User:Sgt.T.N.Biscuits/Abhidi Baluyut

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Abhidi Baluyut was a well renowned member of the UNSC Air Force best known for piloting Sparrowhawks and Hornets throughout the course of the Human-Covenant War. He was awarded several medals for his actions, most notably during the Outer Colony Campaigns.

Early Life
Abhidi Baluyut was born on November 18th, 2503 in the Indian city of Kolkata. His father was an engineer in the UNSC Corps of Engineers and was often away on trips. At the age of 18, Baluyut followed a military path and enlisted in the UNSC Air Force.

Insurrection
Baluyut was immediatly deployed to Eridanus II as a part of Operation: TREBUCHET in 2521. The new recruit was tasked with refueling and maintence of air craft. He was restricted of flying most of his early years due to his low rank. However in 2525, his flight skills would be much needed.

Human-Covenant War
With the UNSC fighting a far superior aerial and space force, the Air Force was eager to get their hands on whoever was willing to fly. Abhidi was one of these pilots and after a short leave, he was deployed to Harvest alongside the Spirit of Fire.

Harvest Campaign
Baluyut, now at the rank of Senior Airman was chosen as the lead pilot of a Sparrowhawk, Echo 304. In the latter half of the Second Battle of Harvest he was deployed groundside alongside crewman Bao Chung and a sqaud of Sparrowhawks. They succesfully cleared several miles of Covenant forces, but failed to approach the site referred to as "The Relic". Finally, after several days of fighting Marine ground forces retook Harvest and Abhidi was redeployed to Arcadia to fly a Hornet alongside Marine forces from the UNSC Spirit of Fire.

First Battle of Arcadia
Upon arrival in Pirth City, Baluyut and his crewman Bao Chung were tasked with flying a Hornet alongside the Arcadian Patrol and the UNSC Marines being led by Sergeant John Forge. The sqaud of Hornets fought well, allowing time for civilian evacuation (At the cost of two Hornets). With Pirth City citizens succesfully outside of the combat zone, Baluyut joined the UNSC forces retreating to jungles on the outsides of town. It was here that he was tasked with protecting several pelicans holding precious cargo (Including Spartan Red Team). Abhidi managed to allow for two of the Pelicans to escape, but his Hornet was shot down by Covenant AA fire. A marine reconnaissance team discovered the crash site and Baluyut was ferried out to Reach to recieve the medical care he needed.

Hospitalization
Following his near-fatal injuries during the Arcadia conflict, Abhidi was forced to remain bedside at a UNSC medical facility on Reach. Despite this disability he continued his avaition career, jumping at every opportunity to help the Air Force. After a year of designing and testing aircraft, Abhidi was awarded the Outstanding Airmen of the Year Ribbon for his contributions and leadership during the Harvest and Arcadia Campaigns. By 2533, the airmen was ready to return to active service.

Operation: EAGLE GLACIER
Baluyut was among several dozen Air Force and Navy pilots chosen to particapate in Operation: EAGLE GLACIER, a large mission to take out URF and Kig-yar asteroid-based refueling stations in the GJ 1214 system. Baluyut was assigned to the Shortsword bomber Knife 34, part of the main Shortsword task force being led by Second Lieutenant Paul Nguyen.

Staff Sergeant Baluyut was part of the first assault, a hit and run bombing on a Rebel refueling station. The intial mission was a success, destroying the majority of the station at the cost of four Shortswords.

He would also particapate in the latter half of the operation, escorting several damaged UNSC ships out of system.

Operation: GO FETCH
He would then particapate in the follow up mission, Operation: GO FETCH in which Air Force forces were redeployed to the GJ 1214 System to mop up remaining forces and eliminate any possible threats. Upon arrival all things went as planned, with the AF units facing only minor resistance. However, things soon took a change for the worse as a Covenant destroyer arrived in system.

Abhidi took control of the two other Longsword fighters alongside him and utilized his Shiva-class warhead to help take out the Destroyer. After elminating the ship's shields, the Stalingard destroyed the ship with a heavy MAC round. Soon afterwards Baluyut would be awarded the Outstanding Airmen of the Year Ribbon for his actions in the two operations.

Jericho VII Theater
After nearly ten years of service in the UNSC, the Sparrowhawk was scrapped due to maintance problems. Wishing to continue to fly a simliar craft, Abhidi requested to be transferred to a Hornet sqaudron alongside his good friend Bao Chung. His request was accepted and the two men were transferred to the UNSC destroyer Resolute. Almost instantly the destroyer was ordered to head to Jericho VII to boost up defenses. Upon arrival in the system they learned of the Covenant invasion and Baluyut was quickly deployed to the planet's surface.

Abhidi was part of the main UNSC assault on Covenant ground forces on the planet. He provided cover fire for the Marine and Spartan forces on the ground and attacked the Banshees harassing the UNSC ground personel. After two days of vicious fighting, the Covenant broke through orbital grid and Abhidi was forced to retreat.

Battle of Łosośniki IV
With the seige of the Inner Colonies already on the way, Abhidi and the remaining units aboard the Resolute were deployed to the colony Łosośniki, on the very edges of the Inner Colonies. Within two months of arrival, a Covenant battlegroup arrived at the colony and began deploying troops to the surface.

