Who was your Noble Six in Reach, and what were his actions? Just be imaginative, and tell a story of your Noble Six, your Spartan. Just butcher the Reach canon and make the synopsis good! I’ll give feedback, promise! <3
Spartan : Sierra 398 Ryan
Birthplace : United Kingdom, Earth
DoB : 25/10/2528
Rank : Lance Corporal
His story (According to Dr. Halsey’s field notes)
S398 was recruited into the Spartan III program at the age of seven, in 2540. Being slightly older then the others, there were some slight problems in terms of training and other schedules, but these were quickly overcome. His first week at the training camp on Reach was rather difficult, seeing as he had a knack for… causing trouble. He managed to cut off the power supply for six hours by watching an engineer working on a transformer for a few seconds… This could be useful, so long as we let him play with Covenant tech, not our own…
His views of the Covenant are quite different to those of the others, and of many others too. He looks at them as individuals. One incident in particular, which caused some conflict between him and several others, specifically S239 Emile (Who I will have to keep him separated from) when he began asking questions about the Covenant.
One of our propaganda videos showed a Spartan II squad attacking a small Covenant deployment. The video showed them killing the Covenant there, as a Drill Sergeant lectured the lot about ‘How to kill the aliens’. Well, Ryan spoke up half way through, as an Unggoy was killed, the Spartans HUD camera looking at the dead body momentarily.
He asked, and I quote ‘Do they have names? They all can’t be evil, can they?’
The Drill Sergeant in charge responded by saying ‘Well, would you consider someone who killed millions without a purpose or motive good?’ And Ryan responded again, saying ‘If I was raised from birth to think that people on, say, Madrigal were evil and that I had to kill them all, I think I’d do it without question, thinking I was not in the wrong…’
This severely affected his relationship with the others, it took months to have him integrated back into the group.
2541 - Ryan was separated from his squad temporarily by ONI to conduct a top-secret, one-man mission. His goal was to sneak aboard a Covenant Cruiser and gain intelligence from the inside. He remained in the Cruiser for around twenty hours, making his way to the control bridge. From here, he managed to download Covenant files and implant a virus into the system. He then retreated as the virus decimated the Cruisers flying mechanics. Within twenty minutes, the Cruiser lost all flight capability. He didn’t make it out in time, and the cruiser crashed with him inside. Amazingly, he managed to make it out, but a large piece of shrapnel pierced his right shoulder, damaging nerves and severing tendons. He had to undergo painful physiotherapy, and the doctors and surgeons said he would not regain full mobility for up to ten years. However, to the astonishment of the surgical staff, he was fully capable of combat within just nine months.
2546 - S-III’s charged with an assault on a Covenant Cruiser.
Ryan led a team consisting of S-244 Andrew, S-301 Jack, S-303 Sam and S-298 Becky onto the carrier. His team reached the bridge in under an hour, and detonated a Shiva nuclear device, destroying the cruiser. However, during evacuation, a Sanghelli Ultra Guard assassinated S-298. Her body was never recovered, and the entire team blamed themselves for her loss. Luckily, they were not dramatically affected, and were deemed fit for duty after two weeks. Now, Ryan has carved onto the right forearm of his armour ‘S298’. He refuses to have this armour replaced.
2549 - S-III’s are charged with the destruction of a Covenant Super Carrier.
In August 2549 Ryan and the remaining members of his squad are deployed to Arcadia, and are tasked with defending its capital, Pirth City. However, after over a week of holding off troops deployed by a Corvette-class ship, a Super Carrier arrives and begins glassing the city. The squad are charged with its destruction, with S-244 is charged with handling the bomb and destroying the carrier, sacrificing himself to destroy it.
However, only 700 feet from the carriers traction lift, S-244 was heavily wounded by a Banshee. Ryan then took the bomb and entered the cruiser. He found the bridge and detonated the bomb, sacrificing himself.
Thanks to the actions of this squad, Pirth City was successfully evacuated before four more Super Carriers arrived and glassed the planet.
His name, and those of his squad, are recorded in the military Hall of Fame.
