Oriana-A058 (TPF)

Captain Oriana Osterberg, formerly Oriana-A058, is a former SPARTAN-III Program officer and current Special Warfare Officer serving in the UNSC Navy. She enlisted into by and served in the company until as the leader of Team Vulture. Oriana was labelled as a Category-2 candidate, pulled from Alpha Company to avoid , and took command of Red Team in 2537.
As the leader of Red Team, Oriana conducted multiple operations against the throughout the . She worked close with many elements from across the UNSC Armed Forces to defend colonies and protect evacuating civilians, leading to her becoming a successful SPARTAN. At the end of the Great War, she was relieved of command and placed into the SPARTAN Rehabilitation Program. Oriana returned to active duty in 2556 under the .
By 2557, she stood up Team Osage under the Asymmetrical Action Group and led covert operations throughout the and the until 2562. Leaving Team Osage, she was assigned to Naval Special Weapons and began creating missions for other SPARTAN teams to conduct. Oriana rose the ranks within Naval Special Weapons as a brilliant planner and tactician among her peers.
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==Biography==
===Early Life===
Born on November 19th, , Oriana was abandoned by her biological parents on Eridanus II. Kept at an orphanage, Oriana became an attraction for parents who wanted to adopt. Four months later, Erin and Claire Osterberg adopted Oriana Lena Osterberg and took her home to Ny Alta. Erin Osterberg worked as an Eridanus Smokejumper while Claire found her line of work in accounting. Growing up in Ny Alta, Oriana envied Erin for being someone fearless and jumping out of a dropship to fight fires. Being an outdoors family, the Osterbergs spent their time camping, hiking, kayaking, climbing, and, sightseeing across the planet. Even at a young age, Oriana envied the nature she surrounded herself with daily.
In , Oriana met her younger sister, who was adopted as she was. Daphine Yvette Osterberg was a few months old, and Oriana was taught to protect her at all costs. Oriana saw Daphne looking up to her on things to do, and she helped her younger sister with tasks. There were numerous incidents where Oriana had to be separated from other children due to her protective nature. Daphne continued to envy her sister even though she continued to get picked on.
By , the threat of a invasion was hindered to the public to prevent mass panic. But the reality struck hard when the Covenant invaded and began their assault on Eriandus II. Oriana and Daphne were separated from their parents when the invasion happened, and both evacuated safely. However, Oriana and Daphne were listed as orphans when they were transferred over to Miridem for safety after the . Oriana and her sister resided inside of an orphanage, thinking their parents were dead while their parents were grieving the loss of their two children.
Things turned worse when Daphne was adopted, but not Oriana. Splitting the family apart, Oriana was forced to stay on Miridem while her sister traveled to Reach with her new family. Later, Daphne was found by her original adopted parents, and they won a custody battle to have their daughter back. Oriana remained the unknown factor and was still stuck on Miridem hoping to join her family or get out of the orphanage. Later, an Office of Naval Intelligence team showed up to recruit for a group who was hoping to bring orphans on a unique adventure.
Recruited by the Office of Naval Intelligence, Oriana was taken away, and her records indicated she died of a chronic illness. Her parents and sister never learned what happened to Oriana until later. On a Prowler, Oriana was transported to the where she then was moved to for the next step of her unique adventure the ONI team told her about at the orphanage.
===Human-Covenant War===
Between 2532 and 2536, Oriana completed the SPARTAN-III Program and graduated with Alpha Company. Throughout her training, she became the Team Leader for Team Vulture and specialized in Multi-Domian Advanced Special Warfare Techniques. She was labelled a Category-2 SPARTAN by the SPARTAN-III Qualification Achievement Tiers and deployed alongside Alpha Company in support of multiple operations against the Covenant. Following the Battle of New Constantinople, Team Vulture was rotated out of the Area of Operation to be deployed on a Deep Reconnaissance mission for the SPARTAN-III Program. Following the completion of their deployment, Oriana learned the demise of Alpha Company and was reassigned to Red Team as the Team Commander in 2537.
Between and , Oriana deployed alongside the UNSC Army where she led numerous ground campaigns across colonies with Covenant activity. Notably, she deployed to , , , and . During the and , Red Team lost Omar-A442 in 2538 and Carson-A260 in 2542. She supported was often attached to the Unified Special Warfare Command to conduct sensitive operations in taking down large assault forces and the Covenant's battlefield leadership network. She was awarded a for her actions on Herschel and collected a Navy Cross at Alluvion for valiant efforts. By 2545, the recent graduation of Beta Company allowed Red Team to add Lynn-A392, Isaac-B302 and Riley-B192.
