Delvin-A125

"The fight ain't never gonna end. Might as well enjoy it. " - Delvin-A125 
Warrant Officer Delvin-A125 is a SPARTAN-III commando who fought during the Human-Covenant War and the conflicts arising in the post-war era. Known for his bravado and temper in equal measure, Delvin has gained a reputation as a soldier who won't let anything stop him from accomplishing his missions. 
Like other candidates, Delvin-A125 possessed traits of extreme aggression and violence that called into question their trainability as Spartans. He, in particular, would often clash with other candidates during exercises, or be the source of disruptive incidents even late into the program. Despite these issues, he would eventually find himself alongside others, Halle-A025 and Jeremiah-A225, on Team Salamander. The trio would earn a reputation as cunning as they were confrontational. They would be among the candidates selected to undergo augmentations and would emerge on the other side Spartans. 
While Team Salamander would earn themselves several merits during Alpha Company's early operations, their success would be short lived; during Operation HEARSAY, they would fail to report back within the designated timeframe and be recorded as MIA as a result. Several days after the deadline, Delvin-A125 would be recovered, alone, and having suffered grievous injuries. Placed into a rehabilitation program alongside several "washouts" from the augmentation procedures, he, alongside Nelson-A089, Melody-A003, and Elise-A100 would recover enough to be placed back into the field. Rendered RAPTOR Team, newly formed unit would undertake high risk objectives during the remainder of the Human-Covenant War. 
Near the end of the War, Delvin-A125 and his team would be deployed during the Battle of New Jerusalem, carrying out orders from the Office of Naval Intelligence regarding assets located on the world. Ultimately, only he would make it off the world, eventually coming to participate in the Battle for Earth. Following the end of the War, he would complete missions throughout Sol, eliminating Covenant remnants and footholds throughout the system. 
By 2554, he would be attached to Special Warfare Group Three, as field commander of a new Spartan unit, LAMBDA Team. He would be joined by Kashvi-B071, Clyde-G200, Belarose-G189, Jim-G300, and Rosemary-G001, primarily operating as a direct action strike team. 
== Career Service Vitae - SPARTAN-a125, 2558 PERFORMANCE REPORT ==
== Biography ==
"They said they'd give me a chance to fight the monsters, kill'em all if I wanted. And goddamn, did they deliver on that promise." - Delvin-A125 remarking on his recruitment into the Spartan-III Program.
=== Early Childhood ===
Delvin Barbossa was born on the Outer Colony world of Dwarka, on October 5th, 2525. The son of two UNSC officers, he was primarily raised by his maternal grandparents while his parents were away on duty. Larger in size than the other children, Delvin would often play roughly and bully the others during games or contests, much to their discontent. And though he had been reprimanded by his grandparents, they did little to stem his behaviors. 
In 2530, Dwarka would be attacked by the Covenant, beginning the Siege of Dwarka. Delvin would be one of dozens of children who would manage to be evacuated from the world on a freighter, leaving behind their loved ones and caretakers to the mercy of the Covenant. Eventually, the freighter would come into contact with the Office of Naval Intelligence, resulting in those who were willing being recruited in the Spartan-III Program.
=== Recruitment and Training ===
"A125 displays aggressive and domineering tendencies both during exercises and outside of them. Could potentially pose morale problems amongst the other candidates later on. Keep an eye on him." - Observation notes on Delvin-A125.The first night of their new lives, Delvin and the other hundreds of orphans would be tested on their resolve, being made paradrop from Pelicans in the dead of night to earn their spots. On his groups Pelican, Delvin would push his way to the head crowd, and step off the dropship without a second thought, only fully coming to realize what he'd done as he plummeted through the night air. He would be gathered alongside the other 496 candidates who'd be accepted into the roster of Alpha Company. Early on, he would stand out as a misfit among the other trainees, his aggression coupled with his size proving often a danger towards others during exercises. This would boil over into other activities, such as mealtimes and lights-out, often resulting in disciplinary actions such as demerits, extended runs, and stays in isolation. 
Despite these incidents, his results in routine evaluations and assessments remained undisturbed, consistently pushing himself. When team compositions were formed, Delvin found his himself alongside fellow trainees Jeremiah-A225 and Halle-A025. To the surprise of the staff, the team would prove to have good cohesion and perform well during exercises, though still faced issues from their peers. One of the most infamous was a brawl in which the three fought a total of ten other trainees from multiple teams during mealtime. The aftermath saw several of them to the infirmary, and Team Salamander sent to the brig as punishment. 
Delvin would develop a knack in demolitions, both in disposal of explosive ordinance and the employment of it. During competitive exercises, he and Team Salamander would become known for their use of traps and careful ambushes to gain the advantage over opponents. He and his teammates would eventually make the selection for augmentations, taking one of the final steps towards becoming full Spartans. His post-augmentation stature and physique had turned the already large trainee into a veritable giant, though he would be among the quickest to recover and acclimatize to their new bodies. 
