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{{disambig header|the Spartan-II|other people with this name|Fred (disambiguation)}}

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*{{Convert|600|kg|lb}} {{C|with GEN 2 Mjolnir}}<ref name="R145">'''[[Halo: Retribution]]''', ''page 145''.</ref>

|hair=Black, with silver streaks<ref name="for78">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 78'' (2001); ''page 99'' (2010)</ref>{{Ref/Note|Fred is depicted with brown hair in ''The Package'' and ''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp''.}}

|affiliation=* [[UNSC Navy]]

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

On [[2525#September|September 14, 2525]], shortly after the Spartans had recovered from augmentations, Fred was selected by John-117 to join [[Blue Team]]—also composed of [[Samuel-034]], [[Linda-058]], and [[Kelly-087]]. The team was then chosen for the Spartan-IIs' first mission, [[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">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 98-99'' (2010)</ref><ref name="watts">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/colonel-watts '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Colonel Watts'']</ref>

=== The Covenant War begins ===

=== Skirmish over Netherop ===

{{Main|Skirmish over Netherop}}

=== Operation: SILENT STORM ===

As the Spartans neared the provided waypoint, the fog had lowered to shoulder-height, allowing the Spartans to discover that the ''Starry Night'' was indeed seemingly intact, but sat atop a large avalanche about seven hundred meters up the quarry wall. Fred spotted a Covenant intrusion corvette sliding over the rim of the quarry and descending over the prowler. Kelly theorized that they may be trying to recover the ''Starry Night'' themselves. Realizing the danger, John declared to his teammates that the mission was no longer a rescue mission. Their primary objective was now to deny the Covenant from recovering the prowler and the data stored within. Then, John opened the command channel again and relayed this information to Crowther, who echoed John's concerns and insisted that they could not let the Covenant take possession of the ''Starry Night''. The vessel's [[navigation computer]] and other onboard data devices could reveal the locations of UNSC outposts, entire force deployments, or worse. Crowther asked Nyeto if there was any way that the prowler's [[nuclear weapon|nuclear]] [[self-destruct]] could be remotely activated, to which the lieutenant commander responded in the affirmative. However, there were only three positions that had access to that ability. The first two were the flight commander and wing commander, both of which were roles held by Captain Ascot, who was either dead or unable to be reached aboard the ''Starry Night''. The final person with the ability to remotely detonate the prowler was the captain of the ''Vanishing Point'', which was holding station two planetary orbits out from Seoba. At that distance, it would take nearly an hour for the request to be sent to the cruiser and for the return signal to arrive. By then, the Covenant might already have retrieved sensitive data from the wrecked prowler. Crowther began to reluctantly order the Spartans to prevent the ''Starry Night''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s capture, but John cut him off, assuring him that they would not fail. The Spartan requested that Task Force Yama assist them by keeping the assaulting corvettes off their backs. Nyeto began to say that their prowlers were not designed for ship-to-ship combat when Crowther interrupted him, promising that they would find a way. Crowther started to tell John to standby for instructions on how to manually activate the prowler's self-destruct, but he reassured the colonel that his Spartans already knew how to activate a [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon|Fury nuke]].{{Ref/Reuse|HSS14}}