Oriana continued with her constant deployments to UNSC Contested Space with at and then later at where she lost both Isaac-B302 and Riley-B192 in late during a sensitive site denial operation. Red Team distinguished themselves by holding off multiple Legions to let civilians evacuate from the capital city during the Battle of Iota. The team was rotated out of combat where they added Tucker-B069 and Samuel-B256 before helping with the and participating in multiple battles till the fall of the planet in . Under Unified Special Warfare Command, Red Team was placed in the Inner Colony Emergency Reaction Force and taken off Outer Colony deployments.
She deployed to and in the final year of The Great War and was placed on alert status during the . After receiving word of the Covenant on , she deployed Red Team to Reach to support the battle while losing Emilia-A049, Draven-A284, and Lynn-A392. Reach fell to the Covenant and Oriana pulled what was left of Red Team back to . She found the team placed under Naval Special Warfare Command with a replacements from Strident and Echo Team to make Red Team four strong. During the , they fought across Oceania, South America, and North America while losing Werner-A364 and Reagan-B142. She continued to command Red Team through the and till the end of The Great War in 2553.
During a psychological evaluation, ONI listed her unfit for command and removed her from Red Team to undergo a rehabilitation program. She was removed from active duty and placed into a reserve status with intent to return to active status. Oriana became one of the last SPARTAN-IIIs to survive The Great War as an officer while the rest of her peers were listed Missing in Action.
===Post-Covenant War Conflicts===
Following the end of The Great War, Oriana was placed into the SPARTAN Rehabilitation Program under ONI. She received treatment at a UNSC Navy Medical Specialty Care Center in Denmark and began working through the traumatic experiences. After six months in the program, she was released, placed on Temporary Support Duty, and 
enrolled into the Denmark School of Applied Technology and Sciences by 2553. She graduate with a degree in Applied Computation and Neural Systems in 2555 then transferred to Mars where she underwent a six-month long Mission Commander Qualification Course at the UNSC Navy Special Warfare Annex - Kenosha. By early 2556, she was placed on Active Duty.
In , she was assigned to the Beta-5 Division and under the Asymmetrical Action Group to lead Team Osage after recruiting Samuel. Reunited, they supported Operation: FEARLESS TENET on where they went after the military leaders. She later supported Operation: JUNIPER SHIELD on Laika III where she tracked and failed to capture Admiral Mattius Drake. Over the course of the year and into 2557, Oriana searched for potential teams to augment under Team Osage, hoping to rebuild a similar outfit like Red Team. Her requirements included SPARTAN-IIIs and to be personally vetted by her instead of being assigned. Later in 2557, she met Team Koncerz and requested for their transfer from Ferret Operations to be reassigned under Team Osage.
During the , it became the first time she engaged the and threat in early . She then led the team to support the using insider knowledge to target the . She added a Winter-Class Prowler named ONI Into Darkness and hunted the Keepers across the and human independent colonies. Oriana then fled from the after announced her intent to rule the galaxy while also attacking Earth.
===Created Uprising===
For Oriana's activities during the Created Uprising, see: Created Crisis.
===Post-Created Era===
Oriana remained as Team Leader of Team Osage until leaving in 2561. She attended the College of Naval Command and Staff - Mars in Kenosha to earn a postgraduate degree in strategic defense studies and analysis in 2562. Returning, Oriana served as Executive Officer for Special Reconnaissance Team TWENTY under Naval Special Weapons where she prepared strategic intelligence operations for UNSC High Command and ONI Section Four. Oriana was assigned to Task Unit 22 under Naval Special Weapons Group FOUR as the Task Unit Commander. As the Commander, she ran a multi-domain targeting campaign against a Covenant remnant operating in the Joint Occupation Zone over a three-year period known as Operation: OPTIMIZE SPIKE. Her methods of strategy and tactics led to the faction being dismantled by a light footprint force and a comprehensive effort to deny a safe haven. After the operational tour, she served as a Special Assistant to the Commander of Naval Special Weapons until being promoted to Commander in 2567. 
Oriana was selected and completed a two year two-year tour in the Office of Naval Intelligence. One year was spent as the Deputy Head of ONI Special Operations under the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence. She helped streamline ONI covert operations planning and pushing mission critical decision-making further down the chain-of-command. Her second year was spent in ONI Section Four as the Chief of Operations for the Special Projects Group under the Section's Staff. In 2569, Oriana served as the Director of Operations for the PATHFINDER Program and then for Operation: QUIET VICTOR where she took command of Task Force 72.2 operations and planning. Following the disaster of Operation: QUIET VICTOR, she oversaw all special warfare assets in containing a Flood Outbreak. Instead of returning to NAVSPECWEP, Oriana attended the Army War College on Mars and graduated in 2571 with a degree in strategic studies and operational leadership.
