Douglas-042

Douglas-042 is a SPARTAN-II Commando of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command. He was a member of Red Team and fought alongside the crew of the in early 2531.

History
Douglas was a member of Red Team during the Battle of Arcadia and was tasked with stopping the Covenant long enough to evacuate the civilians of Arcadia. Afterwards he and Red Team linked up with forces from the Spirit of Fire and assisted in a counter-attack on a Covenant outpost. Once the plan to infiltrate a large Covenant shield is passed down from Captain Cutter, he and Red Team remained with the crew to assist with the assignment. He prevented the destruction of several prototype Rhinos while they ensure the shield is destroyed. After the capture of Professor Ellen Anders, he and Red Team travel with the Spirit of Fire to a mysterious planet and assisted the Spirit of Fire crew in neutralising Covenant and Flood forces. Once Douglas assisted in destroying a Proto-Gravemind he and Red Team become stranded on the planet. With the Spirit of Fire being dragged down inside towards The Apex, Red Team was assisted by the forces of Sergeant John Forge and successfully withdrew to the ship. Red Team then assisted the crew in scouring the Flood forces from the hull of the Spirit of Fire and successfully repaired the power core when it was damaged.

Once Anders was rescued, Douglas assisted Red Team in capturing a Covenant Scarab and used it to help Forge capture the area. He is then tasked with ensuring the Spirit of Fire's Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine makes it to the teleporter. Douglas (with the Spirit of Fire crew) was then charged with opening the gate which allowed the Spirit of Fire to exit the Shield World.

Once the Spirit escaped the destruction of the planet and the crew was put in Cryo-Chamber it is assumed that he does too.

Trivia

 * After a heated discussion with John Forge over 042's recommendation to destroy the Covenant vessel carrying Profesor Anders, the two always have lunch in the mess hall together.
 * His name and Spartan number, as well as the character Adam, are a tribute to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
 * In Halo Wars gameplay he uses a rocket launcher.
 * He bears the Jolly Rodger emblem on his right shoulder.
 * Douglas can be identified from the other Spartans from Red Team by the black outline markings on his helmet.
 * His spartan tag is a possible seven reference as 7X7-7=42.
 * Douglas is notably the most unique spartan unit, while Alice and Jerome are unique, Alice and Jerome have unique voices (especially Alice as the only named girl spartan in the game), he is the only spartan (besides the omega team copys) to use a rocket launcher. In skirmish a spartan can get a Machine gun (Alice's weapon of choice) and a Spartan Laser (Jerome's weapon) but they cannot get a rocket launcher. This is likely due to gameplay issues as Douglas can one-shot kill a fully upgraded wrath. The upgrade for a rocket launcher may come sometime in the future as a DLC.