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Sarah Palmer

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Palmer redirects here. For the Marine from Palace Hotel, see Palmer (Marine). For the archaeologist on the Ark, see Nathaniel Palmer.
Sarah Palmer
Sarah Palmer clad in SCOUT-class Mjolnir. From Halo 5: Guardians campaign level Alliance.
Sarah Palmer avatar.
Biographical information

Homeworld:

Luna[1]

Born:

April 13, 2527[1]

Personal details

Species:

Human

Gender:

Female

Height:

205.7 centimetres (6 ft 9.0 in)[2]

Weight:

109.3 kilograms (241 lb)[2]

Hair color:

Brown

Eye color:

Brown

Political and military information

Affiliation:

Rank:

  • Corporal (formerly)
  • Spartan
    • Commander (title, not formal rank)[4]

Service number:

65287-98303-SP

 

"The Covies - They believe this is the home of one of their gods. The way I see it, if those freaks wanna meet God, it's our duty to help them along!"
— Commander Palmer in a speech to the Spartan-IVs being deployed to Requiem[5]

Spartan Commander Sarah E. Palmer[6] (service number 65287-98303-SP) is a soldier in the Spartan branch of the United Nations Space Command armed forces and a veteran of the Human-Covenant War. After the war, Palmer transferred from the UNSC Marine Corps Shock Troopers[3] to the newly-independent branch, and was augmented as one of the first SPARTAN-IV supersoldiers.[7] She is currently assigned as the Commanding Officer of the 300-member Spartan contingent aboard UNSC Infinity.[4][2]

Biography[edit]

Early life and military career[edit]

"I'm Lance Corporal Sarah Palmer, ODST. And I love my job."
— Palmer about herself[3]
The variant cover art for Halo: Initiation Issue 1. Art by Terry Dodson and Rachael Dodson.
Sarah Palmer fighting a Jiralhanae Chieftain.

Palmer was born April 13, 2527 on Luna to embittered colonial parents, who possessed a strong dislike of the United Nations Space Command. They died when she was young, however, and she was adopted.[2] Her adopted father did not share the views of her birth parents, and he was instrumental in her joining the UNSC Marine Corps.[3] Palmer joined the Corps sometime during the 2540s, and served twelve tours on eight different worlds as an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper.[2][Note 1][Note 2]

In 2546, Lance Corporal Palmer was attached to ODST squadron Gamma-Six, under the command of Sergeant Pham during the Covenant's attack on Sargasso. During the battle, the squad was sent to the town of Belisk to protect Lethbridge Industrial's latest military-grade munitions manufactured for the Office of Naval Intelligence. While Gamma-Six protected the facility, ONI tasked Alpha-Nine with retrieval of the facility's research data before the Covenant could claim it.[8] However, Palmer and Gamma-Six were unaware of the fact that ONI had intended for the squad to serve as a distraction, allowing Alpha-Nine