User:CT1303

BIOGRAPHY

EARLY LIFE

I'm Master Sergeant Bill Hartley, the brother of S. Hartley. Counting time spent in cryo-sleep, I am a 28-year veteran of the Human-Covenant war.



Before I was born, my parents used to live on Earth, where my brother was born. But 1 year after that, they moved to Harvest, where I came to be born, on 13th March, 2506. Due to the fact that my parents were farmers, my brother and I had a lot of hard work to do when we were young. Realizing that I had potential to be a soldier, I joined Harvest's UNSC Army Forces when I was 18.

As an Army Trooper, I participated in many patrols in the countrysides of my planet. My brother then moved to other planets to follow a military career in the Marine Corps.

HUMAN-COVENANT WAR

When the Covenant attacked Harvest and killed my parents, I was tasked with the protection of an evac site for civilians. Me and the other Army Troopers didn't stand a chance against the powerful alien foes, and so we started to get slaughtered when Brutes attacked the site. I was one of the few lucky soldiers to enter a Pelican and flee from the planet.

On Reach, I volunteered for the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers and became a member of the 11th Shock Troops Battalion. I later returned to Harvest in 2531 aboard a UNSC Destroyer.

When we arrived at the planet, my squad and I were ordered to drop in the northern polar region and clear a path to Alpha Base. However, we became pinned down not too far from our landing zone. After a long firefight, Sergeant Forge arrived in a Gauss 'Hog and cleared the area. Together we pushed towards the base, saving several Marine squads along the way. Then, with the assistance of Shortsword bombers, we retook Alpha Base and rebuilt it.

As night fell, Captain Cutter ordered us to attack a Forerunner structure. My squad was tasked with advancing through the left flank, saving some trapped Warthogs on the way. We won that battle, but it cost us our Sergeant and two other members of my squad.

When we reached the Forerunner Artifact and activated it, Stealth Elites decloaked and ambushed us. After escaping the structure and killing the Elites, Ryan (the other ODST) and I were evacuated and returned to Reach. A few months later, I was promoted to Sergeant.

Given the fact that all the members of my squad (excluding Lance Corporal Harold Ryan) died on Harvest, I was transfered to the 22nd Shock Troops Battalion. Then I was put in charge of a small squad consisting of me and 3 members: LCpl Harold Ryan (he was transferd to the 22nd, too), PFC Joshua Rodgers, and Cpl Samantha Jones.

My squad:



- Lance Corporal Harold Ryan: He's a Heavy Weapons specialist and has a medical rucksack. He's seen some of the bloodiest battles of the war.

Armour: ODST BDU - Earth Standard Mark II w/ Medical Rucksack - Colours: Black and Orange



- Private First Class Joshua Rodgers: He's a CQC and explosives expert. He's new in the Shock Troops, but he's not exactly green, no ODST is.

Armour: ODST BDU - Earth Standard Mark I (later Heavy Variant w/ UA) - Colours: Black and White

- Corporal Samantha Jones: She's a Sniper and comunications expert. One of the best shooters the Corps has to offer.

Armour: ODST BDU - Sharpshooter Variant w/ Sniper Goggles - Colours: Black and Blue

After some missions with my squad, I was promoted to Staff Sergeant. And in 2547, we were tasked with the destruction of a Covenant Methane Facility on a remote moon called Oyan. We landed in the jungles, at night. From there we moved towards our objective.

At the morning, Sam provided Sniper fire from a hill while we silently infiltrated the facility. The plan was going well until an Elite sounded the alarm and the rest of the Covenant started attacking us. Soon a Hunter arrived and pinned us down, but not before hitting me with the Assault Cannon. While Ryan was giving me Biofoam, Sam managed to snipe the Hunter's neck, killing it. But another one arrived and almost hit her while she was in her sniping spot. Realizing that we couldn't get out of there without destroying the Methane Base, I ordered Joshua to plant C-12s all along the walls while Ryan distracted the second Hunter using a Fuel Rod Gun he picked up from a dead Grunt. With the explosives armed, we needed to move to an extraction zone and detonate them from a safe distance. But while retreating, Ryan was shot in the head by a Jackal Sniper. After we detonated the explosives from a safe distance, a Pelican arrived and we returned to our ship. Joshua had to choose another armour because his was heavily damaged during the battle.

