Editing Kurt Ambrose

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|death=[[2552#November|November 3, 2552]]
|causeofdeath=Sacrificed himself by detonating two [[FENRIS nuclear warhead|FENRIS nuclear warheads]]{{Ref/Reuse|GoO39}}
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{{Quote|Die? Didn't you know? Spartans never die.|Kurt's last words{{Ref/Reuse|GoO39}}}}

'''Kurt Ambrose''' ([[UNSCMID]]: '''045888947''', [[civilian]] identification number: '''56522-026-LDR5685'''), born '''Kurt M. Trevelyan''' and formerly known as '''SPARTAN-051''', was a [[SPARTAN-II program|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]].{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Chapter=2|Quote=Alone now, Ackerson reviewed his files and made plans. The first matter of business was already in the works: on-screen appeared the career record of SPARTAN-051.}}

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.{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO5|GoO|Chapter=5}}

==Biography==
===Early childhood===
Kurt M. Trevelyan was born on [[2511|October 19, 2511]] in [[Mira]], eventually growing up in [[Kuiper]] on [[Circumstance]].{{Ref/Reuse|CR}} When he was marked as physically and mentally superior by [[Catherine Halsey|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 cloning|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.{{Ref/Book|Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Detail=December 10, 2518}} 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.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO1}}

===Chi Ceti IV===
{{Main|Battle of Chi Ceti}}
After the [[Human-Covenant War]] began with the [[Covenant|alien empire]]'s [[First Battle of Harvest|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 [[2525#November|November 2525]] they were sent to [[Chi Ceti IV]] to receive their new [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] from the [[Damascus Materials Testing Facility]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=TFoR121|TFoR|Page=121}} While en route to Chi Ceti IV aboard the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}}, they were [[Battle of Chi Ceti|attacked]] by the ''[[Unrelenting]]'', a Covenant [[warship]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=TFoR127|TFoR|Detail=page 127}} 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.{{Ref/Novel|Id=for141|TFoR|Page=141}} 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 pack]]s in an attempt to board the alien vessel, and destroy it with [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile|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.{{Ref/Novel|Id=TFoR147to150|TFoR|Page=147-150}}

===''Radiant Arrow''===
{{Main|Skirmish over Netherop}}
By early [[2526]], Green Team was composed of Kurt, [[Anton-044]], [[Malcolm-059]], and [[Solomon-069]]. On [[2526#March|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 [[Radiant Arrow|a]] [[Covenant frigate]] in orbit over the planet [[Netherop]]. To accomplish this, they were deployed from the {{UNSCShip|Starry Night}} for an [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]] [[Naval boarding|boarding action]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS1|HSS|Chapter=1}} Using a flight of [[Elsedda-pattern Banshee|Banshee]]s for cover, the Spartans stealthily approached the alien vessel.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS2|HSS|Chapter=2}} They [[Skirmish over Netherop|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 [[prowler]]s "accidentally" broadcast a transmission on the Spartans' [[COM|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|engineering deck]], where they would hopefully be able to disable the frigate. While on the way, they were met with resistance by [[Kig-Yar]] and [[Yanme'e]] warriors. When they reached the engineering deck, only the Yanme'e remained. John had been unable to prevent the frigate's [[shipmaster]] from activating a [[self-destruct]] sequence, forcing him to order all of his teammates to abandon ship immediately. All of the Spartans—including Kurt and his team —made it to safety before the ''Radiant Arrow'' detonated.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS3|HSS|Chapter=3}}

