Cody-B042

''I didn’t ask for this, for my home, my family, everything I ever knew to be burned, made into nothing but glass. But it was what I was given, and now, I’m going to have my revenge and we’ll all come out alright on the other side. That’s what I thought, how foolish I was.''-Cody reflecting on his past

Before Pegasi Delta
Cody lived on Flio XII till age 5 when the Covenant came and glassed his home leaving him, his brother, and his sister orphans. Cody went into a state of anger and rage and when a recruiter for the Spartan-III program came he took the opportunity for revenge just like some 400 others. He became close to his team even building a romantic relationship with Lacey-B113. He became highly skilled in close quarters combat and eventually became team leader after a training exercise went haywire and he took command. His team placed fifth in the team competition.

Pegasi
Cody's team all survived the drop onto Pegasi and were the second team to reach the factory they were attacked by three elites and five jackals after a short firefight the covenant threats were neutralized at the cost of Leonard-B076. After being cut off from the rest of Beta two elite zealots attacked killing Jacob-B218 who is shot in the chest multiple times by plasma rifles but only after killing one of the zealots. Then Jack-B157 was shot in the leg unable to move he grabbed the fallen zealots energy sword told Lacey and Cody he would hold off the other elite as long as he could saying, "I know I cant win he's better at this you guys go." Cody replied,"Give'em hell Spartan." that was the last Jack was ever seen. Cody and Lacey headed to their secondary evac point where the zealot not dead but, heavily injured charged the two. Cody attempted to block him but was to slow and Lacey was impaled. Cody jumped onto the elites back and stabbed him in the throat, then he carried Lacey to the Prowler and as they were taking off a fully charged plasma pistol shot hit him in the arm, he passed out from shock. He woke up two days later in a hospital ship and figured out he had lost his arm, and that Lacey was paralyzed from the waist down. Soon after recovering a noticeable change in his personality occurred the sarcastic, wise cracking, optimistic boy replaced by a cold, collecting, brutal shadow of a man, something that would not change for years.

Headhunters
Cody was introduced into the Headhunters after his mental state was considered inappropriate for large scale interaction for example training Gamma Company or joining a Spartan team such as Noble. Before joining Cody got a tattoo of 296 tally marks on his right arm to represent all who had fallen on Pegasi.