Dom-094

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Dominic "Dom"-094 (born Dominic Hsieh; December 31, 2511) is one of the last surviving super soldiers who served throughout the. In late 2551 to early 2552, Dom and the rest of the Platinum Team fought to obtain a device called the Contumacy. When the SPARTANs acquired the artifact on the planet Ogygia, inside the crashed Forerunner ship, the Inheritor's Judgement, Dom volunteered to be the one to hold the relic as the SPARTANs made their way out. In the chaos, Dom went missing in action, and due to the overwhelming number of forces in orbit, his teammates were forced to leave him behind. Dom remained stranded on Ogygia for several months, keeping his presence unknown to the Covenant forces that occupied the planet. During this time, he succeeded in using the Contumacy to force the Inheritor's Judgement's ancilla under his control. In August, 2552, all Covenant forces but a left the planet, and following the  two months later, the  and  turned on each other. The civil war severally dwindled the numbers of both sides, prompting the, an elite, to order the ship to leave the planet and prepare for. Dom was able to sneak onto the battlecruiser before it took off and eventually succeeded in clearing the ship of all occupants but himself, allowing him to use the Inheritor's Judgement ancilla to help him pilot the vessel to -occupied space and return to service. Following the Human-Covenant War, Dom participated in the the.

Conscription
When Dominic Hsieh was five or six years old, he was identified as one of the one hundred fifty candidates for the SPARTAN-II Program, being physically and mentally superior to almost all children his age. He was abducted and conscripted into the SPARTAN-II Program by. Like the rest of the Class-I SPARTAN-IIs, he was taken to Reach and trained by. During the training, Dom was placed into and befriended Rick-077. After surviving the, both Dom and Rick were pulled out of the Green Team and placed into the newly-formed Platinum Team, which also consisted of Sam-015 and Annie-003 from the. Due to the other two SPARTANs' friendly and sociable personalities, Dom was able to get along with them very well.

Battle of Liber
"Stephen Hawking was right."

- Dom-094, upon seeing the Covenant for the first time.

The Platinum Team, led by Annie-003, was deployed on the outer colony of Liber in order to defend the latter from a relatively small force. By the time the SPARTANs reached the planet, nearly a quarter of the colony had already been razed. The SPARTANs first searched through the destroyed towns for potential survivors and managed to gather a few. Once the civilians were safely escorted to, the SPARTANs arrived at the larger cities, effectively driving back the Covenant with their teamwork, changing the tides of the ground battle. Meanwhile in orbit, the UNSC fleet of Liber destroyed both of the Covenant invading force. After the battle, Dom-094 and the other members of the Platinum Team were divided, only occasionally seeing each other again for the next twenty-six years.

Harvest Campaign
Dom-094 participated in the in the year 2530, aiding the evacuation of UNSC ground forces alongside  and. The three SPARTANs eventually went their separate ways in evacuating different groups of infantry. Dom met up with Rick-077, who was escaping to a Pelican along with several marines on an. Dom entered the rear section with the marines, while Michael Parks, the driver, successfully splattered their way to the Pelican. The dropship escaped, docking in a , which then away.

Battle of Miridem
The Platinum Team was reorganized in order to escort the civilians of. There, Dom-094 discovered three chidren who were orphaned by and hiding from Covenant forces. Dom-094 took the children to the rest of the Platinum Team, and the SPARTANs escorted them to the nearest transport, successfully keeping the children from enemy fire.

Battle of Reynif
In the year 2545, Dom-094 was sent to the colony of Reynif to aid the evacuation of civilians. By the time he reached the colony, there was only a single major city remaining, Saeloun Seoul. Towards the end of the evacuation, all nearby Pelicans were shot down, leaving the SPARTAN and a squad of marines stranded in the city. In the process of finding a safer area to hold out in, the marines were killed one by one until only two marines, Thomas Prado and  Cynthia Sinquefield, remained. Dom-094 and the marines arrived at the city's park and found a young girl named Seung-ah, whose mother was killed by Covenant forces. Dom-094 called for extraction, and they were able to make use of the park's pavilion building as a hiding spot.

