User:RelentlessRecusant/Courtney Archer West

Courtney Archer West, colloquially known as "Archer", was an officer of the UNSC Office of Naval Intelligence and later, the UNSC Navy, finally serving as an officer in the UNSC Army Special Operations Group, where she would become prominent for her actions during the Galactic Era and the Dashan Campaign of 2904.

Intelligence Officer
Courtney would originally be recruited by the secretive UNSC Office of Naval Intelligence, earning her way into the UNSC's armed forces by regal invitation. Within ONI, she would quickly establish herself as an expert in the delicate art of tradescraft — Archer would first practice human intelligence (HUMINT), earning experience infiltrating rebel organizations and terrorist cells, becoming extremely notable for a number of high-profile busts by ONI after the Beyond Veil's Azure Crisis, where Archer's intelligence within rebel organizations would lead to decisive ONI intelligence victories in the Outer Rim.

Special Agent West would become highly acclaimed for her exceptional service, quickly becoming a "handler" in ONI parlance, coordinating high-profile UNSC-allied spies within the Covenant, stroking them for information to glean important UNSC insights into the Covenant political structure. Through Archer's leadership, ONI would gain vital intelligence on important interactions between the Jiralhanae (Brutes) and Sangheili (Elite) leadership in the wake of Beyond Veil's Azure that would enable UNSC leadership to make effective military-political decisions.

Her tremendous success in just a handful of years would earn her company of peers far beyond her age. The intimidating "Archer", however, ever looking for opportunities to further expand her repertoire of field skills, would request a brief tour within the UNSC special forces to broaden her tradescraft. She would assume the temporary rank of Brevet Lieutenant (LT, O-3) with the UNSC Navy, touring as an assistant platoon commander with the Navy's elite counterterrorism unit, UNSC Naval Special Warfare Group Six.

In the Special Forces
Against his will, Ridenour would be reassigned to the UNSC Special Operations Command to a high-risk assignment — Randall, already severely disillusioned with the UNSC Defense Force, would become even more disgusted. He would receive advanced field clinical medicine training on Asphodel Meadows under UNSCSOCOM's tutelage to certify for the rating of UNSC Special Forces Medical Sergeant, and would be reassigned to the UNSC Army Special Operations Command, leaving the UNSC Navy/UNSC Marines instead to join the UNSC Army.

He would be attached to Delta Fourteen, a UNSC Army Special Operations Group infantry team operating out of F.O.B. Hotel California, being employed in counterinsurgency operations against the Unggoy rebels on Dashan as part of the elite Joint Task Force 11. Ridenour would shortly receive a promotion to the rank of Sergeant ( SGT, E-5 ) as part of the Army's ranking scheme.

Although Ridenour would join the Army Special Forces under UNSCSOCOM's initiative to bring more corpsmen into the field with special forces teams in the hopes of preserving its highly-trained special warfare operators and prolonging their time in the field, Ridenour would quickly emerge as a novice at warfare compared to the veterans of Army Special Forces Team Delta-14, and would earn the contempt of many of his fellow team members.