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Added information from Silent Storm, and a quick summary of the Battle of Chi Ceti.
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Conscription and training=== | ===Conscription and training=== | ||
Anton was conscripted into the SPARTAN-II Program in [[2517]], when he was singled out as a physically and intellectually superior child by Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]]. He was replaced by a [[flash clone]] after being abducted by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. He was then taken to [[Reach]] where he was trained along with the rest of the Spartan candidates by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] and the AI [[Déjà]]. During one training exercise | Anton was conscripted into the SPARTAN-II Program in [[2517]], when he was singled out as a physically and intellectually superior child by Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]]. He was replaced by a [[flash clone]] after being abducted by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. He was then taken to [[Reach]] where he was trained along with the rest of the Spartan candidates by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] and the AI [[Déjà]]. During one training exercise on the tropical colony of [[Emerald Cove]], he and the other Spartans were able to live on their own for a few days. As he was fond of beaches, Anton found this experience to be particularly enjoyable.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 266'' (2010)</ref> When the Spartans were [[Project ASTER|augmented]] in [[2525]], Anton was among those who made it through with no long-term ill effects. | ||
===The war begins=== | |||
{{Main|Human-Covenant War}} | |||
Months after the [[Human-Covenant War]] began with the [[First Battle of Harvest|attack]] on [[Harvest]] in early [[2525]], Anton-044 and the other Spartan-IIs were brought to the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]], where [[Rear Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]] briefed them on the emerging [[Covenant]] threat. In response, the training of the Spartan-IIs was accelerated, and in [[2525#November|November 2525]] they were sent to [[Chi Ceti IV]] to receive their new [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] from the [[Damascus Materials Testing Facility]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=TFoR121|TFoR|Detail=page 121}} While en route to Chi Ceti IV aboard the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}}, they were [[Battle of Chi Ceti|attacked]] by the ''[[Unrelenting]]'', a Covenant [[warship]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=TFoR127|TFoR|Detail=page 127}} The ''Commonwealth'' was able to ward off the ''Unrelenting'' and the Spartans were deployed to Chi Ceti IV with Halsey, where they each received a set of armor.{{Ref/Novel|Id=for141|TFoR|Detail=page 141}} While the Spartans were returning to the ''Commonwealth'' via [[Pelican]] [[dropship]], the ''Unrelenting'' re-engaged the frigate. To save the ''Commonwealth'', John had Anton and the other Spartan-IIs use [[thruster pack]]s in an attempt to board the alien vessel, and destroy it with [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile|Anvil-II AS missiles]]. However, only John-117, [[Kelly-087]], and [[Samuel-034]] made it aboard. Anton and the others missed the ''Unrelenting'', but were picked up after the battle.{{Ref/Novel|Id=TFoR147to150|TFoR|Detail=pages 147-150}} | |||
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===SILENT STORM=== | ===SILENT STORM=== | ||
{{Main|Operation: SILENT STORM}} | {{Main|Operation: SILENT STORM}} | ||
On [[2526#March|March 8, 2526]], Anton, Green Team, and the others that had participated in the pervious mission were given a new assignment as part of [[Operation: SILENT STORM]]. They and the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]' [[21st Space Assault Battalion]] would board and destroy Covenant vessels and [[Space station|station]]s in an attempt to slow their destructive [[Massacre of the Outer Colonies|advance]] through humanity's [[Outer Colonies]]. For the duration of this mission, the Spartans would be assigned to [[Task Force Yama]], a small fleet of prowlers that would serve as both transport and support. As [[Fleet of Inexorable Obedience|a Covenant fleet]] was [[Attack on Etalan|currently]] [[glassing]] the colony of [[Etalan]], the nearby world of [[Biko]] was chosen as the theater for the [[task force]] to launch its first attack. Specifically, [[Seoba Ice Quarry|an abandoned ice quarry]] on its third [[Natural satellite|moon]] of [[Seoba]] was selected to house the prowlers until the moment presented itself.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS5|HSS|Chapter=5}} | |||