=== Deployment ===
Delvin and Team Salamander would deploy with Alpha Company in late 2536, participating in a number of early deployments. Following the success of Operation HWACHA, Delvin and his teammates would be one of several teams selected to carry out preliminary reconnaissance in preparation for the next company deployment. Tasked with retrieving intelligence from a Covenant coordination platform, the mission progressed smoothly, with the Spartans successfully infiltrating the platform's interior and gaining access to the local proselytization network. Issues would arise when the intrusion would trip security within the battle-net, quickly exposing the breach and their positions. 
Only partially successful in gaining the information needed, Team Salamander would choose to cut their losses and extract. In a battle against time and enemies, the Spartans managed to reach their exfiltration craft, with Halle prepping it for launch while Jeremiah and Delvin provided cover fire. It would be then that a stray shot would destroy a plasma battery, engulfing the two in its wake. Delvin, though heavily injured, would manage to drag Jeremiah's motionless body into the craft just as it finally took off and entered into slip-space.
Their craft would be recovered by ONI, with the team taken to a remote recovery facility where Delvin was placed in a medical coma due to his injuries, and Jeremiah was declared KIA. Team Salamander would ultimately be declared MIA in Alpha Company's roster. 
Reassignment
Awakening three months following the mission, Delvin would find his entire life permanently altered. He would be informed of Jeremiah's death and Halle being removed from field service, with the young soldier blaming himself for the outcome. At the same time, he'd deal with physical trauma as well, having lost portions of his left arm and leg. Despite all this, however, his fighting days lay ahead of him, as he was capable of being rehabilitated enough to continue fulfilling a capacity in the field. He would manage to successfully recover to near full strength after rigorous treatment regimens and surgeries to deal with the lingering effects of his injuries, as well as being fitted with robotic prosthetics to fill the place of his lost limbs. 
Now without a team, Delvin expected to be reintegrated into Alpha Company. This, however, would not come to pass, as the unit had perished to the man a month previous during Operation PROMETHEUS, though he would not gain this information for several years. Instead, he would be reassigned to a unit under CODENAME NEMO.
== Personality and Traits ==
"Locate. Target. Destroy. Only creed I need." - Delvin-A125Delvin is abrasive, blunt, and critical of others. This lends to a usually serious and intimidating demeanor from the Spartan. Despite this, he possesses a gallows sense of humor, making light of the direst situations and enjoying taunting his enemies during combat. He takes pride in his abilities as a Spartan, and is quick to challenge those who question it, whether they be fellow Spartans or enemies on the battlefield. This competitive streak has led to instances of "overkill", where he goes above and beyond what is needed for the situation; this has led to more than a few War Games ending prematurely due to injury. 
He is more at home in isolated theaters of war than in a bunk on base; he craves combat and is known to become restless or irritable when grounded from fighting. When on mission, his attention is focused on the objective at hand, allowing for little to distract him from completing it. Loyal, determined, and stubborn, he will see orders carried out to the letter with little to no hesitation. Delvin credits the UNSC with giving his life purpose and works towards ensuring its goals are achieved. 
His early experiences with death and loss have hardened him over time. Outside of his relationship with Halle-A025, he doesn't place much value on interpersonal relationships with others, keeping them at arm's length at best. He tends to isolate himself completely from non-military personnel when a situation involves them, the preferring little to no interaction. 
== Appearance ==
Delvin is a giant amongst men, standing a few inches shy of eight feet outside of power armor. Among even the Spartans, the number of them that come close to his stature can be counted on two hands, and those that surpass it on one. Pre-augmentation, his strength and athleticism stood out amongst his peers, no doubt enhanced and accelerated by the supplements provided in their meals. His rehabilitation post-augmentation would take longer most of his peers, the sudden growth and mass gained in combination with newly enhanced senses making for a disorienting experience. His dark skin tone tells of ancestry stemming from the Sub-Saharan regions of the African continent on Earth.
Always being at the forefront of the fight, and even enjoying it, Delvin has accrued many scars in over the years. The left half of his body is marred by burns and shrapnel wounds, while both his forearm and lower leg on the left side have been replaced with robotic prosthetics. 
== Equipment ==
=== Armor ===
Image	Name	Description 	
 	Semi-Powered Infiltration Armor 
(2537-2544)	Issued to him upon graduation alongside the rest of Alpha Company in 2537. Mark I heavily damaged during Operation HEARSAY. Mark II issued in late-2538. 	
 	MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor Mark IV 
(2544-2552)	Issued Mark IV in 2544. Field-tested various prototypes for Materials Group and Watershed Division between 2545 and 2551. 	
 	MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor Mark V
(2553-2558)	Issued Mark V(B) variant for field-testing on Concord in 2551, later heavily damaged during the Defense of Concord. Adopted and modified Mark V/(G) variant in 2553, upgraded to GEN2 standards circa 2558.	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
Category:SPARTAN
Category:Alpha Company