Carter

Lieutenant **Carter** is a 1st Infantry BCT soldier featured in the Orion Nero Initiative series. Carter primarily serves as a member of Wolverine Company and platoon leader for 2nd Platoon until temporarily being transferred to Blackjack Company.

## Biography

### Combat Outpost Novok

Carter first appears in *The Outpost* when the Alvitr Central Security launch a massive counteroffensive on the Chawla Province. Combat Outpost Novok is the last remaining ONI-controlled military base in the province that Carter and his platoon desperately try to protect from endless waves of ACS troopers. Losing a quarter of his platoon, including Company Commander, Cpt. Harris, the survivors of Wolverine Company's 2nd Platoon escape to the nearby town of Gorodok.

In Gorodok, Carter and Wolverine Two-One locate a radio tower in the town and attempt to send out an unencrypted distress signal to any ONI stations to inform them that 2nd Platoon has managed to survive the ACS surprise attack. Carter manages to get through to Colonel Munson of the 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team and an extraction plan is crafted, but is only able to rescue the main members of the platoon that were seeking refuge out of the city before the C-7E Stallions were forced to escape after taking heavy fire from ACS ground forces.

Attacked by ACS troopers at the radio tower and the primary exfiltration method fleeing the area, Carter and Col. Munson organise a secondary exfiltration location at a clearing several kilometres from Gorodok. Carter and the survivors of Wolverine 2-1 manage to escape out of the town, slipping through the narrow rugged terrain of the Sicaria Region before reaching an open field where they are finally extracted by a flight of AH-6 Super Cobras escorting a single MH-20 Samson.

### Company Transfer

Suffering heavy loses from the ACS counteroffensive in Chawla, Wolverine Company is never really seen again, except during several mentions during various operations undertaken by the 1st IBCT. In the middle of Operation Kilimanjaro, Carter and a few members of 2nd Platoon, Wolverine Company resurface as they are transferred temporarily to 1st Platoon, Blackjack Company. Carter is transferred to Blackjack Company's 1st Platoon as the Platoon Leader after Lt. Meehan is wounded in action during the defence of a village crossroads outside Vandenburg Airbase.

### Operation Kilimanjaro and Death

Carter takes command of 1st Platoon before the battle of Olympus and Carter leads the platoon through the Southwestern streets of Olympus. When Blackjack 1-1 and Blackjack 1-2 take a wrong turn and are ambushed, Carter and the rest of the platoon are forced to wait and reinforce their position at ORP Ainsley before dispatching a Stryker and Cougar to rescue the pinned down 1st Platoon squads.

After 1st Platoon is reunited at the ORP, Carter leads the team through the streets of Olympus with hopes of reaching the Cordova River. Being caught in several ACS ambushes, destroying all of 1st Platoon's vehicles, Carter and 1st Squad eventually split off with the rest of the platoon before accidentally linking up with Butcher 1 and Butcher 2 of the 12th Cavalry Regiment. There, Carter and 1st Squad locate and rescue the remains of Grizzly Company's 1st Platoon who had also dealt with several ACS ambushes.

Reaching up to an ACS-occupied convenience store, and successfully neutralising the threats, Carter and two soldiers enter into the building to confirm the deaths of the ACS troopers when noise is heard deeper in the convenience store. Carter is killed in action by a friendly fire incident when the three soldiers split up, and Carter is shot down by a wounded Grizzly Company soldier. Suffering three rounds to the chest, Carter is killed instantly.