Editing Samuel-034

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{{Character infobox|variant=Human

|homeworld=[[Harvest]]<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/Samuel-034 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Samuel-034'']</ref>

|birth=[[2511|July 10, 2511]]<ref name="universe"/>

|death=[[2525#November|November 27, 2525]] {{C|aged 14}}<ref name="universe"/><ref name="for152">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 152'' (2010)</ref>

|species=[[Human]]

|gender=Male

|height=223.4 centimeters (7 ft 4 in) {{C|with armor}}<ref name="universe"/><ref name="bio" group="note">Samuel's [https://web.archive.org/web/20160125112529/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/samuel-034 biography on Halo Waypoint] originally listed his armored height as 238.8 cm (7 ft 10 in) and his unarmored mass as 155.6 kg (343 lb, though erroneously converted to 324 lb). This was consistent with his description as the largest of the Spartan-IIs and as being a head taller than John-117. However, his biography was later [[retcon|retconed]] to list his armored height and unarmored mass as 223.4 centimeters (7 ft 4 in) and 135 kg (298 lb), respectively. This makes him the same height as [[Jorge-052]] and [[Douglas-042]] (and ten kilograms less massive than Jorge) as well as only two centimeters taller than John when in armor.</ref>

|mass=135 kilograms (298 lb) {{C|without armor}}<ref name="universe"/><ref name="bio" group="note"/>

|hair=Sandy blond<ref name="for56">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 39-40'' (2001); ''pages 56-59'' (2010)</ref>

|eyes=Green<ref name="for56"/>

|affiliation=*[[UNSC Navy]]<ref name="universe"/>

**[[Naval Special Weapons]]<ref name="universe"/>

***[[SPARTAN-II program]]<ref name="universe"/>

|rank=[[Petty Officer, Second Class|Petty officer, second class]]<ref name="universe"/>

|sn=S-034<ref name="universe"/>

{{Quote|Sam fell first. And yet he showed us that the Covenant could be killed. Sam proved we could win this war. Every battle won is built on the foundation of that sacrifice. If we survive this, it's because Sam showed us the way.|Fred-104 on Sam's sacrifice aboard ''Unrelenting''<ref name="for as act3">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''', ''Act Three''</ref>}}

'''Petty Officer, Second Class Samuel-034''' was a [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II supersoldier]] of the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] [[UNSC Special Forces|Special Warfare Group]]. Samuel was notably the tallest and strongest of the Spartan-IIs, and often acted as the second-in-command of [[Blue Team]].<ref name="enc112">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 112'' (2011)</ref> At the age of fourteen, Samuel was the first Spartan-II to be [[killed in action]]—on [[2525#November|November 27, 2525]]—in battle against the [[Covenant]] during the [[Battle of Chi Ceti|Battle]] of [[Chi Ceti IV]].<ref name="for152"/>

{{Quote|multi=more|Samuel|q1=We can be friends… I mean, if you want. It'd be no big deal.|Kelly|q2=Sure.|John|q3=Okay. Friends.|Sam striking up his first conversation with John and Kelly during training<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 61'' (2010)</ref>}}

[[File:HTFOR AS - Young Blue Team.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Sam, with fellow future members of Blue Team.]]

Samuel was born on the [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Harvest]] on [[2511|July 10, 2511]]. In around [[2517]], Sam was identified as an extremely talented child destined for a great purpose, and was listed as a candidate for Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]]'s [[SPARTAN-II program]] as a result.<ref name="universe"/> Later that year, he was abducted by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] on [[2517|September 23, 2517]] at the age of six to be conscripted into the SPARTAN-II program. He was then replaced with a [[Flash cloning|flash clone]] and sent to [[Reach]] in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]] to begin [[SPARTAN-II training|training]] with the other Spartans under the watchful eyes of Halsey, [[Franklin Mendez|Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez]], and [[Déjà]], the [[dumb AI]] serving as the Spartans' teacher.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 35'' (2001); ''page 44'' (2010)</ref> Samuel's flash clone would die later that year.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series''', ''Act One''</ref>

On the first day of training, Mendez divided the Spartan trainees into teams of three. Samuel was assigned into a team with fellow trainees [[John-117]] and [[Kelly-087]]. During their first trip to "the playground", John finished first in the competition, while Kelly and Sam came in last. Mendez informed the team that they had lost, simply because, in his words, "''Your team loses, you lose. You don't win until your team wins.''" As their team had finished last, they were not allowed to eat dinner that night.<ref name="for56"/> However, the three Spartans had learned a lesson in teamwork and the three never made the same mistake again. The day after, Sam had shoved John and threatened to push him off one of the pillars if he refused to work with them again. During the second run of the playground, the three worked together and achieved third place in the exercise, earning their dinner. The exercise led to the formation of a camaraderie between the three and they became good friends.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 60-61'' (2010)</ref>

