| rdfs:comment | - Lieutenant, Junior Grade Colin-142 was a Class I SPARTAN-II supersoldier who operated primarily under the auspices of the Office of Naval Intelligence as a solo operator, and to occasionally bolster the fighting capability of other Spartan units if the situation called for it. While he initially disliked being forced to work under another Spartan's authority, he eventually came to cherish the time he spent with his fellow Spartans, and each death affected him on a deeply personal level, and because of this, he was often known to push himself harder in order to keep his fellow Spartans safe. On numerous occasions during the war, he was assigned to assist Sapphire Team and quickly became close friends with its members, specifically its commander, Bailey-132, who despite initial, deliberate a
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| abstract | - Lieutenant, Junior Grade Colin-142 was a Class I SPARTAN-II supersoldier who operated primarily under the auspices of the Office of Naval Intelligence as a solo operator, and to occasionally bolster the fighting capability of other Spartan units if the situation called for it. While he initially disliked being forced to work under another Spartan's authority, he eventually came to cherish the time he spent with his fellow Spartans, and each death affected him on a deeply personal level, and because of this, he was often known to push himself harder in order to keep his fellow Spartans safe. On numerous occasions during the war, he was assigned to assist Sapphire Team and quickly became close friends with its members, specifically its commander, Bailey-132, who despite initial, deliberate attempts to make him uncomfortable, eventually accepted him as both a soldier and friend. In late 2536, due to his connections, he was one of only a handful of people who was informed about the SPARTAN-III Program, a company of 300 Spartan soldiers who would be utilized in glorified suicide operations. When he was first informed, he was furious as he felt that their creation somehow invalidated the sacrifices his friends had made. Even though the soldiers he would be working with were augmented separately and equipped with a cheaper version of MJOLNIR, this did little to assure him that they would be little more than cannon fodder and would do anything but complicate his missions. Thus, for years, whenever he operated alongside SPARTAN-IIIs, he would consistently berate and belittle them. This continued until 2543, when the Covenant invaded the industrial colony of New Zaječar and in response, the UNSC dispatched Colin and his longtime friend Doug-103 along with the SPARTAN-III Centurion Team. Despite initial hostility, the sacrifice of two members of the team seemingly proved their worth to him as Spartans and his demeanor changed rapidly to open acceptance of them. After the end of the war and the creation of the new Spartan Branch, ONI created their own dedicated force of Spartans, the Special Activities Division, of which the largest group was assigned to the stealth cruiser, UNSC Vegas, Colin's former posting before the Fall of Reach. Soon after, Colin was again assigned to the Vegas, this time with a promotion to Lieutenant, Junior Grade and as the commanding officer of the SAD contingent onboard, along with the newly promoted Ensign Chi-A497, leader of the SPARTAN-III Bellerophon Team. For several years, Colin and the Spartans aboard the Vegas carried out some of the most high risk missions in the Post-War world, including the elimination of both resurgent insurrectionist forces and the numerous Covenant remnant factions that were beginning to spring up. In early 2558, the Vegas arrived at the Forerunner Shield World of Requiem to assist the Spartans aboard the UNSC Infinity, as well as to acquire intelligence on the capabilities of the Promethean constructs and the acquisition of Forerunner artifacts. In late 2558, enormous Forerunner constructs, known as Guardians, began emerging on several human colonies, causing massive amounts of damage. It was eventually revealed that Cortana, the former AI partner of legendary SPARTAN-II John-117, had survived her apparent destruction and managed to enter the Forerunner Domain, where she was led to believe that it was AI, not Humanity, who were meant to reclaim the Mantle of Responsibility. She then led her Guardians and various AI who had joined her into shutting down and blockading several key human systems. Luckily, many AI who had joined her were terminated as part of the Cole Protocol, which was still in use despite the end of the war years earlier. In response to this, Admiral Serin Osman authorized the creation of Operation Detachment-Sigma, an emergency sub-group of the Special Activities Division, based onboard the UNSC Vegas and led by Colin, Chi, and a recently pardoned Bailey, who had been in an ONI detention facility for almost eight months, with the purpose to cause as much havoc behind Promethean lines as possible.
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