Elek-B105

Commander Elek-B105 is a SPARTAN-III commando of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command, attached to the Office of Naval Intelligence Section-3 Theta-6 division. Orphaned by the Covenant at a young age, an Office of Naval Intelligence recruiter approached the young Elek, offering him a position in the SPARTAN-III Program's Beta Company, joining as the 105th member. As commander of Fireteam Artemis, under the designation HUNTRESS-1, Elek would participate in numerous missions against Covenant forces and Counter-Insurgency operations.
At the war's end, Elek-B105 would retire from combat, joining the newly formed Spartan Operations branch in 2553 to assist in the training of the SPARTAN-IVs, notably training and overseeing SPARTAN-IV training company Wolf from 2554 to 2555.
Later in 2555, Elek would retake command of Fireteam Artemis and rejoin the frontlines of Post-War Conflicts against Covenant Remnants and the reinvigorated Insurgent movements, notably during Operation: SPIRIT STORM.
== Biography ==
=== Early Life ===
==== Pre-War ====
Elek-B105 was born in Novograd, Eirene, on November 11th, 2530, to Aleksandr and Elena Farkas, their second son. Aleksandr was a lieutenant in the Novograd Police Department. His mother worked as a scientist with the Office of Naval Intelligence who worked on the Semi-Powered Infiltration armor used by the SPARTANs of Alpha Company. Elek and his older brother Ambrus lived a comfortable life in a high-rise apartment near the city's center. However, both of their parents were rarely home, leaving the boys alone for days on end. This caused Ambrus, who was five years older than his brother, to take care of Elek for most of his life until 2535. 
In 2535, when Elek was only five years old, the Covenant found his homeworld and attacked. Somehow, Elek survived the onslaught that killed the vast majority of the planet's population, including his entire family. He doesn't remember much of the attack, just the feeling of confusion he felt when he couldn't find his family and when he got dragged off by a marine to a civilian transport to get off the planet. Orphaned by the attack, Elek would become one of the countless refugees of the glassing of Eirene for two years until he was recruited by ONI for training as part of SPARTAN-III Beta Company in 2537.
==== SPARTAN-III Program ====
At the age of nine, in 2539, Elek and the rest of Beta Company began their six-year training under the watchful eyes of Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose and Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez. When training began, Elek was small, frail, and quiet. Many of his instructors believed he'd end up a washout, but like the rest of his peers, Elek wanted revenge for his family and to make them proud of what he would become. It was a long, difficult process. 
Early in their training, Elek struggled to connect with his peers, many of them brushing him off as a waste of time due to his size. Ostracized by his fellow SPARTAN cadets, Elek found comfort in one of the caretakers in charge of educating the SPARTANs in non-combat-related matters, Lieutenant Mackenzie Miller. Miller would help Elek overcome the obstacle of his size by helping him use the young boy's intelligence, teaching him unorthodox ways to win the games of Capture the Flag and King of the Hill the SPARTANs had to play. This caused a shift in his relationship with his instructors and fellow SPARTAN-IIs. Eventually, Elek became the leader of Team Delta, one of the organized Beta Company combat teams comprised of Thyra-B208, Hunter-B126, and Lambert-B263. 
Many of the instructors who thought he'd wash out noted Elek for his leadership skills. He had a natural ability to lead his team, leading them to nothing less than the top five during any training scenario. On August 4, 2541, Elek and the rest of Team Delta took part in one of a series of exercises designed to filter out extra candidates the program lacked funds to further train and augment. Elek came up with a plan to use rocks off a nearby mountain to destroy their target before leading Delta on a guerrilla campaign against their instructors until stopped by Lieutenant Ambrose. This would allow them to continue their service as SPARTANs and their eventual physical augmentations. 
Despite his seemingly natural talent in a commanding position, Elek never found comfort in it. Never believing he was meant to lead others. Every decision he made would gnaw at him, always second guessing himself if he made the right call or not. However, he pushed through, trusting his higher-ups in their decisions to put him in command. 
Four years later, in 2545, Beta Company finished their training. 300 were to be sent on Operation: TORPEDO to eliminate a Covenant refinery on the inhabited moon Pegasi Delta, orbiting 51 Pegasi B, in the 51 Pegasi System. Elek and the rest of Delta were prepared to join their peers on their first mission against the Covenant, to get revenge for their families, but they were pulled out at the last second. Unbeknownst to them, an act that would save their lives.
