User:Spartan-307/SPARTAN-307 "Alexander"

Senior Chief Petty Officer Alexander-307, known by his full name Alexander Napoleon Richardson, is a SPARTAN-X commando, the only surviving member of the SPARTAN-X Project, a twenty-two year long endeavor to create a team of "perfect" Spartan supersoldiers.

Origins
In 2530, the Human-Covenant War was still raging in the Outer Colonies. After Spartan-034's death in 2525, the higher-up's in the UEG government decided to create a "new" set of Spartans... perfect ones. This took years to finalize, and after it was finally decided that this attempt, the "SPARTAN-X Project", was able to be funded (it turned out to be cheaper then the SPARTAN-II program), the project began on July 4, 2530, on Earth. The process required taking DNA samples from five Spartans: Spartan-117, Spartan-051, Spartan-104, Spartan-043, and Spartan-087. Once this was accomplished, the DNA was used to create "clones" of the original Spartan-IIs. The UNSC scientists were able to create synthetic female chromosomes (male in the case of Spartan-087's clone), and thus were able to create these clones while giving them unique traits. Because flash-cloning would not work, the cloning process took approximately 22 years.

Unfortunately, four of the five Spartan-X's died in development. The lone survivor was the clone created from the DNA of Spartan-117. This Spartan-X, numbered "307", was activated on July 4, 2552, on his 22nd "birthday".

First Weeks
At his activation, SPARTAN-307 chose a name: Alexander Napoleon Richardson. He was also given the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer. He was sent to Planet Reach, a UNSC fortress world and Inner Colony, and there he was put through a series of rigorous training scenarios, each of which he excelled in. He was outfitted with standard MJOLNIR Mk. V Powered Assault Armor, so as to make him indistinguishable from the SPARTAN-IIs and thus help conceal his identity and the existence of the SPARTAN-X project to the wider UNSC circles. During these first weeks, it was established that his personal favorite weapon was the M90 series of shotgun.

The Battle of Reach
Alexander-307 (now known to those closest to him as "Alex") got his first taste of actual frontline combat when the Covenant was discovered on Reach on July 24, 2552. He was stationed on the UNSC destroyer Armageddon's Edge, under Captain Edgar Sykes. Though for the majority of the battle he was forced to stay aboard the Edge, Alex was dropped into combat via an HEV on Agust 30. When he landed, he assisted a squad of UNSC Army troops in repelling an assualt by a sizable Covenant force (Alex estimated it to be at company strength), then reported to Camp Independence, a fallback position for Reach's High Command, where he met Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb briefly, and then was quickly retrieved by Captain Sykes and the Edge, which retreated to Earth (in violation of the Cole Protocol, as Alex informed Sykes, who didn't care at that point as he presumed that there was now no reason to abide by the Cole Protocol as there was nothing left for Humanity except Earth, in his mind).

Reassignment
On September 14, a few weeks after returning to Earth, at 1225 hours, Alex was placed under the command of Lieutenant Commander Miranda Keyes, whom he immediately became attracted to. He was stationed aboard Keyes' frigate, In Amber Clad, and was specially given an upgraded version of the MJOLNIR armor, the Mark VI/C variant, which was colored blue. During the next few weeka of serving under Keyes, he managed to get somewhat close to her, though when he accidentally let slip his crush on her, she declined due to their careers, saying that a relationship would not be good for either of them. Disappointed, Alex nevertheless opted to continue serving Keyes faithfully, harboring no grudge to her from her rejection.

The Battle of Earth
When the Covenant found Earth on October 20, 2552, Alex was sent from the In Amber Clad down to the planet, helping UNSC forces fight the Covenant in Mombasa, Kenya. After being caught in a prolonged engagement within New Mombasa, Alex was caught in the massive EMP blast caused by the New Mombasa Slipspace event and lost consciousness. Roughly ten minutes after this, Alex woke up to find the a massive Covenant reinforcement fleet sent by the High Prophet of Truth had taken control of the battle for the heavily damaged city. As the UNSC forces, including Alex, regrouped and continued to fight, Alex was once again rescued by the Armageddon's Edge, managing to escape Mombasa as the Covenant glassed the city.

Later Battles
After being reunited with the Edge's crew, Alex assisted the UNSCDF with the Edge shuttling him to various hot spots across Earth. At the War's end in March 2553, Alex was present for the Memorial of the Fallen, where he learned of the death of Commander Keyes and also the presumed death of his "father" SPARTAN-117. Greatly saddened by these revelations, Alex was comforted by the Edge's crew, and was officially transferred to serve on the ship once again.

Personality
Being designed to be a "perfect" Spartan supersoldier, Alex was fully aware of his superiority over other Humans, even other Spartans. However, in contrast to this, he was quite humble and friendly to everyone he met (even some members of the Covenant-- there was a case where he actually had an intellectual discussion with an Unggoy Deacon in the aftermath of a battle on Earth). He ws wary of trusting others with the information regarding his creation and existence; there were only two people that he was known to have revealed this to: Captain Sykes and Miranda Keyes. After swearing to keep his secret, they were rewarded with his steadfast loyalty in return for this. During the 22 years of his creation, Alex was given a constant stream of knowledge uploaded into his brain-- he knew virtually everything Humanity knew about itself as fact and theory, as well as everything Humanity knew about the Covenant. However, he did not learn any personal information of any kind about individual living people at the time of his creation, forcing him to act like any regular Human when meeting and getting to know others (however, he did know about the existence of his "father" as well as the other SPARTAN-IIs. He would often dwell on his desire to meet them, though it is unknown if he ever did).

Appearance
Despite being created from the genetic material of SPARTAN-117, Alex was quite distinct in appearance compared to his genetic template thanks to the synthetic female chromosomes used in his creation: He had light blond hair and sky-blue eyes, while he did possess his "father"'s freckles. He also had a distinct voice from his father. Like his father, he stood at 6'11" without his armor, and 7'2" while wearing it.

Trivia

 * Being a "perfect" Spartan, Alex excelled at everything he did, even beating out certain SPARTAN-IIs at what they themselves excelled in (though never actually proven, it was surmised by ONI while Alex trained on Reach that Alex was the fastest, strongest, smartest, and most durable Human in recorded history). However, even Alex had limits, and was of course still mortal-- while fighting in Mombasa, he was nearly killed several times, mostly from attacks by Kig-Yar snipers.
 * Alex's full name, Alexander Napoleon Richardson, is a reference to three great historical Human leaders: Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Richard I of England, also known as "Richard the Lionhearted". This reinforces the fact of his creation: To be a perfect leader.
 * Alex's "birthday" of July 4th is in reference to the date that the United States of America declared it's independce from the British Empire, in 1776 AD.
 * His SPARTAN Tag, "307" was made due to his birth year of 2530 (2+5 is 7, and the number seven is placed behind "30", the thirtieth year of the 2500s).


 * He has a unique view of the other Spartans: He refers to John-117 as his "father", due to Alex being cloned from John's DNA. Had the other four SPARTAN-X's survived, he would've had three "brothers" and one "sister". Consequentially, he views Spartans -104, -051, -043, and -087 (as well as the other Spartan-IIs) as "uncles" and "aunts". He views the Spartan-IIIs as his "cousins".