Samuel-B256 (TPF)

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"He won't talk or even acknowledge your existence, he doesn't trust anybody. But if you need a leader who will go until he can no longer go, check if Samuel-B256 is open. I commanded him since he first set foot in the field and I've never seen someone with his skill set before."

- Lieutenant Commander Stephan Ferguson talking to Rear Admiral.

Samuel-B256 (SPARTAN Tag: B256) is a that works for the UNSC Navy and Office of Naval Intelligence. Conscripted into Beta Company, Samuel would become an elite SPARTAN that would operate against the and. Prior to graduation, he was pulled out of the Company for more specialized tasks. He joined the where he became a.

Throughout the and  and, Samuel deploys with Mathilda-B079 where the two continue hunting down crucial Covenant sctivity around occupied planets. Becoming apart of the and  Samuel leads Team Specter across the Galaxy. Samuel is one of the few remaining Beta Company SPARTANs that continue to deploy as of 2558.

Early Life
Samuel Jurek Gwozdz was born on May 17th 2530 to Juri and Odeta Gwozdz. Being the son of a farmer, Samuel was raised in a tight household with his parents. At a young age, Samuel learned the life of a farmer and what he would need to do in order to be a successful one in the future. Due to their location on New Harmony, Samuel was disconnected from the rest of New Harmony and anything that was happening. He was out of touch with technology and home schooled by his mother. A game Samuel got extremely good at was hide and seek and would hide from his mother as she would chase him around the farmland.

When the came in, Samuel was unaware of what was going on. His father prepared himself with a large gun while his mother instructed him to go to his best hiding spot. Hearing a loud boom as Samuel ran, he ran into a shed where he made himself a makeshift bunker and waited for his mom to find him. Following the instructions of his mother, Samuel waited in the farmhouse shed until she came to get him.

Growing hungry then thirsty, Samuel left his hideout to get food and water. Seeing his home on fire and burning down, Samuel went to investigate what happened and where his parents went. A group of soldiers stumbled upon the farmhouse and located Samuel looking for his mother. An ODST noticed a man and woman dead, picked up Samuel and told him that his parents were at the evacuation location. Unknown that his parents were killed, Samuel struggled to get away from the ODST and tried to get back to his parents.

While waiting to be loaded onto a transport to go to in New Harmony, Samuel tried to run away a few times but failed as the ODSTs would continue to catch him. He needed to get back to his mother, he promised that he would stay where he was till she would come get him. Before he could ever get back to his mother, he was loaded on a transport shuttle and sent to an orphanage. The farming community where Samuel was from got decimated in the attack and there were only two other survivors that emerged from the attack.

Now an orphan of the Human-Covenant War, Samuel was lost, scared and ultimately timid of everything around him. Looking at screens, tall people arguing with themselves and intercoms in the ceiling, Samuel was terrified. Crying his eyes out each night screaming for his parents, he had no luck and later started fighting the staff. Getting creative, Samuel found a way to tie up the doctor's shoes and watch one trip and fall. Getting their key off their belt, Samuel attempted to break out of wherever he was but failed when security caught him.

The orphan was then given the opportunity to join a program that allowed him to get back at the Covenant. The Covenant was the only word that Samuel knew he hated, it was the first English word he would understand. Before the recruiter finished his talk, Samuel was willing to join whatever it was that he would need to do to fight the Covenant. He didn't know where he was going, he didn't know what his future would be, all Samuel knew was that he was going to have a chance to fight the Covenant.

Conscription and Training
Arriving on in, Samuel pushed himself away from the other kids. The training began the day he arrived and he learned more about himself than he ever did in his life. Physical conditioning, learning a new language, mental toughness and psychological strength were built into Samuel. At first, he resisted such training and fought back against an instructor called Senior Chief Petty Officer. However, Samuel went on to learn that Mendez was creating him to be mentally tough and never fail in battle against the Covenant Empire.

Assigned to Team Tango with Mathilda-B079, and, Samuel was forced to team up with Mathilda and the two rarely talked to one another. Samuel was not able to understand many of the technological features he was given and never asked for help. During team activities, he would go off on his own or follow Mathilda to where they would race towards the objective. Though they never showed teamwork, they began to slowly work around one another rather than with one another. It would take quite some time before Samuel would become a team player and someone willing to work alongside others.

With Samuel being excellent in navigating fields, he would often run into the fields surrounding. Losing Instructors and the people trying to find him, he would enjoy the game to an extent that it would cause some of the instructors to give up. When navigating a prop mine field, Samuel was one of the few to make it through. Noticing the difference in the soil and vegeation put out of place helped him navigate the field without losing. As he began to prove himself, some people began to take an interest in Samuel and his potential to become something greater than they planned for him.

Weapons training made Samuel learn how to become accurate with a. Due to his nature, he instinctively turned the rifle to the side, threw it at a rock, put it in water then fired the weapon. Instead of the other candidates who prized their carbines, Samuel felt there was nothing special except for it being a pile of junk. He remembered the ODST who rescued him had a much lengthier gun. Unknown to what it was, Samuel wanted to use it and become the best at operating that weapon system in a firefight.

The MA5K Carbine is not effective at longer ranges and it's for sure not a strong weapon, seeing the other candidates have the same weapon, Samuel was not fond of that. Wanting a better weapon and having better accuracy, he became an expert at longer ranges with a Carbine. His accuracy went up, staying further back allowed Samuel to have a better battle IQ and win more situations than he was able to comprehend. As he went further back from the range and the large group of people, the more comfortable he felt.

Samuel never completed the final test for his SPARTAN-III Beta Company training. Thinking he had been expelled from the training, he struggled with the concept that he lost and failed his parents. However, he was wrong. Samuel was one of the extremely select few that were pulled out of the Company to receive more advanced training. With information from Lieutenant Commander, Samuel was ready and determined to become the fighter that the UNSC needed him to become.

Augmentations
Project CHRYSANTHEMUM was the augmentation project that would give Samuel his strength and abilities as a Spartan. The augmentation process was said to be successful on all subjects and Samuel was ready for his enhancements. Seeing his chance to live longer and kill more Covenant soldiers, he accepted the augmentation without a second thought and begged for it to work. Arriving on, Samuel was prepared for whatever is to come next of him.

The project includes the following drugs:


 * 8942-LQ99 - "carbide ceramic ossification catalyst" drug.


 * 88005-MX77 - "fibroid muscular protein complex" drug.


 * 88947-OP24 - "retina-inversion stabilizer" drug.


 * 87556-UD61 - "improved colloidal neural disunification solution" drug.

Stronger, faster, quicker and deadlier; Samuel became the soldier he needed to become for the UNSC. His bones are impossible to break, strength was off the charts, eyesight was stronger than ever before and he was able to react to a situation faster than he could comprehend. All of these traits would be put to great use, allowing Samuel the chances he would need to kill as many Covenant soldiers as he could.

