Thomas Lasky
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182 centimetres (5 ft 11 in)[3] |
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- "There's a soldier inside of you, Thomas. I can see it. Everyone can see it. You need to see it; I know your brother did."
- — Colonel Kennedy Mehaffey speaking to Thomas Lasky[5]
Captain Thomas J. Lasky (service number 98604-72690-TL) is a senior officer of the UNSC Navy who served throughout the Human-Covenant War and, in the postwar era, played a key role in the conflicts with Covenant remnants and Forerunner Promethean constructs.[6]
Since at least 2552, then-Commander Lasky served as Captain Andrew Del Rio's executive officer aboard the UNSC Infinity. In July 2557,[7] Del Rio was replaced as captain by Lasky just prior to the Didact's assault on Earth.[8] Lasky was instrumental in helping the Master Chief stop the vengeful Forerunner, and under his leadership, the Infinity would play a key role in numerous important missions.
When the Created seized power in late 2558, Lasky ordered a tactical retreat, resolving to fight only when a way to do so could be found.[9] In December 2559, the Infinity was attacked by the Banished over Installation 07 while bringing an end to Cortana.[10] While Lasky managed to escape from the ship,[11] his transmission to transmit a rendezvous point was cut off abruptly,[12] leaving his fate unknown to the UNSC survivors on the fragmented section of Zeta Halo,[13] although Spartan Tomas Horvath hoped that Lasky and the other missing personnel from the Infinity were fighting the Banished elsewhere on the Halo ring.[14]
Biography[edit]
Childhood and education[edit]
- Chyler Silva: "Look, you want people to change, you want this war to end?"
- Thomas Lasky: "Yeah, of course."
- Chyler Silva: "Then you're going to need people to follow you."
- — Silva and Lasky exchanging words following Mehaffey's lecture on Hannibal[5]
Thomas Lasky was born on August 15, 2510[2] to Colonel Audrey Lasky, his mother, in Tricode Village, Mare Erythraeum, Mars and grew up in New Harmony.[Note 2] During his childhood, he became friends with Petra Janecek.[15][16] He began his officer training as a freshman cadet in Corbulo Academy of Military Science on Circinius IV sometime preceding spring 2526, months after hostilities between the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant began. The existence of the aliens was covered up by the Office of Naval Intelligence at the time, however, and the cadets continued to train to fight human rebels. Organized into Hastati Squad, a freshman unit in the class of 2529, Lasky originally began as a team leader during field exercises.[17]
During his time at the school, he regularly exchanged video messages with his brother Cadmon, a former student of Corbulo Academy then serving as an ODST fighting in the front lines of the Insurrection. Enjoying a close friendship with his brother, Thomas was deeply struck when Cadmon was killed, starting to express doubt about the sensibility of the UNSC waging war against the Insurrectionists and viewing his training with cynicism, failing to take the exercises seriously anymore. As there were no remains their mother felt Thomas should not leave school to attend his brother's funeral. Meanwhile, Lasky continued to replay his brother's messages in his spare time.[5][17]
Lasky's reputation suffered at his constant disregard for the orders of his superiors and displaying a lack of proficient knowledge of infantry tactics. He was subsequently relieved of his duties as team leader, which then fell to squadmate Walter Vickers. Despite this, he continued to ignore orders and continued to lead Hastati in receiving low combat scores. Lasky's sympathy for the Insurrectionist cause earned him a great deal of denigration from the rest of the squad. Worse, his health declined rapidly during the school's mandatory acclimation to cryosleep; he suffered from large blisters and a persistent cough.
