User:MasterGreen999/SPARTAN Anomoly "X"

Little is known about the cryptic "Ghost", as he is referred to in ONI documents. Classified documents state that Ghost was the "beta-stage" of a new SPARTAN project, meant to have the discipline and training of the SPARTAN-Is, The strength, determination and equipment of the SPARTAN-IIs, and the teamwork and stealth capability of the SPARTAN-IIIs. He was taken at the age of 4, name unknown and unimportant, to begin rigorous training. He spent six years at a training camp, learning to fight large, complicated battles while keeping a level, tactical head. While other details are blurry, it is apparent he excelled in all branches of service, and clocked 1,000 hours of piloting at the age of 9. At that point, the boy was introduced to the Javelin-class Tactical Combat Armor, a suit that blended seamlessly with the abilities of the recipient, while increasing them tenfold. According to blueprints, a concept of it was to give small electrical impulses to the brain to increase brainpower during combat, and directly administer adrenaline to the recipient during stressful moments, allowing feats of strength deemed impossible by any Human. These were merely concepts, and it is unkown if they were implimented to the Javelin armor, though evidence suggests they were.

To wear this armor, similar to the Mjonir armor developed by Doctor Halsey, many implants and injections were required. The boy labeled Ghost's limbs and senory organs were also replaced by improved cybernetic components, allowing for increased performance. However, shortly after the operation, Ghost was reported as AWOL, and the Javelin armor missing. He was labeled KIA, and the project a total failure.

However, a year later reports came in of a rogue SPARTAN killing a garrison of Marines on a border colony. Quick Response Units found nothing, even minutes after the attack. ONI quickly labeled it as a Covenant raiding party, and the issue was put aside. Weeks later, though, another report came of Marines finding an entire regiment of Covenant dead on the spot. No Marines or Spartans claimed the action, and ONI decided to look into the issue.

The "Ghost" Spartan was finally spotted by a recon team when it destroyed a convoy of Wraiths by posing as a Wraith pilot, and annihilating the others before they could react. Over the years leading up to the Battles for Earth, at least 3 dozen sightings were confirmed as the Ghost defeated enemy - and occasionally friendly forces - that were a match for an entire company of ODSTs. ONI grew worried, and made the decision to kill the Ghost when it appeared again.

At the First Battle for Earth, a Covenant CCS-Cruiser was destroyed, though no UNSC fire was directed at it. The report has been logged in ONI records.

<<*Fleet Admiral Harper, come in Fleet Admiral Harper, do you read me over?*>> <<**Loud and Clear, Lord Hood, what seems to be the problem, over?**>> <<*A kill has just been logged at the back of the Covenant fleet, which of your ships took it down, over?*>> <<**Sir, no one made that kill. I repeat, sir, none of my ships opened fire on that vessel, over.**>>

Shortly afterwards, a Longsword fighter was spotted exiting the CCS wreckage. Suspecting it to be the Ghost, ONI ordered it to be shot down. Before action could be taken, it docked with a UNSC Destroyer, Scythe. Five minutes later, the estimated time to walk from the hangar to the bridge, all contact was lost with the Scythe. ONI ordered the Destroyer to be taken down, but the vessel immediately entered Slipspace. Since the suspected Ghost escaped from Earth, no contact has been made with him. Though it is speculated he was infected, the designer of the Javelin claims that any half-competent soldier could take on an entire Flood hive without the smallest issue.

ONI has labeled the case of SPARTAN Anomoly "X" closed, and the Ghost is labeled as "KIA - means unknown".