Editing Douglas-042

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{{Character infobox|variant=Human

|image=[[File:Douglas-042.png|300px]]

|birth=[[2511|April 21, 2511]]<ref name="HWDoug"/>

|mass={{Convert|136.9|kg|lb}}<ref name="EVG"/>

|eyes=Blue<ref name="HWDoug"/>

|hair=Brown<ref name="HWDoug"/>

'''Senior Chief Petty Officer Douglas-042''', born '''Douglas Rutland''',<ref name="HWDoug"/> is a [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II supersoldier]] of the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] [[UNSC Special Forces|Special Warfare Command]]. He was a member of [[Red Team]] and fought alongside the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} in [[2531#February|February 2531]].<ref>'''Halo Wars'''</ref><ref name="EVG"/>

Born 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. 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 among the ones who survived and were not crippled or killed by the procedure.

=== Battle of Arcadia ===

{{Main|Battle of Arcadia}}

Douglas was a member of Red Team during the Battle of Arcadia in February 2531 and was tasked with delaying the [[Covenant]] forces long enough to evacuate the civilians of [[Arcadia]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', level ''[[Arcadia City]]''</ref> Afterward, he and the rest of Red Team linked up with forces from the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'' and assisted in a counter-attack on a Covenant outpost.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', level ''[[Arcadia Outskirts]]''</ref> Once the plan to infiltrate a large Covenant [[Energy shielding|energy shield dome]] was passed down from [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[James Gregory Cutter|James Cutter]] of the ''Spirit of Fire'', he and Red Team remained with the crew to assist with the assignment. They prevented the destruction of several prototype [[M-145D Rhino|M-145D "Rhino" artillery tanks]] while they ensured that the shield was destroyed.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', level ''[[Dome of Light]]''</ref> After [[Sergeant]] [[John Forge]]'s forces triumphed over a [[Type-29 Scarab|Scarab assault platform]], the SPARTANs searched for Covenant survivors in the jungles on a [[M12 Force Application Vehicle|Warthog]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', level ''[[Scarab (level)|Scarab]]''</ref> Upon hearing that [[Ellen Anders|Professor Ellen Anders]] had been abducted by [[Arbiter]] [[Ripa 'Moramee]], they went to the ''Spirit of Fire'', which soon jumped into [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] in pursuit of the Covenant vessel carrying Anders.<ref name="signal">'''Halo Wars''', level ''[[Anders' Signal]]''</ref> During the pursuit, Douglas fought Sergeant Forge over the former's recommendation to destroy the Covenant vessel carrying Professor Anders; the fight resulted in a broken chair and a broken bulkhead. However, the two always ate lunch in the mess hall together afterward.<ref>'''Halo Wars''' [[Halo Wars Timeline Events|''Timeline'']]</ref><ref name="EVG"/>

=== Shield world ===

[[File:Douglas at Apex.png|thumb|150px|left|Douglas fighting at the Apex]]

Later, upon arriving at a [[Forerunner]] [[Shield 0459|Shield World]], Douglas assisted the ''Spirit of Fire''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew in neutralizing Covenant and [[The Flood|Flood]] forces.<ref name="signal"/> Later, Red Team assisted [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] in destroying a [[proto-Gravemind]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', level ''[[The Flood (level)|The Flood]]''</ref> Some time later, he and Red Team became stranded on the planet. With the ''Spirit of Fire'' being dragged down inside the megastructure, Red Team was assisted by Forge and his forces and successfully withdrew to the ship.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', level ''[[Shield World (level)|Shield World]]''</ref> Red Team then assisted the crew in scouring the Flood forces from the hull of the ''Spirit of Fire''.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', level ''[[Cleansing]]''</ref> Later, after the ''Spirit of Fire'' collided with a Covenant [[Unidentified CPV-class heavy destroyer|''CPV''-class heavy destroyer]], Red Team successfully repelled Covenant boarders while the crew repaired the vessel's drive core.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', level ''[[Repairs]]''</ref><ref name="EVG"/>

Once Anders was rescued, Douglas assisted Red Team in capturing a Covenant Scarab and used it to help Forge secure a beachhead.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', level ''[[Beachhead (Halo: Reach level)|Beachhead]]''</ref> The Spartans were then tasked with escorting the ''Spirit of Fire''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]] to a [[teleporter]] that was linked to the [[Apex Site]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', level ''[[Reactor]]''</ref> At the Apex Site's command center, he and the Red Team engaged numerous [[Sangheili]] while Forge dueled the Arbiter. Douglas, with the ''Spirit of Fire''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew, was then charged with opening the gate which allowed the ''Spirit of Fire'' to exit the Shield World.<ref name="Escape">'''Halo Wars''', level ''[[Escape]]''</ref><ref name="EVG"/>. Douglas, as with the rest of the crew, entered [[Cryo chamber|cryo sleep]] after the ''Spirit of Fire'' escaped the destruction of the Shield World. After the loss of contact the UNSC tried to locate the ''Spirit of Fire'' for the next three years and eventually, in [[2534]], the ''Spirit of Fire'' and all its crew were declared "lost with all hands". Thus Douglas had been declared MIA.

In [[2559]], after 28 years of drifting in space the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'' found way to the orbit of the Forerunner [[Installation 00]], known as the Ark. Awakened from the cryo-sleep, Douglas as part of the Red Team eventually traveled down to the Ark to find out how to establish contact with the UNSC. However on the surface of the Ark they encountered a hostile, violent mercenary faction known as the [[Banished]], led by the cunning [[Jiralhanae]] warlord [[Atriox]].<ref name="gamespot">[http://www.gamespot.com/articles/halo-wars-2-new-story-details-and-images-revealed/1100-6440811/ '''GameSpot''': ''Halo Wars 2 New Story Details and Images Revealed'']</ref>

Douglas wears olive green [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|Mark IV MJOLNIR armor]] with a white stripe along the center of the helmet. His right pauldron is painted with a red phoenix character;<ref name="HWDoug"/> his suit's biceps bear the [[Legendary|image]] of a [[Sangheili]] skull with a bullet hole in the temple, set against a shield with crossed knives. He commonly used a four-barreled variant of the [[M41 rocket launcher]] from the Battle of Arcadia to ''Spirit of Fire''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s escape from Shield World 0459. He and Alice-130 both wielded pairs of [[M7 submachine gun]]s during the raid on the Apex.<ref name="Escape"/>

* Douglas service number 42 is a [[7]] multiple:42/6=7. He is one of the two known Spartan-IIs (The other being [[Fhajad-084]]) to have 7 as a factor in their service number.

File:Eskape1.png|Sergeant Forge and Red Team preparing to dismount ''Spirit of Fire''s FTL drive in ''[[Halo Wars]]''.

File:HW2-Exfil.png|Douglas firing a [[M6C magnum]] after being wounded in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.

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