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[halopedia]

Spartan Saturday — Rosenda-A344

A member of SPARTAN-III Alpha Company, Rosenda served on NOBLE Team during several operations, including DIRE MORNING, FANCY DRESS, and finally OFFSET EYE. Following this last mission in December 2551, she was reassigned.

Emile-A239 took Rosenda's place as Noble Four, though Colonel Holland considered returning her to NOBLE if the team was assigned to counterinsurgency operations. Rosenda ultimately survived the war and at one point agreed to a meeting with Jun-A266.

[halobirthdays]

Happy birthday to Spartan Rosenda-A344!

Today is her -501st birthday!

Rosenda was born on Earth but moved to Vodin with her family when she was a child. She became orphaned when the Covenant glassed the planet in 2532, and was approached by ONI. She "enlisted" in the SPARTAN-III program, as part of Alpha Company. Like all SPARTAN-IIIs, she was trained and augmented on Onyx. Rosenda was one of the few to survive Operation: PROMETHEUS because she was extracted from Alpha Company and subsequently given an assignment to NOBLE team.

She and NOBLE enjoyed a good rapport, and she remained with them until she was reassigned in 2551. Because of this, she was not present for the Battle of Fumirole, which would lead to the death of Thom-A293, or for the Fall of Reach. She survived to see the end of the war and was subsequently sent to target Covenant remnants and human rebels. At some point, she was contacted by her old NOBLE teammate Jun and agreed to meet with him for a yet-unknown purpose.

In canon (~2560), she is turning 35!

[ur-haruspis]

HALO: WINTER CONTENTION

December 2551. Though the Covenant invasion of Concord has seen a rare UNSC victory, the Spartans of Noble Team find themselves stranded in a remote hinterland town. While the Covenant’s orbital presence has been neutralized, the remaining alien survivors have regrouped and prepare to make a devastating final stand. With dwindling time and no reinforcements, Kat-B320 comes up with a daring plan to do what Spartans do best and turn the tide—and it’s up to Thom-A293 and Rosenda-A344 to make it happen.

Alongside the Noble Intention event in Halo Infinite, the arrival of Spartans Thom-A293 and Rosenda-A344 brings a new short story that explores an earlier configuration of Noble Team, seven months before the events leading to the fall of Reach would take place.

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[ionlymadethissoicouldleaveanask]

Bad Dream (ALT VERSION)

Linda stirred in the dim light of their quarters, feeling a gentle yet persistent poking at her foot. She squinted, her vision adjusting to the darkness, and saw three small figures standing at the edge of the bed. "Linda...?" a soft, tentative voice broke the silence. It was Kat, her normally confident demeanor replaced by a vulnerable edge. She was dressed in simple pajamas, her short brown hair tousled from sleep.

Rosenda, with her long dark hair cascading down her shoulders, stood beside Kat, clutching a plush toy tightly to her chest. Her big eyes were wide with worry. "We had bad dreams," she whispered, her voice trembling slightly.

Emile, the smallest of the three, peeked out from behind Rosenda. His usual bravado was absent, replaced by a timid expression that made him look even younger. "Can we stay here?" he asked, his voice barely audible.

Linda sighed softly, her maternal instincts kicking in. She nudged John gently. "John, wake up. We have company."John groaned, blinking awake. "What's going on?" he mumbled, sitting up. He saw the three younger Spartans and immediately understood. His expression softened. "Bad dreams, huh?"

Kat nodded, looking a bit embarrassed. "Yeah. We... we didn't want to be alone."

John smiled warmly. "It's okay. Come on up."

Linda shifted to make room, and the three teens eagerly climbed onto the bed. Kat settled next to Linda, while Rosenda and Emile snuggled up between her and John. The bed felt crowded, but it also felt right.

Linda wrapped an arm around Kat, pulling her close. "Do you want to talk about it?" she asked gently.Kat shook her head. "Not really. Just... nightmares."

Rosenda, still clutching her plush toy, looked up at John. "Will you tell us a story, John? Like you used to?"

John chuckled softly. "Alright, alright. Let's see... How about the time we had to outsmart a pack of Jackals on Requiem?"

Emile's eyes lit up with excitement, the fear from his nightmares momentarily forgotten. "Yeah! That one's good!"

As John began to recount the tale, his voice soothing and reassuring, the tension in the room gradually eased. Kat leaned into Linda, her eyes growing heavy with sleep. Rosenda clutched her toy a little less tightly, a small smile playing on her lips. Emile, nestled against John's side, listened intently, his earlier fear replaced by fascination.

"...and then, just as the Jackal thought it had us cornered, we sprang the trap and sent them running with their tails between their legs," John concluded, his voice low and calming.