As they waited for transportation, a arrived at the park and deployed six. Dom was confused as to why the Covenant would need to when searching for human stragglers, but was nonetheless prepared for a fight he had slim chances of winning. Dom immediately ordered Sinquefield to take Seung-ah deeper into the building, and told her that he and Prado would fight the. When the first zealot entered the pavilion, he immediately vaporized Prado with his and then proceeded to bombard the SPARTAN with several more shots. Dom was able to temporarily find cover, sneak behind the zealot, and break his neck. For each of the next four zealots, Dom lured his enemy to his cover and took advantage of his maneuverability on foot, barely avoiding both shots and swings alike while firing off shots of his own with his until the elite died. Dom successfully used the same strategy on the last zealot, but suffered several burns from the elite's. Soon after, a Pelican arrived at the park, picking up Sinquefield, Seung-ah, and the wounded Dom. Saeloun Seoul ultimately fell to the Covenant, and Reynif was subsequently.

Attack on Boralis
A was taken by a Paris-class frigate to a top-secret installation on the planet Boralis. The frigate was pursued by a single Covenant corvette. As only were being deployed to the installation to capture the navigation core, a company of  and  did not seem to be not enough to hold off the enemies. Rick-077 and Dom-094 were the closest additional SPARTANs to Boralis and were sent by another frigate to assist in defending the core. This would be Dom's first battle in the new. Before the SPARTANs joined the battle, the Covenant forces deployed an to prevent the UNSC from bringing in reinforcements by dropship.

The moment the SPARTANs arrived in, Rick charged into a group of five elites and nearly died from this act. Dom was able kill six elites before suffering a head injury caused by a that grazed his helmet. When Rick received appropriate medical attention and returned to combat, he destroyed the anti-aircraft gun, but was (once again) severally wounded in the process. Both UNSC frigates eventually destroyed the corvette in space, putting a halt on Covenant ground reinforcements. When Dom returned to the fight, he killed five more Sangheili before being grazed by an. However, the elite turned his attention to an ODST before he could finish Dom off, allowing Dom to kill him along with the last elite on Boralis.

Battle of Flora
Dom-094 and Rick-077 were called to Flora to defend the colony from the Covenant. The two SPARTANs were placed on an to fight off boarding Covenant infantry. Eventually, Dom-094 and Rick-077 left the station, with the latter flying a and the former piloting a YSS-774 Spatha. After battling through many, Dom-094 and Rick-077 were ordered to land on Flora to defend it on the ground. The two SPARTANs soon met up with Sam-015, who was already on Flora's surface.

During the battle, had intercepted a Covenant transmission regarding an artifact called the Contumacy. A map on the location of the artifact was hidden within an underground structure on Flora. Rick-077, Dom-094, and Sam-015 were sent to the structure and fought through special operations elites. Although the SPARTANs could not reach the map before the Covenant forces did, ONI managed to track the map to the Unwavering Conviction, which by chance, was hovering a few hundred meters over Covenant-occupied land to refit. A Pelican deployed the three SPARTANs and a squad just outside the Covenant territory. The SPARTANs boarded the battlecruiser by using its, and immediately faced an attack on all sides. Through teamwork, they cleared the room and moved on, although the majority of the ODSTs were killed in the attack.

Just as the Unwavering Conviction left Flora's atmosphere, it was ambushed by the UNSC Alexandra and a few other. This enabled Annie-003 and Ryan-A022, who were originally on the other side of Flora, to board the battlecruiser with a. The SPARTANs of both sides joined forces aboard the ship, and then killed the shipmaster and took the map. On their way out of the Unwavering Conviction, however, the SPARTANs discovered that their Longsword was destroyed by the Covenant. Fortunately, a Pelican was able to pick up the SPARTANs at the nearest hangar bay, allowing them to make their escape.

