Rick-077

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 Richard "Rick"-077 (born Richard Sanders; June 3, 2511) is one of the last surviving super soldiers. He and Sam-015 were the only SPARTANs of who did not  during the. This allowed both SPARTANs to participate in the, although they could not participate in the because they escaped to the surface of  from the crippled Kano Station and became stranded on Mauritania. forces were able to find them days after the end of the and they subsequently returned to service.

Early Childhood
Rick was kidnapped and conscripted into the SPARTAN-II Program at the age of 6 by. He was trained on by  and  and placed into the. While Rick tried to make friends during the training, his ego prevented it. His only friend for several years was Dom-094.

In the year 2525, he underwent and survived severe augmentation procedures that enhanced his physical capabilities. Following the augmentation procedures, Rick and Dom were pulled out of the Green Team and placed into the newly-formed Platinum Team. Due to the tolerant nature of the other two Platinum Team members, Annie and Sam, Rick was able to get along with them.

Battle of Liber
The Platinum Team, led by Annie-003, was deployed on Liber, an outer colony, to defend the latter from a relatively small Covenant force. By the time the SPARTANs reached the planet, nearly a quarter of the colony had already been massacred. The SPARTANs first searched through the destroyed towns for potential survivors and managed to gather a few. Once the civilian was safely escorted to, the SPARTANs swept into the larger cities, effectively driving back the Covenant with their teamwork, changing the tides of the ground battle. Meanwhile in orbit, the UNSC fleet of Liber destroyed both of the Covenant invading force. After the battle, Rick and the other members of the Platinum Team were divided, rarely seeing each other again for the next twenty-six years.

Harvest Campaign
"Just pretend you're fighting in their underwear."

- Rick-077 to the concerned Dom-094 Rick-077 participated in the in the year 2530. He was sent to help evacuate UNSC ground forces, and met Private Michael Parks, who was constantly driving fellow soldiers to extraction points in an. Rick sat in the Warthog's passenger seat, granting Parks the necessary fire support. On their last evacuation round, they came across Dom-094, and splattered their way to the nearest Pelican. The dropship escaped, docking in a , which then slipspaced away.

Attack on Boralis

 * Dom-094: "Every time, I have to save your ass."
 * Rick-077: "That's because my ass is worth saving."
 * ―Dom-094 and Rick-077, just after the latter recovered from his first incapacitation of the battle

A was taken by a Paris-class frigate to a top-secret installation on the planet Boralis. The frigate was pursued by a single. As only were being deployed to the installation to claim the navigation core, a company of  and  did not seem to be not enough to hold off the enemies. Rick and Dom were the closest SPARTANs to Boralis and were sent by another frigate to assist in defending the core. This would be Rick'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. Being overconfident now that he has energy shields, Rick charged into a group of five elites, sustaining damage from multiple before being knocked unconscious by the forestock of a. When the five elites were killed, Rick received temporary medical treatment, and returned to battle several minutes later. Rick was able to destroy the anti-aircraft gun, but traded blows with an elite on his way out of the cannon's base structure, being once again pummeled to near-death. Both UNSC frigates eventually destroyed the corvette in space, putting a halt on Covenant ground reinforcements. Dom was able to finish off the last two Sangheili, allowing the core's contents to be purged. Rick's unconscious body was placed in a and remained frozen until certified medical staff was available. After the battle, Rick was awarded a for his bravery.

Battle of Gliese 581
"Don't worry, they have me. I'm insurance enough."

- Rick-077 on the surface of Zarmina

Rick-077 and Dom-094 were called to the Gliese 581 system to defend the colonies of Zarmina and Faunus from the Covenant. Rick and Dom were placed on an to fight off boarding Covenant infantry. Eventually, the SPARTANs left the station, with Rick flying a and Dom piloting a YSS-774 Spatha. After battling through many, Rick and Dom were ordered to land on Zarmina, and soon met up with Samantha-015, who was already on the surface of Zarmina.

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 Zarmina. Rick, Dom, and Sam were sent to the structure and fought through. 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 SPARTANs on Zarmina 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 Zarmina's atmosphere, it was ambushed by the UNSC Alexandra and several frigates and. This enabled Annie-003 and Ryan-A022, who were on Faunus earlier, to board the battlecruiser with a Longsword. 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
"I dare you to shoot this."

