Maya Vono

"Time to fly boys!"

- Maya Vono Maya April Vono ( : 66621-99874-MV) was a     in the    and served under Lieutenant Patterson and was a member of the 115th Air Squadron. She enlisted into the in 2557 for being one of the rare Spartan pilots. Maya was placed under the command of Kyle-A245 on Shield Team in late 2558.

Early Years
Born on the colony world Olympus on November 30 2530, Maya was born to a family of Insurrectionist who attacked the hospital Maya was born in, three days after her birth. Maya was taught the Insurrectionist propaganda and became active in Insurgent operations. However, when she was thirteen, Olympus was placed under siege by the Covenant.

While Maya survived, her family did not, making her an orphan. While in the orphanage, Maya swore vengeance against the Covenant and dropped any and all Insurrectionist propaganda taught to her and assisted with the war effort. When Maya turned 18, she attempted to get off world, but failed and so took a job at a local museum on Olympus' moon, Prometheus.

While working at the museum, Maya became a very promenade figure in the industry, eventually getting enough money to get off of Olympus and go to to enlist with the air force, as her mother did before her. Maya soon graduated with top honors and was given the rank of and assigned to the 115th Air Squadron dubbed, Crimson Squad and was given the call sign Crimson-4.

Human-Covenant War
"Copy that, this is Crimson-4, going in on the attack run over."

- Vono to Patterson Crimson Squad was on as it was invaded, making it Vono's first military deployment. The squad piloted during the orbital defense of the planet.