Fred, Linda, and four other Spartans escaped being buried under the avalanche, leading to John—who was among those buried—giving Fred command of the mission to board and destroy the ''Starry Night''. Getting over his amazement that the strategy had worked, Fred asked what should be done with any survivors they found aboard the prowler. Telling him to rescue them if possible, John switched to the command channel to demand the status of Nyeto's supposed support. Fred gathered Linda and [[Malcolm-059]] to board the vessel while the mobile members of Gold and Green Teams fended off a seemingly endless stream of ground vehicles. Fred's team boarded the ''Starry Night'' via a massive breach in its bow, finding five survivors of the crash: four Black Dagger ODSTs and Staff Sergeant Johnson, who had received a bad concussion. Fred had Linda get to work manually arming the prowler's [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon]] as he reported the situation to John, who told Linda to take her time, but warned of an enemy squad preparing to board. Acknowledging this information, Fred told him that once the nuke was armed, they would flee in the prowler's escape pod. Hearing that a team of Covenant boarders was inbound, Johnson requested his assignment. Fred had him "guard" the escape pod to keep him out of harm's way. Nyeto's support finally arrived in the form of strafing runs that destroyed two nearby intrusion corvettes, but spared the one that was still attempting to recover the ''Starry Night''. When John warned that the Covenant boarding party was making their move, Fred and his team repelled them with explosive weapons as John distracted the rest outside the ship after digging himself free. Linda had just finished arming the nuke and began dragging Johnson into the escape pod when John ordered her to initiate its thirty-second timer immediately. The looming corvette had activated its gravity lift system and was trying to draw the prowler up into its hangar. Linda followed the order and John warned all local Spartans to evacuate the area immediately. Fred, Linda, Malcolm, Johnson, and the ODSTs boarded the prowler's escape pod and launched through Seoba's low gravity while under fire from the corvette's surprised gunners. John informed Crowther and Nyeto of the escape pod and the imminent nuclear explosion. All of the Spartans made it to safety before the detonation, which destroyed both the ''Starry Night'' and the intrusion corvette. Colonel Crowther sent prowlers to recover them and the other survivors after the nuke's [[electromagnetic pulse]] had dissipated.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS15|HSS|Chapter=15}} Some of the Spartans also assisted in the recovery of a Covenant [[Kelguid|starholo]] from the wreckage of the corvette. They and the starholo were then transported back to the ''Vanishing Point''.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS16|HSS|Chapter=16}}

===Etalan===

{{Main|Battle over Etalan}}

===Zhoist===

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On [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]], [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] Fred was assigned on {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} in the Epsilon Eridani system as part of the Spartan-II contingent of [[Operation: RED FLAG]], an ONI operation with the objective to capture a Covenant [[Hierarch]]. However, the mission was aborted as all ships were ordered to defend Reach from [[Fall of Reach|a massive Covenant assault]]. John assigned Fred to lead Red Team, which was sent to land on the ground and protect the [[Orbital defense generator|power generators]] for Reach's [[orbital defense platform]]s.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 341'' (2010)</ref> As Red Team's Pelican—[[Bravo 001]]—descended to the surface of the planet, the dropship was attacked by [[Seraph]]s and dove uncontrollably towards the ground. Fred ordered Red Team to jump from the Pelican and the resulting impact killed four of the Spartans on Red Team; however, if they had not jumped, all Spartans would have died as Bravo 001 exploded shortly after. After regrouping and eliminating several small Covenant patrols, the Spartans traveled to [[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-331]], where they met with the four survivors of the nearly destroyed [[Charlie Company]]. While Red Team was building defenses at the facility, they received a distress call from Vice Admiral [[Danforth Whitcomb]], [[Deputy Chief of Naval Operations]].<ref name="fs17">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 17-34'' (2010)</ref>

As the Covenant attempted to make their way into CASTLE Base, the five Spartans and Halsey were forced to destroy the facility as part of [[Operation: WHITE GLOVE]]. The group escaped into abandoned mining caverns under Reach's surface, while CASTLE Base exploded behind them.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 165-169'' (2010)</ref> However, once inside the caverns, the group found themselves trapped underground for several days, until they came across a [[Forerunner]] [[Menachite portal complex|installation]], where they discovered a mysterious [[Forerunner crystal]]. The artifact created a spike in radiation that allowed the Covenant to triangulate their position. The Covenant breached the underground complex, and used a gravity lift to send massive amounts of ground forces to the humans' location. The humans then ran into a cavern and blew up the entrance, resulting in the presumed deaths of Vinh and Isaac. However, the cavern only led to a dead end and for two days Fred, Kelly, Will, and Halsey were trapped in the cavern as the Covenant tried to dig them out.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 175-180'' (2010)</ref>

=== Operation: FIRST STRIKE ===

{{Quote|multi=yes|Naval Intelligence officer|q1=You found a Covenant command-and-control station. It says here that they were amassing an invasion fleet of more than five hundred ships.|Fred-104|q2=The station was… sufficiently disabled. But the threat is still out there.|Fred-104 to an Office of Naval Intelligence council, following Operation: FIRST STRIKE<ref name="h2aterm">'''Halo 2: Anniversary''', ''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]''</ref>}}

[[File:FS cover full.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Blue Team fighting aboard ''Unyielding Hierophant''.]]

