User:HaloDude/Neil Bloom

Neil Bloom was a Corporal in the 105th ODST Division, born 3rd January 2523.

Background and Early life
Neil Bloom was born in Tucson, Arizona in January of 2523, and this is where he grew up and lived. He was the second child and son to Tim and Marie Bloom, and had a brother, Phillip, who was 3 years older than him. At the age of 19, Neil left home to stay with a partner. This relationship was unsuccessful, and after 6 months, he moved back in with his parents, and decided to pursue a career so he may support himself in the future.

After 9 months of failed job applications, and with some training, Neil finally settled into a job in the local police department in Tucson, where he served the force and upheld the law for 4 years. His job allowed him to become a generally well known official in his town, and was popular with many locals. This was to be a disastrous characteristic later on. An unfortunate incident involving the death of two 12 year old boys left Neil in an awkward position at the department, and he received much criticism as an officer from public media sources. Taking the opportunity, he retired from the police force, and stayed once again at his parent's house while he grieved over the tragic event.

Roughly two months later, he found himself in another relationship, one which hopefully would last. After a further 7 months, Neil and his new wife, Emily, had finally gained a house of their own in Tucson, close to where his parents were living. Approximately 1 year after settling down here, and after much discussion with his wife, Neil decided to pursue a career in the United Nations Space Command. Neil showed much promise and dedication, and by 2549, Neil was serving as a Corporal in the 105th ODST Division, at the age of 26.

In early 2550, Neil received news that his wife had given birth to their first born children, twins Lewis and Jacob. Jacob died 2 months after birth in a road accident. Lewis luckily survived.

Military History
Neil did not see action against the Covenant until late 2550. It was at this time that he was involved with a brief encounter with a Covenant Cruiser that had seemingly been separated from its fleet. The cruiser he was stationed on was assigned to destroy the Covenant vessel. This was a successful mission, and he was then positioned on one of the many Orbital Defense Platforms surrounding Earth for some time, until late 2551. The platform was located almost directly over the most northern part of California, USA.

Neil was later assigned with a small squad to combat Covenant Loyalist forces on Installation 00. It was here that he and two other ODSTs were left to fight off a miscalculated Brute dugout. They were expecting to be against a small handful of Brutes and Grunts, but instead were facing a small Brute task force, consisting of 7 Brutes (1 Chieftain), around 12 Grunts, a small collection of Jackals (including a few snipers) and a pair of Hunters. This left them without sufficient amounts of equipment and ammunition for the task at hand, so they took up a defensive position amongst some rocks and foliage.

Approximately 7 hours after landing on one of the beaches on the Installation, at 29 years old, Neil Bloom was officially listed as KIA. The two other members of his squad were partly unlucky, one also being listed as KIA, the other dieing hours after rescue from severe wounds and blood loss, despite receiving medical aid.