Chad-119

"My purpose? To kill. As the great Preston Cole said, 'he told me to fight, so I did.' So don't get all preachy and philosophical with me. I'm not your guy for it. I'm the guy who goes out and kills the preachy, philosophical guy because his ideas are too radical"

- Chad to Dr. Melanie Kampf, onboard the UNSC Point of No Return

Chad-119 is a SPARTAN-II commando of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command currently serving on the planet Bellerophon. He is a decorated veteran of some of the most bloody battles in UNSC history and in the words of some of his superiors the "consummate Spartan". 119 earned the nickname "Ghost" for the way he could eliminate high-priority targets without any enemy force knowing he was there. This became the name he was known as,

Spartan Ghost. Ghost has shown exceptional piloting skills as well as marksmanship and he was the point man for Fireteam Midnight.

Childhood and SPARTAN-II training
"He had no remorse, no qualms with eliminating anything in his way. He was a 'Demon' in the true sense of the word... then something changed."

- in an encrypted audio clip on Chad-119's profile

Chad and his twin sister, Talia, were born on Earth in 2511 to Samuel and Paula Stryker in the city of Los Angeles, California. Chad was a a big fan of basketball and his parents placed him in an AAU League where he got the attention of Dr. Halsey and her selection team. When she visited him in 2516, her test was to see how many shots he could make in a row from different spots on the court. She was astounded by his accuracy and determination, as he threw his whole body into the shot in an attempt to get the ball into the hoop. A few weeks later,