Mark O'Neal

Mark O'Neal (SN: 12020-7602-MO) was a Spartan-IV supersoldier. 
== Biography ==
=== Youth ===
Mark was born on Mars in 2527 and grew up in the city of New Harmony, where he was involved with a gang of delinquent youths. Despite his criminal behavior and poor school performance, Mark showed an aptitude for history, particularly in Earth's military history. He dreamed of one day joining the UNSC Navy, leading him to better his behavior in his teenage years.
=== Early military history ===
At age 18, Mark enlisted in the UNSC Marine Corps in 2545. He was originally stationed on Mars with a reserve company, though was later transferred to an active company in 2552 as a Corporal, under which he participated in the Human-Covenant War. During the disastrous Battle of Reach, Mark saved his unit during an ambush by singlehandedly commandeering a Covenant Wraith and using it to destroy another Wraith; for this valorous act, Mark was relocated to the Orbital Drop Shock Trooper division and promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant.
As an ODST trooper, Staff Sergeant Mark O'Neal commanded an ODST squad in various campaigns and battles against the Covenant. Towards the end of the Battle of Earth, Mark's entire squad was wiped out and he sustained a leg injury during a mission to sabotage a Covenant hangar base. Unable to stay in the military due to his injury, Mark retired on Earth with a Purple Heart and a Medal of Honor.
=== Becoming a Spartan-IV ===
In 2554, after the first generation of Spartan-IV supersoldiers rolled out the previous year, Rear Admiral Musa Ghanem recalled injured ODST veterans such as Mark, promising to restore them to their physical prime in exchange for service in the SPARTAN-IV program. Mark agreed and weeks later successfully underwent the augmentation process. Mark spent the first four years of his Spartan service fighting in the Insurrection. In 2558, Mark was deployed on covert operations to support the Swords of Sanghelios during the Sangheili Civil War, and later played a minor role in the Reclamation.
== Personality and traits ==
Although gruff and imposing, Mark was a compassionate man who cared for the safety of innocent people. He sympathized with the lowly position of the Unggoy, who he considered too weak and innocent to be pressed into military service. Mark considered life sacred, and as such frequently spared the lives of wounded enemy soldiers - much to the dismay of his peers.
== Equipment ==
As a marine, Mark originally wore M52B Body Armor and a CH252 Helmet. He later wore ODST battle armor following the Battle of Reach and wielded a BR55 Service Rifle.
Later in his career, like all other Spartan-IV supersoldiers, Mark wore a set of personalized GEN2 Mjolnir Armor, which had a black paint finish in honor of his previous service as an ODST. He had a CINDER-class breastplate and an INTERCEPTOR-class helmet, and by this time preferred MA5 Series assault rifles.
Category:UNSC Marine Corps Personnel
Category:ODST
Category:SPARTAN-IV