Her mother, a recently promoted captain in UNSC Navy signal intelligence, was reassigned to UNSC High Command in Sydney, Australia on Earth. When she was eleven, her parents divorced. Vale was a child prodigy who had an innate skill in languages. Olympia Vale was born on the human Inner Colony of Luyten on January 20, 2536. Since then, much of my life has been focused on increasing my knowledge of your kind.' - Olympia Vale, to Usze 'Taham īiography Early life and naval career ' I first learned your language when I was very young.
While most Spartan-IVs are recruited from active field duty, Vale is an exception as she was accepted into the program after excelling in training exercises despite minimal field experience. Following the Human-Covenant War, Vale served as a professional diplomat for the United Nations Space Command, specializing in interspecies relations. Vale is an anthropologist and xenoanthropologist, particularly adept in Sangheili and Forerunner culture, and fluent in Sangheili. Spartan Olympia Vale ( service number 44482-91201-OV) is a Spartan-IV supersoldier of Fireteam Osiris. If there's anything to know about the Sangheili, she's the one.' - Doctor Bob Casper, referring to Olympia Vale ' She's a professional diplomat and extremely fluent in their language and culture.