James Corbett/Old Version

James Corbett was a renowned United Nations Space Command Orbital Drop Shock Trooper. His career began just in time for the end of the Human Covenant War. However, he participated in dozens of battles, and, unlike most ODST's, befriended over a dozen SPARTAN-II's and III's, partially due to the fact that he was technically a Spartan (due to some augmentations) and that one saved his life, Travis-279.

Childhood
James Corbett was born on December 22nd, 2528 on the planet of Vol. He was born into a wealthy, aristocratic family with three older brothers and two older sisters. At the age of nine, his father was drafted into the military, dying soon after. His mother remarried and had two more children. From an early age, James' large family resulted in little attention, and with the addition of two more children, he started to become much more neglected, and looked to a local gang for support. At first, James was only helped with smuggling drugs into gang territory for someone else to sell. However, a higher ranking gangster "asked" James to become a frontline fighter, a suicide job involving the person taking large ammounts of ammunition and attempting to kill as many rivals as possible. Though previous people that took this job rarely survived for two attacks, let alone one, James made it through four of these runs, killing over twenty-five rival gangsters.

Though James was highly successful, on his fifth run, which was planned to be his last, he took a M6B round to the left thigh, smashing his femur. He fell into a three week coma, and upon waking up claimed that he had a vision which told him to change or he would die within a month. He changed his lifestyle drastically, and at the age of 15, moved with his 20 year old brother to the countryside to attempt to graduate high school with grades high enough to enter the UNSC Marine Corps School of Warfare in Cape Town, South Africa. To help keep him on track and for motivation, James played freeball, a fast paced form of American football, and participated in Wrestling. James became known even on Earth for his ability as an arrowback (like a halfback yet built like a receiver) and received an offer to play at numerous colleges throughout the four adjacent systems. He also became known throughout Vol for wrestling, though not as much as freeball. James still declined any offer for a college and enrolled in the UNSC MCSW.

Training
Once at the school, James was put through an intense four week conditioning program, filtering out 30% of all entrees. This program included the infamous Raymondo, a four mile obstacle course with no time limit, only requiring that you finish it. James just barely finished the course, almost bailing out twice. Over the next three years, James underwent intense schooling, physical, and strategic training. At the age of 21, however, his left arm was severed in an accident where the troop-transport hog he was on the rear of violently flipped, landing on James. Using modern flash cloning technology along with the construction of synthetic bones, his arm was fortunately replaced in just eighteen days. He went on to graduate MCSW in a class of over 3,000. However, these years proved to be difficult for James, as a life as a gang member gave him a lack of discipline. He was determined to change this by joining the Orbital Drop Shock Trooper Corps. He applied to the ODST Academy the day of his graduation from MCSW, and was accepted, though almost not. He, along with 75 other applicants from the MCSW were transported to Fort Bay, Reach for training. After six more weeks of training, James finished the course and was assigned to the 127th ODST Battalion and stationed aboard the frigate UNSC Troy of the UNSC Home Fleet.