Linda looked down at Kat, who was now fast asleep. Rosenda's eyes were closed, her breathing steady and calm. Emile's head drooped against John's shoulder, his small frame relaxed.

John smiled, glancing over at Linda. "Looks like they're out," he whispered.Linda nodded, her own eyes heavy with sleep. "Goodnight, John."

"Goodnight, Linda," he replied, his voice soft.

As the room settled into quiet once more, the comforting presence of family and the warmth of shared stories enveloped them all, warding off the lingering shadows of the night.

Gahhhhh they’re so cute. Such soft little cozy dorks. I love it.

[eschatonjudge]

just listened to winter contention and im going absolutely BONKERS over the end

[manturneddemon]

(For femboy Roy) So it’s Kyle Halsey’s birthday tomorrow…wanna surprise him?-Rosenda-A344

@multi-muse-transect

"What? Do i look like a striper or som-" Roy paused, looking down at there body before back to Rosenda. " Forget i said that. What kinda surprise are we talking?"

[tenderlysharpmidain]

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[frogblast-the-ventcore]

International Women's Day key art by 343

From left to right:

Spartan Sigrid Eklund - Former Army Ranger turned Spartan IV, was also part of Fireteam Crimson.

Spartan Rosenda-A344 - Former member of Noble Team. Spartan III from Alpha Company.

Spartan Laurette Agryna - Spartan Commander of the Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science.

Spartan Vedrana Makovich - Former member of the UNSC Air Force. Spartan IV that fought on Zeta Halo, killed by Jega 'Rdomnai after a fierce fight.

[beautiful-girls-villa]

A344

[multi-muse-transect]

Noble Team (Post War Incarnation) Redesign.

Diego-B112 (Noble-1.)

Imogene-B078 (Noble-2)

Harry-A299 (Noble-3)

Keiko-B201 (Noble-4)

Rosenda-A344 (Noble-5)

Kyle Halsey (Noble-6)

[biasedsteam9]

After a month, I'm back

Yes, march was a crazy month for me and in a lot of ways, now that spring break is coming, I have free time before finals in may, plus more paper work to do, so here is the second chapter of Special Agents of Reach: Just be you!

I hope that you like it and It's gonna be really appreciated if you leave a comment

Love ya!

[gamelpar]

a burnt child dreads the fire

Sometimes he wants to hold on. Most of the time he wishes he could let go.

characters: Emile-A239, Rosenda-A344

words: 767

warnings: childhood memories, mentions of minor character death, trauma

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"Do you remember them?"

Rosenda's voice coming from the bunk over him was genuine, no ill intention behind her words.

Emile laid on his back in the bunk below, not bothering to try to sleep. His voice came out more gruffer and hostile than he'd meant it to be. "Remember who?"

He wasn't really angry with Rosenda. He was angry with Carter. He was angry that his leader (and everyone else on Noble Team for that matter) thought he wasn't fit to participate in operations against insurrection. He was angry with the fact that he'd gotten a replacement.

"Your family."

Emile wasn't expecting that, and suddenly felt protective and a little frustrated. Maybe he was a little angry with Rosenda. She was his replacement after all.

He didn't give her an answer.

But he remembered.

Emile remembered the anger, the sorrow, the guilt. The loss. The tears.

He could remember he had parents once. He could remember his brother telling him one day that something had happened.

Emile… Something happened at the factory today.

There was an attack. There was a bomb.

It was the rebels.

Mom and Dad… they’re not coming home.

He couldn't remember what they looked like. It had slipped away from him during the SPARTAN training.

Memories of his brother were stronger, but lately they’d begun to slip from him too. He tried to hold on to them.

He tried to hold on to the memories when he'd felt safe with him. He tried to hold on to the memories when he looked up to his brother like he was a hero.

You’re going to make it, Emile. You’re going to make it.

He remembered all too clearly the day the hero fell.

"I can't remember mine anymore."

Rosenda's quiet voice brought him back to the present. He ran a hand over his face, silently noting every scar and patches of uneven skin. Right now he didn't want to remember.

"I think I had a sister. But I can't remember if she or my parents were with me when I was running."

Running away from the Covenant. Running for the evacuation frigates. Running for cover. Running away from the dead bodies of her family. Running for safety that wouldn’t last.

Emile remained silent. It was useless. What they'd lost was dead. Gone. Would never come back. Remembering played no point.

He'd tried for years to make every part of himself believe that. He envied his teammate a bit.

The silence stretched in the room.

"I remember," the words were low, almost melting into the quiet air. Emile didn't know why he told her. He stopped mourning the past a long time ago. Rosenda had never struck him as being one to dwell on it.

Now he was dwelling. Great.

Damnit, it didn’t matter.

