Oriana-A058 (TPF)

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"She's a natural leader, you know. One of those who knows how to do it, I'd follow her anywhere. I will tell you one thing, if you told me that she was going to be the leader she is today, I would've laughed at you. She's different than the rest, there are many good ones, but she is a great one."

- Emilia-A049 on her commanding officer.

Oriana-A058 (SPARTAN Tag: A058) (Callsign: Red-One) (Codename: Redfly) is a officer that operated for the, , and currently for the. She was conscripted into Alpha Company where she became the Team Leader of Team Vulture, but shortly pulled out of her team and placed into an elite group. Labeled a Cat-II commando, Oriana received a battlefield and put in command of. She was assigned under the and placed into.

Throughout the, and, , Oriana rose up as an exceptional officer among her comrades. Leading multiple combat operations, pushing to change the tide of the war, and a desire to pursue the enemy, Oriana is known to be an effective officer. Her ability to plan and push the tempo in the field made her one of the more aggressive officers in the Unified Special Warfare Command. By, Oriana continues to operate as the field officer for RED Team where they deploy across the for the UNSC Navy and its  command. She is apart of the Naval's Special Warfare Applications Group which continues to operate.

Early Life
Oriana Lena Osterberg was born to Emilia and Cassandra Osterberg; she was raised on the known as Eridanus II in New Alta. Emilia worked as an accountant while her partner, Cassandra worked as a nurse at New Alta's Central Hospital. Life in Alta was comforting for Oriana; she was raised in a middle-class home where she was able to explore the world she lived on. Along with the birth of Oriana, they adopted a child one year later named Daphne. With her younger sister, Oriana became the older sister that was to protect her younger sister from anything that was going to hurt her. The small city known as New Alta was a breeding ground for prospective children with eager minds. Oriana and her younger sister were welcomed into the community where they were able to pursue anything they wished. Oriana and her sister were brought up with the ability to ask any question they desired an answer for.

From an early age, Oriana was able to travel the safe locations of Eridanus II with her family. The was a growing issue on the colony and restricted the travel of many small towns. Despite being limited at some times, Oriana was able to learn a great deal about the world she lived on. Bringing her younger sister along, Oriana began to protect her whenever they went out together. With Oriana's desire to learn more about rocks, her parents purchased an archeology book with the variety of rocks she was able to collect on the planet. Pursuing her passion for collecting rocks, she convinced her sister to join her, and the two went out rock hunting when they were home. With her sister, Oriana was able to cover more ground. Along with collecting rocks, Oriana started a seashell collection. Her parents often hid seashells in the backyard, which made Oriana spend her time outside looking for the seashells her parents hid.

Enrolled in New Alta's Secondary Academy, Oriana showed her prowess of learning anything put in front of her. Along with her ability to be a successful academic student, Oriana spent time teaching her sister anything she learned. The desire to not let her sister fall behind took center stage when Daphne began to slip back. Oriana took it upon herself to keep her sister close by in case she ever needed help with a problem. At one point, Oriana's parents were called in to discuss Oriana's action for fighting another student. Oriana told her parents they made fun of Daphne and she attacked the girl in defense, she was ultimately suspended for the rest of the day and got ice cream as a reward for sticking up to her sister. Oriana's protective nature only hardened as her sister continued to be a target for bullies, prompting her to hand out a beating that scared away people. It was bound to be tested soon with a much more significant threat that lingered in the sky.

In 2530, Oriana was attending school when the Empire attacked Eridanus II. Several large ships arrived in the atmosphere over Eridanus II, and air vehicles were sent to hunt down the population of the Outer Colony. The United Nations Space Command and Colonial Military Administration prepared to defend the colony while Oriana grabbed her sister, who was walking in a hallway. As Covenant forces deployed on Eridanus II, gunfights broke out, and the small town known as New Alta roared into chaos. People were screaming, fighting their way to safety as Oriana held her sister behind in a door frame. Once seeing the area was safe, Oriana made a run to a shuttle that her teacher told her to run for in the schoolyard. Upon reaching the shuttle, Oriana watched as the door closed, and the shuttle took off. By the time Oriana was able to think about her parents, it was too late. She was clawing at the door of the shuttle, screaming for it to go back and get her parents. A Marine Corps officer was able to settle her down, saying that her parents were waiting for her on the ship.

The parents of Oriana and Daphne never arrived, Oriana continued to question the officer that told her the lie. It was not long before New Alta, and the rest of Eridanus II was by the Covenant Empire. Not long after the attack, Oriana was registered into a Colonial Authority Administration orphanage on. Along with Daphne, Oriana was still determined to find out the fate of her parents. While Oriana continued to pester orphanage staff, they told her answers that led to the same question she was asking. Her parents were alive, Oriana knew and believed that for the longest time. Stuck on New Harmony and in an orphanage, Oriana worked on developing a way to break out of the orphanage with her sister. The plan she devised was going to work due to the success of other orphans escaping, with Daphne ready to go; Oriana hatched her plan to break out of the orphanage to go back home where her parents were waiting. Emilia and Cassandra arrived on, asking where their daughters were; hoping they were still alive after all what had happened.