=== Human-Covenant War ===
==== Battle of Iotov ====
Team Delta's first assignment came in 2545, only a week after their graduation. Equipped with SPI Mark II armor, Delta participated in the Battle of Iotov. Iotov, a highly populated human colony covered in thick jungles, came under attack by Covenant forces in June of 2545. Team Delta was sent to recover documents from an underground ONI facility to not allow it to fall into Covenant hands. Elek, only 14 years old, was put in charge of the operation to recover the data. 
The mission started smoothly, initially. Team Delta reached the undiscovered ONI facility, recovered the data, and scuttled the facility, removing all traces of its existence. Before they could evac out, the battle against the Covenant drew closer to them. Elek made the call to join the battle in hopes of giving the civilian evacuations more time to escape, but Thyra protested, saying it wasn't their mission. After an argument, Elek made the call and Delta rushed to join the battle. 
Their first mission against the Covenant wasn't as expected. Grouping with a platoon of ODSTs of the 105th Shock Troops Division, Delta found themselves at the mercy of three Type-47B Deutoros-pattern Scarabs. Bodies and broken vehicles scattered the battlefield as what little remained of the UNSC Forces put up a desperate attempt to put up a resistance. The ODST captain, Miranda Cross, was both pleased and disappointed to see the SPARTANs. Happy to have backup, but would've preferred anything over a SPARTAN. But, she and Elek worked together to form a plan to destroy the Scarabs by using Hunter, Lambert, and remaining Army troopers as distractions in M274R ULATVs while Elek and the ODSTs boarded the Scarabs from behind with Thyra providing intel and support from a distance. 
The plan started well. Elek and the ODSTs managed to board the Scarab and destroy its core, causing it to self-destruct. However, several of the ODSTs couldn't make it off in time and were killed in the blast. To make matters worse, with the first Scarab destroyed, the other two got wind of their plans. The Covenant force began to defend their Scarabs as Ghosts began picking off the Marines in Mongooses, one managing to injure Hunter-B126 in his arm after it threw him off his ULATV. Elek and the remaining ODSTs tried to board the second Scarab but were pinned by plasma cannons set up to defend the core. 
Needing to get aboard the Scarab, Captain Cross came up with the idea to draw the plasma cannon's fire away and allow the rest to take out the gunners. She ran into the open, taking the attention of the Grunts from Elek and the ODSTs, allowing them to open fire and board. They cleared the Scarab, and this time, commandeered the walker to destroy the final Scarab, using its focus cannon on it and the remaining ground forces. However, they weren't as thorough as they thought, and a surviving Jackal managed to shoot Captain Cross in the back with a Type-31 Needle Rifle, piercing her heart. Elek quickly put down the surviving Jackal, but it was too late to save Captain Cross, who succumbed to her injuries. 
With the area cleared of Covenant, Elek called for evac for Delta and the surviving Army troopers and ODSTs. While the planet was lost, Elek's plan did work and the UNSC was successfully able to evacuate the nearby city. However, Elek was reprimanded by his superiors for abandoning their mission. Elek argued he didn't abandon their mission, only expanded the mission's parameters, a trend his superiors would notice in the coming years. 
==== Operation: RED WAVE ====
In July of 2545, Team Delta would be assigned their second mission as part of Operation: RED WAVE. The mission was to assassinate Insurrectionist leader Colonel Hassan Al-Khatib who was hiding on the human colony world of Tribute in the Epsilon Eridani system. Colonel Al-Khatib resided in a luxury apartment building in the middle of Casbah City. He hoped to use the populace as human shields to protect him from any form of attack by the UNSC, hoping they wouldn't risk such a public endeavor to take him - he was wrong. 
On the 7th of July, 2545 at 0300 hours, Team Delta departed from UNSC Tribute headquarters in a UH-144 Falcon to Casbah City, arriving silently at 0338 hours. Thyra was dropped off on a building across the street with a clear view of Al-Khatib's apartment (however, she had no eyes on Al-Khatib himself) with the rest of Team Delta dropped off on the roof of Al-Khatib's building. The trio descended the staircase, not wanting to risk running into latecomers and goers on the elevator. Slowly and surely, they descended the 20 flights of stairs down to Al-Khatib's suite. 
Upon reaching the suite, Elek, Lambert, and Hunter quietly entered and began looking for Al-Khatib. Elek entered the bedroom and Colonel Al-Khatib jumped him, already aware of their presence and dawning a stolen set of SPI MK I armor. He disarmed Elek and the two began fighting fisticuffs while two teams of URF soldiers entered the apartment from across the hall, opening fire on Lambert and Hunter and pinning them behind a large table. The fight was short. Elek quickly got the upper hand over Al-Khatib, pinning him in a hold as he pulled him towards the window where Thyra-B208 held overwatch. He ordered Thyra to take the shot, but there was no response. He tried a few more times as Al-Khatib attempted to break free but Thyra remained silent. Now worried they got to her, he took matters into his own hands. 
