User:Michael-B347

"Colonel, I'm a Spartan. I do as I'm told. I follow the orders I'm given and I know the consequences of my actions. You should know that if I ever do something I'm not ordered to do, I must have a damn good reason for it."

- Michael to Col. Logan Presley reflecting on his actions during the Fall of Reach

Michael-B347 (SN: 52390-99217-MX) 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 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" and took part in the Fall of Reach in 2552.

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.

Shortly after Operation: CARTWHEEL and prior to Operation: TORPEDO, Michael was removed from Beta Company and assigned to the covert SPARTAN-III group called "Headhunters". Michael was one of the few SPARTAN-IIIs that were equipped with MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor.

Fall of Reach
"I will kill you for your 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 carrier's Slipspace drive, evacuate, then detonate the nuke.

Upon making it into the Repentance 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 threw the Spartan into the Slipspace drive core, which, in turn, caused it to malfunction. Knowing this, Michael quickly regrouped with his team and ordered them to retreat to the very rear of the Repentance. Shortly thereafter, the Slipspace drive core prematurely activated and sent half the ship—including Michael and his team—into Slipstream Space. The carrier'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  Repentance' s power supply failed and dropped the carrier 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 in 2557, 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 Remnant and Prometheans.

Traits and personality
Michael is described as friendly, respectful, and humorous, although he is quick to anger when things aren't going according to plan. He is very cautious in the field and rarely takes risks; this trait has proven useful during stealth missions, which require very precise planning and execution.

Equipment
Michael's weapon of choice is the M395 Designated Marksman Rifle. He is also proficient with the Sniper Rifle System 99-S5 Anti-Matériel and M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle. His sidearm of choice is the M6H Personal Defense Weapon System.

Michael's signature Armor Ability is Active Camouflage. He has, however, been known to use Jetpack and Promethean Vision.

Michael wears a combination of different variants of the MJOLNIR GEN2 armor. These variants are as follows: An upgraded GEN2-compatible version of the Mark VI helmet and leggings, Enforcer torso, Engineer shoulders, XV-27 Shifting forearms, and Midnight visor.

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 is one of the few living Beta Company SPARTAN-IIIs.
 * Michael also has a fan (term is used loosely) page on Facebook. It can be reached by using this link:

Emily-B189
- Using this section to build the backstory and important information of a character I'm planning to put in my future machinima -

Emily-B189 (SN: 73912-00192-EX) is a SPARTAN-IV commando and member of Fireteam Spectre. Prior to enlisting in the SPARTAN-IV program, Emily was trained by Lieutenant Commander Kurt Trevelyan and Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez for six years in the SPARTAN-III Beta Company on planet Onyx. She was a member of the top-secret SPARTAN-III group "Headhunters" and took part in the Fall of Reach in 2552.