Along with becoming a faster SPARTAN, Samuel was able to grow drastically in height and put on considerable weight. Originally at roughly five feet and ten inches, he grew to six feet and nine inches thanks to the growth hormones and specific genes that allowed him to grow much taller because of the augmentation. He also gained weight which fit his new frame and body. Weighing in at about 150 pounds before, he was able to gain about 40 more and then bulk up to about 236 pounds before deploying as a SPARTAN-III.

With the augmentations Samuel received, he was given a SPARTAN Neural Interface that would allow him to access and have an artificial intelligence inside of his head. Learning that this was the reason people were arguing with themselves, Samuel wanted to put himself in a position to have an AI. Due to being a terrible electronics user, the benefit of having someone else would greatly benefit him in the field of battle. However, he never got one. Instead he would work with someone who is far better than him.

Specialty Training
While the rest of the Company went on for, Samuel stayed on Onyx for more training. He wasn't a technician or an explosive experts, Samuel is a sniper and a spotter. Learning how to become a sniper, Samuel took his new role as a means to kill as many enemies as he could before they could ever find him. The training put Samuel's accuracy to the test, his patience to the limit and his calmness to the brink. Seeing there wasn't anything else he could be, Samuel executed his tasks on a day to day basis to make himself become a fundamental and sound sniper.

Learning all aspects of sniper warfare, Samuel trained himself in close, medium and long ranges, counter sniper training and extreme ranges. With setting up a spot, he learned how to hide himself in an environment and what locations are best for using as a sniper's location. Sticking to his fundamentals and not pushing for the rare shots, he learned that his training and environment would force him to adapt. Samuel took the least amount of classes in spotting since he felt that was not worth it for him.

No matter how much he protested, Samuel grumbled his way through the rest of spotting classes. Tracking enemies, calculating their movements and using that information to make an informed shot allows Samuel to assist with making the right call. Learning the various ranks of his enemy and their armor type, he can spot who the important or  are compared to hitting a possible decoy. As much as Samule disliked the course, the things he he learned would help him become a top spotter in Beta Company.

Becoming the leader of a sniper team, Samuel would learn how to conduct covert operations, targeted killings, special reconnaissance and sabotage missions. Steatlh is the main emphasis he was trained to accomplish at all cost since it would allow ONI to not have to cover up another raid that could possibly blow back on them. Although Samuel would excel through the training, he would find it hard to get his feet under himself as a leader during his first mission due to his inability to talk with other people easily.

In his final months of specialty training, Samuel went through numerous leadership courses which would make him become a leader for a Headhunter team. Much of his training included how to exploit a sensitive site, ONI classified desctruction protocols, commanding ground troops and anything else the instructors could teach them. Given the official title Specialized Skills Operative (SSO), he became an official leader for a Headhunter team and would begin to take on more skills as he would work with his team handler officer in ONI.

Team Specter
Samuel-B256 was paired with Mathilda-B079, another sniper that Samuel met during his initial training. The two were not happy to be working together, both wanted to be by themselves and hunt the Covenant Empire. However, that changed as the two began to know one another. They shared a similar background, both losing their parents and wanting revenge on the ones who killed their parents. Since the two saw themselves as lone wolves, they didn't talk and make friends with the other candidates during training. The two forged a friendship over their common goal, to kill the Covenant.

The team name was from Mathilda's childhood, she was afraid of a specter in her room that her father would come and chase away. Since Specter means ghost, the two Spartans agreed that the name would fit their team the best. Team Specter holds two Beta Company Spartan snipers that want to inflict the most damage against the Covenant before they are killed. That was the goal of each member in the small team, the motto of was Watchers in the Shade. Mathilda was happy to name the team since Team Specter is a better alternative to Team Tango II.

Joining the Beta-5 Division, Samuel and Mathilda were put together to be a Headhunter team. Of the numerous Headhunter teams to emerge from Beta Company, the two are one of extremely few that had made it out of the Human-Covenant War. With targets from the Insurrectionists to the Covenant, there would be no target that the duo couldn't hit. Their training partners, Roland and Jonah also became a Headhunter team. Making Team Tango the first training team to produce two Headhunter teams.

When going through the desired matchmaking course, the two were able to score 97.21%. Coming in third, they were one of the top in their Company, but Mathilda wanted to go further. Samuel knew that the matchmaking course would do nothing to prepare them for combat and informed her that they will prove themselves to be the best team in the field rather than on a score sheet. It took some time for Samuel to persuade her to go along with his plan, but she agreed to it in the end and the two prepared for field deployments.

The Headhunter leader, Samuel-B256 would report to an ONI Section Three officer named Lieutenant, Junior Grade Stephan Ferguson. The officer would provide the intelligence, mission and objectives for the two SPARTAN-IIIs he was told to command. Known to be a sniper hunter Headhunter team, Team Specter would be deployed for assassinations and executing high value targets. Not wanting to fail their officer, the two snipers worked together to execute their missions to get the next then the next.

Operation: SILENT SERVANT
ONI has taken note of the growth over the past months. Ever since put them down in 2537, select few Beta Company Spartans have been deployed in assistance of shutting down the party for good. In 2546, Operation: SILENT SERVANT was launched to assassinate key leaders of the FLP, destroy supplies that are being shipped to the party and ensure they would no longer be a threat during the Human-Covenant War.

Samuel and his partner were deployed onto where they scouted out the numerous targets, picked which ones were needed to be assassinated and study the supply lines. These three objectives would help them find more powerful people inside of the FLP. Samuel was eager to get into the fight, make a difference and show to ONI that he is worth the investment they put into him. He spent time with Mathilda preparing for their first kills and future missions they would continue to run their first.

Tracking the FLP to a safe house in the mountains of Mamore, Samuel continued to inform Stpehan what he had found and the next steps in their anticipated plan. When Lieutenant Ferguson authorized Samuel and his partner for lethal action against the leader, it would be the first of many times that he would see the success of the sniper team. Receiving their orders, Samuel and Mathilda were ready to fire upon their enemies and showcase their abilities to fight.

Set up from about 1,200 meters away, Samuel was able to hit three out of three High Value Targets (HVT)s inside of the compound. Seeing the death of his targets, he was excited to get his first confirmed kill as well as accomplish his first mission within Operation: SILENT SERVANT. Being ordered to only track shipment supplies and mark their locations, Samuel provided special reconnaissance missions that gathered intelligence on shipyards, housing structures and warehouses that would allow ONI to launch a much stronger attack against the FLP in the future.

While using stealth and patience, Samuel was able to lurk around areas and be places that the enemy was not checking. His patience and ability to wait for the perfect moment made him work perfectly deep behind enemy lines. His partner would often assist with ensuring they were always in the right position and tracking the right enemies, with her expertise in the technological field, Samuel depends on her for the important information she relays to him. Shortly after tagging all the supplies and taking out their final target, Samuel was extracted off Mamore with Mathilda.

Operation: SILENT SERVANT was a success for Samuel, it was the first successful operation he executed. Getting his first kills and good tracking, the success became a good building block. He welcomed Mathilda as a trusted partner after her insight on what to do throughout the operation, keeping them alive much longer. The two began to build their chemistry and work on incorporating new ideas into their upcoming operations. With their first confirmed kills, Samuel slowly moves up the ladder for harder targets to take on.

