User:FightWithHonor/Temu Asano

"You lead because you're proud in what you're fighting for. Not because you want medals, glory or promotion. You do it because it's right, and at the end of the day, things are better because you went out there and did what you had to do."

- Temu Asano

1st Lieutenant Temu Asano was officer in the United Nations Space Command's 10th Shock Troops Battalion. He fought bravely in the years leading up to the Necros War, battling insurgent and guerrilla groups on outlying UNSC worlds.

Early Life
Born in the Japanese enclaves of New Kobe on the remote world Mosan IV, Asano proved to be an intelligent and fairly normal child until he was about 11. However, at that age he was diagnosed with Lyseck's Syndrome, a rare genetic disease which results in periods of temporary, but sudden and unpreventable blindness. While Asano's disease did not radically alter his life, it raised concern among his parents, who soon became rather over-protective of this. Chafing under their constant supervision, Asano defied his parent's wishes, becoming an outstanding track athlete, earning excellent grades and managing to gain a coveted appointment to the Luna Naval Academy.

Military Career
Asano's career at the Academy was mixed. Although he proved to be a solid student, his poor performance during Plebe Year proved damaging to his all-important class rank, and it took the remaining three years for Asano to work his way to graduate 25th from a class of 2480. This high rank gave Asano the ability to chose practically any service billet he desired. He opted to go Marine Special Warfare.

After passing the Marine Officer's Basic Course, Asano went on to complete the ODST course, earning his HEV and freefall qualifications as well as his ODST platoon leader certification. After completion of his training, Asano was attached to 111/97 Shock Rifle Regiment seeing combat against Ranger IX's highland guerrillas as a platoon leader. After 3 years with 111/97, Asano was transferred to 18/10 Shock Troops earning a promotion to 1st Lieutenant and a billet as Company XO.