Arriving at Eridanus Secundus on [[2552#September|September 12, 2552]], Fred and John accompanied Whitcomb, Halsey, and Haverson into the asteroid after the URF, under the leadership of [[Governor]] [[Jacob Jiles]], reluctantly agreed to repair ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg''. As the group discussed the current situation with Jiles, a Covenant cruiser suddenly arrived in the system, having tracked ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'' by following the radiation emitted by the crystal in slipspace.{{Ref/Reuse|fs301}} Fred and the others returned to their ships to [[Massacre at Eridanus Secundus|combat]] the cruiser, with Fred manning the engineering station of ''Gettysburg''. The humans were eventually able to destroy the cruiser and Jiles agreed to have the URF repair their vessels before the next wave of Covenant ships arrived.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 314-321'' (2010)</ref> Fred and the rest of Blue Team, including the recently healed Kelly and Linda, were then given some time to rest and repair their equipment, where they discussed their next best course of action with Johnson and Locklear. They realized that the Covenant fleet headed to Earth was grouping at ''[[Unyielding Hierophant]]''—a command-and-control station in the [[Tau Ceti system]]—and decided that attacking the station would be the best way to weaken the Covenant's inevitable attack on Earth.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 322-326'' (2010)</ref> While preparing for the Covenant's next attack, Halsey sedated Kelly and left the system with her aboard Jiles' [[Beatrice|flagship]] to follow coordinates she had taken from [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] that led to [[Onyx|a world]] with numerous pieces of Forerunner technology.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 334'' (2010)</ref> Shortly after, Locklear destroyed the Forerunner crystal to prevent it from falling into Covenant hands, killing himself in the process. ''Ascendant Justice''–''Gettysburg'' and its crew were ultimately forced to abandon the URF when a fleet of thirty Covenant ships arrived at the asteroid. The Spartans then began to enact [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 337-349'' (2010)</ref>

=== Battle of Earth ===

[[File:H2A Terminals - BlueTeam.jpg|thumb|250px|Linda and Fred, before the Battle of Earth.]]

Shortly after their return to Earth, ''Gettysburg'' docked with the [[Borneo Space Tether]] and Fred and Linda descended the [[space elevator]] to report on Operation: FIRST STRIKE to a council of ONI officers, where they warned them of the Covenant's inevitable invasion of Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|h2aterm}} During the opening stages of the Covenant invasion of Earth, Fred was subjected to a psychological analysis by ONI's Doctor [[Veronica Clayton]]. The doctor became increasingly vitriolic toward Fred, seemingly blaming him for the deaths of his teammates at the Fall of Reach after giving the order to jump from Bravo 001. However, [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]], who had not authorized the analysis, soon arrived and had Clayton escorted away. He then told Fred to return to Blue Team and assist in Earth's defense.<ref name="adjunct">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''Adjunct'' (2010)</ref>

=== Onyx Conflict ===

{{Quote|As acting CO of Team Blue, I am hereby granting you a field commission to the rank of Lieutenant, Junior Grade. Congratulations. As an officer, you'll have to keep your eye on the larger picture, Fred. Get your team through that slipspace field. I'll be right behind you.|Lieutenant Commander Kurt-051 promoting Fred-104 to lieutenant at the end of the Battle of Onyx<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 367''</ref>}}

