Miranda Keyes

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“	So, this is what my father found...	„
	~ Miranda Keyes seeing Installation 05, also known as Delta Halo.

“	Until we kill Truth, stop the Rings from firing... nothing else matters.	„
	~ Miranda Keyes.

Miranda Keyes is a supporting character who makes her debut in Halo 2. She is a UNSC officer, as well as the daughter of Captain Jacob Keyes and Doctor Catherine Elizabeth Halsey.

She was voiced by Julie Benz (who also portrayed Ursula Stanhope in George of the Jungle 2) in Halo 2. In Halo 3 and Halo 2: Anniversary, she was voiced by Justis Bolding whilst Courtney Munch provided motion capture.

Biography[]

Background[]

Miranda is the daughter of Dr. Halsey and Captain Keyes, the latter whom commanded the Pillar of Autumn in the first halo game. Although she is somewhat head strong, she is regarded by many as a brilliant officer with a lot of potential. In the novel Ghosts of Onyx she is described as the "ballsiest officer in the fleet". It was also revealed by the A.I. Black Box in the novel Glasslands that she kept a journal like her mother.

Halo 2[]

At the beginning of Halo 2, Miranda commands the frigate In Amber Clad and is part of the Cairo battle group. She receives her father's medals at the start of the game and when the Covenant attacks she goes back to her ship to assist in the defense of the battle group. She "picks up" the Master Chief after he destroys a Covenant assault carrier that was escorting the Prophet of Regret's ship and proceeds onto Earth. Taking the fight to the surface she was present at New Mombasa when the Prophet of Regret jumps to Slipspace, where she receives the greenlight from Hood to follow. Arriving at Delta halo she coordinates the actions against the Covenant and journeys to retrieve the Index along with Sgt. Maj. Johnson. However, she is captured by Tartarus and forced to activate the Ring. After Tartarus is killed by the combined efforts of the Arbiter and Johnson, she retrieves the index and stops Halo from firing.

Halo 3[]

At the beginning of Halo 3, Miranda is one of the officers who are directly responsible for holding off the Covenant. She participates in numerous skirmishes and launches a plan to attack the Prophet of Truth and stop him from activating the Rings. After a conference with the Elites and Lord Hood, she, along with a handful of Marines and the Master Chief, go through the Portal to the Ark. After Sgt. Maj. Johnson is captured by Truth and his Brutes, she tries to rescue him and is killed by Truth, who shoots her in the back with a Brute Spiker. Johnson recovers her body and gets it to safety before it can be infected and mutated into a Flood Combat Form when Gravemind betrays Chief and the Arbiter upon Truth's death and attacks them while laughing manically. Presumably, the Arbiter, Rtas 'Vadum, and the Elites take Miranda's body and surviving forces back to Earth on the Shadow of Intent, where Miranda is given a proper military burial by Fleet Admiral Lord Hood for her sacrifice in saving Humanity from both the Flood and the Covenant Empire, and is honored with the other casualties when the memorial is dedicated the following year in 2553 as her photo is seen alongside Johnson's and many others.