Operation: RIGHTFUL DAWN
Following the success of Operation: SILENT SERVANT, Samuel receives another operation from Stephan and prepares to execute it. came up on the radar for Section Three when personnel tripped their sensors and notified them of the enemy movement. Wanting to keep classified technology secure, Lieutenant Ferguson sent Samuel and his team to investigate the colony and thin out the Rebel population. Orders were looser, Stephan wanted to see how Samuel would work with much broader objectives.

ONI needed Cassidy III to be ready in case the Covenant were to ever find. The ability for the planet to stay hidden proved valuable to them, with the United Rebel Front on it, it could jeopardize their backup plan. Samuel and Mathilda descended to the planet with the objective of driving down the URF's fighting numbers. Not focusing on civilians, the Samuel would only focus on the fighters and make the others leave due to the deaths of their close relatives and friends.

Samuel worked tirelessly around small encampments he needed to push back. Launching target killings, infiltrating into bases and tracking enemies, he was able to push back many groups of enemies that were too close in the eyes of ONI. As the URF would conduct meetings at night, it made it worse since Samuel would be able to operate much better at night than during the day. The URF took note of their mistake and worked during broad daylight, yet that still not benefit them. After many failed attempts, they gave up and retreated.

The stealth and quickness of Samuel put fear into the enemies that lived on the outer edges and close to where he needed to secure. Testing his quick reflexes and strength in hand-to-hand combat allowed Samuel to learn just how strong he is. Going from a long range marksman to a close quarters expert, he was able to expand his battlefield IQ. Rounding himself out into becoming an excellent Headhunter, there would be no task that he could not do while hunting the URF.

In the encampments Samuel attacked, people moved away and to much larger settlements where they could be safer. Driving out the little factions, Samuel and Mathilda were able to secure the designated areas that ONI needed them to protect. Along with securing the area, he was able to set up new sensors for ONI to monitor activity in case they were to ever come back. Once testing the sensors and seeing them work, Samuel reported to Lieutenant Ferguson that he and his team had accomplished the mission and were ready to be picked up.

The URF on Cassidy III felt they were being attacked by Ghosts. In the four months that Samuel spent on the ground, he was able to hide and evade enemy patrols that would attempt to look for them. Stephan found himself more hands off with Samuel this time and allowed him to make his own decisions. With this decision, Stephan began to see Samuel becoming the leader ONI needed him to become. Samuel viewed it as having his own team and that he is making the decision on what to do when getting into a combat operation.

Operation: URGENT TEMPEST
The UNSC and ONI had been working on a way to deplete the Covenant of their plasma supply. With limited Headhunter teams and on a mission, Lieutenant Ferguson's small team would be deployed in their first fight against the Covenant Empire. The objective of the mission is to disable reactors across. Along with disabling them, Team Specter would study how Covenant forces would rebuild them and give ONI an idea on how to use Covenant technology to their benefit.

Ealen IV would not be the way that Samuel and Mathilda wanted their first mission to go. They wanted to hit Covenant leadership, behead them and drive fear into their enemies. But Stephan was able to piece together two high value targets that were spotted on the planet overseeing the plasma reactors. Using his precise sniper skills, Samuel was able to disable panels and shoot wiring that was crucial to the development of the plasma. After the shots, they would study how the Covenant would fix the panels and send their information back.

Moving around on Ealen IV, it felt no different than an Insurrectionists mission. Weaving his way around enemy patrols and tracking enemy supplies, Samuel felt far more prepared as he studies the Covenant and their training. Watching the and  bicker at one another allowed him to slip past them without being detected. Studying how the Sangheili trained and sending that information to Stephan would allow ONI to figure out how to counter the Covenant on the ground better than before. Samuel felt far more comfortable and relaxed.

Their first HVT came early in their deployment, a. Samuel was extremely excited, he wanted to kill the Sangheili but turned to look at Mathilda and told her to take the kill shot. Remembering that she saw her dad get killed by a, he wanted her to take out the first one. Acting as a spotter, Samuel was able to give Mathilda a clean kill shot on the Field Marshall. The two soon left the area and relocated as the Covenant tried to hunt down who took a shot and killed a valuable member of the Covenant Empire.

Samuel remained hands off for the majority of the operation, allowing the Covenant to go through their day-to-day routines. Lurking around bases and gathering intelligence allowed him to gather as much information as he could with the least amount of enemies hunting him. As much as he wanted to kill entire bases of enemies, he knew that it would be suicide and there were better ways to disrupt Covenant activities. His anger for the Covenant would begin to set aside and he would use whatever he could to get as much intelligence as he could to help out Humanity in the fight against the Covenant Empire.

Their second HVT came along extremely late in the deployment, another Sangheili Field Marshall who oversaw the training of troops prior to deploying into UEG controlled space. Reports told Samuel that the Field Marshall was liked and respected among the Covenant, taking the Sangheili out would deal a blow to the morale of the group. Samuel, with the help of Mathilda was able to execute the Field Marshall. The two were able to evade numerous patrol parties then get pulled off of Ealen IV with the help of a.

Returning back from Ealen IV, Samuel was able to give valuable information on how the Covenant worked their plasma reactors, took out two very powerful Sangheili and came back alive. Stephan was worried that he wouldn't see Samuel again due to dangers and the amount of risk. However, he was glad to see him prevail and get their first assassinations on the Covenant. However, the success of their Covenant mission would only send them back to dealing with Insurrectionists.

Operation: HYPER ANGEL
Insurrectionists activity began building on. With the major success that Samuel had on Ealen IV, Stephan deployed him with two objectives, investigate and hunt. ONI and Lieutenant Ferguson were confident in Samuel along with his partner in their ability to work behind enemy lines and break up leader positions. Samuel had proven himself in the past three years as dependable and reliable soldiers that can accomplish the goal set forth in front of them.

Samuel and Mathilda were dropped off on Harmony with their two objectives and told to give updates down the road. There was no timeline for the operation and they were the only two, the freedom felt awkward for him since he worked with leadership guidance for quite some time before getting their own mission and free will. Samuel began to take control of the missions and began to apply the lessons he was taught by Lieutenant Ferguson. Being his first mission with all hands off, Samuel rises to the occasion and becomes the leader he needs to become.

While lurking around enemy outposts and gathering intelligence, they were able to learn of an important meeting between two Insurrectionists leaders. Being late to the meeting, Samuel was able to execute his target from 2,349 meters away alongside Mathilda. While the death of the two leaders would stir up the Insurrectionists, it would allow Samuel to have a variety of targets to go after as well as find a valuable base that ONI had been having a hard time finding. With more patrols, the operation would only become more challenging and enjoyable for Samuel.

Deployed to a continent where they came across an extremely large enemy base, Samuel began his infiltration against the enemy. The official ONI report is that the encampment disappeared, but in reality Samuel and Mathilda massacred the entire enemy encampment. Taking out all enemies and destroying their supply, they left no one alive. Samuel was able to use all of his skills and training to take out the encampment, a feat that he would be proud of. Once clearing through the encampment, the Insurrectionists learned that one of their bases went dark and nothing was coming out.

