Editing Kojo Agu

{{Status|Canon}}

{{Character infobox

|variant=Human

|image=[[File:RomeoODST.png|300px]]

|homeworld=[[Castra arcology]], [[Castra]], [[Madrigal]]

|birth=[[2524|June 12, 2524]]<ref name="ENC">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 61''</ref>{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p96|Enc22|Page=96}}

|species=[[Human]]

|gender=Male

|height=213.4 centimetres (7ft){{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p96}} <br>

{{Convert|190|cm|ftin}} {{C|pre-augmentation}}{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}

|mass={{Convert|125.6|kg|lb}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p96}} <br>

{{Convert|91|kg|lb}} {{C|pre-augmentation}}{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}}

|hair=Black

|affiliation=*[[UNSC Marine Corps]] {{C|former}}

*[[Spartan Operations]]

'''Spartan Kojo Agu'''{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}} ([[service number]] '''14606-85099-KA'''), nicknamed '''Romeo''', is a [[SPARTAN-IV]] supersoldier who formerly served with the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] as an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]. He was part of [[Alpha-Nine]], a squad led by [[Gunnery Sergeant|GySgt]] [[Edward Buck]], during the final days of the [[Human-Covenant War]] and the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|post-war years]].<ref name="squad">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Halo3ODSTsquad '''Bungie.net''': ''Meet The Squad'']</ref>

Kojo Agu was born in the [[Castra arcology]] in [[Castra]] on [[Madrigal]] in [[2524]].<ref naME="ENC"/> His homeworld was glassed by the [[Covenant]] when he was only four years old, but he managed to survive the glassing. Before enlisting in [[2541]], he served in the [[UNSC commercial fleet]] as a Merchant Marine.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]] (2011 version), page 63'''</ref> He later became an ODST when he angered the [[Governor]] of the colony at Castra by having an affair with said Governor's wife. This prompted the Governor to call upon people he knew in the UNSC who in turn sent Agu into the ODST to keep him away from the Governor's wife. During his tenure with the ODSTs, Agu served on various colony planets, such as [[Coral]], [[Mamore]], [[New Jerusalem]], and [[Beta Gabriel]], with a remarkable 100% kill rate.<ref name= "ONI">'''[[Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation]]''' ''- Romeo Interview''</ref>

===Operation: FIRESIDE===

{{Main|Operation: FIRESIDE}}

Later, inside Ariel's generator complex, Agu and Miles were cut off from the remainder of the ODST unit. It was there that they learned that the Covenant was digging for something. After a brief engagement with two [[Sangheili]] (whose corpses were later used as shields to survive a generator explosion), the two found an injured [[Unggoy]]. They attempted to interrogate it, but its only reply was "Knowing". Agu pretended to let the Unggoy go before killing it, believing it to be a liability.

After using improvised explosives to bring a canyon's walls down on a large number of Covenant and then evading the survivors, the two made plans to steal a [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantom]]. They proceeded to kill an Unggoy, use its corpse as a ruse, and then eliminate several Covenant infantrymen guarding the Phantom. However, a Sangheili managed to down the ship. The ODSTs bailed out before it crashed, falling through a building's skylight and into a building where the planet's missing colonists were being held hostage.

The ODSTs made short work of the Unggoy guarding the hostages and learned that the colonists had been forced to dig deep into the planet's surface, unearthing [[Ariel Forerunner complex|an alien complex]] and activating several traps at its entrance. The ODSTs entered the dig site intending to liberate other colonists; it was there that they found what the Covenant was looking for: an [[Forerunner|alien]] [[ancilla|construct]] called [[the Knowing]]. If the Covenant got their hands on it, then they could wipe out humanity down to their last DNA strand.

Though Miles wanted to claim the Knowing to the UNSC, per ONI [[Xeno orders]], Kojo Agu preferred to destroy it, as "this is like Alexander the Great getting his hands on a nuclear arsenal" - he believed that humanity were not ready for the advanced Forerunner knowledge and would destroy itself. Agu asked the Knowing to activate its [[self-destruct]] and direct them out of the complex which it complied with, recognizing Agu as a [[Reclaimer]]. As they made their way out, Agu tripped over an Unggoy's body and broke his ankle. Miles carried him and managed to escape the blast. When they got back to the surface, they were reunited with their squad, who had seen the Covenant fleeing the planet after the Knowing's destruction.

Later, Miles visited Agu in the infirmary. Agu stated that he had filed for a transfer to be with Miles, who told his friend that he had withdrawn his own transfer request. They then played Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide who would go.<ref name="helljumper">'''Halo: Helljumper'''</ref>

[[File:Halo3 ODST-Romeo.jpg|thumb|200px|Romeo in his armor.]]

