Chyler Silva

Chyler Silva was an officer cadet of the UNSC Defense Force. She attended Corbulo Academy of Military Science during the early years of the Human-Covenant War as part of the class of 2529.

Biography
She grew up on Cygnus, a colony world where violence between insurrectionists and UNSC supporters was a common occurrence, and both of her parents died in battle against rebels. A member of Hastati Squad, her performance in training exercises was typically exemplary. Although most other members of Hastati Squad berated Thomas Lasky for his poor performance in combat exercises and not taking his training seriously, Silva continuously attempted to encourage him to become a better soldier. Having experienced the harsh reality of the Insurrection firsthand, she was not convinced by Lasky's pacifism, maintaining that military action by the UNSC was the only way to end the war. Silva's efforts eventually paid off, with Lasky volunteering to lead the squad during a capture the flag exercise and devising an ingenious tactical maneuver which allowed Hastati Squad to catch the opposing team completely by surprise.

As the Battle at Corbulo Academy started, Hastati Squad retreated to the dormitory hiding in Lasky's room. They heard screaming outside and saw a Spec-Ops Sangheili killing a cadet. They decided they had to leave, JJ volunteered to take point he waited until the elite went into another room to run. After a short distance Chen stopped, the Sanghieli then deactiveated his active camo revealing Chen to be impaled on his energy sword. The rest of the squad then ran for the armory shutting the door behind them. While Lasky sent a distress signal, the rest of the squad attempted to open the weapons locker, eventually Vickers attempted to bash it open. The Sangheili from earlier started to break down the door causing the squad to hide, Vickers got separated hiding on the other side of the room. As the Sangheili neared the rest of the squad's position Vickers, in order to give the squad a chance to escape, revealed his location to the Sangheili, being quickly cut down by its energy sword. The Sangheili then turned his attention back to the squad, slowly walking toward them until John-117 snuck up behind it and stabbed it in the neck. While waiting in a hallway for the Master Chief to return, Sullivan began questioning what was going on, referring to the Chief as a "giant robot", questioning whether he would even come back. Lasky noticed that Chyler was upset, she told him she didn't know if she was okay. When Master Chief asked who the best shot was, Sullivan said it was him most likely, Lasky said Chyler was the best shot. As they went outside the squad saw their fellow cadets and soldiers dead all around them. During the escape Sullivan was shot in the leg by a Kig-Yar sharpshooter, who attempted to kill him, but John-117 saved him. Chyler and April attempted to cover Lasky as he got the Warthog started, they both soon ran out of ammo, until Chyler looked on the ground and found a Covenant Carbine. She picked it up accidently firing it, then used it to kill one of the Kig-Yar on the roof. After John killed the other Kig-Yar, the others ran for the Warthog to escape.

Production notes
She is portrayed by English actress Anna Popplewell in the Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn live-action webseries.

List of appearances

 * Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn