Mathilda-B080 (TPF)

Petty Officer Third Class Mathilda-B080 was a SPARTAN-III from New Constantinople who joined the UNSC Navy in 2539. Conscripted into the Office of Naval Intelligence, she was assigned to the SPARTAN-III Program, Beta Company where she trained and graduated as a Headhunter in 2545. She was assigned to Team Specter as an Assistant Team Leader alongside Samuel-B256 until 2549. Following Operation: URGENT TEMPEST, Mathilda was declared MISSING IN ACTION while internally declared KILLED IN ACTION by the Office of Naval Intelligence. Her actions during Operation: URGENT TEMPEST were reviewed in 2556 to where she was awarded a Legion of Honor posthumously.
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==Biography==
===Early Life===
====New Constantinople====
Born on June 8th, 2532 to Manuel and Tasha Dufort at the Riscle Regional Medical Center, Mathilda grew up in Riscle on New Constantinople. Her parents worked at SoftCells Technologies in the Security Division as cybersecurity analysts. Within Riscle, the Duforts lived a comfortable life in the suburbs outside of the vibrant city. In the first two years of Mathilda's life, Manuel and Tasha rotated working at home to raise their daughter. Mathilda enjoyed the consistent attention and love from her parents. By 2534, both of Mathilda's parents began working for the Office of Naval Intelligence, , as technical advisors and civilian consultants on cybersecurity matters. The family remained in Riscle and moved closer to a UNSC Navy base nearby, but left SoftCells Technologies to support the Signal Corp's mission. Shortly after their move, Mathilda began attending a nearby school to start her education.
Mathilda flourished in the classroom with her peers and made many friends. Her parents were pleased with her social capabilities but struggled with the academic side. She refused to complete her schoolwork and often complained about the boring subjects being brought up in classes. Tasha attempted at putting complex problems in front of Mathilda and watched her daughter as she tried to figure out a solution. Mathilda gave up and cried to her parents about being unable to solve the complex problems and learned a valuable lesson. She learned how her foundation of solving complex problems came from what she learned in her early school years. Mathilda returned to class with a determination to excel at her schoolwork to figure out the problems set before her.
In , Mathilda's parents expressed anxiety to one another after the was put into place. The two learned about the Human-Covenant War in the Outer Colonies and the possibility of making its way to New Constantinople. Manuel requested for a transfer to an Inner Colony with hopes of protecting his family but was denied by his commanding officer. Tasha commissioned into the Office of Naval Intelligence to get a better chance at getting reassigned to an Inner Colony but was also denied. Mathilda saw how worried her parents were and became nervous at the possibility of losing all her friends. She yelled at her parents for not wanting to stay on New Constantinople and forcing her to do what they wanted. By , her parents continued to look for ways to leave Constantinople before the Covenant arrived.
By March of 2537, Tasha has secured a base transfer to Reach and the rest of the family prepared to move. The arrival of the Covenant sparked the with New Riscle being one of many cities under siege. Mathilda was at home with her parents when the invasion started and quickly moved to the designation evacuation zone for pickup. Along the way, she witnessed soldiers battling the Covenant as their car sped through the chaos. Turning a corner, Tasha was killed when a sniper shot her and crashed the vehicle, killing Manuel. Mathilda climbed out into a sprawling gunfight and was rescued by a police officer. Transported to the evacuation zone, she boarded a transport headed to the . Under the protection of Vice Admiral , Mathilda escaped from the system while the UNSC continued to battle the Covenant.
====Reach====
Arriving to Reach in the summer of 2537, Mathilda was sent to the New Alexandria Federal Conservatory along with the other orphans from the attack on New Constantinople. She joined the Fifth Ward and was enrolled in a language course to read and write in English. When a new wave of orphans arrived in the fall, she met Samuel Gwozdz and the two became friends not long after. They attended the same academic courses and spent their time roaming New Alexandria.
===SPARTAN-III Training===
===Human-Covenant War===
==Death and Legacy==
During Operation: URGENT TEMPEST in 2549, Mathilda was providing overwatch for Samuel while he infiltrated a Silent Shadow base. Not expecting the ambush, she exposed her position to cover him as he retreated. Mathilda was killed by a First Blade Officer and severely wounded him before dying. Her body was paraded around a Silent Shadow base and later used to taunt the fleeing SPARTAN. In one attempt to use it as bait to lure out Samuel, he blew her up to deny the Covenant any further information about Semi-Powered Infiltration Armor and the SPARTAN-III Program. The only evidence of her death was the military identification tags Samuel took from her corpse.
Mathilda's death turned Samuel's world upside down and he refused to accept her loss. He carved her SPARTAN Tag number into his armor and named target sites after her. To the Office of Naval Intelligence, she was considered another asset lost in the Human-Covenant War. Samuel went great lengths to protect his memories of her and talked to her as if she was right next to him. In 2554, he successfully assassinated the First Blade officer who killed her and fulfilled his revenge. Mathilda remained a crucial learning lesson to Samuel about the faults of being a leader and how his failure made him scared of taking a leadership position.
==Personality and Traits==
Mathilda was taught to create and develop ideas in her image, then pursue them to where she feels content with the result. Her parents encouraged Mathilda always to explore each exciting thought, no matter how long it seemed to last. Her way of addressing a problem was by looking at its whole picture then break it down to pieces she easily understood. As a SPARTAN, Mathilda valued her way of thinking to help her understand the big picture.
After losing her parents in the Battle of New Constantinople, Mathilda hated the Covenant. Her desire to join the SPARTAN-III program was an impulse to gain revenge. Throughout her training, she learned about the Covenant more and her hatred dialed down, but remained to be one of the fueling factors of her success in the field. Mathilda felt no remorse when killing a Covenant enemy, feeling it was her duty to ensure the death of each enemy.
As a successful Headhunter, Mathilda supported herself with the positive aspect of the hard situations she found herself in. Using dry humor and sarcasm to break tense situations, Mathilda found herself being the one who loosened up Samuel. Her positive behavior brought a feeling of ease and comfort others couldn't. Samuel noted Mathilda for being one of the few SPARTANs who continuously smile and laugh compared to the rest of their peers.
==Relationships==
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Category:SPARTAN-IIIs
Category:Beta Company
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