David-B114

Spartan David-B114 (born David Whittle) is a SPARTAN-III commando who served in the UNSC’s Office of Naval Intelligence, formerly a part of Beta Company. Growing up on Jericho VII, David saw firsthand the Covenant onslaught on his hometown and was compelled to join up and avenge his planet, doing so alongside his childhood friend. Graduating in 2545 as the combat engineer for Team Hotel, he and Ichika-B153 would embark on a long-range recon operation which they were granted for their qualification as CAT-II Spartans, effectively saving them from joining the rest of their company in the suicidal missions to come. 
Afterwards, the two were withdrawn and reassigned under the Beta-5 Division’s Asymmetrical Action Group. David would be placed as the intelligence specialist of Strike Team CROW, led by Marley-A079. He would go on to serve across numerous covert deployments during the Human-Covenant War, dealing in unconventional warfare, special reconnaissance and asset denial. He would fight in numerous engagements, such as Operation: MELTING POINT, the Battle of Meridian, and the Fall of Reach. By the time the Battle of Earth took place, David would be left as the only survivor of CROW Team and struggled, wondering if humanity could survive any longer. Despite this, he deployed during the Battle of Cairo and it was there he reunited with Alexis-B170, his former training mate and childhood friend. 
When the Human-Covenant War finally ended, he sought to retire from active duty and switch to a non-combat role within the UNSC, being instead recruited by ONI to serve as an instructor for the SPARTAN-IV program. He would accept, taking on this career throughout the rest of the 2550s under his original name. Amidst the Created Crisis, David would disappear to the classified frontier world harbouring the Avery J. Johnson Military Academy of Science. He and Alexis would oversee the various recruits and surviving Spartans, working their best effort to train and assist them in these trying times.
==Biography ==
===Early Life===
David Whittle was born on May 9th, 2530, to a middle-class family on the colony of Jericho VII. Brought up in the city of Argyle, David was the only child of Drina Whittle and Earline Whittle – both of whom were employed by Au-Anderson Shipyards and worked at their complex. Despite its light population, Jericho VII had been shaping up to be a major player in the UNSC’s shipbuilding industry. Earline Whittle worked as a chief engineer at the corporation’s complex, toiling through long shifts to support his family. Due to this, he was often away from home but Earline still made an effort to be in his son’s life, often gifting the boy with various children’s books, mostly related to UNSC vessels whenever he returned from his work. As a result of the surrounding influences, David would take an interest in these pieces over the following years, even at his young age. He obsessed over them, coming to admire spacecraft in a star-struck way – civilian freighters, colony vessels and warships to match. He even dreamt of enlisting in the UNSC Navy so he could see them much closer. 
When the Covenant entered the Lambda Serpentis system in 2532, David would watch amazed as a battle group of Halberd-class destroyers passed above the clouds of Jericho VII and into the atmosphere above. He pestered his mother over and over, directing her attention to the ships, only to be confused upon seeing her face full of distress. Having enlisted to assist the planetary defence, Earline would perish in another region of the planet, leaving Drina to raise young David all by her lonesome. Even when the abrupt news of Earline’s death reached their household, the boy lay in his room, reading as he always did – utterly oblivious to the atrocities happening across his world. David would grow close with his mother following this incident, who began to cling to him in order to cope with the loss. 
==== Battle of Jericho VII ====
Throughout the Covenant’s merciless campaign, the UNSC would maintain orbital supremacy and air superiority throughout the first few years of fighting accredited to the efforts of Jericho VII’s Planetary Security Intelligence, Almace, who coordinated the planet’s defence. Argyle would find itself untouched during the battle and instead, increase in population as civilians seeking refuge from the contested areas moved into camps set up by the local UNSC Army garrison. At school, David would come to meet and befriend a young girl who had survived the Battle of New Caven and sought haven in Argyle – Alexis Pallesen. Sharing a mutual interest in spacecraft and vehicles, the two hit it off and became inseparably close, being the only friends they had at the time. The other kids often bullied David due to his “nerdy” interest, causing him to resent them. Alexis, on the other hand, had lost both her parents and was under the care of her aunt. Despite this, she got along well with him and didn't feel too shaken by the incursion – instead, recalling them as if they were scary nightmares. By 2535, David would prove to be an intelligent child, displaying his vast knowledge of UNSC spacecraft. He could list various classes off of memory, the types of vessels and even knew a handful of names. He and Alexis would spend a lot of time together, either at his place or at the apartment rented by Alexis’ aunt. 
On the 12th of April, during routine school hours, David and Alexis had snuck away to play in another section of the school grounds, out of the watch of any nearby adults. All was going well, but out of nowhere, a massive drone in the skies was heard by everyone in the vicinity. Looking up at the skies, David gawked in awe as a massive purple vessel he’d never seen before emerged over the horizon, followed by smaller ships. However, Alexis cried out in distress and grabbed his hand before making a break toward the school’s front yard as she realized the danger. 
