Michael Crespo

"Private First Class Michael Crespo. Mickey. Smart enough to be a pilot, but trained to blow stuff up. He's never seen a planet get glassed. I hope he won't see it today."

- Buck's description of Mickey.

Michael "Mickey" Crespo (Service Number 51033-15973-MC) is an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper in the UNSC Marine Corps. He served in a Squad led by GySgt Edward Buck during the First Battle of Earth.

Summary
Being an ODST is Mickey's favorite of all the positions he's been in. He is the demolition expert and pilot for the Squad. According to his file, he is highly creative, a risk taker and a daredevil. Despite being an experienced combatant, he is somewhat unique among his squad brothers, never having witnessed a planet get glassed by the Covenant. He holds the lowest rank and was the last to enlist of all the members on the Squad.

Early life
Mickey was born in 2530 in Crisium City in Naniwa, Luna. Despite this, he has never visited Earth, and has only seen it from a transport craft window. Mickey's parents were Insurrectionists and they died wiring a bomb to a government building, and he never got to know them well because he was very young at the time. He was placed in foster care, during which he studied subjects such as UNSC history and work productivity.

Military Career
He signed up for UNSCDF service on June 4th, 2548, as mandatory military service was a requirement for freedom from foster care. After the mandatory service, he had the chance to quit the military, but he decided to stay as he considered it home. Both he and The Rookie enlisted in the same year, and were both students before they enlisted. It is likely that they both knew each other before joining the UNSC.

He was a pilot and then Crew Chief on a Pelican dropship for sometime before becoming an ODST with the rank of Private First Class. Before the First Battle of Earth, he had undergone EVA training and finished in the top of his class, as well as three HEV drops.

First Battle of Earth
Mickey served during the First Battle of Earth in 2552. He and his squad, along with a larger ODST force were stationed aboard the, with the mission to assault the Prophet of Regret's Flagship above the city of New Mombasa.

During the drop to New Mombasa, Mickey's drop pod was caught in the EMP from the Prophet of Regret's retreating Assault Carrier. It lost power and slammed into The Rookie's pod, cracking the window and causing the Rookie's pod to land farther away from his squad.

Later that day, Mickey rejoined with Dutch in and defended the ONI Alpha Site complex with him. Some time after the battle, they acquired a Pelican dropship from the NMPD, and were preparing to pick up Romeo and Buck from a landing pad in the NMPD Headquarters building. However, two Banshees appeared and shot the Pelican down. Buck and Romeo proceeded to rescue them.

Trivia

 * He is unlocked for use in Firefight by getting the Kizingo Boulevard achievement.
 * He enlisted more than four months before his 18th birthday. This means he was able to enlist despite being only 17 years old. This, however, can be explained by the fact that Romeo and John Forge were able to enlist at age 16, which is considered the legal age limit for the UNSC.
 * Mickey's Blood Type is A-.
 * He's voiced by Alan Tudyk. An actor from the show Firefly (as is Nathan Fillion and Adam Baldwin). Coincidentally his character from the show was also a pilot.
 * Both Mickey and The Rookie came from Naniwa, Luna, and enlisted on the same year, and were both students before they enlisted. Despite being born on Luna, Mickey has allegedly never visited Earth, and has only seen it from a transport craft window.