User:S.S Matt/Tony's Squad

Unofficially started during the Battle of Reach, Tony's unit is an effective fighting and special operations force.

=Personnel=

Lars Tony
Gunnery Sergeant Lars Tony is the commanding officer of Tony's Squad. He does not fear friends or foes, and this often times gets him in trouble with his higher-ups. He has good connections within the chain of command though, and this has prevented him from being demoted or stripped of his rank. He feels at home in a combat situation and is obviously uneasy and on edge when he is just standing around waiting or not in combat. L.T is not known for outstanding aim with guns, which is why he always carries his signature shotgun and a lot of grenades, which unlike a gun he has an unnaturally good arm and aim with.

Eric Parker
Staff Sergeant Eric Parker is the quiet guy of the squad. He rarely engages in conversation unless he is spoken to or needs something., the exception being L.T and later Marcus-010. Parker is a skilled pilot, the best in the squad and his mechanical skills are only outmatched by Charles. His weapon of choice is his sniper in which Charles and himself have made multiple improvements upon.

Marcus-010
SPARTAN-010 Marcus is the squad's unofficial second in command, although one could argue he has just as much say as L.T does. Like all SPARTANs Marcus is an extremely skilled fighter. He specializes with the covenant energy sword, which he captured back during the battle of Reach and since then had ample time to become a master with the weapon. Marcus is also an expert in infiltration and stealth, which has proven invaluable to the squad and anyone that has fought alongside him in the past. Marcus has an odd friendliness with alien races.

Lapicidinae
Cousin of Niran, Lapicidinae is one of the two alien races in Tony's Squad, and the only Nian. Like the rest of the Virtus, he despises guns and joined the squad purely because of his friendship with Marcus. Later he befriended all of the squad members. He uses a Nian war blade the is infused with forerunner technology courtesy of Sympathy and Charles. He has a larger tolerance and has a less chance of berserk rage than other Nian, but still rages often.

Charles
=Origins=

The squad formed as a group of marines and ODSTs were separated from their unit and they ran into a SPARTAN who was separated from his team during the jump out of the pelican. After a couple shots from some jumpy marines SPARTAN-010, Marcus, met with the highest ranking officer in the squad, Gunnery Sergeant Lars Tony. Tony, Marcus and another ODST Eric Parker devised a plan to escape Reach once they found that the MAC generators had fallen to the covenant. They proceeded to take a covenant carrier docked close to a nearby mountain. The squad boarded and successfully captured the covenant vessel, escaped Reach and made it to Sigma Octanus IV where they detonated the ship, but not before rescuing the covenant engineer which they dubbed "Charles".

Following Reach they joined the battle of Earth and successfully drove the covenant out of Chicago before capturing another covenant carrier to take them to New Mombasa. They arrived in time to see the portal open and the flood descend upon Voi. The squad boarded phantoms and went down to the infested city in an attempt to contain the outbreak. They misjudged the power and numbers of the parasite and were forced into a corner and while they eventually fought off the attackers, they were left dangerously low on ammo so they made their retreat. Unfortunately the parasite attacked again, but this time a pair of elites lead by Rata Volun appeared and held of the Flood so the marines could escape. Marcus-010 stayed behind to aid the elites and they were evacuated before the elites glassed the city.