Editing Kurt Ambrose

{{Status|Canon}}

{{Character infobox

|image=[[File:Enc22 Kurt.png|300px]]

|homeworld=[[Mira]], [[Circumstance]]<ref name="journal">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref>

|birth=[[2511#October|October 19, 2511]]{{Ref/Reuse|journal}}

|death=[[2552#November|November 3, 2552]]

|gender=Male

|height=*{{Convert|142|cm|ftin}} (age 5 on [[2517#September|September 18, 2517]]){{Ref/Reuse|journal}}

*{{Convert|231.1|cm|ftin}}{{Ref/Reuse|EN}}

*Nearly {{Convert|250|cm|ftin}}  (age 41 in SPI armor)<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', Chapter 20</ref>

|mass=162.4 kilograms {{C|358 lbs}}{{Ref/Book|Id=EN|Enc22|Page=107}}

|hair=Brown{{Ref/Reuse|journal}}

|eyes=Hazel{{Ref/Reuse|journal}}

|affiliation=*[[UNSC Navy]]

**[[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command]]

***[[SPARTAN-II program]]

|rank=[[Lieutenant commander]]

'''Kurt Ambrose''' ([[UNSCMID]]: '''045888947''', [[civilian]] identification number: '''56522-026-LDR5685'''), born '''Kurt M. Trevelyan''' and formerly known as '''SPARTAN-051''', was a [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II supersoldier]]. Formerly the leader of [[Green Team]], he was close to many of the other Spartans, before he went missing during a mission in [[2531]]. Although the other Spartans were led to believe that Kurt had died, he was actually recruited by [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] to spearhead the [[SPARTAN-III program]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 49'' (''"Alone now, Ackerson reviewed his files and made plans. The first matter of business was already in the works: on-screen appeared the career record of SPARTAN-051."'')</ref>  

The name "Ambrose" was given to him by Colonel Ackerson after his abduction, due to the fact Kurt actually could not remember his full name as a result of extensive mental conditioning involved in the SPARTAN-II program.<ref name="name">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 59''</ref>

Kurt M. Trevelyan was born on [[2511|October 19, 2511]] in [[Mira]], eventually growing up in [[Kuiper]] on [[Circumstance]].{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} When he was marked as physically and mentally superior by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] in [[2517]], she had him abducted and sent to [[Reach]] to begin his Spartan training under [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]]. As with the other candidates to become Spartans, he was replaced with a [[Flash cloning|flash clone]] that would appear to die of natural causes, just like all the other future Spartans replacements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kurt-051, the other Spartans, Staff Sergeant Johnson, and Dr. Halsey left the [[Kolaqoa system]] aboard the ''Vanishing Point'' later that day, with two prowlers serving as escort. On [[2526#March|March 22]], the three ships dropped out of [[slipspace]] near Etalan and the ''Vanishing Point''{{'}}s analysts spent the next four days observing the logistics fleet's movements, trying to discern which vessels would be the best to target. By [[2526#March|March 26]], they felt confident that four of the fleet's fifteen vessels were equipment [[freighter]]s that carried spare parts used to keep the Fleet of Inexorable Obedience operational in the field. At this point, the logistics fleet was seemingly preparing to break from orbit, evidenced by the fact that they had begun syncing their orbits and bringing their [[fusion reactor]]s to full power. Since time was running out, Kurt, the rest of Green Team, and Gold Team were deployed in [[S-14 Baselard]]s to destroy the equipment freighters while Blue Team stayed on the ''Vanishing Point'' and prepared for their phase of the attack. Green and Gold Teams were split up into groups of two to pilot each of their Baselards, with their four Baselards flying at the center of a formation of twenty total Baselards. The plan was for the squadron to pierce through the logistics vessels' fighter screen of Banshees and [[Seraph]]s, then the eight Spartans would go [[Extra-vehicular activity|EV]] after faking the destruction of their Baselards. To camouflage their approach, their fighters were equipped with pods of chain-linked debris that would deploy upon the crafts' destruction. Then, the Spartans would board the target vessels and plant HAVOK nukes before fleeing. Due to the high risk involved with performing such maneuvers, Kurt and Joshua-029 were given strict orders to pull their teams out if it became apparent that they would not reach their targets safely.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS19|HSS|Chapter=19}} After Blue Team launched from the ''Vanishing Point'' in their captured Banshees and managed to infiltrate the Covenant fighter screen, Kurt had Green Team eject from their Baselards as Gold Team did the same. The eight Spartans successfully boarded the four equipment freighters, planted their nukes, and fled the vessels before they detonated. The fourth detonation [[Electromagnetic pulse|disabled]] the Banshee formation that Blue Team had infiltrated, forcing them to abandon their fighters. Afterwards, when the prowler escorts moved in to extract Green and Gold Teams from orbit over Etalan, their retrieval created an unintentional diversion that drew attention away from Blue Team as they destroyed the logistics fleet’s "[[Bladder ship|air-skimmers]]."{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS20|HSS|Chapter=20}}

