Kojo Agu
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
| Kojo Agu | |
|---|---|
| |
| Biographical information | |
|
Homeworld: |
|
|
Born: |
|
| Personal details | |
|
Species: |
|
|
Gender: |
Male |
|
Height: |
213.4 centimetres (7ft)[2] |
|
Weight: |
125.6 kilograms (277 lb)[2] |
|
Hair color: |
Black |
|
Eye color: |
Brown |
| Political and military information | |
|
Affiliation: |
|
|
Rank: |
|
|
14606-85099-KA[2] | |
- "Lance Corporal Kojo Agu. Romeo. Real lucky with the ladies if you'll hear him tell it, but all I care about it is his aim; his luck with targets at long range."
- — Buck's description of Romeo.[3]
Spartan Kojo Agu[1] (service number 14606-85099-KA), nicknamed Romeo, is a SPARTAN-IV supersoldier who formerly served with the UNSC Marine Corps as an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper. He was part of Alpha-Nine, a squad led by GySgt Edward Buck, during the final days of the Human-Covenant War and the post-war years.[4]
Biography[edit]
Early life and military career[edit]
Kojo Agu was born in the Castra arcology in Castra on Madrigal in 2524.[1] His homeworld was glassed by the Covenant when he was only four years old, but he managed to survive the glassing. Before enlisting in 2541, he served in the UNSC commercial fleet as a Merchant Marine.[5] He later became an ODST when he angered the Governor of the colony at Castra by having an affair with said Governor's wife. This prompted the Governor to call upon people he knew in the UNSC who in turn sent Agu into the ODSTs to keep him away from the Governor's wife. During his tenure with the ODSTs, Agu served on various colony planets, such as Coral, Mamore, New Jerusalem, and Beta Gabriel, with a remarkable 100% kill rate.[6]
Operation: FIRESIDE[edit]
- Main article: Operation: FIRESIDE
In early 2552, Kojo Agu and Taylor Miles served in an ODST unit commanded by MSgt Frost. Before being deployed to planet Ariel, he and another ODST were discussing the Spartans and expressed extreme disbelief over their claimed fighting prowess. When another ODST, Brimley heard this, he told them that a teenage Spartan trainee had killed his friend Langston 27 years earlier. In his typical fashion, Agu burst out laughing, ridiculing Langston for being killed by a teenager. This led to a fight with Brimley, and Agu was coming off worse until Miles interfered in the fight. Sergeant Frost confined them both to their quarters because of the fight.
Later, inside Ariel's generator complex, Agu and Miles were cut off from the remainder of the ODST unit. It was there that they learned that the Covenant was digging for something. After a brief engagement with two Sangheili (whose corpses were later used as shields to survive a generator explosion), the two found an injured Unggoy. They attempted to interrogate it, but its only reply was "Knowing". Agu pretended to let the Unggoy go before killing it, believing it to be a liability.
After using improvised explosives to bring a canyon's walls down on a large number of Covenant and then evading the survivors, the two made plans to steal a Phantom. They proceeded to kill an Unggoy, use its corpse as a ruse, and then eliminate several Covenant infantrymen guarding the Phantom. However, a Sangheili managed to down the ship. The ODSTs bailed out before it crashed, falling through a building's skylight and into a building where the planet's missing colonists were being held hostage.
The ODSTs made short work of the Unggoy guarding the hostages and learned that the colonists had been forced to dig deep into the planet's surface, unearthing an alien complex and activating several traps at its entrance. The ODSTs entered the dig site intending to liberate other colonists; it was there that they found what the Covenant was looking for: an alien construct called the Knowing. If the Covenant got their hands on it, then they could wipe out humanity down to their last DNA strand.
Though Miles wanted to claim the Knowing to the UNSC, per ONI Xeno orders, Kojo Agu preferred to destroy it, as "this is like Alexander the Great getting his hands on a nuclear arsenal" - he believed that humanity were not ready for the advanced Forerunner knowledge and would destroy itself. Agu asked the Knowing to activate its self-destruct and direct them out of the complex which it complied with, recognizing Agu as a Reclaimer. As they made their way out, Agu tripped over an Unggoy's body and broke his ankle. Miles carried him and managed to escape the blast. When they got back to the surface, they were reunited with their squad, who had seen the Covenant fleeing the planet after the Knowing's destruction.
Later, Miles visited Agu in the infirmary. Agu stated that he had filed for a transfer to be with Miles, who told his friend that he had withdrawn his own transfer request. They then played Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide who would go.[7]
Battle of Mombasa[edit]
- Main article: Battle of Mombasa
During the Battle for Earth in October 20, 2552, Agu was stationed aboard the UNSC Say My Name, part of ODST fireteam Alpha-Nine, led by Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck. The squad was part of a larger detachment of the 65th Shock Troops Division[8] tasked with assaulting the Solemn Penance from orbit over New Mombasa.[9] The squad had been chosen by the ONI operative Veronica Dare to partake on a classified mission, which was not revealed to Agu or his squad members until in mid-drop, when Dare orde