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{{Character infobox|variant= Human | {{Character infobox | ||
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|name=Devon Sparks | |||
|image=[[File:HW2 Sparks.png|300px]] | |||
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****[[Boomerang Company]] | ****[[Boomerang Company]] | ||
*****[[First Platoon (Spirit of Fire)|First Platoon]] | *****[[First Platoon (Spirit of Fire)|First Platoon]] | ||
******[[Sunray Squad]] | ******[[Sunray Squad]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFFrosty}}{{Ref/Reuse|PL}} | ||
|rank=[[UNSC rank structure|Lance Corporal]] | |rank=[[UNSC rank structure|Lance Corporal]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFFrosty}}{{Ref/Reuse|PL}} | ||
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'''Lance Corporal Sparks''' is an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] in the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]. He is the designated marksman of [[ | '''Lance Corporal Devon Sparks'''{{Ref/Novel|Id=Fireside|Halo: Fireside}} is an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] in the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]. He is the designated marksman of [[Sunray 1-1]], part of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}'s [[Boomerang Company]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFFrosty}}{{Ref/Reuse|PL}} | ||
== | ==Biography== | ||
Sparks was | Sparks was present on the modified {{Class|Phoenix|colony ship}}, ''Spirit of Fire'', on [[2531|February 4, 2531]] when it arrived at the [[Outer Colony]] of [[Harvest]] to fight the Covenant's [[Fleet of Glorious Interdiction]] there. He then went on to witness the [[Battle for Arcadia]] and the [[Battle of the Trove|fight]] between the UNSC crew and the Fleet of Glorious Interdiction within the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] known as [[Trove]]. After the ship's [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|Shaw-Fujikawa translight engine]] was sacrificed to destroy the shield world, Sparks entered [[cryostasis]] along with the other survivors. | ||
Over twenty-eight years later, Sparks and everyone else were awakened to find themselves drifting above the extragalactic [[Installation 00]], also known as the Ark. There, the vessel's forces were forced to contend with the [[Banished]], a heavily-armed faction of ex-Covenant that sought to control the Ark largely due to its capacity for producing [[Halo]] superweapons. After the departure of [[Installation 09|a newly-created]] [[Halo ring]] put it beyond the Banished's grasp on [[2559|April 2, 2559]], the [[Mgalekgolo]] pair known as [[Colony]] hatched a plot which [[James Cutter]], captain of the ''Spirit of Fire'', had no choice but to respond to. Sparks was attached to [[Sunray 1-1]], which was tasked with stopping Colony's scheme as part of [[Operation: SPEARBREAKER]]. He was accompanied on this mission by [[Major]] [[Elijah Vaughan]], [[Warrant Officer]] [[Alannah Quinn]], [[Petty Officer]] [[Helena Gruss]], and [[Corporal]] [[Chloe Turpin]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFFrosty}}{{Ref/Reuse|PL}} | |||
Sunray's most recent missions involve the elimination of Banished commanders identified by Isabel as being critical to Atriox's attempts to harness the Ark's power. Shortly after SPEARBREAKER, Sunray accomplished a successful clandestine assassination of a Jiralhanae captain. Employing tactics gleaned from archived after-action reports from [[Operation: GREY VEIL]] on [[Heian]], Sparks landed a killshot that has quickly become legend amongst other marksmen aboard the ''Spirit of Fire''. | Sunray's most recent missions involve the elimination of Banished commanders identified by Isabel as being critical to Atriox's attempts to harness the Ark's power. Shortly after SPEARBREAKER, Sunray accomplished a successful clandestine assassination of a [[Jiralhanae]] [[Captain (Covenant)|captain]]. Employing tactics gleaned from archived after-action reports from [[Operation: GREY VEIL]] on [[Heian]], Sparks landed a killshot that has quickly become legend amongst other marksmen aboard the ''Spirit of Fire''.{{Ref/Reuse|CF100}} Following this assassination, the team retreated to [[Quebec Base]] with [[thorn beast]] meat looted from the Banished base, and spent the evening of May 21, 2559 enjoying a cookout with the Marine forces who had supported their mission.{{Ref/Reuse|Fireside}} | ||
