ODST Major Silva

Major Antonio Silva is commander of the Marine Helljumper battalion on the Pillar of Autumn when it crashes on Halo in Halo: The Flood. An Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, Silva harbors little love for the SPARTAN-II program, bearing a grudge from when several of his fellow Helljumpers were killed as a test of a Spartan's willingness to obey orders. Though a brilliant tactical commander, Silva is ambitious to a fault, and is also very protective of his own troops. His subordinates feel his ambition clouds his judgment.[53] At the end of Halo: The Flood, he leads the assault and capture of the Covenant ship Truth and Reconciliation, and, blinded by his own ambitions, refuses to exterminate the remaining Flood specimens on board, believing that humanity needs to see live specimens of the parasite.[54] He is killed when his subordinate, Lieutenant McKay, destroys the cruiser rather than let the Flood escape.Killer30k 23:11, 17 August 2008 (UTC)killer30k