Not long after the escape from the orphanage, Oriana and Daphne ran the streets of New Harmony stealing food and resting in shelters. They met up with a young group of children that called themselves the Harmony Runners, Oriana joined alongside Daphne, and the two began to work with the same group of children to make a profit as well as obtain basic needs. From 2530 to 2531, Oriana ran the streets of New Harmony, grabbing what she needed to live for her sister. The two took up housing in an abandoned warehouse; the two sisters spent their time planning a way to get off of New Harmony and to another world to try and find their parents. Daphne learned that her parents were on Meridian and informed Oriana of the information, Oriana foiled a plan to get back to her parents. Reaching a terminal, Oriana learned she only had money for one ticket. Deciding to send her younger sister, Oriana told Daphne to find her back at their home on New Harmony. As Daphne left for Meridian, Oriana was picked up by an orphanage and held. Daphne arrived in Meridian, found her parents and told them that they needed to get Oriana who was still trapped on New Harmony because of financial problems. Emilia and Cassandra departed to New Harmony to get their daughter back, just as the sat down with the young Oriana.

The ONI recruiter learned about how Oriana broke out of an orphanage in 2530 and was on the run for one year, living on the streets with her younger sister. Along with that knowledge, Oriana told the recruiter to let her go because she was going back to her parents. As a recruiter for the upcoming ONI project, Oriana was lied to saying that she was going to be brought to Meridian. Her parents were going to wait for her on Meridian, Oriana accepted to the deal and waited for the Recruiter to take her back to her parents. While Oriana waited, the ONI recruiter looked up all the records about Oriana and fabricated them, saying that she died on the day that they met. When the recruiter returned, Oriana left with her to return to Meridian. Upon leaving, Oriana was placed onto an unidentified ship that departed from New Harmony that was going to a far different planet. While Oriana continued to believe that she was being taken home, her parents were given the news that she died. Her parents were heartbroken and angered that the UNSC and CAA had failed to keep track of their daughter.

Oriana arrived onto as a SPARTAN-III program trainee. There, she was stripped of her name, given a SPARTAN tag, and told to fall in line with the rest of the newly created Alpha Company. Learning that she was lied to, Oriana tried to attack the ONI officer that deceived her but was stunned. It did not take her long to figure out that she was not going to see her family for quite some time. Stuck on Onyx and nowhere else to go, Oriana began to prepare herself for the upcoming brutal training she was about to go through. She was categorized as a natural leader and someone able to put up with many issues thrown at her. Due to being in such a large class, Oriana knew that she had to find a way to get out. Her duty to get back to her parents became her set goal, that was before the training ever started for her. By the time her training started, the memories she had held tight became the reason she was going to push through and graduate as one of the 300 SPARTANs in the Alpha Company class.

Initial Training
"Never be late, light, last or, out of uniform."

- SPARTAN-III Alpha Company's Training Manual; Page IV.

With a successful parachute drop under her belt, Oriana joined the First Section of the Alpha Company class. There, she underwent training that pushed her to the limits she never thought were possible. Long runs, physical exercises, academic work, learning how to fight through the pain, and anything else; Oriana pushed herself as far as she could until she told herself to give up. In the following months of 2531 and early days of 2532, Oriana spent the majority of her time taking care of herself. Lessons from, Oriana learned to take care of her feet and mind. The Instructors Oriana was punished by were looking for reasons to wash her out of the class, along with the rest of the candidates. Oriana found herself right in the middle of her Section, not too far behind or ahead. She was able to pace herself to do enough that was not going to end with her getting beaten. Finding a place for her to push her body, yet not exhaust herself made Oriana one of the smarter candidates among her Section. As she continued to progress through her initial training, she started to see candidates disappear. Unknown to where they were going, Oriana did not want to be pulled out and pushed herself harder as her Section grew smaller.

Pushing her way through the variety of training, Oriana saw that she was able to keep up with the top group of her Section. Once the washouts had been determined, the four Sections were placed together and mixed up. Oriana began to work through obstacle courses with a variety of people, the range of each team was extremely inconsistent as the Instructors tried to weed out who were the ones that had displayed natural leadership while others became lone wolfs. Many of the team games they played included Capture the Flag, one that Oriana showcased on-the-fly leadership in. Her desire to win as well as be the decision maker for her makeshift team put her on the radar as a potential leader for a SPARTAN-III fireteam. Going through team-oriented exercises, she displayed her desire to be the first in then the last out. If she felt something was wrong, she pushed ahead to check if the area was secure then ran back to her team to ensure the area was clear for the rest of them to come through. After passing the obstacle course, some SPARTANs continued to wash out while Oriana stayed with her company.

While she was able to showcase her ability as a team leader, Oriana turned her focus to the education she was bound to go through. Standardized testings, oral boards, and, academically challenging tasks were put before her. The academics were there to test how the children were going to react to failure; Oriana responded with frustration and continued to push with frustration. After a time, she began to talk with a candidate who helped her relax her mind when something went wrong. As Oriana pushed her way through the exams, she learned that she was bound to fail in something. The way she reacted was going to dictate what the next decision was going to be. Taking a different approach, Oriana pursued the desire not to achieve her best, but to react the right way to when she did make a mistake. Students continued to washout of the academic testing; she saw people grow far too frustrated at the issues they were having; causing them to fail. While Oriana was able to pass another test put in front of her, she began to wonder what she was going to do next to prove that she was a capable person.

