Jordan Leong

Jordan Leong (service number 72912-00762-JL) is a ODST turned SPARTAN-IV. He saw active combat during the human-covenant war in the battle of New Mombasa and Voi. 
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Jordan was born on 10 October 2528 on Earth, son of a manager of the famed Misriah Armories. Throughout his childhood would see him exploring various worlds alongside his father on business trips, visiting the various manufacturing facilities on different human colonies. This constant exposure of firearms and military equipment has caused the young Jordan to develop a deep passion for weaponry, much to his father's dismay. In 2544, just aged 16, following his father's near-death experience and injury whilst on a business trip on Miridem, he enlisted in the UNSC Marine Corp, eager to return the favor to as many covenant as possible.
=== Short stay with the Marines ===
Jordan barely passed the selection of the UNSC Marine Corps due to his severely under-the-bar weight and height. But the desperate Marine Corp took him in due to the shortage of manpower during the ongoing Human-covenant war. He quickly impressed the Marine Corps in the following tests and trainings. So much so that Sgt. Johnson (not to be confused with Sgt major Avery Johnson), his drill sergeant officially recommended him to be transferred to the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. Which he did afterwards.
=== Becoming a Helljumper ===
Jordan nearly failed to become a Helljumper, his initial trainings saw him unable to operate the fearsome MA5B well enough (during his short time with the Marines he was issued and trained with the BR55 weapon system). The elevated firerate of 900 rounds per minute combined with the harsh kick of the 7.62x51mm round proved a struggle for the small-statured Jordan to handle. In earlier tests he scored less than 20% of accurate hits whilst performing a "50 meter, 5 round burst, 60 round" drill, earning him the mockery nickname of "7.62" (his serial number coincidentally ended also in '762'). 
However, the higher ups were "kind" enough to give him a second chance, during his other tests with different weapons systems such as the M7 submachine gun and the M90a Close Assault Weapon System he managed to pull back his results to a more "acceptable" standard. He excelled in his later tests especially in infiltration and close quarter combat simulation missions. 
He then was later considered qualified, and earned a place with the 65th Shock troops division.
=== Early career ===
Jordan was deployed in multiple counter terror and counter smuggling operations. Most notably in 2551 he was sent to the outer colonies to assassinate a high value target, Omach Arueda, an arms smuggler and a Covenant supporting insurrectionist providing weaponry to local rebels in an attempt to overthrow the UEG influence. He was dropped there on 25 March 2551, and began tracking down Omach as well as key leaders of the smuggler syndicate. His squad quickly dispatched four of the key leaders of the syndicate and severely crippled the arms smuggling operation, causing the local rebels to be short on supply. However, up until his squad's extraction (January 6th 2552), they weren't able to track down and assassinate Omach himself. Despite that, the mission was still considered successful, since the local rebels and their supply line we're disrupted until the point that rebel activities dropped by 88%. Omach and the rest of the rebels are presumably killed following the glassing of multiple outer colony worlds in 2552, despite their beliefs towards the covenant.
He and his squadmates boarded an unknown UNSC corvette, scheduled to meet with the rest of the 65th shock troops division aboard UNSC Say My Name. They then returned back to earth for a "military vacation" (stationed on earth as a first response defender).
=== Last stand of Earth ===
The unknown UNSC corvette reached earth on 25th July 2552, mere months before the attack on New Mombasa and the battle of earth. Jordan spent most of his time aboard UNSC Say My Name and transferred between the multiple Orbital Defense Platforms around Earth. 
He was again back on the cruiser on 20th October 2552, when the Covenant fleet of Sacred Consecration arrived on earth. The ODST's mobilized too late to secure the stations, though Cairo stationed survived (due to the efforts of Sierra-117). The Covenant ship Solemn Penance however punched right through the MAC fields, and headed straight towards earth, kick starting the Battle of New Mombasa.
=== Battle of New Mombasa ===
see also : Battle of New Mombasa (canon)
Most of the 65th Shock Troops Battalion mobilized in an effort to board the Solemn Penance (notably squad Alpha-nine), some however are deployed to aid in the evacuation of the local citizens as well as to slow down the covenant forces that are now ploughing through civilians as well as police forces until the marines could deploy. Jordan was one such trooper, deployed to the south side of New Mombasa to aid in local evac forces funneling civilians out of the city.
Landing inside an condominium complex, the trooper fought his way across streets to reach the southside. There he fended off waves of covenant along with a few marines. It is here he received his distinctive right eye injury that results in his heterochromia-like eye color, when a car exploded and peppered his eye with shrapnel during a sudden attack whilst the group is having a break. He later witnessed the famed 117 taking down the scarab 5-6 kilometers away from his position, gathering respect for the "big mean green" SPARTAN-II.
