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===Catherine Halsey=== Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey is a civilian scientist in the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]. She appears in the books ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Halo: First Strike'', and ''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', as well as the ''[[Halo Legends]]'' shorts "Homecoming" and "The Package". In the fiction, a flash clone of her brain tissue is the basis for the construction of the "smart" AI [[Cortana]].<ref>[[#fall of reach|Nylund (2001)]], 222.</ref> As the creator of the [[#Spartans|SPARTAN-II Project]], she is responsible for the kidnapping of 75 of the 150 Spartan children, along with their training and the subsequent death of 30 due to the dangerous augmentation process.<ref>[[#fall of reach|Nylund (2001)]], 60.</ref> She is viewed by the SPARTAN-IIs as a "mother" figure, and addresses each soldier by their name rather than designation, even when the spartans are fully suited in their armor.<ref>Nylund, Eric. ''[[#first strike|Halo: First Strike]]'', pg 189.</ref> Halsey justifies her actions through her belief that the suffering of a few is acceptable for the benefit of many. [[#Avery Johnson|Sergeant Johnson]], however, unknowingly causes Halsey to rethink her position, and she decides to "save each and every member of humanity beginning with herself" during ''Halo: First Strike''.<ref>Nylund, Eric. ''[[#first strike|Halo: First Strike]]'', pg 276.</ref> Dr. Halsey hijacks a shuttle for her own private mission to the planet Onyx;<ref>[[#first strike|Nylund (2003)]], 280.</ref> there, she assists in deciphering the surrounding Forerunner glyphs on the planet and leads the surviving Spartan-IIs and Spartan-IIIs to a [[Dyson Sphere]] at the heart of Onyx.
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