There's a Human under that Armor

by Radiation Soap IV

Overtime, Grey had lost his humanity. His team and his purpose are gone. But a transfer to a new team might give him a chance to redeem himself through friendship, a new purpose and love.

2. Bios

Sorry that it's not a real chapter, but I just wanted to get this out of the way. It's a dossier of Blue Team, our first set of main characters. It'll just show names, roles, armor etc. It's easier for me to explain the characteristics of my…characters this way. I have a hard time explaining their looks in actual writing, something I hope to overcome in the future. Anyways, here we go.

Also I should mention that Blue Team (my first set of characters) is in a fictional experiment where Spartans actively operate with non-Spartans.

And…the characters Nick Arnold, Ivan Uralia, and Amad are not characters of my own creation; these three characters belong to the creators of the STRIKE (specifically Soviet STRIKE) video game series (awesome games). I'm not gonna take credit for them. But Albert, Delilah and Adam are of my own creation. I think I mentioned that in the first chapter. *shrugs*

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Blue Team Dossier

(Spartans)

Blue One (Team Leader)

Name: Albert

Rank: Major

Service Number: S-262

Class: Spartan III, Alpha Company

Unit: SpecWar/GroupOne/Blue

Gender: M

Birthplace: New Manila, Mars

Birth Date: 19/11/2521

Age: 28

Hair Color: Red

Eye Color: Green

Height: 6 ft. 10 in.

Weight: 255lbs

Armor: EOD helmet with CNM attachment and gold visor. Tactical/Recon chest armor, UA/Base Security shoulders and Tactical/Tacpad wrist attachment. UA/NxRA utility and Grenadier knee guards.

Armor Color: Brown (Primary) Blue (Secondary)

Bio: Albert is one of the best tacticians among the Spartan III's. Despite his calm and cool attitude many UNSC troops who have worked with him will say the man is crazy. His plans are daring and risky but always successful with minimal losses. Unfortunately, he always frowns upon his own plans before and after the mission; he sees that even if one soldier is lost during the battle the plan is a failure. As said before, Albert is calm and cool most of the time. He sometimes finds things that non-Spartans say and do very strange and keeps his distance from them besides a select few. Albert has a problem of holding in most of his emotions and never expressing how he feels to his troops. Although he will never tell them, Albert has a very deep attachment to every member of Blue Team.

Blue Two (Heavy Weapons Specialist/Marksman)

Name: Taylor

Rank: Lieutenant

Service Number: S-309

Class: Spartan III, Beta Company

Unit: SpecWar/GroupOne/Blue

Gender: M

Birthplace: Pirth City, Arcadia

Birth Date: 27/02/2528

Age: 21

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Blue

Height: 6 ft. 5 in.

Weight: 265lbs

Armor: Operator helmet with CNM attachment and gold visor. UA/Counterassault chest armor with ODST shoulders and UA/Bracer wrist attachment. UA/Chobham utility and GUNGNIR knees.

Armor Color: Olive (Primary) Blue (Secondary)

Bio: Taylor is a bit shorter than most Spartans but lacks no ferocity than the rest. His primary duty in Blue Team is their sniper and heavy weapons man, but in reality he's their jack of all trades (as are most Spartans). He does most of the heavy lifting for the team. Taylor has taken it upon himself to do more work than the rest of the team. Because of this he often carries a lot of pressure and weight on his shoulders as he feels that if he makes one mistake he'll let everyone down. But besides this, Taylor is polite and friendly to everyone he meets and has a strong friendship with Grey S-312. In battle, Taylor is very professional. When he's not, Taylor acts like any non-Spartan would.

Blue Three (Scout)

Name: Greyson (Grey)

Rank: Warrant Officer

Service Number: S-312

Class: Spartan III, Beta Company

Unit: SpecWar/GroupOne/Blue

Gender: M

Birthplace: XXX, Earth

Birth Date: 10/03/2529

Age: 20

Hair Color: Light Brown

Eye Color: Green

Height: 6 ft. 10 in.

Weight: 245lbs

Armor: Mark V [B] helmet w/ UA/HUL attachments and silver visor. Tactical/LRP chest armor, default shoulders and UA/Buckler wrist attachment. Tactical/Soft Case utility and FJ-PARA knees.

Armor Color: Steel (Primary) Steel (Secondary

Bio: Quiet and reserved, Grey has been noted to be one of the most effective Spartans III's in service. He possesses an eagerness to fight and make a difference- in his words "preserving humanity" by saving entire colonies, helping people individually and as a whole. Grey also has a military desire to be all he can be and progress through the ranks. Unfortunately this late into the war, his dreams aren't exactly coming true, both with military progress and preserving his people. But Grey tries not to let this dampen his ability. He is an extremely skilled warrior who tries to help everyone he can whether they are civilians, Spartans or non-Spartans. Grey views them all the same. Grey cares for each member of his team immensely, especially Delilah, whom he is romantically attached to.

Blue Four (Medic)

Name: Delilah

Rank: Warrant Officer

Service Number: S-311

Class: Spartan III, Beta Company

Unit: SpecWar/GroupOne/Blue

Gender: F

Birthplace: New Barbados, Emerald Cove

Birth Date: 04/25/2530

Age: 19

Hair Color: Dirty Blonde

Eye Color: Blue

Height: 6 ft. 8 in.

