Sigrid Eklund

Sigrid Eklund
Personal details
Species:	Human
Gender:	Female
Political and military information
Affiliation:	UNSC Army UNSC Army Rangers (formerly); ; Spartan Operations SPARTAN-IV program; ;
Rank:	Sergeant (formerly); Spartan;
Service number:	82271-20098-SE

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"I'd like to see what you can do, when the only one who has your back...is you."

— Sigrid Eklund to a Spartan recruit^[4]

Sigrid Eklund is a SPARTAN-IV supersoldier serving under Commander Laurette Agryna.^[5]

Biography

Human-Covenant War

Sigrid Eklund served in the UNSC Army Rangers during the Human-Covenant War, working behind the lines on Covenant-occupied worlds alongside human resistance groups.^[1] In December 2551, Sergeant Eklund and her Army Rangers were deployed to support the UNSC's defense of Concord. On December 6, Ekulund's troops managed to neutralize the Covenant's last emplacement in the Caravelle province, with two M9 Wolverines being lost to Banshees in the process. After this skirmish, Eklund and her Rangers planned to move out and rendezvous with local Concordian militia groups at a mass driver station, hoping that the militias would welcome them. On this same day, Eklund sent a communique to Commander Renna summarizing these events and requesting information on activity reported at the combat fields outside of Lethbridge the day prior.^[2]^[3]

Becoming a Spartan

Eklund's experience in the Army Rangers saw her recruited into the SPARTAN-IV program after the war. By December 11, 2554 Eklund was attached to Fireteam Crimson, where she excelled during operations BELLINGHAM and LATE TAXI. Following these assignments, Jun-A266 recommended Eklund to Musa Ghanem for more isolated endeavors. At some point, she met Spartan Hieu Dinh during the Vihar collapse.^[4]^[2]^[3]

Camber

During the Created conflict, between 2559 and 2560, Spartans Eklund and Dinh were deployed to one of several Banished shipbreaking yards in the Chiltift Basin on Camber.^[1]^[2]^[3] This particular facility was a former UNSC fleet depot that the Banished took over.^[1] Eklund and Dinh began scouting out the location, using intermittent dust storms as cover. At some point, the two Spartans spilt up and Eklund began to believe that there was something more going on at the shipbreaking facility.^[2]^[3] After watching the operation for two days, both Spartans discovered Iratus, the first Banished AI in existence, alongside an archive detailing the entirety of Banished operations on the moon. Eklund and Dinh were discovered by Banished forces and managed to hijack a Banished Phantom, but Iratus followed them into their hijacked Phantom, threatening their escape. To have a chance to escape, Dinh allowed Iratus to infect his neural interface, leaving him in a comatose state.^[6]

Academy

Eklund managed to bring the Phantom into the Avery J. Johnson Academy of Military Science, where she informed Spartan Commander Laurette Agryna about their mission on Camber and the events behind Dinh's situation.^[6] During a target practice, she would met one of the Spartans who saved Dinh's live, and gave to her Spartan comrade lessons about how the Lone Wolves operate.^[4]

Equipment

Eklund employs the Mjolnir Rakshasa armor with a Stribog helmet.^[1] She also maintains a series of field notes detailing experiences and interactions with other UNSC personnel and the various equipment she encounters.