Joan B086

Joan B086 was a Spartan-III soldier who filled a support and defensive role on the battlefield. She grew up alone on New Constantinople before her recruitment at a young age into the Spartan-III program. 
== Biography ==
Joan had no known family, and grew up mostly alone throughout her childhood in a foster home. She idolised the Spartans from a young age, due to exposure to heavy amount of UNSC propaganda. This obsession only grew at age 13, when her home planet of New Constantinople was attacked by the covenant; witnessing the Spartans of Alpha Company avert the tragedy and hold off the attack changed her significantly as a person, and all of these traits of loneliness, lack of ties, and faith in the military lead to her being a prime candidate for Beta Company recruiters, psychologically speaking. She was finally recruited after footage of her surviving a jackal squad was uncovered. She displayed feats of strategic planning, usage of the environment to her advantage, and survivorship skills after being wounded by her attackers. Having no prospects and undying trust in the Spartans, she accepted the offer with no hesitation.
She began training along with the other recruits in late 2539, during which, the covenant returned to glass New Constantinople. Being so young and early into her training she was unable to do anything to help, which heavily damaged her mental state, impeding her development. The topic of glassing became sensitive to her, even more so than the average person.
During the Battle of Reach she significantly damaged her right arm, taking heavy, armour damaging fire from a plasma rife, and then later having the arm crushed under rubble when distracted evacuating civilians. After exfiltration, UNSC medics determined the arm too damaged to be healed, and it was amputated. She was fitted with a standard Mark V (B) compatible prosthetic. Much to the confusion of her peers, she regards the arm and the memories surrounding it in a positive light, seeing it as a reminder of the civilians she protected that day.
Along with the other surviving Spartan-IIIs in 2552, she received a new set of armour, a standard issue set of teal Mark VI. She later customised it with a Scout shoulder pad and CQB helmet, and after sustaining damage from an Covenant Focus Rifle, had to replace her chest armour. Due to a lack of funds after the initial attack on earth, she was given an SPI chestplate instead of Mark VI. Alongside her initial set of Mark VI, she received a more realistic personalised prosthetic that fit in regular armour.
She was stationed at Faraday Base during Merg Vol's attack on Dratheus-IV. She briefly fought alongside Sarah Palmer and Edward Davis's Spartan IV team but soon fell back to fight alongside weak and struggling marine battalions. It was here that she finally met her end, overwhelmed by the incoming fire. The battalion pushed through, and their medics succeeded in assisting many injured marines, but due to her augmented biology, they failed to operate on her, and they had to make the hard decision to let her bleed out.
== Appearance ==
She is notably short compared to other Spartans. She has shoulder length black hair, light grey eyes and skin grafts on the right side of her jaw. Her first set of armour was notably improvised and worn, while her second one appeared shiny and well maintained, other than the chestplate which she obtained separately. She is notable for her teal armour and her CQB helmet with a black visor, which remained consistent between her two sets of armour.
== Gallery ==
File:B086 mark5b.png|Joan in her first set of armour
File:B086 mark 6.png|Joan in her second set of armour
File:B086 New Alexandria.png|Joan wielding a needle rifle, her favoured weapon.