User:Shadow Marine/SPARTAN-G024 (Shadow Marine)

"Don't pretend to think you know me. You did not grow up in a broken home with shattered dreams. I saw my loved ones die before my eyes and was forced into joining a program of suicidal supersoldiers. I care only for one person now, and thats me. You think you know me? Think again..."

- SPARTAN-G024

Lieutenant, Junior Grade Daniel-G024 (Also known as Daniel Copeland) is a SPARTAN-III Commando of the United Nations Space Command. Daniel-G024 is special warfare operator of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command and the UNSC Office of Naval Intelligence.

Early Life: Shattered Dreams and Sorrow
Raised in the streets of Jericho III, Daniel Copeland lived with his brother, Jason Copeland, and was raised by his single mother. Copeland had lived harsh life on Jericho III, while going to troubled schools and attempting to protect his young brother. Despite these conditions, Daniel and his family stuck together in the toughest of times and cared for each other. However, the Covenant had invaded Jericho III and approached Daniel's neighborhood. Group of Sangheili soldiers stormed Daniel's house and Daniel hid under the couch, as he watched the Sangheili soldiers kill his mother and gave chase to his young brother through the streets. This event in Daniel's life would scar him and take away the innocence he once had.

Afterwards, Daniel left his hiding place and roamed the streets for help. In his wandering, Daniel saw dead bodies scattered across the streets and came into eye contact with a young and dying girl that had been hit by plasma rounds. The girl cried for her mother and asked Daniel to help her. In tears and shock, Daniel had rushed out of the streets, with the dying girl still calling for him. After minutes of pain-staking walking, Daniel was rescued by a small group of Marines and had traveled to the nearest evacuation center. After Daniel and group of civillians were placed on ship to the UNSC Jack Rabbit, Daniel watched from the rear window the burning cities and sporadic fire fights that were spreading and retreated from the window and cried in the corner of the ship, with the ship's passengers watching him cry. After evacuating the civillians and the military staff, the remaining UNSC fleet retreated as the Covenant glassed Jericho III.

The UNSC Jack Rabbit arrived at Sigma Octanus IV and dropped off Daniel and the rescued civillians on the Human colony. Daniel was placed in a orphanage, where he remained distant and cold. Each day, Daniel would find ways to be alone and would be constantly attacked by other orphan children. However, one day, Daniel had changed into different person. When the orphans approached Daniel to beat him, Daniel had snapped without warning and viciously attacked the orphans. At the end of the brawl, two orphans were bleeding profusely and another had broken ankle. The orphans feared Daniel and the grim look he had gave as he was taken away.

Days after the incident, Gangrel Hogan, ONI intelligence officer, traveled to Sigma Octanus IV in search for canidates for special school. When Hogan arrived at Daniel's orphanage, most of the caretakers were ecstatic to have Daniel out of the orphanage and, without telling Daniel, allowed Gangrel to take Daniel to the school. Later that night, ONI operatives kidnapped Daniel and sent him to Onyx.

SPARTAN Training
Daniel's arrival on Onyx came to a surprise to him as he woke up on uncomfartable bed in a steel room that seemed like a jail cell. Daniel looked at his clothes and on his left shirt pocket was the tag "G024". When Daniel tried to exit his room, he was confronted by two Marines that guarded him and was pushed back into his steel room. Daniel was baffled on what was happening.

Few hours later, Daniel was led outside of his room, where he spotted other children coming out of other rooms as well. Daniel followed the children to a military op center, where they were greeted by Lieutenant Kurt Ambrose and CPO Mendez. They were told that they were part of the SPARTAN-III program, military program to create third-generation supersoldiers. The speech by Kurt Ambrose intrigued Daniel and soon grew a desire to have a new and better life, thinking that this program would lead to this life.

