Dom-094

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Dominic "Dom"-094 (born Dominic Hsieh; December 31, 2511) is one of the last surviving super soldiers who served throughout the. In late 2551 to early 2552, Dom and the rest of the Platinum Team fought to obtain a device called the Contumacy. When the SPARTANs acquired the artifact on the planet Ogygia, inside the crashed Forerunner ship, the Inheritor's Judgement, Dom volunteered to be the one to hold the relic as the SPARTANs made their way out. In the chaos, Dom went missing in action, and due to the overwhelming number of forces in orbit, his teammates were forced to leave him behind. Dom remained stranded on Ogygia for several months, keeping his presence unknown to the Covenant forces that occupied the planet. During this time, he succeeded in using the Contumacy to force the Inheritor's Judgement's ancilla under his control. In August, 2552, all Covenant forces but a left the planet, and following the  two months later, the  and  turned on each other. The civil war severally dwindled the numbers of both sides, prompting the, an elite, to order the ship to leave the planet and prepare for. Dom was able to sneak onto the battlecruiser before it took off and eventually succeeded in clearing the ship of all occupants but himself, allowing him to use the Inheritor's Judgement ancilla to help him pilot the vessel to -occupied space and return to service. Following the Human-Covenant War, Dom participated in the the.

Conscription
Dominic "Dom" Hsieh was born on December 31st, 2511 at Styrling, Ceres II. When Dom was five or six years old, he was identified as one of the one hundred fifty candidates for the, being physically and mentally superior to almost all children his age. He was abducted and conscripted into the program by, with his official name changed to Dominic-094. Like the rest of the Class-I SPARTAN-IIs, Dom was taken to and trained by   and. Dom-094 was placed into, where he met , Rick-077, and Sam-015. As a mild individual, Dom got along with his teammates very well, and with the extended time he spent with them, he began to value them as extremely close friends.

As with all of the SPARTAN-II children, Dom-094 underwent the excruciatingly painful. As Dom writhed in agony while adjusting to his artificial bodily enhancements, he bore witness to some of his peers dying horrifically. Dom was initially convinced that he himself would suffer the same fate as those who did not make it, until Sam-015 gave him the confidence to endure the process by telling him that they would pull through together. After Dom recovered, he was grateful that Rick-077, Sam-015, and Kurt-051 survived with no defects.

Battle of Liber
In the month of February, 2535, ten years into the, the targeted the colonies of  and Liber. While the majority of the Spartans were sent to Jericho VII, a few were needed at Liber. These few were Dom-094, Rick-077, Sam-015, and also Annie-003 from, and were designated the Platinum Team. Upon the Spartans' arrival at the colony, Darryl Coatney informed them of the situation of the attack. Although the had a slight upper hand on the surface, the space battle did not seem winnable; there was nothing in Liber's orbital defenses that could take out the opposing, the Divine Eradication. Having reviewed what had occurred in the, Coatney urged the Spartans to board the Divine Retribution just as had boarded the. Instead of bringing mere, however, the Spartans would bring a , as the assault carrier was at a safe distance from the UNSC vessels.

Similar to the events of Chi Ceti, Platinum Team traveled to the Divine Eradication by with many of the UNSC Future Untold and several other UNSC vessels drawing the Covenant's attention. While the Spartans were in the Pelican, Annie-003 told Sam-015 to bring an, as she believed they would need all the firepower they could get. Several of the UNSC vessels then fired their at the assault carrier, enough to create an opening in the Covenant carrier's narrow section for the Spartans to board. Platinum Team subsequently left their Pelican and used their to propel themselves into the Divine Eradication.

The members of Platinum Team initially faced and  and were able to take them out with little difficulty. When the Spartans began facing, Annie-003 ordered Sam-015 to make liberal use of her rocket launcher against  enemies. Tougher infantry needed to be eliminated quickly as the Spartans could not afford the possibility of getting shot. Once the Spartans had fought their way deep enough into the Divine Eradication, they armed the nuke, putting it on a timer. However, they prepared for remote detonation should the timer malfunction. With the bomb in place, the Spartans proceeded to fight their way out of the Covenant ship. Commander Bella Caseiro contacted the Spartans, informing them that she was waiting for them outside aboard the UNSC Muted Whisper. Minutes after the Muted Whisper had safely recovered the Spartans, the HAVOK detonated, severing the Divine Eradication at its "neck" and also destroying nearby Covenant.

