Tyler-A319

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"This is Team Gauntlet. If they want war, we'll give them one hell of a war."

- Tyler-A319.

 Tyler-A139, born Tyler Raymond, is a of the. He is specialized in reconnaissance, sniping and hand-to-hand combat. He is the leader of Gauntlet Team, an elite team of SPARTANs that is well known to have fought in many battles since 2540. His callsign is Gauntlet One.

Regarded as one of the best snipers ever in the SPARTANs, considered to be on par with, Tyler-A319 has fought in many battles throughout the , becoming a decorated veteran. He is known to have participated in Operation: CLEAN SWEEP, the Battle of Algolis, the Fall of Reach, the Second Battle of Deston and many more.

He is considered to be one of the best SPARTAN-IIIs of, eventually getting picked out of the group in early 2558. Tyler was considered to be on par with the legendary, along with many other S-IIIs nicknames as "cat 2"s, not to be confused with the Class II SPARTAN-IIs. They were given advanced technology and were ordered to work separately from the rest of the Alpha Company S-IIIs. Tyler serves with UNSC Navy, but also has clearance to, indicating his collaboration with ONI.

Early Life and training
"There really are some impressive Spartans in Alpha Company. Tyler and Clyde are two of them."

- addressing Tyler and Clyde.

Tyler was born on November 11, 2520 on the planet of Deston. He was born to parents Nicholas and Sarah Raymond. His father was a Sergeant, so he rarely ever saw him. As a child, he had brown, straight hair and black eyes. Since he was a child, he had superior aiming abilities, as demonstrated while playing games like shoot the rock. His dad regularly took him to aiming practice with a crossbow. When the attacked Deston in 2530, his father was killed in action and his mother was shot in the back by a  wielding an. He then started to run away from the Covenant. Although the Covenant were unsuccessful in taking over Deston, Tyler had lost both of his parents, making him an orphan. However, in 2531, he was picked up by LCDR Kurt Ambrose and  to be enlisted in  of the.

Tyler was trained with other trainees of Alpha Company on the planet of. He had shown expert marksman and leadership abilities, as well as in piloting and hand-to-hand combat. LCDR Ambrose had personally shown his interest in him due to his sharpshooting skills. Like most of the other recruits, Tyler passed the given to the S-IIIs. However, he was one of the few Alpha recruits who had fully benefited from the augmentations, since he had the genetic markers needed for the S-IIs.

Teen Operations
His first mission was in 2536, on the planet of, where some Covenant activity was detected in a forest. Tyler was given the rank of and was assigned as leader of squad Alpha-One, along with some other Spartan-IIIs, including Clyde-A307. They landed on the planet using a. They searched the planet for a long time, neutralizing any Covenant that encounter them. After nine hours, they discovered a huge base of Covevant. Alpha-One used their, set a timer for 30 minutes, and escaped the planet. The mission was successful, with the Covenant base destroyed and a new Covenant weapon found, the, which was never documented on before. This mission proved that Tyler was indeed a great leader and that his team was the best weapon he got.

"They called us with some name.. some "cat 2". Not sure why they some up with such names, we're not cats, are we?"

- Tyler, when he first heard the nickname for the 'special' S-IIIs of Alpha Company.

Tyler continued participating in other missions, finally earning the rank of. He then was pulled out of Alpha Company, along with many others like Clyde-A307, Nick-A077,, ,  and many others. All of them were considered as "cat 2s", a name given by LCDR Kurt Ambrose to those S-IIIs who were on par with the S-IIs. They were formed into different teams, with the S-II Carris-137 being in Tyler's team, now termed as Gauntlet Team. After, all the Cat 2 members were given. He continued to participate in other Insurrectionist and Covenant missions.

Augmentations
Just like all other SPARTAN-IIIs of Alpha Company, Tyler received the following biological augmentations performed on the SPARTAN-IIIs, under Project CHRYSANTHEMUM. Tyler and many other S-IIIs had the necessary genetic markers for the SPARTAN-IIs, allowing them to fully benefit from the CHRYSANTHEMUM biological augmentations. They were pulled out of the suicide missions, given advanced gear and were deployed as normal SPARTAN-IIs.
 * 8942-LQ99 : Carbide Ceramic Ossification Catalyst - The subject's skeleton becomes virtually unbreakable, and can resist impacts much more than the normal human body can. Allows survival from higher heights.
 * 88005-MX77 : Fibroid Muscular Protein Complex - The subject's muscle density increases greatly, enhancing physical strength of the body by a factor of three.
 * 88947-OP24 : Retina Inversion Stabilizer - The subject's color sharpness is significantly improved, and the vision in dark areas is heightened. Makes the subject virtually see in the dark clearly.
 * 87556-UD61 : Colloidal Neural Disunification Solution Multiplier - The subject's reaction time is greatly improved, and the time taken to react is decreased by 300%. Allows the subject to more easily dodge bullets and plasma bolts. Reaction time decreases even more when adrenaline pumps through the subject's blood.