Her final test, a combination of all the training that she had learned and applied it to the various tasks she was ordered to undertake. Starting with an obstacle course, Oriana went through multiple tests that she needed to meet time limits on not to wash out. The criteria included an airborne jump and walking back to the compound along with a hike throughout various zones. Once she passed the first part, she moved onto games that involved capture the flag, running obstacle courses together and, cleaning. During the tests, Oriana was placed into another group that she was not with before and thrived. Finally, she did a test and stood before an oral board that drilled her mentally. They pushed her mind to the limit along with trying to see if she was genuinely SPARTAN material. Once passing all the required tasks, Oriana was granted to go onto Professional Development. Along with her training, Oriana was going to become a SPARTAN Team Leader. She was bound to become one of the elite leaders that were going to push her team into combat wherever she was told to go.

Professional Development
After passing her initial training, Oriana went through Professional Development that was going to shape her into the person she needed to become. Early on, Oriana was selected to become a Team Leader and through a variety of commissioned and noncommissioned courses that shaped her as a team leader. She learned the various ways to use critical thinking, cooperation, and communication to achieve what she needed to do in the field. One primary course she was enrolled to was Advanced Special Operations; Oriana learned the difference between clandestine and covert operations along with the procedures afterward. Being a leader, Oriana knew that she was going to become someone that was bound to motivate other forces to follow her. Aside from leading her team, she learned to put together assault squadrons that conducted reconnaissance alongside her. The leader that Oriana became about due to the variety of training she was told to go through as a child. Her ability to become a learner made her able to develop any skill she had her mind set on.

After her leadership training, Oriana went through a large number of courses that rounded her out as a SPARTAN. She took a Mountain Warfare class that allowed her to navigate through the mountains of various planets she was bound to be deployed onto with her team. Followed with advanced driving, she learned offensive and defensive driving when being pursued by an enemy. Special Reconnaissance taught Oriana how to gain information about an area from a variety of instruments. A Protective Security course that allowed her to know how to handle herself when having to cover an essential person (V.I.P.). Followed with interrogation resistance, Oriana learned how to resist and escape if she was ever to be captured by the enemy. She found the course to be irrelevant because she was never going to be taken, prisoner. Oriana capped off the last of her training with pilot classes; she learned to fly a variety of aircraft that were going to be crucial for both inserting and extracting her team if she was ever to come across such a vehicle.

Oriana went through numerous warfare schools that taught her about various theaters she was going to operate in during her service. She began with Asymmetrical Warfare School (AWS), teaching her about how to operate as an Asymmetrical team in the field of combat. She took a variety of leadership classes within the AWS that helped her lead a team as such throughout an Area of Operation. Once completing the AWS, Oriana went through Urban Warfare School (UWS), where she learned how to navigate through a variety of urban areas during combat situations. She finally finished off her Warfare School training with Unconventional Warfare School (UCWS), Oriana felt it was similar to what she had in AWS, but the emphasis was placed on working with the local populace. Graduating from Warfare School, Oriana was able to be an expert in a variety of theaters we shwas going to be deployed into as an asset for Alpha Company. Cruising through Professional Development, she made a name for herself as a sponge for knowledge. She took in nearly every lesson she was taught by the Instructors and applied them to her work.

Before graduating from Professional Development, Oriana went through a variety of tests that ensured she was ready for the next section of her training. From a leadership test, Oriana had to write out a variety of responses to a situation she was going to be thrust into along with oral exams with psychologists that ensured she had the right leadership qualities. After passing her leadership tests, Oriana went through trials that her designated courses had to ensure she had mastered the skills that had been taught to her through the duration of being a SPARTAN. Placed into real-time scenarios, Oriana was able to display her ability to perform as an elite leader that was able to adapt and improvise during a variety of situations. She concluded with Warfare School testing that ensured she knew how to operate within the settings Oriana was taught in. After passing all of her tests, Oriana was authorized to go through Team Training, where she was going to get her team and prepare for combat exercises. Once in Team Training, Oriana was going to define herself as a SPARTAN team leader and attempt to become the best team in Alpha Company.

Team Training
Assigned to Team Vulture, Oriana became the Team Leader of three other SPARTAN-III special warfare operators. Her team included a sniper and, two assaulters with specialties in Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and, communications. With her team, Oriana was given the team title, Mission Support Site (MSS). Her team was going to act as an Advance Team (AT) that was going to provide Special Reconnaissance and targets for the rest of Alpha Company that planned to assault the designated target. Along with seven other teams, Oriana was selected as one of the many Team Leaders that were going to conduct such missions for Alpha Company. Early on in the Team Training, Team Vulture began with simple activities such as navigating across unknown terrain. Oriana was forced to check her ego at the door, and place her trust in the team she was working with. Other exercises that made Oriana trust her teammates included were Capture the Flag, setting up in a designated position as well as running the Kill House. As the time with the team continued to grow, Oriana began to see that each member was going to contribute to the success of the operation just as much as she did. Only being a leader meant that she was going to carry a lighter load and make the final decision in the field.

