User:Baw Wee/Patrick Tenny

Patrick Tenny was one of many Marines deployed to fight the Covenant, he was known for making friends with almost everyone he met. He took part in almost every battle against the Covenant up until the Battle of Installation 04. Patrick was born in Cape Town, South Africa where his favorite thing to do was surf.

Early Life
Patrick was born to a middle-class family living in the center of Cape Town. During most of his childhood Patrick liked to surf with most of his friends, until he got to the age of fourteen when he got an interest in guns. When his father found out Patrick's new interest he took him to a few shooting ranges in central South Africa. By the time Patrick was eight teen he signed up for the UNSC to become a marine.

Being in the UNSC
Patrick was like any normal marine when he did training, but he always excelled with fire arms training, especially the shotgun. Patrick was a reserve, for most of his time as a marine, until the horrifying discovery at Harvest.

Hearing About the Covenant
When Harvest was first attacked by the Covenant, all marine reserves, including Patrick, were called in for duty. After his briefing about the new alien threat Patrick was shocked to hear that the planet was destroyed, and that no communication was made to these creatures. He tried to get as much information from his friends about the aliens as he could, but he didn't get enough. Soon Patrick would see these creatures faces for the first time at what would become the Battle of Miridem.

Battle of Miridem
During this short battle for the colony of Miridem, Patrick saw the faces of the Covenant for the first time. He thought that the Grunts were too stupid to be in any military, and that the Jackals were like terrifying giant vultures. Patrick came out of the battle clean, he was evacuated with the help of a UNSC Pelican and immediately sent to Paris IV, to defend it from an incoming Covenant attack.

Siege of Paris IV
When Covenant forces invaded Paris IV, Patrick racked up a total twelve kills, and successfully defended a crate of plasma grenades with Avery Johnson. After the battle Patrick was promoted to Corporal. He was then sent to Reach for extensive training, and a little rest and relaxation.

Battle of Sigma Octanus IV
When word of the conflict involving Sigma Octanus IV reached Reach, Patrick was one of the first to find out. He was immediately sent there to help the SPARTANs, it was there that Patrick would make friends with some of the best soldiers in the UNSC. When Patrick and the SPARTANs made it to Cote d'Azur, he was ordered by SPARTAN 117 to evac any civilians still alive. While trying to evac the civilians to a rescue Pelican, Patrick and his fellow Marines engaged in a small skirmish with some Covenant Grunts. During the skirmish Patrick was shot three times in the right foot by a Needler, when the needles eventually exploded, Patrick looked down at his right foot and saw nothing there.

Battle of Reach
With Patrick in the Pillar of Autumn's medical center learning to walk with his new robotic foot, Patrick didn't get to see any of the action, but he did feel it. With Captain Keyes driving the Autumn Patrick knew he was going to get thrown out of his bed. During the ship-to-ship battles Patrick was tossed back-and-forth in the medical center, mostly from Keyes' risky flying, and from the MAC rounds being fired. When he was told the battle was over Patrick was eager to find out who had survived.

Halo
After hearing about the major loses after the Battle of Reach, Patrick was deeply saddened with the loss of his SPARTAN friends. When he managed to get the hang of walking with a robotic foot Patrick finally got to see what all the fuse was about. The first thing Patrick was told was that when the Pillar of Autumn exited slipspace, it landed in a mysterious part of space, and that they had discovered a mysterious artifact orbiting a planet. He was told that the unknown object in space was called "Halo". The second thing Patrick found out from his friend Sam Marcus, was that SPARTAN 117, the Master Chief, had survived the battle at Reach, but that he was the last SPARTAN left. The third thing was that because the Autumn had exited slipspace and had not powered down quicker the Covenant had spotted them and were about to attack.

Escaping the Pillar of Autumn
When the Autumn was struck by Covenant boarders Patrick grabbed a MA5B Assault rifle and few frag grenades, and headed straight for the enemy. For awhile Patrick and his friend Joe Treymen defend a section of the Autumn from Covenant boarders. As Patrick and Joe fired the last of their bullets they ran to the ammunition depot, and caught up with their friend Tyler. From their the three of them battle numerous Covenant troops. Luckily they made it to a lifeboat and defended it from a few Elites, the three of them got inside and told the captain launch the life boat and get them out of there. As the life boat made its way to the surface of Halo, Patrick asked everyone in the lifeboat if Sam Marcus had made it out alive, a few moments later another friend of Sam's told him that he had died from an Elite who broke into the cryo chamber's control room. Patrick was again devastated from the news that another one of his friends had died.

Landing on Halo
Patrick's lifeboat successfully landed on the ring world. Patrick's lifeboat was the first one that the Master Chief encountered, that was when Patrick had some time to talk to him about what had happened to the Pillar of Autumn, and from that he learned that Keyes had abandoned the ship also, and that the Autumn probably crashed somewhere on the ring's surface. As Patrick thought this nightmare couldn't get worse, a Covenant Spirit landed and deployed a few Jackals, Grunts, and Elites. Then one after another more Spirits came, but their troops were easily defeated with the help from Master Chief. As the last Covenant troop was killed, Cortana sent an evac signal to Echo 419, which picked up Patrick, Joe, Tyler, and the rest of their lifeboat crew.

Infiltrating the Truth and Reconciliation
Before they could rescue Captain Keyes from the Covenant ship, the Truth and Reconciliation, Patrick, Master Chief, Joe, Tyler, and a few other marines, had to clear out the ground troops guarding the ship. Patrick, along with his fellow marines, had to wait for the Master Chief to fire the shot at the Covenant Shades. When he did Patrick and the rest of the marines came out of hiding, and engaged the Covenant. With the Covenant troops surrounding the battleship dead it was now time to move on to the gravity lift. Thanks to the Master Chief's help, Patrick and the marines killed the Covenant guarding the gravity lift, and the reinforcements that came down it. When they were lifted up into the ship, and into the supply bay, Patrick automatically knew that he and the other marines had watch the Chief's back, all the time. After they killed all the troops heading to the supply bay Patrick, Master Chief, and the marines went into the halls of the ship to look for Captain Keyes.When Patrick and his marines reached the top floor of the shuttle bay they engaged in a battle with a few Grunts, and Elites. Everyone took cover behind some Covenant supply boxes, and would fire their gun every few seconds, so that they could duck for cover and reload. Towards the end of the skirmish a Major Elite tossed a plasma grenade, as soon as the Master Chief saw it he immediately yelled "Grenade, get out of there!", but Tyler didn't hear it in time. The grenade was three feet away from him, and when it detonated Tyler lost both of his legs, and was thrown, by the force of the explosion, off the top floor of the shuttle bay, and plummeted to the bottom. After that Patrick was stricken with rage, he ran up to the Elite and shoved the barrel of his assault rifle into it's stomach, and fired every bullet left in that clip. After Patrick had cooled down, Master Chief and the marines continued their search for Captain Keyes. When they finally reached the Captain's holding brig, Patrick and the marines quickly killed the unsuspecting guards, and let the Master Chief open the cells. After they were told from Captain Keyes, what Halo could do, he knew along with everyone, they couldn't let the Covenant find the control room. When the marines fought their way back to the shuttle bay they got into the Covenant drop ship and relaxed, but not when the two Hunters came out to destry the drop ship, everyone was panic stricken. After Captain Keyes killed the Hunter and flew out of the Truth and Reconciliation, Patrick was again saddened as another one of his freinds was killed.