User:CT1303

Hi, I'm Gunnery Sergeant Bill Hartley, the brother of S. Hartley.

I participated in many battles of the Human-Covenant war. I was born on Harvest, on 13th March, 2510. I joined the UNSC Marine Corps when I was 19. From there I became an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper and trained on Reach.

After the training, I was assigned to a UNSC Destroyer that would later participate in the Harvest Campaign against the Covenant.

HUMAN-COVENANT WAR



When I returned to my homeworld aboard the Destroyer, during the Liberation of Harvest, on January 3rd, 2531, they sent me and other ODST squads to attack a Covenant outpost on the planet, hot dropping into enemy territory with our HEV drop pods. And after several battles on many planets, I reached the rank of Sergeant.

In late 2551, I returned to Reach and was promoted to Staff Sergeant.

7 months later, the Covenant attacked the planet and I dropped from orbit to the Viery territory and participated in the Battle of Viery.

I later led the ODST squad that was protecting New Alexandria's Cargo Port from Covenant Banshees. I destroyed many of them with my Rocket Launcher and covered Spartan-B312 while he and the Bullfrogs traversed the Cargo Port with Jetpacks.



Then, when I was about to get out of the city in a Pelican, a Grunt squad led by a Brute Major ambushed us. The Brute killed my squad, damaged my armor, and when it was about to kill me, the pilot jumped out of the Pelican and saved me. We took off but a Grunt stuck one of the Pelican's propellers with a Plasma Grenade and we crashed.

Four hours later, I woke up and encountered a squad of Army Troopers in a Falcon. They evacuated me of New Alexandria and later I luckily managed to get out of Reach in one of the Halcyon-class cruisers that was evacuating Marines and civilians.

On Earth, I was promoted to Gunnery Sergeant and defended New Mombasa until the Prophet of Regret's ship slipped away. After this incident, I got out of the city and was transfered to the secret UNSC base known as "The Crow's Nest". But it wasn't safe, because despite being well hidden, the Covenant found it. Commander Keyes ordered us to evacuate the base and to get as far away from it as we could. Following her orders, I grabbed a Warthog and went to Voi. There, I helped several Marine squads taking down Covenant AA emplacements for Lord Hood's attack on the Forerunner Artifact.



When the Portal opened and the Flood arrived, I fought my way through the infested city and managed to reach a safe zone. Soon a Hornet arrived and I regrouped with the rest of the UNSC forces inside the Forward Unto Dawn. Later, when we arrived at Installation 00, they sent me, my ODST squad, and Spartan-117 to clear an LZ for our Frigate and after it landed, I mounted up on a Scorpion tank and escorted the Chief to the Cartographer.

When the Master Chief left the Cartographer, I boarded a Pelican along with my squad and the Spartan. We were sent to one of three towers to disable it and deactivate the barrier that was protecting Truth and the Citadel. After we succeded, me and another ODST boarded the Chief's Hornet and went to the third tower. We disabled it and when we thought we were going to kill Truth, the Flood appeared and infected my whole squad. I managed to survive the parasite while the Chief and the others killed Truth and stopped the rings from firing.

When the fight between Humanity and the Covenant was finished, I returned to Earth in the Elite carrier known as "Shadow of Intent". I was really sad because I was the only ODST that made it out of the Ark in one piece.

ARMOR

- Early battles until the end of the Fall of Reach: ODST BDU - Heavy Variant w/ UA - Colors: Black and White - Status of the armor: Heavily damaged by a Spike Grenade during the Fall of Reach

- Battle of Earth and Battle of Installation 00: ODST BDU - Earth Standard Mark I - Colors: Black and Red - Status of the armor: Operational with small plasma burns

PREFERED WEAPONS

- All MA5 Assault Rifles

- M7/S Caseless Submachine Gun

- BR55HB SR Battle Rifle

- M6C/SOCOM Pistol

- M90 Shotgun

- M41 Rocket Launcher

- SRS99D Sniper Rifle

GALLERY