After proving that each operator of her team was more than qualified in their field, Team Vulture moved onto their next phase, which included much more rigorous training such as going against other teams. Oriana's trust in her teammates was put to the test due to the unknown factor she was not able to control. After a loss, Oriana began to trust her team, and then the wins started to pile up. From the variety of exercises Oriana and Team Vulture went through, they were able to come in second place after a struggling loss in their first match. Communication and trust became the main emphasis between the team as they operated during the battles against other teams. Oriana displayed her ability to think quickly and react faster to situations compared to other Team Leaders. With the success of the competition, Oriana knew that she was with a successful group of operators that she was able to trust. There was no doubt in her mind that she was going to be successful due to the team's chemistry. As a result, Team Vulture began to emerge as one of the top teams in their group who continued to showcase consistency across the board in all sections of their training.

Finally, in her Team Training, Oriana went through a mock assault on a designated target. She began with infiltrating behind enemy lines with seven other teams that set up in their designated Mission Support Site. Team Vulture was able to confirm the targets they had been told to verify and relayed the information to the assault squadrons. Once the assault squadrons were on the move, Oriana and Team Vulture moved forward as an Advance Team on the target and prepared to engage anyone that the assault squadrons did not catch. While the assault squadron continued to advance, Oriana was able to watch the battle unfold and pushed her team into areas that the assault squadron did not cover. Once the mock assault concluded, Alpha Company was then prepared for their next section of becoming a SPARTAN-III special warfare operator. Team Vulture graduated from Team Training as one of the top teams in the Advance Team squadron, Oriana was also noted for being an exceptional leader during the entire time. Her ability to trust each of her own and then develop herself as a better Team Leader made her catch the attention of a few people. She remained the Team Leader of Team Vulture and graduated with full honors from the first company of the SPARTAN-III program.

Augmentations
Project CHRYSANTHEMUM was the augmentation project that gave Oriana her strength and abilities as a SPARTAN. The augmentation process was said to be successful in all subjects, and Oriana was prepared for her medical procedure. With the drugs she was to be given, Oriana had numerous surgeries scheduled that were to transform her from a girl to a SPARTAN. She saw the augmentation process as a way to produce better results and win compared to her former size, Oriana was more than ready to accept the project. Leaving on a sunny day, Oriana was prepared for the next step in her career, and willing to do anything to win with her team. Arriving on, Oriana was brought into a room, and after laying down, the procedure began for her. The project includes the following drugs:


 * 8942-LQ99 - "carbide ceramic ossification catalyst" drug.


 * 88005-MX77 - "fibroid muscular protein complex" drug.


 * 88947-OP24 - "retina-inversion stabilizer" drug.


 * 87556-UD61 - "improved colloidal neural disunification solution" drug.

Stronger, faster, quicker, and deadlier; Oriana transformed into the soldier she needed to become for the UNSC. Her bones became impossible to break, strength was off the charts, eyesight nearly perfect, and she was able to react to a situation faster than she could comprehend. Oriana found herself different, but in the right way. She was glad to hear that the augmentation procedure worked perfectly, and there were no issues with her afterward. Seeing that Oriana was another successful patient, she was moved to surgery where the UNSC continued to be operated on for some time. During the operations, Oriana began to mentally prepare herself for what was next and how she was going to get what she wanted. All of the work put into her was only going to go so far; it was up to Oriana to prove that she was capable of becoming the leader she was trained to become.

Along with becoming a faster SPARTAN, Orian was able to grow dramatically in height and put on considerable weight. Going from a skinny girl to a SPARTAN supersoldier was quickly the most significant difference in her. Originally at roughly five feet and three inches, he grew to six feet and ten inches thanks to the growth hormones and specific genes that allowed her to grow much taller. Samuel also gained weight which fit his new frame. Weighing in at about 100 pounds before, she was able to add about 70 more and then bulk up to about 244 pounds before deploying as a SPARTAN-III. Oriana became one of the tallest outsides of armor; making her a rare outlier for her gender and in Alpha Company. Even though she remained extremely tall and bulked up, Oriana was prepared for her fight wherever she was going to be deployed.

With the rest of her augmentations, Oriana was given a standard neural interface. The standard neural interface allowed Oriana to interface with a variety of tasks without having to use other people. Being apart of a Squadron that forward deploys into combat, Oriana began to feel that the standard neural interface was going to become a valuable asset for telling her where friends and foes are. In between her missions, Oriana tried to tinker with the settings she was given but stopped when her commanding officer ordered her to. In 2553, Oriana was one of the many who received the SPARTAN neural interface after the end of the Human-Covenant War. With the successful upgrade, Oriana was able to have the option to carry a Smart AI during the Post-War Era. Still, Oriana had the abilities she had with the standard neural interface. Once completed with all surgeries, Oriana was sent back down to Onyx and prepared for deployments.

