Kurt Ambrose
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Sacrificed himself by detonating two FENRIS nuclear warheads[2] |
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- "Die? Didn't you know? Spartans never die."
- — Kurt's last words[2]
Kurt Ambrose (UNSCMID: 045888947, civilian identification number: 56522-026-LDR5685), born Kurt M. Trevelyan and formerly known as SPARTAN-051, was a SPARTAN-II supersoldier. Formerly the leader of Green Team, he was close to many of the other Spartans, before he went missing during a mission in 2531. Although the other Spartans were led to believe that Kurt had died, he was actually recruited by Colonel James Ackerson to spearhead the SPARTAN-III program.[5]
The name "Ambrose" was given to him by Colonel Ackerson after his abduction, due to the fact Kurt actually could not remember his full name as a result of extensive mental conditioning involved in the SPARTAN-II program.[6]
Biography[edit]
Early childhood[edit]
Kurt M. Trevelyan was born on October 19, 2511 in Mira, eventually growing up in Kuiper on Circumstance.[1] When he was marked as physically and mentally superior by Dr. Catherine Halsey in 2517, she had him abducted and sent to Reach to begin his Spartan training under Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez. As with the other candidates to become Spartans, he was replaced with a flash clone that would appear to die of natural causes, just like all the other future Spartans replacements.[citation needed]
During his training, Kurt quickly proved himself to be considered one of the program's top candidates. Both Dr. Halsey and Chief Mendez identified him as one of four emerging leaders within the Spartan-II group, along with Jerome-092, Frederic-104, and John-117. Chief Mendez expressed his belief the most strongly in Kurt as having the skills to lead the entire Spartan-II group, although Halsey disagreed, instead believing John would fulfill that role.[7] Kurt's leadership skills were correctly observed, as he later became one of the earliest known leaders of the Spartan-IIs' Green Team, which would often beat John's Blue Team in field exercises.[8]
Chi Ceti IV[edit]
- Main article: Battle of Chi Ceti
After the Human-Covenant War began with the alien empire's attack on Harvest in 2525, Kurt-051 and the other Spartan-IIs were brought to the Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex, where Rear Admiral Michael Stanforth briefed them on the emerging Covenant threat. In response, the training of the Spartan-IIs was accelerated, and in November 2525 they were sent to Chi Ceti IV to receive their new MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor from the Damascus Materials Testing Facility.[9] While en route to Chi Ceti IV aboard the UNSC Commonwealth, they were attacked by the Unrelenting, a Covenant warship.[10] The Commonwealth was able to ward off the Unrelenting and the Spartans were deployed to Chi Ceti IV with Halsey, where they each received a set of armor.[11] While the Spartans were returning to the Commonwealth, the Unrelenting returned and engaged the frigate. To provide aid to the Commonwealth, John had Kurt and the other Spartan-IIs use thruster packs in an attempt to board the alien vessel, and destroy it with Anvil-II AS missiles. However, only John-117, Kelly-087, and Samuel-034 made it aboard. Kurt and the others missed the Unrelenting and were recovered after the battle.[12]
Radiant Arrow[edit]
- Main article: Skirmish over Netherop
By early 2526, Green Team was composed of Kurt, Anton-044, Malcolm-059, and Solomon-069. On March 5 of that year, Kurt, his team, and eight other Spartans were organized into an assault squad led by John-117 with orders to board and capture a Covenant frigate in orbit over the planet Netherop. To accomplish this, they were deployed from the UNSC Starry Night for an EVA boarding action.[13] Using a flight of Banshees for cover, the Spartans stealthily approached the alien vessel.[14] They boarded the frigate via its underslung hangar and eliminated the forces stationed there without the rest of crew realizing they had been boarded. As Green and Blue Teams pushed further into the alien vessel, John instructed Gold Team to collect weapons and corpses to be piled into the Banshees, which would then be pushed out into space for ONI to recover and study. Kurt and his team cleared the side compartments as Blue Team carefully made their way along the main corridor. It was going well, but as the eight Spartans continued on, a sensor operator one of the nearby prowlers "accidentally" broadcast a transmission on the Spartans' SQUADCOM, which revealed their presence to the frigate's crew. Unbeknownst to them, the crewman's apparent mistake was part of an insurrectionist plot designed by Lieutenant Commander Hector Nyeto, intending to get the Spartans killed and remove the threat they posed to insurgents everywhere. With their presence on the vessel now known, the Spartans split up, with John leading his team to the bridge. Kurt led Green Team below in search of the engineering deck, where they would hopefully be able to disable the frigate. While on the way, they were met with resistance by Kig-Yar