
During his training, B312 and a few other Spartan-IIIs (designated "cat 2") outshone their teammates well enough that these select few were handpicked by Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose to be assigned to separate special force units outside the general population of Beta Company. Circa 2539, B312 was one of the 418 candidates recruited in the Spartan-III program's Beta Company by ONI's Beta-5 Division with the promise of revenge. B312 ultimately survived the colony's glassing by the Covenant on February 12, 2535, presumably becoming orphaned like many of the Spartan-IIIs. SPARTAN-B312 was born in the city of Damask on the human colony of Jericho VII on January 30, 2530. An opportunity like that is not liable to happen ever again." - Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose " We've been very lucky with β so far - very lucky - to get 312 out directly after training. Though the Spartan was killed hours later, his sacrifice allowed humanity to discover the Halo Array, ultimately bringing about the dissolution of the Covenant and the end of the war. With the aid of their team, Noble Six delivered the AI intact, but chose to remain behind to secure the Autumn's escape from the Covenant. On August 30, Six delivered a fragment of the AI Cortana to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn in the hope that the data she carried could defeat the Covenant. Though initially viewed with resentment by some of his teammates, Six's skills eventually proved himself as the fight for Reach began failing and NOBLE Team took losses. B312's transfer to NOBLE came immediately at the start of the Fall of Reach, placing the Spartan in a new territory of teamwork against the Covenant. After several years of being fielded against Insurrectionists, B312 was transferred from his ONI handlers to Spartan NOBLE Team, where B312 took the deceased Thom-A293's place as "Noble Six". As one of the few remaining contemporary Spartan-IIIs, B312 was repurposed as a counter-terrorist operator, performing black operations. The Spartan was originally a Beta Company candidate whose performance so impressed his superiors that B312 (along with a small number of their peers, designated "cat 2") was reassigned immediately after training before the inevitable bloodbath of Operation: TORPEDO. Since his file was heavily redacted by the Office of Naval Intelligence, much of SPARTAN-B312's early life is unknown. Catherine Halsey stated that B312 shared a "hyper-lethal" rating with only one other Spartan and served just as essential a role in securing humanity's victory in the Human-Covenant War. Although unknown to most of the UNSC military and humanity in general due to the classified nature of their operations, Dr. During the Fall of Reach in summer 2552, B312 served as a member of NOBLE Team under the call sign "Noble Six". Lieutenant SPARTAN-B312 was a Spartan-III supersoldier attached to Special Warfare Group Three of the UNSC Army. Your body, your armor - all burned and turned to glass. Our victory - your victory - was so close. " Because of you, we found Halo, unlocked its secrets, shattered our enemy's resolve. Special Warfare Group Three (operationally under NOBLE Team).Overwhelmed and stabbed to death by Sangheili warriors
