McKaskill: Difference between revisions

|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]

'''McKaskill''' is an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] agent who served as a mechanic and undercover for [[Colonel]] [[Herzog]] aboard {{UNSCShip|Apocalypto}} before its destruction in [[2552]].<ref name="diary">[[Queen's Diary Entry]]</ref>

McKaskill's family originated from [[Durban]], a city on the [[Human colonies|human colony]] of [[Biko]]. They fled the [[Outer Colonies]] before Biko was [[glassed]], leaving McKaskill to be raised in refugee apartments.<ref name="diary"/>

McKaskill had served on the [[prowler]] ''Apocalypso'' long enough for [[Melissa (AI)|Melissa]], the ship's [[artificial intelligence]] construct, to become protective of him. When the ship picked up the [[Deep-Space Artifact]], McKaskill attempted send a message to Herzog about it. Melissa, however, recognized the act as treason and intercepted it to keep her crew member safe from capital punishment.<ref name="diary"/>

After the ship had crashed in [[Luna|Lunar]] orbit and [[Standish|Major Standish]] acquired the artifact, Standish attempted to eliminate every former crew member including McKaskill. Although the brakes of his [[Hog]] were cut, he managed to escape the Major's killing spree.<ref>[http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/flu.wav flu.wav]</ref> He went dark after that, taking [[James James]]' black taxi across the country.<ref>[http://transmit.ilovebees.com/outbound/black_taxi.wav black_taxi.wav]</ref>