User:XW3 AR3 L3GION/Jun-A266 (L3GION)

"In recognition of this, his tireless diligence, we honour him as the vigilant eye of Noble."

- The Monument to Noble Team

Jun-A266, also known as Jun Malhotra (birth name), Jun-266 Ambrose after retirement and Noble 3 during his time as part of Noble Team, is a SPARTAN-III Commando of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command, attached to the Special Warfare Group Three. Jun was first conscripted into Alpha Company after New Harmony was attacked by the Covenant Empire in 2530, leaving Jun and many others an war orphan. Along with Alpha Company, Jun served in ten operations before being hand-picked by Lieutenant Commander Kurt-051 Ambrose and Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez with twenty others including Emile-A239, Carter-A259 and Kai-A109.

Jun served as part of Noble Team, a special operation team, that served the UNSC Military Intelligence Division where Jun operated as the teams marksmen/sniper. Jun-A266 along with the rest of Noble Team served during the Fall of Reach in 2552, where due to the extreme nature of Noble Team's campaign, Jun was the only survivor.

Biography
Jun was born in 2524 on Tyumen, New Harmony to Sunil and Sayyid Malhotra, both owners of a small supermarket chain. Despite his parents sexual preference, Jun grew up as a happy, content child who had many friends. Sunil and Sayyid were both killed in the Covenant invasion of New Harmony in 2530, while escaping to the evacuation transport both were hit by plasma fire from a Banshee. Jun was protected by the bodies of his fathers and escaped New Harmony aboard the evacuation transport Other Way Up with another family.

The Other Way Up fled to Harmony, where Jun was to be placed in an orphanage in a quickly built refugee camp but instead was recruited by an ONI Agent on behalf of Lieutenant Commander Kurt-052. Jun with another eighteen children were taken by a small ONI team in the middle of the night and despite the surrounding chaos of many refugee's believing it to be a Covenant strike team, the quickly made it to the UNSC Prowler Darkside.

Personality and traits
"I kill the enemy but do not hate them."

- One of the many tattoo's that adorned Jun-A266's body.

He is regarded as "rock solid under pressure" and has shown symptoms of in the past. He is a thoughtful and taciturn soldier, but he is also noted as being "chatty", sometimes to the degree his chattiness is considered being against noise discipline protocols. This is, however, often overlooked by his peers in the field due to the informational bent of his chatter. In a psychiatric evaluation on 15/12/2549, he was noted as having "an unhealthy emotional detachment in regards to the consequences of his actions". , who later evaluated the members of Noble Team, disagreed with this assertion, commenting that Jun is a rationalist, and also a SPARTAN