Zachary Rayne

Commander Zachary Rayne (Service Number 07600-11420-ZR) is an officer assigned to oversee the operations of the Salem Facility in , . He previously led the Maelstrom alongside the Theia following his successful execution of Operation: WHITE ELEPHANT.
==Biography==
Zach was born to the aspiring naval intelligence officer Edward Rayne on in 2524, but spent most of his childhood following his father's reassignments between ONI facilities on Earth. Always his father's shadow, he was "heavily persuaded" to follow his father into the Office of Naval Intelligence and became a field agent by the time he turned twenty.
Thanks in part to his father pulling strings and being more concerned about his own image than the desire of his son's, Zach spent much of the tasked with counterinsurgency operations rather than focused on the alien threat. While Zach submitted numerous requests to be reassigned to aid in the war for survival, only a few requests ever received approval. Regardless, any assignments Zach held on the front were short-lived, and he would find himself returned to combatting the within weeks.
Recognizing the situation he was in, Zach took great care to earn his own reputation with an impressive career record. His operations against the were consistently performed with results exceeding expectations. By 2550, his accomplishments were enough for to personally select him to lead her Hellion Unit in Operation: WHITE ELEPHANT.
While many would agree that his appointment to leading the Hellhounds for an operation was the highlight of his career, Zach was still determined to prove himself against the Covenant.
While it still took time, Zach was finally placed in charge of his own remote contact team, Malestrom, in 2552. Most importantly to Zach, however, was that this assignment placed him beneath Codename: AEGIS, who unlike his previous handlers was safely outside the chain-of-command of and stubbornly opposed to his Rear Admiral father.
Zach and his AI teammate Theia lead Maelstrom for the remainder of the war and beyond. On one operation, Maelstrom retrieved a disk-shaped artifact from a Zealot team on Mirage, which was turned over to the Salem Facility on Earth for analysis.
In the years after the war, Zach and Theia were requested to aid in the Salem Facility's research into the artifact they had retrieved, which resulted in the release of the imprisoned Monarch.
During the Created conflict, Zach assisted the ancilla in relocating the Forerunner world Nimalrium and denying its functionality from the AI threat. With his existing command structure collapsed, Zach temporarily agreed to become the handler for Spartan Fireteam Amber, a unit he encountered during his time on Nimalrium.
==Non-canon and dubious canon sources==
===Survival of the Fittest===
Zachary Rayne participated in Survival of the Fittest Season 7 and Season 8.
During Season 7, Zach was portrayed as wearing the HELLBRINGER-class SPI he obtained during the non-canon prelude of Halo: Graveyard, going by the pseudonym "Tyler Gates." Due to the short life of Season 7, he never appeared during the few written chapters, but was randomly determined to successfully kill 's Frank Holloman and 's Robert Fisher. His final ranking is unknown.
Zach was part of Fireteam Red-Charlie during Season 8. He was portrayed as wearing the TOKOLOSHE-class SPI he obtained prior to Shards. His teammates consisted of 's Takra 'Ravakrae, 's Tuka 'Refum, and 's Amy-G094. He attempted to defeat both Dylan Park and 's Rtanis 'Daelahm using his TAC/MUBT Viperfish, but was unsuccessful at defeating either of them. He was defeated with a supercombine from 'Daelahm's Blood of Suban rifle in the hands of Park. He finished in 75th.
==Gallery==
File:ZachRayneSteelskinRepair.jpeg|Rayne conducting repairs on the Steelskin, clad in TOKOLOSHE-class SPI.
File:TOKOLOSHE Page 1.jpeg|Technical report on the TOKOLOSHE-class SPI, depicting Rayne. (1/3)
File:TOKOLOSHE Page 2.jpeg|Technical report on the TOKOLOSHE-class SPI, depicting Rayne. (2/3)
File:TOKOLOSHE Page 3.jpeg|Technical report on the TOKOLOSHE-class SPI, depicting Rayne. (3/3)
==Appearances==
*Shards
===Non-Canon===
*Halo: Graveyard
*Remember My Name (RP)
*Status Quo (RP)
*Survival of the Fittest
**Season 7
**Season 8 (Fireteam Red-Charlie, Top 75)