Jacob-D2472

Jacob-D2472, born Jacob Tate, is a SPARTAN-III supersoldier in Delta company. Born in 2548 on the colony of Adrastos, he was orphaned when the Covenant attacked the planet shortly after he was born. On May 23, 2555, Jacob was conscripted into the SPARTAN-III program. In August of that year, he, along with the other SPARTANs of Delta company, were taken to the training facilities of the planet New Quebec.
==Early life==
Jacob was born on the colony of Adrastos to a father in the military and a mother who was a nurse. He was only a few months old when the covenant attacked the planet, overwhelming the UNSC defenses, and slaughtering the population. While he was sent to an evacuation point, his father and mother stayed behind to help with the battle. Jacob was one of only a couple thousand people to make it off the planet. After the battle he was sent to an orphanage, where he lived until his conscription into the SPARTAN-III program in 2555.
==Conscription==
Jacob was living in an orphanage on when in 2555 he was chosen to become a member of the SPARTAN-III program. On October 26, 2555, he was kidnapped from his room in his orphanage by members of the Office of Naval Intelligence. He was transported to an ONI prowler and brought to the planet of New Quebec, where the rest of the candidates of the new Delta company of the newly reactivated SPARTAN-III program. It was here that he was given command of Cyclops Team
==Interspecies Union Conflicts==
In 2567, Cyclops Team was assigned to Task Force Nineveh, onboard the UNSC James F. Adams, a Ranger-class Escort Carrier. Cyclops Team's job aboard the carrier was to support ground operations on new or underdeveloped frontier colonies that fell under attack. They got their first taste of combat on November 6, 2567, on the colony of New Suffolk, against a large group of Insurrectionists. The Insurrectionists were led by an enigmatic individual, James Moore, who went only by the Codename: LANCER. Cyclops Teams mission was to eliminate the rebel leader and allow UNSC forces to drive out the remaining dug in rebels.
===The Hunt for Codename: LANCER===
On November 6, 2567, Task Force Nineveh joined up with the 273rd fleet to deploy ground forces, while also hunting down the rebel's scattered flotilla of modified civilian cruise liners. Deploying to the surface with the ship's complement of , they came under fire from several Anti-Air emplacements, destroying three of the pods. Jacob ordered Cyclops to change course to head for the guns in order to make the landing zone safe for reinforcements.