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{{Character Infobox|variant=Human

|image = [[File:MickeyODST.png|300px]]

|homeworld = [[Crisium City]], [[Naniwa]], [[Luna]]

|birth = [[2530|October 20, 2530]]<ref name="ENC">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 60''</ref>

|rank =*[[Private First Class]] {{C|formerly}}

|gender = Male

|height = 184 centimetres (6 ft 0.5 in) {{C|pre-Spartan}}<ref name="ENC"/>

|mass = {{Convert|85|kg|lb}} {{C|pre-Spartan}}<ref name="guide"/>

|hair = Brown

|eyes = Brown  

|affiliation =*[[UNSC Marine Corps]] {{C|formerly}}

*[[Spartan Operations|Spartan]] {{C|formerly}}

*[[Insurrectionist]]

'''Michael "Mickey" Crespo'''<ref name="ENC"/> ([[service number]] '''51033-15973-MC''') is a [[SPARTAN-IV]] supersoldier and a former [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]. He served in [[Alpha-Nine]], a small squad led by [[Gunnery Sergeant|GySgt]] [[Edward Buck]] during the [[Battle of Earth]] and in the post-war era.<ref name="guide">[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo 3: ODST Field Guide'']</ref> After joining the SPARTAN-IV program, Crespo defected to the [[United Rebel Front]]. He was eventually detained by the [[UNSC]] and incarcerated for high treason.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/mickey '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Mickey'']</ref> With the onset of the [[Created conflict]], he was released from prison to serve in the reformed Alpha-Nine for the duration of the conflict, though his future once the conflict ended was left uncertain.<ref name="Bad Blood" />

Michael Crespo was born in [[2530]] in [[Crisium City]], [[Naniwa]], [[Luna]] and has lived there ever since.<ref name="ENC"/><ref name="guide"/> Despite this, he has never visited [[Earth]], and has only seen it from a transport craft window. Crespo's parents were [[Insurrectionist]]s who died wiring a bomb to a government building. He never got to know them well because he was very young at the time. He was placed in foster care, during which he studied subjects such as UNSC history and work productivity.<ref name="oni">'''[[Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation]]''' ''- Mickey Interview''</ref>

Crespo signed up for UNSC service on [[2548#June|June 4, 2548]], as mandatory military service was a requirement for freedom from foster care. After the mandatory service, he had the chance to quit the military, but he decided to stay as he considered it home. He was a pilot and then Crew Chief on a [[Pelican]] [[dropship]] for sometime before becoming an ODST with the rank of [[Private First Class]]. Before the Battle of Earth, he had undergone [[extra-vehicular activity]] training and finished in the top of his class, as well as three [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|HEV]] drops.<ref name="oni"/>

Later that day, Crespo stumbled upon several retreating Marines. He helped them fight through to their rally point with a Scorpion tank near the entrance of the ONI Alpha Site, which allowed him to rejoin with [[Taylor Miles]] and aid other Marines. After defending the area, both ODSTs met up with a desperate [[NMPD]] officer. In response, they defended the [[ONI Alpha Site]] complex with several other officers and Marines.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', campaign level, ''[[ONI Alpha Site (level)|ONI Alpha Site]]''</ref> After the courtyard was overrun, they moved inside, where NMPD officers were defending the building and getting ready to blow it up, should the Covenant overwhelm them. Sure enough after a few waves they fell back to the roof on an elevator, where Crespo told the last remaining officer to link the charges to him, saying "If anyone's gonna blow this place, it's gonna be me." Once on the roof they evacuated on an NMPD [[D77C-NMPD Pelican|Pelican]], where they finally made contact with Buck, who was at NMPD Headquarters.

