]]''</ref> who would use it to great effect as late as [[2557]].<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''', ''[[Epilogue]]''</ref>
 
She fought against a squad of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s from the [[340th ODST Combat Training Unit]] with [[Tactical Training Round]]s in a mock battle near the [[Special Warfare Center]]. After the exercise, the armor was approved for battle and was delivered to the [[orbital defense platform]] ''[[Cairo Station]]''. There, it was issued to [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]].<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Armory]]''
</ref>
 
==Alleged retirement==
{{Conjecture}}
Prior to the [[Fall of Reach]], one of the SPARTAN-IIs had been wounded too critically to continue active duty.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', page ''240''</ref> It is possible that this wounded Spartan was Maria and that she did not participate in the Fall of Reach, though she may have been sufficiently rehabilitated by October 2552 to test the Mark VI MJOLNIR armor. However, the 'too-wounded' Spartan might have been [[Naomi-010]], who later served in ONI's [[Kilo-Five]] team deployed to [[Sanghelios]].
 
It is far more likely, however, that her retirement, (at least her intent to start a family), was a ruse and that she served with the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] despite no longer actively serving with her fellow SPARTAN-IIs. The only SPARTAN-II who is known to have retired, (as opposed to Maria's unsubstantiated claim), was [[Ralph-303]], who was discharged due to psychological instability and physical problems caused by later augmentation procedures. Following Ralph's precedent, it is also possible that Maria was one of twelve "washouts" who were crippled by the augmentations; [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] was confident that at least some of the "washouts" could be rehabilitated and redeployed, so it is possible that Maria was rehabilitated.
{{Conjecture end}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Spartan-062.jpg|Maria-062 making a sub-orbital jump while testing John-117's Mark VI MJOLNIR armor.
File:Spartan-062.jpg|Maria-062 making a sub-orbital jump while testing John-117's Mark VI MJOLNIR armor
File:Maria Reentry.jpg|Maria in the free-fall burn.
File:Maria Reentry.jpg|Maria in the free-fall burn
File:HGN 1.jpg|Maria-062 prepares to throw a mock grenade.
File:HGN 1.jpg|Maria-062 prepares to throw a mock grenade
File:HGN 3.jpg|Flames flicker about Maria's shields.
File:HGN 3.jpg|Flames flicker about Maria's shields
File:ConceptMaria.jpg|A concept art piece of Maria from the ''Graphic Novel'' drawn by Doug Alexander
File:ConceptMaria.jpg|A concept art piece of Maria from the ''Graphic Novel'' drawn by Doug Alexander
</gallery>
</gallery>

Revision as of 13:34, January 27, 2014

"Maria" redirects here. For other uses of the name, see Maria (disambiguation).

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"Once John gets a hold of this armor, we'll all start sleeping a little better at night."
— Maria-062

Maria-062 is a former SPARTAN-II supersoldier. She retired from the program after failing the augmentation process, becoming the only SPARTAN-II to do so.[1] In spite of the Spartans' reduced sex drive, she intended to start a family as of October 2552.[2]

Biography

Special Warfare Center

Hours before the Covenant's invasion of Earth on October 20, 2552, Maria tested the new Mark VI MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor in Seongnam, United Korea. She engaged a squad of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers from the 340th ODST Combat Training Unit in a mock battle near the Special Warfare Center. After the exercise, the armor was approved for battle and was delivered to the orbital defense platform Cairo Station. There, it was issued to Master Chief Petty Officer John-117,[3] who would use it to great effect as late as 2557.[4]

Trivia

Maria-062 is the first SPARTAN-II whose face was visually depicted in official media.

Gallery

  • Maria-062 making a sub-orbital jump while testing John-117's Mark VI MJOLNIR armor

    Maria-062 making a sub-orbital jump while testing John-117's Mark VI MJOLNIR armor

  • Maria in the free-fall burn

    Maria in the free-fall burn

  • Maria-062 prepares to throw a mock grenade

    Maria-062 prepares to throw a mock grenade

  • Flames flicker about Maria's shields

    Flames flicker about Maria's shields

  • A concept art piece of Maria from the Graphic Novel drawn by Doug Alexander

    A concept art piece of Maria from the Graphic Novel drawn by Doug Alexander


List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: Mortal Dictata, page 367
  2. ^ Halo Graphic Novel, "Armor Testing", page 68
  3. ^ Halo 2, campaign level The Armory
  4. ^ Halo 4, Epilogue

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