It didn’t matter.

He closed his eyes.

"Do you still remember them well?" Rosenda's voice almost sounded shy. Emile held back a snort. Shyness was something he'd also never associated with the woman. Her tongue could be sharper than his kukri at times.

"Yes," he said, shifting in the bed to lay on his side, "and no."

He didn’t understand why she’d ask that, or why his answer would matter.

The room fell into silence again. Emile aimed for sleep without really trying.

"Do you want to remember them?"

A part of him wanted to tell her to shut up. Another part urged him to answer just to see where it would take him. He faintly wondered if his answer mattered more to her than it did to him.

He wasn’t about to reveal his story to her, but he didn’t stay quiet either.

"Sometimes," he revealed, "Sometimes not."

He waited for any following questions, but only the shuffling of sheets and light creaking of metal as Rosenda shifted in her above bunk was heard.

He remembers the pain clearly like he was back there on that day it happened.

He remembers the void that was left in him after Damon’s death. A void he’s filled with alien corpses and blood.

"Goodnight, Emile." Rosenda's voice was solemn, stronger. Like the recent conversation hadn’t happened. Emile was fine with that. Really, Emile found it hard to believe in the first place that anything he'd said somehow would've helped.

"'Night, Rosenda."

He didn't catch any sleep that night. The day played over and over in his mind. He remembered it perfectly.

The pain, the anger, the sorrow, the guilt, the fear.

The void in his heart. The thirst for revenge.

He remembered it all very clearly.

Some nightmares stay with you forever.

[yahoo--179-20145958-yahoopa-blog]

俐落眼線、立體打亮、自然妝感、大膽用色！2018春夏彩妝趨勢四大重點解析

文：吃編 Yahoo時尚美妝、圖：M‧A‧C 不盲從流行，找出適合自己的樣子就是現在的流行趨勢！如今伸展台上各種面貌獨一無二的模特兒們成為激發靈感的謬思，完美呼應了這個年代全新美的典範：沒有框架、表現個人化風格。專業彩妝權威M‧A‧C縱橫世界四大時裝周秀場，運用對彩妝的敏銳觀察，替我們解析今年的四大流行趨勢。

1.眼線從未從時尚趨勢中消失，而是提升到另一個更為精確的境界 2018年春夏彩妝趨勢一切與「快、狠、準」息息相關，自眼線開始：典雅的拉長貓眼或具實驗性的不連貫鋸齒狀線條都在秀場出現，當眼線成為妝容的唯一主角，整個妝看起來就更現代了，保持妝的單一性，一張臉只有一個重點─是永遠不敗的美妝秘訣。

2.或點綴於眼窩、或聚光於臉頰、或環繞於眼周、或點睛於眼頭…閃爍光澤無所不在。 極致閃耀的光澤與亮片為本季注入迷幻色彩，彩妝師將秀場上大放異彩的亮片服裝化身模特兒臉上的點點星光。閃亮元素的運用帶有一點街頭風：隨興甚至有些不完美的使用方式避免看起來太像劇場妝。想像輕盈柔軟的亮片布料與光線折射，看起來年輕且熱情洋溢。

3.追求根本的自然妝感：秀場與日常妝容的統一 本季的彩妝重點反覆圍繞在「清新」，從看似沒有化妝的極裸妝到經過精心「雕琢」的自然妝，無論是哪一種，這些微妙的妝容將個人本身的美率真地放到最大值。

新的自然妝強調柔焦勝於消除，強調勝於轉化；比起讓臉龐看起來完美無瑕，彩妝師更注重修飾：這代表使用手指多於刷具、霜狀多於粉狀、適量勝於過多產品。

4.臉上多了一點鮮明色彩，心也著大膽無畏起來 在乾淨有如畫布的肌膚上搭膽的加上色彩一直是強而有力的女力表現方式，儘管鮮明與各式的色塊被認為是深具撼動人心且直接的妝容宣言，對於2018年春夏來說，所有的色彩與線條終將統一邁向一個目標：表達純粹的正能量。

[halopedia]

Spartan-III Rosenda-A344 was considered as a replacement for Emile-A239 should Noble Team be assigned to a counterinsurgency operation, as he was extremely aggressive toward insurgents. Rosenda's current status is unknown.

[marcuserrico]

The 5 most jaw-dropping deaths in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi,' ranked (spoilers!)

Photo: Lucasfilm

The startling sacrifice of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars, 1977’s A New Hope, established early on that no character in the space opera was safe. From the slicing and dicing of Qui-Gon in The Phantom Menace to the murder of Han Solo in The Force Awakens, fans have come to realize that their heroes don’t always have happy endings. The Last Jedi ratchets up the body count in new and stunning ways. In a movie loaded with whoa! moments, here’s our ranking of the five demises that truly left us gobsmacked.