Team Assignment
Team Vulture became one of many Alpha Company fireteams that operated in the Advance Team Squadron. Oriana was known as the Team Leader and Leader of Vulture Element Alpha, where she had a sniper next to her. As the Team Leader for Team Vulture, Oriana was going to work with two other teams from Alpha Company where they conducted similar missions with one another. As an Advance Team, Oriana was designated with gathering as much intelligence on the target that the Assault Squadron was going to assault. Once the Assault Squadron began their engagement, Team Vulture was going to become a Mission Support Site fireteam where they set up final firing positions (FFP) and assist with the assault on the designated target. Her missions were extremely simple and crucial; Oriana needed to be on point during every operation to ensure the success of such an operation. Because Team Vulture was labeled as in the Advance Team Squadron, showcased just how versatile Oriana was as a Team Leader on the ground.

Not long after her graduation, Oriana was given a unique designation known to be Category-II unknown to her knowledge. Lieutenant Commander gave such a designation to Oriana as he watched her training. The Sniper that Oriana was deploying alongside in Vulture Element Alpha was also given the Category-II designation, making Team Vulture one of the unique teams with two Category-II designations within the Team. Others were pulled directly out of Alpha Company that was given the same designation but told that they washed out due to augmentation failures. While Oriana did prove herself throughout the training, Lieutenant Commander Ambrose wanted to see how Oriana was going to perform in the field before he decided to pull her out alongside the sniper. As the talk for Oriana's reassignment continued to dwell, she prepared for her first combat operation alongside Alpha Company. She was found to be both nervous and ready for the battle to come; Operation TRIDENT was soon crafted after the successful graduation. Oriana and Team Vulture were prepared for their first operation where others looked on to see if she was truly ready for what she needed to become.

Operation TRIDENT
The graduation of Alpha Company came in December of 2536 and the first SPARTAN-III company was ready for combat. Colonel and Admiral  looked over the variety of places to send such a company. Immediately, Parangosky wanted to deploy Alpha Company against the Covenant Empire and put a stop to the enemy that was creeping on the edges of the 's. She was met by pressure from Colonel Ackerson, who said that he wanted to have Alpha Company do a mission against the Insurrectionists to get their feet under them. The plan after, Alpha Company was going to deploy against the Covenant Empire until there were no more left. Parangosky decided to bite the bullet and allow Alpha Company to conduct one operation against the Insurrectionists. Parangosky ordered Colonel Ackerson that Alpha Company must perform to prove to her that they were indeed the finest SPARTAN company produced. Colonel Ackerson found a mission on where he saw a perfect opportunity to test his new SPARTAN-III company. Not long after, Operation TRIDENT was authorized, and Alpha Company prepared for their first combat operation.

Oriana joined the rest of Alpha Company and the Advance Team Squadron during a Mission Debriefing that went over their target. An Insurrectionists group known as the Freedom and Liberation Party began to clash with UNSC military forces. The Insurrection group began to deploy guerrilla tactics and bomb essential UNSC facilities that were key to protecting the space surrounding Mamore from a Covenant attack. Multiple targets were laid out for the Advance Team Squadron to conduct special reconnaissance on as well as provide Mission Support Site. From supply warehouses to a Command Base, the work for Alpha Company was laid out for them. With a week's notice before the operation, Oriana began to run drills and do workouts with Team Vulture to prepare herself for the combat she was going to go into. While many SPARTANs spent their time elsewhere, Oriana soaked in every detail of the operation. She read over everything she was handed and prepared alternative missions for anything that were to go wrong. She wanted to prove herself to the Commanding Officers in Alpha Company that her team was full of winners.

Arriving above Mamore, Oriana and Team Vulture climbed into a (LRSOIP) and descended to Mamore. Landing in the Southern Hemisphere, Oriana linked up with the rest of the Team Leaders in the Advance Team Squadron and prepared to move out to her designated location. Reaching her first location, Oriana split Vulture into two Elements to gather the most amount of actionable information. She surveyed an Insurrectionists supply warehouse that carried a variety of ammunition that assisted with the Insurrections bombings on Mamore. Confirming with another Advance Team, Oriana relayed her information back to an assault squadron waiting for action. After a long day of getting good intelligence, Oriana shifted from an Advance Team then turned her location into a Mission Support Site with FFPs. With a green light, nearly 50 Alpha Company SPARTAN-IIIs along with a detachment of EODs, assaulted the area. Amid the action, Oriana spotted for her sniper who was able to tag his first two kills as a SPARTAN. Not long after, Oriana joined the rest of the SPARTANs to conduct Sensitive Site Exploitation where she learned more about a variety of supply bases she just assisted with raiding. Pulling back from the captured supply base, the EOD detachment destroyed all the ordinance while Oriana and the rest of the Advance Team prepared for their next mission.