{{Quote|multi=yes|Samuel-034|q1=Don't worry, I won't let them do anything to you.|John-117|q2=I know. Thanks.|Sam to John, before the latter engages members of Tango Company in a training simulation<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 202'' (2010)</ref>}}

Along with John and Kelly, Samuel formed the Spartan-IIs' first iteration of [[Blue Team]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/blue-team '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Blue Team'']</ref> Sam later trained with his fellow Spartans at the [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] on Reach. During one of the training operations on [[2519|July 12, 2519]], each Spartan trainee was dropped off at a different point in the preserve and was tasked with reaching an extraction point; the last Spartan to reach the point was to be left behind and forced to walk back.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 45'' (2001); ''page 62'' (2010)</ref> After being dropped off, the Spartans regrouped and made their way to the extraction point together. Upon reaching the point, the Spartans encountered a [[squad]] of [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]]. When Sam feigned an injury before the Marines, one of them moved to attack him. However, as part of their plan, the rest of the Spartans attacked the Marine by throwing rocks at him and knocked him unconscious. The Spartans then enacted a similar plan on the rest of the Marines and eventually defeated the entire squad. Afterwards, the Spartans reached a [[D96-TCE Albatross]] and, with Déjà's help, commandeered the [[dropship]] and left the training preserve.<ref name="for65">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 52-53'' (2001); ''pages 65-71'' (2010)</ref> John was subsequently promoted to squad leader after the mission, while Sam often served as his second-in-command.<ref name="enc112"/> By [[2523|July 14, 2523]], Sam and the Spartans had begun facing the formidable and ruthless [[Tango Company]] in simulated war games.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 158'' (2003); ''page 193'' (2010)</ref>

After receiving his [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|Spartan augmentations]] at an [[Medical Facility Endurance|ONI medical facility]] station, Sam was the fastest to recover, and was in exceptional health.<ref name="for98">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 98-99'' (2010)</ref> He later attended a military funeral on the [[UNSC carrier|carrier]] {{UNSCShip|Atlas}} in the [[Lambda Serpentis system]] for those Spartans who died during the augmentation process. Later, the Spartans then returned to Reach for their final training phase in the [[Highland Mountains]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 79'' (2010)</ref>

{{Quote|They would have detected a UNSC ship… they wouldn't detect us.|Samuel-034, referring to the Spartans' infiltration capabilities<ref name="for as act2">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series''', ''Act Two''</ref>}}

On [[2525#September|September 14, 2525]], Samuel was selected to remain a member of Blue Team—now composed of John, Kelly, [[Linda-058]], and [[Fred-104]]. The team was then chosen for the Spartan-IIs' first mission at the [[Eridanus system]], [[Operation: TALON]]. The [[operation]]'s objective was to capture Colonel [[Robert Watts]], a UNSC Marine turncoat officer and the leader of the [[United Rebel Front]]. ONI had recently discovered that Watts was residing within [[Eridanus Secundus]], a large [[asteroid]] settlement and [[insurrectionist]] [[military base]] in the Eridanus system's largest asteroid belt.<ref name="for98"/><ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/colonel-watts '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Colonel Watts'']</ref>

Equipped with [[black body suit]]s and [[MA2B assault rifle]]s, Samuel and the rest of Blue Team were brought to the [[Eridanus II]] space docks, where they infiltrated the URF-operated {{Class|Parabola|freighter}} ''[[Laden]]''. While aboard the [[freighter]], the Spartans learned that a crate of luxury goods was headed for Watts' location. The Spartans tagged the crate with a [[NAV marker transmitter]], allowing them to follow the crate to Watts' location once they reached the asteroid. When ''Laden'' arrived at one of Eridanus Secundus' docking bays, Blue Team fought their way through Eridanus Secundus until they reached Watts' apartment, located using the NAV marker they had placed on the crate. After killing his guards, Sam and the rest of Blue Team secured Watts inside a crate and made their way back to Eridanus Secundus' docking bay.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 112'' (2010)</ref> Sam put several [[C-12 shaped charge|C-12 explosives]] on the asteroid's main [[hangar bay]] doors and the Spartans fled in a stolen [[D77-TC Pelican]] with Watts, as the doors blew open and the hangar bay decompressed. As the Pelican left the asteroid, Sam's explosives caused Eridanus Secundus to vent atmosphere and rotate erratically.<ref name="for115">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 115'' (2010)</ref>

{{Quote|I know Spartans don't cry, but for once… I was glad for the helmet. Sam was our first lost since augmentation. We thought training… augmentation… armor… made us untouchable… invulnerable... immortal—Blue Team. We were wrong. We were children.|Kelly-087, after Samuel's sacrifice<ref name="for as act3"/>}}

