Owen-B096

Owen-B096 is a SPARTAN-III commando known to be in service with the United Nations Space Command Armed Forces during the Human-Covenant War.

Early life
"Owen-B096"

- Saskia Nazari Owen was born on the colony world of Eremus in the Lambda Serpentis system. The Covenant began a ground invasion of the planet on February 9, 2535 and by the twelfth had begun to glass it. Owen's parents were in a town which fell victim to this orbital bombardment. By the time half the planet's surface had suffered the same treatment Owen was eventually discovered by the Office of Naval Intelligence living on his own in the countryside and eating bugs.

Owen volunteered for the SPARTAN-III program shortly after his home world was destroyed by the Covenant. An exceptional candidate, his tenacity and single-minded focus allowed him to grind his way through the punishing training and augmentation cycle to reach the top honors program. Detached from the rest of his Beta Company comrades for special assignment, he soon applied his lethal talents other war efforts.

Meridian
In 2548 a small Covenant fleet element arrived in the Hestia system near the start of the rainy season on Meridian, one of Hestia V's moons. The UNSC and the Meridian military fought to keep the Covenant from breaching the outer colony world's atmosphere for around a week before their combined defenses finally failed. For the last three days of that effort, Owen fought as part of a team to stop the aliens from getting to the moon's surface. During planetary descent the dropship carrying his team was taken down by the enemy and Owen was separated from the others when it made impact. Owen was also injured in the crash, though his armor managed to take most of the damage inflicted.

The day following the night the Covenant first appeared on Meridian itself, Owen encountered two teenagers at the edge of the coastal village Brume-sur-Mer. A boy and a girl were about to be killed by a Mgalekgolo gestalt beside a warehouse lining Rue Glycine when Owen suddenly barreled into the Hunter at full speed to save them. In doing so he forced it back and prevented it from firing its weapon, yelling for the teens to get clear before being sent flying through the warehouse's wall by the hulking beast. It followed him inside and a short battle between the two ensued, but ultimately Owen emerged victorious and caught up to Saskia and Victor in the forest across the road from town. He asked why they were not in the old town bomb shelter with the rest of Brume-sur-Mer's surviving population, only to be told it was a long story. Seeing that the boy was hurt, he agreed with the girl's assessment that they needed to leave before any more aliens showed up and noted that there had been two Hunters present a few minutes earlier. He asked if they had somewhere in particular to head toward and learned the girl's house was apparently safe. The girl let him know that there were also two more of them who had gone to speak with Salome, the town's artificial intelligence. Owen assured her they would make sure to collect them as well on the way to her house before taking the lead as the trio set out deeper into the woods.



Aftermath
"I know it seems like too much, but give it time. Civilian life will be hard for you now. You'll see."

- Owen offers a word of advice to Dorian, Evie, Saskia, and Victor. Upon docking within the Owen was taken away for medical attention. Within two days he had recovered and given a full report of the four teens' activities on the surface to Daniella, a representative of ONI's Xeno-Materials Exploitation Group. In it he mentioned the discovery of evidence that the Covenant was attempting to retrieve a Forerunner artifact in Old Brume. After those two days had elapsed he was sent to fetch Saskia, surprising her in the middle of the refugee barracks where she'd been staying. She immediately embraced him and was further surprised when he returned the gesture. Owen let her know someone from the Office of Naval Intelligence wanted to speak with she, Dorian, Evie, and Victor. Seeing that Saskia evidently felt woefully unprepared for such a meeting, he put a hand on her shoulder and told he she looked fine, joking that he'd looked a lot worse during his first encounter with ONI. He guided her toward the barracks' exit and down the adjacent corridor, stopping before a door at the end to press one of his hands against an identification lock. When the door slid open the other teens and Daniella were revealed within a conference room. Owen seated himself at the far end of the room's table. Daniella proceeded to offer the four teenage civilians a truncated version of ONI's ground operatives training program and membership within a subset of Meridian's local defense force which would work directly with ONI. After a moment of silence Owen spoke up to say that even though the proposal might seem like a lot then, civilian life would likely be hard for each of them now.

Later career
"Gabriela, you are being deployed to Earth, where you will serve as the caretaker of Outpost Discovery. Spartans Owen and Hazel will escort you there."

- An ONI officer informs Gabriela of her assignment to work with Owen and Hazel. At some point following the ultimately futile defense of Meridian, Owen participated in scorched-earth holding actions in the Sol system. The details concerning these particular actions are not slated to ever be publicized or known to the wider UNSC. In late 2553 Owen and another Spartan-III, Hazel-A302, met with the Spartan-II Linda-058, the "smart" A.I. Athos, and an ONI officer. Linda and Athos had recently returned from a mission in which they had secured another A.I. named Gabriela thought lost around a year prior during the Fall of Reach. The record of all cataloged human history which Gabriela contained made her unique among A.I.s, so Owen and Hazel were tasked with escorting her to Earth. There she would assume the role of caretaker for an Outpost Discovery, a mobile exploratory initiative focused on the education, recruitment, inspiration, and training of the next generation of UNSC personnel. . Both Spartans joined her thereafter in assisting with the outposts, which involved traveling to various major population centers on humanity's home world and interacting directly with civilians in attendance.

Personal characteristics, armor, and effects
Owen primarily specializes in direct action and secondarily specializes in reconnaissance and asset acquisition. Upon first meeting him, Saskia Nazari thought Owen's face looked unlined and boyish, despite his eyes being dark, shrouded, and looking older than the rest of him. At this time his hair was relatively short. Owen's left cheek is marked with an angry red scar. At his full height, he is tall enough to give the appearance of taking up an entire living room-sized space when armored.

During the opening stages of the Battle of Meridian, Owen wore dark blue Mjolnir armor which could look silver in the right sunlight and sported a flat grey faceplate. Later, his blue MJOLNIR Mark V(B) armor consisted of the Assault/Commando chest piece, the Tactical/UGPS unit wrist utility, Security Left shoulder piece, MJOLNIR Mark V Right shoulder piece, Tactical/SOFT CASE utility, and his helmet a MJOLNIR JFO helmet

Behind the Scenes
Owen will be available as an exclusive Xbox avatar costume based on the character that will be provided for those who purchase tickets for Halo: Outpost Discovery.

Gallery
 File:HBB Owen.PNG|Owen as he appears in the cover of Halo: Battle Born. File:OwenAvatar.PNG|An Xbox avatar costume of Owen. File:HaloOutpostDiscovery Poster.png|Owen is featured in this promotional image for Halo: Outpost Discovery. File:LW Debrief.PNG|Owen in Halo: Lone Wolf. File:HLW OD.PNG|Owen at an Outpost Discovery in Halo: Lone Wolf. File:Halo Meridian Divide cover.jpg|Owen on the cover of Halo: Meridian Divide. 

List of appearances

 * Halo: Battle Born
 * Halo: Lone Wolf
 * Halo: Outpost Discovery
 * Halo: Meridian Divide