Augmentations
When 12 years old, Daniel and S-III Trainees had survived the biological enhancements, like all the other S-IIIs from Gamma Company. To complete their transition into SPARTAN-III soldiers, they were injected with the following drugs:


 * 8942-LQ99: A carbide ceramic ossification catalyst to make skeletons virtually unbreakable.


 * 88005-MX77: A fibroid muscular protein complex that boosted muscle density and strength.


 * 88947-OP24: A retina-inversion stabilizer drug. It boosted color and night vision capabilities.


 * 87556-UD61: Improved colloidal neural disunification solution, which in turn decreases reaction time.

In addition, the following drugs were injected into the Spartans. They were illegal, but their trainer, Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose felt that they were necessary for Daniel and his fellow S-IIIs to survive.


 * 009762-OO: a mutagen that alters key regions of the subject's frontal lobe. Enhances aggression, strength, endurance, and tolerance to injury. Negative effects include a loss in rational thinking and tactics. This is counter-balanced by the anti-psychotic and bipolar-integration drugs.


 * 009927-DG: miso-olanzapine. an anti-psychotic. Counters the mutagen's properties.
 * 009127-PX: cyclodexione-4. a bipolar-integration drug. Counters the mutagen's properties.

Personality and Appearance
"Daniel is narcissistic and ruthless individual. He seems to care for only himself and will use under-handed tactics to achieve his goal. Not to mention, Daniel's psychotic tendencies can put lives in danger. However, Daniel has an attitude that balances out his flaws. Daniel has "Rise Above" attitude that shows that Daniel will overcome any obstacle put in front of him and will do everything in his power to reach his goals."

- ONI Psychological Board Review Daniel-G024 is considered to be an unpredictable and controversial individual. In his childhood, Daniel was seen as sweet and quiet boy. According to childhood friends, Daniel was caring and well-behaved. Daniel had always regarded that his family comes first before anything else in his life. However, after the tragic events that transpired on Jericho III, Daniel's personality had changed radically. Daniel became anti-social and was very silent in his mourning over his family's death.

However, in a instant, this mourning gave berth to a new side to Daniel. Daniel became crazed and had developed a crazed look that would be well-known by the people who knew him. Characterized by wide and and grimly eyes and his gritting teeth and dark grins. Daniel would viciously attack his enemies until he was satisfied with the damage he caused or were knocked unconscious. Daniel had become remorseless and uncaring. He developed a deep hatred for anyone that he considered his enemy and he became cold towards those that tried to befriend him.

During SPARTAN training, Daniel would become narcissitc, as he thought of himself as the best that the S-III program had to offer. Daniel constantly claimed he was the best in the world at what he does. He refused to work with his Spartan comrades, claiming they were useless and regarding them as parasites and leeches. He still had his psychotic tendencies during his training, but were held under control by the drill instructiors. However, as his military career progressed, Daniel developed a Rise Above attitude, as Daniel had liked to call it. This attitude showed that Daniel was determined to overcome the obstacles put in fron him and was willing to do anything to accomplsh his goals, tasks, and dreams, even if it meant hurting anyone stepping in his way.

Daniel is seven-foot tall individual with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. Several females who knew Daniel also described as a very handsome and having rugged features, as well. Before his indoctrine into the SPARTAN-III program, Daniel was small child with short blonde hair and had a average body for child. However, Daniel was beaten back into physical shape and became extremley athelitic. Daniel was described as being the fastest in Gamma Company and was quicker on his reflexes. After augmentations, Daniel would grow to 7 feet tall and would have a much more muscular body. Daniel's hair had also grown long, due to the effects of his augmentations. However, Daniel preferred to have only short hair. As soon as the augmentations were complete, Daniel cut it his own hair to his own desgin and liking.

Trivia

 * The Charcter Model of SPARTAN-G024 is based on Chris Jericho, Professional Wrestler of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).


 * Charater's first name is based on Shadow Marine's actual name.


 * Considered to be Shadow Marine's 1st article on Halo Fanon.