S. Hartley

Fictional Character Biography

S. Hartley was a United Nations Space Command Orbital Drop Shock Trooper during the Human-Covenant War. He was part of Alpha Team of 2BN/3U as Bravo-22 with Bravo-21, T. Rymann.

He participated in a battle on Earth, retrieving what is later revealed to be a Laser Target Designator to extrapolate Spartan-117's landing co-coordinates during the Second Battle of Earth. T. Rymann gave covering fire and then together evacuated in a Warthog. Hartley was riding in the passenger seat firing suppressing fire at the Covenant Loyalists but during this escape Hartley was hit in the abdomen by a spiker round. The Warthog was then rerouted to the nearest medic, who was in Sector Six, attached to another Marine outfit which was under heavy fire.

When the Warthog arrived at the scene, a female medic, R. Coney, attended to Hartley's wound, removing the spiker round from his abdomen, and applying what likely was biofoam. During this, his ODST comrade, T. Rymann, was killed by a Brute Chieftain with a Gravity Hammer. With the Master Chief's landing only minutes away, Hartley was able to acquire the the Spartan's re-entry path using the scanner retrieved earlier and pass along the information to the rescue team. Once the Chief's position had been fixed, the order to fall back was given; Hartley was able to retreat and was last seen sitting inside the entrance to a UNSC bunker as the doors closed behind Corpsman Coney and Private Scottlee.

Name

Like his partner Rymann his first name is not given, only his first initial; S. Fans assume that his name is something like Sam or Stanley.

Trivia

• Although he is seen carrying his BR55HB SR, he never used it in any of the shorts.
• It is a common mistake amongst fans that Hartley does not fire his weapon, but just before he is shot by an unknown Brute's spiker, he opens fire with his battle rifle.