Michael-B416

Michael-B416, born Michael Wainwright, is a commando currently in service with the . Born on the planet of , which was glassed by the Covenant in 2535, he spent several years on Reach before he volunteered for the SPARTAN-III program in 2539. After six years of training, he was reassigned to the SPARTAN-III , later joining Spartan Bourbon Team. Surviving both the Fall of Reach and the Battle of Earth, he would assume leadership of the newly-formed Fireteam Wizard, leading them on many operations involving the salvage and securing of artefacts. As of 2561 he is currently working in an undisclosed capacity for the Section 8 in apprehending SPARTAN deserters and traitors.
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==Biography==
===An Unfortunate Childhood, 2531 - 2539===
Born on the planet of Jericho VII to Joshua and Lana Wainwright, Michael Arthur Wainwright had a fairly ordinary childhood for a boy whose parents were former operatives. At least, ordinary until the Covenant arrived in 2535. With Damask, Jericho VII's capital, coming under attack almost immediately, Lana once again donned her battle fatigues and joined in defending her city, whilst Joshua spirited Michael away to an evacuating shuttle. Neither of them would see Lana again, with the two unceremoniously dumped in , with nothing but the clothes on their backs and a wad of cash.Joshua and Michael struggled when in New Alexandria, as the once-opportunistic city was swarmed with refugees from the , all with the same story as Joshua and Michael. Despite the hardship, for a few years they had achieved some semblance of normal life, with Joshua working as a clerk for , whilst Michael attended primary school, where he excelled in sports, history and mathematics - especially sports. Rugby and football were favourites of the young child, and his skill in the games were aided by his physique, much larger than many other kids his age due to his ORION parentage. However, this semblance of a peaceful life would be thrown into chaos when Joshua was killed in a hit-and-run accident in May 2538. 
Michael now found himself on the streets, as his independent streak and disdain for authority, built up through his chaotic childhood, led to him running away from the orphanage he was placed into. Street life in New Alexandria was extremely tough, however Michael did survive via pickpocketing, the generosity of strangers, and working odd jobs for small businesses. In this squalor he lived for almost a year, until he attempted to steal the wrong person's wallet - Lieutenant Harriette June. June, sent to New Alexandria to recruit several children for the secretive , caught him red-handed, however was impressed with the youth's skills, and as such searched for his name within New Alexandria's population database. This search quickly revealed Michael's parentage, skills and personality, which June believed could be successfully utilised for the SPARTAN-III program.
June was in a tight spot, with little wiggle room to accept a candidate that wasn't on her list, however fortune played its hand as one of the candidates she had been sent to retrieve, believing she was a would-be kidnapper, went to report June to the city police. Just as June was deliberating on whether or not to offer Michael the opportunity, her hand was forced as NAPD officers found her and Michael, himself wanted by the NAPD for theft. The two quickly escaped the area, using several shortcuts Michael had learned whilst on the streets to escape roving NAPD patrols. June, impressed by Michael's knowledge, would then give Michael the chance to join the nascent in training - to take the fight to the aliens that killed his mother.
Michael, with no more family left to him, isolated on the streets of New Alexandria, and wanting revenge for his parents, would accept, and join June in her journey to , where he would remain and train for the next six years. It was on the ship too that he would earn his tag, reassigned from the would-be candidate to him: SPARTAN Beta-416.
===Down And Out On Onyx, 2539 - 2545 ===
Training on Onyx did not come naturally to Michael. His aversion to authority meant that in the early days of training he would often earn the ire of drill instructors, quickly becoming one of the few candidates who received corrective training the most often. It became such an issue that Lieutenant Kurt Ambrose, head drill instructor of the program, spoke directly with Michael, which did help somewhat. However what most helped Michael settle into the program was his friendship with candidate Connor-B067, another Jericho VII refugee. Connor, himself a top-grade trainee who understood and respected the chain of command, slowly assisted Michael in accepting authority, which in turn led to far less punishment from the DIs. 