Weight: XXX

Armor: Security helmet with gold visor. Collar/Breacher chest armor, FJ/Para shoulders and Assault/Breacher wrist attachment. Tactical/Trauma Kit utility and FJ/PARA shoulders.

Armor Color: Violet

Bio: Delilah is talkative and sometimes bubbly, but only when she is out of combat. During a battle, she has been noted to be one of the most deadly members of the team next to Blue Three. Despite her warrior's spirit, Delilah is one of the best medics working in the field. She can treat a simple bullet wound to mental trauma. Delilah is often in a good mood with a smile permanently on her face which causes Spartans and non-Spartans alike to view as an odd sort. Delilah doesn't mind though and wears her title of strangeness proudly, although sometimes Delilah's good outlook becomes doubtful of the team's situation. Delilah is also happily locked in a relationship with Grey (Blue Three). She cares about him beyond anyone's imagination and is always protective of him, knowing that he feels the same way.

(Non-Spartans)

Blue Five (Assault Specialist)

Name: Nick Arnold

Rank: Gunnery Sergeant

Service Number: XXX

Class: Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODSTs)

Unit: SpecWar/GroupOne/Blue

Gender: M

Birthplace: (California) United States of America, Earth

Birth Date: 16/08/2519

Age: 30

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Brown

Height: 6 ft. 1 in.

Weight: 175lbs

Armor: ODST helmet with UA/CNM attachment; standard ODST battle armor.

Armor Color: Standard ODSTs coloration (Primary) Blue (Secondary)

Bio: Nick is a reckless, hotheaded ODST who was pulled into Kurt Ambrose's idea of mixed squads after he had been on guard duty at Camp Currahee (Spartan III's training camp on Onyx) while recovering from an injury. Despite being at a disadvantage of lacking the armor the Spartans have, Nick is just as effective because of his sheer determination to destroy the enemy. He also has a strong belief that he's one of the best troopers in the UNSC and is basically invincible. Nick has a large collection of movies, music and books from the 20th and 21st centuries; surprisingly he has a strong taste for all three. And to boot, Nick is a family man with a wife and three children waiting for him at home. He may be a ruthless killing machine in his head but in reality he is a wise man who understands what it means to live and love. Nick also a close friendship with Grey and tries to teach many aspects of romance and life to him as he is aware of his relationship with Delilah. This doesn't keep him from teasing the two about it sometimes though.

Blue Six (Engineer/Hazardous Operations)

Name: Ivan Uralia

Rank: Lieutenant

Service Number: XXX

Class: UNSC Infantry

Unit: SpecWar/GroupOne/Blue

Gender: M

Birthplace: Ukraine, Earth

Birth date: 02/05/2518

Age: 31

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Blue

Height: 6 ft. 0 in.

Weight: 160lbs

Armor: HAZOP helmet variant with CBRN/HUL attachment, standard UNSC Army Battle Dress uniform with HAZOP shoulders.

Armor Color: Standard brown-gray coloration (Primary) Blue (Secondary)

Bio: Ivan is a quiet, philosophical and rather strange man who speaks of death before, during and after a battle. He has accepted death rather than fear it. But he does not obsess over it and still acts like a normal soldier. Ivan has a strong sense of devotion to the human race ever since his accident in his home country. When a nuclear reactor exploded, Ivan was the only man brave enough to fly a chopper above to drop sand on the reactor. These actions saved millions of lives but it came with a cost. Ivan suffered from radiation sickness for several years and only survived through an experimental treatment that actually worked. But Ivan's body is covered with scars, scorches and other noticeable deformities from both the radiation and the treatment. Fortunately, this gave Ivan a strange immunity to radiation so he was an ideal choice for hazardous operations. He takes this "gift" very seriously and has made a promise to make sure what happened to him never happens to anyone else.

Blue Seven (Pilot)

Name: Amad

Rank: Warrant Officer

Service Number: XXX

Class: UNSC Air Force

Unit: SpecWar/GroupOne/Blue

Gender: M

Birthplace: North Caucasus, (Southern) Russia

Birth Date: 21/12/2519

Age: 30

Hair Color: Reddish-Blonde

Eye Color: Green

Height: 5 ft. 10 in.

Weight: 150lbs

Armor: Pilot helmet with HUL[3] attachment and standard pilot armor.

Armor Color: Standard pilot coloration (Primary) Blue (Secondary)

Bio: Amad is a wild, cagey Russian man from a warrior race of people who dwell in the mountain passes in the Caucasus Mountains near the Caspian Sea. He always ready for a fight but feels that he's being misused. Amad always wishes to fight on the ground where his real skill in combat can be used but is instead stuck flying a Falcon for Blue Team and other UNSC personnel when needed. This aggravates him extremely. But Amad tries to keep a good attitude and feels his position deeply. And much like Nick, he believes he is invincible. Although he doesn't like it, Amad is a very decent pilot who always has a trick up his sleeve during an operation. Amad tries his best all the time and is generally friendly with the rest of team. Amad unintentionally causes them to laugh with strange, heated lines in his accent during desperate times in a battle.