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- "Say what you like about the Spartans, but BRUTUS is the real reason why people fear ONI."
- ―Admiral Margaret Parangosky
Project BRUTUS was the name given to a group of assassins recruited and trained by the Office of Naval Intelligence to help quash any signs of rebellion within the Human colonies in the 26th Century. The Project was set up in 2505 as a potential successor to the ailing ORION Project, though it did not become fully active until 2515 with fifteen original agents recruited. These individuals were scattered across colony worlds and spent a great deal of time spying on the general populace. BRUTUS agents would rarely meet one another, operating alone or in small cells for the most part. When an assassination mission is approved up to a dozen agents would take part to ensure no chance of failure, and had permission to kill members of the local law enforcement if they interfered with an operation.
BRUTUS operatives were each assigned a number upon joining the project, and would never be referred to by their actual name during operations. If an agent fell in the line of duty his or her number could not be reused; lower numbers often denoted seniority over newer BRUTUS agents in the field. The Human-Covenant War did take a toll on BRUTUS, as many deep-cover agents were killed during Covenant attacks or were killed by Insurrectionists. In spite of the fact that BRUTUS agents did not possess the same degree of training and augmentations that benefited those of the SPARTAN and ORION projects, their ruthless efficiency and organisation still made them an effective counter-terrorism force even if their methods were unorthodox and often illegal. Following the Human-Covenant War the surviving BRUTUS agents were often deployed as deep cover agents within Insurrectionist organisations, though the project was regarded as obsolete following ONI's post-war reforms; the formation of newer groups that became much more prominent in counter-terrorism operations. Nonetheless, BRUTUS remained as one of ONI's more secretive organisations and continued to be a reliable service for years following the Human-Covenant War.
BRUTUS Operatives
- Agent 1: Frederick King (Commanding Officer)
- Agent 9: Jilan al-Cygni
- Agent 12: Akio Watanabe - KIA in 2535
- Agent 19: Alexander Redford
- Agent 20: David Kahn - MIA in 2553
- Agent 21: Mike Spenser
- Agent 32: Kyle White
- Agent 33: Shelley Morgan - KIA in 2544
- Agent 38: Mark Hall - KIA in 2529
- Agent 54: Peter Yang - KIA in 2556
- Agent 66: Yoshika Agata - KIA in 2552
Individuals targeted by BRUTUS
- Tobias Crowley - Killed in 2529
- Markus Jensun - Killed in 2550
- Marion Hollister - Operation cancelled
- John Smith - Killed in 2553
- Ash Mitchell - Operation failure in 2575