User:SPARTAN 119/David Kilgore

"It's not invincible, you're just not shooting it enough!"

- David Kilgore, instructing his men on attacking Necros Tyrant Assault Super Walkers in an M1050 AHWV

Early Life
David Kilgore was born in 2572 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Battle of Kanna
During the Battle of Kanna, David lead a platoon of M-1050 Brown Bear Anti-Heavy Walker Vehicles as part of the UNSC Sixth Armored Division force to take back Danel City. David was present at multiple engagements with Covenant Remnant forces including the recapture of the Danel City Air-Space Port and the Danel City industrial disrict. In both engagements, David sucessfully destroyed at least one Remnant Scarab Ultra Heavy Assault Platform.

Necros War
David joined the UNSC Marine Corps Armored Forces shortly before first contact with the Necros, in 2590.

Third Battle of Linna
By this time, David had reached the rank of First Lieutenant, commanding eight M-1050 Brown Bear Anti-Heavy Walker Vehicles. He was sent Linna to engage a new enemy referred to by HIGHCOM as the Necros. Kilgore was part of the Sixth Armored Division also equipped with Scorpion tanks, Monitor AVPs, Komodo Laser AVPs and Tiger Heavy Tanks that was deployed to guard a major highway through a mountain pass, and the only path through which the Necros could send their massive Gravedigger Ultra-Heavy Assault Platforms. David deployed his platoon on the mountainside above the road, using a several old dirt roads through the forests above the main highway, so as to fire down on the Necros Walkers. The Necros column the passed, ten Gravedigger UHAPs, several more smaller Stalker and Dominator walkers and a division's worth of Necros Compound Tanks. "So those are the Necros", David said, before giving one command into the radio: "All Bears, OPEN FIRE!!!" David grabbed the joystick and pointed the Brown Bear's turret at the enemy walkers. The targeting computer locked on to eight of the Gravediggers automatically. David squeezed the trigger. Eight MGM-2 Anti-Walker missiles left the launch tubes of Brown Bear's turret as the rest of David's platoon followed suit. Sixty-four MGM-2 missiles slammed into the sides of the Necros walkers, their explosively-formed penetrators blasting through the armor of the alien war machines before the follow-through explosive charge detonated and shattered the walkers from the inside. The pass was filled with a sheet of flames, Gravediggers, Dominators, and Stalkers, that had become their own funeral pyres. The Necros tanks that followed were knocked out one by one by the UNSC tanks and anti-armor platforms. The engagement was a rout.

Battle of Gundark
"Sic semper tyrannus (Latin: Thus Always to Tyrants)"

- David Kilgore, after destroying a Necros Tyrant Super Walker

During the battle of Gundark, David was stationed in (city pending), along with the rest of the Sixth Armored Division. During the battle (insert city) was assaulted by a massive Necros assault force, lead by ten Tyrant Assault Super Walkers. By this time, David's unit had been outfitted with new M1055 Polar Bear Anti-Super Walker Vehicles. These vehicles carried massive MGM-3 anti-walker missile, weapons that were basically scaled down Archer missiles, complete with a smaller version of the Archer's EMP warhead and multiple explosive penetrators, capable of de-shielding and destroying a Tyrant Assault Super Walker in one to two hits. David and his unit fired their missiles at the approaching enemy walkers. David's first missile destroyed it's target with the first hit. David is reported to have yelled "Sic semper tyrannus!"-"Thus always to tyrants in Latin. In seconds, seven of the ten super walkers were destroyed, along with countless Necros tanks, destroyed by UNSC Scorpion and Tiger tanks. The remaining Necros forces were forced into a retreat, with the rest of the Tyrants later being destroyed by UNSC aircraft.

Operation:ORPHEUS
After his capture by the Necros during the battle of (battle pending), David Kilgore was sent to a Necros Slaughterhouse-class Conversion Ship, where a failed conversion left him as a Revenant. The David was placed on a conversion line where all four of his limbs were removed and replaced with mechanical limbs with a titanium skeleton and Necros bio-engineered muscles, controled by a nueral interface. Before the Necros could destroy most of his brain and replace it with a computer to place him under their total control, David was rescued by CH-2 (Rene) and a squad of IBSTs as part of Operation:ORPHEUS. After being rescued, David siezed a Necros Pulse Rifle from a Necros Warrior form killed by the IBSTs and charged into the next room in the conversion ship in search of revenge. David surprised a squad of Necros infantry and killed them all. It was not until after he was returned to a UNSC base that David discovered the true extent of his modifications. In addition to his mechanical limbs, the Necros had added support devices to increase the efficiency of his organs and inserted cybernetic implants in his spinal cord to speed up his reaction times considerably. David's red blood cells were replaced with a Necros creation known as "black blood cells", which carry more oxygen. David also has a weapon built into both his his arms. He has an artificial gravity generator in his left arm to increase the force of his punches, and a pulse carbine in his right. The weapons are normally not visible, and is stored internally. It is only visible when the palm of David's mechanical hands retract to reveal the barrel, usually when he is preparing to fire. In addition to his built in weapons, David's mechanical hands are capable of using any UNSC, Necros or other weapon. The neural interface the Necros inserted into David's brain enables him to communicate with and even take control of Necros machinery such as air/spacecraft. This makes David, like other Revenants, an important asset to the UNSC.

First Mission with UNSC Spec Ops.
David's first mission with UNSC Special Operations was basically a means to test his combat effectiveness. The mission was to ambush a Necros convoy transporting a number of Necros prisoners during (Battle Pending). David Kilgore was dropped off by Pelican on the side of a hill that the convoy was going to drive past. David was armed with an M41 Rocket Launcher to knock out a pair of Compound Tanks and an M189 ULMG with and attached M026 Grenade Launcher. David achieved complete surprise, first knocking out the two Compound tanks with a pair of SABRE ATGWs from the M41 and grabbed his light machine gun and cut down the Necros Nemesis LRVs and Necros infantry guarding a pair of Fury APCs before successfully liberating all prisoners and enabling them to escape to a landing zone where they were picked up by the same Pelican that had dropped David off. The mission was an outstanding success, with all prisoners being sucessfully freed and all Necros Infantry and armored escorts eliminated. David, on his part considers this to be one of the easiest missions he has ever been sent on, describing the engagement as a "cake walk".

Operation:SKYJACKER
Operation SKYJACKER was an attempt to capture a Necros Adversary Fighter through the use of a UNSC AI, Gungnir. Using IFF codes captured from the Necros, as well as the Necros-like appearance David had gained after he became a Revenant, David managed to sneak into a Necros Airfield on (planet pending). The Necros did not become aware of David's identity until after Gungnir had been placed into the fighter and taken off. Both David and Gungnir sucessfully escaped the airfield, David killing several Necros infantry and two Nemesis LRVs whilst making his escape aboard a LRV of his own. Most of the Necros casualties, however, were credited to Gungnir, who used the guns and missiles of the captured Adversary to eliminate all of the Necros aircraft based at the airfield and destroy several Necros ground vehicles that stood in the way of David's escape to his extraction point, where he was picked up by a Pelican Dropship and escaped an orbiting UNSC carrier along with Gungnir and the hijacked Adversary.

The 134th Special Forces Operational Detachment
After several solo missions with UNSC Special Operations, David Was chosen to a head a small unit of Revenants known as the 134th Special Forces Operational Detachment. The unit was created by UNSC SOCOM for the purpose of inserting teams of Revenants disguised as Necros Aggressors using hacked Necros IFF codes behind Necros lines for high-risk special operations such as the sabotage or capture of Necros equipment, the assassination of Necros commanders, and the elimination of Necros forces at key defensive positions prior to UNSC landings.

Operation: PRIVATEER
Operation: PRIVATEER was a mission in which the 134 SFOD was sent to board and take control of N-FFG-341, a disabled Legion-class frigate in hovering over one of the last pockets of Necros resistance on the mostly recapture planet of (location pending). The frigate was well guarded, with a contingent of 4000 Necros Infantry, 100 tanks, 10 medium and heavy walkers, and two Tyrant Assault Super Walkers. The 134th was to smash through Necros line alongside the 3rd Armored Division, with UNSC Air Force providing support. Kilgore advanced through the Necros lines in his M1055 Polar Bear Anti-Super Walker Vehicle "Fury From The North", with Mattias Eriksson attacking in his Tiger HBT and the rest of the squad in Scorpions. The 134 and Third Armored smashed the Necros forces, Kilgore personally destroying one of the Tyrants with his ASWV's missile. After clearing the area, a the 134th met up with a unit of IBSTs delivered by Groundhog APCs and a entered the Necros vessel via High Orbit, Precision Entry launchers.