Despite the initial indifference to the staff, Michael excelled in team sports and activities, and was often an integral part of his team's success. Whether it was obstacle courses, capture the flag, physical training or games of football, Michael meshed well with most of his teammates - a factor stemming from his affable personality, and knack for quips and jokes that helped keep the situation light-hearted. This was especially useful when Beta Company began transitioning from strength-and-conditioning training to military exercises, as the conditions the candidates were placed under were stressful and straining on the kids, designed to break them down and test their mental ability. Michael passed these with flying colours, always in a cheery disposition despite the odds that may have been stacked against his squadmates. 
Michael also displayed leadership qualities noticed by the DIs, however very rarely would he accept command, instead preferring to follow others and offer advice when necessary. The traits shown in Michael of a reluctant yet excellent leader, and an enthusiastic, helpful and competent follower, appealed directly to Lieutenant Ambrose and Chief Petty Officer , who marked Michael for the role of a squad leader when teams were assigned. Throughout 2540 - 2543, Michael consistently achieved rankings in the Top 50% of all candidates, with a seeming specialty in reconnaissance and mobile warfare. Michael was also often paired up with Connor-B067 throughout this time, with the two having a working relationship second to none within the company bar the top performers. Their personal relationship too was quite close, with both trainees bonding over a shared love of Jericho VII, history and Blam! music - although much disagreement was had over whether Dylan Park or Salvatori was the better artist.
In July of 2543, Ambrose called all the trainees together to announce the formation of teams, and those that would go on to fill more specialised roles detached away from the rest of Beta Company - the . Perhaps unsurprisingly, due to their similarities and good relationship, Michael and Connor were chosen to be trained as a Headhunter Team, and as such they would be removed from the larger Beta Company group to undergo specialised training with other potential Headhunters.
Headhunter training was especially tiring for the two, as it was a far more rigorous and intense schedule, often with Headhunter teams pitted against one another in mock hide-and-seek exercises, only instead of eager kids chasing others around a playground, it was four very dangerous teenagers, armed with sniper rifles and . These could go on for days on end, however Michael and Connor maintained morale when out in-field and often bested their opponents through Michael's recon skills, Connor's excellent use of camouflage and their combined character trait of patience, developed over their time at . They further developed their skills in early 2545, when they were given their augmentations on board the and were issued their armour suits. These additions turned the duo into one of the best Headhunter teams in training, with Lieutenant Ambrose authorising their deployment on combat operations in late October. As a result, on the 15th of November 2545, the two were given their marching orders off of Onyx. Headhunter Team 11 was officially activated, and transferred to ONI's , ready for combat - and so they were off to Epirus.
===BUG SPRAY, 2546===
Arriving in the Tirana System on the 18th of February 2546 on board the supercarrier Jutland, Michael and Connor were immediately spirited away to NAVSPECWAR Group Eight's command centre, on Tirana III's largest moon, Brindisi. There, Michael would be reunited with now-Lieutenant Commander June - herself managing ONI and SPARTAN operations in the Tirana System. Here, she would hand Headhunter Team 11 their first mission: Operation: BUG SPRAY.