The attack waves ceased briefly after the Solemn Penance made its slip space jump, though UNSC had concerns and deployed a SPARTAN-III to his position. Which played a key part in them holding the line when the brutes started to show up after the "Great Schism".
=== Arrival of truth ===
Two weeks after the arrival of Regret, the fleet of Prophet Truth arrived on Earth and began glassing Voi in hopes of discovering the slip space gate to travel towards the Ark. By this time New Mombasa had been a battlefield devoid of any civilian. Jordan as well as other UNSC forces skirmished regularly with the occupying covenant forces, trading shots on a daily basis. 
He was later hurried to Voi to also aid in the evacuation of Voi, as well as to investigate a new threat that has landed on Earth.
=== Knee deep in the flood ===
November 17th 2552, Voi has been occupied by covenant force let by Truth, and it quickly became a three pronged fight between the Sangheili, Jiralhane and the Humans who were unaware of the ongoing Great Schism. Jordan and a band of marines rushed towards the excavation site to aid in the firefight, as well as to extract any poor civilian caught in the crossfire. But their missions we're quickly changed when the Flood, hijacked a Ket-pattern battlecruiser and crash landed on earth. They began heading towards the heart of the industrial city, to locate the crash and investigate the cause.
Jordan and his team was cut down quickly by the flood. The ancient horror proved too much for the marines to handle and they we're killed and infected. Jordan had to retreat and fight from building to buildings just to look for a way to survive. It was at this point he located his trusty civilian model m90 shotgun from a deceased police within one of the industrial complexes, a weapon that would serve him to the stars beyond. The shotgun proved useful in tackling the hordes of flood, but was not enough and soon Jordan found himself low on ammo and shells. Whilst trying to avoid a horde of flood, he escaped into a ruined mall, where he first met his Sangheili friend.
=== A bond between species ===
The Sangheili squad consists of 3 minors lead by a major, Nezus Rhadai. The lone ODST and the Sangheili squad held each other at gun point, yelling warnings at each other with their own native tongue. It was Nezus that calmed down first and deescalated the situation. Upon closer inspection Jordan discovered the Sangheili squad is riddled with plasma burns, further questioning had Nezus telling Jordan of the great schism, how the Elites we're betrayed by the Covenant and how the Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and the ship master Rtas Vadum forged an uneasy alliance with John 117 and humanity with one common goal, stopping the Halo rings from firing. This allowed the trooper to cooperate and trust the band of elites with one united purpose, surviving and getting out of Voi alive.
Nezus had received a warnings from ship masters about an inbound glassing on Voi to annihilate the flood. Nezus asked the trooper to guide them to a spot high enough to be picked up by a Phantom safely, in exchange for a seat for the trooper. Jordan agreed, and suggested they could fight their way to the rooftop of a nearby hospital building. Seeing the trooper has exhausted his supply of ammunition, Nezus borrowed the trooper his energy sword, which the trooper had to jerry-rig a handle to make the sword resemble a human greatsword as it was too large for him to use. This sword proved to be handy very quickly, as Jordan and the elites have no trouble cleaving through the hordes of flood that had been attracted by their earlier commotion.
Mere minutes before the glassing happened only Jordan and the elites fought their way up the hospital. The Phantom took Jordan and the elites passenger and departed as soon as the first pillar of plasma shot down from the sky. Glassing the city and ridding the flood of their newly infected land.
=== Cleaning up Earth ===
Jordan later boarded the Shadow of Intent, captained by shipmaster Rtas Vadum along with the rest of Human forces previously on Voi. As the group decided (and debated) their next move, while John-117, Captain Miranda Keyes along with the rest of the Elites wanted to follow with Cortana's plan, Lord Hood, concerned with the on-going conflict on earth as well as the possibility that Cortana might be corrupted by the Gravemind, insisted that humanity stay on earth and hold out for a last stand. In the end a compromise is made, about 40% of available forces are deployed along with Forward Unto Dawn to Installation 00, where the remaining 60% will safeguard Earth. Unfortunately for Jordan, he was sent as a strike force to mop up covenant forces on other countries on earth, missing the opportunity to meet with his "idol". Nezus however followed Rtas on the conquest of Installation 00.
The two did not meet up again until the end of the Covenant war, during the War memorial event. Where Nezus officially gave his sword to the trooper as sign of two former enemies letting go of their grudges. Unbeknownst to both of them, their minor ceremony was photographed secretly by a journalist and used on various papers as well as news broadcasting the end of the Covenant war, and has garnered mixed reactions from the public.
