- Lyme1331
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Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains.
Very little is directly revealed or said about DARE, making her as mysterious as the Forrunners to the average fan. Using sources from OXM, Bungie.net, and other Halo Databases I have compiled a speculation on just who DARE might be.
The E3 2009 Campagin Developer Walkthrough part 1 of ODST shows the Rookie download a map from the Superintendent via public phone booth. As he downloads this it is shown that DARE is an author of either the Superintendent himself or the author of the map. (This was brought to me by a thread on the ODST forums, for more information go here, thanks!)
During the download it mentions DARE as it reads: AUTH:[DARE.V.500341(S1)]
This mentioning of an S1, especially so close to DARE, made me think of another source about ODST...
The January 2009 issue of Official Xbox Magazine (issue #92) features an interview with Joseph Staten all about Halo 3:ODST (back when it was still being called Halo 3: RECON). The subject of S1s were brought up. J.Staten could not say anything more than that S1s were not Spartans, as it might lead some to believe.
So DARE is an S1. We know that she works directly for the ONI, Office of Naval Intelligence, meaning that she is high ranked in the UNSC. Further reasearch on S1s in Halo canon bought up JOTUN farm machinery, civilian warthogs, and finally DARE. (Whose first name is Veronica... didn't know that).
So DARE of the ONI redirects the ODSTs to another mission on the surface of New Mombassa (Rather than above it in Regret's carrier. Could this mission be a recovery of Intelligence files to protect them from the Covenant invasion?
That's my theory.
I've seen theories about DARE betraying her squad and I, along with those forum authors, want to keep those discussions in their respective threads. I'm not trying to steal anyone's thunder.
**Post any sort of theories or speculations about the mystery of DARE and its involvement in Halo 3: ODST's plot. I would prefer that they have citations from videos or databases.
Thanks for reading, and hopefully posting!**