Douglas-042: Difference between revisions

Born to an affluent family<ref name="art of war">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/the-art-of-war-s '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder: The Art of War(s)'']</ref> on the remote world of [[Asphodel]], Douglas Rutland was abducted and conscripted into the SPARTAN-II program headed by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] in [[2517]] when he was six years old. He was then taken to the [[human colony]] world of [[Reach]] and [[SPARTAN-II training|trained]] by the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Déjà]] and [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] along with the rest of the SPARTAN children. Douglas-042 had a tough time adjusting to the SPARTAN-II program. However, after an initial bout of culture shock, his anger gave way to a quiet confidence.{{Ref/Reuse|art of war}} In [[2525]], he and the other candidates underwent a [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|series of augmentations]] to improve their strength.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', page ''???''</ref> Douglas was one of a number of "washouts" whose bodies initially rejected the augmentations, but he was able to be retrained and re-augmented separately. During the process, he was partnered with fellow augmentation washouts [[Alice-130]] and [[Jerome-092]], with the three being organized into an incarnation of [[Red Team]].<ref name="log alice">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] — Alice-130''</ref>