===SPARTAN-IV program===
For his efforts during the war, Jordan was given a few weeks off duty. It was during these weeks that he was "interviewed" by SPARTAN-III Jun A266, the leader of the SPARTAN-IV program. Jordan declined the offer of being a SPARTAN-IV, however ONI had other plans. ONI was eager to test the effects and effectiveness of "unwilling" members undergoing SPARTAN operations compared to those who volunteered. ONI had suspicions that the psychological effects of kidnapped candidates is what caused the effectiveness of the earlier SPARTAN-II and SPARTAN-III programs, as such several candidates who turned down the offer of becoming a SPARTAN-IV across multiple branches are abducted to Mars.
ONI was half correct, the anger and rage of abducted candidates proved to be more aggressive and combat worthy than their voluntary counterparts. Multiple crews were wounded on a daily basis when running tests and monitoring the SPARTANs. However as they calm down and regain their disciplines their performances are not very different from their volunteer counterparts. The emotions they exhibit during and after the augmentations also caused side effects to their bodies, some SPARTANs had received nerve and cardiovascular damage. 
Jordan was one of the few to calm down within a short period of time (a few days). He however accidentally wounded a few test personnel, a product of his unfamiliarity with his new found strength
===Proving his worth===
Oni, desperate to obtain more results, and to hopefully weed out any "errors" in their new batch of SPARTAN's began deploying them to tough missions. One such was fallen on the shoulders of Jordan, to investigate a distress call and hopefully extract any useful personnel/data from UNSC Destroyer Lantern-of-the Night, alone. UNSC Lantern of the Night was previously documented to be boarded by kig-yar, leaving no survivors during the war, around mid-2552. 
Since then, the Lantern had been a floating hulk, frozen at the same place over the years, only disturbed by the occasional UNSC patrol and the hoard of scrap dealers hoping to make a fortune. The latter are mostly arrested, or driven away, but rumors had some actually made it on board, only to never return. 
It is obvious that the "distress-call" is more than just out of the ordinary, and ONI is eager to find out the cause. 
===Operation FLOODGATE===
On 25 July 2553, Jordan was deployed to the Lantern. The Lantern rests amongst a field of debris of other ships, both UNSC and Covenant. Jordan mentally pictured how the battle had went, how magnificent the Lantern fought her last stand, famous for her willingness to use her point defense guns in direct combat against enemy vessels. Amongst the pile of space hulk also laid newer, civilian transports, disobedient scavengers who met their end trying to fight the ships of UNSC whilst stripping the Lantern for scraps.
As Jordan approached the hangar bay in a Pelican, the doors opened and allowed the Pelican to land inside, as if inviting the SPARTAN in. Jordan unloaded from he Pelican, and immediately his nose is bombarded by a stench, a stench he had not forgotten since Voi. The hangar is littered with veiny structures, and a mist of disease clouds the area. Jordan knew too well what this indicates, recollecting the how the flood infected the marines back on Voi, he hurriedly ordered the Pelican to abandon him, and not to return until he calls for evac.
He then carefully made his way from the hangar towards the inner structure of the ship. It was inside the bridge where Jordan discovered a Proto-Gravemind had developed at the area, using the remains of both UNSC personnel and the Kig-yar boarders, as well as the scavengers that followed afterwards. Here the gravemind unleashed its ambush, preparing to add a SPARTAN into its collection of biomass, as it surrounds Jordan with various Combat forms as well as infector forms.
===Cornered by the Flood===
The Flood aboard the lantern exhibited combat tactics beyond mere parasitical life forms. The proto-gravemind had learned from experiences back when fighting on earth. The rookie SPARTAN is quickly overwhelmed by the corpses and had to retreat into the tight maintenance halls. Jordan navigated the dark tunnels until he fell through a damaged floor, and into one of the soldier's quarters. There, he met another Sangheili minor.
The Sangheili, attempted to attack Jordan, where Jordan promptly disarmed her. Jordan briefed the Elite about the end of the war, and showed the elite the cooperation between Him and Nezus Rhadai, only then they began to trust each other. The elite explained she had been stranded on the ship since 2552. Where she had attempted multiple moments to escape but was foiled. She explained the infection initially started from a infected but dormant marine, during the ensuing chaos of the ship's last battle the flood within the infected host quickly evolved, replicated and annihilated both parties aboard the Lantern. Over the years would see the flood usurp rescue parties, scavengers and covenant explorers attempting to seize human technology. The biomass from each slaughter fuelled the growth of the Gravemind, until recently it has developed an intellect that is stable enough to operate certain systems the ship, hence the "distress call".