Working off the information from the Sensitive Site Exploitation, Oriana and Team Vulture began to hammer down on the Insurrection's supply lines. She assisted with multiple assaults on convoys, supply outpost bases, and, anything else she was able to get her hands on. Being one of the first teams on site in an Area of Operation allowed Oriana to see the best idea of assault for the Assault Squadron. Night, morning, evening and, afternoon raids made the group assaulting nearly impossible to predict. Team Vulture distinguished itself as a powerful and reliable team throughout the missions they underwent, Oriana and her team made sure that they were performing at the top of their game at all times. As the supply raids came to a close, Oriana shifted her attention towards a mountain where the Insurrection was hiding out of. With orders from the Office of Naval Intelligence and the Naval Special Warfare Command, Oriana shifted her efforts towards the new objectives. Before conducting missions in the mountains, Oriana was told to capture leadership if she could. Once getting her new set of orders, Oriana and the rest of the group she was working alongside were dropped onto the top of a mountain and began their assault down on the elaborate cave network the enemy had carved out to protect themselves. Despite her size, Oriana prepared alternative ideas for pulling an enemy out.

As the Advance Team Squadron moved their way down the mountain, Oriana worked closely with the Assault Squadron and her EOD technician to flush out the Insurrectionists before they disappeared. The tempo on the mountains began to pick up for Alpha Company, and they dominated the range. Actionable Intelligence was relayed back to the assault teams, and they were able to flush out the enemies before they had a chance to react. Mission after mission, Oriana continued to dominate the field of battle as a Team Leader for Team Vulture. Leaders of the Insurrection were captured as well as valuable data was collected, the mountains became the ally for Alpha Company. Using speed and a fast tempo, the group was able to descend the mountain and crush a sizeable chunk of the Insurrectionists uprising. Due to the many assaults in the past week, the Freedom and Liberation Party began to lock down their locations and prepare for all-out battles between the enemies that were hunting them. After many successful missions on the mountains, Oriana was given another assignment that led her to a vital communication base that the Insurrectionists were using. Once cutting off communications, Oriana knew that it was going to be extremely easy for the rest of the missions conducted by Alpha Company. Only three weeks on Mamore and Alpha Company was showcasing their success as a SPARTAN-III Company. After a day's break, Oriana and Team Vulture prepared to move out towards the Communications Base where they planned to shut it down for good.

Once locating the Communications Base, Oriana learned about the various entrances that were heavily guarded. An assault was going to cost the lives of her fellow SPARTAN-IIIs, and Oriana wanted to create another method of disabling the base. Offering a night operation, Oriana worked with her snipers to see what they were able to do and her options with them. With a sniper strike on the lights, the Assault Squadron was bound to approach without being spotted. A request for more Assault Squadron SPARTANs was put in then granted, bringing up the group from 50 to 60 total. Once the lights were out and the Assault Squadron close, EOD technicians, were going to blow multiple holes in the wall and then an assault was going to commence from many angles. Once the mission began, Oriana watched with her snipers as they took out the lights then protected the EOD technicians. Guards on balconies were engaged, and soon the Communication relay was swarmed with SPARTANs assaulting from all directions. Due to the speed and surprise of the attack, the Insurrectionists were not able to get out a call for help. Once securing the Communications Base, Oriana moved down to conduct Sensitive Site Exploitation while others handled the prisoners for the Office of Naval Intelligence to take.

The Uprising did not last long after the Communications Base was taken out. The rest of Alpha Company continued to swarm and engage anything that affiliated with the Freedom and Liberation Party in the Southern Hemisphere. One month after their deployment, Alpha Company was pulled out of Mamore and had a hugely successful first operation. Colonel James Ackerson reported to Admiral Margaret Parangosky about the success of the operation; he was met with the need to deploy Alpha Company against the Covenant. While Colonel Ackerson worked on the next operation for Alpha Company, Oriana returned to Onyx and went through a variety of psychological exams to ensure she was screwed on the right. Once passing all of her reviews, she joined Team Vulture at a firing range where they continued to work on their marksmanship. Following the success of Operation TRIDENT, Oriana wanted to build off the massive success she had. Team Vulture was proven to be full of winners, and Oriana showcased her ability to be an exceptional leader. As a tradition for Team Vulture, each member underwent a hot wash where they analyzed what they did and how they were going to improve upon it. Once concluding the hot wash, Oriana and Team Vulture moved out to work on what they did not achieve to the best of their ability in the field.

Operation HWACHA
Following the success of Operation TRIDENT, Alpha Company prepared for its operations against the Covenant. Colonel James Ackerson received intelligence from the Office of Naval Intelligence about various Covenant Forward Operating Base (FOB) being set up in the neutral zone of space between the Outer and Inner Colonies. As fears began to spread that the Covenant were going to invade the Inner Colonies, Colonel Ackerson prepared Alpha Company for a variety of missions in the. The Office of Naval Intelligence learned that the Covenant used an array of reactors as well as refineries to fuel their military efforts against Humanity. With the help of the, the Office of Naval Intelligence was able to figure out when the least amount of ships were going to be around the Area of Operation for Alpha Company to conduct their mission. Not long after the planning, Operation HWACHA was approved by Colonel Ackerson and then sent to Alpha Company which had returned to Onyx from a successful Operation HWACHA. Soon, Alpha Company and its SPARTANs were going to put all of their training to the test and stop an enemy that seemed impossible to stop.