Returning to Blue Team's dropship, the humans embarked towards a Forerunner city within the restricted [[Zone 67]] aboard the Spirit. Landing in the city, Kurt had Fred, Linda, and [[Holly-G003]] and [[Mark-G313]] of Team Saber scout out the surrounding area with [[grappling round]]s while the others examined Onyx's [[Cartographer|map room]], located by Will. Just as Halsey located the missing [[Team Katana]]'s location on Onyx, now-[[Fleet Master]] Voro Nar 'Mantakree's fleet arrived at Onyx while a massive force of Sentinels hovered overhead above the humans.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 262-277''</ref> 'Mantakree led Sangheili, Mgalekgolo and Unggoy ground forces to the planet's surface while the humans prepared to fend off their attackers. During the ensuring battle, Fred was hit in the chest by a Mgalekgolo's [[assault cannon]], injuring him. He was pulled to safety by Lucy and Saber's [[Dante-G188]], as he recovered. The humans moved to the map room for cover, though Dante was killed.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 306-309''</ref> Discovering that they could escape Onyx in the planet's core via a [[slipspace portal]] that was about to close, Halsey utilized Onyx's [[slipspace translocation]] system. Before they could teleport to Team Katana's location, Onyx AI [[Endless Summer]] revealed that the Sentinels would destroy Admiral [[Carl Patterson]]'s [[Patterson's battle group|battle group]] in orbit after they inevitably destroyed the Sangheili ships. Realizing that the battle group was sent to rescue the Spartans, Kurt agreed with Endless Summer to destroy the [[Sentinel manufacturing facility]] to give the battle group a better chance of survival. The Spartans were subsequently teleported to the facility, where they succeeded in destroying it. However, the humans soon learned that Patterson's battle group had been destroyed with the arrival of a larger Sangheili fleet. Fred and the others then recovered Spartan-III Team Katana, though the Spartans were trapped in [[slipspace field pod]]s. Afterwards, the humans headed for [[Core room antechamber|Onyx's core room]] and made a final stand against the Covenant forces at a slipspace portal which Halsey theorized to lead into a "[[shield world]]".<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 314-333''</ref>

=== Post-Covenant War operations ===

{{Quote|Dante and Holly gave their lives fighting. Kurt stayed behind and made sure the Covenant wouldn't follow us. Now it's our duty to complete the mission: find Forerunner technologies and get them back to Earth. Doing anything less would dishonor their sacrifices.|Fred-104 to Catherine Halsey, following the Battle of Onyx<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 382''</ref>}}

Having passed through the slipspace rift, Fred and the rest of the human survivors found themselves inside a [[Trevelyan|massive Dyson sphere]] contained within a slipspace bubble of compressed space-time in the heart of what used to be Onyx. After the Spartans, Halsey, and Mendez held a funeral for their comrades that had died in the battle at Onyx, Fred led them to search for Forerunner technologies and a way to return back to Earth.<ref name="goo278">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 378-383''</ref> After the survivors had explored the sphere for several days—over three months in normal space-time—they discovered a group of [[Huragok]] which helped them establish contact with the ONI ships outside the sphere and eventually bring the sphere back into normal space.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 382-389''</ref> They were then recovered by the ONI team [[Kilo-Five]] led by [[Captain]] [[Serin Osman]] and taken to a debriefing in [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]] aboard [[prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Port Stanley}}.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 401''</ref> Fred, along with some of the other surviving Spartan-IIs, was present at the [[Voi Memorial]] ceremony at [[Kenya]], Earth on [[2553|March 3, 2553]].<ref name="gl414">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 414''</ref>

Once the team regrouped, they fought their way past Keeper forces as they attempted to return to the surface. Seeking to be caught in order to gain access to UNSC communications, Intrepid Eye revealed herself to Fred in her [[inspection drone]] shell and allowed him to capture her with a [[scramble grenade]]. Finally returning to the surface at Wendosa, Fred created a plan to attack the Keepers and aid the battalion and the rest of Blue Team under attack at the village.<ref name="ll213">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 213-226''</ref> In the ensuing firefight, Intrepid Eye convinced Roams Alone to free her and she escaped, jamming all communications on the planet. Fred pursued the ancilla and recaptured her, only to find Mark—now paranoid and aggressive without his Smoothers—holding a knife to [[Nguyen|a Marine sergeant]]. After coaxing Mark to release the Marine, the sergeant informed Fred that he was to return to the Vitality Center with the ancilla. Reluctantly boarding a [[UH-144 Falcon|Falcon]], Fred departed for the center, but the aircraft was shot down by Keeper forces.<ref name="ll243">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 243-261''</ref> While Keeper forces attacked the crash-site to retrieve Intrepid Eye, Fred's armor's mechanical joints locked up, preventing him from moving. Blue Team and Lopis arrived at the crash and, with the eventual help of [[Alpha Company (717th)|Alpha Company]], fended off the Keepers.<ref name="ll279">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 279-284''</ref> Fred and the other injured Spartans were later brought to the Vitality Center to recover. Meanwhile, the [[Gao Republic]]'s militia attempted to forcefully remove the UNSC from the planet by attacking the battalion.<ref name="ll294">'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 294-299''</ref>

=== Admiral Tuwa's assassination ===

{{Quote|I will allow you a moment more to fire the weapon, human. I will grant you the gift of dying a warrior.|The Ur-Didact to Fred-104, allowing Fred to shoot him with a Boltshot<ref name="HE9">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref>}}

[[File:Escalation - Installation03Skirmish.png|thumb|250px|left|Fred and Blue Team engaging several Promethean Knights on Installation 03.]]