With the greatest naval threat gone, the Liber fleet proceeded to turn the tide of the naval battle. The Spartans were then deployed on the surface to help the UNSC ground forces finish off the Covenant infantry and also search for survivors. In orbit, the surviving UNSC ships were able to force the last two battlecruisers into retreat, ending the battle in favor of the humans. The synergy between the Spartans played a major role in their success at Liber, prompting the establishment of Platinum Team as a permanent Spartan unit under the leadership of Annie-003.

Battle of Miridem
Platinum Team was sent to in order to help evacuate its civilians. There, Dom-094 discovered three children who were orphaned by and hiding from Covenant forces. Dom-094 took the children to the rest of the Platinum Team, and the SPARTANs escorted them to the nearest transport, successfully keeping the children from enemy fire.

Battle of Reynif
In the year 2545, Dom-094 was sent to the colony of Reynif to aid the evacuation of civilians. By the time he reached the colony, there was only a single major city remaining, Saeloun Seoul. Towards the end of the evacuation, all nearby Pelicans were shot down, leaving the SPARTAN and a squad of marines stranded in the city. In the process of finding a safer area to hold out in, the marines were killed one by one until only two marines, Thomas Prado and  Cynthia Sinquefield, remained. Dom-094 and the marines arrived at the city's park and found a young girl named Seung-ah, whose mother was killed by Covenant forces. Dom-094 called for extraction, and they were able to make use of the park's pavilion building as a hiding spot.

As they waited for transportation, a arrived at the park and deployed six. Dom was confused as to why the Covenant would need to when searching for human stragglers, but was nonetheless prepared for a fight he had slim chances of winning. Dom immediately ordered Sinquefield to take Seung-ah deeper into the building, and told her that he and Prado would fight the. When the first zealot entered the pavilion, he immediately vaporized Prado with his and then proceeded to bombard the SPARTAN with several more shots. Dom was able to temporarily find cover, sneak behind the zealot, and break his neck. For each of the next four zealots, Dom lured his enemy to his cover and took advantage of his maneuverability on foot, barely avoiding both shots and swings alike while firing off shots of his own with his until the elite died. Dom successfully used the same strategy on the last zealot, but suffered several burns from the elite's. Soon after, a Pelican arrived at the park, picking up Sinquefield, Seung-ah, and the wounded Dom. Saeloun Seoul ultimately fell to the Covenant, and Reynif was subsequently.

Attack on Boralis
A was taken by a  to a top-secret installation on the planet Boralis. The prowler was pursued by a single. As only elites were being deployed to the installation to capture the power module, a company of and  did not seem to be not enough to hold off the enemies. Rick-077 and Dom-094 were the closest additional SPARTANs to Boralis and were sent by a Paris-class frigate to assist in defending the core. This would be Dom's first battle in the new. Before the SPARTANs joined the battle, the Covenant forces deployed an to prevent the UNSC from bringing in reinforcements by dropship. The moment the SPARTANs arrived in, Rick-077 charged into a group of five elites and nearly died from this act. Dom-094 was able kill six elites before suffering a head injury caused by a that grazed his helmet. When Rick-077 received appropriate medical attention and returned to combat, he destroyed the anti-aircraft gun, but was (once again) severally wounded in the process. The UNSC frigate eventually destroyed the corvette in space, putting a halt on Covenant ground reinforcements. When Dom-094 returned to the fight, he killed five more Sangheili before being grazed by an. However, the elite turned his attention to an ODST before he could finish the SPARTAN off, allowing Dom-094 to kill him along with the last elite on Boralis, securing the power module.

Battle of Flora
Dom-094 and Rick-077 were called to Flora to defend the colony from the Covenant. The two SPARTANs were placed on an to fight off boarding Covenant infantry. Eventually, Dom-094 and Rick-077 left the station, with the latter flying a and the former piloting a YSS-774 Spatha. After battling through many, Dom-094 and Rick-077 were ordered to land on Flora to defend it on the ground. The two SPARTANs soon met up with Sam-015, who was already on Flora's surface.