Due to the sheer amount of targets in the asteroid belt, Alpha Company was split up into three groups. Oriana and Team Vulture were apart of B Group which was tasked with hitting Covenant plasma refineries across her Area of Operation. During her mission briefing, she was informed to pick a pace and stick to it. Emphasis on the speed allowed Oriana to work effectively and efficiently against a stronger enemy compared to the Insurrectionists. Learning about the Covenant and having a brief experience with them during the Fall of Eridanus II, Oriana was prepared to meet the enemy that had destroyed a significant amount of Outer Colonies. Once getting the notice for the deployment, Oriana and Team Vulture conducted Capability Exercises (CAPEX) which allowed officers to see where teams needed to be moved. As one of the premier Advance Teams from the Squadron, Oriana was known as an excellent leader and someone willing to push the tempo of a mission at the right time. Once leaving Onyx with B Group, Oriana prepared for Operation HWACHA with her team and waited for the green light to deploy.

Launching into the Bonanza asteroid belt with the help of Calypso-class exfiltration crafts. Upon reaching her designated asteroid, Oriana began to conduct reconnaissance against the Covenant and the targets that she needed to confirm. Team Vulture was able to weave their way around a variety of Covenant anti-personnel mines and sensors, giving the Assault Squadron a chance not to be detected before they conducted their assault on the base. Once giving the green light, Oriana moved Team Vulture into an FFP and assisted with the assault on one refinery that the Covenant had held. Due to conducting such an attack while the Covenant was in the middle of traveling allowed Alpha Company to roam freely without getting killed by Covenant starships. Oriana was sure to note the luck on their side and continued to assist with the destruction of the base with the help of EOD technicians. With the destruction of the first base, Oriana knew that their cover was bound to be found and she began to prepare for harder missions against the Covenant. Pushing forward, she began to see more scout patrols and engaged them before they were able to find B Group that was approaching at an alarming rate. Soon enough, refineries began to go up in flames, and the Covenant were scrambling for a response.

Stumbling upon a Covenant Armory, Oriana and Team Vulture were able to assist with a surprise assault on the base. Using false pushes as a means to draw the Covenant away, Oriana and Team Vulture used themselves as bait against the Covenant which allowed the Assault Squadron to make their way into the base with little resistance. Under heavy fire, Oriana moved among the rocks she had and continued to push back the swarming Covenant force long enough for the Assault Squadron to flank behind and wipe them all out. Once the fire from the enemy stopped, Oriana moved from the cover she was in and surveyed as the EOD technicians rigged various areas with explosives. The Armory was soon destroyed after and the arrival of a Covenant starship brought a newfound enemy to the asteroid belt. A Group was closest to the starship when various UNSC starships responded with their own. All Groups were pulled back from their Area of Operation, and soon, other ships were getting too close to the Covenant Starship. On the starship that Oriana was on, Covenant troops began to land on the ship's outer hull. With Team Vulture, Oriana prepared for combat within the ship as Covenant forces attempted to board.

While A Group continued to be extracted, C Group provided the counter-boarding assault against the Covenant forces. B Group provided support and remained as the backup team if C Group were to fail. Once all of A Group was on board, C Group had engaged and repelled the attack against the Covenant's boarding party. As more Covenant starships exited slipspace, the UNSC starships returned to safety. The Bonanza asteroid belt was utterly destroyed due to Alpha's Company to surprise and hit the Covenant before they were able to make a response. The UNSC was in desperate need for stopping the Covenant, and Operation HWACHA proved that Alpha Company was a perfect response to such an enemy. Oriana learned how to adapt on the fly against a powerful enemy as well as take risks when the time called for it. Becoming a bullet fodder for the Covenant, so the Assault Squadron was able to sneak in showcased that Oriana was starting to transform from a good leader and into a great one. With the success of her first Covenant mission, Oriana began her journey back to Onyx where she was going to be met with a mission debriefing meeting, a hotwash and, psychological exams that ensured she was alright.

Following the success of Operation HWACHA, the Office of Naval Intelligence began to predict that the Inner Colonies were going to be hit within months. With the newly informed intelligence, the Office of Naval Intelligence began to work on strengthening forces around the Inner Colonies as well as pull back crucial leaders on the outskirts. In the meantime, Oriana went through numerous psychological exams to ensure that she was mentally capable of operating as the Team Leader for Team Vulture. Once done, she underwent Team Vulture's hotwash, where each member discussed what they needed to improve upon. Colonel Ackerson, as well as Lieutenant Commander Ambrose, was impressed with Alpha Company's ability to give a tactical and strategic defeat to the Covenant. Due to Alpha Company's success against the Covenant, the Office of Naval Intelligence began to find more operations for the SPARTAN-III company to conduct. In a short time, Alpha Company had been active; the Company had started to etch their name in as a significant contributor to stalling the Covenant and their brutal conquest.

Operation MARATHON
Not long after Operation HWACHA, Alpha Company was rotated into another combat deployment with actionable intelligence from the Office of Naval Intelligence. Colonel Ackerson began to see how successful his Alpha Company had become, thus leading him to push the Company onto more missions to protect the Inner Colonies. The began to transmit signals that the Covenant were bound to reach the UNSC habitats, Covenant scout ships were being spotted, and the response weighed in on Alpha Company. As Colonel Ackerson worked with the Office of Naval Intelligence, many senior officers involved with Alpha Company felt that it was wrong to deploy an entire SPARTAN-III company onto the Colony Platforms when the intelligence was not reliable for a full deployment. In the end, Colonel Ackerson authorized the deployment of Alpha Company, and they were shipped off to the Far-Gone Colony Platforms to deal with a prospective Covenant invasion. Frustrations mounted with the authorization of Operation MARATHON due to Colonel Ackerson taking too much of a gamble with a force that was as valuable as Alpha Company. Not long after their protests, Colonel's Ackerson was bound to play into his favor.

