Samuel-034
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November 27, 2525[1][2] (aged 14) |
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Sacrificed himself to detonate three Anvil-II warheads |
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Male[1] |
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135 kilograms (298 lb) (without armor)[1] |
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Sandy blond[4] |
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Green[4] |
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- "Sam fell first. And yet he showed us that the Covenant could be killed. Sam proved we could win this war. Every battle won is built on the foundation of that sacrifice. If we survive this, it's because Sam showed us the way."
- — Fred-104 on Sam's sacrifice aboard Unrelenting[5]
Petty Officer, Second Class Samuel-034, born Samuel Westergaard[3] and often simply called Sam by his friends, was a Spartan-II supersoldier of the UNSC Navy's Special Weapons Group. Samuel was notably the tallest and strongest of the Spartan-IIs at the time of his death, and often acted as the second-in-command of Blue Team in its formative years.[6]
At the age of fourteen, Samuel was the first Spartan-II to be killed in action—on November 27, 2525—in battle against the Covenant during an engagement over Chi Ceti IV.[2]
Biography[edit]
Early life and conscription[edit]
- Samuel: "We can be friends… I mean, if you want. It'd be no big deal."
- Kelly: "Sure."
- John: "Okay. Friends."
- — Sam striking up his first conversation with John and Kelly during training[7]
Samuel Westergaard was born on July 10, 2511 on Harvest,[3] a remote human Outer Colony in the Epsilon Indi system. In around 2517, Sam was identified as an extremely talented child destined for a great purpose and was listed as a candidate for Doctor Catherine Halsey's SPARTAN-II program as a result.[1] Later that year, he was abducted by the UNSC Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence on September 23, 2517 at the age of six to be conscripted into the SPARTAN-II program, and was then replaced with a flash clone to hide his absence. Sam was sent to the Naval Officers Academy on Reach in the Epsilon Eridani system to begin training with the other Spartans under the watchful eyes of Halsey, Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez, and Déjà, the dumb AI serving as the Spartans' teacher.[8] Samuel's flash clone would die later that year.[9]
On the first day of training, Mendez divided the Spartan trainees into teams of three. Samuel was assigned into a team with fellow trainees John-117 and Kelly-087. During their first trip to "the playground", John finished first in the competition, while Kelly and Sam came in last. Mendez informed the team that they had lost, simply because, in his words, "Your team loses, you lose. You don't win until your team wins." As their team had finished last, they were not allowed to eat dinner that night.[4] However, the three Spartans had learned a lesson in teamwork and the three never made the same mistake again. The day after, Sam had shoved John and threatened to push him off one of the pillars if he refused to work with them again. During the second run of the playground, the three worked together and achieved third place in the exercise, earning their dinner. The exercise led to the formation of a camaraderie between the three and they became good friends.[10]
Training and augmentations[edit]
- Samuel-034: "Don't worry, I won't let them do anything to you."
- John-117: "I know. Thanks."
- — Sam to John, before the latter engages members of Tango Company in a training simulation[11]
Along with John and Kelly, Samuel formed the Spartan-IIs' first iteration of Blue Team.[12] Sam later trained with his fellow Spartans at the Military Wilderness Training Preserve on Reach. During one of the training operations on July 12, 2519, each Spartan trainee was dropped off at a different point in the preserve and was tasked with reaching an extraction point; the last Spartan to reach the point was to be left behind and forced to walk back.