Rat Pack

Rat Pack was the name adopted by a gang of orphaned children living on the UNSC colony of Mamore during the final months of the Human-Covenant War. Led by a girl called Emily, the Rat Pack banded together for survival in the slums of Cary, one of Mamore's many poverty-ravaged towns. During this period in late 2552, they adopted Simon-G294, a young SPARTAN-III who had been separated from the rest of his team during a brief anti-rebel operation, into their group. Completely ignorant of his identity, they nicknamed him "Stray" and he used his military training to help them eke out a living on the streets. When the Insurrectionist factions staged a planet-wide coup shortly after the end of the Human-Covenant War, Rat Pack was recruited by a local rebel group and its members were trained as child soldiers for the Insurrection as it prepared to defend Mamore against a UNSC-counter offensive. Rat Pack remained together during the subsequent heavy fighting, and gained some fame, first when a UNSC civilian journalist wrote a news story about them and then when an Insurrectionist propaganda newspaper featured them as "brave heroes of the resistance." Rat Pack saw heavy losses and picked up many new recruits in the form of other children orphaned by the fighting. The group was eventually wiped out during a UNSC assault on their home town, with Simon as the only survivor. Their deaths would ultimately be in vain, as the UNSC succeeded in defeating the Insurrectionist, but their memories would serve as the key foundation for Simon's deep hatred for the UNSC as he lived on.