Zoey Braden

"Hey, what the hell do you think I'm doing? Setting up your daughters for a tea party despite the face both are over the age of 12?!"

- Zoe to Rick. Zoey Allison "Zoe" Braden ( :  67228-91329-ZB) was a     in the    in the     during the . She was known as Alpha-Four's sniper and served with the group until her during the in 2552.

Early Years
Born on the colony of Columbus, Zoey was born into a standard middle-class, farm lifestyle. While growing up, her old brother was at one point, kidnapped and beaten by local insurrectionist. While the family was able to get their son back, Zoey grew a hatred for the group and wished to stop them by any means.

However, that desired changed when the Covenant war began and Columbus, attacked. While Zoey and her family were able to escape, their home was burned to the ground, destroying their livelihood. Thus Zoey enlisted with the UNSC to stop the Covenant once and for all.

Human-Covenant War
"Yeah, come on. I know you want this bullet in your fucking head!"

- Zoe talking to herself about an elite in sights. Zoe was assigned as part of the ODST team, Gamma-7 as the team's marksman. At one point, her squad was deployed to the colony world of Arcadia following the Covenant's attack there.

Battle of Arcadia
Deploying from the UNSC Regime's Head, Gamma-7 was tasked with holding off Covenant invaders and to assist local UNSC forces as evac shuttles carried civilians off world. Firing off several rounds, the teams were constantly pushed back by Covenant forces until the spartans of entered and supported the line.

The UNSC were able to retake much of the city and push the Covenant back to a spire. Gamma-7 were sent in for recon and Zoe was able to hit, and killed several Covenant and defense turrets around the base. While the team provided covering fire, Zoe and her CO went into the spire and shut down the shield generators.

Afterwards Zoe and her teammate were extracted by a pelican dropship and taken off world with the rest of her squad.

Battle of Elysium
Alpha-4 was deployed to the initial LZ of the Covenant in downtown Rook City to drop in and capture a nearby military compound. When the team landed, Rick, Zoe, and Sis went to the armory of the facility while Sam, Hugh and Pillar were sent to the main control station in order to download necessary mapping data on the planet.

While Rick and his squad fought into the armory, the group collected some Covenant technology and weaponry. Sam and his team then made it to the main control center and began the download while the armory was rescued and the area fortified. Rick, Sis and Zoe then found an Elephant along with two Warthogs.