- Rick, taunting Dar 'Akamee's team as he points to the red bullseye emblem on his chest. The Contumacy was hidden within a complex cavern on Ogygia. The Covenant ground forces were this time led personally by 'Akamee. The elites got to the artifact first, but the Platinum Team immediately caught up right after. After brutal combat, all of the zealots lay dead, thanks to the SPARTANs' better teamwork. Dom carried the forerunner device as the SPARTANs were pursued by more covenant forces. In the middle of the chaos, Dom was separated from the team by a plasma grenade explosion. Due to the overwhelming number of Covenant forces in orbit, the rest of the Platinum Team was forced to leave Dom behind. Rick was furious and disheartened when the Platinum Team was forced to leave his best friend to die.

Fall of Reach
"Just keep me in your memory..."

- Rick's last words before falling unconscious

On August 30th, 2552, most of the remaining were deployed to the surface of  by the Pelican,, from the. When Bravo 001 was crippled, the SPARTANs were forced to make high-altitude jumps. Four of the SPARTANs did not survive the landing. Upon regrouping, divided the SPARTANs into four splinter groups: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta; Annie-003, Rick-077, and Sam-015 were in the.

Team Beta was assigned to defend. Annie-003 ordered the SPARTANs to engage the oncoming thirty-two and 260 infantry in close quarters. Athough the SPARTANs broke the assault wave, another two Covenant armored divisions along with three reinforced the first wave. In the attack, Rick found himself cornered by four. Although he was able to kill three of the elites, he was only able to lower the of the, who fourth took him down with his. As Rick fell to the ground, he tossed a just behind the shield-broken elite and successfully killed his attacker just before he fell unconscious from his wounds.

The was ordered by  to bombard the area, but the Pelican  arrived in time to extract any survivors; Rick's body was nearby at the time of the Iron Fist's arrival, allowing Sam to help him onto the pelican, moments before the Majestic fired its  rounds onto the battlefield. The Iron Fist then took the SPARTANs to a in orbit, and Sam froze Rick in a  until certified medical staff was available. The prowler slipspace-jumped out of Reach's orbit, escaping the Covenant.

Battle of Brasil
"Do you mind?"

- Rick-077 complains to Dom-094 for "stealing" his kills

Personality and Description
"I'm only reckless because I know I'll come out alive."

- Rick-077

Rick is talkative and free with his opinions. He is an adequate leader and was therefore second-in-command for the Platinum Team, despite the lack of respect others may give him. He barks orders but deep down is only strict because he cares deeply for his comrades. His choice in armor ability during the reflected this as he often carried a  to protect himself and his squadmates. Rick is very reckless and often gets himself into suicidal situations, only to be saved by teammates. As a result, he is decorated with the greatest number of of any SPARTAN. Ironically, he is one of the only to survive the Human-Covenant War.

In terms of skills, Rick specializes in mostly close ranged combat, and often takes advantage of to break the shields of stronger infantry such as  at close range. Oddly, Rick is good at sneaking and is very effective at maintaining stealth when the mission calls for it. Rick carries an M256 into most missions, should long range be the only viable option. He will also usually have a Colt Taipan as his sidearm, due to its slight power over the. After the Great War, Rick began to make more use of heavy weapons such as the Xie R14A.

Relationships

 * Rick-077: "Don't even start."
 * Dom-094: "I'm just getting started."

Since Rick is somewhat egotistical and often exaggerates his own abilities or outright lies in order to cover up his flaws, he does not get along well with almost everyone around him, even though he tries to make friends. Although this was not a problem during his first two years of training, almost all the other Class-I SPARTAN-IIs could not stand him in the following years. They would often try hard to hold back laughter whenever yelled at or hit Rick with a  whenever the latter did something "stupid". However, Rick is not entirely lonely. His only friends, Dom, Annie, Sam, Parks, and Kevin are all very close to him. Rick harbored a crush on starting two years before the augmentation procedures, but those feelings were transferred to Commander Caseiro starting the Battle of Liber. Caseiro was oblivious to those feelings until Sam informed her of them following Rick's death.

Armor
Throughout his military career, Rick-077 has worn various configurations of. Rick's first set of armor consisted simply of the standard, albeit with silver highlights to indicate that he was a member of the Platinum Team. Throughout most of the, Rick continued to wear the MJOLNIR Mark IV armor, but with an with the CBRN/HUL upgrade, ODST shoulder pauldrons,  torso accessories, and. When was issued, Rick's armor configuration consisted of another ODST helmet with the CBRN/HUL upgrade,, another set of  torso accessories, a  on his left wrist, a  on his left leg, and. During the, Rick-077 wore that consisted of yet another ODST helmet, , and. As of 2558, consists of an, , Scout shoulder pauldrons,  forearm guards, and LG-50 Bulk leg armor.

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