User:EliteMaster117/Mark Nickels

"Listen to me good hot face, you take your hands off me or I will blow both of us all the way to kingdom come!"

- Mark, threatening his captor, a demon.

Mark Nickels is an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper enlisted in the Marine Corps of the United Nations Space Command, fighting against the Demons in the Human-Demon War. He is the leader of the 127th Orbital Drop Shock Trooper Battalion.

Early Life
Mark Nickels was born on Uprising at the date of May 12th, 2578. He was born to a fairly wealthy family, and learned to talk earlier than most children, and was sent to preschool at the age of two. After 3 months into the class he got in a fight, and won. And even though he got kicked out of the school, he still had a will to fight. He went to 17 different schools before he went to Elementary School.

At this point, his father, who was deceased, had given him a poster of the UNSC. From here on he was interested in joining the UNSC.

At the age of 18, he was drafted into the UNSC, and fulfilled a lifelong dream.

Military Career
After being drafted into the UNSC, and after leaving Basic Training, Mark met his first Enemy, a Demon. The Demons were a horrendous group of extraterrestrial species driven by flames. He then volunteered for the ODSTs, and worked his way up to Major, than becoming the leader of the 127th Orbital Drop Shock Trooper Battalion.

Operation: DUNE
Major Nickels was deployed to a desert planet with high readings of Covenant Nomad activity. He along with a sniper, and two others, were scouting a Covenant Cargo base when a Chopper boosted on top of them, this crushed one of the ODST's leg, propelling him to the center of the Covenant base, and revealing the position of the squad. Choppers swarmed around them, and Wraiths fired upon them. Phantoms dropped cargo all over, in a constant panic. The squad was in a bad position. But alas, the crew slowly picked off each and everyone of the infantry, leaving only 3 Wraiths, and 2 incoming Phantoms, so using skill, and intelligence, the team planted 3 Claymores around the perimeter of the base, which caused a chain reaction of Plasma and Spike grenades to explode, thus causing Plasma Batteries to explode, and destroying the base.

Appearance
Mark had brown eyes and black hair, a light complexion, and multiple scars around his body, one of which went across his stomach, leading to his calf. He had black hair, (which was unusual for a Caucasian) and this was because his father was French. His mother was Caucasian, and when his father died, reverted to her old surname, Nickels.

Personality
Mark was gruff, and cold-hearted, but he was a by the book soldier, obeying any orders given out by his superiors. He was kind to some, and had a sense of humor when not giving orders, or being silent. He would often read novels about the Human-Covenant War, and this led him to be a "double-personality" type of man. But he did not have 2 personalities, only mixed feeling for different people.

Trivia

 * Although not noticeable, seven references are hidden all over this article, which are his height, 6'1, (6 + 1 = 7) his month of birth, July = 7th month of the year, and his weight, 205 pounds.