Insurrection on Algerion IV
In August 2538, Gauntlet Team and NOBLE Team were sent together to suppress the Insurrectionist activity on the human colony world of Algerion IV, an industrial planet. Using to land on the planet, they immediately found Insurgent squads patrolling the city. They quickly neutralized those who were near their LZ. After going more deeper into the city, they found some indications that the insurgents were stealing weapons from the nearby weapons industries, such as Arcane Weapons. After reaching there, the two teams found out that a branch of Arcane Weapons themselves were producing weapons for Innies, since its manager was a former Insurrectionist commander. NOBLE and Gauntlet were granted permission to kill any Insurrectionist presence, and they did so effetively. The operation was a success for Gauntlet, but no so for NOBLE, as one member of the team was killed by an Insurrectionist wielding a shotgun.

Operation: CLEAN SWEEP
"The insurgents have taken over the . Our job, infiltrate the facility and do to them what they did to us, infiltrate and neutralize."

- Tyler, briefing the mission to the team.

In 2540, during the Human-Covenant War, the Insurrectionists took over the Aszod Communications Facility located in Aszod.

Battle of Roost
"Your work is simple; Take over one of those Covenant ships, and blast the others to bits, literally. Sounds easy enough? It's time you Spartans did something notable."

- to Gauntlet Team on their briefing.

After the success of the Operation: CLEAN SWEEP, all the teams were given, the extremely advanced armor given to S-IIs. Shortly afterward, the UNSC discovered a Covenant assault on the colony world of. Not wanting to risk the planet falling into Covenant hands,  ordered Gauntlet on a risky mission; board a Covenant ship, take over it and use it to aid the UNSC ships in the space battle.

Gauntlet Team was provided with a, the UNSC Edge of Life and the AI 'Alpine'. Using this, they traveled to the Covenant fleet and secretly boarded a, since it has no shields. Using Alpine's intellect, Gauntlet was able to kill most of the crew and take control of the ship. Gauntlet then proceeded to attack the Covenant assault force. Alpine had a tough time using the plasma cannons on the Covenant ship, and couldn't direct all of them properly. Nonetheless, this tactic helped the UNSC fleet greatly against the Covenant ship, destroying all but one destroyer. However, their victory was cut short when a total of 7 Covenant ships jumped in-system. They were quickly identified as three destroyers, three frigates and one carrier. The carrier opened fire on the captured corvette, disabling the ship and destroying a part of Alpine, which caused huge amount of memory to get erased. Gauntlet was unable to confront the new forces, and the UNSC ships were all destroyed, including the Rear Admiral's ship, the CMA Heracles. They quickly abandoned the bridge and ran towards the docking day, running past Covenant soldiers and attacking them using hit and run tactics. They got into the prowler and abandoned the corvette. Tyler, operating the prowler, cloaked it and watched in secrecy as the Covenant then proceeded to glass Roost. This made Tyler feel regret that it was his failure that the UNSC lost the planet to the Covenant. He swore that he'd try his best to save humanity, even if it meant the death of him and his team.

Battle of Algolis
"It's done. The Covenant will never step their foot onto ever again."

- Tyler at the end of the Battle of Algolis, after destroying the Covenant corvette.

In 2548, the Covenant attacked the human colony world of, one of the Inner Colonies. While the UNSC forces tried to fend off the Covenant ships using the 2 stationed around Algolis, a lone Covenant corvette secretly escaped the battle, entered the planet's atmosphere and started deploying troops. Their target was the  designated T12A, on the capital city of Seidō. The Covenant forces were focused on the destruction of the facility, as it contained a powerful prototype exoskeleton, the.

Gauntlet was assigned to the protection of the facility and if possible, the destruction of the base. However, they were too late due to their Pelican crashing before their LZ due to Covenant AA fire. By the time they neared the facility, the marine called had used the prototype armor system and held off the Covenant forces in the area, sacrificing himself and the suit as he initiated the suit's self-destruct mechanism.

Gauntlet then proceeded to destroy the Covenant AA cannon, using Carris-137's G4H Anti-Vehicle/Infantry Rocket Launcher. Then, they proceeded to board the Covenant corvette, which was very near to the ground deploying troops. Using stolen Banshees, Tyler, Clyde and Carris proceeded inside the ship. They quickly found the reactor room and with the help of Alpine, initialized the overload sequence. However, Alpine stated that if they initialized the sequence right then, the trio wouldn't have enough time to escape the ship. Alpine volunteered to stay in the Covenant ship's system, initializing the sequence right after the Spartan left the ship, destroying the ship and killing the AI.

