Mike Spenser

Mike Spenser is a former agent of the Department of Colonial Security working closely in concert with the Office of Naval Intelligence as an interpreter and spy. By 2553, he was in his fifties.

Biography

Earlier in his career, he worked with Captain Serin Osman, whom he nicknamed "Oz".

By early 2553, he was operating a temporary listening station on Reynes, a glassed mining colony. He lived in the station, which was based inside one of the mines on the barren planet. He was entirely alone there, with the exception of an Unggoy that cleaned his base, and several Kig-Yar that he traded with.

In January 2553, he was relieved of his duties on the planet, and was to be picked up by the Kilo-Five's corvette UNSC Port Stanley. Malcolm Geffen and Vasily Beloi extracted Spenser from the planet but not before they were involved in a brief firefight with several Kig-Yar, who were attempting to claim the team's dropship for themselves. Soon after, he was transferred to the UNSC destroyer Monte Cassino over Venezia's orbit and taken back to HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 for debriefing. Shortly afterward, he was assigned to monitor resurgent rebel and black market activity brewing on Venezia, with a cover identity as an electrician named Mike Amberley.

Later in March, Mal Geffen and Vaz Beloi were assigned to meet up with Spenser. Once in Spenser's hideout in the city of New Tyne, Spenser showed them pictures of all the insurrectionist leaders based on the planet. They looked through the pictures and found one of them to be Naomi-010's father, Staffan Sentzke. Kilo-Five's investigation was put on hold when they had to commence a rescue mission on Sanghelios.

In April, Kilo-Five returned to Venezia to resume its investigation. With Spenser's help, Vaz and Naomi went undercover as UNSC deserters and investigated Venezia's black markets. During their investigation of insurrectionist activity on the planet, they spotted Staffan Sentzke in company with the possessor of Pious Inquisitor, Skirmisher Sav Fel. Spenser confirmed their identities and later suggested that they should tail Fel to find the ship. He told Naomi her father's address and reminded Vaz that the Kig-Yar had a bounty on them for their actions on Reynes.

List of appearances

• Halo: Glasslands (First appearance)
• Halo: The Thursday War
• Halo: Mortal Dictata