After the [[First Battle of Harvest]], Samuel and the rest of the Spartan-IIs were brought to the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]], where [[Michael Stanforth|Rear Admiral Michael Stanforth]] and the AI [[Beowulf]] briefed them on the emerging [[Covenant]] threat. The training of Sam, and the rest of the Spartan-IIs, was accelerated and the Spartans were sent to [[Chi Ceti IV]] in the [[Chi Ceti system]] to receive their new [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] from [[Damascus Materials Testing Facility]] to aid in combat against the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 121'' (2010)</ref> Upon arriving at the Chi Ceti system aboard the {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}} {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}}, the Spartans prepared to travel to the Damascus Testing Facility on Chi Ceti IV with Doctor Catherine Halsey to be equipped with their MJOLNIR armor. While in orbit over the planet, a Covenant ship—''[[Unrelenting]]''—appeared in the system and [[Battle of Chi Ceti|attacked]] ''Commonwealth''.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 127'' (2010)</ref> However, ''Commonwealth'' was able to temporarily ward off the ship, allowing the Spartans and Dr. Halsey to safely make their way to the facility. Upon arriving at Damascus, the Spartans were able to retrieve the MJOLNIR armor and then left to return to ''Commonwealth'' in a Pelican.<ref name="for141">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 141'' (2010)</ref>

While en route to the frigate, ''Unrelenting'' returned to the battle and began to engage ''Commonwealth'', severely damaging the ship. As the Covenant prepared to finish off the human ship, John had Sam take a team of Spartans to remove the Pelican's [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile|Anvil-II AS]] missiles.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 143-145'' (2010)</ref> With [[thruster pack]]s, all the Spartans flew out from the Pelican and attempted to direct themselves towards ''Unrelenting''. Sam, Kelly, and John were the only three Spartans who made it onto the ship, gaining access through a hull breach created by a [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] round from ''Unrelenting''.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 148'' (2010)</ref>

As they entered and explored the Covenant vessel, Sam was struck in the side by an overcharged bolt from a [[Type-25 plasma pistol]] wielded by a [[Kig-Yar]] soldier while trying to protect John from harm. The shot burned a sizeable hole in Sam's unshielded armor and ruptured his [[vacuum suit]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 150'' (2010)</ref> The Spartans managed to make it to the engine room of the ship and planted several Anvil-II missiles on the fusion generator; however, their only means of escape was through space, but this was impossible for Sam since the vacuum seal in his armor was compromised. Rather than die in the vacuum of space, Sam volunteered to remain behind and ruthlessly hold off the Covenant forces. As John, Kelly and Fred escaped, Sam's defense allowed the missiles to explode, destroying the entire ship and killing Sam.<ref name="for150">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 127-130'' (2001); ''pages 147-150'' (2010)</ref> Sam was later listed as "[[missing in action]]" in accordance with [[ONI Directive 930]], an Office of Naval Intelligence [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section Two|Section Two]] protocol that stated no Spartan-II could be listed as "[[killed in action]]"; it was believed that the morale of the public and servicemen alike would fall dramatically if they found out the legendary supersoldiers could actually be killed.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 300'' (2010)</ref>

{{Quote|Sam's life was not wasted, Kelly. His death taught us something very important. The Covenant can be killed. Humanity can win this war.|John-117, understanding the meaning of Sam's sacrifice<ref>'''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant]]''', ''Issue #2''</ref>}}

Samuel was the first Spartan-II to be killed in combat against the Covenant during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. To John, Sam's death proved to him that the Covenant was defeatable and that humanity had the power to win the war.<ref name="for150"/> John's views later became shared with not only the rest of Blue Team, but the entire SPARTAN-II program, who viewed Sam's death as a tragic sacrifice that proved the Covenant had weaknesses.<ref name="universe"/> Some have speculated that the [[EOD-class Mjolnir]]—created as an effort to increase the likelihood of its user surviving an explosion—was developed in response to Sam's death at Chi Ceti.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/video/the-mjolnir-project-2/46e89c1a-f619-41e2-ad7f-ab65c61ca2df '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The MJOLNIR Project Part 2''] (defunct, backup on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5j3_6Mbs4A YouTube.com])</ref> Sam's position on Blue Team was later filled by [[Kurt Ambrose|Kurt-051]]; although John initially had mixed feelings to this, as he believed Kurt to be highly skilled, but not as disciplined as Sam.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 33''</ref> Mortally wounded, Kurt had a hallucination about his Spartan comrades that had been killed in battle—including Sam—as he laid dying on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]] during the [[Onyx]] [[Onyx Conflict|Conflict]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 372''</ref>

