Thomas Lasky

Lasky redirects here. For his mother, see Lasky (colonel). For his brother, see Cadmon Lasky.

Template:Character Infobox Commander Thomas J. Lasky is a human senior officer of the UNSC Navy who served throughout the Human-Covenant War and in the post war years.^[1]

Biography

Childhood and education

Thomas Lasky was born in the late 2500's or early 2510's to Colonel Lasky, his mother, and an unknown father on Mars. As the growing Insurrection in the Outer Colonies demanded the effort of millions of soldiers, sailors, and Marines, Lasky rarely saw his mother and their relationship faltered because of it. Following in the footsteps of his older brother Cadmon, he was accepted for schooling at the elite Corbulo Academy of Military Science, a prestigious school for the children of high ranking and influential government and military personnel of the United Earth Government. Thomas began his officer training as a freshman cadet sometime following spring 2526, months after hostilities between the Human colonies and the Covenant began; this development was kept from the students and much of the staff at Corbulo however.

Organized into Hastati Squad, a freshman unit in the class of 2529, Lasky originally began as a team leader during field exercises. Lasky's reputation suffered at his constantly disregard for the orders of his superiors and displaying a lack of proficient knowledge of infantry tactics. He was subsequently relived as his duties, which then fell to squadmate Walter Vickers, who quickly grew to aggressively despise Lasky. Despite this, he continued to ignore the orders and continued to lead Hastati in receiving low combat scores. Many believed that Thomas would not live up to the level of excellency set by his brother Cadmon, now a Marine junior officer in the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, nor the expectations of his estranged mother to at the very least, graduate from the academy. Lasky was not hesitant whatsoever to express his views on the ongoing conflict with the colonies, even with the ardent stance on the conquering of the rebel effort by the majority of Corbulo Academy's staff and cadet corps. The constant display of pacifism and sympathy towards the Insurrectionist cause did not hamper his enthusiasm to successfully lead his team into combat using tactics that would overwhelm the enemy, albeit with tactics that would cause them to peacefully capitulate.

When the Academy was attacked by the Covenant in 2526, Lasky met Spartan John-117 when he, Kelly-087, Frederic-104 and teams of Marine Orbital Drop Shock Troopers arrived to reinforce the academy's defenses.^[2]

Post-war

He would later serve as the UNSC Infinity's executive officer^[3] during its journey within Requiem in 2557, where he was reunited with the Spartan.^[4]

Production notes

Lasky is the main protagonist in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn and is primarily portrayed by Australian actor Tom Green. An older Lasky was seen following the end titles for the premiere trailer, though no confirmation has been given as to who this actor may be.

Gallery

A young Cadet Lasky.
Cadet Lasky brooding near the space elevator of the Corbulo Academy complex.
Full-body portrait of CDR Lasky.
CDR Lasky, John-117, Cortana and Captain Del Rio on the bridge of the Infinity.
CDR Lasky conversing with a fellow shipmate aboard Infinity.
CDR Lasky in the post-war era, as seen in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.
A Marine, MCPO John-117, CDR Palmer and CDR Lasky converse.