As Crespo and Miles flew away from the Alpha Site, the building exploded. Some time after the battle, they were preparing to pick up [[Kojo Agu]] and Buck from a landing pad at [[NMPD Headquarters]]. However, two [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] appeared and shot the Pelican down. Buck and Agu proceeded to rescue them. They survived the crash, but the pilots didn't, so they had to hold out against an assault by Banshees and [[Phantom]]s. Eventually a [[Brute Chieftain]] engaged the squad and severely wounded Agu by swinging the bladed side of a Gravity Hammer into his chest. As Buck engaged the brute, stabbing it in the neck, Crespo assisted Buck by tackling the brute, ramming his shoulder into its chest. After killing the Chieftain, the squad later went to [[Kikowani Station]], where Crespo was the first to notice that they couldn't take the train out of the city since the tunnels were flooded. Buck then had Crespo assist him in capturing a Phantom that was hovering close to the ground. After taking out the Covenant in the area, Crespo went up the Phantom's lift and took out both the pilots. After familiarizing himself the best he could despite not having run a simulation on piloting a Pelican for more than a year, he picked up Miles and Agu, who manned the Phantom's [[Type-52 Directed Energy Support Weapon|plasma turrets]].

[[File:RookieAsleep.png|thumb|200px|right|Mickey with the squad in the Quito Terminus.]]

Mickey and Dutch were signaled by Buck to sneak up to Ingridson's [[Energy shielding|shielded]] balcony, while he and Romeo distracted her. URF soldiers began to surround the capitol building, while Palmer and her Spartans began to engage them. Once Mickey and Dutch got into position, Buck ordered the squad to attack the rebels while having Palmer and her Spartans engage the approaching rebels outside. In the ensuring firefight, Mickey held the rebels at gunpoint and ordered them to surrender. Realizing she was out of options, Ingridson executed the Rookie. While Mickey remained shocked and speechless, Dutch killed Ingridson and one of the rebels, while the last one surrendered. Mickey contemplated executing the surviving rebel, but Buck ordered for him to stand down. Palmer and her Spartans arrived seconds later, having wiped out the rest of the rebels in the city.<ref name="nb89"/> Afterwards, Alpha-Nine buried the Rookie out at sea on Draco III. Troubled by his death, Dutch decided to retire alongside his [[Gretchen Ketola|wife]].<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', ''pages 99-101'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Mickey was affected by watching the Rookie die in front of him and blamed himself for the Rookie's death, as he thought that his hesitation to kill Ingridson prevented the Rookie's survival. Mickey became disillusioned with the UNSC and UEG, angered that he was tasked with killing fellow humans instead of aliens.<ref name="nb169"/>

After the Draco III rebellion, Mickey and the rest of Alpha-Nine were offered a position into the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] by [[Jun-A266]], which they accepted.<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', ''page 107'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Mickey departed to [[Mars]] where he underwent the necessary [[SPARTAN-IV Augmentation Program|augmentations]] alongside Buck and Romeo.<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', ''page 113'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Mickey and the rest of the Spartan trainees were transported to [[Spartan-IV Training Station|a space station]] orbiting a dwarf planet for further training. With Captain [[O'Day]] serving as their [[drill instructor]], the Spartans were trained to break their bad habits that they had formed over their military careers.<ref name="nb118">'''Halo: New Blood''', ''pages 118-127'' (Google Play edition)</ref> He often conversed with fellow trainee [[Rudolf Schein]] about politics.<ref name="nb135">'''Halo: New Blood''', ''page 135'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Schein shared his anti-UEG, anti-centralization views with Mickey; he often dropped dissolving pamphlets about the United Rebel Front into Mickey's locker for him to read.<ref name="nb160">'''Halo: New Blood''', ''page 160'' (Google Play edition)</ref> After fellow trainee [[Hideo Wakahisa]] was found dead, Commander [[Musa-096]] ordered for all trainees to return to their quarters until the situation defused.<ref name="nb118"/> Schein, who had murdered Wakahisa when he refused to join Schein's cause, had stolen a medallion belonging to Mickey and planted it on the body to buy himself more time.<ref name="nb160"/> Mickey, Buck, and Romeo were visited by Jun and Musa. Although they had found [[keepsake|Mickey's medallion]] on the body of Wakahisa, Buck, Romeo, and Mickey insisted that the latter was not responsible for the murder. Musa ordered Jun to search the station's security footage of the locker room to find any further leads. Musa later had Jun assign the three Spartan trainees to a temporary quarters until the situation could be solved.<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', ''pages 131-135'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

