Courtney-021

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Faction & Division: UNSC- NavSpecWarComm (Naval Special Warfare Command)

Rank: Petty Officer

Name: True name: Courtney Danielle Rogers

SPARTAN name: Courtney-021

Race: Human, Western-Oriental (Japanese mother, English father.)

Age: 36

Height: 6 foot 10 inches, Out armour

7 foot 2 inches, in armour

Weight: 305 pounds, Out armour

455 pounds, In armour

Appearance:

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In Armour.

Standard Mark IV armour, burned on left chest armour. Tactical soft case containing ammo, rear backpack containing a toy pelican: 10 inch model, range finder, external recorder and a small flare kit. Other items may be included determinate of mission.

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Out Armour.

Whilst being 36 Courtney still remains looking youthful to an extent. Her Japanese heritage shows in her skin colour, albeit lighter and in her overall appearance. The woman normally has her dark brown hair in a bun to coincide with SPARTAN regulations but if it was to be let down it comes to just above shoulder length, and almost looks to curve under her head to underneath her jaw bones. Her eyebrows curve upwards towards their ends and fit well above her narrow almond shaped eyes. Which further highlights her oriental background. The woman has deep brown eyes, and rather prominent cheekbones, despite the fact they fit well with the rest of her facial structure. Her nose remains narrow throughout it’s length with little flare to her nostrils. Her chin slowly moves into a narrow point, with her rather full lips sitting above it, however they thin out towards the sides.

After augmentation Courtney remains perfectly toned and lean, her neck fits with her body well and her shoulders are lean but still enough to look female. Her arms and legs remain proportionate to her body and they remain looking skinny even with the added leanity. Her body also keeps relatively slim, with obvious muscle around the stomach area.

Strengths:

Patience: Almost abnormally patient and can wait days on end for what she wants to come without the need of anything being given to her.

Calmness: Despite being paranoid Courtney always comes across as calm, keeping her movements fluent and her face cool and never firing unless having to.

Urban Sniping: Her speciality being Urban sniping, able to take an elite out in any distance when surrounded by buildings and such, often being able to tell wind and other factors very accurately.

Observant: Very quick to pick up on the smallest details on everything, including people and due to this she normally has a very quick understanding of her area and anyone she finds herself near.

Weaknesses:

Paranoid: When unfocused the female can become very aware of her surroundings. Constantly checking around herself and constantly pointing her gun at movements despite not firing. The SPARTAN also despises people standing behind her.

Possessive: Anything that she gains an attachment to stays hers in her eyes, the reason for this is unknown but it is still very apparent in the female, shown by her sniper rifle.

Quiet: There to listen and that’s it, which damages any input she has on anything. Often preferring just to listen and follow through, keeping as quiet as possible.

Inferiority complex: Due to constantly blending in and never really standing out from the crowd the female became accustomed to letting people go first, or letting others take the lead almost as if second nature.

Primary Loadout

SRS-99 Anti-Materiel sniper (Silenced with engraving on stock: C-021)

M392 Designated Marksman Rifle (Usually silenced.)

M6D Magnum

Four M9 HE-DP Fragmentation grenades

Carbon plated Dagger

Ammo package in form of a soft case connected to left leg. Containing three M392 DMR clips, two SRS-99 AM magazines and two M6D clips.

Biography

Born 2511, January 18th on the planet of Alpha Draconis b, or “Destiny” to locals. Courtney lived a relatively normal life through childhood, her parents maintained well off jobs which generated a lot of income and her sisters and her got more than they could've asked for at their age. However during this time it became apparent to Courtney that she was second to everything, being the second youngest in the group of four as her parents had another child when she was aged three. She was almost always last to get everything, as her older sister always went first, then the youngest got privilege and the second oldest got whatever it was third with the excuse of being older. Her parents were also unable to spend too much time with their children, and often resorted to having a nanny to look over the children.

