S. Hartley

"Package retrieved; need immediate evac, over. Package retrieved!"

— Hartley on recovering a UNSC Laser Designator

Private S. Hartley was an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper in the UNSC Marine Corps during the Human-Covenant War. He was part of Alpha Team of 2BN/3U as Bravo-22 with Bravo-21, T. Rymann.

Biography

He participated in the Battle of Sector Six during the Battle of Earth, retrieving what is later revealed to be a Laser Target Designator to extrapolate Spartan-117's landing co-coordinates. 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.

Hartley is injured by a Spiker round.

When the Warthog arrived at the scene, a Hospital Corpsman, 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 Jiralhanae Chieftain with a Gravity Hammer. With the Master Chief's landing only minutes away, Hartley was able to acquire 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.

Despite his wounds, seeing that he was capable to aim a Laser Designator and then make his way into a UNSC bunker without any support, it is most likely that he returned to action.

Trivia

• Although it is hard to hear, in Halo Combat Part 2, Rymann refers to Hartley as 'Private'.
• Hartley's helmet visor is orange unlike regular ODST troops, but is like the MJOLNIR ODST helmet.