During the battle, had intercepted a Covenant transmission regarding an artifact called the Contumacy. A map on the location of the artifact was hidden within an underground structure on Flora. Rick-077, Dom-094, and Sam-015 were sent to the structure and fought through special operations elites. Although the SPARTANs could not reach the map before the Covenant forces did, ONI managed to track the map to the Unwavering Conviction, which by chance, was hovering a few hundred meters over Covenant-occupied land to refit. A Pelican deployed the three SPARTANs and a squad just outside the Covenant territory. The SPARTANs boarded the battlecruiser by using its, and immediately faced an attack on all sides. Through teamwork, they cleared the room and moved on, although the majority of the ODSTs were killed in the attack.

Just as the Unwavering Conviction left Flora's atmosphere, it was ambushed by the UNSC Alexandra and a few other. This enabled Annie-003 and Ryan-A022, who were originally on the other side of Flora, to board the battlecruiser with a. The SPARTANs of both sides joined forces aboard the ship, and then killed the shipmaster and took the map. On their way out of the Unwavering Conviction, however, the SPARTANs discovered that their Longsword was destroyed by the Covenant. Fortunately, a Pelican was able to pick up the SPARTANs at the nearest hangar bay, allowing them to make their escape.

Operation: SQUALL
The Contumacy was hidden within the crashed Inheritor's Judgement on Ogygia. The Covenant ground forces were led personally by Dar 'Akamee. The SPARTANs arrived just in time to face the zealot strike team over the artifact. Through teamwork, the SPARTANs killed the elites and retrieved the relic. Dom carried the artifact and the Platinum Team rushed out of the structure. As the SPARTANs fought through more Covenant forces, Dom was knocked into a nearby wall by the force of a plasma grenade explosion, which also caused debris to divide his unconscious body from his team. Due to the overwhelming number of Covenant forces in orbit, the rest of the Platinum Team was forced to leave Dom behind.

Dom remained stranded on Ogygia for several months, keeping his presence unknown to the Covenant forces that occupied the planet. During this time, he encountered the Inheritor's Judgement's ancilla and communicated with it. He decided that he would use the Forerunner AI to aid his eventual escape from the planet and was eventually able to force it under his control using the Contumacy.

In August, 2552, all Covenant forces but a single battlecruiser left the planet, and following the two months later, the elites and  turned on each other. The civil war severally dwindled the numbers of both sides, prompting the shipmaster, an elite, to order the ship to leave the planet and prepare for orbital bombardment. Dom was able to sneak onto the battlecruiser before it took off and eventually succeeded in clearing the ship of all occupants but himself. With the help of the Inheritor's Judgement ancilla, Dom piloted the vessel to and returned to the UNSC. Dom was disheartened when he discovered that Annie-003 was killed during the.

Battle of Paradiso
The Human-Covenant War left many civilians homeless. Paradiso was one of the newly-discovered habitable planets suitable for refugees. In the year 2556, Dom-094 was sent with the first set of refugees to the planet in order to ensure their safety from potential or Covenant remnant attacks. One month later, the SPARTAN-IIIs Henry-G066, Jim-G067, and Seung-ah-G218 arrived with a second set of refugees. Only three days after the SPARTAN-IIIs' arrival, a small fleet of Covenant Loyalists led by brutes attacked the colony. The combination of the SPARTANs and a greater number of UNSC Army and Marine ground forces annihilated the Covenant ground forces. However, the brutes were able to successfully raid a camp that was not well-guarded, kidnapping Gunnery Sergeant Yoon Hyeon-ki, his surviving men, and the civilians at the camp. The battle in space was also in the UNSC's favor, thanks to the UNSC's greater number of vessels compared to that of the Covenant, forcing the latter's remaining ship, a single battlecruiser, to retreat. The crew aboard the UNSC Frigg was able to track down the Covenant ship and its destination – a world controlled by a relatively small number of Covenant loyalist remnants. Alexey Surkov ordered the Frigg and the majority of the Paradiso fleet to pursue in order to finish off the loyalist remnants and rescue the missing humans.

Battle of Beimeni
"Blast 'im."