During the [[Battle for Earth]] in [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], Agu was stationed aboard the {{UNSCShip|Say My Name}}, part of ODST fireteam [[Alpha-Nine]], led by Gunnery Sergeant [[Edward Buck]]. The squad was part of a larger detachment of the [[65th Shock Troops Division]]<ref name="lootcrate2">'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]''</ref> tasked with [[Operation: BUMRUSH|assaulting]] the ''[[Solemn Penance]]'' from orbit over [[New Mombasa]].<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/video/into-hell-1/6c327f74-5bc0-43c4-ac92-0feef4a712b0 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Into Hell 1'']</ref> The squad had been chosen by the ONI operative [[Veronica Dare]] to partake on a classified mission, which was not revealed to Agu or his squad members until in mid-drop, when Dare ordered the squad to adjust their [[M8900 drop pod|drop pods]]' trajectories away from the [[CAS-class assault carrier|Covenant carrier]]. As the squad angled away from the carrier, it jumped into [[Slipstream space|Slipspace]] above the city, generating a massive [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] shockwave which disabled the pods' electronic systems. The pods were scattered around the city due to the blast.<ref name="PTD">'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''[[Prepare to Drop]]''</ref>

Immediately after the drop, Agu landed near Tayari Plaza, eventually reuniting with Buck, and shooting a [[Huragok]] he thought was going to kill him.<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''[[Tayari Plaza]]''</ref> Reunited with Buck, the two made their way to the [[NMPD headquarters]] building where they would hopefully get information on their other squadmates' whereabouts. Three hours after the drop, around 19:15, Miles and [[Michael Crespo]] had acquired a ride on an [[New Mombasa Police Department|NMPD]] [[D77C-NMPD Pelican|Pelican dropship]], and were ready to pick up Agu and Buck from a platform on NMPD Headquarters, but before they could land, they were shot down by two [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]]. Romeo and Buck then proceeded to find and rescue their squadmates.<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''' campaign level, ''[[NMPD HQ]]''</ref>

After arriving at the crash site to find that their squadmates were unscathed, Agu, Buck, and the other ODSTs defended their position from Banshees and Phantoms, until [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Chieftain]] [[Bracktanus]] arrived and impaled Agu in the chest with the blade side of his [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]]. The rest of the squad managed to kill the Chieftain, before realizing that Agu had been wounded from the impact of the blow. The squad headed for [[Kikowani Station (location)|Kikowani Station]], to escape the city through train tunnels, but realized the whole sector had been flooded by water. Here, Agu's condition worsened. After Buck administered [[biofoam]] to Agu's punctured lung, the squad decided to hijack a Phantom, and finally escape the city. Eventually, Agu and the rest of the squad escaped New Mombasa aboard the captured Phantom after going back and finding both the Rookie and Dare, who had emerged with [[Quick to Adjust|a captured Huragok]].<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''' campaign level, ''[[Coastal Highway]]''</ref>

 

[[File:RookieAsleep.png|thumb|200px|Romeo with the squad in the Quito Terminus.]]

Agu and his squad guarded the Huragok, now known as Vergil, in the [[ONI]]-appropriated Crimson Wing of the [[Quito Space Tether]]'s [[Quito Terminus|terminus]] for the following weeks, giving him a chance to heal from his injuries sustained at the NMPD headquarters.<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', ''page 72''</ref> Approximately one month after the battle, they watched as [[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] interrogated the Engineer. Shortly after this, Alpha-Nine was redeployed in the field and fought in the concluding battles of the war.<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', ''page 81'' (Google Play edition)</ref> One of these operations, known as [[Operation: JOINT MONITOR]], consisted of biohazard containment in the [[Voi]] Exclusion Zone, at some point following the [[Battle of Voi]].<ref name="H5GLtd">'''Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition''', ''Spartan Locke's Classified Orders''</ref>

[[File:HM BetrayalOnTalitsa.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Spartans Buck and Agu betrayed during Operation: COALPEPPER.]]

Agu continued to serve in Alpha-Nine in the years following the Covenant War, and joined the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] alongside Buck and Crespo in early [[2554]], after the Rookie's death and Dutch's retirement. In [[2555|August 2555]], Spartans Agu, Buck and Crespo were deployed to recover the [[Huragok]] now known as [[Quick to Adjust|Vergil]] and his human handler, [[Sadie Endesha]], from a [[United Rebel Front]] stronghold on [[Talitsa]]. During the mission, it was revealed that Crespo had betrayed the team and helped the Insurrectionists engineer a trap for the Spartans. Agu and Buck were captured by an overwhelming number of rebels, but on the way to the rebels' base Romeo began to insult Mickey and the rebels' leader, [[Schein|Dr. Schein]]. Irritated, Crespo struck Agu, inadvertently pushing him down a hill. With most of the rebel soldiers focused on Romeo, Buck took advantage of the confusion and engaged Mickey in hand-to-hand combat while Romeo began to eliminate the Insurrectionists. The two Spartans managed to fight off their captors, but with Buck having been injured by Dr. Schein, Romeo assaulted the URF base on his own and rescued Sadie and the Huragok while Buck guarded the unconscious Mickey.<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', Chapter 17</ref> With their mission a success, the team returned to [[Mars]] where they turned Crespo over to [[Jun-A266]]. Following the operation, Agu and Buck were reassigned to another Spartan team at Buck's request.<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', Chapter 18</ref>

