User:DirgeOfCerberus111/Serge-011

Serge-011, also known as Spartan-011, was a Spartan-II commando. Serge has operated before under the codename: ATLAS. After the Fall of Reach and during the Battle of Earth while under the control of ONI he operated as Codename: GOLIATH.

Early Life and SPARTAN Training
"I knew you were dangerous. I could tell from the moment you spoke you were dangerous. What I didn’t know was how far I needed to run."

- Serge-011 to Dr. Halsey regarding their first meeting. Serge was born on October 31st 2511 on the "Middle" Colony world of Chi Rho.

After an incident where he accidentally broke a classmate’s wrist with his strength. After that Serge became very gentle and reserved.

Dr. Catherine Halsey almost wrote him off the Program. He was physically, mentally, and genetically superior to most children, but she believed him to be psychologically ill-suited for being a Spartan. He lacked competitiveness or a natural predisposition to aggression that the other candidates possessed and she believed him to be too docile.

When Dr. Halsey came to see him, she offered to play a game with him. In order to settle the matter, she asked Serge to guess on which side a coin will land on, just as she had done with Candidate 117. Instead of that, he did something that she did not expect and did what no other candidate had done. Serge stared at her for a moment and then proceeded to run away as fast as possible. His teachers found him after school hiding in a cupboard. Halsey approved his induction into the Spartan-II Program. Serge-011 had instincts.

"I don’t hate you, you know. At first I was angry and I did, but I look a little more and see you’re not happy either. You’re actually sorry and you try your best. I don’t like you, but I don’t hate you. I could try, but it just won’t work."

- Serge-011 to Dr. Halsey.

Battle of Vodin
"Randall!"

- Serge upon seeing Randall-037 falling off Two-Five-Bravo.

Time Aboard the Infinity
"Let’s make this clear. You are my commanding officer. I will follow my orders. You give me an order and unless they are utterly ridiculous I’ll follow them. But I will never…call you a Spartan."

- Serge-011 to Sarah Palmer

Requiem Campaign
"I was the weakest Spartan of them all! You think you can replace them? You can't even beat me"

- Serge-011 to members of Fireteam Sydney during the Saturday Night Cage Fights

Personality
Until his conscription at the age of six, Serge lived a normal life on Chi Rho. He started off life as most children of his age did, happy and carefree. His conscription, and how he came to terms with it, would shape his outlook for the rest of his life. The loss of his normal life and his sudden induction in the program greatly shook the young boy. But thanks to the support of his friends, rather than break, he turned his fear into resolve to protect his new friends. His helpful nature meant he was more than comfortable with taking the role as the fall-man. The eruption of the Human-Covenant War left him no doubts about his duty and purpose.

He possessed an incredible observational skills and was excellent at reading people’s emotions and always knew how to support them.

Throughout training and service, Serge always cared more about others than himself. Out of all the Spartans it is frequently said that Serge was the softest of them all and could empathize with non-Spartan personnel much easier than other Spartans. However few knew, even among the Spartan-IIs, that Serge possessed a volcanic temper. He was slow to anger and not easily offended but when provoked it was explosive. His obedience to the chain of command was often dependent on the will of his teammates. If they disagreed with their order or if Serge found it put them in unnecessary risk, he wouldn't blink to ignore them. In his debriefings when asked where his loyalties were Serge claimed it was with the UNSC, but upon closer inspection it came obvious his loyalty lay solely with his team and the other Spartan-IIs.

Serge was exceptionally protective of his Spartan-siblings, especially those of White Team. Many that knew him noted that he possessed a unfaltering resolve and would stand with his team no matter what. His concern for his friends and other people's well-being over his own bordered on unhealthy as Serge seemed determined to defend them from harm even at excessive cost to himself. Psychological evaluations later in the war revealed that his mental health relied heavily to the well-being of his teammates. His strong attachments made him vulnerable to psychological damage and slowly losing his teammates put a huge strain on his mind. As the war progressed he became increasingly desperate to protect what few friends he had left and during the Fall of Reach and the death of Alicia, the only other remaining member of White Team, Serge would finally snap.

By the end of the war Serge’s heart had become cold and he closed himself off from others. His kind and friendly personality was now angry, bitter, and sullen. Nearly thirty years of war, the loss of his teammates, and the belief that he was the last Spartan-Il, however erroneous, had embittered him. At times, especially around the Spartan-IVs, he was harsh and short-fused, sometimes with barely contained fury and frustration. In addition to his immense survivor's guilt Serge suffered clear signs of post-traumatic stress. He rarely slept and suffered frequent nightmares. In his time on the UNSC Infinity he was somewhat arrogant of his Spartan-II status and dismissive of the IVs, sometimes referred to as a “Spartan-supremacist” He hated the Spartan-IVs and what they represented along with their lack of discipline and professionalism and sees the IIs as superior soldiers. He did make an effort to keep his feelings to himself but several times he was provoked resulting in incidents. Interestingly, these “incidents” did not extend beyond the confines of the ship as conflicts during missions were almost zero. Coordination with orders and other fireteams was uneventful. When inquired about the difference his response was “''On the ship they are insufferable second-rate amateurs. But on the battlefield they are just fellow soldiers."''

Eventually Serge began to show signs of healing and parts of his old persona shone through. Though he was at first disturbed by the Spartan-IIIs when he first met them during the war, after the war he became protective of the young Spartans, especially of Adrian-G293 and Serissa-G107 and came to regard the IIIs as genuine Spartans and took almost a parental role in watching over the two. On the Infinity Serge was somewhat of a celebrity among the Gamma Spartans who affectionately referred to him as the Old Man, a name made at his expense but one with a degree of respect. Serge spent most of his free time around them and they were the only ones he seemed to open up to. Certainly his mood was better around them.

Slowly his hatred of the IVs cooled into a more specific disdain for those who squander the title of Spartan.

Skills and Abilities
As a full trained Spartan-II super soldier Serge is a genetically, physically, and mentally superior warfighter. He has been trained since the age of six to face any condition and operate within any role. During his training as a SPARTAN-II, Serge was the third lowest preforming Spartan candidate to successfully graduate, surpassing only Caster-149 and SPARTAN-150, and had come close to washing out several times. But after more than thirty years of active duty, he is a battle-hardened veteran who has fought in almost two hundred ground engagements against both the Covenant and the Insurrection, one-hundred and thirty-four of those were full campaigns.

Dr. Halsey noted Serge for being one of the physically strongest candidates in the program, just following Samuel-034 and after his augmentation was the largest out of any Spartan-II. As part of White Team, during the early to middle part of the war Serge filled the niche of rifleman and heavy weapons support. He did so but was perfectly adequate to fulfilling others roles such as medic, team sniper, or explosives. As the war progressed Serge increasingly found his role in close-quarters and hand-to-hand combat which matched his increasingly rage-fueled personality.

Towards the end of the war Serge's combat style took on a brutal form. His preferred strategy was to engage his enemies in close-quarters where he can use his augmented capabilities to maximum effect and express his rage. Using his superhuman strength, speed, and reflexes, magnified by the power of MJOLNIR power armor, he outfought veteran Sangheili warriors and used his augmented strength to simply smash through their guard, overpowering their every defense and smashing bone and breaking skull with devastating force. On the Infinity, Serge reigned undefeated in the Saturday Night Cage Fights against the Spartan-IVs. Even out of armor Serge was faster and stronger and easily took on multiple S-IV at once.

White Team
Anna-113

Mason-020

Victoria-076

Roger-133

Spartan-IIIs
Adrian and Serissa

Spartan-IVs
Sarah Palmer

Office of Naval Intelligence
Agent RIDELY

Serin Osman