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 survived the.

Early Childhood
Richard "Rick" Sanders was born on June 3rd, 2511 at,. When Rick 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 Richard-077. Like the rest of the Class-I SPARTAN-IIs, he was taken to and trained by   and. Rick-077, along with Dom-094, Sam-015, and Annie-003, was placed into the Platinum Team, which was created by the (ONI) to serve as its Beta-4 Division's "personal agents." The Platinum Team would be called upon for various tasks assigned by the Beta-4 Division, ranging from recovering objects of importance or escorting high-ranking ONI personnel. Although Rick-077 was outgoing, it was Annie-003 who was able to organize the team and use each member's strengths to their advantage; she was therefore, appointed as the team's leader. Although Rick was able to form close friendships with his team members, his slight ego prevented him from getting along with many of the other SPARTAN-II trainees.

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 civiliasn were 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-077 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.

Battle of Miridem
The Platinum Team was reorganized in order to escort the civilians of. There, Dom-094 discovered three chidren 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.

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 claim 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 SPARTANs to Boralis and were sent by Paris-class frigate to assist in defending the core. This would be the SPARTANs' 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. Rick-077 and Dom-094, were instead, deployed in. Being overconfident now that he had energy shields, Rick-077 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, Dom-094 brought Rick-077 to the UNSC base and the latter received temporary medical treatment, returning to battle several minutes later. Rick-077 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. The UNSC frigate eventually destroyed the corvette in space, putting a halt on Covenant ground reinforcements. Dom-094 was able to finish off the last two Sangheili, allowing the core's contents to be purged. Rick-077 was fortunate enough to not suffer any permanent damage that would physically hinder him in future engagements.

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

- Rick-077 on the surface of Flora Rick-077 and Dom-094 were called to the colony of Flora to defend it from the Covenant. The two SPARTANs were placed on an to fight off boarding Covenant infantry. Eventually, the SPARTANs left the station, with Rick-077 flying an and Dom-094 piloting a YSS-774 Spatha. After battling through many, the two SPARTANs were ordered to land on Flora, and soon met up with Sam-015, who was already on the 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. 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 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 on the other side of Flora earlier, 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
"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 led personally by Dar 'Akamee. 'Akamee and his 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-094 carried the forerunner device as the SPARTANs were pursued by more covenant forces. In the middle of the chaos, Dom-094 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 their comrade behind. Rick-077 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-077 found himself cornered by four. Although he was able to kill three of the elites, he was only able to lower the of the fourth, who took him down with his. As Rick-077 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-077's body was nearby at the time of the Iron Fist's arrival, allowing Sam-015 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 Paris-class frigate in orbit, and Sam-015 froze Rick-077 in a. Before the frigate could slipspace-jump out of Reach's orbit, it was intercepted by Covenant ships, prompting the ejection of the cryo-chambers. Rick-077's cryo chamber remained in orbit, and was never discovered by the Covenant.

Recovery
In the year 2544, Rick-077's cryo-chamber was recovered by UNSC forces. He was subsequently treated of his wounds and returned to service.

Battle of Brasil
"Do you mind?"

- Rick-077 complains to Dom-094 for "stealing" his kills "Yeah, terrorists, but they're frickin' eight feet tall."

- Rick-077 to Rtanis 'Vadum

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. Rick is also good at sneaking and is very effective at maintaining stealth when the mission calls for it.

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, many of the other 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 has not been entirely lonely. Those he can truly call friends, Dom-094, Annie-003, Sam-015, and Parks are all very close to him. Dom, in particular, is very close to Rick, and the two see each other as twin brothers. Rick possesses romantic feelings for Bella Caseiro, but she is oblivious to those feelings.

Equipment
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 , 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 Assault/Commando torso accessories, a  on his left forearm, a  on his left leg, and. As of 2558, Rick's consists of an, ,  shoulder pauldrons,  forearm guards, and  leg armor.

Unlike some of his teammates, Rick-077 is not particularly picky when choosing a weapon. However, when possible, he will bring an M256 rifle as his individual weapon as it can be used to engage enemies at nearly any distance. Rick-077’s preferred sidearm is a Colt Taipan revolver, which possesses more power than that of any pistol of the, due to using a larger cartridge. After the Human-Covenant War, Rick-077 began using a M314 machine gun loaded with SLAP rounds in addition to an M256, using the former for close to medium distances and the latter for further ranges. In the later stages of the Human-Covenant War, when was developed, Rick-077 began to alternate between a, , and a  generator; Rick-077 equips the former two for offensive missions and the last for defensive engagements.

Human-Covenant War
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Post Human-Covenant War
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