Upon returning from their successful mission, Sunray wasted no time in moving on to meet additional challenges. Deployed into some of the most hostile, Banished-occupied areas of Installation 00, Sunray has encountered hostile resistance from [[Jiralhanae Warlord|Brute Warlords]], errant [[Sentinels]], and Forerunner [[armiger]] contingents alike.{{Ref/Site|Id=CF100|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/sweet-centennial|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Sweet Centennial|D=24|M=09|Y=2021}} | |||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
Sparks is something of a wildcard even among the Spirit of Fire's impressively large cast of misfits and rogues. His 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 an [[SRS99 series|SRS99 anti-materiel rifle]] and his seemingly-supernatural ability to acquire the rarest (and tastiest) meal packs on the ship. | Sparks is something of a wildcard even among the Spirit of Fire's impressively large cast of misfits and rogues. His 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 an [[SRS99 series|SRS99 anti-materiel rifle]] and his seemingly-supernatural ability to acquire the rarest (and tastiest) meal packs on the ship. {{Ref/Reuse|CFFrosty}}{{Ref/Reuse|PL}} | ||
Sparks is renowned in Sunray as the oldest member of the team, leading to other members joking about his age as an exaggerated hundreds of years old. He demonstrates a respect for military classification and accuracy in reporting - frequently interrupting his teammates' recount of his sniper kill shot to correct them on trivial pieces of information - though with a wry smile on his face.{{Ref/Reuse|Fireside}} | |||
==Equipment== | |||
Sparks is unparalleled in the use of the [[SRS99 series]] of [[sniper rifle]]s, though as of the conflict on the Ark he favours the use of an [[M99A2S3 Stanchion]] manufactured aboard ''Spirit of Fire'', fitted with an [[Ohana Prescient Systems]] [[ATLAS HISHOT PRO-X]] scope. Sparks has further-customised his weapon, adorning it with a [[Camouflage|Dazzle camo pattern]], ODST and scorpion [[Keepsake|tokens]], and the message "''Harvest sends its regards!''" written on the side. He also employs a [[SinoViet LCX-20V1 sensor module]] attached to his [[ODST armor|ODST helmet]], alongside a [[Wikipedia:Ghillie suit|Ghillie suit]] atop his ODST armour. Sparks keeps a [[combat knife]] mounted on the left side of his chestplate.{{Ref/Reuse|CF100}} | |||
Overall, the information provided by Sparks' LCX-20V1 sensor module in combination with other information feeds from Boomerang Company's [[UNSC battle network|battle network]] (such as Turpin's personal [[MQ-96 Support Drone]], [[Hank]]) allow Sparks access to a wide variety of long-range threat assessments and target-tracking data.{{Ref/Reuse|CF100}} | |||
==In-game information== | |||
===''Halo Wars 2''=== | |||
In ''[[Halo Wars 2: Operation: SPEARBREAKER]]''{{'}}s campaign, Sparks is one of the ODSTs present in the Sunray 1-1 hero unit. For gameplay information on Sunray 1-1, see [[Vaughan/Gameplay|here]]. | |||
====Phoenix Log==== | |||
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|+ '''[[Phoenix Logs|Phoenix Log]] - Lance Corporal Sparks''' | |||
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==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:ODST-Sparks Model.png|Sparks' in-game model in HW2 | |||
</gallery> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' | ||
**''[[Halo Wars 2: Operation: SPEARBREAKER]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Fireside]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
{{Sunray 1-1}} | |||
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[[Category:Human characters]] | |||
[[Category:UNSC Marine Corps enlisted personnel]] | [[Category:UNSC Marine Corps enlisted personnel]] | ||
[[Category:Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] | [[Category:Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] | ||