Douglas-042
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- "I was looking for a second round with the ringmaster, but his whipping boy will do just fine."
- — Douglas-042 about rematch with Decimus.[3]
Senior Chief Petty Officer Douglas-042, born Douglas Rutland,[1] is a SPARTAN-II supersoldier of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command. He was a member of Red Team and fought alongside the crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire in February 2531.[2][4]
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Douglas Rutland was born to an affluent family in the city of Khetleya, on the remote colony of Asphodel. In 2517, he was abducted and conscripted into the SPARTAN-II program headed by Dr. Catherine Halsey at the age of six. He was then taken to the human colony world of Reach and trained by the AI Déjà and Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez along with the rest of the SPARTAN children. Douglas-042 had a tough time adjusting to the SPARTAN-II program. However, after an initial bout of culture shock, his anger gave way to a quiet confidence.[5] In 2525, he and the other candidates underwent a series of augmentations to improve their strength.[6] Douglas was one of a number of "washouts" whose bodies initially rejected the augmentations, but he was able to be retrained and re-augmented separately. During the process, he was partnered with fellow augmentation washouts Alice-130 and Jerome-092, with the three being organized into an incarnation of Red Team.[7]
Battle for Arcadia[edit]
- Main article: Battle for Arcadia
Douglas was a member of Red Team during the Battle for Arcadia in February 2531 and was tasked with delaying the Covenant forces long enough to evacuate the civilians of Arcadia.[8] Afterward, he and the rest of Red Team linked up with forces from the UNSC Spirit of Fire and assisted in a counter-attack on a Covenant outpost.[9] Once the plan to infiltrate a large Covenant energy shield dome was passed down from Captain James Cutter of the Spirit of Fire, he and Red Team remained with the crew to assist with the assignment. They prevented the destruction of several prototype M-145D "Rhino" artillery tanks while they ensured that the shield was destroyed.[10] After Sergeant John Forge's forces triumphed over a Scarab assault platform, the SPARTANs searched for Covenant survivors in the jungles on a Warthog.[11] Upon hearing that Professor Ellen Anders had been abducted by Arbiter Ripa 'Moramee, they went to the Spirit of Fire, which soon jumped into slipspace in pursuit of the Covenant vessel carrying Anders.[12][Note 1]
The Etran Harborage[edit]
- Main article: Battle of the Etran Harborage
Later, upon arriving at Trove, Douglas assisted the Spirit of Fire's crew in neutralizing Covenant and Flood forces.[12] Later, Red Team assisted Marines in destroying a proto-Gravemind.[13] Some time later, he and Red Team became stranded on the surface of the shield world. With the Spirit of Fire being dragged down inside the megastructure, Red Team was assisted by Forge and his forces and successfully withdrew to the ship.[14] Red Team then assisted the crew in scouring the Flood forces from the hull of the Spirit of Fire.[15] Later, after the Spirit of Fire collided with a Covenant CPV-class heavy destroyer, Red Team successfully repelled Covenant boarders while the crew repaired the vessel's drive core.[2][16]
Once Anders was rescued, Douglas assisted Red Team in capturing a Covenant Scarab and used it to help Forge secure a beachhead.[17] The Spartans were then tasked with escorting the Spirit of Fire's slipspace drive to a teleporter that was linked to the Apex Site.[18] At the Apex Site's command center, he and Red Team engaged a force of Stealth Sangheili while Forge dueled the Arbiter. Red Team soon defeated the Covenant force and Forge killed the Arbiter with his own energy sword and Douglas rolled the Arbiter's dead body off the platform after his death. Douglas, with the Spirit of Fire's crew, was then charged with opening the gate which allowed the Spirit of Fire to exit the Shield World.[2] Douglas, as with the rest of the crew, entered cryo sleep after the Spirit of Fire escaped the destruction of the Shield World.[19] After the loss of contact, the UNSC tried unsuccessfully to locate the Spirit of Fire for the next three years, before declaring the ship and its crew "lost with all hands" in 2534. Thus Douglas was declared MIA.[citation needed]
