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| - Assigned to Able squad prior to the operation to destroy the GRAF Shield, Noretti was deployed along with Marsh, Marsala and DeLeon to Earth. During the insertion Noretti's landing pod was damaged and spiraled out of control smashing into the ground and killing her on impact. Her death left a deep emotional scar on Marsh's psyche. He began carrying a picture of her in his E-frame as a reminder of the first trooper that was lost under his command. Neosapian forces located the crash site and recovered genetic samples. These samples were later utilized by Preatorius and Galba to resurrect her into a Neosapian/human hybrid, a creature that was Neosapian on the inside but appeared to be human on the outside. The intention of this project was to create an assassin that could infiltrate ExoFleet and kill Admiral Winfield. Planting Noretti with a shipment of Terran slaves that was to be intercepted by the Chicago resistance, she made it to Venus and ultimately joined up with Able Squad. Her reintroduction brought about considerable confusion within the squad. Due to Noretti's Neosapian internal anatomy, a dog that Bronski found reacted with hostility toward her. This proved to be Marsala's first clue as to her true nature. Later, when Marsala did not need to reconfigure his E-frame following Noretti's use of it, his suspicions deepened and he went to Marsh with them. Confused at Noretti's return, Marsh's judgement was clouded and he initially rejected Marsala's suspicions. Noretti commandeered Marsala's E-frame and captured Admiral Winfield. Taking him deep into a cave system, she fought with her own inner feelings. One part ordering her to follow Phaeton's orders, the other demanding that she side with her friends in the ExoFleet. Unable to rectify the conflict, she abandoned her assignment and crashed the e-frame into a rock face, committing suicide.
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