===Draining the Flood===
Jordan quickly devised a plan to exterminate the flood. The ship is not far away from a burning star, and Jordan plans on setting the autopilot towards that direction. The pair made their way through the maintenance hallways, fighting off the occasional flood army until they reached one of the central command computer rooms. Jordan linked his power armor with the computer, and with the help of the crew back on the cruiser he arrived on, he managed to plot a course for the Lantern to sail towards its blazing end. However they first must disable a security measure that prevents the ship from autopiloting towards hazards back at the bridge.
Jordan and the elite re-entered the infested bridge via the ventilation shafts, after the onboard alarm systems distracted the flood army. Jordan hastily deactivated the security measures, but not before downloading the ship's log and data. The proto-gravemind, now aware of the two's plan dispatched a Juggernaut to eliminate the two. During the ensuing battle the bridge control system as well as the main computer is damaged, forcing the autopilot to disengage. Many magazines and shells emptied later the Juggernaut collapsed, not to rise again. Seeing the predicament, Jordan attempted to locate another processing node of the ship in hopes of reactivating the autopilot system. But as soon as he exited, the Sangheili locked herself in the bridge, and pilots the Lantern manually. After many failed attempts at convincing the Sangheili, he saluted the elite via a security camera and hurried his way back to the Hangar.
===A mission completed===
Jordan wasted no time fighting the horde of flood as he scurried back to the hangar. He called for evac, but the pelican was unable to pick him up due to the ship's immense velocity. In a last ditch attempt, he opened the hangar doors and allow the contents of the hangar to be emptied into space. Now with tons of objects barrelling towards it, the pelican tries its best in evading all the junk. Jordan clung onto one of the wings when he flew by as the pelican slows from its charge. Jordan then boarded the pelican, and headed home whilst he watched the Lantern sink herself into the glory of a burning sun.
Back on earth, Jordan was awarded the Colonial cross, for his acts of retrieving the logs of Lantern of the night. He was also nominated for the "Hyper-lethal" designation, although rejected by ONI due to his lack of SPARTAN deployments. He also was supposed to serve aboard the UNSC infinity, but was transferred elsewhere to quell insurrections, marking another missed opportunity of meeting his idol, the Master Chief himself.
=== Project HOPLITE ===
Due to his previous experience as a ODST, he is chosen as an instructor for Project Hoplite, a UNSC training program to increase the combat efficiency of individual ODST fireteams to the level of a SPARTAN operative, in hopes of providing ample support in the case of lack of one and to train Troopers to support SPARTAN ops better in combat.
==Personality and Traits==
Jordan Leong is quite stubborn, analytical and adaptive. Jordan had a keen sense of humour which he uses mostly to deescalate situations, or dissolve awkwardness, but he does know when to stop being funny. Jordan prefers to follow orders rather than take command, but could do a decent job directing strikes and teams if needed, showcased by his performance during his counter-insurgent ops. Jordan also takes extra care towards his fellow soldiers, as example he ordered the trooper he was assessing during Operation Floodgate to evacuate with the Pelican immediately after realising the flood situation.
In combat Jordan is quick thinking and observant. Often forming approaches to take down tough opponents by using terrain or environment to his advantage. Jordan rarely shies away from a fight, often taking the "loud" approach during operations if possible. The thrill of combat almost fills him with an otherworldly calm as if a very peculiar way of meditation. He also exhibits a twisted sense of honour that highlights is extreme stubbornness, where he at most time would prefer to literally 'die standing' rather than fail, much like the warriors of the old ways. Possibly due to fear or hate, or maybe trauma Jordan is extremely willing in combating the flood, rather than quivering in fear. As he quotes Adrian Carton de Wiart "Frankly I enjoyed fighting the flood".
Jordan holds military tradition and culture heavily. He refers to others with their rank as well as callsign instead of their actual names. He also held a deep respect towards the older SPARTAN II's and III's unlike the other IV's. One particular such is towards Sierra-117, his respect towards the Master Chief is until the point of idolization, and he shows visible disappointment when missing out an opportunity on meeting the "Hyper Lethal" in person.
During idle Jordan fills his minds with thoughts, and most of the time Jordan has to "vent out" his thoughts to prevent burning himself out, as such he is often caught monologuing, which scares people around him often. Jordan considers himself extroverted, as although he does not usually start conversations he has no problem holding one, as well as interacting with other people.