Operation: SQUALL
The Contumacy was hidden within the crashed Inheritor's Judgement on Ogygia. The Covenant ground forces were this time led personally by Dar 'Akamee. The SPARTANs arrived just in time to face the zealot strike team over the artifact. Through teamwork, the SPARTANs killed the elites and retrieved the relic. Dom carried the artifact and the Platinum Team rushed out of the structure. As the SPARTANs fought through more Covenant forces, Dom was knocked into a nearby wall by the force of a plasma grenade explosion, which also caused debris to divide his unconscious body from his team. Due to the overwhelming number of Covenant forces in orbit, the rest of the Platinum Team was forced to leave Dom behind.

Dom remained stranded on Ogygia for several months, keeping his presence unknown to the Covenant forces that occupied the planet. During this time, he encountered the Inheritor's Judgement's ancilla and communicated with it. He decided that he would use the Forerunner AI to aid his eventual escape from the planet and was eventually able to force it under his control using the Contumacy.

In August, 2552, all Covenant forces but a single battlecruiser left the planet, and following the two months later, the elites and  turned on each other. The civil war severally dwindled the numbers of both sides, prompting the shipmaster, an elite, to order the ship to leave the planet and prepare for orbital bombardment. Dom was able to sneak onto the battlecruiser before it took off and eventually succeeded in clearing the ship of all occupants but himself. With the help of the Inheritor's Judgement ancilla, Dom piloted the vessel to and return to the UNSC. Dom was disheartened when he discovered that Annie-003 was killed during the.

Battle of Paradiso
The Human-Covenant War left many civilians homeless. Paradiso was one of the newly-discovered habitable planets suitable for refugees. In the year 2554, Dom-094 was sent with the first set of refugees to the planet in order to ensure their safety from potential or Covenant remnant attacks. Two weeks later, the SPARTAN-IIIs Henry-G066, Jim-G067, and Seung-ah-G218 arrived with a second set of refugees.

Only three days after the SPARTAN-IIIs' arrival, a small fleet of Covenant Loyalists led by brutes attacked the colony. The combination of the SPARTANs and a greater number of UNSC Army and Marine ground forces annihilated the Covenant ground forces. However, the brutes were able to successfully raid a camp that was not well-guarded, kidnapping Gunnery Sergeant Yoon Hyeon-ki, his surviving men, and the civilians at the camp. The battle in space was also in the UNSC's favor, thanks to the UNSC's greater number of vessels compared to that of the Covenant, forcing the latter's remaining ship, a single battlecruiser, to retreat. The crew aboard the UNSC Frigg was able to track down the Covenant ship and its destination – a world controlled by a relatively small number of Covenant Loyalists. Alexey Surkov ordered the Frigg and the majority of the Paradiso fleet to pursue in order to finish off the Loyalists and rescue the missing humans.

Battle of Beimeni
Upon arriving at the planet the Covenant escaped to, Surkov's fleet faced another battlecruiser, with the escaping battlecruiser nowhere to be found. As the brutes had captured several humans, Surkov did not order immediate orbital bombardment. Shortly after the UNSC's arrival, the missing battlecruiser emerged from the planet's atmosphere, indicating that it had likely deployed its prisoners at the planet's surface. Surkov ordered the SPARTANs and a division of infantry to search for and rescue the captured humans.

The Frigg's AI, Nótt, located the  of the captured Marines, and the UNSC ground forces subsequently rushed to the location. With the SPARTANs, led by Dom-094, spearheading the operation, the UNSC forces made their way to the prisoners, killing any enemy that stood in their way. The SPARTANs found the prisoners and then the UNSC ground forces escorted the civilians to the nearest extraction. All UNSC ground forces evacuated immediately after. In space, the UNSC forces destroyed all Covenant vessels. With the prisoners freed, Surkov ordered the orbital bombardment of the Covenant bases on the surface.

Battle of Brasil
"Remember, kids: pounce, but, annoy like no tomorrow."

- Dom-094 to the rest of Platinum-Bravo

Raid on the Antillia Flood research facility
"No free rides."

- Dom-094, before a latching off his

Personality and description
"It is what it is."

