Conor-322

Lieutenant Commander Conor 322, is an Orion/Spartan super soldier of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command, attached to the UNSC Army's Special Warfare Group Eight. Conor is the leader of Fireteam Thunder, a classified team of super soldiers who fought during the Human-Covenant War and afterwards. He is one of the most classified super soldiers in service.
==Biography==
===Childhood and early career===
Born on March 10, 2517, Conor lived most of his childhood with his mother and father in Brisbane City, Australia, on Earth. At age 16 (December 20, 2533), he enlisted into the UNSC Marine Corps. The next year (December 20, 2534), he and 5 other cadets, Owen, Kate, Liam, Wade and Cory were made Privates and placed in a fireteam - Fireteam Tango (nicknamed Fireteam Thunder), under the command of Corporal James Dean. They are in the Second Squad of the Seventh Platoon of Gamma Company of the 4th Battalion of the 12th Regiment of the 21st Marine Division.
A year later (December 20, 2535), they are all promoted to Private First Class. Two years later (February 12, 2537) they are sent to New Harmony and take part in the battle. After they land at a space port near the City of Monastir, the platoon defends the city as Covenant forces try to locate a forerunner artifact. They are eventually able to push the Covenant out of the city (February 20, 2537), and into the near forest. They are almost able to finish the battle, but Covenant reinforcements arrive and they are pushed back to the outskirts of the city. After fighting in the suburbs for a number of days, and receiving reinforcements they are able to keep the Covenant at bay until the Fleet that attacked calls a retreat (February 26, 2537). Once the battle is over their platoon stays in the city to help with the search and rescue.
Later that year (December 20, 2537), they are promoted to Lance Corporal and their platoon is sent to the planet Kholo where they train for the time being. In 2539 (May 18, 2539) the Covenant attacks the planet and after a brutal slaughter of UNSC forces (May 19, 2539), Corporal James Dean is killed in a firefight. The rest of the fireteam manage to survive with the help of the Spartan fireteam: Fireteam Midnight. Afterwards, Conor is promoted to Corporal and placed in command of the fireteam. The are evacuated onto a Charon class Frigate and the next day (May 20, 2539) his fireteam and a few other marines are the only ones to survive an assault from a Covenant SDV-Class Heavy Corvette when they evacuate in a Pelican. Shortly after, they are pulled from the system as it is lost to the Covenant and Kholo is glassed.
At age 23 in early 2541 (January 12, 2541), he and his Fireteam are unofficially recruited into the recently continued ORION Project for their combat efficiency. They were sent to Reach for augmentation and training. They were put into the ORION Project because they were adults, unlike the Spartans, and the augmentations from this program allowed adult patients. They were given modified ORION Project augmentations that made the patient stronger, faster and taller than the original ORION super soldiers but not quite at the level of Spartans. They were selected as a trial much like the original Orion Project. This trial was under the name: Orion Project 22 or Project 22. Their success would start research for the next generation of Spartans. Their training and augmentation were kept off the records and other than the people who knew the truth, they were thought to have been Spartan-IIIs. While on Reach, he meets Dr. Isaac McGraw in the training program. Conor was assigned the spartan number 322, his fireteam now Owen-722, Kate-622, Liam-222, Wade-522 and Cory-422. Soon after (August 25, 2541), he is promoted to Sergeant.
Upon graduation (August 25, 2543), Conor's team was subsequently transferred under UNICOM's operational authority as part of an arrangement to secure Army support for the SPARTAN program within HIGHCOM. He is placed as fireteam leader of Special Warfare Group Eight, designated 'Fireteam Thunder,' in remembrance of their old fireteam name. He was promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant. The fireteam is issued with a set of S.P.I armour given to the Project by O.N.I.
===Later career===
The next year (July 19, 2544) the fireteam is unofficially sent to the Rampart System when the Covenant attacks and tasked with infiltrating the Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence to kill Supreme Commander Luro 'Taralumee. They successfully boarded Resplendent Fervor while the ships defences were busy with Blue Team (July 22, 2544). After Blue Team rescued Dr. Halsey, Fireteam Thunder made their way to the Supreme Commander and executed him along with Sangheili Major, Thel 'Lodamee. They made their way to the ships hangar and used Type-27 Space Banshees to escape. Upon return to Reach (July 25, 2544), they customise their armour.