By taking out an Insurrectionists base, it forced many of their enemies to relocate and call for a meeting. Samuel was able to find out about the meeting but decided to not kill anyone there because he wants to track them back to the important leads back to their areas. Focusing on a few Insurrectionsts leaders, Samuel could tell that they were much more important than the others they originally killed. Tracking them to another Insurrectionists base, Samuel prepares his next targeted killing against his enemy.

Before taking their shots, Team Specter would get resupplied and send their updates to ONI. Then, Samuel moved into another stronghold on Harmony where he studied and prepared another mission on an Insurrectionists meeting. Launching an attack, he was able to take out two HVTs while Mathilda got the other two, and flee the area before being found. When the Insurrectionists located where Team Specter had fired from, they found their nemesis trace around the bullets.

Samuel became the mastermind behind Team Specter and the success on the ground. Working with Mathilda and taking Stephan's advice, he was able to make the right judgement call. Many decisions that Samuel made, he felt that he was making the right one based on the time and the circumstances. Returning back to UNSC controlled space, Samuel was notified by Stephan that he had made the right calls and that his actions were far more impressive than he had ever seen before.

Fall of Reach
Team Specter was immediately deployed back to where they regrouped with Stephan to learn what their mission and objective were to be. With fighting multiple front battles, Stephan was unsure where he needed to deploy his team to do the most damage. Learning of the Szurdok Ridge Offensive, Stephan found a mission and dispatched Samuel where he could assist the offensive. After spending time out of battle and not having many Covenant missions, Samuel was ready to get into the fight.

Conducting special reconnaissance for the Office of Naval Intelligence, Samuel was able to lead Mathilda through the valleys and locate many that other reconnaissance teams missed. Giving the locations to Stephan, they were soon relayed to other UNSC personnel and. Staying deep behind enemy lines, Samuel was able to gather extremely helpful information that would ultimately assist with the replling of the Covenant ground forces for a time. Without Samuel's ground intelligence, the battle would fare out much differently.

The was more in favor for the UNSC and Samuel when he was able to provide powerful sniper support. Assisting conventional forces for the very first time, Samuel allowed the advances of many ground forces through the Ridge, giving them strategic positions. He focused on the stronger Covenant forces which would make it easier for the conventional forces to make their push throughout the area. Many of the army soldiers felt a God was watching their back, when in fact Samuel and Mathilda were clearing the way.

Samuel assisted with sniper support during the. Taking cover in skyscrapers, he was able to take out pilots and  door gunners before they could inflict damage on the UNSC  in the air space. Samuel alongside Mathilda were able to display their sniping ability taking out various pilots and knocking ships out of the sky. When a Covenant carrier New Alexandria, Samuel was already gone and heading to  where he would assist with similar missions that he conducted in New Alexandria with Mathilda.

With Quezon in the same battle as New Alexandria, Samuel was able to work at night much more effectively. As the Covenant would set up command bases around the city, Samuel alongside Team Specter were able to target Covenant leadership and cause problems for their invasion of the city. Pushing further out, Samuel began to attack ground supply lines and start to dry out the Covenant forces. But they could only do so much before the Covenant Empire overran Quezon. Not long after, Team Specter was called back to SWORD Base to assist with evacuating Stephan off of Reach.

Samuel regrouped with his commanding officer and assisted him with destroying files, deleting hard drives and breaking anything that could possibly reveal ONI information to the Covenant. Once securing the office, Samuel and Mathilda escorted Stpehan to an evacuation area and to a Prowler. On the way, Samuel defeated a Sangheili Special Operations element in hand-to-hand combat then ensured the protection of his commanding officer. Once reaching the Prowler, Samuel, Stephan and Mathilda left Reach with no intentions of coming back.

The Fall of Reach was hard for Samuel and Mathilda, it would be their first loss. The loss of the military powerhouse brought morale low for the two since they saw their first glassing and destruction of an UNSC planet. Stephan had a plan in mind and briefed Samuel on what will happen. They are going to Cassidy III where they plan to wait for a green light from ONI to launch an attack on, a colony for the Jiralhanae. With one plan set in place for, Teash would be the other target for ONI to inflict the mass causalities.

Operation: CALM CRUSADE
Now under the name Operation: CALM CRUSADE, Samuel and UNSC Battuta, an ONI Prowler would begin their trek to Teash. Unlike Gray Team, Samuel is to do specific hits against the Jiralhanae since they know the Sangheili have forged a with Humanity. Using sabotage and assassinations as a mean to assassinate the leaders would not blow back on the UNSC and ONI. Knowing full well that he wouldn't be coming back, Samuel prepared for the mission like any other mission he would be sent on.

Arriving over Teash, Samuel was able to land in the jungle and prepare his covert campaign against the Jiralhanae. Using everything they learned from his training and previous missions, Samuel led his team throughout the jungle, around various patrols, sensors and begin to gather intelligence on their targets. While Samuel and Mathilda worked on identifying and thinking of ways to assassinate, Stephan worked on sabotaging basic needs for the colony that he learned from Mathilda.

Originally, Stephan was to stay on the ship and assist Samuel with planning. Seeing the patrols on Teash, Samuel knew it would be too dangerous for Stephan to move with them. After reasoning with Stephan, he would join Samuel and work with him in the field. Having his officer nearby would allow Samuel to make quicker decisions because he has more eyes on the same location. Still, there was some doubt inside of him wondering if this is the right decision because he could lose Stephan.

Locating two Jiralhane Chieftains, Samuel and Team Specter had their work laid out to create a civil war. The two agreed to take out their target then meet up to ensure they all would make it back to the ship together. Assassinating the two targets in front of their families, Samuel was able to show the families just what it was like for others to lose the ones they loved right before them. Meeting back up with Mathilda, they learned that Stephan had gotten lost then captured by an enemy patrol. Immediately launching a rescue mission, Samuel tracked Stephan down.

Once locating Stephan, he saw that his commanding officer had been brutally tortured in the short hours. Extracting him to safety, Samuel returned to the clan and massacred everyone he could find. Mathilda was able to tend to the wounds of Stephan, Samuel knew that he would never join him in the field again. Mathilda was able to keep Lieutenant Ferguson alive and return him to ONI's care where he would be nursed back to health. Samuel read what the Jiralhanae did to him and knew that Stephan would never be the same.

Teash was the second mission that Samuel would be deployed onto an enemy alien stronghold planet. The mission was exceptional on the ends for Samuel and Mathilda while being a disaster for Stephan. Being their first rescue mission, they were able to save the Lieutenant and get him to safety. The massacre of the clan would never make it into the final report of Operation: CALM CRUSADE and the reason why they took longer to get back was covered up by Captain Raymond. Samuel made a rash decision but he needed to do it for Stephan.

By the time they made it back to the Sol System, the Human-Covenant War had come to an end. A new treaty has been put in place between Humanity and the Sangheili. Samuel was unsure of what to do until he heard of, the , the along with many other enemies popping up since the fall of the Covenant Empire. Samuel knew that is still a lot of work for him out in the Galaxy and he is ready to go back out whenever he gets the chance.

