Clayton Zachery

Clayton "Clay" Zachery was a SPARTAN-IV who served aboard the UNSC Infinity as Fireteam Valiant's mission handler.
Clayton served as an during the , serving during many of the major battles of the final days of the war, including the and the . After the war, Clayton was among the first recruited SPARTAN-IVs, and passed the selection, training, and augmentation processes with flying colors. Unfortunately, during one of his first deployments as a SPARTAN-IV, Clayton was caught in the blast of an IED, costing him both of his legs. To make matters worse, while he would be successfully fitted with prosthetic replacements, medical complications resulted in impaired motor control of the new limbs.
Unfit for cambat duty but unwilling to allow the UNSC to discharge him, Clayton was transferred to the UNSC Infinity, where he would serve as a mission handler for Fireteam Valiant. However, he was extremely jealous of his able-bodied peers, and gained a reputation for having an irritable demeanor because of this.
After Fireteam Valiant transferred off of the Infinity in August 2558, Clayton would transition to serving other SPARTAN-IV fireteams, continuing in his role of mission handler until December 2559, when the Infinity was attacked and boarded by forces at . Despite his physical impairments, Clayton took up arms against the boarders, first aiding in the defense of the ship and later helping to escort crewmembers to the Inifinity's lifepods once the order had been given to abandon ship. Ultimately, however, Clayton would eventually find himself overwhelmed by the boarders, and would be killed.
Category:DoH SPARTANs
Category:Demons of Hope
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