Flipping Al-Khatib over his shoulder and planted over two dozen punches into the Colonel, breaking his nose in the first hit and leaving him a bloody mess by the twentieth. Retrieving his suppressed BR55, firing two bursts into Al-Khatib to confirm the kill before assisting Lambert and Hunter finish off the remaining URF. They were in the apartment for less than two minutes. They recovered Al-Khatib's body to take the armor he had and moved to assist Thyra across the street. However, when they arrived, Thyra was alone and uninjured. URF unaware of her presence. Elek questioned her why she didn't take the shot when he told her to, but she didn't answer. 
Upon their return to UNSC Headquarters, Elek would ask Thyra again why she didn't take the shot. She finally replied that her weapon malfunctioned and it ended at that. 
==== Battle of Balmoris ====
In 2547, Team Delta would be in orbit above the Human colony world of Balmoris, stationed on the Orbital Defense Platform Spartacus. It was supposed to be a simple assignment before their transfer to another mission, some unofficial R&R given to them by their commanding officer, but their rest was cut short by the Covenant appearing over the planet. The human defense fleet put up a valiant effort, but couldn't keep up with the superior firepower of the Covenant attack group. Nearly all of the 75 ships in defensive orbit around Balmoris were destroyed.
After the initial waves of Covenant forces were sent planet side, Team Delta was sent to assist in the ground battle. The UNSC headquarters in the capital city of New Harbin was under siege by a group of three Covenant Ceudar-pattern heavy corvettes. The team had to land near the outer reaches of the city to avoid being shot down by the Covenant's air superiority. The fight through the city was long and brutal, every corner they were attacked by Covenant forces as civilians ran past for their chance to evacuate the planet. 
Hours through hell later, Delta found themselves at the UNSC headquarters. Thyra was stationed outside, acting as overwatch as Elek, Hunter, and Lambert made their way inside. Their mission was changed by the Office of Naval Intelligence to help escort a highly sensitive package off world. Elek, Hunter, and Lambert made their way through the UNSC headquarters to the hangar bay where a D77H-TCI Pelican was waiting. Their plan was to wait for air defense to get them an opening to fly past the Covenant Corvettes, pick up Thyra, and gun it for the UNSC Paris-class heavy frigate (FFG-311) Cassidy in orbit. The package they were meant to protect was a large device, alien in origin but different from the Covenant's technology. But before Elek could question the origin of the device, the Covenant began to break into the UNSC headquarters. 
Closing in on the hangar, Hunter, armed with a M247H machine gun, decided to stay behind and hold off the incoming forces so the rest could escape. Elek argued against it, ordering Hunter to leave with them, but Hunter ran out of the hangar to engage with the hostile forces. They began to flee, but Is'belox-pattern Banshees began to attack the Pelican, making it impossible to turn around to rescue Thyra and Hunter. This angered Elek, unable to bear the thought of leaving his friends behind, but all he could do was watch as UNSC headquarters got further away, unable to contact them as the Covenant began jamming all communications. 
It was a fruitless attempt. Swarms of Banshees began engaging the Pelican, shooting it down over the Black Mountain Range 30 miles outside of New Harbin, landing over a cliff face near the summit. Elek was knocked unconscious in the crash, and when he came to, their position was under attack by Covenant forces. Lambert had already set up a defensive position near the alien device, which was ejected during the crash. Regaining his composure, Elek began to climb out of the Pelican, but could only watch as a blood red energy sword stabbing Lambert through the back, lifting him several feet off the ground. Four Elites in black and red armor revealed themselves, believing the coast to be clear, but Elek, fueled by rage, engaged the Elites in hand-to-hand combat. 
Elek only managed for a short time. He caught the first Elite by surprise, managing to turn it's own energy sword against it and stab it in the stomach, killing it. That was all he could do before another Elite cut Elek in the small of his back, missing his spine my millimeters. Falling to the ground, Elek turned to face the Elite with a red visor that slashed him. The Elite spoke in English, mocking the SPARTAN for his attempt to fight, and calling him prey. Blinded by anger and pain, Elek tried to attack the Elite while it was distracted by it own taunts. He threw a put but the Elite caught it, and for his insolence, sliced his left arm clean off from his shoulder. 