===SILENT STORM===
{{Main|Operation: SILENT STORM}}
On [[2526#March|March 8, 2526]], Kurt, Green Team, and the rest of the Spartans that had participated in the pervious mission were given a new assignment. [[Operation: SILENT STORM]] would have them and the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]' [[21st Space Assault Battalion]] board and destroy Covenant vessels and [[Space station|station]]s in an attempt to slow their destructive [[Massacre of the Outer Colonies|advance]] through humanity's [[Outer Colonies]]. For the duration of this new mission, the Spartans would be assigned to [[Task Force Yama]], a small fleet of prowlers led by the ''Starry Night'' that would serve as both transport and support. As [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience|a Covenant fleet]] was [[Attack on Etalan|currently]] [[glassing]] the colony of [[Etalan]], the nearby world of [[Biko]] was chosen as the theater for the [[task force]] to launch its first attack. Specifically, [[Seoba Ice Quarry|an abandoned ice quarry]] on its third [[Natural satellite|moon]] of [[Seoba]] was selected to house the prowlers until the moment presented itself.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS5|HSS|Chapter=5}}

During the voyage through [[slipspace]], Kurt and the others trained with the [[ODST]]s in the {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}}'s mission preparation hold. The Spartans made short work of the veteran marines in each exercise until [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]] taught them some unorthodox strategies that proved much more effective against the supersoldiers. After four days of training, [[Colonel]] [[Marmon Crowther]] had them all gather in the ship's drop hangar to be briefed on the specifics of the operation. Despite their exemplary performance against his ODSTs, Crowther was skeptical about deploying the Spartans to the front lines due to their inexperience on the battlefield, as well as their apparent young age, much to their frustration.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS5}}

===Seoba===
{{Main|Battle of Seoba}}
Upon the task force's arrival at Seoba on [[2526#March|March 18, 2526]], Colonel Crowther planned to practice the mass deployment of the Spartans and ODSTs into the ice quarry, in an exercise dubbed Operation: ICE DANCE. However, entrenched [[insurrectionist]] forces were detected in the very same quarry, preparing to stage a coup against Biko's chancellor. Crowther decided that ICE DANCE would proceed as planned, but now with the objective of taking the quarry from the rebels.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS7|HSS|Chapter=7}} An intense [[Battle of Seoba|battle]] ensued, with the Spartans leading the way. Blue Team focused on destroying a convoy of [[Civet]]s moving to repair the rebels' damaged communications relay as the other Spartans—including Kurt's Green Team—were engaged elsewhere.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS8|HSS|Chapter=8}} Ultimately, the insurgents were soon defeated and the quarry fell under UNSC control.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS10|HSS|Chapter=10}} 

The next day, [[Captain (NAVCOM)|Captain]] [[Halima Ascot]], commander of Task Force Yama and captain of the ''Starry Night'', held a meeting to discuss the events of the previous day's battle. John was reprimanded for his maverick actions at the start of the battle, and his Spartans' experience was called into question once more. Due to some of Nyeto's sly comments, the truth about their young ages was revealed to the few personnel present at the meeting. Learning this disturbing fact, Colonel Crowther refused to send the Spartans into battle again, instead ordering them to guard the insurrectionists captured during the fighting and prepare them to be sent to Biko to be processed. While this meeting was being held, a Covenant [[Bloodstar Flotilla|flotilla]] was detected as it arrived in-system and began heading for Seoba.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS11|HSS|Chapter=11}} 

As the rest of Task Force Yama mobilized to meet the alien vessels, Kurt and the other Spartans were sent to [[Subsurface Maintenance Grotto 6M430]] where they would direct the captured insurgents onto [[Emmeline|a transport]]. While the line of roughly 300 prisoners marched onto the vessel, John noticed that a group of them were hiding the presence of an officer, [[General]] [[Harper Garvin]] of the [[United Rebel Front]]. He ordered the officer to step forward, but [[Petora Zoyas|another rebel]] presented herself instead, clearly trying to stall for Garvin. To show that he meant business, John grabbed the woman by her tunic lapels and threatened her with summary execution for interfering with a guard while on the field of combat, as per the [[UNSC Military Code of Conduct]]. Seeing this exchange, Kurt asked John if he needed assistance, saying that he did not see a threat. However, John's plan worked and General Garvin presented himself. He began trying to pry information out of John, but this effort was interrupted when a situation with Captain Ascot's [[flagship]] was relayed over the task force's command channel. The ''Starry Night'' had been shot down on takeoff, crash-landing back into the quarry. Crowther was unable to send a unit of his Black Daggers to search for survivors without putting more prowlers at risk. Since they were the only unit available to assist, John decided that he and his Spartans would go for the ''Starry Night'' once the transport was loaded. After sending Garvin back to his people and ordering the transport pilot to launch, John had his Spartans move out, much to the concern of Kurt and [[Joshua-029]]. Not only would they be disobeying a direct order from Crowther, operating without the support of the task force in such a situation would be very risky.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS13|HSS|Chapter=13}} 

