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[[Lieutenant]] '''SPARTAN-B312'''<ref name="profile">[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24527 '''Bungie.net''': ''SPARTAN-312 Personnel Profile'']</ref> was a [[SPARTAN-III program|Spartan-III supersoldier]] attached to [[Special Warfare Command|Special Warfare]] [[Special Warfare Group Three|Group Three]] of the [[UNSC Army]].{{Ref/Reuse|vis}} During the [[Fall of Reach]] in summer [[2552]], he served as a member of [[NOBLE Team]] under the call sign '''"Noble Six"'''.<ref name="award">'''Halo: Reach''': ''[[Halo: Reach Video Games Awards Trailer|Video Games Award Trailer]]''</ref> Although unknown to most of the UNSC military and humanity in general due to the classified nature of his operations, Dr. Catherine Halsey stated that B312 shared a "hyper-lethal" rating with only one other [[Spartan]]{{Ref/Reuse|rise}}{{Ref/Note|1=By "hyper-lethal", Halsey presumably refers to [http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24527 Noble Six's file], in which [[Urban Holland|Colonel Urban Holland]] describes B312 as ''"...more akin to a hyper-lethal vector than a soldier."'' Ostensibly, the "one other Spartan" Halsey mentions is meant to draw parallels between Noble Six and the ''Halo'' series protagonist [[John-117]], as both characters' exploits in gameplay are defined by the player's actions. Given the wording in Six's file, however, it is somewhat questionable whether "hyper-lethal" is a legitimate "rating" at all, or merely a descriptive phrase used by Colonel Holland. The information sheet for Spartans in ''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' suggests the latter, mentioning that ''"each Spartan is a hyper-lethal special forces operative"''. In this light, assuming every Spartan is indeed regarded as "hyper-lethal", Halsey's remark in the ''[[Halo: Reach ViDoc: A Spartan Will Rise|A Spartan Will Rise]]'' vidoc could even be interpreted as sarcasm.}} and served just as essential a role in securing humanity's victory in the [[Human-Covenant War]].

Because his file was heavily redacted by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], much of SPARTAN-B312's early life is unknown. The Spartan was originally a [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]] candidate whose performance so impressed his superiors that he (along with a small number of his peers, designated "cat 2") was reassigned immediately after training before the inevitable bloodbath of [[Operation: TORPEDO]]. As one of the few remaining contemporary Spartan-IIIs, B312 was repurposed as a counter-terrorist operator, performing black operations. After several years of being fielded against [[Insurrectionist]]s, B312 was transferred from his ONI handlers to Spartan NOBLE Team, where he took the deceased [[Thom-A293]]'s place as "Noble Six". B312's transfer to NOBLE came immediately at the start of the [[Fall of Reach]], placing the Spartan in a new territory of teamwork against the Covenant.

Though initially viewed with resentment by some of his teammates, Six's skills eventually proved themselves as the fight for Reach began failing and NOBLE Team took losses. On August 30, Six delivered a fragment of the AI [[Cortana]] to the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} in the hope that the data she carried could defeat the Covenant. With the aid of his team, Noble Six delivered the AI intact, but chose to remain behind to secure the ''Autumn''{{'}}s escape from the Covenant. Though the Spartan was killed hours later, his sacrifice allowed humanity to discover the [[Halo Array]], ultimately bringing about the dissolution of the Covenant and the end of the war.

SPARTAN-B312 was born in the city of [[Damask]] on the [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] of [[Jericho VII]] on [[2530#January|January 30, 2530]].{{Ref/Reuse|Background}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P99}} He ultimately survived the colony's [[Battle of Jericho VII|glassing]] by the [[Covenant]] on [[2535#February|February 12, 2535]],<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 22-23'' (2010 edition)</ref> presumably becoming orphaned like many of the [[Spartan-III]]s. Circa [[2539]],{{Ref/Anthology|Id=LL|Fra|Story=Lessons Learned}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P106|Enc22|Page=106}}{{Ref/Note|Id=Beta|''[[Lessons Learned]]'' establishes that Beta Company members Tom-B292 and Lucy-B091 were six years old when they started their training. Page 106 of the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' establishes that Tom and Lucy were born on April 14, 2533 and January 28, 2533, respectively. This makes Beta Company's start date somewhere between April 2539 and January 2540.}} B312 was one of the 418 candidates recruited in the Spartan-III program's [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]] by ONI's [[Beta-5 Division]] with the promise of revenge. During their training, B312 and a few other Spartan-IIIs (designated "cat 2") outshone their teammates well enough that these select few were handpicked by Lieutenant Commander [[Kurt Ambrose]] to be assigned to separate special force units outside the general population of Beta Company. Thus, these Spartans did not participate in [[Operation: TORPEDO]], the suicide mission that resulted in the deaths of almost all of Beta Company. Because of the concealed nature of his survival, B312's existence became classified and the Spartan was deployed as a black operator and assassin under the Office of Naval Intelligence.