Travis Hannig

Major Travis Hannig was a mobile warfare operator in the and later . Commissioned to lead an engineering corps for the CMA, Hannig's repeated experience using his Mark III Cyclops exoskeleton in unexpected combat situations during the Insurrection led him to be one of the most prolific combat walker pilots of the early 26th century. After losing his home to the Covenant invasion in 2525, Hannig was recruited first as a student and then teacher for the Shuichi Ikeda Walker School on Briar. Becoming a close confidant in Brigadier General Juan Luis Lopez's plan to lure the Covenant into a ground engagement on the agri-world, Major Hannig would train a division's worth of walker pilots for the impending conflict. When the Battle of Briar began, Hannig led his unit from his personal Mark III (B-3) Command Cyclops in repeated daring engagements with resounding success despite being heavily outnumbered. Once attrition finally began to turn the tide of battle in the Covenant's favor, the Major led his depleted unit in holding off their army at a site which would become known as Hannig's ridge. While the unit would be entirely destroyed in the fighting, they held off the alien invaders long enough for UNSC forces to successfully regroup and ready the next phase of prepared defenses, contributing to General Lopez's intended strategic victory. Hannig's Last Stand would be immortalized by UEG News broadcasts, and earn him several posthumous commendations including the . The Travis Hannig Mobile Warfare School on Arcturus was subsequently named in his honor, which would produce the next generation of mobile warfare pilots just as walker use exploded across multiple branches of the UNSC military.