Kurt and the others proceeded to the grotto's access vestibule and entered its airlock, sealing the inner hatch. With that, they stepped out into the dense sublimation fog coating the quarry floor. Visibility was so poor that each of the Spartans could barely even see the ends of their rifles, but the flashes of plasma bolts could be seen dancing through the clouds above. John accessed the command channel and requested that he and his teammates receive a [[Navigation point|waypoint]] leading to the downed prowler. Crowther quickly responded by asking what he thought he was doing. John stated that they were checking on the status of the ''Starry Night'' as they were the only unit that could do so at the moment, carefully choosing his words so that Crowther could deflect blame onto the Spartan if need be. This would make it more likely for Crowther to not stand in the way of their self-assigned mission. While John waited for a response, he signaled Kurt and Joshua to spread out their teams in a hundred-meter-wide search line. Kurt had Green Team space out on the left of the more tightly-gathered Blue Team, as Gold Team spaced out on the right. Doing this, the Spartans would be more likely to find any debris from the ''Starry Night'' that might have otherwise been missed in the fog. John also ordered them to advance at a trotting speed, leading them away from the dockyards where Blue Team had engaged insurgents the day before. When Crowther still had not responded, John added over the command channel that they would simply take a look at the crash site and report what they found.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS14|HSS|Chapter=14}}

With that reassurance, Crowther finally acknowledged John's plan, but ordered him to not take action unless immediately warranted. He also informed the Spartans of Biko's naval response to the alien bombardment of Seoba and that Nyeto believed that the small Covenant flotilla would either be in full retreat or destroyed within the hour by the approaching overwhelming force. An inexact waypoint was placed on each of the Spartans' HUDs and John had them adjust course to match the new trajectory. With the fog still as dense as ever, John ordered them all to advance at a full run while keeping their eyes on their feet, since that was all they could see anyway. As they ran, the ''Emmeline'' departed the grotto and flew over the Spartans, churning up the fog and allowing a brief moment of visibility. Through the haze, they could see five Covenant vessels fire towards the transport as it crested the horizon.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}}

As the twelve Spartans neared the provided waypoint, the fog had lowered to shoulder-height, allowing the Spartans to discover that the ''Starry Night'' was indeed seemingly intact, but sat atop a large avalanche about seven hundred meters up the quarry wall. Fred-104 spotted a Covenant intrusion corvette sliding over the rim of the quarry and descending over the prowler. Kelly-087 theorized that they may be trying to recover the ''Starry Night'' themselves. Realizing the danger, John declared to his teammates that the mission was no longer a rescue mission. Their primary objective was now to deny the Covenant from recovering the prowler and the data stored within. Opening the command channel again, John relayed this information to Crowther, who echoed his concerns and insisted that they could not let the Covenant take possession of the ''Starry Night''. The vessel's [[navigation computer]] and other onboard data devices could reveal the locations of UNSC outposts, entire force deployments, or worse. Crowther asked Nyeto if there was any way to remotely activate the prowler's [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear]] self-destruct system, to which the lieutenant commander responded in the affirmative. However, there were only three positions that had access to that ability. The first two were the flight commander and wing commander, both of which were roles held by Captain Ascot, who was either dead or unable to be reached aboard the ''Starry Night''. The final person with the ability to remotely detonate the prowler was the captain of the ''Vanishing Point'', which was holding station two planetary orbits out from Seoba. At that distance, it would take nearly an hour for the request to be sent to the cruiser and for the return signal to arrive. By then, the Covenant might already have retrieved sensitive data from the wrecked prowler. Crowther began to reluctantly order the Spartans to prevent the ''Starry Night''{{'}}s capture, but John cut him off, assuring him that they would not fail. The Spartan requested that Task Force Yama assist them by keeping the assaulting corvettes off their backs. Nyeto began to say that their prowlers were not designed for ship-to-ship combat when Crowther interrupted him, promising that they would find a way. Crowther started to tell John to standby for instructions on how to manually activate the prowler's self-destruct, but he reassured the colonel that his Spartans already knew how to activate a [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon|Fury nuke]].{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}}