At last, the Covenant had found Argyle. From behind the distant mountains, an enormous CCS-class battlecruiser escorted by SDV-class heavy corvettes floated across the lake and immediately laid waste to the city below. With the entire city going into a state of panic, it wasn't long before it became a battlefield once the Covenant began to deploy ground troops. With David’s home in walking distance from the school, the duo took to the streets and ran together through the chaos. But as they neared an intersection, their passage was destructively cut off by the force of a plasma torpedo striking the buildings and throwing rubble onto the streets. David, who stared at the dead bodies crushed beneath, was picked up by Alexis and forced to keep going until they made it to their destination. The pair cut through the side streets and corridors, evading Spirit dropships descending upon the main roads. As their hangar bays folded down and emptied their contents, David would catch his first glimpse of the Covenant – a pack of monstrous Jiralhanae. 
Following Alexis’ lead, David would eventually make it to the street of his house, nothing more than a ridge of charred ruins. He trudged through the remains in shock, trying to find where his home once was but simply could not. He almost gave up, until a cry for help caught his attention and he uncovered what remained of his mother, Drina Whittle, her lower half crushed beneath a slab of polycrete. Upon seeing her, David was instantly comforted and without acknowledging their predicament explained how they would escape together. His delusions were quickly shattered by the combined assurances of both her and Alexis, but even then, he remained in denial until he was in tears. Drina urged them to keep on running away and leave her behind but before David could interject, heavy footsteps muffled his voice.
Marking the beginning of a series of memories David would never forget – a massive fully-armoured Mgalekgolo veered around the corner and stopped short a few meters from them, glaring silently. It didn't take long to convince him then, fleeing in a heartbeat with Drina urging them on with the Mgalekgolo turning its attention towards her. David watched helplessly as the Mgalekgolo’s shield bashed his mother into red paste, an image he would never forget. Gaining distance between themselves and the monster, the pair found themselves sauntering through the ruined streets once more in search of any aid. Listening to the sounds of ballistic gunfire, the horrified David allowed Alexis to lead him through until they neared the care of a UNSC Army platoon gathering civilians for evacuation, at the behest of the PSI providing tactical support throughout the engagement. 
Herded onto M914 Recovery Warthogs, the Army led the fleeing civilians to an evac station where they boarded a flight of D77 Pelicans, carrying the survivors out of the city as air support held off the Covenant vessels above. David would not say a word, not to Alexis, not to any other adults and most disturbingly, not about the Pelican he’d been flying on – something he’d usually be up in arms about. Instead, he resigned to silence and watched as the CCS-class battlecruiser charged its plasma battery and glassed the city of Argyle right before his very eyes.
Over the course of the next few days, the survivors would be ushered from site to site as UNSC scrambled to get them off the planet. David spent most of these times in the bed of an H9 hauler, trying to cope with it all, and trying to survive as the Covenant’s assault spread planet-wide leaving no region untouched. Jericho VII would be lost and there was nothing they could do. During the journey, he clung to Alexis, being the last person he had left and openly cursed the alien invaders. Eventually, the refugees would be able to make it off the planet. Banta-class colony ships were vectored to bring them to safety, and upon arriving at the airfield, David only felt a shred of the amazement he usually did when viewing UNSC warships. The evacuees would board the ships and make a safe flight into space, rendezvousing with the frigate UNSC  and finally leaving the system. Watching through monitors inside, David’s resentment heightened as he saw the Covenant vessels burn his world.
Taken to the Xiuquan system within the Inner Colonies, the pair would wind up living in a dirty orphanage on the planet Minister where they would. keep close and share their frustrations, wishing they could have done something. David wished and planned to enlist in the UNSC when he grew older, his passions shifting from ships to revenge. But, as it turned out, others had different plans for the two. During a time of recess, an agent from the Office of Naval Intelligence would meet and offer them their chance for retribution. With David snapping to accept without reluctance, Alexis did so as well and sealed the deal. 
Shortly afterwards, David and Alexis were removed from Minister and placed in cryostasis for the better of 2 years. Their time came to be reawoken in 2539, inside a vessel holding orbit above the strange world of Onyx, where they would be chosen to serve in the SPARTAN-III Program’s Beta Company. 
===Training===
===Operation: MELTING POINT ===
=== Fall of Reach===
====Siege of Esztergom====
=== Battle of Earth===
====Battle for Cairo====
===Post-War===
==Personality & Traits==
=== Skills & Abilities ===
== Equipment==
*MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor, Mark V[C]: Developed by Mobile Armaments Systems, David is equipped with the CQB variant which specializes in the improvement of survivability in close-quarters engagements. David's set came equipped with a hardened uplink module to accommodate for his role as the technology expert. His left wrist is secured with a TACPAD, which can use to display military intelligence and pull-up maps of the AO. Following his reassignment to Spartan Operations, the suit was put in storage under Naval Logistic Command for a little while before being eventually retrieved by David to wear while serving at the AJJAMS.
*BR55 Service Rifle
*M6C/SOCOM Personal Defense Sidearm
*M11 Combat Knife
Category:SPARTAN-IIIs
Category:SPARTAN
Category:Beta Company