Kurt’s final mission as part of SILENT STORM would follow three weeks later, when he, the Spartan teams, and what remained of the Black Daggers all ventured into Covenant space, to strike at the heart of one of their supply depots.<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Chapter 24''</ref> The Spartans ended up inserting on the surface of [[Naraka]], a planet which was home to ten Forerunner cities, and was the anchor for a massive Covenant support station, a ring structure aptly titled the "[[Ring of Mighty Abundance]]."<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Hardcover pages 342 and 345''</ref> They were ferried down to the surface by their prowlers, but because this was an improvised insertion, Covenant resistance was too heavy for some of the prowlers to finish the drop. Only Green and Blue Teams made it to the ground, while Gold Team’s prowlers were forced to withdraw, and Green’s ship crashed during its final drop. However, Kurt, his team, and a handful of Black Daggers survived, and made their way up into the ring structure via one of the massive gravity lifts connecting the station to the surface. Each Spartan was equipped with a Havok nuke, and two tubs of [[octanitrocubane]] explosives; the ODSTs also carried "octas".<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Hardcover page 329''</ref> With these, Green Team managed to destroy roughly three sections of the ring, greatly assisting Blue in the process. The ring became unstable, and after a final detonation from Blue Team, it collapsed and began to crumble into the atmosphere. Kurt and Green Team evacuated, and were picked up by the prowler [[UNSC Night Watch|Night Watch]], as were most of the other survivors of Operation: SILENT STORM.<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Chapter 27''</ref> Safely on board the Night Watch, Kurt sat with his fellow Spartans and Sergeant [[Avery Johnson]], and viewed the ongoing destruction of the Ring of Mighty Abundance. When it came time for octas carried by fallen or captured “Green Team” Daggers to automatically detonate, he and the others saw eight corresponding explosions, six of which were in the nearby Covenant support fleet. Thus concluded Kurt-051’s involvement in Operation: SILENT STORM.<ref>[[Halo: Silent Storm]], ''Epilogue''</ref>

===Camp New Hope===

{{Main|Operation: SMOKING ACES}}

After the death of Samuel-034 during the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]], Kurt replaced Samuel on [[Blue Team]] under John-117's leadership and command.{{Ref/Reuse|GOOpage33}} At first, his fellow teammates were uneasy about the transition, but their minds were changed during a [[Operation: SMOKING ACES|raid on Camp New Hope]] to recover [[FENRIS nuclear warhead|nuclear warheads]]. There, Kurt's talent for sensing danger saved Blue Team from being captured by the [[Insurrectionist|rebel]] [[General (UNSC)|General]] [[Howard Graves]]. Graves had set an ingenious trap for the Spartans, which used [[antigravity plate]]s to fool their armor's systems into reacting as if gravity had increased, knocking them unconscious and allowing Graves to keep them immobile with [[neural-inhibitor collar]]s. John, Kelly, Fred, and [[Linda-058|Linda]] were trapped in Graves' clutches. Kurt saved them with four [[Asteroidea anti-personnel mine]]s, then removed their collars and got them out in a [[Warthog armored personnel carrier|patchwork Warthog APC]]. Any mixed feelings John had previously vanished. John told Kurt never to hide his "feelings" again, and Kelly, better with words than John, welcomed the Spartan to the team.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 37'' (''"Welcome to Blue, Spartan. We're going to make a great team."'')</ref>