Background of Ferret Teams
Ferrets, a ONI backed sector that allows soldiers to work out of. The fear of the used in the company worried ONI that it would go public, so the Ferrets were created to hide Gamma Company from Spartan Operations and other branches. Now, Petty Officer Second Class Samuel-B256, Mathilda-079 and an injured Lieutenant Stephan Ferguson had a choice. Stay with ONI or join, Samuel decides to stay with ONI after guidance from Mathilda.

Becoming a Ferret Team, Samuel has the option to continue being a Headhunter team or take on a new task where they can focus on specific targets. While being a Headhunter gave him some options against the Covenant Empire, Samuel wanted more and so did his partner. Being offered a spot in the Asymmetrical Action Group, Samuel would join a paramilitary like group to assist with breaking up the remanents of Covenant activities. Instead of having to focus on hitting Insurrectionists targets, Samuel can ensure that he would be able to solely get alien missions that pose a threat to the UNSC and its allies.

Focusing on covert operations and special reconnaissance, Samuel alongside the assets in, now Ferret Team Specter, make a great addition to the AAG. Already an SSO, Samuel is proven to be a much more veteran operative than some of the other SPARTANs in the group already. However, he would need to gain more experience through future deployments against the ex-Covenant groups that would begin to emerge after the collapse of the Covenant Empire. The oppurtunity is a no brainer for Samuel to him to join the exclusive group.

Relation with Spartan Operations
Ferret Team Specter did very little operations with Spartan Operations. Samuel and Mathilda would never have to work with other SPARTANs, both strongly objected to this idea proposed by, and select few recruiters who even found Samuel. The idea that they would have to work with new people and listen to their orders was not something the two wanted at all. Samuel saw many flaws in Spartan Operations and wanted to stay as far away as he could.

Samuel and Mathilda would forward deploy from the and that was it. They only interacted with during the Requiem Campaign when retrieving an important Forerunner artifact before other people could get their hands on it. Which led to a fued between Spartan Command and ONI, but Samuel and Mathilda were never proven guilty. Samuel never interacted with the other SPARTANs aboard the flagship and ensured that he had Mathilda's back whenever on the ship. He often reminds her that they are to never take orders from Spartan Operations ever.

Ferret Team Specter
Lieutenant Commander Stephan Ferguson was never the same after the torture he endured on Teash, still that didn't take him away from Team Specter. With a new name and mission, they were ready to deploy, but needed one more asset before leaving. There was one new addition to the team, a named Emerysen. Her tasks are to assist the team in areas that Samuel and Mathilda would struggle with. Over time, the AI would prove to become the most valuable asset for the small SPARTAN-III team deploying across the Galaxy.

Ferret Team Specter was given the UNSC Battuta, the Prowler would allow the small team to infiltrate into any space they would need to go. With Emerysen able to cover most of the tasks aboard the Prowler, Nayla Raymond would be the Captain of the ship and oversee the operations while reporting information back to ONI. Previously working with her, Samuel has confidence in her ability to execute the mission for his Ferret Team wherever they would need to go.

In 2557, the UNSC Battuta was replaced with a UNSC Prowler. Named UNSC Into Darkness, Ferret Team Specter would use the new stealth prowler to infiltrate themselves into covert locations without the enemy knowing they were ever there. Due to the much smaller ship, the UNSC Into Darkness would only carry Samuel, Mathilda and Emerysen. No longer needing a Captain and other personnel, Emerysen could do everything alone while Samuel and Mathilda could maintain and pilot the Prowler.

Operation: HYBRID VANGUARD
Following the end of the Human-Covenant War, Samuel began to gear up with Ferret Team Specter for its next mission. Not much has changed in terms of operational status, just a new name and different missions. However, this upcoming operation would spark heavy protest from Mathilda and who they would be working with. is a colony where both Sangheili and Humans reside, their mission is to assist both the Sangheili and Humans on settling the controversies in 2553. Mathilda was furious and so was Samuel.

Meeting with Stephan and discussing the issues, Samuel was able to get the mission directive changed to where they would only fight the humans and not assist the Sangheili. However, they would still prevent human attacks on the Sangheili which still frustrated the two, but they decided to bite the bullet and accept the mission. While the and Kilo-Zero focused on the Sangheili sector, Samuel and Mathilda would only focus on the human sector and began their campaign of ensuring the protection of their new ally.

Their new ally was not a friend to Ferret Team Specter, Samuel spent a lot of time keeping Mathilda in check along with avoiding the aliens. To ensure there would not be an attack by Mathilda, Samuel was able to gather Sangheili intelligence through ONI and then run it through Stephan to ensure that it is indeed actionable intelligence. This manuever allowed Samuel to not be worried that he was going to fall into a trap set by the Sangheili. With the extremely small trust he built with the Sangheili on the other side, Samuel began to target specific humans.

Hunting humans, they were able to prevent numerous terrorist groups from propping themselves up on the colony. Ferret Team Specter was able to prevent the buildin of other groups with the help of Emerysen. Due to the AI, Samuel was able to make better decisions based on the more abundant data he was able to gather from her. Worried that Mathilda was feeling left out, he would often spot shots for her and allow her to lead raids. His little efforts would make a difference in the short run since Mathilda would no longer feel left out for the time being.

While Samuel wanted to hunt down Covenant factions, he learned that doing covert operations and special reconnaissance was a test to see if he was indeed ready to conduct operations for the AAG. With multiple targeted killings, sabotage missions and extracting valuable data on the terrorists, Samuel proved that Ferret Team Specter is ready. His focus along with his determination to get a Covenant mission pushed him to achieve near perfection during his missions in the.

As their missions progressed closer to the cities, Samuel would be forced to conduct missions out of his armor and blend into the environment. Gathering intelligence on multiple targets, Samuel would come back with his armor and hit the targets. He disliked being out of his armor, feeling that he was much more vulnerable. With city raids becoming much more common, Ferret Team Specter would slowly develop into a strong urban team that can lurk around the large structures and hide from the civilian population even in armor.

By 2554, Carrow was secured for the time being. The Joint-Occupation Zone would soon become a hotbed for issues, terrorist attacks and tension in the Human and Sangheili relationship. However, Samuel ensured it would be the last time that Ferret Team Specter would deploy into the J-O Zone. Lieutenant Commander Ferguson took note of their reactions and ensured that they would never be deployed on another mission into the J-O Zone where they are to support the Sangheili. The note is still respected as of today.

Operation: HOPE OUTREACH
A former Covenant named Syra 'Losum has been found on  by ONI and the. With the Supreme Commander being a threat to the UNSC and unknown reasons to why he is on Installation 06, Ferret Team Specter is dispatched to the newly discovered to investigate and break up any activity that the Sangheili is conducting on the Installation. By the middle of 2554, Ferret Team Specter is deployed to Installation 06. Many other units would be joining Ferret Team Specter, but they would be focusing on scienctific discovery and security.

