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| '''Riz-028''' was a [[Spartan-II]] who fought on behalf of the [[United Nations Space Command]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] during the decades-long [[Human-Covenant War|war]] between the [[Covenant]] and [[human]]ity.<ref name="Kotaku">[https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2019/08/the-halo-tv-show-just-cast-a-few-very-interesting-characters/ '''Kotaku''' - ''The Halo TV Show Just Cast A Few Very Interesting Characters'']</ref> Stolen away as a young child in [[2517]], she was put through a rigourous training regimen on the planet [[Reach]] before being subjected to a series of invasive augmentation procedures in [[2525]]. Years later, as the Covenant War neared its conclusion, she at one point was part of a [[Spartan]] team alongside [[John-117]], [[Kai-125]], and [[Vannak-134]]. | | '''Riz-028''' was a [[Spartan-II]] who fought on behalf of the [[United Nations Space Command]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]] during the decades-long [[Human-Covenant War|war]] between the [[Covenant]] and [[human]]ity.<ref name="Kotaku">[https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2019/08/the-halo-tv-show-just-cast-a-few-very-interesting-characters/ '''Kotaku''' - ''The Halo TV Show Just Cast A Few Very Interesting Characters'']</ref> Stolen away as a young child in [[2517]], she was put through a rigourous training regimen on the planet [[Reach]] before being subjected to a series of invasive augmentation procedures in [[2525]]. Years later, as the Covenant War neared its conclusion, she at one point was part of a [[Spartan]] team alongside [[John-117]], [[Kai-125]], and [[Vannak-134]]. |
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| ==Biography==
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| ===Childhood conscription===
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| [[File:TFoR-as-Deja.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Footage of wolves taking down a moose was played many times in the early days of training in order to emphasize the importance of teamwork.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}}]]
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| Riz was the twenty-eighth of one-hundred and fifty children of similar age that was selected based on specific genetic markers for inclusion in Project: [[SPARTAN-II]]. On [[2517#September|September 23]] Riz and the seventy-four other children ultimately chosen for the program were led into an amphitheater through four sets of double doors, each accompanied by a [[UNSC Navy|naval]] drill instructor.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR3}} There, at around 2300 hours, far below the ground within [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex|a FLEETCOM military complex]], Halsey informed them that per [[Naval Code 45812]], they were thereby conscripted into SPARTAN-II. She explained that they had been called upon to serve and that they would be the protectors of Earth and all its colonies. Halsey told them that from this moment on, the complex on Reach would be their home and their fellow trainees would be their family. And though the training that lay ahead of them would be difficult, she expressed her full confidence in their ability to overcome it. With that said, she told them to rest and that they would begin the next day. [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] had the children escorted to their barracks, fed, and put to bed.<ref name="HTFOR3">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref> Riz and the other children were awoken by drill instructors at 0530 hours the next morning.<ref name="HTFOR4">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref> Chief Mendez addressed them all, saying they were to shower at the barracks aft and then return to their cots to dress. Riz stripped down and joined the other children on a conveyor to be washed in lukewarm soapy water and then rinsed in an icy cold spray. A trunk at the foot of her cot held underwear, thick socks, combat boots, and a matching set of gray sweats with "RIZ-028" stenciled on the chest. Once everyone was clothed, Mendez marched them outside and had them form five rows of fifteen children each. From there, they were ordered through a series of calisthenics which included one-hundred each of jumping jacks, sit-ups, deep squats, knee bends, and leg lifts. After the leg lifts the kids were finally given a respite in the form of water. Next, Mendez ordered them to join him on a run. They jogged through the military compound, past more barracks, along a river, and over a bridge, finally coming to a stop in the courtyard of a naval officers' academy. There Riz and the others met [[Déjà]], a [[Dumb AI|so-called "dumb" A.I.]] who had been given the job of continuing the trainees' formal education. Within the building, Riz and the others were served crackers and milk and treated to a history lesson concerning the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Thermopylae|Battle of Thermopylae]]. After the lesson the trainees were told they were heading for the playground, but this turned into a two-mile run to a forest of twenty-meter-tall wooden poles, rope cargo nets and bridges, knotted climbing ropes, pulleys, and baskets. Mendez had them form three lines and declared that each row of three would be a team. Chief Mendez explained that they would be playing a game called "[[Ring the Bell]]" in which the objective was for every member of each team to ring a brass bell that hung from a slide pole next to the tallest wooden pole and then make it back to the start. The last team to make it back would go hungry that evening. This punishment ultimately fell on [[Blue Team|Team Three]], of which Riz was not a part.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR4}} The second day of training began just like the first.