[h2][b]Dr. Fiona O'Connell - The [i]Immaculate Aegis[/i][/b][/h2]

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While Falul had been the one to speak to the UNSC Admiral, the Shipmaster had insisted that Dr. O'Connell be the one to first meet with the AI's security detail the moment they stepped out of their dropship, so she had left McKay with Narak and made her way to the main hangar. Curiously, Falul had also not given her an armed escort. In general, O'Connell had found that the Sangheili tended to be cautious in matters of security. Granted, it was rare that they had outsiders on their ships in general, but armed warriors tended to be a standard part of any interaction with outsiders. It was true that the fleet were all supposed to be allies with one another, but the Sangheili also had a very...different idea of what it meant to be diplomatic. Human diplomats to the Sangheili for the Office of Naval Intelligence were required to study martial arts as a prerequisite. Perhaps it was just because Dr. O'Connell was not technically a part of the [i]Aegis'[/i] crew, or perhaps Falul was a bit more calculating than she gave him credit for?

In any case, Dr. O'Connell saw the pelican land, and a Human would be the first being the Spartans would see as soon as they exited their dropship. "Oh my...Spartans. I...did not know there were Spartans aboard the [i]Unbroken Hope[/i]." O'Connell remarked. Even in her own time, Spartans were far from commonplace. Being that she tended to work in Forerunner ruins and constructs out in the field, she had seen Spartan IVs before, on rare occasions, but she had never seen a Spartan II. Nor had she ever expected she would. Their place in history was almost mythic by this point.

Nevertheless, O'Connell quickly composed herself and cleared her throat. "I am Dr. Fiona O'Connell, Office of Naval Intelligence. Do you have the AI with you?"