Before arriving at the Far-gone colony platforms, Oriana and Team Vulture underwent Platform CAPEX that allowed her to figure out a way to navigate her way around the AO. Oriana and Team Vulture joined A Group which consisted of 60 total SPARTAN-III special warfare operators, Team Vulture was the only team from the Advance Team Squadron and tasked with securing the communication towers. Once getting her assignment, Oriana learned she was going to be doing more Mission Support Site than Advance Team due to the size of the habitats and what her tasks were at hand. Knowing that she was going to be involved with watching over a battle, Oriana worked with her snipers on creating FFPs as well as other means of supporting the AO. Once doing various CAPEX, Oriana and the rest of A Group were prepared to deploy in support of Operation MARATHON. With the potential of engaging Covenant forces, Oriana prepared herself and team for another hard battle against the deadly enemy. Already one successful operation under her belt against the Covenant, Oriana planned to add another.

Upon arriving at the Far-gone colony platforms, Alpha Company witnessed as the Covenant began to land on the various platforms and assault the habitats. Once leaving her pod, Oriana, Team Vulture, and the many teams did quick work to deploy to their areas and defend their designated positions. Reaching the Communication Tower, Oriana set up a Mission Support Site and worked with her team on providing sniper support. Covenant forces attempted to swarm and overwhelm A Group that took positions on the high ground but failed due to the lack of strength in the rushing squads. With Alpha Company engaged with the Covenant across the platforms, Oriana moved Team Vulture into a better position where she laid down heavy fire against the enemy that was trying to mass their troops. With the help of her EOD technician, Oriana was able to drive back waves of Covenant troops with Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), and anything else she got her hands on. With the Communications Tower secured, for the time being, Oriana moved Team Vulture into a better position where she anticipated the enemy to launch an attack from.

With the help of others, Oriana was able to fortify various locations that were going to be used by A Group in their defense. Not long after strengthening their position, Oriana moved out with Team Vulture where they surveyed the upcoming enemy force approaching the Communications Tower. Relaying the information back to the Communications Tower, A Group prepared themselves in their ambush positions. Once the Covenant got close enough, A Group launched their assault and Oriana assisted with precise sniper fire on the leaders to confuse and break the morale of the enemy. With a vicious push forward, the Covenant was not able to break the lines that A Group had trapped them into. Oriana and other A Group teams surrounded the Covenant forces from all angles and worked their way down to the last combatant soldier that continued to fight. The teams moved back to secure the Communications Tower while Oriana prepared for the final phase of assaulting the Covenant forces that were trying to gain a foothold on the platform she was operating on. Other Groups were able to slaughter their way through the Covenant and keep them off-guard while the UNSC Navy was ready to dominate the space.

Team Vulture was found not too far away from the growing strike force that the Covenant were trying to build on the platform. With the information of an increasing enemy force, Oriana prepared her team to set up as an MSS while the rest of the SPARTANs assaulted the area. Not long after, the Covenant were caught off guard again when A Group swarmed the lines of the Strike Force's base. Team Vulture resumed their tasks of hitting officers and leaders while the rest of the assaulters crushed their way through the collapsing lines of the Covenant. In a final effort, the Covenant tried to battle against A Group but were wiped out before they were able even to respond. Shortly after, the Covenant fled from the AO with the troops they had left and fled the system after the UNSC Navy dealt a blow to the invading force. The remaining Groups secured all other platforms, and the Covenant pushed away from the Far-gone colony platforms. Oriana and Team Vulture were able to play a crucial role in never allowing the Covenant to set up and produce an assault against them. With the Covenant on their heels the entire time, Oriana was able to stay in control of the battle she was in and direct her team to make the most impact. Operation MARATHON was considered an overwhelming success and Alpha Company soon returned to Onyx.

The success of Alpha Company came off a lucky gamble from Colonel Ackerson; he knew that a deployment of Alpha Company that did not produce results would lead him to get escorted out of his office. Despite all the negatives he was looking at, Colonel Ackerson was able to land another powerful blow against the Covenant and its advancing forces. Shutting down yet another place for the Covenant to set up and prepare for invasions, Alpha Company was becoming one of many reasons the Inner Colonies were not getting attacked. While Colonel Ackerson worked on cooling heads, Oriana continued to train with Team Vulture and conduct their exercises together. Despite another successful operation and win, Oriana felt there were still things she needed to build upon as a leader and as a special warfare operator. Noted for being an exceptional leader, Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose began to pick out select operators he wanted to get out of Alpha Company before they were to meet their doom. By the time Oriana was selected, she was already deployed onto another mission with Alpha Company in response to another Covenant contact, Lieutenant Commander Ambrose needed to wait and hope that she was going to return from her operation.

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