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| |name= | | |name= Tarkov |
| |image=[[File:Tarkov.png|275px]] | | |image= [[File:Tarkov.png|250px]] |
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| |birth= | | |birth= |
| |death= | | |death= |
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| | |species= [[Human]] |
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| |gender=Male | |
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| |mass= | | |weapons=*[[M7S Caseless Submachine Gun]] |
| |hair=Brown | | *[[M6C/SOCOM]] |
| | |equipment=*[[ODST Battle Armor]] |
| | *[[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle]] |
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| |eyes=Blue | | |eyes=Blue |
| |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|Shock Troopers]] | | |cyber= |
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| | |era= [[Human-Covenant War]] |
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| | |affiliation= [[UNSC]] [[Marine Corps]] [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|Shock Troopers]] |
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| '''Tarkov''' is an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] assigned to the [[19th Shock Troops Battalion|19th Battalion]] of the [[105th Shock Troops Division]] who participated in the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="The Life">'''The Life'''</ref> | | '''Tarkov''' was a member of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] who participated in the [[Human-Covenant War]] <ref>''[[We Are ODST]]''</ref>. Tarkov was an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]], assigned to the [[19th Shock Troops Battalion]] of the [[105th ODST Division]]. |
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| ==Biography==
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| ===Enlistment===
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| At some point during the Human-Covenant War, [[Staff Sergeant]] [[K. Stark]] of the 19th Battalion, an acquaintance or relative of Tarkov, was [[killed in action]]. Tarkov attended Stark's funeral and afterward volunteered to be an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper. He then went through a series of brutal training exercises, including live ammunition combat drills and crawls through mud to prepare him for combat. Tarkov was then assigned to the 19th Battalion.{{Ref/Reuse|The Life}}
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| ===Combat=== | | ==Background== |
| During one of his first combat deployments, Tarkov [[Drop pod|dropped]] onto an unknown planet amongst other members of his [[battalion]] and immediately engaged [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] forces. Several [[lance]]s of [[Jiralhanae]] soldiers were present along with Covenant style tank traps at the landing zone, with multiple [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]] providing close air support.
| | A close friend, [[K. Stark|Staff Sergeant K. Stark]], who had been a member of the 19th Battalion, was killed in action. Tarkov attended Stark's burial and afterward enlisted in the UNSC Marine Corps. He then went through a series of brutal training exercises, including live ammunition and combat crawls through mud to prepare him for combat against the [[Covenant Empire]]. |
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| A [[Jiralhanae Minor]] struck Tarkov while the latter was moving up the line, knocking off his helmet and inflicting deep gashes in his face, simultaneously throwing him into a mud puddle. Tarkov vainly fired his pistol at the Brute as it moved forward to make the killing blow. However, a severely damaged Banshee crashed into the Brute's back, killing it and saving Tarkov's life.
| | During one of his first battles, he [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle#Re-entry|dropped]] onto an unknown planet amongst other members of his battalion to engage Covenant forces. Several squads of [[Jiralhanae]] soldiers were present at the Marine's landing zone, with multiple [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Type-26 "Banshees"]] providing cover overhead. |
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| Years later, Tarkov, now a battle-hardened veteran whose gashes had turned into scars, led four other ODSTs in a field burial for a fallen comrade slipping an ODST banner under his armor. As plasma fire erupted and artillery detonated in the distance, the ODSTs put on their helmets and moved out.{{Ref/Reuse|The Life}}
| | One [[Brute Major|Jiralhanae Major]] had struck Tarkov while he was moving up the line, throwing him into a puddle. As the experienced Major was approaching the helpless Marine, a severely damaged Banshee crashed nearby, killing the Jiralhanae and saving Tarkov's life. Sometime later Tarkov, now a battle-hardened veteran with four other [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s are seen burrying one of their dead comrades. A plasma explosion is heard in the distance, and the ODST's put on their helmets and move out. |
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| Tarkov's surname, as well as the fact that Stark's funeral detail and Tarkov's trainers spoke [[Hungarian]], may suggest that Tarkov is a native of [[Reach]]. This is likely, as many of Reach's early settlers were from Eastern Europe, particularly Hungary, which influenced the names of many locations and even animal species on the planet.
| | *After the battle scene, an older Tarkov and three other Marines can be seen around a burial for one of their men. |
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| In 2022, Mega Construx released a Halo building set called “ODST Hive Exterminators” based on concept art for Halo 3: ODST. The building set features Tarkov as the team leader of a four man ODST squad tasked with eliminating a drone hive. (This is Tarkov’s first appearance in any Halo media since his first and previously only appearance in the 2009 trailer ‘We are ODST’/‘The Life’). The building set features Tarkov wearing a standard ODST armor set with a Mustard Yellow color scheme accurately detailed to his appearance at the end of the live action trailer. Along with three unnamed squad members (2 male, 1 female) their armor is mash ups of preexisting armor piece pulled from various members of Alpha Nine each in a new color scheme.
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:Tarkov01.png|Tarkov in Stark's funeral prior to his enlistment.
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| File:Tarkov02.png|Tarkov as an ODST recruit.
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| File:Tarkov3.png|Tarkov lying in battlefield
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| File:Tunnel.png|Tarkov and other ODSTs holding improvised combat zone funeral.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[The Life]]'' {{1st}}
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| | | [[Category:UNSC]] |
| [[Category:Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] | | [[Category:UNSC Marine Corps Personnel]] |
| [[Category:Human characters]] | |
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| https://www.megaconstrux.com/en-us/halo/sets/odst-hive-exterminators
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