Cory-422

Lieutenant Cory-422, was an Orion super soldier of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command, attached to the UNSC Army's Special Warfare Group Eight. Cory was a member of Fireteam Thunder, a classified team of super soldiers who fought during the Human-Covenant War and afterwards. He was one of the most classified super soldiers in service.
== Biography ==
===Childhood and early career===
Born on December 15, 2517, Cory lived most of his childhood with his mother and father in The United Republic of North America, on Earth. At age 16 (December 20, 2533), he enlisted into the UNSC Marine Corps. The next year (December 20, 2534), he and 5 other cadets, Conor, Owen, Kate, Liam and Wade were made Privates and placed in a fireteam - Fireteam Tango (nicknamed Fireteam Thunder), under the command of Corporal James Dean. They are in the Second Squad of the Seventh Platoon of Gamma Company of the 4th Battalion of the 12th Regiment 21st Marine Division.
A year later (December 20, 2535), they are all promoted to Private First Class. Two years later (February 12, 2537) they are sent to New Harmony and take part in the battle. After they land at a space port near the City of Monastir, the platoon defends the city as Covenant forces try to locate a forerunner artifact. They are eventually able to push the Covenant out of the city (February 20, 2537), and into the near forest. They are almost able to finish the battle, but Covenant reinforcements arrive and they are pushed back to the outskirts of the city. After fighting in the suburbs for a number of days, and receiving reinforcements they are able to keep the Covenant at bay until the Fleet that attacked calls a retreat (February 26, 2537). Once the battle is over their platoon stays in the city to help with the search and rescue.
Later that year (December 20, 2537), they are promoted to Lance Corporal and their platoon is sent to the planet Kholo where they train for the time being. In 2539 (May 18, 2539) the Covenant attacks the planet and after a brutal slaughter of UNSC forces (May 19, 2539), Corporal James Dean is killed in a firefight. The rest of the fireteam manage to survive with the help of the Spartan fireteam: Fireteam Midnight. Afterwards, Conor is promoted to Corporal and placed in command of the fireteam. The are evacuated onto a Charon class Frigate and the next day (May 20, 2539) his fireteam and a few other marines are the only ones to survive an assault from a Covenant SDV-Class Heavy Corvette when they evacuate in a Pelican. Shortly after, they are pulled from the system as it is lost to the Covenant and Kholo is glassed.
At age 23 in early 2541 (January 12, 2541), he and his Fireteam are unofficially recruited into the recently continued ORION Project for their combat efficiency. They were sent to Reach for augmentation and training. They were put into the ORION Project because they were adults, unlike the Spartans, and the augmentations from this program allowed adult patients. They were given modified ORION Project augmentations that made the patient stronger, faster and taller than the original ORION super soldiers but not quite at the level of Spartans. They were selected as a trial much like the original Orion Project. This trial was under the name: Orion Project 22 or Project 22. Their success would start research for the next generation of Spartans. Their training and augmentation were kept off the records and other than the people who knew the truth, they were thought to have been Spartan-IIIs. Cory was assigned the spartan number 422, his fireteam now Conor-322, Kate-622, Liam-222, Owen-722 and Wade-522. Soon after (August 25, 2541), he is promoted to Corporal.
Upon graduation (August 25, 2543), the team was subsequently transferred under UNICOM's operational authority as part of an arrangement to secure Army support for the SPARTAN program within HIGHCOM. He is placed in Special Warfare Group Eight, designated 'Fireteam Thunder,' in remembrance of their old fireteam name. He was promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant. The fireteam is issued with a set of S.P.I armour given to the Project by O.N.I.
===Later career===
The next year (July 19, 2544) the fireteam is unofficially sent to the Rampart System when the Covenant attacks and tasked with infiltrating the Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence to kill Supreme Commander Luro 'Taralumee. They successfully boarded Resplendent Fervor while the ships defences were busy with Blue Team (July 22, 2544). After Blue Team rescued Dr. Halsey, Fireteam Thunder made their way to the Supreme Commander and executed him along with Sangheili Major, Thel 'Lodamee. They made their way to the ships hangar and used Type-27 Space Banshees to escape.
Three years into their time of being Spartans, they are unofficially sent to Sargasso and help defend it (September 7, 2546). At one point (September 20, 2546) they help the ODST squad, Gamma-Six get into the town of Belisk by clearing a direct route to a Lethbridge munitions plant. before continuing to the nearest city. The next year (August 25, 2547), he is promoted to Staff Sergeant.
They then have a number of 'off-the-books' deployments, including one in early 2548 (March 27, 2548), where they destroyed a Covenant supply cache in a far away system. Cory and Fireteam Thunder then have their first official deployment on planet Meridian in 2548 (October 7, 2548). They help UNSC forces retake a facility in Angoulême and begin sweeping surrounding buildings. They are just about to finish sweeping a building when Covenant forces attack the area. A squad of Zealots rush into their building as the rest head for the facility. After a short firefight, (July 7, 2549), Cory is killed by a shot to the head from an Elite of the name Zyto ‘Dalkamai in the assault.
== Traits and personality ==
== Equipment ==
== Appearances ==
Halo: Darkest Night - fanfiction story still being written
== Gallery ==