Just then, a Covenant [[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|Ghost]] appeared out of the fog and began firing at John, who managed to kill its [[Jiralhanae]] driver with his MA5B's [[M301 grenade launcher|underbarrel grenade launcher]]. Shortly after that was handled, more Ghosts entered the quarry, so John ordered Green and Gold Teams to deal with them as Blue Team went with him to the prowler. At this point, the looming intrusion corvette had begun deploying EVA-equipped Sangheili, Jiralhanae, and Kig-Yar warriors via gravity lift, with the first already looking for a way inside the ship. Another corvette crested the edge of the quarry, firing its main cannon on the Spartans. With the situation quickly deteriorating and Nyeto's support still setting up, John realized that immediate action was necessary. He ordered Blue Team to simultaneously fire on the avalanche just below the ''Starry Night'' with their grenade launchers to cause the vessel to fall to quarry floor and prevent the Covenant from gaining entrance. Despite Fred and Kelly's warnings that such an action could bring the whole slope down on top of them, each member of the team acknowledged and followed his order. As they has feared, the volley of [[grenade]]s worked a bit too well, bringing the avalanche down on top of all twelve Spartans, but successfully delaying the Covenant in their boarding attempt.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}}

Six of the twelve Spartans were buried under the ice flow, with Kurt's teammate, [[Solomon-069]], becoming completely incapacitated. John-117 was also buried, but not totally immobilized. While he worked on freeing himself, John gave Fred command of the mission to board and destroy the ''Starry Night''. Fred-104, Malcolm-059, and [[Linda-058]] boarded the prowler as members of Green and Gold Teams coordinated attacks on the seemingly endless stream of enemy ground vehicles, supported by at least three Covenant corvettes. John freed himself from the ice flow and began helping repel would-be boarders while Fred's team prepared the vessel's Fury tactical nuclear weapon. Meanwhile, Nyeto's support finally arrived the form of strafing runs that destroyed two of the intrusion corvettes assaulting Green and Gold Teams. Just as the nuke was finished arming, the looming Covenant corvette finally made its move and began slowly levitating the ''Starry Night'' up and into its hold using a [[gravity lift]]. John ordered Fred's team to activate the nuke and flee from the prowler with the surviving crew, which they did via escape pod. He also warned the others that the nuke would detonate in thirty seconds, urging them to escape the blast radius immediately. Each of the Spartans made it to safety, including Kurt. Colonel Crowther had them extracted after the resulting [[electromagnetic pulse]] had dissipated.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS15|HSS|Chapter=15}} The blast also destroyed the intrusion corvette, and some of the Spartans assisted in the recovery of a [[Kelguid|starholo]] from its wreckage. They and the starholo were transported back to the ''Vanishing Point''.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS16|HSS|Chapter=16}}