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR4}} The trainees spent the morning doing calisthenics and in the afternoon reported to Déjà to learn. This day, she taught them about the hunting strategies of [[Wikipedia:Wolf|wolves]] and emphasized the importance of the pack over the individual in accomplishing a challenge, such as taking down a [[Wikipedia:Moose|moose]]. When it came time for the "playground" again, Mendez declared that they were to keep the same teams they had the prior day. The teams had a brief moment to strategize, as the course had been made more complicated as compared to before.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR4}} Three days later, on [[2517#September|September 28]], all the trainees were given haircuts.<ref name="HJ92817">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 28, 2517''</ref> On [[2518#May|May 24, 2518]], the children were forced at 0920 hours to run through a course while being shot at with [[paint pellet gun]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|HFORBC}} Each trainee that was hit was made to do an exorbitant amount of push-ups.<ref name="HFORBC">''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''</ref>
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| ===Training===
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| As time passed Déjà taught Riz and the others [[Wikipedia:Algebra|algebra]], [[Wikipedia:Trigonometry|trigonometry]], and the history of numerous battles and the rulers they happened at the direction of.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} Human history classes included a module devoted to [[Earth]] in which they were shown images of [[Wikipedia:Whale|whale]]s.<ref name="HSS27">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 27''</ref> Through simulations the trainees learned to pilot various crafts, including the predecessors and variants of the [[GA-TL1 Longsword]].<ref name="HEP9">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 9''</ref> These simulations even included what to do in the event of a crash landing.{{Ref/Reuse|HEP9}} By mid-[[2519]], Riz had been taught how to string a trip line, fire a rifle, and treat a chest wound.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} Much of the Spartans' early training took place at [[Military Reservation 01478-B]], known as "Painland" to the soldiers made to endure exercises there.<ref name="HTFOR27">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 27''</ref> Training often involved obstacle courses and mock patrols.<ref name="HEP2">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Pariah]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> Mendez tricked, trapped, and tortured the children to the point where they hated, but then eventually, admired him.<ref name="HGOO6">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 6''</ref> Riz and the others regularly made covert treks to [[Camp Hathcock]] in the [[Highland Mountains]] to pilfer food and supplies.<ref name="HTFOR24">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 24''</ref> Training in the Highland Mountains was split between Painland, facilities within [[CASTLE Base]], and [[Highlands|another location]].<ref name="FS19">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', ''Chapter 19''</ref><ref name="HRH">''[[Halo: Reach]]'', ''[[Highlands]]''</ref> At these locations, Riz and the others began to be tested against a company of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|orbital drop shock trooper]]s in jungle maneuvers.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS7}} Amazingly, the children, who averaged around eight years old, often won.<ref name="HSS7">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 7''</ref> By the time Riz and the rest had all reached that age they had already earned every combat rating.<ref name="HSS4">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref> At some point during their training, Riz and the others accompanied Mendez to the colony of [[Emerald Cove]], where they were given a mission that involved spending time underwater.{{Ref/Reuse|HFS24}} Mendez sabotaged half the air tanks provided to the trainees, and in response they ended up stealing his. Afterwards, they all ditched the Chief for a whole week while they camped on an island with nothing to do but light bonfires, eat [[Wikipedia:Clam|clam]]s and [[Wikipedia:Calamari|calamari]], and surf.<ref name="HFS24">''[[Halo: First Strike]], ''Chapter 24''</ref> On [[2519#July|July 12, 2519]], all seventy-five children were transported, via [[D96-TCE Albatross]], to a [[Reach Military Wilderness Training Preserve|military wilderness training preserve]] in the Highland Mountains.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} While ''en route'' at 0630 hours, Chief Mendez explained that each trainee would be dropped off alone in different locations throughout the preserve with only a piece of various maps provided to them.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}}{{Ref/Reuse|HFORBC}} Their goal was simply to reconvene at a designated extraction point, but the last one to arrive would be forced to walk back to base.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} Mendez announced that [[John-117]] would be dropped off first, but before he was he sighted a lake and the river which fed it out the Albatross' windows and pointed it out to [[Sam-034]], who understood John's plan and passed it along to the rest. Shortly after 0801 hours, all the trainees had met back up with one another in one place. [[Kelly-087]] pieced together the maps from everyone's pieces. It turned out that the extraction point was a full day's hike from where they were. At noon the children stopped to stretch and eat berries they had gathered along their journey. It was near sundown when they finally came upon their destination in a meadow where another Albatross dropship sat. This one was guarded by six men without any uniforms. John was certain that the men wouldn't just let them board peaceably, so he devised a plan wherein someone who play the role of a "rabbit", luring the men into a trap but being quick enough not to get caught themselves. It fell to Kelly and Sam to convince the guards that Sam had broken his leg. When their guard was down, that was when the rest would strike. As soon as [[Vance|one man]], unprovoked, was about to use a [[humbler stun device]] on Sam, John launched a rock at his head. The projectile missed but it signaled Riz and the rest to suddenly pelt the man with stones from their hiding places. This basic strategy was repeated, but the second time the remaining five men were set upon at once by the trainees, who assaulted them with rocks, fists, and boots. Once all seventy-five children were aboard the Albatross, Déjà lifted them off the ground and returned them home.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}}
