Samuel-034: Difference between revisions

===Early life and conscription===

{{Quote|multi=more|Samuel|q1=We can be friends… I mean, if you want. It'd be no big deal.|Kelly|q2=Sure.|John|q3=Okay. Friends.|Sam striking up his first conversation with John and Kelly during training<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 61'' (2010)</ref>}}

Samuel was born on the [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Harvest]] on [[2511|July 10, 2511]]. In around [[2517]], Sam was identified as an extremely talented child destined for a great purpose, and was listed as a candidate for Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]]'s [[SPARTAN-II program]] as a result.<ref name="universe"/> Later that year, he was abducted by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] on [[2517|September 23, 2517]] at the age of six to be conscripted into the SPARTAN-II program. He was then replaced with a [[Flash cloning|flash clone]] and sent to [[Reach]] in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]] to begin [[SPARTAN-II training|training]] with the other Spartans under the watchful eyes of Halsey, [[Franklin Mendez|Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez]], and [[Déjà]], the [[dumb AI]] serving as the Spartans' teacher.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 35'' (2001); ''page 44'' (2010)</ref> Samuel's flash clone would die later that year.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series''', ''Act One''</ref>

===Training and augmentations===

{{Quote|multi=yes|Samuel-034|q1=Don't worry, I won't let them do anything to you.|John-117|q2=I know. Thanks.|Sam to John, before the latter engages members of Tango Company in a training simulation<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 202'' (2010)</ref>}}

Along with John and Kelly, Samuel formed the Spartan-IIs' first iteration of [[Blue Team]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/blue-team '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Blue Team'']</ref> Sam later trained with his fellow Spartans at the [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] on Reach. During one of the training operations on [[2519|July 12, 2519]], each Spartan trainee was dropped off at a different point in the preserve and was tasked with reaching an extraction point; the last Spartan to reach the point was to be left behind and forced to walk back.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 45'' (2001); ''page 62'' (2010)</ref> After being dropped off, the Spartans regrouped and made their way to the extraction point together. Upon reaching the point, the Spartans encountered a [[squad]] of [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]]. When Sam feigned an injury before the Marines, one of them moved to attack him. However, as part of their plan, the rest of the Spartans attacked the Marine by throwing rocks at him and knocked him unconscious. The Spartans then enacted a similar plan on the rest of the Marines and eventually defeated the entire squad. Afterwards, the Spartans reached a [[D96-TCE Albatross]] and, with Déjà's help, commandeered the [[dropship]] and left the training preserve.<ref name="for65">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 52-53'' (2001); ''pages 65-71'' (2010)</ref> John was subsequently promoted to squad leader after the mission, while Sam often served as his second-in-command.<ref name="enc112"/> By [[2523|July 14, 2523]], Sam and the Spartans had begun facing the formidable and ruthless [[Tango Company]] in simulated war games.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 158'' (2003); ''page 193'' (2010)</ref>

===Infiltration on Eridanus Secundus===

{{Quote|They would have detected a UNSC ship… they wouldn't detect us.|Samuel-034, referring to the Spartans' infiltration capabilities<ref name="for as act2">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series''', ''Act Two''</ref>}}

On [[2525#September|September 14, 2525]], Samuel was selected to remain a member of Blue Team—now composed of John, Kelly, [[Linda-058]], and [[Fred-104]]. The team was then chosen for the Spartan-IIs' first mission at the [[Eridanus system]], [[Operation: TALON]]. The [[operation]]'s objective was to capture Colonel [[Robert Watts]], a UNSC Marine turncoat officer and the leader of the [[United Rebel Front]]. ONI had recently discovered that Watts was residing within [[Eridanus Secundus]], a large [[asteroid]] settlement and [[insurrectionist]] [[military base]] in the Eridanus system's largest asteroid belt.<ref name="for98"/><ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/colonel-watts '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Colonel Watts'']</ref>

