Edward Buck
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- "But you let him live. Because you're not only a Spartan, you're the best kind. The kind with the potential to save us all. You may be a Spartan, but you're goddamn human, too, and that's something you should be proud of."
- — Musa Ghanem to Edward Buck, commemorating him for sparing Michael Crespo[5]
Edward Malcolm Buck[6] (service number 92458-37017-EB) is a SPARTAN-IV supersoldier who served with the UNSC Marine Corps throughout the Human-Covenant War, the last years of which he spent as an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper.[7]
Counting time spent in cryo-sleep, Buck was a 25-year veteran of the Covenant War and served in numerous battles. Regarded as an extremely skilled Marine, by the Battle for Earth, he was the leader of a small specialized fireteam, Alpha-Nine, which was appropriated by Captain Veronica Dare for a classified ONI mission before the drop on New Mombasa, Kenya in October 20, 2552. Following the war, Buck was promoted to SPARTAN-IV and eventually joined Fireteam Osiris, led by Jameson Locke.[8] By August of 2558, he had completed 188 military operations, including 49 full campaigns. With the onset of the Created conflict, Buck left Osiris, reformed Alpha-Nine and married Dare, his long-term girlfriend.[9]
Biography[edit]
Early life[edit]
Edward Malcolm Buck was born on August 22, 2510[1] to working-class parents[2] in Draco Mercy in New Albany, Lombard on Draco III.[10] Buck's father was a dockworker and his mother formerly served in the UNSC Marine Corps, until she retired to raise Buck and his younger sister, Lucy. During his summers, Buck apprenticed with his uncle Lou as a fisherman on Draco's Gold Sea. Serving aboard an industrial fishing ship, Buck and his uncle worked to catch the massive naeori that dwelled in the sea.[11] During one of the fishing runs, a crew member of the ship fell into the sea. To prevent her attached safety line from snapping, Buck grabbed it while Lou hauled her back into the ship. Afterwards, Buck performed CPR on her until she coughed up the water in her lungs.[12] Buck's last known place of residence is Karnak on Draco III, where he is also a citizen. His civilian occupation is listed as student.[13] When he was young, he used to play a fair bit of football on Draco III.[14]
Early military career[edit]
On December 5, 2528, at the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the UNSC Marine Corps.[15] The night before he had to report to the UNSC for the first time, his father and uncle Lou threw him a going away party at the Leeward's dive bar. It resulted in him still being intoxicated when he reported to the recruiter's office the next day.[16]