Tedra Grant
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- "Up here, hinge-heads!"
- — Grant engaging Elite guards.
Tedra Grant (service number 95984-78393-TG)[1] is a SPARTAN-IV supersoldier who served with Fireteam Majestic on the UNSC Infinity in 2558.[2]
Biography[edit]
Early life[edit]
Grant was born November 4, 2533 on Arcadia, which had been briefly invaded by the Covenant only two years earlier. During her childhood, she was friends with Jordan Gaines.[3] On September 9, 2549, when she was 16, she was on Arcadia during the planet's fall.[4] Grant joined the UNSC Navy at a young age as a military police officer[5] and was later accepted into the SPARTAN-IV program after its inception. Her athleticism and combat skills gained her placement in an operational division in which she field-tested early versions of MJOLNIR GEN2. She was soon given an active role as a Spartan and was eventually assigned to Fireteam Majestic.[1]
At some point prior to February 6, 2558, Grant and the rest of Fireteam Majestic were deployed to Rio de Janeiro.[6]
Requiem Campaign[edit]
- Main article: Requiem Campaign
Grant was assigned to UNSC Infinity along with Fireteam Majestic on February 6.[6] After Infinity arrived at Requiem, Fireteams Crimson and Majestic were sent north of the UNSC's area of operations on Requiem in order to shut down Forerunner power generators. Initiated by Commander Palmer, the mission turned into a competition for the fireteams as to who could complete their mission objectives first. Majestic took the lead at first but were eventually beaten.[7]
Shortly later, Grant and Majestic were involved in another engagement against Promethean Crawlers and Knights. After Hoya was injured they returned to Infinity.[8] Later, during Crimson and Majestic's pursuit of Jul 'Mdama, Grant figured out that Covenant forces had been able to escape using portals, allowing Crimson to pursue 'Mdama through a portal.[9] Majestic was then deployed to Galileo Base to retrieve the "Didact's Gift" from the area after Crimson had defended it from a Covenant assault force. Though attacked by Banshees and Phantoms, Thorne managed to hijack a Banshee and destroy a Phantom, giving Majestic time to exfiltrate.[10]
When Thorne went missing the rest of Majestic set out to find him. They eventually found Thorne in the nick of time, with DeMarco shooting Gek 'Lhar ('Mdama's second-in-command) right before the Elite could kill their comrade.[11] Several skirmishes later, Captain Lasky contacted Majestic via hologram and asked them to rescue Dr. Catherine Halsey from Jul 'Mdama. When they arrived at Halsey's location Grant, Hoya, and Madsen took position above the entrance and waited for Thorne to signal to attack. When he did Grant yelled to the Elites to distract them; Majestic quickly opened fire on several Elites. Grant and the rest of Majestic showed up to help Thorne just as Promethean Knights teleported into the area and engaged them. 'Mdama managed to escape with Halsey just as Thorne and Palmer closed in on him.[12]
Sometime later Commander Palmer and Majestic were ordered to deactivate one of the two translocation artifacts binding Infinity to Requiem; Crimson was tasked with deactivating the other.[13] Majestic faced significant Covenant resistance in deactivating their device. While making their way to the artifact Grant tossed a grenade that killed at least one Elite. Majestic succeeded in deactivating the artifact shortly after Crimson. While evacuating Grant co-piloted the Pelican with Commander Palmer, pointing out Crimson's Pelican that was just ahead of them. They arrived aboard Infinity at the same time as Crimson, allowing Infinity to narrowly escape.[14]
Freighter rescue and Oth Lodon[edit]
- Main article: Ambush at Oth Lodon
On March 11, six days after DeMarco's death, Majestic, sans Thorne, and Roland were in the middle of a poker game night. Thorne walked in to discover that the rest of the team had made wagers on DeMarco's keepsake, the looted energy sword recovered from Gek 'Lhar during the Requiem Campaign. Days ago, Grant had won DeMarco's sword in a card game against Spartan Jones of Fireteam Bailey, only to suddenly lose it to Hoya. Thorne expressed that the weapon was a tribute to DeMarco for having saved his life, and requested to join in and take a shot at playing for it. Hoya yielded to his request when the rest of team agreed they all deserved an equal chance. After being rebuked for almost sitting down in DeMarco's seat, Thorne pulled up a chair and joined the others around the table. When Roland began to start a new game of Hold 'em poker, Thorne stopped him and replaced the virtual holotank cards with his own inherited deck of physical playing cards. As Hoya dealt the deck and revealed the community cards, Roland suddenly alerted the team to an emergency distress call. Before the Spartans left their interrupted game, Thorne unveiled his winning hand, a quad of kings, and claimed the sword of his fallen friend.
The distress call, it turned out, originated in the Artesia-702 system and was coming from the damaged freighter Pilgrims' Pride. Majestic was permitted to return to being at ease, since it was judged to be of no immediate danger. However, upon arriving at the freighter's location, a trap was sprung inside Infinity's sub-vessel deployment bay. Fireteam Majestic was dispatched along with Fireteams Colossus and Fenrir to repel the attack by preventing the freighter from self-destructing inside Infinity. As team Majestic advanced to the freighter's core, they encountered and quickly disabled multiple automated defense turrets. As the enemy went into retreat, the freighter was tugged out back into space, where Grant ejected its core before it exploded. The Spartans survived the detonation and requested pickup.[15]
Following the attack, Infinity learned the freighter's assault crafts seemingly belonged to the long-lost UNSC Spirit of Fire and tracked their origin to Oth Lodon, a gas giant located deep in Jiralhanae space. With the Spirit's possible location found, Fleet Admiral Hood authorized a search and rescue mission. Equipped with OF92 Booster Frames, Commander Palmer and Fireteam Majestic scouted the planet's system and came across not the Spirit of Fire but a