[[File:HE-Blue-4.jpg|thumb|250px|Blue Team fleeing numerous Promethean constructs at the Composer's Forge.]]

After the loss of contact with Office of Naval Intelligence's research and development station ''[[Argent Moon]]'', Fred and the rest of Blue Team were deployed by {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} to [[Raid on Argent Moon|recover]] the facility on [[2558#October|October 23, 2558]]; the station had been rediscovered when a group of Kig-Yar scavengers sold it to [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]]. Using a [[D79-TC Pelican]] to travel to the station's position within a dense asteroid belt, the four Spartans left the dropship and used their thrusters to reach ''Argent Moon''. As they neared, Fred and Blue Team fired their weapons to weaken a glass window in the station before smashing through it themselves, ejecting the Covenant forces inside the room into space while the Spartans activated their magnetic boots to stay in place.{{Ref/Reuse|h5 blue team}}

[[File:H5G-Blue-01.jpg|thumb|250px|Blue Team in the Guardian's shelter.]]

Arriving at the Forerunner world of [[Genesis]], the Spartans disembarked from their Guardian and landed on the planet's surface. Fred questioned John as to why Cortana would have brought them there, though he did not receive an answer. As Blue Team moved out to explore the planet, they encountered terminals that emitted an audible "''Oly Oly Oxen Free''" signal. Interfacing with the terminals to continue their search for Cortana, Fred made note of the enormous casualties that the Guardian had inflicted on Meridian, though Kelly argued that Cortana may not have know that they would be the result of its activation. Proceeding further, Fred alerted the team to the presence of Covenant scattered across Genesis, drawn through the slipspace portals of other Guardians activated across the galaxy. Quickly eliminating the small pockets of Covenant forces, Blue Team encountered a clearing filled with a significant number of dead Covenant soldiers, and were confronted by the [[Warden Eternal]], who introduced himself as keeper of the [[Domain]] and Cortana's protector. The Warden translocated Promethean forces to the area to try to kill Blue Team, declaring that while Cortana wanted them to ally with her, he perceived them as a severe threat to her plan.{{Ref/Reuse|h5greunion}}

[[File:Weaponsfree.png|thumb|250px|Blue Team fires on the Warden Eternal.]]

== Equipment ==

{{Quote|I'm wearing three layers of armor. Those man-droppers in your clip would just flatten themselves against my chest.|Frederic-104 to Veta Lopis, during Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 82''</ref>}}

Fred is often armed with a variety of weaponry that varies by mission and objective type. He is, however, often the member of Blue Team that is most frequently armed with heavy weaponry and explosives. During [[Operation: WARM BLANKET]], Fred wielded an [[M6 Spartan Laser]]{{Ref/Reuse|package}} and he was later given control of Blue Team's explosives during the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]].{{Ref/Reuse|for205}} As of 2558, Fred's preferred weapon loadout is an [[M395 DMR#M395B Designated Marksman Rifle|M395B Designated Marksman Rifle]] and the [[M6H magnum#Variant|M6H2 magnum]] sidearm.<ref name="gi h5g">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/06/12/the-halo-5-guardians-cover-story.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 '''Game Informer''': ''The Halo 5: Guardians Cover Story'']</ref> He often carries one or more [[Combat knife|combat knives]] on him, due to his affinity for them.{{Ref/Reuse|package}}

File:HCD2-blade.png|A [[Sangheili Ultra]] is killed by Fred-104 during the [[Battle of Alpha Corvi II]] in ''Halo: Collateral Damage''.

File:HINF Chibi Fred Emblem.png|A ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' multiplayer emblem of Fred.

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