Early on in the Tirana Campaign, the mining planet of Epirus was overrun by the Covenant's Fleet of Everlasting Entropy, and was rapidly transformed into a huge forward operating base. Barracks, supply depots, ammunition dumps, even warship drydocks and Unggoy methane bubbles had all been installed, to provide a level of comfort for the Fleet's command staff, and any aliens not in active combat. Unfortunately, on the planet there were also a series of prison camps, containing roughly 76,000 civilians and soldiers that had been captured on Epirus, New Troy and Tirana III. BUG SPRAY, as developed and planned by NAVSPECWAR Group Eight's Chief of Staff, Commander Akello Nambuya, involved the deployment of Headhunter Team 11 to Epirus, along with the team Hotel-Two, to disrupt Covenant operations on the planet. As Commander Nambuya stated to the force of twelve SPARTANs and ODSTs:
In readying for the operation, Michael and Connor chose to repaint their SPI armour from the standard khaki-green to a more darker, deeper white-and-grey, to reflect Epirus' wintry climate. They also got to know several of the ODSTs in Hotel-Two, such as Corporal Elias Dawson. Whilst Michael and Connor's age did perturb the hardened veterans - fourteen-year olds in power armour casually lifting forklifts and Warthogs tended to shock many ordinary people - two weeks of acclimatisation training on Brindisi's North Pole ensured that both teams were able to coordinate their actions effectively, a crucial skill needed as Headhunter Team 11 and Hotel-Two would be operating separately, only uniting to carry out large-scale raids and missions. On the 15th of March, NAVSPECWAR Group Eight's commander, Commodore Walter Christie, and Nambuya determined the teams were ready to begin BUG SPRAY, despite the protests of June that more time was needed to set up resupply points on Epirus. Covenant operations had forced their hand into committing early, as raids on Brindisi and Tirana III had recently increased in intensity, and ONI reconnaissance teams suggested that the Fleet of Everlasting Entropy was preparing for a large-scale offensive.
Loaded onto the prowler Rock the Casbah on the 17th, Michael would be given his first taste of space combat as he watched the Fourth Battle of Tirana unfold from the bridge of the ONI vessel. The brutality of the action, though a UNSC victory, gave the young SPARTAN pause as he realised just how desperate the situation was - as he only then fully understood why he was being dispatched into combat as an augmented teenager in power armour. Despite his reservations, though, he was determined to see through the mission to the best of his ability: to put duty over his emotions.
Rock the Casbah would easily avoid the Covenant's roving patrols around Epirus, and the UNSC teams would be delivered to the planet's surface via an - Headhunter Team 11 onto the Corfu Peninsula, and Hotel-Two on the outskirts of the former capital, Piraeus. Michael was quick to reconnoiter the surrounding area, using the environment to his advantage as a snowstorm masked his movements from any potential threat. He was in luck, as he quickly found the Covenant's presence on the peninsula. Discovering an old UNSC vehicle depot, he found that the aliens had repurposed the base to function as an ammunitions dump and rest area for off-duty troops. 
Travelling back to the drop site, where Connor had begun to take inventory and find a suitable base of operations, the two would quickly find a cavern in the side of Mount Scylla, one of Epirus' tallest mountains. With the mountain's central position on the Corfu Peninsula and rough terrain making it difficult to scale and survey, the two thought it the perfect point to conduct missions on the frost planet. The Spartans would spend the rest of the 17th unpacking their equipment and stores within the small cavern, making their new headquarters into more of a home - although it's hard to pin up a poster of 20th century rock bands when almost all the wall space available is taken up by boxes filled with explosives and weapon racks. Perhaps ironically, BUG SPRAY was the first time Michael and Connor had been given any sort of independence or autonomy to do how they saw fit. This level of operational flexibility would do much to assist them in their campaign, able to lay low after large missions and pick and choose targets of opportunity. And Michael already had their first target in mind - the repurposed vehicle depot. 
On the morning of the 18th, Michael would lead Connor to the depot, using the cover of a thick blanket of fog to approach the Covenant base. From a vantage point upon a ridge overlooking the base, the two planned out their incursion. As a smaller firebase, the depot only held a company of Unggoy regulars, with a small cadre of Sangheili officers - as such, this prompted Michael to suggest that they go in for a torch-and-burn operation, to which Connor heartily agreed. Descending the ridge took the better part of an hour, however once they reached the valley in which the base was set, the traversal was fairly easy for the augmented supersoldiers. 
===A Glass of Bourbon, 2546 - 2549 ===
===The Walking Dead, 2549 - 2552===
===We Rise Anew, 2552 - 2558 ===
===Band On The Run, 2558 - 2561===
===The Wonderful Wizards of Oz, 2561 - 2564===
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Category:Beta Company
Category:SPARTAN-IIIs