Schein was soon proven responsible for the murder and Jun, Musa, and O'Day went to confront him. However, Schein was waiting for them at the recreational room with the intent to blow up the station, and a skirmish ensured. Mickey and his team heard gunshots from their room and the three raced to its place of origin. Before the Spartans reached the rec room, O'Day warned them to stay back before Schein's grenade detonated and sent the four flying backwards as the station's [[artificial gravity]] was shut off. As they attempted to escape from the breached rec room, O'Day was killed when she was sent flying towards a wall at a high speed. The three Spartans took shelter in an empty room until the incident was over and the gravity returned an hour later. Returning to their quarters, Mickey and his team were debriefed on the events that had transpired and on Schein's defection.<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', ''pages 137-144'' (Google Play edition)</ref> After the incident, Mickey attended Schein's funeral, likely hosted by the URF. At the funeral, Crespo met [[Schein|Schein's father]] and covertly joined the Front.<ref name="nb160"/> For eighteen months, largely at his request, Mickey and his squad battled [[Covenant remnants]] on [[human colonies]], including [[New Caracas]], [[Gaenir Beta]], and [[Charion VI]].<ref name="nb148">'''Halo: New Blood''', ''page 148'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

[[File:HM-NewBlood.png|thumb|right|250px|Mickey betrays Alpha-Nine.]]

In [[2555|August 2555]], Mickey participated in [[Operation: COALPEPPER|a mission]] alongside Buck and Romeo at a United Rebel Front facility on [[Talitsa]] to recover the captured Huragok [[Quick to Adjust]], and his human handler, [[Sadie Endesha]]. The three were sent on the mission by Dare due to their past experiences with the Huragok.<ref name="nb148"/> On the way to the rebel base, they were surrounded and captured by rebel forces, whereupon Mickey's treachery was revealed to his teammates.<ref name="nb155">'''Halo: New Blood''', ''pages 155-157'' (Google Play edition)</ref> As the rebels, led by Doctor Schein, led Buck and Romeo back to their base, the latter began to insult Mickey and Schein. In response, Mickey attacked and inadvertently pushed Romeo down a hill. While the URF soldiers chased after him, Buck used the opportunity to attack Mickey and succeeded in moving the fight just out of sight of Schein, and Romeo and his pursuers. Meanwhile, Romeo began to massacre the other rebels. As their brawl continued, Buck eventually managed to knock Mickey unconscious with a headbutt. Schein attempted to help Mickey and shot Buck in the back. Holding him at gunpoint, Schein attempted to use Buck as a hostage to force Romeo to surrender. However, Buck used his helmet to knock the doctor to the ground and smashed his own rifle against his face, killing him.<ref name="nb169">'''Halo: New Blood''', ''pages 161-169'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

Shortly after Buck's honeymoon, the reconstituted Alpha-Nine was sent on another classified mission, Mickey a full member of the team once more. With everything the squad had gone through, they were left a stronger team than ever.<ref name="Bad Blood" />

Being an ODST was Crespo's favorite of the military positions in which he had served as of 2552. According to his file, he is highly creative, a risk-taker, and a daredevil.<ref name="oni"/> Despite being an experienced combatant, he was somewhat unique among his the members of Alpha-Nine, never having witnessed [[glassing]] prior to the Battle of Mombasa. He held the lowest rank and was the last to enlist of all the members of Alpha-Nine, though he joined the fireteam before [[the Rookie]], which is how the lance corporal got his nickname.<ref name="guide"/>

*In the [[Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation]], Mickey was played by actor [[Jose Pablo Cantillo]].

*He is unlocked for use in [[Firefight]] by earning the [[Kizingo Boulevard (achievement)|Kizingo Boulevard]] [[achievement]] on [[Kizingo Boulevard (level)|Kizingo Boulevard]].

File:MickeyKizingoConcept.jpg|Concept art of Mickey fighting alongside Marines on [[Kizingo Boulevard]].

File:Buddies.jpg|Mickey and [[Taylor Miles|Dutch]] rendezvous near the [[ONI Alpha Site|ONI building]].

File:Halo-3-odst-mickey.jpg|Mickey with his [[M41 rocket launcher]].

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