Roland-B210

Roland-B210
Biographical information
Born:	Before 2539
Died:	Before November 2552
Personal details
Species:	Human
Gender:	Male
Political and military information
Affiliation:	UNSC Navy Naval Special Weapons SPARTAN-III program Headhunters
Service number:	S-B210

"We got apes or alligators running the show?"

— Roland, referring to Jiralhanae and Sangheili

Roland-B210 was a SPARTAN-III supersoldier of Beta Company, serving within the UNSC Naval Intelligence Beta-5 Division. He was a part of the elite Special Operations squad of Headhunters, along with Jonah-B283. Together, they led a semi-successful mission on an unidentified moon.

Biography

Spartan-III training

Roland-B210 was one of the 418 candidates recruited by ONI for training as part of SPARTAN-III Beta Company circa 2539. During his training under Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose, Roland was noted to be particularly proficient in combat and assigned to separate special force units outside the general population of Beta Company. Thus, he did not participate in Operation: TORPEDO, the mission that resulted in the deaths of almost all of Beta Company.

Induction into Headhunters

Sometime later, Roland was inducted into a two-man fireteam as part of the special operations program known as Headhunters. He was paired with Jonah-B283, a fellow member of Beta Company, after they were profiled to meet 97.36 percent of the desired matchmaking criteria. Only one other team scored higher. Roland maintained an easy-going friendship with Jonah, frequently teasing his teammate over his violent tendencies.

The infiltration

Main article: Mission to an unidentified moon

At some point during the Human-Covenant War, Jonah and Roland were transported to an unknown remote moon where the Covenant were searching for Forerunner relics. He, along with Jonah, had the mission to destroy six of the total ten Covenant encampments to make way for a larger UNSC force.

In the beginning of the mission, Roland infiltrated the base under cover from his active camouflage to place explosives on four reactors while Jonah engaged the troops in the camp barracks. Roland placed the explosives successfully and without being spotted. Later on, he helped Jonah in eliminating the remaining targets, all of whom were still confused by Jonah's EMP and flashbang grenades.

Death

Right after Jonah had executed what they thought was the last enemy in the base, Roland was impaled with an red energy sword by a cloaked warrior of the Silent Shadow who donned a custom Sangheili armor. With his last breath, Roland managed to utter "...clear" to Jonah, which meant that the explosives were armed. Jonah detonated them shortly after, vaporizing himself, the cloaked Sangheili, and Roland's corpse.

Equipment

Roland wore a burgundy set of modified Semi-Powered Infiltration armor with accents of white. Both his and Jonah's SPI armor featured energy shielding, however only Roland was equipped with a prototype active camouflage unit—which could function for three and a half to four minutes before it depleted its power supply. Once used, the cell powering the unit would need anywhere from 10-15 minutes to recharge, putting an additional strain on his suit's other power functions such as shielding, BIOs, targeting, and tracking. Each of these functions would run at less than optimum efficiency while the "AvCam" system rebooted. During this mission, Roland wielded an M7S SMG and a suppressed M6C magnum, as well as procuring a Type-50 particle beam rifle from an enemy Kig-Yar Sniper.

Trivia

• Roland's name is likely taken from the Song of Roland, a medieval epic that tells the tragic tale of a courageous Frankish knight of the same name, slain in battle while valiantly facing a vastly-superior force.
• Roland's helmet bore a noticeable resemblance to the MJOLNIR Air Assault helmet.

Gallery

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  Roland, drawn by Jonathan Goff.

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  Roland, drawn by fan Garrett Post, as seen on the cover of Headhunters.

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  Roland and Jonah on a mission.

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  ONI BETA 5 Headhunters program teams gathered together.

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  A close up angle of Roland and Jonah before being deployed to the unidentified moon.

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  Jonah and Roland fighting back-to-back.

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  Roland and Jonah being deployed from a Pelican to the unidentified moon.

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  Roland and Jonah crawling through forest undergrowth.

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  Roland using VISR to scan for covenant forces.

• Roland setting explosives at the base of a Sniper Jackals perch.png

  Roland setting explosives at the base of a Sniper Jackal's nest.

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  Roland and Jonah during their mission to the unidentified moon.

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  Roland talking to Jonah before assaulting the covenant base.

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  Roland performing reconnaissance of the covenant base from a nearby cliff.

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  Roland's suppressed M6C magnum.

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  Roland's active camouflage unit in use while almost fully visible.

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  Roland's experimental active camouflage unit in use while almost fully invisible.

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  Roland's experimental active camouflage unit in use while fully invisible.

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  Roland wielding a beam rifle in the motion comic adaptation.

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  Roland's death at the hands of the Silent Shadow.

List of appearances

• Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
  • Headhunters (First appearance)