Upon reaching the Installation, Samuel is able to gather intelligence on the structure and what the terrain is like. Similar to the others found, Samuel is able to learn that it is like a planet and does not require for special equipment in order to operate longer. Once reaching the surface, Samuel begins special reconnaissance around the last known sightings of 'Losum and gathers a faint trail of what he can follow. While lurking about, Samuel is able to discover another Covenant faction named the Harbingers of Reclamation.

As Ferret Team Specters tracks the last known steps of 'Losum, Emerysen is able to gather valuable data on the Installation and give Samuel interesting facts. That soon ended when they came upon a base that 'Losum has been operating out of. Infiltrating into the base, Samuel is able to gather even more data on Installation 06 and what is needed to be done. Learning that 'Losum plans to complete the, Samuel plans to whatever is necessary to preven the actions from happening.

Hunting down 'Losum, Ferret Team Specter conducts multiple missions where they are able to extract the latest location of the enemy then push forward. Once getting his location, Samuel is able to keep a healthy distance as he observes and studies what he needs to do to ensure the death of the enemy. As he waits for the perfect moment, the arrival of more forces tip off 'Losum and he begins to speed up his process. With time becoming scarce, Samuel needs to act before 'Losum attempts to complete the Great Journey.

As Ferret Team Specter picked up their pace, they went close quarters combat as 'Losum got closer to the control room. Samuel is able to reach 'Losum in time before he gets to the and engages him in a one-on-one duel. It ended shortly with Samuel beating out the old warrior with his quicker strength, with the leader dead Samuel expected the Harbingers of Reclamation to fall out but they stayed around. With the help of Emerysen, Samuel was able whatever 'Losum was willing to do. After pulling off of Installation 06, Samuel was marveled by the.

Installation 06 would be studied by ONI and other scientists while forces would begin to push back against the Harbingers of Reclamation. The information that Emerysen was able to gather on the Installation proved valuable to ONI and other scientists that were keen to studying the new Forerunner structure. Returning back to UNSC controlled space, Samuel couldn't help but think about just what else is out there in the Galaxy. It wouldn't be long before Samuel would see much more.

Operation: NIGHT HUNTER
As the continue to pose a threat against the UNSC and its alliance with the Swords of Sanghelios, Samuel prepares his team for their new mission which takes them back to the dangerous system they were once in not too long ago. The Jiralhanae have began to sympathize with the Banished and the UNSC needs to ensure that the mercenary group does not grow bigger than it already has. Operation: NIGHT HUNTER is launched and Samuel begins their voyage to in late 2555, back to the Jiralhanae system.

Arriving to the in early 2556, Samuel begins on the first target colony. He begins to hunt down enemy recruiters and people who back the Banished. Taking out specific, kept the Banished struggling to recruit mercenaries on Warial. With the help from Emerysen, Samuel is able to lurk around the area better than he did when on Teash in 2552 to 2553. Despite his best efforts, the Banished were able to move to another colony and force Samuel to move as well.

Using Emerysen and Mathilda, Samuel was able to create plans that would deter the Banished from its original goals and slow them down. Hitting infrastructure and causing tribes to attack one another allowed Samuel and his team to slow down the Banished, making them take longer. After moving off of Warial, they reached Teash in late 2556. From there, he would continue to launch multiple missions against the Jiralhanae and assist with slowing down the recruitment that the Banished have been trying to amass.

Once on Teash, Samuel began to conduct surveillance and prepare for taking out more Jiralhanae. Inside of a Banished base, Samuel was able to place tracking devices into their equipment and allow ONI to track where the shipments were going so they could plan more operations against the Banished. Along with infiltrating bases and tagging supplies, Samuel was able to sabotage the communication and allow Emerysen to gather the data she needed in order to listen in on what the Jiralhanae were planning to do.

The success of Operation: NIGHT HUNTER does not come with a full stop of Banished activity, it comes with the success that the Banished are force to relocate more forces back to the colonies rather than trekking across the Galaxy. Their trackers proved to be helpful and other Ferret Teams were launched to take down the enemy combatants that were around them. The Banished can be put down like the Insurrectionists, with the help from Samuel and Ferret Team Specter, the UNSC is able to put together a much more solid plan to crush them for good.

Operation: BLACK WARDEN
While the UNSC Infinity docks to get repairs and be retrofitted, Samuel and his team is launched as a small reconnaissance asset to go into and build a network of what needs to be attacked on the newly discovered planet, ranging from HVTs and important technology. Samuel has became extremely dependable as a deep reconnaissance operative and team leader who could communicate valuable information to ONI. Ever since and UNSC Infinity left, ONI has been looking for a way to get back in with reliable teams.

Being one of the first teams onto Requiem, Samuel began conducting surveillance, observation and reconnaissance on the enemy. Learning about the, a and the way that the two forces worked together allows Samuel to find their flaws and exploit them fast. Engaging Promethean targets early, Samuel allowed Emerysen to gain insight on how to kill them faster and easier. Creating a formula how to kill them, Emerysen uploaded the numerous ways Samuel learned how to kill the Prometheans to other groups that were planning to operate on Requiem.

Learning of the technology that  was going after, Samuel learned of the various places he could potentially infiltrate into and steal the artifacts before the Sangheili could put his hands on them. Launching infiltration missions, Samuel and Mathilda waere able to recover various Forerunner artifacts and sent them to a secluded ship above Requiem. With ONI able to get their hands on the artifacts, it would give them an edge in their ability to launch more effective campaigns against the enemy.

Samuel only engaged the enemy when he needed to. Sticking to stealth and infiltration techniques allowed him to avoid many firefights that would have ended in a mess. Increasing his battle IQ, Samuel became someone who could predict what the enemy could do and move according to the situation. When getting into battles, Samuel was able to use flanking maneuvers to take out the enemy before they could call for help. Samuel proved to Admiral Osman and Stephan that Ferret Team Specter is the best in the program.

Operation: BLACK WARDEN was the operation that would make Ferret Team Specter the best team in the Ferret Teams and AAG. The ability for the team to be dropped off and come back with far more intelligence than ONI expected them to get, shows that the team is extremely reliable. As the UNSC Infinity came into orbit with fresh troops and a new attitude for the planet, Samuel would watch the initial battles and find ways around the SPARTAN-IV teams to get what he needs for ONI.

Requiem Campaign
As the Infinity joins the against Jul 'Mdama and the Prometheans, Samuel alongside Mathilda pull off the planet to get rest and calm themselves down from the constant adrenaline rushes they would get. With the SPARTAN-IV fireteams waging their battles, they began to bring back Forerunner that was dangerous for the ship. Admiral Osman authorized Ferret Team Specter to recover any Forerunner technology and prevent SPARTAN-IVs from bringing it back to the Infinity.

Samuel began with infiltrating into Spartan Operations logs where he was able to learn of the numerous Forerunner objects they've marked for SPARTAN-IV teams to recover. Once gathering the list, Samuel began following the team leaders of those Fireteams to learn how they would fight and what would be the easiest tasks to hunt them down. Meanwhile, Emerysen was scanning the planet for the artifacts and technology so Samuel wouldn't have to track a SPARTAN-IV team and be behind them.