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| In the third year of training in [[2520]], Riz and the others began [[Wikipedia:Physics|physics]] courses, which included the study of [[Wikipedia:Classical mechanics|classical mechanics]].<ref name="HSS1">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> On [[2520#September|September 20]] of that year, the candidates experienced their first casualty in the form of a handler who was accidentally killed by [[Carris-137]].<ref name="DHPJS20">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 20, 2520''</ref> Memorial services were held and all of the trainees attended. Following the loss, Halsey had Déjà emphasize that throughout the history of military training lethal force had often been employed and that deaths were an inherent risk.{{Ref/Reuse|DHPJS20}} In [[2521]] Riz and the other children began to learn counterinterrogation techniques, in particular that of of seizing the initiative.<ref name="HSS13">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 13''</ref> At some point during their training, the Spartans went through a fleet tactics course wherein they were taught a particular planetary assault doctrine.<ref name="HSS17">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 17''</ref> As the years of training proceeded, the children were routinely matched up as teams against one another.<ref name="HGOO1">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> By [[2523]] the trainees had begun to be matched up in exercises against [[Tango Company]], a [[Company|unit]] of UNSC [[marines]].<ref name="HFS17">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', ''Chapter 17''</ref> On [[2524#August|August 22, 2524]], the Spartan-II candidates were rerouted during a training exercise to the opposite side of [[Reach]] from which they normally trained.{{Ref/Reuse|DHPJA22}} This was done at the behest of interested parties in ONI who wished to observe them firsthand.<ref name="DHPJA22">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''August 22, 2524''</ref> At some point after the trainees had began to physically mature, an incident in which one of them, [[Margaret-053]], was blinded during a beating meted out by four other teens, caused Chief Mendez to replace everyone's mess hall time with a period of fasting until [[Red Team|the perpetrators]] were identified.<ref name="HBL4">''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 4|Issue #4]]''</ref> It was not uncommon at this time for two trainees to [[martial arts|spar]] one another with [[pugil stick]]s while trying to balance on floating logs while the rest watched.<ref name="HBL3">''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 3|Issue #3]]''</ref>
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| On [[2525#March|March 9]] of [[2525]] Riz and the other Spartan-II candidates were transported to [[Medical Facility Endurance]] in orbit over [[Reach]] in order to undergo the series of invasive procedures designed to physically, chemically, and genetically augment their bodies.<ref name="HTFORTAS">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''</ref><ref name="HTFOR6">''[[The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 6''</ref><ref name="H5GL">''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', John-117's loadout</ref> They had their heads shaved, intravenous lines inserted to deliver a [[Drugs|sedative]], and incision vectors lasered onto their bodies.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR6}} Other medications administered beginning on this date included [[Wikipedia:Dopamine|dopamine]] for hemodynamic support and a [[Wikipedia:Tacrolimus|tacrolimus]]/[[Wikipedia:Mycophenolate|mycophenolate mofetil]] combination for immunosuppression.<ref name="Scanned">''[[Scanned]]''</ref> The various augmentations, under the purview of [[Project ASTER|Project: ASTER]], were carried out the following day, though some preliminary work had begun by 1552 hours on the ninth.{{Ref/Reuse|HFORBC}}<ref name="DHPJA1">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''April 1, 2525''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM83}} With the assistance of surgeons, biotechnicians, and automated robotic machinery, the surgical procedures the recruits endured included occipital capillary reversals, the carbide ceramic ossification of their bones, the insertion of catalytic platinum [[Wikipedia:thyroid gland|thyroid implant]]s, injections to enhance muscle strength and endurance, and the fibrification of their neural dendrites to make them superconductive.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR6}} They also were treated with [[Wikipedia:Gene therapy|gene therapy]] and underwent [[Wikipedia:Transgene|transgenic hybridization]].<ref name="HOSFM83">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', ''page 83''</ref>
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| [[File:Culzac.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Natasha Culzac]] | | [[File:Culzac.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Natasha Culzac]] |
| ==Personality and traits== | | ==Personality and traits== |
![The television series' main cast (minus Bokeem Woodbine) poses for a photo before beginning production.[2]](https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/5/5b/ShowtimeCast.jpg/160px-ShowtimeCast.jpg)
![The television series' main cast (minus Bokeem Woodbine) poses for a photo before beginning production.[2]](/File:ShowtimeCast.jpg)
