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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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{{Quote|It's a good job, Kip. Stop worrying. Cap is fair and we make a decent living, better than most out here. | {{Quote|It's a good job, Kip. Stop worrying. Cap is fair and we make a decent living, better than most out here.|Cade reassures Kip concerning the ethical implications of their work.}} | ||
At some point after his eighteenth birthday, Cade enlisted with the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]. As a marine, he fought in numerous theaters during the decades-long [[Human-Covenant War]]. His encounters with [[Mgalekgolo]] especially left deep scars, as he saw people killed ruthlessly by them a hundred times or more. The last time he saw one was around [[2551]], after he had already been discharged and become a salvager. He killed more than his fair share of [[Unggoy]] and [[Kig-Yar]], and even a few [[Sangheili]], during the war. On a select few occasions, he had even seen [[Spartan]]s in action. During the war, Cade's home world was [[glassed]] by the [[Covenant]] and his entire family was killed. In one fell swoop, he lost his wife, his two children, his parents, and his siblings. When he was honorably discharged the return to civilian life was difficult for him, as he had nowhere to go and nobody to call family.<ref name="ITF"/> Eventually, he found work on a [[salvager|salvage]] ship, the ''[[Hakon]]'', and it was there that he first met Rion Forge. On Rion's twenty-fourth birthday in [[2549]], she got into a fight with a crew member named [[Sorely]] in the ship's cargo hold. A crowd gathered to watch the fight and place bets. When Sorely tried to throw Rion against the bulkhead, she instead was slammed into Cade. He caught her and whispered in her ear that sorely had bad knees and a left shoulder injury before smacking her on the ass an pushing her back toward him. So shocked at his audacity, she was blindsided by a punch to the face and dropped to the deck. However, Cade's advice ultimately caused her to overcome Sorely, who she killed. Rion would go on to become the captain of the ''[[Hakon]] in [[2551]] after the deaths of its captain, [[Bjorn Birger]], and his wife, [[Unn Birger|Unn]]. Eventually Rion left the ''Hakon'' behind and instead acquired the ''[[Ace of Spades]]'', a modified {{Class|Mariner|transport ship}}. Cade followed her. [[New Tyne]], [[Venezia]], became the place from which they conducted salvaging runs.<ref name="ITF"/> On a few occasions, the crew stumbled upon human remains amidst wreckage. In July of [[2556]], the crew of the ''Ace of Spades'' vacationed on [[Sundown]], and by December of that same year, it fell into one of its largest paydays ever. Rion personally participated in a four-way bidding war for a small piece of a Forerunner navigational databoard at a small bazaar on [[Komoya]], and after winning the bidding war, she sold the databoard to a Sangheili for a large profit.<ref name="F289/290">''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', ''[[Into the Fire]]'', ''pages 289-290''</ref> In January of the [[2557|new year]], the crew returned to Venezia after having been gone for six weeks. There, another profit was made through the sale of a [[stasis field]] generator, [[Type-25 Spiker]]s, and [[Type-51 carbine]]s.<ref name="ITF"/> | At some point after his eighteenth birthday, Cade enlisted with the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]. As a marine, he fought in numerous theaters during the decades-long [[Human-Covenant War]]. His encounters with [[Mgalekgolo]] especially left deep scars, as he saw people killed ruthlessly by them a hundred times or more. The last time he saw one was around [[2551]], after he had already been discharged and become a salvager. He killed more than his fair share of [[Unggoy]] and [[Kig-Yar]], and even a few [[Sangheili]], during the war. On a select few occasions, he had even seen [[Spartan]]s in action. During the war, Cade's home world was [[glassed]] by the [[Covenant]] and his entire family was killed. In one fell swoop, he lost his wife, his two children, his parents, and his siblings. When he was honorably discharged the return to civilian life was difficult for him, as he had nowhere to go and nobody to call family.<ref name="ITF"/> Eventually, he found work on a [[salvager|salvage]] ship, the ''[[Hakon]]'', and it was there that he first met Rion Forge. On Rion's twenty-fourth birthday in [[2549]], she got into a fight with a crew member named [[Sorely]] in the ship's cargo hold. A crowd gathered to watch the fight and place bets. When Sorely tried to throw Rion against the bulkhead, she instead was slammed into Cade. He caught her and whispered in her ear that sorely had bad knees and a left shoulder injury before smacking her on the ass an pushing her back toward him. So shocked at his audacity, she was blindsided by a punch to the face and dropped to the deck. However, Cade's advice ultimately caused her to overcome Sorely, who she killed. Rion would go on to become the captain of the ''[[Hakon]] in [[2551]] after the deaths of its captain, [[Bjorn Birger]], and his wife, [[Unn Birger|Unn]]. Eventually Rion left the ''Hakon'' behind and instead acquired the ''[[Ace of Spades]]'', a modified {{Class|Mariner|transport ship}}. Cade followed her. [[New Tyne]], [[Venezia]], became the place from which they conducted salvaging runs.<ref name="ITF"/> On a few occasions, the crew stumbled upon human remains amidst wreckage. In July of [[2556]], the crew of the ''Ace of Spades'' vacationed on [[Sundown]], and by December of that same year, it fell into one of its largest paydays ever. Rion personally participated in a four-way bidding war for a small piece of a Forerunner navigational databoard at a small bazaar on [[Komoya]], and after winning the bidding war, she sold the databoard to a Sangheili for a large profit.<ref name="F289/290">''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', ''[[Into the Fire]]'', ''pages 289-290''</ref> In January of the [[2557|new year]], the crew returned to Venezia after having been gone for six weeks. There, another profit was made through the sale of a [[stasis field]] generator, [[Type-25 Spiker]]s, and [[Type-51 carbine]]s.<ref name="ITF"/> | ||