During the voyage through [[slipspace]], Anton and the others trained with the [[ODST]]s in the {{UNSCShip|Vanishing Point}}'s mission preparation hold. The Spartans made short work of the veteran marines in each exercise until [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]] taught them some unorthodox strategies that proved to be much more effective against the supersoldiers. After four days of training, [[Colonel]] [[Marmon Crowther]] had them all gather in the ship's drop hangar to be briefed on the specifics of the operation. Despite their exemplary performance against his ODSTs, Crowther was still skeptical about deploying the Spartans to the front lines due to their inexperience on the battlefield, as well as their apparent young age, much to their frustration.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS5}} | |||
===Seoba=== | |||
{{Main|Battle of Seoba}} | |||
Upon the task force's arrival at Seoba on [[2526#March|March 18, 2526]], Colonel Crowther planned to practice the mass deployment of the Spartans and ODSTs into the ice quarry, in an exercise dubbed Operation: ICE DANCE. However, [[insurrectionist]] forces were detected in the quarry, preparing to stage a coup against Biko's chancellor. Crowther decided that ICE DANCE would proceed as planned, but now with the objective of taking the quarry from the rebels.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS7|HSS|Chapter=7}} An intense [[Battle of Seoba|battle]] ensued, with the Spartans leading the way. Blue Team focused on destroying a convoy of [[Civet]]s moving to repair the rebels' damaged communications relay as the other Spartans—including Anton and Green Team—were engaged elsewhere in the quarry.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS8|HSS|Chapter=8}} Ultimately, the insurgents were soon defeated and the quarry fell under UNSC control.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS10|HSS|Chapter=10}} | |||
The next day, [[Captain (NAVCOM)|Captain]] [[Halima Ascot]], commander of Task Force Yama and captain of the ''Starry Night'', held a meeting to discuss the events of the previous day's battle. John was reprimanded for his maverick actions at the start of the battle, and his Spartans' experience was called into question once more. Due to some of Nyeto's sly comments, the truth about their young ages was revealed to the few personnel present at the meeting. Learning this disturbing fact, Colonel Crowther refused to send the Spartans into battle again, instead ordering them to guard the insurrectionists captured during the fighting and prepare them to be sent to Biko to be processed. While this meeting was being held, a Covenant [[Bloodstar Flotilla|flotilla]] was detected as it arrived in-system and began heading for Seoba.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS10|HSS|Chapter=10}} As the rest of Task Force Yama mobilized to meet the alien vessels, Anton and the other Spartans were sent to [[Subsurface Maintenance Grotto 6M430]] where they would direct the captured insurgents onto [[Emmeline|a transport]]. While the line of roughly 300 prisoners marched onto the vessel, John noticed that a group of them were hiding the presence of an officer, [[General]] [[Harper Garvin]] of the [[United Rebel Front]]. He ordered the officer to step forward, but [[Petora Zoyas|another rebel]] presented herself instead, clearly trying to stall for Garvin. To show that he meant business, John grabbed the woman by her tunic lapels and threatened her with summary execution for interfering with a guard while on the field of combat, as per the [[UNSC Military Code of Conduct]]. John's plan worked and General Garvin presented himself. He began trying to pry information out of John, but this effort was interrupted when a situation with Captain Ascot's [[flagship]] was relayed over the task force's command channel. The ''Starry Night'' had been shot down on takeoff, crash-landing back into the quarry. Crowther was unable to send a unit of his Black Daggers to search for survivors without putting more prowlers at risk. Since they were the only unit available to assist, John decided that he and his Spartans would go for the ''Starry Night'' once the transport was loaded. After sending Garvin back to his people and ordering the transport pilot to launch, John had his Spartans move out, much to the concern of Kurt-051 and [[Joshua-029]]. Not only would they be disobeying a direct order from Crowther, operating without the support of the task force in such a situation would be very risky.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS13|HSS|Chapter=13}} | |||
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