Catherine-B320
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Shot in the head by Orsu Lar 'Ahtalee[4] |
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- "In recognition of this, her unparalleled brilliance, we honor her as the true genius of Noble."
- — The Monument to Noble Team.
Lieutenant Commander Catherine-B320,[7] otherwise known by members of her team as Kat, was a SPARTAN-III commando of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command, attached to Special Warfare Group Three of the UNSC Army.[2] She fought alongside other members of NOBLE Team under the designation Noble Two during the Fall of Reach in 2552.[1]
Biography[edit]
Childhood and early career[edit]
Kat was born in Monastir, New Harmony in 2530. Her father was killed in action on Harvest and her mother died of cancer in 2536, so she was raised by her grandmother, a retired Army General; this fact made her conscription into the SPARTAN-III program politically inconvenient.[5] However, when Kat's grandmother was killed during the fall of New Harmony, ONI seized the chance to induct Kat as part of Beta Company.[5] Along with the rest of the company, she was initiated and began training circa 2539.[8][9][Note 2] Because of her skill and potential, she was marked for a special assignment shortly after her augmentations, and was eventually taken out of the general population of Beta Company by Kurt Ambrose and Franklin Mendez after Operation: CARTWHEEL, not long before the disastrous Operation: TORPEDO commenced.[2][5][10] When NOBLE Team was formed sometime later, Kat, Carter-A259, and several other Spartans were assigned to the unit.[5][11] On NOBLE, Kat soon found her calling in the skillsets of battlenet management, tactical planning, and intelligence synthesis.[3] She retained a position as NOBLE's second-in-command all the way through until the end of the war.[1]
At some point during her career, Kat developed a bypass system for the MJOLNIR armor's safety limiters on their actuators and "muscles", allowing a short burst of superior performance at the expense of the suit's coolant systems, leading to overheating.[12]
Later career[edit]
Concord[edit]
- Main articles: Defense of Concord, Operation: OFFSET EYE
In late 2551, NOBLE Team were dep