Fall of Reach
After the, Gauntlet were transported to Reach to receive their new and a new AI 'Anon'. On July 14, 2552, the UNSC's stronghold colony was attacked by two Covenant fleets, the  and. They attacked the city of. Gauntlet Team was assigned to help evacuate the civilians, along with and. They used many of them piloted by a single Spartan to maximize the number of ships reaching the city. Tyler was separated from the rest of the team due to his craft taking a hit at the engine by a Covenant. He soon met up with a group of who assisted him in finding more civilians. Soon, Tyler linked up with his squad mates and the other two teams. The other two teams evacuated the civilians out of the city as the Covenant glassed it. Gauntlet, however were to find a new ship to leave Reach. The team then split to find a usable spacecraft.

Tyler then proceeded towards the, in hopes of getting on board the. However, his efforts were in vain, as the Pillar of Autumn had escaped Reach already. He then heard the sound of a ship's engine and saw that the rest of his team had indeed found a ship, an Eagle-class light cruiser, which was abandoned due to its slipspace drive being damaged. He boarded the craft, running through the Covenant soldiers as they focused on taking down the prowler. Tyler then took control of the ship and searched over nearby areas for any survivors, finding, a splinter team of the bigger Red Team, which was sent to Reach's surface to prevent the Covenant from disabling Reach's. Then they proceeded to go to Reach's atmosphere. To their horror, they found that most of the UNSC fleet was destroyed, with the Covenant easily destroying any UNSC ship still in working condition them using a new technology of plasma beam. Gauntlet then searched the area for any derelict, working UNSC ship. Tyler then found the, the ship which contained their prowler, the UNSC Edge of Life. They boarded the derelict ship, took over their prowler, and then set course for Deston, a planet which once survived the Covenant assault and Tyler's home world, not knowing that it too was soon going to come under attack.

Second Battle of Deston
"Deston's already damned lucky to survive the Covenant once. Let's just hope the luck is still good enough."

- Tyler, when the Covenant attack Deston for the second time.

Personality and Traits
"If there is anyone in Alpha who has a strong determination to his mission, it'd be Tyler."

-, referencing Tyler.

Tyler was known to be very determined, but yet was friendly. leader had remarked once that Tyler "is a guy who's willing to give up his life for completing his mission or to keep his team alive". He always considers his mission as the main priority, followed by the safety of him and his team.

Tyler also has knack for sniper rifles, he was able to kill three Jackals in one shot during the Fall of Reach. He is also good at hand-to-hand fighting, such that he even beat his trainer, LCDR Kurt Ambrose in one training session during his childhood. Although Kurt had underestimated him and let his guard down, making it easy for Tyler to win, he still was proficient at hand-to-hand combat. His other specialties include assassination and piloting and a little of reconnaissance.

However, Tyler isn't great at everything. As a leader, he cares about the team's safety first before his own, resulting in many times hurting himself to make sure his teammates are okay. Further, after the betrayal of Nick-A077, he felt guilty, claiming himself responsible for the betrayal of his teammate. Although he often makes jokes to keep the team's spirits high much like, he is unable to talk openly to non-Spartans except for his trainers, one trait that has been observed in. His other flaws include sword fighting and hacking.

