Sarah Palmer (Halo)

Sarah Palmer (service number: 65287-98303-SP) is a character from the Halo series and the leader of the Spartans of the UNSC Infinity. She has received a negative reception from the Halo community since her debut in Halo 4.

Why She Sucks

 * 1) Her line about Master Chief's height "I thought you'd be taller." is supposed to be a reference to the often-used Marine combat dialogue from Halo: Combat Evolved ("Woah, he's taller than I thought!"), but fans mostly see this as a poorly written line.
 * 2) She was a cruel jerk towards Catherine Halsey throughout Spartans Ops as by example that she was determined to kill her if necessary which however is clearly unnecessary because Halsey is creator of the original Spartans who are designed to fight against Insurrectionists.
 * 3) *An infamous moment is that she literally shot Halsey's shoulder, ruining Thorne's chance of rescuing her and having her turned against the UNSC at the end of Spartans Ops.
 * 4) *What is worse is that she didn't even show remorse about what she has done even in Halo: Escalation.
 * 5) She's not just a jerk towards Halsey according to pointer #2, she can also be this way to some of the others like Miller and Dalton.
 * 6) In Halo 5: Guardians, she is the forced announcer for Warzone unless you can get the Voices of War Pack, which is a paid DLC.
 * 7) She first comes off as arrogant and jerkish but later got worst after she was flanderized into being an annoying and boring character, as alluded to in the pointer about her being the default Warzone announcer.
 * 8) She doesn't even show much personality at all when being the Warzone announcer.
 * 9) She IS the leader of the Spartans aboard the UNSC Infinity despite having had less experience than the Spartan-IIs like Master Chief, Fred-104 (Lieutenant Junior Grade), Kelly-087, and Linda-058.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) She was better in Halo 4 and its Spartan Ops episodic multiplayer campaign.
 * 2) Her voice actress Jennifer Hale actually does a decent job voicing Palmer.

Trivia

 * Palmer is the main protagonist of the Halo top-down spinoff Halo: Spartan Assault, which was released in 2013.