Sam-015

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 Samantha "Sam"-015 (born Samantha Emily Arendt; July 7, 2511) is one of the last surviving supersoldiers. She and Rick-077 were the only SPARTANs of who did not  during the. This allowed both SPARTANs to participate in the, although they could not participate in the because they escaped to the surface of  from the crippled Kano Station and became stranded on Mauritania. forces were able to find them days after the end of the and they subsequently returned to service.

Early Childhood
Samantha was kidnapped and conscripted into the SPARTAN-II Program at the age of 6 by. She was trained on by  and, and was placed into the. In the year 2525, she underwent and survived severe augmentation procedures that enhanced her physical capabilities. Following these augmentation procedures, Sam was pulled out of the Red Team and placed into the newly-formed Platinum Team, which also consisted of Annie-003, Rick-077, and Dom-094.

Battle of Liber
The Platinum Team, led by Annie-003, was deployed on Liber, an outer colony, to defend the latter from a relatively small Covenant force. By the time the SPARTANs reached the planet, nearly a quarter of the colony had already been massacred. The SPARTANs first searched through the destroyed towns for potential survivors and managed to gather a few. Once the civilian was safely escorted to, the SPARTANs swept into the larger cities, effectively driving back the Covenant with their teamwork, changing the tides of the ground battle. Meanwhile in orbit, the UNSC fleet of Liber destroyed both of the Covenant invading force. After the battle, Sam and the other members of the Platinum Team were divided, rarely seeing each other again for the next twenty-six years.

Battle of Jericho VII
Sam-015 participated in the, and was temporarily placed in Red Team. While drew out the Covenant rear guard, Red Team slipped behind enemy lines and planted a. Despite success on the ground, the UNSC ships in space were losing tremendously. The SPARTANs were evacuated before was.

Battle of Gliese 581
Sam and the other Platinum Team members were called to the Gliese 581 system to defend the colonies of Zarmina and Faunus. Sam was immediately sent to the surface, where she helped fight off Covenant infantry from major cities. After successfully saving a few cities from immediate destruction, Sam was then sent to the Zion ship breaking yards to prevent the Covenant from capturing a. Alongside a large platoon of, the SPARTAN held off waves of. As the ship breaking yards conveniently possessed a room full of, Sam was able to make full use of her. Despite Sam singlehandedly taking down many elites, the sheer number of enemies enabled the Covenant to remove the core from its case. As Sam pursued the elite with the core, three more blocked her path. Although she killed the three elites near-simultaneously, she was no longer able to stop the core. Kyle Bean piloted an abandoned, and fired two at the elite with the core; the first shot missed, but the second stopped the core from being delivered. Unfortunately, Bean died in his efforts, having been too close to his target. Detecting UNSC reinforcements, the that waited to extract the core fled. Sam then finished off the remaining elites, securing the core.

The rest of the Platinum Team, as well as Ryan-A022 arrived at the system several days later. Rick-077 and Dom-094 landed on Zarmina to assist Sam, while Annie-003 and Ryan-A022 were sent to Faunus to defend that colony. During the battle, had intercepted a Covenant transmission regarding an artifact called the Contumacy. A map on the location of the artifact was hidden within an underground structure on Zarmina. Sam, Rick, and Dom were sent to the structure and fought through. Although the SPARTANs could not reach the map before the Covenant forces did, ONI managed to track the map to the Unwavering Conviction, which by chance, was hovering a few hundred meters over Covenant-occupied land to refit. A Pelican deployed the SPARTANs on Zarmina and a squad just outside the Covenant territory. The SPARTANs boarded the battlecruiser by using its, and immediately faced an attack on all sides. Through teamwork, they cleared the room and moved on, although the majority of the ODSTs were killed in the attack.

Just as the Unwavering Conviction left Zarmina's atmosphere, it was ambushed by the UNSC Alexandra and several frigates and. This enabled Annie and Ryan, who had left Faunus' surface, to board the battlecruiser with a Longsword. The SPARTANs of both sides joined forces aboard the ship, and then killed the shipmaster and took the map. On their way out of the Unwavering Conviction, however, the SPARTANs discovered that their Longsword was destroyed by the Covenant. Fortunately, a Pelican was able to pick up the SPARTANs at the nearest hangar bay, allowing them to make their escape.

Operation: SQUALL
The Contumacy was hidden within a complex cavern on Ogygia. The Covenant ground forces were this time led personally by 'Akamee. The elites got to the artifact first, but the Platinum Team immediately caught up right after. At the end of a brief struggle, all of the zealots lay dead, thanks to the SPARTANs' better teamwork. Dom carried the forerunner device as the SPARTANs were pursued by more covenant forces. In the middle of the chaos, Dom was separated from the team by a plasma grenade explosion. Due to the overwhelming number of Covenant forces in orbit, the rest of the Platinum Team was forced to leave Dom behind. The Platinum Team was forced to leave their comrade behind, devastating Sam.

Fall of Reach
"Reach: I called this place home once, long before the Covenant glassed the surface below. It was my first and last battle there – the Fall of Reach."

- Sam-015, as she watches the of

On August 30th, 2552, most of the remaining were deployed to the surface of  by the Pelican,, from the. When Bravo 001 was crippled, the SPARTANs were forced to make high-altitude jumps. Four of the SPARTANs did not survive the landing. Upon regrouping, divided the SPARTANs into four splinter groups: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta; Annie-003, Rick-077, and Sam-015 were in the. Team Beta was assigned to defend. Annie-003 ordered the SPARTANs to engage the oncoming thirty-two and 260 infantry in close quarters. Athough the SPARTANs broke the assault wave, another two Covenant armored divisions along with three reinforced the first wave. All SPARTANs but Sam were eventually killed or severally wounded.

The was ordered by  to bombard the area, but the Pelican  arrived in time to extract any survivors; Rick's body was nearby at the time of the Iron Fist's arrival, allowing Sam to help him onto the pelican, moments before the Majestic fired its  rounds onto the battlefield. The Iron Fist then took the SPARTANs to a in orbit, and Sam froze Rick in a  until certified medical staff was available. The prowler slipspace-jumped out of Reach's orbit, escaping the Covenant.

Personality and Description
Much like, Sam is unusually sociable for a SPARTAN, and makes friends wherever she goes. When she was assigned to the Platinum Team, she became even closer to most of the other members, but formed a particularly strong relationship with Dom. Although many believe the relationship to be romantic, both Sam and Dom deny any romantic love they may have for each other. Sam has a habit of personally seeking revenge on anyone/anything who kills or severally injures someone close to her.

Sam is the Platinum Team’s anti-tank specialist. Her skills lie mostly in explosive-type weapons that require timing to use accurately. She almost always carries an on her back into the battlefield. Sam's trademark sidearm is an M6E/US that is fitted with a and a, and loaded with M230 HEC rounds.

Armor
Like all, Sam wore the standard at the start of the. Starting 2535 until was issued, she wore an  helmet. Sam's MJOLNIR Mark V armor consisted of a helmet,, a ,  on both legs, and  knee guards. During the, Sam wore a helmet, , and. As of the, Sam wears that consists of a  helmet,  torso armor,  shoulder pauldrons,  bracers, and  leg armor.