Equipment

 * Tyler was issued the Semi-Powered Infiltration Armor Mark I in 2536, like all other SPARTAN-IIIs of Alpha Company. The armor, while not powerful as the, was still superior to the . It sported that were designed to mimic the Covenant's . Later, all the "cat 2" SPARTAN-III teams were issued SPI Mark II armor, an improved version of the original armor which had more amount of oxygen supply and featured more oxygen supply.
 * In 2540, all the "cat 2" Spartans were issued with this armor. This made them fully on par with the S-IIs. It had 90 minutes of oxygen supply, protection against radiation and EMP and most importantly, increase in strength and reactor time. Later, he was given the Grenadier variant of the armor which featured prototype energy shielding that would later be incorporated in his next armor.
 * Just like other SPARTAN-IIs and "cat 2", Tyler was issued with the Mark V variant of the MJOLNIR armor. This armor had a lot of upgrades over his previous armor, the two most notable being the more powerful energy shielding and the ability to carry an AI in the armor using his neural interface. Just like, Tyler's Mark V armor was so much damaged after the Second Battle of Deston and Operation: RECLAIMER that he was issued the new Mark VI armor, even though not a year has passed since wearing the Mark V.
 * Soon after his armor was badly damaged after the Fall of Reach, Second Battle of Deston and Operation: RECLAIMER, Tyler got the new MJOLNIR Mark VI armor, the successor to the Mark V and the last of the MJOLNIR Armor Generation I to be mass-produced. Just like the Mark IV and unlike the Mark V, the Mark VI consists of automated biofoam injectors and activate whenever the user's wounded. It also features improved shielding and motion tracker. It was replaced by the MJOLNIR GEN2 armor in late 2553.
 * Originally created specifically for the, the GEN2 armor was later issued for surviving SPARTAN-IIs and SPARTAN-IIIs after the Human-Covenant war, including Tyler and Gauntlet Team. It was hugely improved from the GEN1 armors of MJOLNIR, with much faster reflexes, improved shielding and motion trackers, advanced thruster packs and many more improvements, the GEN2 armor effectively doubled the strength, speed and agility of the S-IIs and S-IIIs. Originally, Tyler was issued the variant of the GEN2 armor due to the attack on the facility, but later, he was issued the Mark VI variant which was greatly upgraded to function with the GEN2 armor.
 * Just like other SPARTAN-IIs and "cat 2", Tyler was issued with the Mark V variant of the MJOLNIR armor. This armor had a lot of upgrades over his previous armor, the two most notable being the more powerful energy shielding and the ability to carry an AI in the armor using his neural interface. Just like, Tyler's Mark V armor was so much damaged after the Second Battle of Deston and Operation: RECLAIMER that he was issued the new Mark VI armor, even though not a year has passed since wearing the Mark V.
 * Soon after his armor was badly damaged after the Fall of Reach, Second Battle of Deston and Operation: RECLAIMER, Tyler got the new MJOLNIR Mark VI armor, the successor to the Mark V and the last of the MJOLNIR Armor Generation I to be mass-produced. Just like the Mark IV and unlike the Mark V, the Mark VI consists of automated biofoam injectors and activate whenever the user's wounded. It also features improved shielding and motion tracker. It was replaced by the MJOLNIR GEN2 armor in late 2553.
 * Originally created specifically for the, the GEN2 armor was later issued for surviving SPARTAN-IIs and SPARTAN-IIIs after the Human-Covenant war, including Tyler and Gauntlet Team. It was hugely improved from the GEN1 armors of MJOLNIR, with much faster reflexes, improved shielding and motion trackers, advanced thruster packs and many more improvements, the GEN2 armor effectively doubled the strength, speed and agility of the S-IIs and S-IIIs. Originally, Tyler was issued the variant of the GEN2 armor due to the attack on the facility, but later, he was issued the Mark VI variant which was greatly upgraded to function with the GEN2 armor.
 * Originally created specifically for the, the GEN2 armor was later issued for surviving SPARTAN-IIs and SPARTAN-IIIs after the Human-Covenant war, including Tyler and Gauntlet Team. It was hugely improved from the GEN1 armors of MJOLNIR, with much faster reflexes, improved shielding and motion trackers, advanced thruster packs and many more improvements, the GEN2 armor effectively doubled the strength, speed and agility of the S-IIs and S-IIIs. Originally, Tyler was issued the variant of the GEN2 armor due to the attack on the facility, but later, he was issued the Mark VI variant which was greatly upgraded to function with the GEN2 armor.
 * Originally created specifically for the, the GEN2 armor was later issued for surviving SPARTAN-IIs and SPARTAN-IIIs after the Human-Covenant war, including Tyler and Gauntlet Team. It was hugely improved from the GEN1 armors of MJOLNIR, with much faster reflexes, improved shielding and motion trackers, advanced thruster packs and many more improvements, the GEN2 armor effectively doubled the strength, speed and agility of the S-IIs and S-IIIs. Originally, Tyler was issued the variant of the GEN2 armor due to the attack on the facility, but later, he was issued the Mark VI variant which was greatly upgraded to function with the GEN2 armor.

Weapons

 * M49 Pressurized Equipment Launcher
 * M49 Pressurized Equipment Launcher
 * M49 Pressurized Equipment Launcher
 * M49 Pressurized Equipment Launcher
 * M49 Pressurized Equipment Launcher
 * M49 Pressurized Equipment Launcher
 * M49 Pressurized Equipment Launcher

Trivia

 * Just like the members of NOBLE, Tyler and his team members were given officer ranks so they can have the authority to change their mission parameters.

Creator's Notes

 * The author originally intended his plans with Tyler at Fall of Reach and other battles to be implemented in his Dave-A019 page. However, they were later changed to Tyler.
 * Even the AI Anon was supposed to be used for Dave.
 * Events like the Second Battle of Deston and Operation: RECLAIMER was originally going to be used as a canon expansion for Team Gray, but was later changed.