User:Spartan 075/Matt-075

Matt-075 was a Class 2 SPARTAN-II, of the UNSC Navy Special Warfare Group. He also recieved advanced training in orbital insertion techniques that were taught to all ODSTs at the time. He perished during the fall of Reach.

Physical Description
Matt-075 had short blonde hair and blue eyes. His face was lightly tanned, with a small scar on his cheek. His right arm was replaced by a prosthetic one after taking a mangling swipe from a covenant energy sword when engaging an elite zealot at close quarters during his campaign in the First Battle for Arcadia.

Childhood
Matt was taken from his homeworld of New Harmony at a young age and indoctrinated into the SPARTAN-II program at the age of Seven. Like many of the other children in the program, his parents were none the wiser about his disappearence and raised his flash clone as though nothing had changed.

SPARTAN Training
Matt was regarded as a brilliant tactition, it was noted by Dr. Halsey that he was quote, "Very prudent in his actions, he is able to take any tactical advantage no matter the size, and use it to it's fullest potential to turn the tides of a battle." He was also merited for completing training with ODST helljumpers from the 105th Marine Expeditionary Unit (SOC), which earned him much respect from both the Spartans he served with, as well as the ODSTs he fought alongside.

Service
Matt had a substantially long service record with the UNSC. Before the covenant had turned their armies towards Reach, Matt had served aboard the UNSC vessal Armstrong when the covenant had attacked Arcadia. He was tasked with civilian evacuation, as well as countermeasure operations against the invading covenant along with spartans Jerome-092, Alice-130, and Douglas-042. After the covenant strike force was defeated he stayed behind with the battered UNSC cruisers at Arcadia while the UNSC cruiser Spirit of Fire further pursued the retreating covenant forces. After being reassigned to a station on Onyx he made friends with Kat-320. Matt had assisted Dr.Halsey in the training of these new Spartans of the SPARTAN-III program along with Kurt-051.

Matt was reassigned years later to Reach along with the original Noble Team. During the Covenant invasion on the planet Reach, Matt had assisted Kat and the rest of Noble Team in many of their operations to undermine the covenant strike force. In his final hours Spartan-075 played a large role in the city of New Alexandria. When the order was given by Colonel Holland to evacuate the city prior to it's inevitable glassing, Spartan-075 Joined up with a defense force comprised of a platoon of the 105th, as well as many marines that were assigned to city wide evacuation. His task force was to halt the covenant ground forces from reaching the city and taking out key defenseve points.

Although the covenant had done so successfully with troops dropped in via phantoms, Spartan-075's task force held off a surmountable enemy force. After a long and ferocious battle, Matt was left fighting a Sangheili Field Marshall who had joined the fray due to his countless loss of troops. In the ensuing fight, Spartan-075 was cut in the torso by the Field Marshall's Energy Sword when his shotgun had jammed after being fired constantly in the battle prior to the duel. He survived the blow only due to his ODST chestpiece which had been cut clean in half, but had managed to stop enough of the blade that it prevented any fatal injuries. Finally, using his prosthetic hand Spartan-075 broke the battered Field Marshall's wrist and plunged the astounded Sangheili with it's own blade. After retreating to a ruined structure nearby, Spartan-075 activated his distress transponder and treated himself with some Bio foam.

His final words were left in a message to his friend Kat which are as follows." Kat, I don't know how we did it.....but we did. The covenant strike force has been eliminated, unfortunately all other UNSC troops were annhialated in the process. I took a slash to the torso, it's bleeding pretty badly but the bio foam should keep my condition stable until help arrives. I'll probably end up deleting this audio after I get sent to a field surgeon and then sent back out into combat. But in the case that help doesn't come....or if something happens to me..........well, I suppose I should know better than to doubt a Spartan who can hack into an ONI database. Just............don't be late......Spartan-075 signing off." This message was recovered by Carter-259 when he accompanied Kat-320 to the ruined battlefield after recieving the distress beacon. Kat was wracked with grief therafter to find that Spartan-075's cause of death was blood loss, and untreated injuries. There was speculation that Spartan-075 and Spartan-320 had been close, but as far as anyone knows it was just that....speculation.

While many spartans were listed officially on the Earth Memorial for their unyielding fight for humanity, Dr. Halsey petitioned for a ship to be named in Matt's honor instead. Thus the UNSC Aegis Fate was commisioned, the name was derived from ancient Greek mythology meaning: Great Shield. This name was appropriately given by Dr. Halsey due to Spartan-075's dutiful defense of so many civilians seeking refuge in escape from worlds facing inevitable glassing.

Quotes
''"Take a look around you gentlemen, we're all the UNSC can afford to protect the millions of innocent people that live here. Which means that each one of you is worth at least a hundred or more lives.......keep that in mind when you try to be a hero on my battlefield." -Matt's briefing to his troops before his final battle.''

''"In war......making a mistake can cost you dearly. I learned that lesson the hard way, the day I lost my right arm was the day I realized that our reputation as invincible soldiers is just that......a reputation, made to give common soldiers some small hope of humanity's survival as a race. The outlook of this war is grim I know, were professionally trained soldiers.........but we're spread few and far between, we're also only human. So if you take anything out of what I just told you, let it be to overcome the urge to be a hero, if you do so then you might just live to see the end of this war." -Matt's lesson to Kat during her training through one of his many stories.''

''"Gunny, you had me at eight gauge." -Matt's thoughts on his preferred M45 TS Shotgun during weapon selections.''