On [[2526#March|March 20]], the six Spartans that had not been confined to the infirmary attended a funeral service for the two-hundred-and-three men and women who lost their lives at Seoba. Held in the command hangar of the ''Vanishing Point'' as it sat in a high parabolic orbit around Biko, the ceremony included an honor company of a hundred-and-one enlisted personnel in their dress blues, including the six Spartans and Avery Johnson. After the service, Lieutenant Commander Nyeto—now the de facto commander of Task Force Yama after Ascot's death—approached John-117, who asked if he'd reconsider sidelining them. Nyeto promised that the Spartans would be seeing all the action they could handle for the rest of the operation. However, Crowther again contested this on the basis of them being too young, forcing the lieutenant commander to back down by threatening him with a report to a UNSC board of inquiry. The Black Daggers would board the [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience|incoming fleet]] alone. As everyone left the hangar, Crowther revealed to Johnson that he did not trust Nyeto. He believed that the Spartans were combat-ready, and he was instead sending them on a mission to disrupt Covenant supply lines at [[Etalan]].{{Ref/Reuse|HSS16}}

===Etalan===
{{Main|Battle over Etalan}}
Kurt-051, the other Spartans, Staff Sergeant Johnson, and Dr. Halsey left the [[Kolaqoa system]] aboard the ''Vanishing Point'' later that day, with two prowlers serving as escort. On [[2526#March|March 22]], the three ships dropped out of [[slipspace]] near Etalan and the ''Vanishing Point''{{'}}s analysts spent the next four days observing the logistics fleet's movements, trying to discern which vessels would be the best to target. By [[2526#March|March 26]], they felt confident that four of the fleet's fifteen vessels were equipment [[freighter]]s that carried spare parts used to keep the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience operational in the field. At this point, the logistics fleet was seemingly preparing to break from orbit, evidenced by the fact that they had begun syncing their orbits and bringing their [[fusion reactor]]s to full power. Since time was running out, Kurt, the rest of Green Team, and Gold Team were deployed in [[S-14 Baselard]]s to destroy the equipment freighters while Blue Team stayed on the ''Vanishing Point'' and prepared for their phase of the attack. Green and Gold Teams were split up into groups of two to pilot each of their Baselards, with their four Baselards flying at the center of a formation of twenty total Baselards. The plan was for the squadron to pierce through the logistics vessels' fighter screen of Banshees and [[Seraph]]s, then the eight Spartans would go [[Extra-vehicular activity|EV]] after faking the destruction of their Baselards. To camouflage their approach, their fighters were equipped with pods of chain-linked debris that would deploy upon the crafts' destruction. Then, the Spartans would board the target vessels and plant HAVOK nukes before fleeing. Due to the high risk involved with performing such maneuvers, Kurt and Joshua-029 were given strict orders to pull their teams out if it became apparent that they would not reach their targets safely.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS19|HSS|Chapter=19}} After Blue Team launched from the ''Vanishing Point'' in their captured Banshees and managed to infiltrate the Covenant fighter screen, Kurt had Green Team eject from their Baselards as Gold Team did the same. The eight Spartans successfully boarded the four equipment freighters, planted their nukes, and fled the vessels before they detonated. The fourth detonation [[Electromagnetic pulse|disabled]] the Banshee formation that Blue Team had infiltrated, forcing them to abandon their fighters. Afterwards, when the prowler escorts moved in to extract Green and Gold Teams from orbit over Etalan, their retrieval created an unintentional diversion that drew attention away from Blue Team as they destroyed the logistics fleet’s "[[Bladder ship|air-skimmers]]."{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS20|HSS|Chapter=20}}

===Zhoist===
{{Main|Battle of Zhoist}}
Kurt’s final mission as part of SILENT STORM would follow three weeks later, when he, the Spartan teams, and what remained of the Black Daggers all ventured into Covenant space, to strike at the heart of one of their supply depots.{{Ref/Novel|HSS|Chapter=24}} The Spartans ended up inserting on the surface of [[Naraka]], a planet which was home to ten Forerunner cities, and was the anchor for a massive Covenant support station, a ring structure aptly titled the "[[Ring of Mighty Abundance]]."<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Hardcover pages 342 and 345''</ref> They were ferried down to the surface by their prowlers, but because this was an improvised insertion, Covenant resistance was too heavy for some of the prowlers to finish the drop. Only Green and Blue Teams made it to the g