Consider this your obligatory spoiler warning: Continue reading at your jeopardy.

Photo: Lucasfilm

5. Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo

Holdo, we hardly knew ya. Laura Dern’s stay in the Star Wars galaxy was short-lived, as her selfless Resistance leader didn’t even make it to the third act alive. But boy did she get a kickass sendoff, not only going down with her ship, but also gutting the First Order fleet with an incredible hyperspace kamikaze that has elicited a huge ovation at every screening we’ve attended.

Photo: Lucasfilm

4. Captain Phasma

The First Order’s imposing chromed-out trooper suffered an ignominious blow in The Force Awakens, dumped into Starkiller Base’s trash compactor after shutting down the shields that allowed the Resistance to take out the weaponized planet, leaving her fate in doubt. But she managed to escape (as outlined in a recent Marvel Comics miniseries), rejoin her comrades, and in The Last Jedi go mano a mano with her treacherous former underling Finn, né FN-2187. Their combat is one of the film’s key moments, and Finn (with a little help from his friends) wins the day. Her helmet shattered, Phasma tries to rally, but this time there’s no escape, as she plummets into a fiery abyss. Like Boba Fett before her, Phasma was a Star Wars character whose killer costume outshone her onscreen exploits, but her presence will be missed in Episode IX.

Finn vs. Phasma. (Photo: Lucasfilm)

3. Supreme Leader Snoke

After being glimpsed in holograph form in The Force Awakens, Snoke appears in the terrifying (digital) flesh in The Last Jedi, aboard his Star Destroyer Supremacy, in a spartan throne room surrounded by his scarlet-armored Praetorian guard, draped in golden robes. The towering Snoke is a formidable, if one-note villain, spitting the usual malarkey about ruling the galaxy while blind to Kylo Ren’s betrayal. While no one is sorry to see Snoke go, he gets a satisfying death by lightsaber, which in turn sets off an even better fight, where Kylo and Rey partner to take out his forces.

Snoke lashes out at Rey. (Photo: Lucasfilm)

2. Admiral Gial Ackbar

Writer-director Rian Johnson fakes out the audience early on, as the Resistance command ship leads the evacuation from D’Qar and takes a direct hit on the bridge. The camera follows General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) as she gets sucked into space. And for an exasperating moment, we believe her end has come. But Leia taps into her innate Force powers and surges back to the ship. While Leia lives, another cherished Star Wars fan favorite perished offscreen, his death remarked in comments to the surviving crew: Admiral Gial Ackbar.

While he doesn’t get a showcase moment like the others on this list, his death is one of the most gut-wrenching, considering his long service onscreen and in the books and comics. Introduced in Return of the Jedi, the fish-eyed Mon Calamari officer and hero of the Rebellion, who uttered one of the classic all-time lines (“It’s a trap!”), was coaxed out of retirement by Leia to serve in the Resistance and was a key architect of the destruction of Starkiller Base. R.I.P., good sir.

Ackbar parodied his most famous line at the end of production of The Last Jedi, proclaiming, “It’s a wrap!” The moment was caught for a behind-the-scenes video. (Photo: Lucasfilm)

1. Luke Skywalker

Han Solo’s death at the hands of his son, Ben, was a game changer, making it clear that none of the three major heroes from the original trilogy would be safe in the new series. With Carrie Fisher’s passing and Lucasfilm announcing that it would not recast or digitally recreate her Leia, we knew the princess/general’s future was limited, which is why we thought she might not escape being sucked into space. Ultimately, though, it was Luke Skywalker, decades removed from his farmboy days on Tatooine, who didn’t escape Last Jedi alive.

Photo: Lucasfilm

After using heretofore unseen powers of Force projection, Luke engages in a massive, samurai-style battle, taking on the entire First Order, including a line of assault walkers, to buy time for the Resistance to flee. Following the battle, we see Luke sitting cross-legged back on Ahch-To. He looks up at the setting sun and, for a moment, sees the dual stars of Tatooine one last time. He is at peace. And then he’s gone, vanishing into the Force, leaving only his robes behind. Perhaps he’ll return as a Force ghost, but that doesn’t make his loss any less shattering.

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[nevermorecrystal1]

Commander Palmer? Thank god you’re alive. Rosenda-A344 of Noble Team reporting for duty ma’me.

The Spartan Commander looked over the other to take note of any injuries. Good there were ones that survived. Now if only she could find Lasky.

"Good, I would say get some rest but we still need to find Lasky." Palmer had manage to find a contigent of crew members and hustled them together. They had a makeshift F.O.B. without drawing attention to themselves.

"Get yourself checked out by a Medic."