User:Rollersox/SPARTAN-097

SPARTAN-097, or less commonly known as Jared, was a SPARTAN-II Class-I. He was first kidnapped at a mere age of six in the year 2517, but then was captured again in 2539, trained even more and augmented once again. He was known to be hyperlethal in the face of combat, and was extremely ruthless. He was the sole survivor of nearly three battles, though he had certain mixed feelings about sending the troops under his command to death instantly.

He was reported Missing in Action in 2552 after an extremely risky suicidal operation. He had been sent to capture the Prophet of Wealth, an extremely amibitious Covenant Prophet that the UNSC deemed a threat, although they still mostly concentrated on the High Prophets of Truth, Regret, and Mercy.

However, he was found again later that month. He was on the UNSC cruiser the Olympus when it entered the Portal to the Ark.

Born, and abduction
Jared was born on December 19, 2511, on the peaceful world of Harvest. On Harvest, he was in a middle-class family. His father worked for the Colonial Militia Adminstration (CMA) and his mother worked at a factory that produced bags for potato chips.

In 2514, his mother died of an unforewarned heart attack. She was struck by the attack four weeks after she had felt sudden leaps in her heart. The doctor had dismissed these as simple murmurs in the heart, but she remained doubtful. However, she was hit hard, and adding to the effects were no prescribed medicine for her. Jared's father became very depressed after that, getting fired from his job barely two days after his mother was killed.

A year and a half later, his father supposedly committed suicide, though controversial conversations erupted, saying that he was murdered by a business partner, who wanted his rank.

Jared was given to his aunt and uncle, who had never raised any children.

In 2517, Jared was abducted for the SPARTAN-II Program.

Training and Augmentations
Jared excelled at nothing in SPARTAN-II boot camp. In fact, he was regularly kicked and beat up by other aggressive trainees. However, he stood out less and less as time went by because of his regular disappearances. Soon, he was all but forgotten. However, when CPO Mendez called out all the trainees, he was soon remembered again. This time, he was better trained and defended himself quite well.

In 2525, he received his SPARTAN-II augmentations. His reflexes and senses were all majorly improved, with a few minor improvements to other parts of the body. He was put into Gold Team, a team of six SPARTAN-IIs--including Jared--that greatly disliked him.

However, as the years after their formation passed by, Gold Team grew to work together and even compliment each other.

Insurrection
During the Insurrection, Jared was involved with the black-ops covert operation Operation: CLIFFHANGER. As a result of CLIFFHANGER, more than four thousand Insurrectionist rebels died and over three hundred fifty UNSC Marines and Army soldiers died in the resulting invasion. SPARTAN-150 was killed in the attack. Jared was then sent to the asteroid "XX-33," where there were suspected Insurrectionists hiding. On XX-33, four hidden Insurrectionist bases were revealed.

Gold Team and four UNSC vessels entered the star system, giving Jared incredible backup. After he got off the surface of XX-33, he watched the UNSC bombard it with their MAC guns and missile pods.

Human-Covenant War
In 2537, Gold Team was sent to the planet Jokraina III in the Galileo system. They fought heavily against Covenant forces there, and got to the ONI "RAVEN" base, where several high-ranking Naval, Army, Air Force, and even Marine officials, bureaucrats, and officers were hiding. After leaving the RAVEN base, they were met with heavy resistance, having to fight through entire platoons of Covenant warriors: suicide Grunts, normal Grunts, Elites, Hunters, Jackals, and even previously unidentified "Brutes." However, the Brutes were lost from memory when the eight Covenant ships entered the orbit of Jokraina III.

The SPARTANs only barely managed to escape, and not an easy escapade at that too.

Gold Five, who had sustained heavy injuries on the planet, was transported to the UNSC destroyer the Faithful. Later, the Faithful was destroyed by nearly a dozen Covenant battlecruisers attacking the destroyer. Gold Five was presumed dead. Gold Four and Jared were the only old-timers in Gold Team. Later Gold Four volunteered to sacrifice himself to let the SPARTAN-II replacements and Jared run away.

In 2539, Jared was staged in an ONI plot to be taken and extra-trained and augmentated for the ARGONAUT Group. SPARTAN-148, Gary, was also in the ARGONAUT program. After being enhanced again with experimental drugs, they were sent out first in 2541. In ten years, a SPARTAN-III supersoldier would join their ranks.

Personality-mental report (commissioned by Office of Naval Intelligence)
July 28, 2024

[Lt. J. Rathur]: So. You do know of the new threat we have encountered?

[Jared-097]: Yes.

[Lt. Rathur]: What do you have to say about this threat?

[Jared-097]: Nothing.

[Lt. Rathur]: Nothing? Are you sure?

Looks at ONI officer with clipboard and notebook in corner, nods

[Lt. Rathur]: Why?

[Jared-097]: We will win. We have always won.

[Lt. Rathur]: Why str your list's kills so high?

[Jared-097]: They're just like any others.

[Rathur]: True. Why do you think so?

[Jared-097]: You should know. But what makes me exceed is my ability to be a "lone wolf." Although I'm no sniper--I'm a designated marksman--I am proficient.

[Rathur]: Very good: just a few more questi--

[Jared-097]: No thank you. I'm leaving.

Silence as the SPARTAN-II leaves the room

Weapons/Armor
Jared commonly wielded a MA7N Special All-Purpose Carbine, a M8G PDWS, and a pair of M91 submachine guns. Before the Human-Covenant War, he used the usual MA5K carbine, M6G, and M7s. He wore MJOLNIR Mark VI armor and Mark V armor during the Great War, but in the wars and battles after that he usually wore the MJOLNIR Mark VII armor or the EXCALIBUR Mark II suit of armor, though he used the EXCALIBUR more than the Mark VII MJOLNIR.