===Chi Ceti IV and death===

{{Quote|I know Spartans don't cry, but for once… I was glad for the helmet. Sam was our first lost since augmentation. We thought training… augmentation… armor… made us untouchable… invulnerable... immortal—Blue Team. We were wrong. We were children.|Kelly-087, after Samuel's sacrifice<ref name="for as act3"/>}}

After the [[First Battle of Harvest]], Samuel and the rest of the Spartan-IIs were brought to the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]], where [[Michael Stanforth|Rear Admiral Michael Stanforth]] and the AI [[Beowulf]] briefed them on the emerging [[Covenant]] threat. The training of Sam, and the rest of the Spartan-IIs, was accelerated and the Spartans were sent to [[Chi Ceti IV]] in the [[Chi Ceti system]] to receive their new [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] from [[Damascus Materials Testing Facility]] to aid in combat against the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 121'' (2010)</ref> Upon arriving at the Chi Ceti system aboard the {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}} {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}}, the Spartans prepared to travel to the Damascus Testing Facility on Chi Ceti IV with Doctor Catherine Halsey to be equipped with their MJOLNIR armor. While in orbit over the planet, a Covenant ship—''[[Unrelenting]]''—appeared in the system and [[Battle of Chi Ceti|attacked]] ''Commonwealth''.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 127'' (2010)</ref> However, ''Commonwealth'' was able to temporarily ward off the ship, allowing the Spartans and Dr. Halsey to safely make their way to the facility. Upon arriving at Damascus, the Spartans were able to retrieve the MJOLNIR armor and then left to return to ''Commonwealth'' in a Pelican.<ref name="for141">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 141'' (2010)</ref>

While en route to the frigate, ''Unrelenting'' returned to the battle and began to engage ''Commonwealth'', severely damaging the ship. As the Covenant prepared to finish off the human ship, John had Sam take a team of Spartans to remove the Pelican's [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile|Anvil-II AS]] missiles.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 143-145'' (2010)</ref> With [[thruster pack]]s, all the Spartans flew out from the Pelican and attempted to direct themselves towards ''Unrelenting''. Sam, Kelly, and John were the only three Spartans who made it onto the ship, gaining access through a hull breach created by a [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] round from ''Unrelenting''.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 148'' (2010)</ref>

==Personality and traits==

{{Quote|We were fourteen when we lost almost half of our comrades to augmentation failures. Kids I grew up with… never said good bye to… I still remember their names. The deaths affected each of us differently. Fireteams came and went, but core loyalties and friendships endure. Even beyond death.|Samuel, after the deaths of his fellow Spartans during augmentations<ref name="for as act2"/>}}

Samuel-034 was quiet and a careful listener, but extremely sociable when among his fellow [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]] and had a larger sense of humor than most of his peers.<ref name="universe"/><ref name="enc112"/> He cared little for those outside the SPARTAN-II program, and was known to display ruthlessness and pragmatism towards hostiles in combat situations, including [[human]] [[insurrectionist]]s<ref name="universe"/> and later towards the [[Kig-Yar]] soldiers aboard ''[[Unrelenting]]''.<ref name="enc112"/> During [[Operation: TALON]], Sam detonated a [[C-12 shaped charge]] on a docking bay at the [[United Rebel Front]]'s [[Eridanus Secundus]], irreverent to the obvious URF-affiliated [[civilian]] casualties that would be involved with the act.<ref name="for115"/> Sam did not display the same great leadership qualities as [[John-117]] or [[Fred-104]] did, but he did act as John's second-in-command in [[Blue Team]] throughout the duration of his naval career. Like all Spartan-IIs, Sam was an extremely talented individual, even at a young age.<ref name="universe"/> Known to be the strongest Spartan-II, Sam was also an expert with explosives.<ref name="enc112"/> According to John, Sam had the best sight and hearing capabilities of all of his subordinates.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 48''</ref> Samuel admittedly found it difficult to fall asleep prior to a mission's undertaking.<ref name="for as act2"/>

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