Upon returning to Naval Special Weapons, she was attached to as a Senior Special Warfare Instructor where she shared knowledge of special warfare tactics and strategy with the Swords of Sanghelios. Due to her performance, Oriana was assigned to the as a Naval Special Warfare Liaison Officer and created an Interspecies Special Warfare Training Detachment to support joint operations compatibility during the Remnant War. While at the Anvil Initiative, she was promoted to Captain and then stood up a Joint Special Warfare Task Force between the UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios to conduct operations in the Remnant War. Oriana led special warfare operations between 2573 and 2574 and utilized a diverse force to attack the Covenant Remnant. After two years, she relieved command to her deputy, a Sangheili Special Operations Commander and returned to Naval Special Warfare Command.
==Personality and Traits==
===Mental Analysis===
===Physical Appearance===
Standing at six feet and three inches, Oriana is considered to be below average height among her peers in the SPARTAN community. Despite leaving the field, she stays active with a strict workout to be ready for combat and enduring deployments. Being a veteran of the Great War, she has her own collection of scars and grafts to display the hardships she endured as a frontline soldier. Oriana maintains the standards of UNSC grooming by keeping her red hair short and its natural color. She is known for being more fair-skinned than her peers, despite the years spent in a MJOLNIR suit.
===Relationships===
Oriana's friendship with Samuel remains an intimate connection to herself as a SPARTAN and individual. Throughout their time together, the duo suffered through traumatic events and built a close friendship where they leaned on each other for support. Their history as SPARTANs allows them to share a reality together without feeling ostracized by their peers. Her decision to report Samuel strained their friendship after she became exhausted protecting him, but also helped him recover from the tragedies of the mission. Given her close ties to Samuel, she is a valuable figure in his children's lives and a close friend to his wife. Of all the friends Oriana made throughout her life, Samuel remained the one true friend she depended on.
Other friendships grew under her command of Vulture, Red, and Osage with fellow SPARTANs where she became known as a fearless leader who advocated for her team. Her ability to relate with her peers and win their trust early on, made her a leader many followed throughout her career. Her personality and friendships led to an expansive network across ONI and Naval Special Warfare where he could lean on people for specific requests. Her connections within the two organizations helped her ascend the ranks and become a powerful force within the UNSC Navy over time.
==Military Service Information==
===Career Service Vitae===
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;Oriana Osterberg
;Captain
FULL NAME: Osterberg, Oriana Lena
SERVICE #: A058
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Unit: NAVSPECWEP Task Group SIX - Naval Special Weapons - Naval Special Warfare Command 
Officer Designation: Special Warfare Officer
Enlistment Date: 10/02/2532
Commission Date: 24/09/2537
Garrison: Naval Base Brooke, Mars
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Gender: Female
Birthplace: Eridanus II
Birth Date: 19/11/2526
Blood Type: AB+
Height: 187 centimeters
Weight: 88 kilograms
;Overview
Captain Oriana Osterberg, formerly Oriana-A058, is an active-duty SPARTAN-III officer from Alpha Company. She enlisted into the UNSC Navy in 2532 and was labelled a Category-2 SPARTAN after graduating from training in 2536. As the Team Leader of Team Vulture, she led a number of combat operations alongside Alpha Company until being pulled for a Deep Reconnaissance mission, avoiding Operation: PROMETHEUS. In 2537, she was commissioned as a Limited Duty Special Warfare Officer and became the Team Commander for Red Team under Unified Special Warfare Command.
Throughout The Great War, Oriana led Red Team in multiple campaigns with distinction. Notable battles included the Siege of Atlas Moons, Battle of Meridian, Battle of Reach, and Battle for Earth. She was known as a brilliant battlefield leader who utilized unconventional assets to achieve victory. Oriana was successful in taking out Covenant leaders and battlefield infrastructure while leveraging psychological and electronic warfare. After the Fall of Reach, Oriana's team was operationally transferred back to Naval Special Warfare Command where she led Red Team in the final campaign of The Great War. She was transferred from active duty to reserve duty after failing a number of required mission psychological qualification exams.
She was placed into a SPARTAN Rehabilitation Program, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and commissioned into the UNSC Navy as an Unrestricted Line Special Warfare officer. Completing the rehab program, Oriana joined the Asymmetrical Action Group in 2556 and created Team OSAGE in 2557 where she served as the Team Leader. She led the team during the Requiem Campaign and the Created Conflict where she joined the Special Activities Division in countering the Created threat. 
;Colonial Cross Citation
During the Battle of Reach, SPARTAN-A058 displayed herself by conspicuous gallantry during Operation: HIGHLANDS PHALANX defending the Vanadinite Mountain coordinating danger close orbital bombardments and rescuing a company of Marines with two other SPARTANs. She was awarded the Legion of Honor for her actions following the end of The Great War in 2553 through a classified ceremony in 2553. Rear Admiral Serin Osman reviewed her Legion of Honor and submitted a request for the Legion of Honor to be upgraded to the Colonial Cross in 2555. In 2556, Oriana received her upgrade to the Colonial Cross while her Navy Cross during the Siege of Atlas Moons was also upgraded to a Legion of Honor during the ceremony on orders from the Commander-in-Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence, Admiral Serin Osman.
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