Ayrton-A384

Lieutenant Commander Ayrton-A384, born Ayrton Edward Shepard, is a Spartan-III Commando of the United Nations Space Command's Naval Special Warfare Command. Pulled from Alpha Company as a Category-II Commando, he would serve as the leader of Team Grizzly, before becoming the leader of the cross-company Brimstone Team following the merger of the Alpha and Beta company commando teams in 2547.
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== Biography ==
=== Early Life ===
Ayrton Shepard was born on the human outer colony of Albion on January 19th, 2523, in the city of New Dover to Pierce and Jemma Shepard, a mechanic with the New Dover Metropolitan Police (NDMP) and an archivist with New Dover's central library respectively, being their only child. Ayrton often spent time with his best friend, Bethany 'Beth' Gray who was the daughter of his parents best friends.
Ayrton would often spend time with his parents during their work hours, picking up on his father's engineering talent for mechanical engineering, and his mothers passion for old books and films. At some point during his childhood, he was taught by Beth's father how to use a handgun, under the guise of self-defence.
==== Fall of Albion ====
In 2530, the Covenant Fleet of Righteous Vindication discovered Albion, eliminating the planets small defensive fleet, before launching an invasion of the planet, reaching New Dover on the third day of the battle. Ayrton's father most likely killed in the initial hours of the fighting, as all members of the NDMP, including Ayrton's father, were called up to assist with initial city defence operations against the invaders, nearly all of whom were massacred within the first few hours of contact. Ayrton's mother, on the other hand, died when a Covenant infantry lance attached the building Ayrton and his family lived in, sacrificing herself alongside Beth's mother to allow their children to escape the building through the fire stairs.
Now alone Ayrton and Beth made their way through the streets over the next few days, avoiding any contact with the Covenant by using their small size to conceal themselves in places no grunt could enter. Fortunately for the pair, they were found by a Spartan-II supersoldier in the midst of the battle, who despite initial orders, tasked themselves with escorting the pair to the relative safety of an evacuation site. En-route the trio encountered a large Covenant infantry lance, who engaged them in a firefight, forcing Ayrton and Beth to seek cover, whilst the Spartan engaged the enemy, who despite their own combat skill was at risk of being overrun. However, noticing a nearby pair police officer's corpses and the perilous situation the Spartan was in, Beth and Ayrton seized the handguns and opened fire on the enemy, catching both the Covenant off-guard, and although Ayrton's aim was worse than Beth's, they were able to distract the Covenant long enough for the Spartan regaining the advantage, who directed the pair to focus their fire on the weaker Grunts, whilst they engaged the remaining Elites, in the process drawing fire onto themselves, rather than the children. After the enemy was defeated, the three continued to the evacuation point relatively unmolested, with the Spartan not relieving the children of their weapons until they were safely in the care of the UNSC Marines coordinating the evacuation efforts. Soon after, the pair were aboard a heavily-laden freighter which lifted off from the planet as the orbiting Covenant fleet began to glass the planet, a scene which was witnessed by everyone aboard the ship as it fled the system.
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====Training====
====Augmentation====
===Spartan service===
====Mamore====
==Equipment==
==Battle Honours==
* Insurrection on Mamore (2536)
* Battle of New Constantinople (2537)
* Battle of the Far-gone colony platforms (2537)
* Battle of Bonanza asteroid belt (2537)
* Battle of Vision (2537)
* Raid on the Epsilon Herculis Asteroid Belt (2538)
* Battle of Manticore (2541)
* Battle of Sargasso (2546)
* Battle of Saint-Denis (2547)
* Battle of Fumirole (2552)
* Battle of Reach (2552)
* Sol Campaign (2552)
==Gallery==
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== Appearances ==
Halo: Remnants
Category:Alpha Company
Category:SPARTAN
Category:SPARTAN-IIIs