Axton-A428

Petty Officer First Class SPARTAN-A428, known to his parents as Axton David Zogby, was a SPARTAN-III supercommando of Alpha Company. One of the hundreds of children who were given the option to join Alpha Company, Axton had displayed enough skill to become a Cat-2 - a SPARTAN-III who was equipped with the vastly superior. Though he was intended to be used in other battlefields, Axton was lost after, when an intelligence error led to him being a contender in the battle.

For more than fifteen years, he and the survivors of PROMETHEUS were stranded on an unidentified world, struggling to find enough food to survive. This, coupled with the stress generated from raids by patrols, led to Axton's social and technological skills breaking down over the years. As a result, when the UNSC found him, they were introduced not to a stoic Spartan but a highly aggressive animal who could barely speak their language. Though the intense therapy did eventually allow him to resume active duty, the lack of understanding for social conventions meant he was to permanently serve alone or in one-off team relationships.

Personality
"I've been around long enough to know the truth - there is no god but the god of war. The god of death. The god of challenges."

- Axton, on the concept of religion.