Isaac McGraw

Dr. Isaac D. McGraw (Civilian Consultant Number: CC-983758) is a Theoretical and Experimental Physicist in the employment of the Office of Naval Intelligence. In 2551, he started working on the Time Displacement Engine.
== Biography ==
=== Early life and education ===
Isaac D. McGraw was born on March 4, 2517 in Australia, Earth. He lived his childhood years with his Mother, Father and younger Sister. As a child, he excelled at the scientific classes in school. While in secondary school, he was already thinking of all sorts of gadgets that could help the soldiers of the UNSC against the Covenant. In his spare time, he would be working on creating his own energy shielding in his parents' garage. After completing secondary school at just 16 (November 16, 2533), he went to Circumstance to study Experimental and Theoretical Physics. In 2536 (October 2, 2536) he graduated with a Ph.D. in both fields.
=== Early career and Project 22 ===
He was quickly accepted into ONI's Section Three and placed in the Materials Group (October 29, 2536) to start working on advanced weaponry and devices. For this he was sent to Onyx (November 1, 2536) where he could test any of his creations by giving them to the training Spartan IIIs of BETA Company. One of these devices was Active Camouflage. He worked on it with members from the Beta-3 branch of Section Three. 
In 2541 (January 13, 2541), he is sent to Reach to continue his work. Here, he could test any of his creations by giving them to the training Spartans of Project 22. While stationed there he produces a prototype for an advanced active camouflage (March 21, 2548), created by using information found in the Babd Catha Forerunner vessel. He also produces a prototype for a sound distortion module (October 7, 2550). Both modules could be fitted into MJOLNIR armour. While he tests the prototypes with the fireteam of Project 22, he gets to know their fireteam leader, Conor-322. In 2551 (December 28, 2551), he starts to brainstorm ideas for the Time Displacement Engine.
=== Fall of Reach ===
When the Fall of Reach began (July 25, 2552), he is still stationed on Reach. As soon as the second Covenant fleet arrives (August 14, 2552), he was ordered to take his research and retreat to Earth. In the rush of it all, he was forced to leave behind his prototypes, but was able to safely evacuate the planet.
=== Post war ===
After continuing his research on Earth for a number of years, he was finally able to create a working advanced active camouflage (September 9, 2554), that renders its user completely invisible, even while moving. He is also able to create a working sound distortion module (May 21, 2555), that is able to throw a user's voice into a completely different location near the user. The next year (April 3, 2556), he finishes making a Micro Overshield Emitter and a Micro Hologram Emitter. Later he was stationed on Tribute in the rebuilding city of Casbah (December 13, 2556) to prepare for the arrival of Fireteam Thunder, so that they can receive the modules and have them integrated into their armour. The next week (December 18, 2556), he creates a Diamene coated Spectra Fiber/Kevlar Cape for Conor-322. Then, next year (January 7, 2557) Fireteam Thunder arrives on Tribute and gets their new equipment. 
In 2559 (October 13, 2559), Fireteam Thunder delivers a shard of the Menachite Forerunner Crystal to him and the next year (January 3, 2560) he starts to run tests on it. Later that year (17 August, 2560), he discovers that the crystal has EMP properties and starts to work on designs for a weapon that can utilise the shard. Two days later (19 August, 2560), he finishes the design and sends it in to ONI's Section Three.
In 2565 (October 28, 2565), the fleet of Striking Honor, Kor 'Nar Lohamee's fleet of 42 ships arrives in the system, now aligned with the Banished and tasked with clearing UNSC outposts from the system.
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== Notes ==
=== Parallel Reality ===
In 2557 (January 26, 2557), Isaac starts to create the first prototype for the TDE. It utilises slipstream space technology and recovered Xalanyn technology so that the user can travel through space and time. Later that year (November 14, 2557) tests it, but the machine malfunctions and disappears into a slip space portal, without emerging on the other side. In 2564 (April 12, 2564), he starts to work on a fifth prototype for the TDE with the use of the Menachite Forerunner Crystal that Fireteam Thunder acquired.
In 2565 (February 1, 2565) Fireteam Thunder along with Spartans Colt-B233 and Mallery, along with Sangheili Xotan 'Lofam are ordered to prepare to use the TDE. Later that year (September 3, 2565) Isaac completes the TDE and does a successful test. He then starts to make adjustments for it to be fitted to a ship. Fireteam Thunder prepares to use the TDE in their new Sahara Class Prowler. Spartans Colt-B233 and Mallery, along with Xotan and Odin stay behind to defend the last of the colonists.