Following the Covenant War, at some point between [[2557#July|July 2557]] and [[2558#October|October 2558]], John, Fred, Kelly, and Linda returned to the [[Glassing|glassed]] remains of Reach's Military Wilderness Training Preserve, where they recalled their friendships with Sam and discussed how Sam's sacrifice motivated them throughout the war.<ref name="for as act3"/>

{{Quote|We were fourteen when we lost almost half of our comrades to augmentation failures. Kids I grew up with… never said good bye to… I still remember their names. The deaths affected each of us differently. Fireteams came and went, but core loyalties and friendships endure. Even beyond death.|Samuel, after the deaths of his fellow Spartans during augmentations<ref name="for as act2"/>}}

Samuel-034 was quiet and a careful listener, but extremely sociable when among his fellow [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]] and had a larger sense of humor than most of his peers.<ref name="universe"/><ref name="enc112"/> He cared little for those outside the SPARTAN-II program, and was known to display ruthlessness and pragmatism towards hostiles in combat situations, including [[human]] [[insurrectionist]]s<ref name="universe"/> and later towards the [[Kig-Yar]] soldiers aboard ''[[Unrelenting]]''.<ref name="enc112"/> During [[Operation: TALON]], Sam detonated a [[C-12 shaped charge]] on a docking bay at the [[United Rebel Front]]'s [[Eridanus Secundus]], irreverent to the obvious URF-affiliated [[civilian]] casualties that would be involved with the act.<ref name="for115"/> Sam did not display the same great leadership qualities as [[John-117]] or [[Fred-104]] did, but he did act as John's second-in-command in [[Blue Team]] throughout the duration of his naval career. Like all Spartan-IIs, Sam was an extremely talented individual, even at a young age.<ref name="universe"/> Known to be the strongest Spartan-II, Sam was also an expert with explosives.<ref name="enc112"/> According to John, Sam had the best sight and hearing capabilities of all of his subordinates.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 48''</ref> Samuel admittedly found it difficult to fall asleep prior to a mission's undertaking.<ref name="for as act2"/>

By the first days of their [[SPARTAN-II training|training]], despite their initially rough first interactions, Samuel formed a close friendship with John-117 and [[Kelly-087]]. Sam was the first Spartan to have spoken to and befriend John at [[Reach]] and, in [[2552]], John considered Sam to be his first and best friend.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 285'' (2010)</ref> The three of them became inseparable, with John considering them to be members of his family.<ref name="for65"/> Sam was close to most of his fellow Spartan-II candidates during training and was deeply saddened by many of their deaths after the [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures]] killed nearly half of them.<ref name="for as act2"/> Sam and John were like brothers, they could always depend on each other. When Sam died, John and Kelly were the most devastated.<ref name="for150"/>

Samuel-034 had a darkly tanned skin complexion with sandy blond hair and green eyes.<ref name="for56"/> By [[2525]], Samuel had grown his hair out to three centimeters and was warned by [[Franklin Mendez|Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez]] that he would look like a [[civilian]] if he continued to do so.<ref name="for98"/> Samuel was 223.4 centimeters (7 ft 4 in) in height with armor and 135 kg (298 lb) in mass without armor at the age of fourteen.<ref name="universe"/> Without his helmet, John-117 noted that Samuel was taller than him by a head. After recovering faster than any other Spartan from the [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|augmentation procedures]], he became the largest and strongest Spartan-II supersoldier.<ref name="for98"/><ref name="bio" group="note"/>

{{Quote|I think I'm in love…|Samuel-034 commenting on the Mjolnir armor<ref name="for141"/>}}

Following his [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|augmentation procedures]] and the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]], Samuel-034 was equipped with [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV]] from [[Chi Ceti IV]]'s [[Damascus Materials Testing Facility]] along with the rest of his fellow Spartans. Samuel donned a [[Materials Group]] developmental helmet permutation that shared visual cues with the armor variant that would eventually be known as the [[CQB-class Mjolnir]] variant.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/about-that-fall-of-reach-animated-series-trailer/e114975f-ddcc-4109-bf72-e4d8efc29ec5/posts?page=2#post37 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''GrimBrotherOne on Samuel's armor'']</ref> Samuel's weapons of choice appeared to be the [[BR85HB battle rifle]], along with two [[M6G magnum]]s.<ref name="for as act3"/>

==Note==

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==Trivia==

*Samuel-034 was voiced by Dane Jameson, as a child, and by {{Plain|[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1782508/ Antony Del Rio]}}, as a teenager, in ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''. Samuel also served as the narrator for the second act of the series.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series''', ''Credits''</ref>

*In ''[[Halo Wars]]'', Spartans will occasionally say "For Samuel!" after killing an enemy unit.

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

File:HTFOR-Blue.jpg|Blue Team storming ''Unrelenting''.

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