Editing Marcus Hudson

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'''Marcus Hudson''' was a [[human]] of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] serving as an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]. Born in around [[2522]] in [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]] on the [[Inner Colony]] of [[Reach]], Hudson was the reconnaissance and communications specialist of [[Fireteam Raven]], an elite team of ODSTs attached to {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} during the [[Battle of Installation 04]].{{Ref/Game|Id=raven|HFR|Marcus Hudson in-game model}}

==Biography==
===Early life===
Born around [[2522]] on [[Reach]], Marcus Hudson was barely of school-age when the [[Human-Covenant War|war with]] the [[Covenant]] began. Throughout the war, he was faced with surroundings of a [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]] population steeped in a false sense of security that the Covenant attacks that appeared with greater frequency on the newsfeeds could never happen to them. Marcus himself wasn’t so sure and and dedicated himself to being prepared in case the [[Fall of Reach|seemingly unthinkable]] happened.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFRaven|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/thats-so-raven|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - That's So Raven}}

A gifted student athlete, Marcus excelled both on the field and off, matching championship performances with academic accolades – a combination that put him firmly in the sights of top-level accelerated enlistment programs within the UNSC. His deft skills with a rifle were equal to his prowess with cutting-edge military technologies, making him a natural fit for among the [[ODST]]s in [[Operation: RED FLAG]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFRaven}}

===Battle of Installation 04===
{{Main|Battle of Installation 04}}
By August [[2552]], Hudson was the reconnaissance and communications specialist of the elite ODST team, [[Fireteam Raven]]. Raven were present aboard the {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} for [[Operation: RED FLAG]] and the [[Fall of Reach]], as well as the ship's subsequent escape from the battle on August 30. On September 19, the cruiser arrived in the [[Soell system]] at [[Installation 04]] and the crew was brought back online. Raven were among the soldiers ordered by Major [[Antonio Silva]] to defend the ship from Covenant boarding actions, and were succesfully able to fend off waves of [[Sangheili]], [[Kig-Yar]] and [[Unggoy]] before proceeding to perform [[Extra-vehicular activity|a spacewalk]] and man the vessel's [[M910 Rampart point defense network]], at the request of the AI [[Wellsley]].{{Ref/Level|Id=escape|HFR|Escape (Halo: Fireteam Raven level)|Escape}}

However, the squad would eventually retreat back to the cruiser's [[SOEIV]] drop bays and abandon ship, along with the rest of the ship's crew complement.{{Ref/Reuse|escape}} Hudson and his squad would land on [[Installation 04]] accompanied by a mobile uplink to Wellsley, and begin the journey to reunite with allied forces on the ringworld.{{Ref/Reuse|CFRaven}} Roughly 28 hours later{{Ref/Reuse|CFRaven}}, Raven would link up with an armored convoy led by Lieutenant [[Melissa McKay]], and man an [[M12B Warthog]] during the [[Raid on the Pillar of Autumn]].{{Ref/Level|HFR|Rubble}} Hudson would later return to [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]] in time for the [[Battle of Alpha Base|Covenant attack]] there, and join the camp's defense.{{Ref/Level|HFR|Alpha Base (Halo: Fireteam Raven level)|Alpha Base}}

During the defense of Alpha Base, Hudson and Raven were recalled to the canyons near the Halo's [[Control Room (Installation 04)|control room]] to defend against an emerging threat - the [[Flood]]. The team was inserted via [[Falcon]] to clear the way for an important mission being undertaken by [[John-117]]. Hudson would help fight off numerous waves of Covenant and Flood forces, but eventually extract out of the canyon once the Spartan's mission was complete there. However, the team's Falcon was shot down by a {{Pattern|Zurdo|Wraith}}{{Ref/Level|HFR|Ice Canyon}}, and crashed elsewhere on the ring near a Forerunner structure. The team would make their way inside the structure for cover from the battling Covenant and Flood while they awaited extraction, and eventually were able to take down several [[Flood Juggernaut]]s before their [[D77-TC Pelican]] was able to pull them out.{{Ref/Level|HFR|Raven Down}}

===Death===
With Halo's purpose now clear and the situation deteriorating rapidly, the Master Chief was left with no choice but to destroy the ring. To facilitate the ring's destruction, Hudson and his squad joined a last-ditch UNSC attempt to hold off Covenant forces descending on the crash site of the ''Pillar of Autumn''. The squad were deployed in a Warthog to fight off Covenant and Flood ground forces. The squad would eventually take down a {{Pattern|Deutoros|Scarab}} and masses of Flood and Covenant, but ultimately die along with all other personnel on the ring during the explosion caused by the detonation of the [[nuclear fusion]] reactors of the ''Pillar of Autumn''.{{Ref/Level|HFR|Last Stand (Halo: Fireteam Raven level)|Last Stand}}

==Equipment==
Hudson wore an orange-painted set of the [[ODST armor/COMM|ODST/COMM armor]]. This armor bore an angular chest plate and shoulders, with a mounted helmet antenna similar to the [[Hardened Uplink|HUL]]. Hudson typically wielded an [[MA5B assault rifle]].{{Ref/Reuse|raven}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HFR_Hudson_Render.png|Hudson wielding an assault rifle in combat.
File:HFR_Hudson_Render_Side.png|Profile view of Hudson in his ODST/COMM armor.
File:HFR_Hudson_Render_Front.png|Frontal view of Hudson in his ODST/COMM armor.
File:HFR_Hudson_Render_Drones.png|Hudson fighting a trio of [[Yanme'e]].
File:HR_GearUp.png|Hudson and Graves prepare to enter their SOEIVs on the ''Pillar of Autumn''.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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