In pain, the Elite grabbed Elek by his neck and dragged him to the cliff, throwing him off into the abyss below. Elek fell over a kilometer down the mountain before rolling down the shoulder for several hundred meters before falling off another cliff, falling another half kilometer before stopping halfway down the mountain. He impact knocked the injured Elek and his armor's emergency medical injectors kept him alive. 
Hours later, UNSC forces escaping New Harbin with civilians, along with Thyra-B208 and Hunter-B126, would pick up Elek's emergency beacon on the Black Mountain. They made the daring journey to rescue whoever sent the beacon, but the SPARTANs were shocked and mortified to find Elek, finding him half-buried in the snow, barely clinging to life. Elek was immediately evacuated to the UNSC Cassidy, his and Lambert's original destination. 
Elek regained consciousness two days later aboard the UNSC Cassidy in orbit above Earth, where he was informed about his recovery by a civilian rescue team lead by Thyra-B208 and Hunter-B126 and how Balmoris fell to the Covenant. While grateful to learn his friends were alive, he was also informed that Team Delta was disbanded and all three of them will be assigned to new, different missions. 
While officially listed as MIA, Thyra, Hunter, and Elek held a small funeral service for Lambert, ejecting a crate of his belongings into space. That would be the last time all three of them would see each other for years. 
=== Counter Insurgency ===
==== Fox Team ====
After a long recovery from his injuries at the hand of the Silent Shadow, Elek was equipped with a combat grade prosthetic limb to replace his left arm. He found it awkward and uncomfortable at first, finding it difficult to use and even injured himself with a spasm in his shoulder. Eventually, he learned to use the arm flawlessly, even better than he did with his original non-dominate left arm. Only a month after found on death's doorstep, Elek was back in the fight.
Elek was reassigned to a newly formed special operations team lead by Colonel Arthur Bradford of the Office of Naval Intelligence. This new team was Fox Team, and its mission was to counter an active insurgency operation within UNSC territories. This cell of the United Rebel Front had recently attacked several UNSC convoys, killing all UNSC personnel and stealing weapons, vehicles, and several sets of the outdated SPI MK I armor. This new team included Elek-B105, Colonel Bradford himself, ONI agents Dakota Greene, Bridgette McKinley, Charles Lawson, and ONI scientist Dr. Sarah Moreau. 
Elek rendezvoused with Colonel Bradford on the human colony world of Asphodel in late 2547. 
==== Prosper Freedom ====
Fox Team's first mission was against a terrorist organization called Prosper Freedom. Originally a student-led activist group criticizing the UEG and UNSC's presence, while light, on the world, Prosper Freedom would later become more radical and start attacking UNSC soldiers in the streets or anyone who spoke positively of the UEG on Khetleya University campus. Soon, Prosper Freedom's attacks got bolder and death counts began to rise. Their biggest hit came that year when they attacked a UNSC convoy, killing all the UNSC personnel and several civilians. They proceeded to steal weapons, gear, vehicles, and the SPI MK I armor sets the convoy was transporting, which led to the creation of Fox Team by Colonel Bradford. 
Investigations led Fox Team to a professor at Khetleya University who had ties with the suspects involved in the attack. After a short questioning, a sniper round killed the professor through his office window before he could give away the locations of Prosper Freedom's hideouts. Elek and Agent Lawson pursued the assassin, but they managed to escape aboard a stolen Falcon. However, the professor did provide some names of students involved in the organization, including one Austin Bond.
Fox Team raided Bond's parents' house, where the 26 year old, unemployed college dropout lived. Bond tried escaping out the second story window, but broke his leg when he hit the ground. In Bond's bedroom, they found a stolen MA5C assault rifle, over 300 rounds of ammunition, and a map of Prosper Freedom's next attack. They arrested Bond, moved his family to where they'd be safe, and began to plan their counter.
Later that night at 0100 hours, local law enforcement set up a perimeter around the warehouse as Fox Team quietly slipped in. They split off into three teams, leaving Elek alone. The terrorists were quickly made aware of their presence. After the first shots were fired, many tried escaping but were quickly arrested by the law enforcement that surrounded them, but others attempted to put up a fight.
A small group barricaded themselves inside. Elek managed to break his way in and saw a bloodbath. The original workers of the warehouse were lined up, executed with one round each to the back of the head. The warehouse was used by the UNSC to store medical supplies and ran by civilians, and all 47 workers lay dead. This would be the moment that Elek would learn of a new hate. He hated the Covenant for what they took from him, but rebels? Insurrectionists? He believed them worse than the Covenant. He didn't see any human who'd turn against their fellow man was an abomination.
