Phoenix Logs/UNSC Units/Lance Corporal Sparks


 * lst Squad, lst Platoon, B Company, 9th Shock Troops Battalion.


 * Major Vaughan's command squad, callsign Sunray 1-1, is the lead element of
 * Boomerang Company, the UNSC's most elite force of Orbital Drop Shock
 * Troopers [though that's what they all say].


 * Designated Marksman.


 * Sparks is the squad sniper, and something of a wildcard even among the Spirit
 * of Fire's impressively large cast of misfits and rogues. Sparks' long list of non—
 * judicial punishments and reprimands would have landed him a full—time billet in
 * the ship's brig were it not for two unique qualities: his unparalleled skill with a
 * SRS-99 anti-materiel rifle, and supernatural ability to acquire the rarest [and
 * tastiest] meal packs on the ship. Luckily, Helljumpers value good chow and a
 * good shot more than adherence to UNSC regulations, which keeps this "Lance
 * Criminal" from behind bars—so far.


 * Sparks provides fire support for the command squad with his sniper rifle and
 * assists Turpin by designating priority targets for her drone. He also contributes
 * to the squad's morale with his vast knowledge of terrible jokes and patently
 * ridiculous [but completely true] "war stories" from his civilian days.