School attendance began for Courtney aged five, 2516, Aged six however would be the turning point in the girls life. Eventually discovered and watched by ONI due to her DNA matching what was required for the program, and due her reserved, observant, and abnormal patience for her age nature, she was picked for the SP-II program in 2517. Quickly abducted from her home planet and replaced with a flash clone, that died eight years later due to a neurological disorder, which added a great deal of grief to her birth family. Courtney eventually found herself on a ship with twenty other SPARTAN candidates, collecting the rest of them. Despite being deeply frightened by the procedure the girl thought not to fight it, believing that if she did it could put her in danger.

The girl was eventually given a toy half an hour after arrival on the ship, even though she had no signs of boredom. The toy pelican however quickly diverted all her attention and calmed the fear she had internally. The fact she was used to getting stuff, but nothing that was different from her sisters, also helped keep her attention. The child studied the toy for almost twenty minutes in a corner where if anyone tried to approach her she would not acknowledge them until they lost interest, or got pissed with her. To which she would get up and walk away to another secluded place then return when her spot was clear.

Eventually the girl decided she should play with it as that was the purpose of the toy, though after throwing it in an attempt to make it fly it plummeted to the ground, breaking the main wing off the left hand side. Picking it up slowly, the girl calmly stared and tried to piece it back together herself, which was an effort in vain. Sitting back down in a different corner now the toy had broken she watched as the other children on the ship did what they did, counting seventeen who past her out of the twenty that were on the ship with her. Though after ten minutes one of the children who tried to interact with her ran out the room, the remains of a toy train that looked as if it was missing several wheels in his hand and the wheels in the other.

Courtney quickly became curious and shadowed the boy, getting up and following him through the ship until they came to a small hide-away like area. After hiding behind the corridor turn until the boy had left a different way she came out and looked around, spotting a lone, somewhat make do tray with the broken toy and pieces on it and some sorta chocolate bar. Checking the hallway to see if it was clear, the girl stepped out of her hiding area and walked towards the tray slowly, her eyes looked around for any person that could've left it there. The boy couldn't have, he didn't leave the room they were both in with one.

Courtney eventually decided to wait to see the reason why the boy had left the broken toy on the tray, and with the damaged pelican and wing she held in each hand she sat down next to the tray, her back against the wall cross legged waiting for someone to arrive. For at least four hours the girl remained abnormally still, with only the occasional movement. Her sight flickering between the toy on the tray, her toy, the chocolate bar and the light fixture in the area which was eventually turned off as lights out were called. Examining everything to the smallest detail over and over even as it got dark. Courtney refused to move until she found out why the toy was left there.

After twenty minutes of sitting in the dark the girl picked up on quiet movement from the little hide-away area the tray was to the left of her. Sliding slightly to face the tray the girl eventually saw a boy, which she guessed was the same age as her by appearance who looked around carefully to check for people, his eyes passing over her and she follows his movements until his head jerks back to her. A look of surprise on his face which quickly dulled to an “Are you kidding me?” look. The girl however just stared back at him quietly, a rather emotionless face on her as her eyes tracked him picking up the tray that was on the floor slowly.

Right before the boy began to walk backwards into his little hide-away the other SPARTAN candidate stood up, her hands outstretched with the remains of her toy pelican. If he was being given broken toys with a gift he was surely fixing them. Why else would people give him treats? Though despite the girl holding out the pelican the boy just stared, a really dull look on his face as he uses one hand to hold the tray and the other to point to it, signifying that he was going to be busy with the one he currently had, but Courtney remained still with the same expression, only moving her eyes to look at the action.

Neither broke pose for the next two minutes until the boy started looking towards his hide-away, his eyes flickering between the girl and the hole until he restores his hand on the tray and extends it out to her. Sighing as he did. Courtney smirked silently and placed the two pelican pieces on it next to the train. The boy retracted the tray again and stared at her, whilst she lowered her arms and stared back calmly. Then the boy reversed backwards slowly. Taking one last look around, then a look at her before he disappeared back into his hole.

Despite becoming tired Courtney tried not to leave the area until he came out again, though tiredness eventually got the better of her as she fell asleep in the spot she was originally sitting in. Leaning back against the wall and only waking up five hours later. The toy pelican which she had originally given to the boy to fix appeared in front of her, looking about as close to new as it could. The girl slowly moved to pick it up then got up to leave. Though unintentionally lingering for another few minutes. Wondering if she should investigate further before leaving it and going to the mess hall, having woken up hungry.

Eventually the process of waiting for the boy to come out of his cranny became common as more and more children entered the ship. All of whom had different talents, abilities and skills. Courtney never really quite understood how the toy pelican worked as she threw it over and over, only needing to go to the same boy afterwards for repairs. After the fourth time of roughly the same thing happening, with the boy getting increasingly angry looking every time she went to him with a pelican in two or three pieces, and not even bringing a gift. The boy eventually just went back into his spot, waving the girl in behind her to which Courtney almost jumped at the chance. She had no idea why she was interested but the boy was interesting to her.

After entering the workshop that the boy had made, the girl was greeted with various broken toys, makeshift tables, drawings of different things, and a large pile of what looked to be offerings. Chocolate, candy, and other things. Though before she could start looking around properly she felt a force pick her up, and despite initially trying to fight it off, the girl was placed on a table with the boy looking at her and pointing to it. The boy then took her toy and placed it on another table alongside something else.

Taking extra time to look around, Courtney tried to remain silent partially due to her unwillingness to talk and partially due to respect for the boy’s work, and this is the way it stayed for the next few days. The boy would repair the pelican, she would break it and the cycle would repeat, with him letting her in his little area almost unopposed after the seventh or eighth time. After the tenth time of him repairing her pelican the boy ran out of broken toys to fix, and after looking around for something to do to no avail he turned to her, leaning against one of the tables across from her. Then opened his mouth to speak almost with a sigh. “Roy...”

The girl stared at “Roy” for a few seconds, trying to comprehend the fact he’d just talked before returning the favour the only way she thought fair. “Courtney.” Her voice almost came across as a sudden high pitch squeak but all Roy did was nod and then gesture toward the candy pile that was coming up to her knees. Courtney looked between the pile and Roy twice, not getting what he meant before the boy stood up, walking toward the pile and used his foot to sweep off the top layer, making a close but not even split. Roy then pointed towards Courtney, pointing to the pile after to signify she could have it.

From that point Courtney actively sought out Roy and tried to be as close to him as possible, despite the fact he rarely left his little hide-away. Even when the space journey eventually finished and the SPARTAN candidates were split she would still try to search for him with her comparatively limited time with the rest of the children. Though when it did end, the beginning of their new lives and the end of their old ones was very quickly apparent.

The tests began almost as soon as they left the ship that had held them for the last of their childhood, one after the other were thrown at the girl ranging from simple shape matching and recognition to complex maze solving, spatial relations, and other things. These tests to the girl were relatively easy but as it shifted towards more cognitive tests the girls average high score dropped. Struggling more with these tests but not to the point where she was falling behind everyone else.

After the first tests were finished, the physical tests were put into play.This put a particular strain on the female, despite the fact she managed to keep in the middle of the candidates in terms of scoring, and only excelled in one area. As time went on however more and more tests were placed on the girl, growing in difficulty as she passed them with growing difficulty. Her level of output dropped as the input required increased which slowly took bites at her confidence in herself.

After the constant testing and a loss of 6 seconds on her average time toward the end Courtney began to worry. Only knowing the basic jist of things and believing if she failed she would not go any further with the program, meaning she would not see Roy. The thought caused her to lock down quickly and her results seemed to burst at the end. Her determination to see the one child she thought she would be able to get along with spurred her along.

Soon after the tests the girl, as well as the other SPARTANs were allowed to rest inside one of the barracks that had been reserved for them. Almost all of them instantly collapsed and slept for as long as they were allowed completely unstirred, until they were woken up by being flung out their beds. Shouting and yelling filled the room as the Courtney looked at the possible assailant, groggy from sleep and on the floor, only to discover the true nature of the man.

All of the candidates all eventually knew the name quickly. Mendoza, the physical teacher that gave the trainees no room for error. The man knew how to flip each and every SPARTAN into a rage, and did so to the girl twice despite her usually calm and quiet demeanor. Once for her possessive nature, and once for her constant attempts to get close to Roy. Despite not acting on the rage it was clear that the girl as angered.

The SPARTANs were eventually split into teams of four, with Courtney being assigned to Green team, her, Kurt-051, Dominik-026, Jiana-064 and last but certainly not least, Roy-001. Unsure if the reasoning for being put with Roy was sympathetic, coincidental or otherwise, she very quickly latched to him. Always making sure he was around her and easy to reach, even if she showed no emotion on the outside. It wasn't long until roles became apparent in the team though, Kurt quickly became the leader, Roy becoming the CQC expert and Courtney was very quickly recognised as a sniper.

Always hanging around the back of training exercises, observing and monitoring situations from afar, the girl would always help spot and depending on the exercise eliminate targets from as far away as possible. However it wasn’t all too long before she was put outside her element. Green team was eventually engaged in fist combat by blue, and despite attempts to remain as far back as possible she was eventually engaged. Sam-034 came at her with a right hook, causing her to duck until a smooth left connected hard with her stomach, causing her to double over. A knee then came up and connected with her face, causing her to fall back holding it.

After quickly switching to one hand, and trying to get up the assailant moved, ready to bring another kick to the face until something tackles him to the right. Roy bursting into the scene and giving Courtney time to get up, slightly disorientated and with a bloody nose, and run away. Though after getting to what she deemed would be a safe distance she looked back. Seeing that Sam had been able to get back up but Roy was still swiftly beating him.

After this incident Courtney’s attachment to Roy continued to grow, and she always became determined to try and excel her performance to fit around him, trying to make them look like the perfect two SPARTANS for any job. Even as her emotions slowly became grinded down she still latched on to the male. Still always remaining as close to him as possible, Roy didn’t have much of an issue with this and even built up a friendship and a pseudo-language with her as time passed. Eventually however Courtney’s believe that she had Roy to herself would be challenged.

As part of a joint op given by the instructors Roy was separated from Courtney to act as a distraction whilst 021 acted as a scout. After the operation however Roy seemed different. Even at the beginning when roles were being assigned the way he acted when he saw her made Courtney instantly annoyed. How come he never acted like that around her? How come this other girl… “Dani-047” Suddenly got everything?

The other girl continued to get in the way from that point on. She would be hanging around him like normal and he would end up drifting towards Dani, much to her discontent. This eventually reached to the level that when Courtney was once trying to catch up with Roy, but very quickly ended up watching as a fight erupted near the other girl. 021 quickly became angered herself by the attack. Not once had he done that for her, or anything remotely close to that. Anger climbed up to a mix of both jealousy and anger and as Roy finished with what looked to be Dereck-148. The girl, still only about thirteen hid from him for a while. Suffering by fasting to cover for the boy despite the urge she had to rat him out in spite, she was even tempted to blame Dani, but resisted.

Age fourteen they underwent augmentations, each SPARTAN undergoing huge surgical procedures to gain “The perfect body of a warrior.” One after the other SPARTANs went into the room where they all waited outside to receive the treatment. The twenty first person to go in was Courtney, and originally going well an overload of the chemicals caused the females heart to stop. Suddenly, but was very quickly revived by the surgeons, and after a quick overlook of vitals, the operation continued with only a few heart rate issues.

After recovery, training to get used to the body they had been given began. Even the fact that they were still in the same teams couldn’t get the what had changed to look any better. Training suddenly became a lot more dangerous as well, which whilst making sure Courtney and Roy were closer also drove them apart, as they were forced to be more professional in what they did. Eventually however Courtney was split from Roy, much to her annoyance. This thought however, was quickly pushed to the back of her mind as the missions almost dominated it after a while.

As time progressed 021 showed more and more of her sniping skills, never not showing progress in her ability and always prefered to use the SRS-99 system. Coming to the point where she latched on to one of them and kept it. Even engraving her name on it on a prolonged HVT take out. Her jobs ranged from those however to simple coverings of breaching missions.

She was eventually reintegrated into GOLD team, giving their lack of a sniper role in the team.