Lucas Browning
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Lucas Browning is a combat medic in the UNSC Marine Corps.[3][5]
Biography
Early life
Lucas Browning was born in Vaslo, on Alluvion,[1] circa 2534, and grew up in a household of nurses and caregivers.[2] He was evacuated from the planet when he was still a child, presumably in 2542, when the Covenant laid siege to Alluvion.[6][1] Eventually, Browning became a combat medic in the United Nations Space Command Marine Corps,[2] and joined the marine complement on UNSC Infinity when the flagship was retrofitted over Earth.[1]
Battle for Zeta Halo
- Main article: Battle for Zeta Halo
On December 12, 2559, Browning was aboard the UNSC Infinity when it was ambushed by Banished forces upon arrival at Installation 07. As the Infinity fell to the Banished assault, Browning was evacuated onboard the lifeboat Papa Tango Delta Zero Nine piloted by TJ Murphy. Browning was the last person to board the lifeboat as Spartan Bonita Stone held a collapsing beam above him so he could reach the lifeboat. During its escape from the flagship, Browning’s lifeboat flew through a destroyed Banished dreadnought, but it lost its back section to weapon fire, and spun out of control as it entered the ring’s atmosphere.[7]
Browning's lifeboat crash-landed on the surface of the ring, and was lodged inside a crevice, leaving its occupant trapped. The crew took turns transmitting a distress call, which was answered by Spartan-IV Tomas Horvath of Fireteam Intrepid.[5] However, after the explosion on the ring and its sudden slipspace jump, they lost contact with Horvath. The event, which fractured the ring, also buried the lifeboat deeper into the crevice, until Spartan Bonita Stone arrived and tore open the lifeboat’s hull to pull out each survivor, including Browning.[8] Over the next six days, Browning and other lifeboat survivors travelled across the region with Spartan Stone. They eventually rendezvoused with another group of survivors led by Spartan Nina Kovan.[9] Browning bonded with two supply staff personnel from Kovan’s group: Erik Bender and Gavin Jo. The group, led by Stone and Kovan, traveled to the UNSC stronghold at the wreckage of the UNSC Mortal Reverie;[2] they arrived on December 19.[10]
Browning participated in the defense of the Reverie when the Banished launched an assault on the wreckage on January 31, 2560. Along with other members of his lifeboat group, he was stationed at a medical tent near the secondary barricade.[11] On February 2, as the UNSC defenses fell to the Banished assault, Browning and Gavin Jo were attacked by a Sangheili Enforcer. While Jo was impaled by the Sangheili's energy sword, Browning was saved by Spartan Kovan. Browning tried to stabilize Jo’s injury, but Jo asked him to leave as more Banished troops approached.[12] Browning fled along with other UNSC survivors of the battle. In order to prevent the Banished from finding Spartan Kovan and the rest of the lifeboat group, Browning stole a Ghost and led the Banished troops away from his friends. He expected to be killed, but was instead taken by the Banished as a prisoner of war.[13]
On February 8, Browning was taken to Redoubt of Sundering, where he was horrified, then angry, to learn that there was a human working as an inspector among the Banished. The Banished human inspector determined that, based on his physique, Browning was a scientist or a doctor, and Browning was taken to a holding cell. Over the next three or four weeks, Browning was left in the cell and watched other humans survivors being processed at the outpost, until he, along with a handful of other prisoners, was taken to Chak 'Lok's Tower for interrogation and torture. Browning fainted at the sight of plasma cutters and woke up in an enclosed holding cell. He was fed in scraps or slop every couple of days. He met another prisoner, Spartan Hudson Griffin, who occupied a cell next to his, though the two never actually saw each other, and Griffin kept his identity a secret from Browning.[14]
At some point following the fall of the UNSC stronghold at the Reverie,[15] the Banished unearthed a Forerunner cylix underneath the wreckage, which had been converted into a Banished outpost.[16] On April 28,[17] under the supervision of War Chief Escharum, Browning was forced by Banished soldiers to interface with the cylix,[18] releasing the Xalanyn known as "The Harbinger" from stasis.[19] Browning was then taken to Chak 'Lok's Tower again for interrogation,[20] and following his time at the Tower, he was taken to the Harbinger.[21] The Harbinger spoke to Browning, leaving him in a hysterical state.[22]
Personality and traits
Having grown up in a household of nurses and caregivers, Lucas Browning learned that a little attention and comfort could ease the suffering around him—this belief inspired him to become a medic. During the Battle for Zeta Halo, Browning experienced imposter syndrome and had feelings of self-doubt due to his young age and inexperience.[2]
List of appearances
- Halo Infinite (First appearance)
- Halo: The Rubicon Protocol
Sources
- ^ a b c d Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 4
- ^ a b c d e Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 8
- ^ a b Halo Infinite, UNSC Audio log: The Prisoner #01 - Not My Fault
- ^ Halo Infinite, UNSC Audio log: The Prisoner #07 - 42410-02214-LB
- ^ a b Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 3
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Universe - Locations - Alluvion (Retrieved on Dec 11, 2015) [local archive] [external archive]
- ^ Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 1
- ^ Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 5
- ^ Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 7
- ^ Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 9
- ^ Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 16
- ^ Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 17
- ^ Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 18
- ^ Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 20
- ^ Halo Infinite, Spartan Audio log: Retaliation #08 - The Retreat
- ^ Halo Infinite, Banished Audio log: Outpost Intel #15 - In Your Honor
- ^ Halo: The Rubicon Protocol, chapter 25
- ^ Halo Infinite, UNSC Audio log: The Prisoner #02 - What was Inside
- ^ Halo Infinite, UNSC Audio log: The Prisoner #03 - She was Smiling
- ^ Halo Infinite, UNSC Audio log: The Prisoner #04 - Easy to Break
- ^ Halo Infinite, UNSC Audio log: The Prisoner #05 - Barely Anything Left
- ^ Halo Infinite, UNSC Audio log: The Prisoner #06 - Price Paid
