Marcus James Chandler

Spartan Chandler
"Marcus James Chandler is one of our best, he's been on our side since the beginning, his resolve unquestionable, his tenacity unspeakable, but his conscious has no place in this war." -Anonymous ONI to another debating candidates for an undercover operation within insurrectionist factions.

Early Life
Little is known about Chandler beyond being born and orphaned in 2528. Marcus enlisted at 16 into the UNSC and showed exemplary talent therefore being recruited into the ODST's and becoming the squad leader of Ethereal Squad.

Ethereal Squad
Ethereal Squad was active for the final quarter of the human-covenant war and conducted many operations against the covenant and were on Cascade when it was attacked by the covenant in 2552. During the battle Ethereal squad was ordered against Chandlers wishes to use the space tether to get off world and regroup for a large scale ODST bombardment into a covenant ship. En route the space elevator was destroyed by covenant forces and Chandler was the only member of Ethereal Squad to survive.

Chandler unable to communicate with command funneled as many civilians out of the city through sewage tunnels, outside the city he was able to call in for an evac ship where the civilians were safely brought off-world. With the majority of the city evacuated the UNSC was able to turn the tide of the battle and fend off the covenant and take back the planet.

ONI Operative
Following the battle of Cascade Chandler was interviewed by ONI and following the conclusion of the Human-Covenant war became an ONI agent Black Knight, a UNSC Prowler in which espionage and sabotage was conducted against remnant factions of the covenant.

Spartan Career
In 2554 Chandler was ushered into the spartan iv program as the leader of fireteam Thermal. Fireteam Thermal was an intelligence team designed to go far behind enemy lines and conduct espionage and sabotage against enemies of the UNSC.

Requiem Campaign
Fireteam Thermal was deployed prematurely by (at present commanding officer) Del Rio and were immediately cut off from Infinity following its crash. Thermal team encountered hostile promethean forces and were forced into endless teleportors of requiem with the assistance of friendly sentinels who aided the spartans in establishing Citadel, a forward operating base for Thermal team. The team was able to make contact with Infinity before it left the planet and were told by Del Rio to remain there until reinforcements could arrive. The order by Del Rio to remain on the planet was never documented and was used against him in his court martial upon returning to Earth.

Thermal team remained on the planet and when Infinity returned were reinforced and Citidel became a UNSC landing zone accompanied by the UNSC frigate Call to Valor.

Citidel UNSC forces lead a large scale encampment and settling of Requiem against Forerunner Prometheans and established dozens of science outposts before Requiems eventual destruction.

Post Requiem
Escaping aboard the crowded refuge filled Call to Valor with a damaged slip space drive Theraml team lead an assault against a kig-yar pirate battlegroup capturing two kig-yar pirate ships and a stolen Mako Corvette. Using the ships to get back to Earth Thermal team and the captain of the Call to Valor all received awards of service and were stationed aboard the prototype and namesake frigate Deliverance

UNSC Deliverance
As the Spartan Commander of spartan forces on Deliverance and acting XO Chandler was no longer attached to Thermal team. Under his command were 38 Spartans in six fireteam. The Deliverance conducted its maiden voyage beyond enemy lines in old UNSC colonies and on the edge of UNSC space fighting off remnant forces and dissolving insurrestionist forces.