The intial UNSC Army assault was almost completely wiped out, save a few fireteams. As a result UNSC commanders sent in the Air Force and Marine forces on the planet to succeed where the Army had failed. Abhidi was in charge of the lead Hornet sqaudron attacking the Covenant forces. Despite inflicting heavy wounds on the Covenant forces, they lost the battle due to the Covenant's far superior numeral advantage.

Siege of the Atlas Moons
Following a large defeat at Łosośniki IV, Baluyut was reasigned to serve aboard the UNSC Gettysburg. Following a Covenant led siege of the Atlas Moon, UNSC forces were cut off from reinforcements and forced to fight with all they had. Abhidi was given control of all air units groundside, while Admiral Stanforth raged a battle in space. Once again facing a far suprerior enemy, Abhid was forced to sacrifice several of his airmen in order to evacuate civilians being cutoff by the Covenant. The plan was succesful as several thousand civlians managed to bypass Covenant forces and reach outbound freighters. Despite the succesful mission, Abhidi felt regret for the pilots he sent to die.

The Siege would continue and Baluyut was forced to command his exhausted pilots in a battle against the Covenant occupiers. Finally after two long weeks the battle ended at the cost of two thirds of Baluyuts men.

Failed Defence of New Isle
Following the deadly incident at the Atlas Moons, Baluyut was reassigned to a Marine Aviation group enroute to New Isle. Upon arrival, the entire Marine Platoon was anhilated by a already victorious Covenant force. Abhidi was among the few pilots to escape the attack, however how he managed to do so is unknown.

During this attack, war photographer Jake Courage captured a picture of Abhidi Baluyut. The picture was included in Courage's exbihit, Dead on Arrival.

Skirmish Aboard the UNSC Autumn Red
In 2539, Baluyut was stationed aboard the joint Air Force/Navy carrier, UNSC Autumn Red when it was ambushed by Covenant forces during a routine mision in Abhidi stayed on board the ship, fighting off the alien invaders with only an M90 he had picked up. After an hour of repelling the boarders, they succeeded in killing the invaders and retreated from the system, likely resulting in the glassing of the colonies situated there.

Battle of Bonita Falls
Two years later, Baluyut would be present during the Covenant invasion of Bonita Falls, a once popular resort colony. In the opening courses of the battle, Abhidi evacuated unarmed civilians aboard his hornet. Afterwords, he lead a group of Spartans (referred to as "Gray Team") into battle and deployed them behind Covenant territory. After dropping the sqaud off into the chilling night time, he hid amongst the deep forests of the colony.

After several hours, the Spartans completed their mission and called in for extraction. Baluyut arrived at the extraction point relatively unnotice. However, upon arrival he was ambushed by two Banshees of which had followed him to the location of the spartans. He quickly attempted take off but was shot several times by the craft. Just as he began to crash, one of the spartans fired four SPNKr missiles and sent the Banshees into a massive fireball of debris and plasma. Having completed his mission, Baluyut returned to the UNSC fleet in orbit.

Evacuation of Emerald Cove
Several months later, Abhidi would particapate in his first non-combat mission in nearly 20 years. He was responsible for leading air units during the full scale evacuation of [Holetown], a major metropolitan area on the colony of Emerald Cove. The mission was a quick success and Abhidi was reassigned to the UNSC destroyer, Seattle.

Battle of 18 Scorpii
Abhidi Baluyut then arrived at the colony of Falaknuma, one of the few outer colonies still in UNSC hands. Within several months, a lone Covenant destoyer arrived in system. While it was quickly destroyedby the UNSC battlegroup in orbit, the Destroyer managed to deploy 12 dropships to the surface of the planet. Ground forces proceeded to protect civilians in the refugee camps that covered the colony, while Baluyut led VTOL Air Force units against the incoming drop ships.

Out gunned and out numbered, Baluyut used a mixture of pure luck and tactial genious to destroy eight of the ships. Despite the victory, nearly all the Air Force personel had died attacking the enemy dropships.

Battle of Miridem
In 2544, Baluyut particapted in the massive Battle of Miridem. During the opening actions of the battle, Abhidi was transferred to a Shortsword bomber tasked with elminating the massive Covenant presence in the colony's capital, Mountainside. Within minutes of arrival then-Private Maria Deved radioed in the Shortsword requesting an air strike on a large group of Jackals. The strike was a quick succes, with nearly all the Jackal forces killed.

Afterwords, Baluyut helped in the carpet bombing of an ONI facility being overrun by Covenant forces. While preventing the capture of vital information, the attack resulted in the death of fourteen allied personel, including the Spartan Sheila.

Awards and Decorations

 * Defense Superior Service Medal (2554)
 * Outstanding Airmen of the Year Ribbon x2 (2532, 2534)
 * Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (2533)
 * Harvest Campaign Service Medal (2531)
 * Purple Heart x3 (2531, 2533, 2552)
 * Outer Colony Service Medal (2535)
 * Air Force Training Ribbon (2522)
 * Air Force Longevity Service Award (2554)
 * Joint Meritorious Unit Award (2544)

Trivia

 * Baluyut's picture is actually that of Indian Air Force Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, who is considered by many to be the "Father of the Indian Air Force".