Ashton Newman

Agent **Ashton Newman** is an agent protecting President James Ross and part of the USSS. He was the youngest member of Gold Group who protected the president during the UTE attacks on Europe and United States.

## Biography

### Early life

Newman was born on December 22, 2009, in Santa Ana, California. His dad left his mother, Natalie Denvers, before he was born. When he was 7, his mother married his stepfather, Richard Morgan. Newman's independent and rebellious personality clashed with his stepfather, leading to a disfunctional relationship between the two. At the age of 16 he started dating his girlfriend, Stephanie Smith. Despite being extremely smart and perceptive, he never did well in school due to his house problems and didn't go to college. He played soccer for his local team and joined the track and field team in high school.

### The Army

In 2027, after graduating from high school, Newman joined the Army in search of a purpose in life and to get away from his toxic household. His athletic background helped him stand out in basic training and he graduated with excellent reputation among the drill sergeants.

#### Deployed to Turkey

During the 2020s, the Taliban began organizing the UTE. Newman was part of a division sent to Turkey to prevent them from invading the country and having direct access to Europe. During his first year, he was tasked with patroling the Hakkâri Province. There was little to no action except for some attacks by Taliban insurgents.

His second year saw the majority of the action. During the end of 2028, the Turkish government had publicly declared its support of the UTE out of fear of hostilities due to the American troops in their country. Tired of being involved in a conflict they did not start, the Turkish government asked the Taliban to oust the Americans from their country. By the start of 2029, the Taliban invaded Turkey and a war insued between American and Taliban forces. Newman saw most of the frontline action, but his grit and determination pushed him to survive the extreme conditions of the battles. His displays and heavy casualties of the battle earned him the rank of Corporal at only 18. After various months of brutal warfare, on November of the same year, American troops pulled out of Turkey. After the war, he maintained his rank of Corporal.

#### 75th Ranger Regiment

Following his return from Turkey, Newman was recommended to the Army Rangers. He subsequently qualified and joined the Army Rangers. He was assigned on various missions across the world including a putting an end to a child traffick ring in Eastern Africa. Newman and his team successfully stopped the ring and saved hundreds of children. His heroisms in Africa earned him the rank of sergeant and a Commendation medal at 21.

### Secret Service

Following the end of his 4 year contract with the Army, Newman decided not to renew. He had his eyes on beginning a family with Stephanie. She had gotten a job in the White House and he moved in with her. Stephanie worked closely with the president and told him about Newman. After hearing about him, President Ross personaly offered Newman a job in the Secret Service.

### Eurasia War

#### Rescuing President Ross

After President Ross was captured by the Taliban, Newman requested to join Phantom Squad and Odolf Squad in their mission to rescue him. His request was refused, but after persisting with his request, Captain Clayson allowed him into the team. He assembled a team of 75th Ranger Regiment to join him and Hodge on the mission. As they approached Imantau, the city the citadel was located, the transport deviated from where it was assigned to land, choosing instead to hide within the canyons. Arriving at a safe distance to avoid detection, Karma and Wasp stopped to survey the cliff they were intending to climb in order to make their way to an entry point into the citadel. Wasp suggested that they use ascension cables, but was met with disapproval from Karma as he noted the electromines dotting the cliff face and that the ascension cables would have nothing to grab onto without hitting the electromines, which would notify the entire prison of their presence. With this, Sky suggested that they freeclimb it which was met with approval from both Karma and Wasp as the group continued their journey to the citadel.

As they continued their climb, Wasp traveled up to the platform where the entry point the group wished to enter through was located, but was stopped when several Taliban soldiers appeared through the entry point, forcing him to tell the rest of the group to remain silent, causing them to briefly pause their climb. As the soldiers returned inside, they activated shut the entrance, which Wasp noted to the rest of the group. Continuing his climb, Newman noted that an opening was near the door and that he might be able to squeeze through the ventilation ducts and open the entrance. As he exited, he checked for any Taliban patrols, noticing none and made his way to the door controls, simply pressing a single button and unlocking the entrance. As the rest of the group finished making their way up to the platform, one of the men from Newman's team lost his grip on the cliff and began tumbling down, hitting an electromine on his way down and alerting the entire facility to the group's presence. With that, all security protocols were activated, the entire facility was placed on lockdown, and Kanaan al-Din's special units were assigned to hunt the group down.

