
Meanwhile, the UNSC was informed of Zane's current location and planned to kill her by bombing the compound. Zane informed them of the apparent death of Spartan-II John-117 and encouraged her soldiers to celebrate the death of the UNSC's "poster boy". She congratulated the NCA soldiers for being useful to the cause and working together effectively. When Sankar, Black-Box, and Reznek arrived at the NCA compound, Zane arrived shortly after. Not wanting the Guardian site to fall under rebel control, ONI sent Commander Maya Sankar-who operated with the insurrectionists under the codename "FERO"-and smart AI Black-Box to infiltrate the faction and rendezvous with operative Ari Rezneck, who had already infiltrated the New Colonial Alliance. Making camp in a nearby compound, the NCA sought to search the ruins of a city destroyed by the construct for clues on the Guardian's next site of attack. In 2558, after Conrad's Point was attacked by a Forerunner Guardian, Zane had all NCA forces move to the Guardian's attack site and secure the crater it left behind. Afterward, she began preparing the NCA forces on Conrad's Point for war with the Unified Earth Government and had accumulated a large amount of nuclear weapons. As commander of NCA forces on the world, Zane operated ruthlessly and killed any individual that did not carry their weight. After relieving the colonel of command, Zane organized the insurgents into a more formidable force. That's what we needed to build here." - Ilsa Zane, to the rebels under her command Īfter her recovery, Zane was sent to the remote world of Conrad's Point, where the undisciplined NCA rebels and mercenaries on the world were being poorly commanded by an unidentified colonel. Big machines made of lots of little pieces, moving with the same purpose. I relieved him of his command because bands of misfits don't win wars. You were scattered and slow, and that's a death sentence. The Colonel had allowed this legendary faction of the NCA to devolve into a form for individual interests. Just a bunch of misfits with different allegiances and philosophies. " When I found you, there was no discipline, no uniformity. Upon awakening, she was met by an unknown individual, whom she recognized and was surprised to see. However, due to her physical augmentations, Zane survived and was later recovered by an unidentified NCA prowler. Palmer then knocked Zane out a containment door and into space. In the ensuing fight, Del Rio brought Aine back online, who then activated the ship's containment doors. As they breached Infinity's bridge, Ilsa Zane fought Palmer one-on-one. Having made their way to Infinity's bridge from outside the ship, Palmer and Edward Davis reached Zane. With the Spartans' help, Lasky was able to reach a security panel and input override codes, which gave Del Rio and the other officers access to the bridge. Ī small group of crew and Spartan-IVs led by Spartan Sarah Palmer and Commander Thomas Lasky foiled Zane's plans.
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Zane quickly took Aine offline and proceeded to take control of the ship. They immediately went to the bridge where she was instantly recognized by Aine, the ship's temporary AI. They snuck on board, disguised as a construction crew, and took Captain Andrew Del Rio hostage. Wanting to take the ship for themselves before the United Nations Space Command could use it, Zane led an attack group in January 2553 to commandeer the ship. Attack on the UNSC Infinity Main article: Raid on UNSC InfinityĪt some point, members of the New Colonial Alliance managed to steal plans of Infinity, which was undergoing construction in the Sol system's Oort cloud. Because of her instability, Zane was discharged and assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence, but subsequently escaped and defected to Mattius Drake's New Colonial Alliance. The additional augmentations she underwent were meant to make armor unnecessary, however, they crippled or killed nine others and made Zane unstable. Zane was originally chosen for the first phase of the SPARTAN-IV program. After defecting to the NCA, she was quickly indoctrinated and promoted to Admiral Drake's attack dog." - Commander Maya Sankar At one point, she had been slated for the Spartan program, an attempt at building the ultimate unarmored killing machine. " Ilsa Zane was a walking science experiment gone wrong.
