Sarah Palmer
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205.7 centimetres (6 ft 9.0 in)[2] |
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- "The Covies - They believe this is the home of one of their gods. The way I see it, if those freaks wanna meet God, it's our duty to help them along!"
- — Commander Palmer in a speech to the Spartan-IVs being deployed to Requiem[5]
Spartan Commander Sarah E. Palmer[6] (service number 65287-98303-SP) is a soldier in the Spartan branch of the United Nations Space Command armed forces and a veteran of the Human-Covenant War. After the war, Palmer transferred from the UNSC Marine Corps Shock Troopers[3] to the newly-independent branch, and was augmented as one of the first SPARTAN-IV supersoldiers.[7] She is currently assigned as the Commanding Officer of the 300-member Spartan contingent aboard UNSC Infinity.[4][2]
Biography[edit]
Early life and military career[edit]
- "I'm Lance Corporal Sarah Palmer, ODST. And I love my job."
- — Palmer about herself[3]
Palmer was born April 13, 2527 on Luna to embittered colonial parents, who possessed a strong dislike of the United Nations Space Command. They died when she was young, however, and she was adopted.[2] Her adopted father did not share the views of her birth parents, and he was instrumental in her joining the UNSC Marine Corps.[3] Palmer joined the Corps sometime during the 2540s, and served twelve tours on eight different worlds as an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper.[2][Note 1][Note 2]
In 2546, Lance Corporal Palmer was attached to ODST squadron Gamma-Six, under the command of Sergeant Pham during the Covenant's attack on Sargasso. During the battle, the squad was sent to the town of Belisk to protect Lethbridge Industrial's latest military-grade munitions manufactured for the Office of Naval Intelligence. While Gamma-Six protected the facility, ONI tasked Alpha-Nine with retrieval of the facility's research data before the Covenant could claim it.[8] However, Palmer and Gamma-Six were unaware of the fact that ONI had intended for the squad to serve as a distraction, allowing Alpha-Nine to recover the data with little resistance. As Alpha-Nine completed their mission and prepared to leave Belisk, Edward Buck, squad leader for Alpha-Nine, overheard Palmer - who had assumed command of Gamma-Six upon Sgt. Pham's death - questioning the lack of extraction. Command informed Gamma-Six that the amount of hostiles at their position made extraction impossible and ordered their retreat to a safer location. As two Type-26 Banshees assaulted Palmer's position, Buck ignored his orders and led Alpha-Nine to rescue Gamma-Six. By the time Alpha-Nine arrived, Palmer was the only surviving member of her squad. Together, the ODSTs eliminated the remaining Covenant forces assaulting their position and returned to base in a civilian truck.[9]
In October 2552, Lance Corporal Palmer was part of an ODST unit deployed to reinforce a UNSC outpost under attack by the Covenant. Immediately upon touchdown, Palmer single-handedly defended Admiral Kovalic, who was escaping the outpost with the base's AI. Upon emerging from her M8900 SOEIV, LCpl Palmer fought off several Covenant forces, including several Unggoy and no less than two Jiralhanae, one of which was a Chieftain. During the brief firefight, she was hit by a Type-33 Needler shard, surviving thanks only to her armor. Showing ingenuity and bravery in the face of insurmountable odds - including flipping a Warthog with a grenade and eliminating a Chieftain - LCpl Palmer successfully rescued the Admiral and was subsequently promoted to the rank of Corporal with intentions of a rapid promotion to Sergeant.[3][Note 1]