Three years into their time of being super soldiers, they are unofficially sent to Sargasso and help defend it (September 7, 2546). At one point (September 20, 2546) they help the ODST squad, Gamma-Six get into the town of Belisk by clearing a direct route to a Lethbridge munitions plant. before continuing to the nearest city. The next year (August 25, 2547), he is promoted to Gunnery Sergeant.
They then have a number of 'off-the-books' deployments, including one in early 2548 (March 27, 2548), where they destroyed a Covenant supply cache in a far away system. Conor and Fireteam Thunder then have their first official deployment on planet Meridian in 2548 (October 7, 2548). They help UNSC forces retake a facility in Angoulême and begin sweeping surrounding buildings. They are just about to finish sweeping a building when Covenant forces attack the area. A squad of Zealots rush into their building as the rest head for the facility. After a short firefight, they lose one member (July 7, 2549), Cory-422. He is killed by a shot to the head from an Elite of the name Zyto ‘Dalkamai in the assault. Conor's right arm is also severed off by an elite of the name Kor 'Lohamee.
In 2551 (June 6, 2551) Meridian is lost and they are evacuated to Earth. Upon arrival to Earth (June 21, 2551), he is promoted to the rank of Master Sergeant. That same day, the fireteam is then sent to undergo Spartan IV augmentations. After the procedure (June 28, 2551) it was found that the Spartan IV augmentations, coupled with their ORION augmentations led to them being nearly equal to Spartan IIs. After augmentation, he is fitted with a military grade prosthetic right arm and given the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade. Later that year (November 2, 2551), he is also fitted with Mjolnir Mark V armour, which he then customises (November 5, 2551). While the rest of the fireteam is off-world escorting a Military transport through possible insurrectionist held land on Reach, he is training with ODST squads, where he first meets ODSTs Mallery and Cage.
===Fall of Reach===
In 2552 (July 25, 2552), he is stationed on planet Reach and joins the rest of Fireteam Thunder. The fireteam is tasked with taking out a Covenant CCS-Class Battlecruiser that was preventing any UNSC forces to be in the area (August 8, 2552) and are successful. They are then tasked with securing military methods information from ODG Facility A-331 and either keeping it from enemy forces or destroying it (August 12, 2552). Either way they were to keep it from falling into Covenant hands. They are joined by Spartan Colt-B233 and hold off multiple waves of enemy forces. They part ways after getting the information to HIGHCOM.
Fireteam Thunder is then tasked with taking out a group of Zealots that have been wreaking havoc on local forces in New Alexandria (August 22, 2552). They find out the city sector that the Zealots are in (August 23, 2552) and attempt to track them through but are ordered to answer a nearby distress signal. They head to where the signal is coming from and find it to be a trap set by the Zealots. Everything goes sideways as Covenant air support appears overhead and they come under heavy fire. Conor is tackled over a balcony by one of the target Zealots, the now Fleet Master Kor 'Nar Lohamee, and has his helmet ripped off. He kicks Kor off of him, but not before Kor scratches at his face and damages his left eye. Him and his team are saved as UNSC ground and air forces arrive in the area and push back the Covenant forces.
Towards the end of the Battle for Reach (August 29, 2552) he and his fireteam were pushed to their fallback position of Logistics Base Gödöllő. There they find ODST Mallery. After holding the Base for almost an hour, they are picked up by a Pelican where Dan is taken off planet and Fireteam Thunder is sent to assist Noble Team. Later that day, they finally arrive at the Asźod ship breaking yard and save Noble 6. He refuses to leave with them, and they evacuate to Earth.