Jordan enjoys firearms, he views weapons as an elaborate art piece of engineering and has developed a passion for them since the age of 5. Jordan spends most of his time learning and tinkering with firearms, as well as discussing them. He could ramble about firearms for hours when the subject is brought up (which is unfortunate for any personnel caught in a same pelican as him). 
Jordan's other hobbies include going fast and working on vehicles. He prefers vehicles with a little bit of "direct action", and likes to "ride" rather than "drive". As such he prefers the 'Mongoose' series as well as the M121 'Jackrabbit' over the M12 'Warthog'. He also privately owns a dual-sport adventure bike with customized plating as his daily off-duty commute. His knowledge of vehicles, firearms combined with the creativity causes him to improvise his own weapon mounts. For once he mounted a surplus MA5B onto the handlebar of the mongoose to combat the insurgent's hit and run tactics. He also employed similar tactics by mounting grenade launchers on the mongoose to combat the Covenant's ghosts during the Battle of New Mombasa.
Jordan is extremely short even after the SPARTAN IV augmentation. Which led to him being ridiculed by Commanding officer Sarah Palmer. 
==Equipment==
===Active usage :===
====Misrah Armory MA37 assault rifle====
Following his inability to utilize the (then) newer MA5B assault rifle, he was issued with the older and more controllable MA37 during further rifle trainings. He also preferred the more rugged, barebones looking MA37 compared to the also controllable MA5C, MA5D and MA40. He actively carried one during his battles on New Mombasa, Voi and afterwards. 
====WST DTM M90 civilian model====
A civilian model shotgun chambered in 8 gauge intended for recreational, self defense and law enforcement use. Virtually identical with the M90 and M90a shotguns adopted by the UNSC, except it has a traditional "English-styled" stock instead of a detached pistol grip stock. This shotgun was "liberated" from a deceased police officer during the flood attack on Voi, and has been carried by him ever since. 
====Misrah Armory Model 85 T-X Survival tomahawk====
Instead of the standard issue M1 combat knife, he chose to carry a survival tomahawk. This survival tomahawk has served well in off grid drop missions where he was deployed in the middle of dense jungles and forests. As effective as a tool as it is a weapon, this tomahawk has split many logs as well as heads.
====CST MJOLNIR GEN2 ODST PATTERN====
Familiar with his armor during his Helljumper days, his SPARTAN MJOLNIR armor is not too dissimilar from his ODST issued MJOLNIR armor, as with many ODST-turned SPARTAN IV's. His armor is fitted with his signature Maroon and Silver livery.
===Past used :===
====Misrah Armory MA5B====
His training issued rifle as a ODST riflemen. Jordan has nothing but negative comments towards this weapon. Even after his transformation into a SPARTAN he refused to use this rifle during war games and drills.
====Misrah Armory BR55====
He was trained with the BR55 rifle during his brief stay with the UNSC Marines. 
====Misrah Armory M7S submachine gun====
Issued to him during stealth trainings as well as his mission to assassinate Omach and destroy the weapon smuggling syndicate on the outer colony worlds.
====Sangheili Type-1 energy sword====
Briefly used by Jordan during his fight for survival on flood infested Voi. It was originally owned by Nezus Rhadai, a Sangheili major leading a squad in Voi, but given to Jordan as a means to combat the flood after his ammunition is all spent. He allowed the ODST to keep it post war as a sign of Sangheili-human friendship. Jordan has kept it in his quarters since. The sword is of an unknown design (possibly custom made by Rhadai himself), it resembled a mix of the Zokotus and Domotos patterns, featuring angular contoured blade around the hilt and uneven length tips. It glowed in a cyan hue at the tips and gradients down to a light purple tint around the hilt. 
====Misrah armories/CST ODST Battle Dress Uniform====
Standard BDU issued to all non-specialized ODST's. Jordan wore this armor until his eventual promotion to SPARTAN IV, in which he used a GEN2 MJOLNIR ODST armor. 
==Trivia==
* His service number (72912-00762-JL) alludes to his preferred two weapons. 0.729 inches is the diameter of bore of 12 gauge, a common bore for shotguns, and 762 corresponds to the 7.62mm cartridge the MA37 is chambered for.
** Although, the M90 is chambered in a 8 gauge "magnum" shell.
* Jordan has Myopia, a condition he's able to kept hidden away long enough until his abduction and modification into a SPARTAN IV operative. Which cured the mentioned eye condition. 
* He is skilled in the art of bushcraft and outdoor survival, demonstrated multiple times in his off-grid COIN ops mission in the outer colonies.
* His blood type is O+.