Personality and Mental Report
David Kilgore is generally mentally stable, however, after his partial Necrosification, he displays signs of mild post-traumatic stress disorder, reliving his failed conversion in nightmares. However, Kilgore's sheer determination to overcome the disorder and take vengeance on the Necros, along with medication and psychiatric counseling has so far managed to control Kilgore's PTSD. Kilgore is known for having exceptional audacity and courage, as well as an extreme case of "personal myth" (The belief that bad things will always happen to somebody else, not oneself). During his days of operating an M-1050 Brown Bear Anti-Heavy Walker Vehicle or M1055 Polar Bear Anti-Super Walker Vehicle, he has several times taken on Necros Gravedigger UHAPs or even Super Walkers one-on-one and came out on top (though this is partially due to Kilgore's vehicle being designed to do just that). Later Kilgore lead the a unit of other Revenants, the 134th Special Forces Operational Detachment, on a series of extremely dangerous missions behind Necros lines, always leading from the front, going into battle alongside his men, making him popular among those who serve under him.

In spite the fact that he may act recklessly at times, Kilgore is still a highly competent tactician, being well read on military history and tactics. During both his days as a AHWV commander, Kilgore was known for skillfully using ambush tactics to lure Covenant Remnant and later Necros heavy walkers into chokepoints such as narrow city streets, bridges, and mountain passes. Kilgore also used more innovative ways to use the environment to his advantage, for instance, During an encounter with a Necros Tyrant Assault Super walker early in the war, Kilgore allowed the walker to walk into the middle of a dozens of fuel tanks at a hydrogen fuel tanks before firing a single missile from his M-1050 Brown Bear Anti-Heavyr Walker Vehicle's main launcher not a the walker itself, but at the fuel tanks, triggering a massive explosion that destroyed an enemy walker that usually would have required the concentrated fire of every Brown Bear in Kilgore's platoon in one shot.

Favored Weapons
During his time as an Anti-Walker Vehicle Commander, Kilgore's main weapon was his vehicle, either an M-1050 Brown Bear Anti-Heavy Walker Vehicle or an M1055 Polar Bear Anti-Super Walker Vehicle, the Brown Bear being armed with eight AWM-2 anti-walker missiles, capable of knocking out a Necros Gravedigger Walker, while the Polar Bear carried two AWM-3 anti-walker missiles, scaled down versions of the CORROSION anti-capital ship missile capable of taking down even powerful Necros Tyrant Super Walkers. As well as the heavy armament of his vehicles, David also carried an M6L pistol equipped with an extended barrel, integral silencer, and a combination laser sight and smartlinked scope and an M2 LAR with an M026 Rocket Launcher for personal defense. During his partial conversion at the hands of the Necros, David had a Necros pulse carbine placed in his arm. The weapon has a highly modified design compared to the handheld pulse carbine to allow it the remain hidden on David's mechanical right arm and fire out of a hole in the palm of this hand covered by a mechanical shutter until David prepares to fire the weapon. David's other hand is equipped with an artificial gravity generator capable of increasing the force of his hand to hand attacks in a manner similar to a Brute Gravity hammer. During David's first mission post-Revenant for UNSC Spec. Ops., David also carried an M81C Ultra Light Machine Gun, equipped with a fire control scope and an M026 Grenade Launcher, as well as an M41 Rocket Launcher and an M6L identical to the one he carried prior to his "partial Necrosification". This remains Kilgore's preferred "Heavy Weapons" loadout. For missions that require more subtlety that force, David carries an M12 SMG equipped with a SUCOG scope, an invisible night vision laser, a hud-linked camera for looking and even shooting around corners, and a silencer. Kilgore's kit also includes fragmentation, plasma, and flashbang grenades, which David often uses in conjuction with his camera-equipped M12 or M2 LAR. For extreme close encounters, Kilgore utilizes the artificial gravity generator in his fist and an M17 Ballistic knife, a knife with a blade capable of being launched about 21 feet by a spring mechanism. For destroying Necros installations, vehicles, and other enemy assets, David usually carries thermite grenades, EMP grenades, C-14 charges and Gertex charges.