William-043: Difference between revisions

|name       = William

|image       =

|spartantag = SPARTAN-043

|homeworld   =

|birth       = [[2511]]

|death       = November 3, [[2552]]

|species     = [[Human]]

|gender     = Male

|height     = 7 feet

|hair       = Black

|eyes       =  

|cyber       =

|affiliation = [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]]

|rank       = [[Petty Officer Second Class]]

|specialty   = Rockets and hand-to-hand combat

|battles     =  

*[[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]

*[[Battle of Reach]]

*[[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]

*[[First Battle of Earth]]

*[[Battle of Onyx]]

*numerous others

 

'''Petty Officer Second Class William-043''' was a [[Spartan-II]] supersoldier. Because the [[Spartan-II]]s' numbers had been thinned by the war, it seems that he developed a close working relationship with [[Fredric-104]]. He was one of the few Spartans to survive the catastrophic [[Battle of Reach]], but he was later killed on [[Onyx]] by a [[Mgalekgolo]] pair, after valiantly engaging them in hand-to-hand combat. Though, because of ONI's [[Office of Naval Intelligence Directive 930|continuing plan]] to hide all [[KIA]] Spartans as [[MIA]], so the legend that Spartans never die is continued with the "MIA" status of Will-043.

Will was resolved to be a very reserved, but an extremely determined individual. [[John-117]] once noted "''He never failed to complete his missions.''" When he was younger, he was the one who always had the jokes and riddles that would keep the spirits of the Spartans high. Over the years however, his lifetime of combat had hardened him, as it had all of the Spartans. Within Will, John thought, something special had been lost. He preferred his shortened name, "Will" over "William", which he thought of as too formal. He seems to have a talent for using the [[Rocket Launcher]]. He could shoot down a moving [[Banshee]] at long range. He also shows exceptional hand-to-hand combat skills. Before his death, he was able to grapple with and slay a Hunter even though he was completely unarmed. Despite this, the grapple cost him his life, as he was struck at point-blank range by the other Hunter's [[Assault Cannon]]. Will is sometimes considered as one of the most courageous Spartans, along with Sam-034 and Kurt-051.

William-043 was conscripted into the SPARTAN-II program in [[2517]], at age six, when [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] singled him out as a physically and intellectually superior child. He was then replaced with a [[Flash Clone]] and taken to [[Reach]], where he was trained by [[Deja]] and [[Chief Petty Officer Mendez]] along with the rest of the Spartan Children. He was part of the missions to the [[Military Reservation 01478-B]], [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]], and several missions in the [[Highland Mountains]].

During the continuing [[Second Battle of Earth]], Will aided [[Fred-104]] and [[Linda-058]] in defending [[Earth]] for two weeks after the {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} disappeared. Will and Blue Team stopped a Covenant invasion of [[Mount Erebus]] in [[Antarctica]] through use of a [[HAVOK Nuclear Warhead]]. They also destroyed Covenant forces on the sea floor near the [[Yucatan Peninsula]]. Lastly, Blue Team went to [[Havana]], [[Cuba]], to battle Covenant forces who had taken control of the [[Centennial Orbital Elevator]] and were attempting to use it to bring captured [[FENRIS Nuclear Warhead]]s to orbiting ships. Blue Team destroyed the Covenant forces, captured the warheads, and destroyed a docking capital ship.

 

Soon, [[Lord Hood]] sent a transmission to [[Fred-104]] informing them that Doctor Halsey requested Spartan reinforcements on Onyx. William, Fred, and Linda travelled to Onyx by capturing the [[Covenant Destroyer]] ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'' and using it to travel there.

After landing on Onyx, William and the other Spartans soon encountered [[Kurt-051]], Halsey, [[Kelly-087]], Mendez, and the [[SPARTAN-III]]s. After Blue Team was informed of the situation on Onyx, the [[ONI]] [[A.I.]] ''[[Endless Summer]]'' informed the group of his discovery of a [[Forerunner]] facility at the "tip" of the planet that was producing [[Onyx Sentinel]]s. The group decided that they needed to destroy the factory.

 

The group disabled the factory and pressed on towards the core of the planet. While moving towards the core of Onyx, the surviving humans got into a fierce firefight with the Covenant. Will's final act was to leap forward and engage two [[Hunters]] without a weapon, to distract them so Kelly could recover from a concussive blast, which had also killed Holly. He killed a Hunter by ripping the worms or "eels" that composed it out of its armour. None of the other Covenant shot at him because they had never seen anybody take on a Hunter in hand-to-hand combat before, let alone two at once.  

The creatures [[Bond Brother]] shot him with its [[Assault Cannon]]. He took a single step towards the Hunter after the blast melted the front of his MJOLNIR armour, and then collapsed and died. Will is the first Spartan and Human, besides John 117, to fight a Hunter pair without a weapon, and succeeded in killing one as a result.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 361</ref>

*Will's tag number is a [[7]] reference. 4+3=7. Coincidentally, his name is 7 letters long.