- Dom-094 Dom is a quiet individual and rarely speaks to anyone, unless he knows the person on a personal level. Dom is known for his cautiousness, which can be seen throughout his actions. In combat, he prefers to keep his distance from his enemies, and only resorts to close quarters when doing so is the far superior option. When put in charge, Dom's decisions always prioritize minimizing casualties on his side.

Dom often fills the role of a marksman because of his careful nature and that he possesses above-SPARTAN-II-average firearm accuracy. He has also been called to fill the role of a sniper on many occasions when there was no better sniper available (prime examples of "better snipers" are and Ryan-A022). Although Dom mostly makes use of his marksmanship on the battlefield, he truly excels in hand-to-hand combat. His prowess in this field rivals those of and. Dom is also notorious for having the greatest vertical leaping height of all SPARTAN-IIs, thanks to his relatively lighter build, earning him the nickname, "the Falcon." Somewhat like, Dom relatively lacks situational awareness, often focusing too much on a single task that he neglects – sometimes crucial – details around him. Therefore, he generally requires a teammate to "watch his back."

Unless tasked with specific roles, Dom's general preferred weapons are shotguns (specifically the ) for close quarters and designated marksman rifles for almost all other ranges. Throughout the, Dom's most commonly used weapon was the and he currently brings a  to almost every mission. His sidearm of choice is a customized M6I/B/US rebarreled for 7.87×37mm rounds and fitted with a, a smart-linked red dot sight, and a tactical light.

Relationships
Internally, Dom dislikes almost all of his superiors who are involved with, although he grudgingly accepts their orders to maintain morale. Dom also holds somewhat of a distaste for, although he sympathized with her when he discovered she was labeled a war criminal and then taken into custody aboard the , stating that the Infinity's crew "[had] no right to mistreat her."

Among the SPARTANs, Dom only considers those of the Platinum Team to be his family. Dom considers Rick-077 to be somewhat of a twin brother and looked up to Annie-003 as if she were an older sister. Dom also possesses a very deep friendship with Sam-015, to the point where those around them believe their relationship to be romantic. Both deny any romantic feelings they may have for each other and claim that the love is purely of friendship. Dom also cares deeply for any new member added to the Platinum Team. Since Ryan-A022 joined the originally-SPARTAN-II-exclusive team, Dom has admired the younger SPARTAN's skills, and now holds him in the same light as Rick, despite the former's somewhat cold attitude towards most things. Dom also treats Henry-G066, Jim-G067, and Fred-G068 as if they were younger siblings, always looking after them to make sure they are well. Outside of his team, Dom sees Tavonne Douglas as an older-brother figure and also befriended Mike Parks, who he respects for saving countless lives during the. He also has a decent amount of respect for Admiral De Gaulle and Vice Admiral Alexey Surkov, trusting their judgement based upon the several battles he has fought under their command.

When Dom was introduced to the Fireteams Mantle and Victoria to work alongside, the SPARTAN-IVs saw themselves as being superior to the Platinum Team, and began a self-declared rivalry against the more-experienced SPARTANs. Although Dom initially treated the SPARTAN-IVs with indifference, he eventually found their petty rivalry to be incredibly irritating, significantly lowering his opinion on the newest generation of SPARTANs as a whole. Dom's disdaining for SPARTAN-IVs is shared with if not exceeded by that of Ryan.

Armor
Throughout most of the Human-Covenant War, Dom-094 wore the standard. He wore the of the armor when it was released in 2548. When the was issued, Dom wore a  helmet with a  upgrade, a  chest piece, a CQC shoulder pauldron on his left shoulder, a  on his left forearm, and a  on his left leg. Since reentering service in 2553, Dom wears a variant of (MJOLNIR GEN2), which consists of an  helmet,  torso armor,  shoulder pauldrons, and  leg armor. In his MJOLNIR GEN2 armor, Dom initially wore forearm guards with the SOLID pattern type, but then changed them to,  forearm guards when the UNSC acquired reverse-engineered  technology.