Erik-G025

Early life
Erik-G025, full name Erik Sanders, was born on the human fortress world of Reach in 2538 to his parents Emily and James Sanders. James served as an office worker while Emily ran her own flower shop in. Erik grew up with a normal childhood, seeing friends and getting into childish problems from time to time. The Family arranged vacation in to the planet  for a few weeks. Unfortunately the vacation overlapped with the. Erik's parents were both killed during the attack while they tried to escape the planet. Erik managed to get to an evacuation shuttle when his parents sacrificed themselves to distract the Covenant forces that were on their tail. Their sacrifice allowed Erik to run the last few kilometers to safety and off planet. He was placed in an orphanage back on Reach. Here he stayed for a year until he was recruited into the Gamma Company.

Training
Erik had not accepted the offer of becoming a cadet in the Gamma Company to get revenge but to become a hero and a defender of humanity.