In late 2551, I returned to Reach and 7 months later, the Covenant attacked the planet and we dropped from orbit to the Viery territory. When we reached the ground, we met an ODST with a green stripe, who revealed himself to be Sergeant James Haywood. James lost his squad and so joined mine.

It was in the Battle of Viery that Sam died, she was hit by the blade of the Gravity Hammer that a Brute Chieftain was using. After her death, it was just me, James, and Joshua.

We later moved to New Alexandria's Cargo Port, protecting it 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 we were about to get out of the city in a Pelican, a Grunt squad led by a Brute Major ambushed us, but Joshua managed to board the dropship. The Brute threw a Spike Grenade, tearing James apart and damaging my armour, and when it was about to kill me, Joshua jumped out of the ship and killed it with his Shotgun. I was wounded but he helped me get inside the Pelican. We took off but a Grunt stuck one of the our propellers with a Plasma Grenade and we crashed.

Four hours later, I woke up and saw Joshua's body next to the cockpit. While crawling out of the Pelican's wreckage, I 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 transfered to the 7th Shock Troops Battalion and was promoted to Gunnery Sergeant. Due to the fact that I was in the 7th ODST, I changed my armour to the Mark I variant of the BDU, wich is the standard armour of that Battalion.

Then, I 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 and received my new ODST squad. Later, when we arrived at Installation 00, they sent me, my new squad, and Spartan-117 to clear an LZ for the Dawn.

After fighting through the deserts in a Prowler, we destroyed two Anti-Air Wraiths and secured the LZ. When the Frigate landed and dropped reinforcements, 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, another ODST and I boarded a Hornet along with the Chief 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 Master 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".

POST-WAR

After the Great War, I was promoted to Master Sergeant. Because the 7th Battalion was all wiped out during the war, I was transfered to the 17th ODST Battalion and went back to using my former and prefered armour: the Heavy Variant with UA uplinks, the ideal armour for assault troopers like me.

Then, stationed aboard the UNSC Eminent Domain, I witnessed the Invasion of Draetheus V. After the inicial attack, the Domain deployed my platoon to the surface of the moon X50. From there, we met Spartan Davis. Together we pushed through Covenant forces and saved the second wave of ODSTs. As night fell, we entered the mountain zones.

The Spartan planned to ambush a column of Covenant Armour led by AA Wraiths that was pushing through the mountains. When they arrived at midnight, we used chain guns and grenades to destroy them. Then, we advanced towards the Forerunner Artifact and escorted the engineer that was tasked with deactivating the device. He shut the artifact down but then we were surrounded by all sides. With Davis and the other ODSTs dead, I ran through the mountains in an effort to reach a safe zone and call for evac. As I was being chased by multiple Elites, I had no time to look back or to decide where to go. Luckily, I found an operational Pelican near a destroyed UNSC base and escaped the moon.

Currently, I'm stationed aboard the Strident-class heavy frigate "UNSC Conqueror" with a squad of four ODSTs. We are accomplishing many operations throughout the galaxy in the hopes of ending the war with the Covenant Remnant.

PERSONALITY

I'm an avid leader, but I don't refuse to listen to what my soldiers say. I also care deeply for them, and I try to protect them as much as I can, but I always keep in mind that completing the mission is the primary goal.

Just like every ODST, I dislike Spartans. However, that doesn't stop me from working effectively with them. I also hold a big hate towards the Covenant, and it even took me time to accept the Elites as friends.

ARMOUR -> ODST BDU - Heavy Variant w/ UA - Colours: Black and White

Armour used in:

- Early battles until the end of the Fall of Reach

- Post-War Era

-> ODST BDU - Earth Standard Mark I - Colours: Black and Red

Armour used in:

- Battle of Earth and Battle of Installation 00

FAVOURITE 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

- M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle AKA Spartan Laser

GALLERY