Elek found the remaining members of Prosper Freedom bunkered in a corner, two wearing the outdated SPI MK I. They taunted Elek, but he didn't listen. He brutally killed the group, leaving little behind. He'd be reprimanded for his barbarous actions by Colonel Bradford and Prosper Freedom would use the killings to justify their mission. However, after Elek's actions , Prosper Freedom saw a decrease in activity. ONI intelligence claimed it was their effort with the information the raids by Fox Team provided, but Elek believed his actions made them fear any further demonstrations.
==== Rebellion on Helios III ====
Fox Team's second major mission took them to Helios III, an inner colony in open rebellion. They made landfall in summer of 2548 at 0300 hours via Sahara-class heavy prowler Leto, rendezvousing with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines.
==== The Church of the One Being ====
==== Arrest of Colonel Lee Moore ====
=== HUNTRESS Initiative ===
==== Fireteam Artemis ====
==== Operation: BROKEN ARROW ====
==== Operation: BLACK FLAG ====
==== Battle of New Athens ====
==== Operation: STARGAZER ====
=== Post-War Era ===
==== SPARTAN-IV Program ====
==== Return to Artemis ====
== Relationships ==
Thyra-B208 - 
Hunter-B126 - 
Adriana-G238 - 
Jaxon-G239 - 
Orion - 
Miller - 
== Personality and traits ==
Elek is described as relaxing and kind, a natural leader who inspires confidence in his allies and those under his command. He's calm under pressure and acts as a beacon for his team to rally to. Focused in the field, able to adapt to any scenario. He interacts well with non-SPARTAN personnel effectively, working well with no added stress. In combat, he stands as an authoritative presence, stoic as he engages and commands his team. 
Of course, this is the front he puts up. Elek is riddled with self-doubt, second-guessing every decision he makes in the field before spending hours going over every detail afterward, wondering if he made the fight calls. He's learned to trust his instincts in battle, to accept every loss. For his team, he stands tall, allowing them to fall apart when they need to, knowing he'll keep them together.
== Physical characteristics ==
Elek has dark eyes and dark hair. At seven-years-old, Elek's hair was long, curly, and never brushed. He was smaller than most kids his age with sickly pale skin and nearly all bone. Over the course of his SPARTAN training, Elek would gain in size and mass and after his augmentation procedures, becoming one of the taller SPARTAN-IIIs in his company. Standing 6 feet and 8 inches without the assistance of his MJOLNIR armor. As he got older, he cut his hair short and proceeded to grow out a small beard. 
His body is covered in scars from training and battles alike. His notable scars being the burn across his back from an energy sword slice and his missing left arm, replaced by a combat grade prosthetic, both given to him during his first run in with Silent Shadow First Blade Officer Rtuka 'Azayelai.
== Equipment ==
=== Armor ===
Elek originally wore military green SPI MK II armor with the Greek letter Delta on the left shoulder pad, used to represent his team, Team Delta, but would loose it after the loss of his arm to Silent Shadow. His helmet was outfitted with a B5D-O/Optics suite and external flashlight mounted on the right side. He sported a communications backpack with a long range encrypted radio used in missions and two soft cases mounted on both of his thighs for extra ammunition or rations. 
In 2551, after joining the HUNTRESS Initiative, Elek was given a set of solid green MJOLNIR MK V armor. Elek would customize it to his liking, adding extra shotgun shells to his arm and chest, up-armored attachments to his neck and chest, trauma kit on his left thigh, and attaching a pair of combat knives to his shoulder. After reaching the rank of commander and placed in command of Fireteam Artemis, he'd add a Command Network Module and add his fireteam colors for accents. 
After the war, Elek would wear two different sets of the new GEN2 MJOLNIR platform. His first was a plain white Warrior-class MJOLNIR armor with a blue VISR during the training of Wolf Company and their graduation. This suit never saw actual combat. However, his second GEN2 suit would be the worn into battle. This set was a new Warrior-class MJOLNIR set with alterations made by Orion. They included CQC style leg armor, bulkier forearms, custom shoulder plates for easier quickdraws of his knives, and an upgraded version of his MK V helmet. Of course, in Fireteam Artemis's green-gray color scheme. Both armors covered his prosthetic limb, leaving to a sensation he'd find strange. 
=== Weapons ===
Like all SPARTANs, Elek is familiar with all UNSC weapons, able to use any in any scenario, however his favorites remain to be the M45 shotgun series and MA5 assault rifle series. Originally, he used the M45 and MA37, but later he adopted the M45D and MA5D when they became the standard UNSC weapons. While his weapons change depending on the mission, Elek's tried and true are his twin combat knives attached to both of his shoulders.
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