User:144PA/James Campbell

Born as Alex Keyes, James Campbell was a top ONI agent. His difficult childhood and experience with life-or-death situations has prepared him mentally and physically for his career.

Childhood
Born as Alex Keyes, he was born on Troy in 2524. His mother was a police officer while his father had gone to fight in the war. When the Covenant glassed Troy in 2537, Alex was able to evacuate aboard the Apocalypso but his mother stayed behind, choosing to help others escape. With the death of his mother and no one to take care of him, Alex was put in temporary protective care.

Amanda Loren, a deckhand aboard the ship, became the child's temporary guardian but, after growing closer to Alex, decided to become his permanent guardian. The military became a major part of his life until she died aswell from illness. Not willing to go into a potentially dangerous foster home, Alex ran away before protective services could retrieve him and became a street urchin. Joining a local gang in the city of New York at the age of seven, Alex began to see them as a real family.

Becoming a rough and mischievous child, Alex would carve an extensive criminal record and a street rep greater than the actual gang's. Part of his everyday life was combat. Fighting against rival gangs and police officers constantly, Alex was known to escape death and rarely get caught by his enemies. At the age of 16, Alex grew tired of his criminal lifestyle and, to receive a new identity, assisted the police in taking down his gang aswell as others. He was put into the witness protection and moved to Mexico City. There, James Campbell as his identity became, would enlist in the military.

Early Military Career
He easily conquered both basic training and Shock Trooper training and was stationed on Ganymede until being called to serve with the 7th Shock Troops Battalion. Fighting in multiple firefights against the Covenant, Campbell would later apply for a job with ONI. Acing his test and achieving greater than the qualifications, James became a member of ONI Section III. In 2550 at the age of 26, James became the youngest ONI operative ever. As an ONI agent, James worked alongside many, including SPARTAN-206 and Valiant Team. Fascinated with the Spartans, James began doing secretive studies of the Spartans and read many of their files in depth, including SPARTAN-206, SPARTAN-025, and SPARTAN-117. This fascination would nearly get him killed as a top ONI agent threatened that ONI brass was ready to "deal" with any security breaches. James discontinued his research but ONI kept their eyes on him. His physical excellence, mental sharpness, and interest in the SPARTAN Program made them very interested in him and, in 2552 after the glassing of Reach, ONI became desperate.