Andrew-B191

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Drew-B191
Unarmored Armored [[File:DrewPortraitFinal.png|280px]] 2546 SPI Mk. II
Biographical Information
REAL NAME	Andrew Soto Marquez
ALIAS	Drew
DATE OF BIRTH	March 6, 2528
HOMEWORLD	Madrigal (Birthplace) Reach
Physical Information
GENDER	Male
HEIGHT	6' 11"
HAIR COLOR	Black
EYE COLOR	Brown
Political/Military Information
SPECIALTY	Special Warfare Technician Communications Xenotechnology
RANK	Warrant Officer (W-1)
SPARTAN TAG	B191
BRANCH	Navy
UNIT	Team Golf DIAMOND Team
AFFILIATION	UNSC ONI
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Spartan "Drew" Andrew-B191, formerly Andrew Soto Marquez, was a SPARTAN-III Beta Company operative from the mid 26th century. Drew would be pulled from Beta Company, along with thirty-one other Spartan-III's, by ONI Rear Admiral Darren Cohen. He, along with his fellow Spartans, would partake in the Diamond Initiative, a project experimenting in unit cohesion, and Xenotechology.

While fighting in the Human-Covenant War, Drew would become an expert in communications, Covenant technology and deployment, as well as a localized ONI field expert on Forerunner technology and interaction. His skills would set him apart as an indispensable asset to the UNSC during that conflict. He is best known for his exploits with Beta Company's Team Golf and, later, DIAMOND Team. He is a close friend and fellow operative of Spartan Annalee-B220.

Biography

Early Life

Andrew “Drew” Marquez was born to Felicia Rosario and Jonathan Marquez in 2528. At the time of his birth, Rosario and Marquez were both members of the Colonial Militia on Madrigal. Both met on Earth while employed by a private security firm in Spain. They dated for many years before settling down in 2524 and immigrating to Madrigal. Drew’s parents had one other child before Drew, a stillborn, in 2523. They believed it was best to have a new start, prompting them to travel to the distant colony.

Not long after their arrival on Madrigal, the closest neighboring colony, Harvest, was attacked sparking the Human-Covenant War. Drew was born a few years later in early 2528. Due to the looming worry of a Covenant invasion, the elder Marquez had arranged for the young family to return back to Earth in 2529 to escape any impending threat. This action proved to come late as Madrigal was assaulted in late 2528. Still an infant, Drew’s parents were able to secure his evacuation from the planet with neighbors of their community. Ultimately both of his parents would perish in the line of duty, defending the planet as it was glassed.

In the care of his neighbors, Drew was harbored in the nearby Rubble asteroid belt before he was taken into state custody during an UNSC evacuation. After the evacuation, he was brought to Reach where he became a ward of the state in New Alexandria. While institutionalized at the New Alexandria Federal Conservatory, Drew became a stand-out juvenile student. Early in his education, he showed particular prowess with complex tasks and he began primary schooling years before his peers. When he was five, he was finally told of his parents fate by the NAFC staff . This changed his demeanor and doubled the intensity of his will, and became a very intense and strong-willed child. Roughly around that time (age six), he was approached by Kurt Ambrose and told of the SPARTAN-III program. With the prospect of taking revenge on the Covenant, Drew begged Ambrose to be a Spartan. Within a year of their meeting, he became a trainee.

As a Trainee, Drew was assigned to Beta Company’s Team Golf. He was joined by Joel-B404, Ahmed-B077, Mary-B300, Wei-B256, and Annalee-B220. As a member of Team Golf, Drew used the designation Golf-4. Team Golf stayed together throughout their training as well as their initial deployments. During this time, Drew began his development into a specialist in field technology, and often provided support in the way of communications, navigation, and on-site hacking and fabrication if necessary. Also, by nature of being older than most of the group, the Team's "family dynamic" made him a bit of an "older brother" figure which, while not standing in rank, made him a bit of an emotional leader of the group. By 2542, Drew had been promoted to Petty Officer Second Class.

The Mata Hari Incident

Drew would help Team Golf particularly set themselves apart during the Mata Hari Incident of 2544, a hostage situation aboard UNSC Bravo 9 Relay Station.

The incident of Piracy/Terrorism was carried out by the crew of the notorious Pirate vessel Mata Hari. The crew of the Mata Hari raided the remote Bravo 9 Relay Station for supplies, but quickly found themselves in the middle of a hostage crisis gaining the ire of the UNSC Navy. Team Golf, relatively nearby after completing a training mission, was called into action to take Bravo 9 back after the Mata Hari crippled a responding UNSC frigate.

Operation: RAUCOUS SOLITUDE and the Diamond Initiative

In early 2545, Teams Golf, November, and Oscar were separated from the rest of Beta Company as initiated by Rear Admiral Darren Cohen of ONI. Cohen had pulled aside these Teams as part of the “Diamond Initiative” which would see Spartan-III’s integrated into the ranks of ONI as intelligence operatives and special, integrated strike teams.

The first mission of the Diamond Initiative, Operation: RAUCOUS SOLITUDE, ended with 29 of the 32 selected Spartans KIA. Drew and Annalee-220 were the only survivors of the operation, and thus the only two Diamond Initiative survivors. The nature of the program changed inherently, and saw to it that both Spartans would receive promotions. By the time Drew would be promoted, Operation: TORPEDO had already concluded months prior, and there remained no Spartan-III’s to replenish the Diamond Initiative.

Ultimately Drew would be promoted to Warrant Officer, due to his active role as a combat engineer, and communications specialist.

Service Summary

Major Assignments

• Team Golf, SPARTAN-III Beta Company — 2534 to October, 2545
• Special Assignment, Naval Special Warfare Command — November, 2545 to January 9th, 2546
• DIAMOND Team, Office of Naval Intelligence — January 9th, 2546

Dates of Rank

Insignia	Rank	Date
File:UNSC Seaman Recruit.png	Trainee (E-1)	2534
	Petty Officer Third Class (E-4)	2539
	Petty Officer Second Class (E-5)	2542
	Warrant Officer (W-1)	2545

Trivia

• Drew is inspired by a character of the same name in a drama/comedy Machinima called "Seekers", released in 2011. Seekers was co-written by the author. The character's choice to utilize a blue visor is a nod to their choice of armor color in that series.
• Drew shares a surname and birthday with prolific Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez.