Salove-013

"'If you need an unmovable AND unstoppable object between you and the bad guys, look for thirteen.'""- Salove-013"Salove-013, otherwise known as Castle, is a SPARTAN-II that is a part of Fireteam Erebus and subsequently the Erebus Project. He has taken part in the Insurrectionist Wars to the Taken Occupations. he along with the rest of his team is currently aboard the UNSC Infinity awaiting to push back against Cortana and her Created.

Early Life
Born on the planet Biko, Salove was already a tall child for his age; he stood out among groups of children in his school and would be the target of bullying because of it. However to this day everyone can say he retained the 'Gentle Giant' idiom to the letter. He would place himself between his bullies and other kids to protect them from harm, willingly take verbal and physical blows for people, and had a good natured attitude almost always present.

However in 2517 this all changed as along with the future members of Nyx, Erebus, and 75 other children, Salove was kidnapped. He was taken to the space station Serenity Base, operated and Directed by Sebastion Hammond. Here he would undergo massive changes, expected to be more aggressive than his normal personality but not meeting the standards of ONI's wants. Always last on the 'leader board' he was eventually forced to accept this new role. He would gain a sadistic side only seen in battle and when interrogating a captive.

When the augmentation came about and they introduced Chemical 11-X059 into Sal's amygdala he surprisingly had less anger than his fellow Erebus members, but still affected him; his protective instincts were raised and was seen in multiple field missions post and long after the procedure.

Recorded Missions
Due to his board placements, Sal was unable to participate in as many missions as his fellow Erebus members in the beginning. While he did take part in them pre and post augmentation they were not of major note or significance.

Dao KI5 Initial Recon
Sal was a key partaker of this mission proving his willingness to take shots for his team after everything went sideways. Placing himself between multiple plasma weapons and needle rounds, it was majorly due to him that the team was able to extract with minimal casualties and no deaths.

Operation Decay
This was a multitude of operations that culminated at it's peak with the Fall of Reach. The team would jump around planets destroying Covenant encampments with Sal being the front man in his heavy armor. He earned his nickname Castle from Marines who witnessed him charge headlong with his chain-gun modified for handheld use much like another fellow Spartan-II. He would be responsible for saving tens of hundreds of people who were imprisoned.

New Mombasa
In the beginning stages of New Mombasa's invasion by the Covenant, Raptor-5, the handler of Erebus under ONI Section Zero was trapped in his bunker in the initial fights. Erebus was sent in to hold back Covenant forces until the order to save Raptor-5 was sent. When they first started making their way to the bunker they met opposition until arriving. After retrieving and escorting Raptor-5 out of the bunker they held up in an old sports store for three days where Sal would achieve the most kills via mounting his chain-gun on rubble. Sal would carry Raptor to the Pelican when it arrived and, when transferred to Commander Key's command he was the first to greet her with a happy handshake and socialize with some Marines before everything kicked off.

Voi
With the team in Voi, they would fight Covenant and Flood forces with the later taking Antonio-007 and partially achieving a static infection of his mind. When the team saved him they continued to fight on the Ark till they along with the combined Human-Sangheili forces retreat from the Forerunner mega-structure as John-117, Thel 'Vadam, N'tho 'Sraom, and Usze 'Taham went to High Charity to retrieve Cortana and immediately proceeded onto the Raid on Installation-08. After the fight was finished they would stand together in the distance near Blue Team to witness the Voi Memorial be erected. Once the service was concluded Sal would find a small flower to give to a young girl grieving her father at the sight before leaving.

Azuno Colony
Along with the new Pantheon Squad, Sal would aid in stopping a Insurgent threat before it could fully come to power. He would aid ONI and UNSC operatives in saving and installing key people into Governmental power before departing withing a week of arrival on the colony.

Operation Hellhound
Perhaps one of the few times Sal was truly mad of his own accord (along with the 11-X059 Chemicla's aid) was when he had been under Sebastion Hammond. Along with his fellow Erebus members he gladly partook inthe mission given specifically to them to find and eliminate the man. Once done tearing through hired guards and finding the man, Sal partook with his team in emptying his primary weapon's full clip into the man before throwing his body out the glass window overlooking where the four had trained for years.

The Campaign for Earus
Sal held a key role in all of the Earus Conflict: protecting civilians and breaking prisoners for much needed information on the Galactic Pact. In fact, due to his info gathering the team had found out more than what even the natives had found; as the operation went on he would continue this role till the battle finished with the Pact retreating from the system to an unknown spot in the galaxy.

Unity
When Salove stepped off his teams landing craft, he had wished he brought a flamethrower to the colony of Unity. They had found that the Flood had taken most of the world, making the teams orders change from hat they were to a burn op forcing them to fight their way to the colonies nuclear fusion core and light it, protecting civilians they found along the way. Once they did this they boarded a transport and left as the planet was bombarded and the system quarantined by the UNSC fleet Scourge.

Hunting Blue Team
Salove was neither happy nor sad about this mission. When it came to any that involved hunting he didn't have a major opinion; but what he had this time was the drive to fin out which team was superior between Erebus and Blue.

Salove would be the third most disheartened person at the news of Mavericks upcoming death however, so made it a number one priority to help find a way to prolong said life after they found Blue Team. This would not be necessary as they found a solution before the Created rebellion. Now aboard the UNSC Infinity again, Salove typically is found tat the firing range or relaxing if not on a mission to pass the time as they bounce around avoiding the Guardians.

Accomplishments
The tallest and oldest of Erebus, Sal has saved many lives and broken many others in his service. He, in his early years, may not have been on many missions; but for the ones he was on he received exceptional marks.

His feats of strength are high as well, being able to stop a Ghost with his bear hands while it was accelerating toward him.

Personality
As stated Salove is generally a protective person to all who is in need of help. His personality could be best compared to Jorge-052 of Nobel Team.

However in explicit contrast to this, when he is tasked with 'getting information', he becomes almost sadistic as he interrogates his prisoners; he does whatever it takes to achieve his goals here and n missions.

Trivia

 * While he is the oldest and tallest, he is the less skilled of Erebus
 * He is often seen eating between missions
 * While firing his chain-gun, he will often shot strange profanities to his enemies
 * He tortures people in a sickening routine which he has only ever commented on as 'effiecent'
 * He does not care for ranks