===Post war===
In 2553 (March 2, 2553), Conor recommends ODST Mallery for the SPARTAN-IV program. Mallery is accepted into the program (March 30, 2553) and becomes a Spartan IV (May 5, 2553). Soon after (June 28, 2553), he is promoted to Lieutenant. A year later (May 27, 2554), Fireteam Thunder aids in the evacuation of Draetheus V. On their way to leave the system (June 5, 2554), they pick up a distress beacon and go to its source location. There they find a transport ship stranded in space. Aboard is Spartan Kobe-A013. They rescue the crew and return them to Earth. A month later (July 9, 2554) they are tasked with testing the experimental Whaler Class Mjolnir armour in the Mariana Trench and shortly after, (July 18, 2554), sent to Feldokra to put down a Covenant Splinter faction starting on the planet using the suits. Joining them is Xotan 'Lofam in a mech of his own design. They are able to destroy the hidden supply vaults hidden at the bottom of the planet's ocean floor. The next year (June 28, 2555), he is promoted to Lieutenant Commander.
He is then stationed in the Epsilon Eridani system with the fireteam in 2557 (January 7, 2557) to protect colonies that are being rebuilt, from the threat of Covenant Splinter Factions. He and Owen are stationed on Tribute while the rest of the fireteam is on Reach. The next year (4th November, 2558), he goes to Earth to HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 to receive a new smart AI; Odin, then returns to Tribute (12 November, 2558). When Banished forces start to occupy parts of Reach (May 18, 2559), they meet up with the rest of the fireteam at one of the UNSC settlements on the planet. After Atriox returns to the Milky Way through the portal in the Highland Mountains (12 October 2559) and some of the forces that betrayed him leave to the Ark, Fireteam Thunder retrieves a shard of the Menachite Forerunner Crystal from the portal and take it back to their settlement. A Guardian arrives on Reach (13 October, 2559), and they flee to Tribute.
In 2562 (November 25, 2562), he requests Colt-B233, Drago-A200, Spartan Mallery, Lou Cage, Finn O'Connel and Xotan 'Lofam to be transferred to his Fireteam and it is accepted. Later (December 8, 2562) the 5 that he requested are stationed on Tribute and put in Fireteam Thunder to help protect personnel and civilians evacuate the system and head back to the Solar System. In 2565 (October 28, 2565), the Fleet of Striking Honor, Kor 'Nar Lohamee's fleet of 42 ships arrives in the system, now aligned with the Banished and tasked with clearing UNSC outposts from the system.
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==Traits and personality==
Conor-322 started in the UNSC Marine Corps and made his way to being a Lieutenant Commander in the SPARTAN Program. He is a highly skilled, Special Warfare soldier, unknown to the public and even some of the military but praised by the soldiers that know of him. His specialties are stealth, close quarters combat and ground vehicle operation. His fireteam is like his family and they would die for each other. In his career he has killed thousands of enemy personnel along with 24 High Commander Elites. His team has taken out more than 20 Covenant ships. If they show up on a battlefield, Covenant troops would order aerial assistance. He is praised by higher ranking UNSC officials for his victories against impossible odds. He is now one of humanities last hopes for survival against the Banished, as UNSC forces are depleted.
==Equipment==
Conor-322 uses a wide variety of weapons and equipment. His selection includes the M45 Shotgun, the M6G Magnum, and the M41 Rocket Launcher. His weapons have a custom paint scheme of green and black. In addition, he uses a M805X Thruster Pack that is attached to his suit along with a custom made Diamene coated Spectra Fiber/Kevlar Cape that can be used to shield him from gunfire. His suit has been equipped with an upgraded active camouflage module. He also has a synthetic right arm.
He has both modified ORION Project augmentations and Spartan IV augmentations.
He uses Mark-V armor, with a commando left shoulder with sniper rounds attached and a security right shoulder. He has the assault sapper chest variant and assault breacher wrist attachment. He has the grenadier knee guards coupled with the soft case utility and two bullet straps on his lower left leg.
His final piece of equipment is his smart AI; Odin.
==Appearances==
Halo: Darkest Night - fanfiction story still being written
==Gallery==
==Notes==
Still editing and writing fanfiction story
=== Parallel Reality ===
Fireteam Thunder has orders to be security for Dr. McGraw and his time displacement engine (TDE) experiments in Casbah City (December 8, 2562). Then in 2565 (October 28, 2565), Fireteam Thunder prepares to use the TDE in their new Sahara Class Prowler. Spartans Colt-B233 and Mallery, along with Xotan and Odin stay behind to defend the last of the colonists.