Tomas Horvath
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Tomas Horvath is a SPARTAN-IV supersoldier of Fireteam Intrepid in the United Nations Space Command.[2]
Biography[edit]
Early life and UNSC enlistment[edit]
Tomas Horvath was born in Kuyik on Alluvion on February 3, 2528.[1][2] He grew up hunting in the plains outside Kuyik with his father and his older brothers.[4] In 2542, the Covenant laid siege to Alluvion,[5] and a teenage Horvath fled with his family.[1] Horvath enlisted in the UNSC and was eventually accepted into the ranks of the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. However, an equipment failure on his first live jump left him with a shattered spine, but an even stronger resolve. After intense physical therapy programs, Horvath saw the Spartan branch as an opportunity to be reborn, leveraging the program's extensive augmentation suite to become more than he ever dreamed of. Horvath went on to serve as part of Fireteam Intrepid.[2]
Post-War years[edit]
Throughout the Post-Covenant War conflicts between 2557 and 2559, Fireteam Intrepid, presumably including Tomas Horvath, had worked alongside John-117 and Blue Team on numerous occasions. They were considered one of the best Spartan outfits on the UNSC Infinity.[6]
Operation: WOLFE[edit]
- Main article: Operation: WOLFE
In October 2559, Fireteam Intrepid, presumably including Horvath, was deployed alongside Fireteam Taurus, assigned to aid Spartan Commander Sarah Palmer in securing nuclear weapons in possession of the Viery Militia toward the end of the Battle of New Mohács.[6]
Battle for Zeta Halo[edit]
- Main article: Battle for Zeta Halo
On December 12, 2559, Tomas Horvath was onboard UNSC Infinity when it was ambushed by Banished forces upon arrival at Installation 07. As the Infinity fell to the Banished assault, Captain Thomas Lasky was evacuated from the ship, and Spartan Hudson Griffin ordered all Spartans to evacuate.[7] Horvath, along with other members of his fireteam, left the ship on drop pods. Fireteam Intrepid landed in a sector of the ring occupied by the Banished, and entered battle upon landfall.[8]
On the next day, while Fireteam Intrepid made its way to a trio of Kywasky Workshop Gorespike cannons the Banished had set up south of the Silent Auditorium, they picked up a distress call from Lucas Browning, one of the survivors from the trapped SKT-29 Bumblebee Papa Tango Delta 09. Intrepid’s leader, Si Wheeler, commanded Horvath to locate the Bumblebee and assist its survivors. However, while Horvath made his way to the Bumblebee, Installation 07 suddenly entered slipstream space. Shortly after, an explosion on the ring fractured its surface. The ring's surface ripped open and flung Horvath off his feet, sending him tumbling across a plateau.[1] Amidst the chaos, Horvath lost contact with his fireteam, and his tumble disabled his armor systems,[9] including its motion tracker, active camoflage, and long range communications.[1]
On December 17, Horvath found a small party of Jiralhanae. He followed the party in hopes of being led to a camp or an outpost with a communications array, which would allow him to contact friendly forces. On December 18,[Note 1] Horvath followed Banished forces to an area of the ring that was nearly fractured in two, with a land bridge connecting two fragments of the ring. While attempting to contact other UNSC forces, Horvath was discovered by a pair of Jiralhanae.[10] In the ensuing chase, the Jiralhanae pursued Horvath on their Phantom and destroyed the bridge, causing the fragment to break away. Caught on the fragment, Horvath was buried by a landslide as the fragment flipped. The Spartan managed to dig his way out, but was left stranded on the fragment.[4] After two days alone on the fragment, Horvath discovered the wreckage of the Phantom that pursued him. The Phantom was attacked by an Aggressor Sentinel for destroying the alloys supporting the land bridge, and, in the ensuing crash, the Phantom pinned down the Aggressor underneath its hull. Horvath was unable to pull the Aggressor out alone, and opted to explore a nearby Forerunner superstructure, and then finally the Phantom. Inside the Phantom, he found a collection of Forerunner artifacts, weapons, excavation tools, and the Bloodstar Gorian, one of the two Jiralhanae that had discovered him two days prior; Gorian was the lone survivor of the crash, though he was trapped between the crushed hull and a jump seat. Without any alternate means to escape the fragment, Horvath freed Gorian. After a short brawl, the two formed a truce until they could escape the fragment, though both intended to kill the other once they returned to the main fragment.[11] The two spent four days digging the Aggressor out from under the Phantom in hopes to hijack its impulse drive, then use it to fly across the ring's breach to the main fragment.[12] On December 25, the two had dug out the Aggressor; Horvath’s AI Elfie disabled the sentinel's operative directive and hijacked its impulse drive, allowing the duo to hold the sentin