Hank-136



SPARTAN-136, also known as Hank-136, Hank Greene and Codename: SILVERBACK, was a SPARTAN-II Commando of Project SIGMA. Abducted as a child as part of an offshoot of the SPARTAN-II Program, Hank proved himself as a particularly adept frontline combatant during training who stood out among his peers for his aggression in combat. He would eventually be assigned to Sigma-Beta Team alongside Elena-071 and Pierre-127, complementing the respective initiative and marskmanship of his comrades with sheer destructive talent. Following their augmentation procedures, Sigma-Beta were split off from the main SIGMA group and put to work for the Office of Naval Intelligence, who used Hank and the others to decimate numerous Insurrectionist groups over the next few years.

As the escalated, Sigma-Beta would find itself taking on more dangerous missions than ever before, Hank and the others narrowly avoiding death on numerous occasions. Though the Covenant's unrelenting advance proved difficult to stop, the SPARTAN-II's worked discreetly to cause mayhem among their foes every step of the way. In 2545, Hank was mortally wounded when the Covenant attacked Schönheit, taking a direct blast from a Hunter's assault cannon that sent him flying off a cliff. While Elena escaped, Pierre-127 was able to drag Hank into an ONI digsite before he expired and placed him in a before moving deeper into what turned out to be a half-buried Forerunner facility.

Hank's corpse would spend nine years in stasis until he was recovered in the aftermath of Operation: ASHES and brought to a medical centre. After he was extracted from the pod, a team of surgeons were able to repair the Spartan's grievous injuries and eventually revived him, albeit at the cost of his right arm and several ribs. Hank would spend a great deal of time in rehabilitation following this as he dealt with news of the war's end and the current state of the galaxy. After several psychiatric evaluations revealed that he had developed severe anger issues as a result of his extreme trauma, the decision was made by ONI to place him in command of the newly-formed Fireteam Thor.

After being put in command of a group of emotionally unstable Spartans, Hank was able to focus on ensuring that his team functioned effectively in the field even as they were thrown at the hardest of targets by ONI again and again. The SPARTAN-II was able to adapt quickly to the changing times, and even found joy in resuming the fight against both the Covenant Remnants and newly-arrived threats to mankind.

List of Appearances

 * Aftermath (2543)
 * Back in Action (2554)