As they stealthily made their way through the hallways of the facility, Newman served as a lookout as they traversed through said hallways. As President Ross was being tortured, the group arrived just in time to save him. As the group arrived, Karma freed President Ross from his cuffs. President Ross confirmed that he only had half of the codes and that the Secretary of Defense, Sean Barrett, had the other half, forcing the group to free them as well. As they made their way there, Kanaan al-Din's special units attacked them. The group managed to take out the Taliban commandos as they continued their way towards Barrett's cell. Finally arriving at their intended destination, the group opened the door as Newman swooped in from behind Karma, taking out the Taliban soldiers inside. As the rest of the group arrived in the cell, Barret noted their presence and asked how they were going to get out of the facility. With that, Wasp offered a solution where he and Karma split up, assigning President Ross and Barrett to separate groups in case either was captured. Although briefly rejecting the idea, Barrett eventually gave in after an inquiry from President Ross and was assigned to Wasp's group alongside the other Secret Service agents as Newman went with President Ross and Karma's group. Wasp's group intended to cause a distraction on their way to the landing pad to meet with their transport while Karma's group used the old fortress tunnels in order to maneuver around the facility and make it towards the pipeline where they too would be rescued by the transport.

As they made their way out, Newman rushed ahead to make sure the tunnel was free of enemies. As they continued walking, the group came across a dead end in the tunnel. Just then, Taliban soldiers began to appear from their flank, forcing the group to defende themselves. However Taliban commandos soon arrived, forcing them back into action. Newman ran to the wall and began placing explosives onto it. He ran back into the action with two grenades and used them to destroy the attacking Taliban as the wall blew up behind the group.

Arriving at the pipeline, Newman rushed ahead to gain a better perspective on it as Karma explained where the pipeline led and the plan for their escape. As the group made it up the pipeline, Newman climbed from the outside and made it to the top of the pipeline. Cautiously skimming across it, Newman eventually stopped and informed the group that he thought he found a way out. Opening the hatch, he notified the group that there were no Taliban present as well as informing them that the Kazakhstani rebels had not yet arrived with the transport. As he attempted to climb out of the hatch, however, two Taliban soldiers pointed their guns at him, but he managed to kill them using his knife, but soon discovered many more Taliban soldiers as well as Krawlers advancing on their position. Even so, the group made their way out of the pipeline and towards the advancing enemy. As Barrett and the others exited the pipeline, Newman and Karma defended them. However, the group was soon forced to escape as they became overwhelmed by the number of enemies. Karma informed them that they would now be following plan B, which was to meet up with the transport where Wasp was supposed to be located.

As Karma's group arrived at the landing platform, they discovered Wasp's group pinned down by several turrets surrounding the transport. In response to this, Karma's group was forced to take cover alongside Wasp's group. While pinned down, Newman noted that the ship was surrounded to which Barrett offered a solution in the way of a full-scale assault on the droids. However, Wasp noted that if they did that the turrets would simply destroy the ship and their only chance of escape, but Tarkin offered up a counter solution where they take over the turrets and decimate the droids surrounding the shuttle. As they continued their conversation, Karma pointed out the turbo bikes headed for them as they began to fire upon them, destroying the crates behind them. Karma managed to grab hold of one of the turbo bikes in an attempt to destroy the turrets. However, more Taliban reinforcements continued to arrive alongside several Taliban commandos, one of which climbed into one of the turrets and attempted to destroy the transport. Seeing this, Staff Sergeant John "Sailor" Phillips ran out into the open in an attempt to claim the transport, but the transport was instead destroyed and Sailor was killed; however, the debris from the destruction of the transport managed to destroy the turret the Taliban commando was manning. With the transport now destroyed, the now once again combined group was forced to make a tactical retreat. As the group escaped, Wasp and Karma contacted Captain John Clayson and informed him that they were going to need a rescue since their transport had been destroyed. The group then moved out, making their way towards the rendezvous point, believing that they still had a chance to escape.