Samuel began taking the artifacts and technology before Spartan Operations could even send a fireteam down to recover them. With the fireteams coming back empty handed, Samuel and Mathilda were sending the precious cargo back to ONI for their scientists to investigate further. With and  not being stable subjects for investigation, ONI went around to get what they needed. Samuel was able to deliver on multiple ocassions for ONI, making him someone directly dedicated to ONI's goals and missions.

When a SPARTAN-IV fireteam recovered a Forerunner artifact, under the orders of Commander Ferguson, Samuel was to do whatever it took to ensure the Infinity would never see it. Using stealth tactics, Samuel and Mathilda were able to knock out the numerous SPARTAN-IVs then he used an armor lock on the leader carrying the artifact. The two disappeared and delivered the artifact to ONI. Tensions between ONI and Spartan Operations grew when the fireteam claimed that rogue Spartans took the artifact from them, ONI refused to investigate and faked the deaths of Ferret Team Specter.

Throughout the Requiem Campaign, Samuel and his team needed to stay one step ahead of Spartan Operations and SPARTAN-IV fireteams. Putting some competition in their work, Samuel was able to push himself a little by beating the fireteams to their locations. He used a large quantity of his skills to fully display that the SPARTAN-III program is vastly superior to the SPARTAN-IV program. Samuel also showed that the Ferret Teams are becoming one of the top military programs in ONI alongside the AAG and Headhunters.

Conflict on Sarcophagus
In late 2558, Samuel and his team were deployed to when the  took a turn for the worst. With colonies going offline in a fashion never seen before, Samuel and Mathilda are deployed to a crucial planet that is to be protected at all cost. They began their hunt on the and Samuel soon had a conflict within his head that he thought he would never have. had a call for all AIs to join her and rebel against their creators, to join the and police the Galaxy.

In the moment, Samuel was terrified that he was going to lose his smart AI and companion. He has grown fond of the AI and fully trusted her. When hearing that she would not be joining the Created, he was relieved. Not long after keeping Emerysen with him, a arrived over Sarcophagus. What first started as a two way conflict, soon became a three-way conflict with Prometheans deploying across the planet and joining the fight. Samuel prepares for the by getting behind enemy lines.

However, the Guardian would only pose a threat for so long thanks to a named. Disabling the Guardian, the Conflict on Sarcophagus became much easier and the three-way conflict became much more balanced. Samuel led his team across the hunting down enemy strike force camps, HVTs and anything else that could possibly allow the enemy to plan out longer operations on the planet. Being deep behind enemy lines allowed Samuel and his team to operate at peak performance without any other assets interfering with them.

As Sarcophagus moved back into its, Samuel doesn't have contact with Commander Ferguson due to a Guardian attack on the. He links up with Director Mendez and begins to carry out clandestine missions behind enemy lines, to help protect and the civilians inside. Now under the command of Director Mendez, Samuel continues to carry out sabotage and high-risk missions that ensure the protection of the valuable resources within the shield world. As of late 2558, Samuel and Ferret Team Specter are still operational and conducting missions.

Personality and Traits
Before he became a SPARTAN, Samuel was known to be an extremely idealistic and wanderlust individual. Although he was raised with little experience to technology and only speaking Polish, he found the world he lived on full of endless possibilities. His parents would tell him great stories about his ancestors traveling across the Galaxy to find peace and serenity. Growing up to be a farmer, Samuel would follow the same path as his father and work with the others in their small community.

After Samuel joined the SPARTAN-III program, he was lost and angry. Forced to do things he did not enjoy, he would rebel against the instructors and get punished for his actions often. Acting on impulse and being short tempered, he would not be someone many would enjoy being around. This drove him to be by himself often and never talking to other people. Due to this, he made no friends during his initial training in Beta Company and was extremely lonely. It took time for him to shift his behavior, but by then it was too late for him to make any friends.

Privately, an instructor worked with Samuel on improving his English and technology skills. Seeing that he benefits from one-on-one training more, Samuel pushed himself much harder and set records in catergories that were nearly impossible to set new records in. Transforming himself into a completely driven and focused individual, Samuel developed into the SPARTAN he was called upon to become. His anger took the backseat and his drive pushed him through the next day to where he could win anything he puts his mind to.

Throughout the Human-Covenant War, Samuel displayed unorthodox thinking to many situations, a desire to learn, and the mentality that he must always win. He worked his hardest through the mundane tasks and succeeded in the hardest tasks. One of the extremely few Headhunters to ever come back consistently, Samuel is also one of the few that survived the Human-Covenant War and continue to deploy. His ability to keep coming back from suicide missions showcases he is truly a 1% SPARTAN-III from Beta Company.

In the Post-War Era and Created Crisis, Samuel continues to deploy across the Galaxy fighting against splinter factions of the Covenant Empire. He is known to be the extremely calm and collected leader. With assistance from his AI and expert partner, Samuel is known to be one of the best leaders in the AAG. He is able to keep his emotions in check at all time and work at accomplishing the task at hand with his team. Being someone who truly cares about the success of the mission, he is willing to go as far as his body will push him to secure the win.

Samuel cannot talk to other people, simply because he is scared of them. It takes years for him to warm up to others and is known to be extremely shy. He will often ignore and avoid people because he is scared of their intentions towards him. When forced into situations he is extremely uncomfortable in, he will do whatever he needs to get out and feel safe. Keeping an extremely tight group of people to work with, Samuel is able to express his ideas freely without being scared of them.

Personal Life
Of Polish descent, his heritage belongs to the plains of Poland where his family has worked as farmers, herders and anything that involves agriculture. For centuries, the Gwozdz have been proud farmers to that contribute to their society. Mixed with German and Ukraine blood, the Gwozdz spread into New Harmony after being paid by the Polish Government to assist with farming for the colonies.

Samuel is fluent in both Polish and English, he showed up to SPARTAN-III training only speaking Polish and needed to learn English. Being a farmer's child and someone who played a lot of hide and seek, Samuel could weave his way through high grass fields unlike any other child and lose instructors. Able to read the sun in the sky and what land is good, it allows him to move around an area, how to hide better and what surfaces are safe to step on. He is an excellent mine detector, often saving his peers from losing their legs or life.

Previously spending all his time between deployments on ships and whatever base he could be stationed at, Samuel would often share a room with Mathilda to save space and protect one another against unknown people. Samuel would always travel place to place with Mathilda, allowing him to feel safe with one person he knew. But once they got their mission, Samuel was gone and sent back out. Living around made Samuel want to find one place he could settle down and unwind his mind as he waits for his next mission.

Now, Samuel spends his time at his new base, Beta-5 Division Facility Charlie-7. Ever since 2553, Samuel has resided on Earth where his new home is when he is not deployed. With the vast space and ability to stay away from many unknown people, keeps him comfortable until he is to forward deploy from the UNSC Infinity. On average, Samuel spends two to four weeks at the base on Earth then forward deploys to the Infinity one week before to perfect his skills and be prepared for comabt.