- Dom-094, ordering Henry-G066 and Jim-G067 to unload weapons on Tisamenus

Upon arriving at the planet the Covenant escaped to, Surkov's fleet faced another battlecruiser, with the escaping battlecruiser nowhere to be found. Shortly after the UNSC's arrival, the missing battlecruiser emerged from the planet's atmosphere, indicating that it had likely deployed its prisoners at the planet's surface. Surkov ordered the SPARTANs and a division of infantry to search for and rescue the captured humans.

The Frigg's AI, Nótt, located the  of the captured Marines, and the UNSC ground forces subsequently rushed to the location. With the SPARTANs, led by Dom-094, spearheading the operation, the UNSC forces made their way to the prisoners, killing any enemy that stood in their way. Just before the SPARTANs could reach the prisoners, they arrived at the Covenant base's control room, where Tisamenus, the leading the Covenant forces, waited for them. The chieftain mocked the SPARTANs by telling them he had already killed one of their kind, even pointing to her armor he had on display in the room. Dom-094, immediately recognizing the armor belonging to Annie-003, nonchalantly ordered Henry-G066 and Jim-G067 to unload weapons on Tisamenus. Dom-094 and the two other male SPARTANs, equipped with  weapons, obliterated the chieftain long before he could reach them with his. Among the chieftain's charred remains, Jim-G067 recovered his weapon, a. With their biggest threat eliminated, the SPARTANs proceeded to free the prisoners. The UNSC forces escorted the civilians to the nearest extraction with Jim-G067 in front, plowing through brutes and with his new weapon. Once all UNSC forces evacuated the planet, Surkov ordered the orbital bombardment of the Covenant bases on the surface.

Battle of Brasil
"Remember, kids: pounce, but, annoy like no tomorrow."

- Dom-094 to the rest of Platinum-Bravo

Raid on the Antillia Flood research facility
"No free rides."

- Dom-094, before a latching off his

Personality and traits
"Don't get hit."

- Dom-094's advice in how to be a better soldier. Like most, Dom-094 only speaks when spoken to, and only those who know him well can have a casual conversation with him. Dom is known for his cautiousness, which can be seen in many of his decisions he has made throughout his entire career. In combat, Dom prefers to keep his distance from his enemies and only resorts to close quarters when doing so is the far superior option. When put in charge, Dom always prioritizes minimizing casualties on his side. Although battle-hardened like a Spartan should be, Dom was not always one to perform under stress. Throughout training, Dom had low self-esteem, believing himself to be inferior to his comrades, and it often took Sam-015 to give him any sort of confidence. Of course, any traces of self-doubt have been mostly washed away by years of combat experience. Despite his usually serious demeanor, Dom does have a sense of humor when conversing with teammates. He is known to nickname certain feats after other Spartans. For example, headshotting more than one or  in quick succession with an  is called a " moment," hitting a target from an incredibly long distance with a rocket is called "the Samantha," and just outright coming out of overwhelming odds unscathed is called a "." Ryan-A022 eventually picked up on Dom's naming of instances, and even came up with his own; falling for a fairly obvious trap became known as "Classic Rick."

Dom often fills the role of a marksman because of his careful nature and that he possesses above-SPARTAN-II-average firearm accuracy. He has also been called to fill the role of a sniper on many occasions when there was no better sniper available (prime examples of "better snipers" are and Ryan-A022). Although Dom mostly makes use of his marksmanship on the battlefield, what he truly excels in is hand-to-hand combat, having also practiced Shaolin Kung Fu on top of his standard SPARTAN close quarters combat training. His prowess in unarmed combat rivals those of and, making Dom one of the only Spartans Kelly can spar against without having to hold back. Dom is also notorious for having the greatest vertical leaping height of all SPARTAN-IIs, thanks to his relatively lighter build. Perhaps Dom’s greatest flaw is his relative lack of situational awareness, often focusing too much on a single task that he neglects – sometimes crucial – details around him; this trait is most notably shared by, who lost her right arm and then her life as a result of this weakness. Dom, therefore, generally requires a teammate to "watch his back" should his bane get the better of him.