Soon after, Kurt and Blue Team participated in an [[Extra-vehicular activity|extravehicular mission]] to investigate reported suspicious activity at [[Construction Platform 966A]]. During the mission, Kurt approached a ruptured [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] when his [[Thruster pack|T-PACK]] "malfunctioned," sending him spinning away into deep space. He was listed as [[missing in action]] and presumed dead. However, Kurt was recovered by ONI, which had manufactured the whole mission to allow Colonel James Ackerson to recruit the Spartan with new orders to train the next generation of SPARTANs. While his former identity as SPARTAN-051 remained as MIA, Kurt was given a new surname and an officer's commission, as [[Lieutenant, Junior Grade]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 59-64''</ref> Kurt Ambrose was then sent to the classified planet [[Onyx]] to train the SPARTAN-IIIs with CPO Mendez.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 67-70''</ref> Over time, he was promoted for his successful efforts in training the new Spartans, having reached the rank of Lieutenant Commander by 2545.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 13''</ref>

After the destruction of Beta Company, Kurt managed to have the two remaining survivors, [[Tom-B292]] and [[Lucy-B091]] reassigned to accompany him and Mendez in training [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]]; he had to appeal to [[Margaret Parangosky|Vice Admiral Parangosky]] who eventually agreed—over Ackerson's objections. The two would become Kurt's top adjutants over the years.<ref name="goo98">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 98''</ref> Additionally, while the SPARTAN-IIIs were initially intended as cannon fodder, Kurt and Mendez recognized that a number of the trainees were too skilled to be wasted on suicide missions, so they removed them from their respective companies before they were wiped out, gave them [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armor]], and assigned them to other units, some of them becoming [[NOBLE Team]].<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24040 '''Bungie.net''': ''Communique from Kurt to Mendez'']</ref>

With Gamma Company, whom he came to regard as the "finest Spartans ever,"{{Ref/Reuse|goo98}} Kurt secretly added a series of illegal drugs to the [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|augmentation procedures]] in order to heighten the Spartans' aggressive response, giving them a better chance of survival in battle. This was against the recommendations of Onyx's AI [[Deep Winter]], who was concerned with the Spartans' well-being.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 108-109''</ref>

At the outbreak of hostilities in [[Zone 67]] on [[2552#October|October 31, 2552]], Kurt regrouped with [[Tom-B292]] and [[Lucy-B091]] at [[Camp Currahee]] and willfully used the [[SPI]] armor used by the SPARTAN-IIIs instead of his superior MJOLNIR armor as he told [[Lucy-B091]] that he was one of them now, a SPARTAN III, once again displaying his utmost concern for the morale of his team.<ref name="goo141">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 140-141''</ref>

Later on during the conflict, he reunited with [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] and [[Kelly-087]]. Dr. Halsey, along with the help of the ONI [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Endless Summer]], was able to send a message through [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] by using [[Cortana]]'s original broadcast from [[Installation 05]] as a carrier wave. She asked [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Hood]] to send Spartans to Onyx in order to acquire possible Forerunner technology.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 182-183''</ref> The SPARTAN-IIs on Earth, Fred-104, Will-043, and Linda-058 infiltrated and captured a Covenant vessel, the ''[[Bloodied Spirit]]'', which they took to Onyx where they met Kurt. Kurt then led the Spartans on a mission into the newly uncovered Forerunner city on Onyx to locate the technology Dr. Halsey had been looking for.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 266-270''</ref>

The mission was abruptly complicated due to the [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] fleet led by [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] locating Onyx and learning of the humans' mission. Kurt and his team managed to acquire information pertaining to Onyx in a [[Cartographer|map room]], where it dawned to them that the planet was actually an artificial structure.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 276''</ref> Dr. Halsey convinced Kurt to push on into a room in Onyx's core, deducing that it held something of significant importance to the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 310-311''</ref> After escaping Covenant forces using Onyx's [[teleportation grid]], were redirected by Zone 67's AI [[Endless Summer]] to destroy a [[Sentinel manufacturing facility]]. After destroying the factory they located the missing Spartans of [[Team Katana]], who had been placed in Forerunner [[slipspace field pod]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 336-337''</ref>

Before they proceeded further toward the "[[shield world]]" which, according to Dr. Halsey, held the Forerunner technologies they sought, Kurt confronted the doctor, realizing she was not telling the full truth behind her mission. After first questioning Kurt about the specifics of the Spartan-IIIs' augmentations, Dr. Halsey revealed to Kurt her true reasons behind her quest to Onyx; instead of recovering Forerunner technology, she intended to shelter the Spartans in the shield world inside Onyx's core, predicting that the UNSC would lose the war.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 341-343''</ref> Despite this revelation, Kurt decided they continue inside the core room, retrieve any useful technologies and then escape. In case they failed, they could use the pair of [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s they had brought with them to ensure the technology did not fall into Covenant hands.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 345''</ref>

