User:Michael-B347

"I'm a Spartan. I do as I'm told. I follow the chain of command and I know the consequences of my actions. If I ever do something I'm not ordered to do, I must have a damn good reason for it."

- Michael defending his actions during the Fall of Reach

Lieutenant Michael-B347 is a SPARTAN-IV commando and leader of Fireteam Spectre. Prior to enlisting in the SPARTAN-IV program, Michael was trained by Lieutenant Commander Kurt Trevelyan (known as Kurt Ambrose at the time) and Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez for six years in the SPARTAN-III Beta Company on planet Onyx. He was a member of the top-secret SPARTAN-III group "Headhunters."

Childhood and early career
Michael was born in New Athens, Horizon on May 29, 2533. Three years after narrowly surviving the Covenant glassing of his home planet on November 19, 2539, Michael was conscripted into the Spartan-III program and trained for six years at Camp Currahee.

Prior to Operation: TORPEDO, Michael was removed from Beta Company and assigned to the covert SPARTAN-III group called "Headhunters".

Fall of Reach
"Such arrogance. What makes you different from the dozens of other Demons I've already disposed of?"

- Unnamed Sangheili Zealot

"Not much apart from having a knack of proving your kind wrong."

- Michael-B347

After the destruction of Beta Company during Operation: TORPEDO, Michael-B347 was reassigned to participate in emergency defense operations of the inner colony planets late in the Human-Covenant war. One of these operations, Operation: TUNGUSKA, took place above planet Reach on August 15, 2552. Michael, now leader of the small Headhunter team Spectre, was ordered to stealthily board the CSO-class Covenant supercarrier Vanguard of Repentance and plant a HAVOK nuclear warhead near the cruiser's Slipspace drive, evacuate, then detonate the nuke.

Upon making it into the cruiser and to the surprise of Michael and his team, the Covenant on board were already aware of the team's presence and Spectre were forced to engage. Due to the covert nature of the mission, Spectre were not equipped for extended firefights and were forced to retreat deeper into the ship. In order to complete the mission, Michael ordered his team to hold the line while he made his way to the Slipspace drive deck. While planting the nuke, a Suicide Grunt caught Michael off-guard. Before he could react, the plasma grenades exploded and severely injured the Spartan. The explosion also damaged the Slipspace drive core and caused it to malfunction. Knowing this, Michael quickly regrouped with his team and ordered them to retreat to the very rear of the ship. Shortly thereafter, the Slipspace drive core prematurely activated and sent half the ship into Slipstream Space. The cruiser's internal atmosphere was immediately sucked out, effectively suffocating the vast majority of the Covenant soldiers. Spectre sealed off the section of the ship that the Covenant used for cryonic sleep and used the cryo-pods to remain in stasis until the ship was discovered.

After five years in Slipspace, the cruiser's power supply failed and dropped the ship back into normal space on the edge of a UNSC system. After awakening from stasis, Spectre activated a distress beacon and were rescued by a UNSC frigate two days later.

The SPARTAN-IV program
Shortly after being rescued, Michael was offered a spot in the SPARTAN-IV program along with the option to read his personal background files. Although Michael accepted the offer to join the SPARTAN-IVs, he declined the opportunity to read his background files. After his enlistment with the SPARTAN-IVs, Michael was reassigned to the UNSC Infinity.

Requiem Campaign
Six months after the Didact's attack on New Phoenix, Infinity was to return to Requiem to clear out the Covenant Remnant and Prometheans and set up research bases. Michael participated in various operations throughout the campaign, including the defense of Infinity when it was attacked by the Covenant and Prometheans.

Trivia

 * Although Michael is 24 years old at the time of the Requiem Campaign, he is physiologically and psychologically still 19 years old due the five years spent in cryonic stasis, in which aging is slowed to a halt.
 * Michael wears the Mark VI helmet, Enforcer chest, Engineer EDGE shoulders, XV-27 Shifting forearms, Mark VI legs, and Midnight visor.
 * Michael is one of the few living Beta Company SPARTAN-IIIs.
 * Michael's weapons of choice are the BR85HB SR Battle Rifle for mid-range engagements, M395 Designated Marksman Rifle for mid-to-long range engagements, the Sniper Rifle System 99-S5 Anti-Materiel for long-range engagements, and the MA5D Individual Combat Weapon System for close-range engagements.
 * He desperately wants the Breach stance but he still needs to complete all but two UNSC ordnance weapon commendations.
 * Michael also has a fan page on Facebook. It can be reached by using this link:
 * I wrote this entire page on my own in one sitting. Boredom is a powerful thing.