Dom is notable for unintentionally inspiring several individuals to become Spartans themselves, all of whom he rescued from forces – Henry-G066, Jim-G067, Fred-G068, and Seung-ah-G218, who became, and Cynthia Sinquefield, who became a.

Relationships
Although Dom-094 has been able to get along with most people, there are only a few he can consider his closest friends. Early in training, Dom befriended Rick-077, Sam-015, and, all of whom he met upon joining , although since the start of the , he began seeing Kurt much less to the point where what time they spent together was more of a distant memory. To this day, Dom is still very close with Rick-077 and Sam-015, and in the case of his relationship with the latter, many believe that the two are romantically involved; both, however, deny any romantic feelings they may have for each other. Since the establishment of Platinum Team, Dom has valued all members who have joined it, forming strong friendships with Annie-003, Ryan-A022, Henry-G066, Jim-G067, and Fred-G068.

Over the course of his career, Dom has also befriended those who are not Spartans. At the, Dom met Mike Parks, who worked tirelessly to escort civilians and allied troops off planet, and was impressed with the soldier’s bravery. The Spartan would fight alongside Parks in future engagements and would be sure to greet him in his presence. Dom also greatly respects Admiral Gerald De Gaulle and Vice Admiral Alexey Surkov, trusting their judgment based upon the several battles he has fought under their command. Dom's relationship with Surkov, in particular, is analogous to relationship with Captain.

When Dom was introduced to the SPARTAN-IV Fireteams Mantle and Victoria to work alongside, the SPARTAN-IVs saw themselves as being superior to the Platinum Team, and began a self-declared rivalry against the more-experienced SPARTANs. Although Dom initially treated the SPARTAN-IVs with indifference, he eventually found their petty rivalry to be incredibly irritating, significantly lowering his opinion on the newest generation of SPARTANs as a whole.

Armor
Throughout his carrier, Dom-094 has worn multiple suits of, with each suit being an improvement over his last.

MJOLNIR Mk IV
Dom-094's initial was the  of. This would be the armor that Dom would spend the majority of his career in.

MJOLNIR Mk IV/CQC
Dom-094 began wearing the of MJOLNIR Mk IV armor upon its introduction in 2548 in order to complement his lesser-known specialty of close quarters combat.

MJOLNIR Mk V
When provided with late in the year 2551, Dom-094 chose to wear a  helmet with a  upgrade, a  chest accessory, a CQC shoulder pauldron on his left shoulder, a  on his left forearm, and a  on his left leg. This would become one of the Spartan's most iconic suits of armor, despite the fact that he has spent the least time in it out of all of his past suits.

MJOLNIR GEN2
When he returned to the UNSC after being missing in action since Operation: SQUALL, Dom-094 was given the option to wear (MJOLNIR GEN2). Dom's new armor consisted of an helmet,  body armor,  pauldrons, and  leg armor. Dom initially wore forearm armor with the SOLID pattern type, but then changed it to  forearm armor when the UNSC began reverse-engineering  technology. In addition to being as equally iconic as his Mk V suit, Dom's first set of GEN2 armor was notorious for intimidating his enemies, severally discouraging from engaging him in combat.

MJOLNIR GEN2/Reaper
By far his most advanced suit due to being largely reverse-engineered from technology, Dom-094 currently wears the  and a, the latter of which complements his close quarters capabilities much more effectively than his Mk IV CQC armor had.

Weapons
Unless tasked with specific roles, Dom-094's general preferred weapons are shotguns (especially the ) for close quarters and designated marksman rifles for almost all other ranges. Throughout the, Dom-094's most commonly used weapon was the , with the being a close second. Dom's sidearm of choice has always been a customized M6I/B/US. Throughout most of his career, Dom's M6I/B/US was rebarreled for 7.87×37mm rounds and fitted with a, a red dot sight, and a tactical light.

As of mid-2558, Dom-094 wields either an or a  with a, and loads his rifle with   whenever they are available. Dom-094 has also restored his M6I/B/US with a 10.9mm barrel, loading it instead with HEC rounds, and fitting it with a new set of attachments consisting of a and a  scope. Dom's new sidearm configuration allows him to support his teammates against heavier infantry such as and hostile  by disrupting them with repeated concussive fire.