Kurt, now alone and mortally injured from a previous firefight, listed the Spartans fallen in the battle as MIA—including himself, alongside his former identity as SPARTAN-051. He successfully delayed the Covenant forces until the slipspace portal had closed. In his death throes, Kurt had a vision of all the fallen SPARTAN-IIs and SPARTAN-IIIs by his side, nodding and giving him the thumbs-up signal, forging his resolve to complete his one final task. Fleet Master Voro Nar 'Mantakree then approached him, gloating that once the "demon" was dead, the Covenant would reopen the shield world portal. Laughing in determination, Kurt replied ''"Die? Didn't you know? Spartans never die"'' and detonated the warheads, wiping out the Covenant army and thus preventing the Covenant from following his comrades and gaining access to the technologies inside the shield world.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 371-372''</ref>

Kurt died in the end as a brilliant commander in the eyes of those he had known, and as a noble hero who cared deeply for his SPARTAN-IIIs and SPARTAN-IIs as comrades and friends, John-117 included. After the conclusion of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in 2553, his still-intact Spartan armor transponder was detected by the {{UNSCShip|Glamorgan}} in the debris field that was formerly Onyx, leading to the rescue of remaining UNSC personnel in the shield world.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 47''</ref> In honor of Kurt, Dr. Halsey, with [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]]'s approval, named the micro Dyson sphere "[[Trevelyan|ONI Research Facility Trevelyan]]". At first, Chief Mendez suggested using the name "Ambrose," but Halsey opted that they use Kurt's real name.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 372''</ref>

Kurt was unusually sociable for a Spartan and considered the well being of his teammates more important than the whims of his commanding officers. While the rest of his teammates were closely guarded and private unless around other Spartans, Kurt spent a considerable amount of time making friends, such as with the drill instructors. This made some of his fellow Spartans uneasy, as they were not comfortable with a leader who was so easily distracted. Despite these perceptions, Kurt proved himself to be an extremely proficient leader.<ref name="GOOpage33">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 33''</ref> After his indoctrination into the SPARTAN-III program, his leadership qualities became even more pronounced.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 264''</ref> While training the Spartan-IIIs he took great pride in them and their losses traumatized him.

Kurt had an uncanny ability to "feel" traps, and avoid walking into them. When something was wrong, Kurt would often get a bad feeling. When [[John-117]] and Kurt were on separate teams during training, John often lost as a result of Kurt's "funny feelings". His teammates grew to view this as an asset, trusting Kurt's instincts and common sense.{{Ref/Reuse|GOOpage33}}

Kurt was among the best of the Spartan-IIs, right next to John-117 in skill and superiority. Kurt, Fred-104, [[Fhajad-084]], [[Musa-096]] and [[Serin Osman|Serin-019]] are the only Spartan-IIs to become officers. Kurt was promoted to [[Lieutenant Commander]], "courtesy" of Colonel Ackerson.

 

He last donned his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|MJOLNIR armor]] during [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company]]'s introduction to the program but chose not to wear it since, although he maintained the suit in a pristine condition in a safe within his private quarters. Lucy-B091 was thoroughly surprised when she saw the armor, suggesting that Kurt had not shown it even to his senior NCOs.{{Ref/Reuse|goo141}}

 

*"Ambrose," the pseudonym assigned to Kurt by Ackerson, comes from the late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Αμβρόσιος (Αmbrosios) meaning "immortal"; this could reference the fact that Spartans are never marked as KIA in an attempt to uphold the belief that Spartans never die. This is appropriate, as his last words were, ''"Die? Didn't you know? Spartans never die."'' From a real-world perspective, Kurt was likely named in honor of the late [[Wikipedia:Stephen Ambrose|Stephen Ambrose]], the author of the historical biography ''Band of Brothers'', which was later adapted into an [[Wikipedia:Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)|HBO miniseries]]. The name of the camp where Kurt trained the SPARTAN-IIIs, [[Camp Currahee]], is a reference to ''Band of Brothers''.

*"Kurt" is one of the name options for customized [[loadout]]s in ''Halo: Reach'', along with the members of [[NOBLE Team]] and several SPARTAN-IIs.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', [[Firefight]]</ref>

*Kurt's blood type is O+, as stated in Dr. Halsey's personal journal.

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