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[[Lieutenant]] '''SPARTAN-B312'''<ref name="profile">[http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24527 '''Bungie.net''': ''SPARTAN-312 Personnel Profile'']</ref> was a [[SPARTAN-III program|Spartan-III supersoldier]] attached to [[Special Warfare Command|Special Warfare]] [[Special Warfare Group Three|Group Three]] of the [[UNSC Army]].<ref name="vis"/> During the [[Fall of Reach]] in summer [[2552]], he served as a member of [[NOBLE Team]] under the call sign '''"Noble Six"'''.<ref name="award">'''Halo: Reach''': ''[[Halo: Reach Video Games Awards Trailer|Video Games Award Trailer]]''</ref> Although unknown to most of the UNSC military and humanity in general due to the classified nature of his operations, Dr. Catherine Halsey stated that B312 shared a "hyper lethal" rating with only one other [[Spartan]]<ref name="rise"/> and served just as essential a role in securing humanity's victory in the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | [[Lieutenant]] '''SPARTAN-B312'''<ref name="profile">[http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24527 '''Bungie.net''': ''SPARTAN-312 Personnel Profile'']</ref> was a [[SPARTAN-III program|Spartan-III supersoldier]] attached to [[Special Warfare Command|Special Warfare]] [[Special Warfare Group Three|Group Three]] of the [[UNSC Army]].<ref name="vis"/> During the [[Fall of Reach]] in summer [[2552]], he served as a member of [[NOBLE Team]] under the call sign '''"Noble Six"'''.<ref name="award">'''Halo: Reach''': ''[[Halo: Reach Video Games Awards Trailer|Video Games Award Trailer]]''</ref> Although unknown to most of the UNSC military and humanity in general due to the classified nature of his operations, Dr. Catherine Halsey stated that B312 shared a "hyper-lethal" rating with only one other [[Spartan]]<ref name="rise"/><ref group="note">By "hyper-lethal", Halsey presumably refers to [http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24527 Noble Six's file], in which [[Urban Holland|Colonel Urban Holland]] describes B312 as ''"...more akin to a hyper-lethal vector than a soldier."'' Ostensibly, the "one other Spartan" Halsey mentions is meant to draw parallels between Noble Six and the ''Halo'' series protagonist [[John-117]], as both characters' exploits in gameplay are defined by the player's actions. Given the wording in Six's file, however, it is somewhat questionable whether "hyper-lethal" is a legitimate "rating" at all, or merely a descriptive phrase used by Colonel Holland. The information sheet for Spartans in ''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' suggests the latter, mentioning that ''"each Spartan is a hyper-lethal special forces operative"''. In this light, assuming every Spartan is indeed regarded as "hyper-lethal", Halsey's remark in the ''[[Halo: Reach ViDoc: A Spartan Will Rise|A Spartan Will Rise]]'' vidoc could even be interpreted as sarcasm.</ref> and served just as essential a role in securing humanity's victory in the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | ||
Because his file was heavily redacted by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], much of SPARTAN-B312's early life is unknown. The Spartan was originally a [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]] candidate whose performance so impressed his superiors that he (along with a small number of his peers, designated "cat 2") was reassigned immediately after training before the inevitable bloodbath of [[Operation: TORPEDO]]. As one of the few remaining contemporary Spartan-IIIs, B312 was repurposed as a counter-terrorist operator, performing black operations. After several years of being fielded against [[Insurrectionist]]s, B312 was transferred from his ONI handlers to Spartan NOBLE Team, where took the deceased [[Thom-A293]]'s place as "Noble Six". B312's transfer to NOBLE came immediately at the start of the [[Fall of Reach]], placing the Spartan in a new territory of teamwork against the Covenant. | Because his file was heavily redacted by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], much of SPARTAN-B312's early life is unknown. The Spartan was originally a [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]] candidate whose performance so impressed his superiors that he (along with a small number of his peers, designated "cat 2") was reassigned immediately after training before the inevitable bloodbath of [[Operation: TORPEDO]]. As one of the few remaining contemporary Spartan-IIIs, B312 was repurposed as a counter-terrorist operator, performing black operations. After several years of being fielded against [[Insurrectionist]]s, B312 was transferred from his ONI handlers to Spartan NOBLE Team, where took the deceased [[Thom-A293]]'s place as "Noble Six". B312's transfer to NOBLE came immediately at the start of the [[Fall of Reach]], placing the Spartan in a new territory of teamwork against the Covenant. | ||
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{{Quote|Noble Six. The team's most recent addition ... my, my. So much black ink ... Six has made entire militia groups disappear. Curious ... "hyper lethal". There's only one other Spartan with that rating.|Dr. Catherine Halsey<ref name="rise">[[Halo: Reach ViDoc: A Spartan Will Rise|'''Halo: Reach ViDoc''': ''A Spartan Will Rise'']]</ref>}} | {{Quote|Noble Six. The team's most recent addition ... my, my. So much black ink ... Six has made entire militia groups disappear. Curious ... "hyper-lethal". There's only one other Spartan with that rating.|Dr. Catherine Halsey<ref name="rise">[[Halo: Reach ViDoc: A Spartan Will Rise|'''Halo: Reach ViDoc''': ''A Spartan Will Rise'']]</ref>}} | ||
Over the course of B312's career, the Spartan gained a reputation as an efficient lone-wolf assassin, having single-handedly broken terrorist organizations and made entire rebel groups disappear.<ref name="profile"/> He was also a test pilot in a top-secret UNSC project, the Sabre Program, which resulted in the development of the [[YSS-1000 Sabre]] [[space fighter]].<ref name="e32010">'''Halo: Reach''': ''[[Halo: Reach E3 Campaign Demo|E3 Campaign Demo]]''</ref><ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=2010E3 '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo: Reach E3 2010 Trailer'']</ref> B312 used these skills to great effect in a counter-insurgency operation on [[Mamore]] on [[2552#May|May 10, 2552]], thus gaining the approval of [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] and resulting in the Spartan's assignment to NOBLE Team.<ref>'''Halo: Reach Game Manual'''</ref> Despite his hardened combat record 312 had never witnessed a [[glassing]] prior to the Fall of Reach.<ref name="alex"/> | Over the course of B312's career, the Spartan gained a reputation as an efficient lone-wolf assassin, having single-handedly broken terrorist organizations and made entire rebel groups disappear.<ref name="profile"/> He was also a test pilot in a top-secret UNSC project, the Sabre Program, which resulted in the development of the [[YSS-1000 Sabre]] [[space fighter]].<ref name="e32010">'''Halo: Reach''': ''[[Halo: Reach E3 Campaign Demo|E3 Campaign Demo]]''</ref><ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=2010E3 '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo: Reach E3 2010 Trailer'']</ref> B312 used these skills to great effect in a counter-insurgency operation on [[Mamore]] on [[2552#May|May 10, 2552]], thus gaining the approval of [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] and resulting in the Spartan's assignment to NOBLE Team.<ref>'''Halo: Reach Game Manual'''</ref> Despite his hardened combat record 312 had never witnessed a [[glassing]] prior to the Fall of Reach.<ref name="alex"/> | ||