As the group passed by a cave, Newman asked what the group's next move was to which Karma said that they were going to have to fight their way out of Imantau, leading to Wasp asking for someone to contact Clayson and see when they were planning rescue them, which President Ross took responsibility of. With that, Karma contacted Clayson who said that he was glad to see President Ross alive. Karma then asked when they were planning on rescuing them to which Clayson informed them that Olympus had dispatched Lieutenant Cooper to Imantau. Adding onto this, he informed them that Eagles would arrive to extract them, but that only a small window would be there for them to be rescued. He then wished them good luck and ended the transmission. As the transmission ended, the group was ambushed by Taliban commanods but easily killed them with the use of a timely thermal detonator from Master Sergeant Josh "Crush" Kennedy. With that, the group moved out to reach the rendezvous point in time with Wasp noting that more Talibans were surely on their way. The group was soon discovered by Kanaan al-Din's forces. In order to escape, Karma and Wasp used their ascension guns to carry the members of the group with no weapon down the cliff they were in front of. While doing so, Newman defended them against the Taliban along with the rest of the group as the Kazakhstani rebels attacked the enemy. The rest of the group took this opportunity to escape and used the ascension cables to carry themselves down the cliff. Finally making it to the surface, the Taliban commandos continued to fire on them above after easily killing the rebels as the group attempted to make it through an opening into a cave while Sergeant First Class Luke "Sky" Walker and Karma covered their escape.

As they continued walking, the group heard the howl of the hyenas which led Newman to ask the rest of the group if they had heard the howl as well. Nearing a cave, the hyenas had almost caught up with the group, which Crush noted. Karma then said that they would have to deal with them so that they did not lead the Taliban to them to which Newman offered the cave they had been nearing to launch a surprise attack on them. To this, Staff Sergeant Caleb "Bishop" Harper said that they might be able to get the hyenas to pass by, but they'd need a distraction in order to do so to which Karma offered himself up as well as Wasp who inquired by the way of a fake cough. Newman then went with the rest of the group to hide in the cave as Wasp and Karma walked through a misty path of rocks. As the hyenas arrived along with several Taliban commandos riding turbo bikes, Newman and the rest of the group went to spring the trap; however, before they could arrive, Krawlers appeared off the side of the cliff and attacked the group, quickly killing one of the liberated agents. Sky quickly managed to destroy that Krawler, but more continued to arrive, leading Karma to order the men to keep moving while he and Newman dealt with the Krawlers. While defending against them, Newman was almost killed by a crawler, but Barrett managed to save his life. However, a Hyena quickly sprung into action and tackled Barret, forcing Newman to attempt to save him. Newman was too late, however, as, after shooting down the hyena, Barrett laid dying on the ground. He checked for Barrett's vitals and exclaimed that he needed to get help, but was stopped by Barrett who told him that he needed to tell him his half of the nuclear launch codes. Newman attempted to tell him that she should go get Karma or Wasp, but Barrett insisted that he hear them instead.

As the rest of the group finished off the remaining Taliban, Newman arrived carrying the dead body of Barrett. As he carried him, he gave his body to Karma who laid him on the ground. With this, Newman informed them that Barrett had died honorably and that he had his half of the codes. The group then brought him to a fall where they dropped his body into the water and took a moment to honor him before they moved on. As the group continued their journey to the rendezvous point, they finally came across the area where they were meant to be extracted. However, Taliban commandos then arrived on turbo bikes along with Kanaan al-Din, who had finally decided to deal with them himself. As Kanaan al-Din was knocked out of his turbo bike by Crush, he grabbed onto President Ross and began to choke him, preparing to murder him as Newman was forced to kill him with a shot to the head. Just then, Cooper finally arrived with the Eagle as more Krawlers arrived. Newman, as well as the rest of the group, easily managed to board the Eagle and they took off while being flanked by FX-Stingers.