Jameson Locke: Difference between revisions

Locke woke Buck up around an hour before sunrise to help get them all prepped and ready.<ref name="HBB1"/> Soon after all the humans piled into the Pelican and bid the Arbiter goodbye. Then they were off, soaring through and past the planet's atmosphere on a trip that took them just a few hours. Locke pointed out how lucky they'd been that ''Infinity'' had managed to get a message to them. With about twenty minutes until the ''Infinity'''s projected arrival, Fireteam Osiris broke out a game of [[Wikipedia:Hearts|Hearts]]. When ''Infinity'' finally did show up, Kelly landed ''[[India 127]]'' in its fifth portside bay.<ref name="HBB1"/> The Spartans were met there by a [[lieutenant]] who  who had come to escort Locke, Palmer, Halsey, and John, to the bridge to see Captain [[Thomas Lasky|Lasky]].<ref name="HBB2">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> The ''Infinity'' then began a series of randomized [[slipspace]] jumps in order to avoid detection by Cortana's [[Guardian Custode|Guardian]]s, emerging from slipspace at its first vector point that very day.<ref name="HBB2"/><ref name="lootcrate12">''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'' ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #12]]''</ref> Following the debriefing Locke made his way toward the assemblage bay where he could [[Brokkr Armor Mechanism|remove]] his armor.<ref name="HBB2"/> On his way he encountered Buck and his longtime lover, Captain [[Veronica Dare]], in the corridor outside the Spartan locker room. Dare asked if he'd mind if she stole Buck away for a few, to which Locke joked that she could as long as he was returned in the same condition as he lumbered past the pair. Captain Dare later approached him to clear Buck for what he was told would be a vital mission requiring Buck's temporary separation from [[Fireteam Osiris]]. Buck then bumped into him on his way to the hangar to depart for said mission and asked whether or not he was okay with the sudden change. Locke admittedly said he really wasn't, but could understand it taking taking priority over his own misgivings. Jameson got the other Spartan's assurance that he's return in one piece and in turn agreed to give the others his regards.<ref name="HBB2"/> On the same day that Osiris rejoined the ''Infinity'' and Buck departed, [[Roland]] answered a distress call from the {{UNSCShip|Sentry of El Morro}} with the affirmation that the supercarrier was on its way to assist it.<ref name="HFRW">''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', ''[[Rossbach's World (story)|Rossbach's World]]''</ref>  

By the start of November, the ship exited slipspace at one point to receive Buck and the rest of [[Alpha-Nine]], the team he had once led and now was in charge of again.<ref name="HBB21">''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]'', ''Chapter 21''</ref> Buck looked for Locke within the Spartan Ops section of the ship to report in, but only after wandering into the [[Full Moon]] bar did he find he and the rest of Osiris being served up a round of drinks by its bartender, [[Helen Fink]]. Locke greeted him warmly and said he'd arrived just in time to make good on the drink he owed him. Buck claimed the details of his recent mission were classified when asked about it—a claim which the three Spartans of Osiris reciprocated when he inquired as to what they'd been doing in his absence. Soon the four of them were laughing and trading stories, but Locke asked to have a word with Buck as soon as a lull appeared in the conversation. He led the older man to another corner of the bar where they could sit just far enough away from Tanaka and Vale that they could reasonably pretend not to be listening in. Jameson pointedly asked how Buck had just managed working with Spartan [[Michael Crespo]] once again, someone who had betrayed him and the UNSC a few years prior. After listening to what he had to say Locke could only respond by stating this side mission seemed to have taught him a lot. He further asked whether Buck was planning to go back to leading his own team on a permanent basis and learned that while that decision was above his pay grade, he did feel ready to give that a shot again. At that moment the rest of Alpha-Nine came into the club, with Mickey entering last. The entire bar fell silent and as soon as he entered but Buck invited him to take an open chair at he and Locke's table. Buck introduced Mickey and Locke to one another and despite being reminded that he'd used to shoot traitors like him for a living, Locke extended a hand in greeting to him. As Spartan Crespo had volunteered to buy drinks for their table, Locke requested a [[Wikipedia:Scotch whisky|Scotch]]. Before he left to make the purchases Locke pointed out that they were all Spartans there, and that he had broken a lot of laws himself and had done plenty he probably shouldn't be proud of. Seeing that Mickey remained uncomfortable, however, he decided to go with him to the bar. Before they made it back to the table Buck was joined by Captain Dare, who promptly dared him to marry her. Everyone in the bar had stopped talking then, waiting to see how he would respond. To their delight, the two were soon married on the spot by Roland.<ref name="HBB21"/>