Sometime in [[2558]] after Buck was reassigned to [[Fireteam Osiris]],<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', Coda</ref> Agu was reassigned by ONI to a specialized solo mission to neutralize a faction of [[Kig-Yar]] [[Piracy|pirates]] that were disrupting a UNSC supply chain at [[Concord]]. Utilizing a prototype of the [[DEADEYE-class Mjolnir]] armor system, Agu succeeded in eliminating the pirates after a four-day long operation. Afterwards, he was reassigned to a Spartan fireteam, whose name and operations remain classified.<ref name="fodder">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-lore-of-the-rings '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Lore of the Rings'']</ref>

Agu is shown interacting aggressively or abrasively with almost every squad member, as they will tell him to show some respect, including striking the [[Rookie]] with his [[SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle|sniper rifle]] and yelling at him to wake him up. He is good friends with Miles, the squad's heavy weapons specialist. In his old unit, Agu racked-up multiple code of conduct violations, any one of which should have resulted in demotion—or worse.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', ''Firefight character description''</ref> However, he was kept because the UNSC were running out of battle tested snipers, and Agu was one of the best. He is a consummate combatant but also saw himself as something of a ladies' man, hence his nickname "Romeo". Later, after becoming a Spartan-IV, he began taking advantage of his formal title, "Spartan Agu", to impress the ladies.<ref name="H:NB">'''Halo: New Blood''', Chapter 1</ref> He is proud of his colonial background, and doesn't hold much respect toward Earth. Prior to the Battle of Earth, he had never been to Earth, and had only seen it from the window of a transport. While he is still listed as a Madrigali citizen, Agu's last known place of residence is [[Holetown]], [[New Barbados]] on the colony of [[Emerald Cove]].{{Ref/Reuse|squad}}

During his service with the ODSTs, Kojo Agu wore the [[ODST armor#Sharpshooter|Sharpshooter]] variant of ODST armor. After joining the SPARTAN-IV Program, Agu began wearing the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Helljumper|Helljumper]] variant of [[MJOLNIR GEN2]] armor. In 2558, he was sent to Concord for a solo mission where he field-tested a prototype of Deadeye armor.{{Ref/Reuse|fodder}} By October 2558, he started wearing his Helljumper armor once more.{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Bad Blood|Cover Art}} Agu arms himself according to his missions,{{Ref/Reuse|PTD}} and has shown that he can take down targets efficiently with various weapons, including sniper rifles, [[M6C magnum|magnums]], [[M7S SMG]]s, and even [[Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle|plasma rifle]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|helljumper}}

*Kojo Agu is unlocked for [[Firefight (Halo 3: ODST)|Firefight]] by earning the [[NMPD HQ (achievement)|NMPD HQ]] [[achievement]].

*If one explores enough in the level ''[[Mombasa Streets]]'', they will eventually come across an empty SOEIV in the middle of a garden, with an M7S Caseless Submachine Gun beside it. The pod is possibly Romeo's, as his pod is never seen, and when he is first encountered, he is only wielding a sniper rifle and an M6C/SOCOM.

*The story of Agu's enlistment is similar to that of [[Felicia Sanderson]], another ODST. Sanderson claimed that she was forced to enlist in the [[Colonial Military Authority]] after being caught in a romantic relationship with the daughter of [[Nils Thune]], the governor of [[Harvest]]. While this event actually occurred, it was not, as she claimed, the actual reason for her enlistment.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[Dirt]]'', page ???</ref>

File:RomeoHelljumper.png|Romeo in ''[[Halo: Helljumper]]''.

File:V502A - Agu.png|Romeo in [[Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation]].

File:H3ODST RangedArmor Concept.jpg|A pre-production concept of Romeo.

File:H3ODST Romeo Art.jpg|Concept art of Romeo and Buck on the level NMPD HQ.

File:H3ODST_Romeo_Close.jpg|A close-up of Romeo with his helmet.

File:H3ODST-Romeo in Epilogue.jpg|Romeo sitting on a staircase in the Quito Space Tether.

File:Romeo Avatar with Helmet.png|Romeo's avatar, as seen on Bungie.net when viewing ''Halo 3: ODST''{{'}}s service records.

File:Enc22 Romeo.png|Romeo, as depicted in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' employing his GEN2 HELLJUMPER equipment.

*''[[Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation]]''

*''[[Halo Mythos]]''

*''[[Halo: Bad Blood]]''

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