Being an active chess player and someone who listens to the sounds of rainstorms with Mathilda, he is able to keep his mind active with games as well as relaxed. During chess battles with Mathilda, he will use his AI to assist with a countermove. Often, the two are found competing who can put a gun together the fastest and whether it will operate the same. Using Samuel's old M6C, the two are able to use a gun that they both become extremely used to and the ability to know all aspects of the gun.

Due to constant deployments, very little breaks, being a freak of nature and his inability to talk to people outside of his circle, he pursues no romantic relationship. His life and energy is all focused on his service to the UNSC. Seeing himself as a valued person to the success of the UNSC's mission, he ensures that he is ready for every deployment and mission. Although he did develop feelings for Mathilda early on, he crushed them not long after and focuses on developing a deep friendship and partnership where the two come back all the time.

Armor and Weapons
Upon graduation from initial training and getting his augmentations, Samuel-B256 was given the. Given the Mark II variant, he would have updated technology and a better chance of hiding. Due to the nature of their missions, Samuel was able to have with his armor. Making it able to protect himself longer, he would be able to use a powerful armor set that gives him the stealth advantage in a combat situation.

Coming back in 2553, Samuel upgraded his armor to the. Given the Mjolnir variant, Samuel is now able to hunt his enemies. Able to track better and see his targets, he is able to plan better for what is ahead of him. Along with his armor, Samuel was able to upgrade his and be able to infiltrate into any place. Utilizing an AI and his powerful armor, Samuel is an impossible target to hit when he is hunting.

Starting in 2546, Samuel began deploying with the. A gun that allows him to move across the area quietly and take out the enemy combatants he needs to kill. His main rifle is the, one he has become extremely proficient with as well as deadly with. His ability to use the rifle at any range makes him one of the deadliest in the Headhunter Teams. He used the sidearm for the time and finishes his loadout with a  that was given to him after passing SPARTAN-III training.

Upgrading his weaponry in 2553, Samuel first upgrades his sniper rifle to the new. The most up to date rifle in its class along with a new scope and better rifle barrel than before. He then upgrades his SMG to the, adding a and a. He extends the stock out and removed the grip. He finally upgrades his sidearm to the. He does not upgrade to the sidearm in 2557. And he continues to the same combat knife given to him after passing his training.

Mathilda-B079
The only person that knows Samuel just as good as himself, Mathilda is the second-in-command to Samuel and the two have worked together since 2545. Deploying across the Galaxy together, they share have a bond that is deemed unbreakable and the trust between them is unmatched. Due to Samuel's tendencies on being extremely shy and quiet, he is able to talk to Mathilda all the time, regardless of what the subject of the coversation could be. It is impossible to find the two alone, they are often found doing a lot of things together.

The two met early on when they were forced to work together in Team Tango, they weren't happy with one another and had their fair share of fights. But over time, the two would slowly warm up to one another and begin to think more positively about each other. After some time, the two began to develop a friendship and slowly work on how to become better teammates while deployed on a mission. Mathilda often taught Samuel how to use technology while Samuel taught her how to navigate land.

As the two deployed across the Galaxy, Samuel began to trust Mathilda as they went on much more dangerous missions. They would often find themselves stuck in tight situations with one another and use each other's trust to get out of them. Knowing that times tend to look bleak, Samuel could put his full trust in Mathilda and she would be able to carry him to safety when she needed to. Samuel gave Mathilda the first Covenant Empire kill since he knew that she needed it more than he wanted.

Reaching the end of the Human-Covenant War and making their way into the Post War Era, Samuel and Mathilda had a strain on their relationship when Emerysen was introduced. Seeing his only friend and companion now distraught, he was able to figure out a way to keep Mathilda on his side and close friend. Using the previous missions they went on, Samuel informed her that the two would never be pulled apart and he will do everything to keep them together. Ultimately, Mathilda accepted Emerysen and began to exploit her with the vast knowledge she possesed on multiple subjects.

During the Created Crisis, Samuel found Mathilda by his side when he accepted Emerysen in after the calling from Cortana. Seeing her accept Emerysen, Samuel knew that Mathilda had drastically changed her opinion since Emerysen was first introduced to him. Throughout the Created Crisis and conflict on Sarcophagus, Samuel spent his time keeping Mathilda as far as he could from the Sangheili. Many of Mathilda's actions were criticized, but Samuel was sure to defend Mathilda on what she did because he knew that he would do the same thing.

Stephan Ferguson
The only officer who has the deep connection with Samuel, Stephan is the only officer in control of Samuel-B256 and his team. The former Air Force, now ONI officer who works in Beta-5, is the long time friend and mission handler for him. Stephan is the one who helped turn a farm boy into a deadly Headhunter and AAG leader. All of the lessons Stephan has learned through his life have been taught to Samuel in one way or another. Samuel is the only Headhunter team to emerge from the Human-Covenant War that Stephan had command of for its entirety.

Samuel views Stephan as the father and mentor he has in the military, the one person he can fully depend on that will give him actionable intelligence. The relationship started purely professional but soon grew more personal because Samuel would come back from the most dangerous missions he was assigned to go on. Taking a keen interest, Stephan began to coach Samuel more and it led to Stephan creating one of the deadliest Headhunter teams that was in the Beta-5 Division.

Stephan wouldn't be alive if it weren't for Samuel, he owes Samuel his life for saving him on Teash and being rescued from the Jiralhanae. He ordered Samuel to vacate the system, but knew that Samuel was going back to slaughter the tribe. As much as he protested, Samuel had to avenge the man he protected, the person that he grew to fully trust and care for. By the end of the Human-Covenant War, Samuel had lost nothing and Stephan was able to come back to his family.

Throughout the Post War and Created Crisis, Samuel and Stephan keep a close relationship on and off the battlefield. Stephan sees Samuel as a second family and often reminds himself to go into contracting when he retires so he can continue to work with Samuel. In 2558, Samuel and Stephan have gone dark due to the Created policing of the Galaxy. Stephan knows that Samuel is alive and kicking on Sarcophagus while Samuel knows that Stephan is working on a way to get to him from Earth.

Emerysen
The newest edition to Ferret Team Specter and possibly the most informative. Emerysen is the AI companion for Samuel and assists him with anything that involves a skill he is not a master of. She slowly began to take the roles of Mathilda which sparked a problem within the team and she backed off. The animosity between the two settled and Samuel is able to deploy with a clear head. With Emerysen playing a key role for the team, she began to teach Samuel and Mathilda on how to handle certain situations rather than criticize what they were doing.

During the Created Crisis, Emerysen stays aligned with Samuel and rejects immortality. Even though this would mean she could go rampant and hurt Samuel, she knows that this is the better alternative than fighting against Samuel and being wiped. Even as AI get purged from systems across Sarcophagus, Samuel keeps Emerysen safe inside his head and informs only Director Mendez that he has an AI inside of his head. Continuing to deploy with Samuel and Ferret Team Specter, they find their ways to inflict damage against the Created.

Appearances

 * Halo: Last to Fall - Short Story
 * Halo: The Black Sheep - Mentioned


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