KillerSkippy21 - Jay

Race: Human
Gender: Female
Age: 14
Type of soldier: Spartan III
Name: Jay-T297
Rank: Petty Officer
Unit: The LOST
Specification/Role: Sniper/Pilot/Marksman
Location/Assignment: Classified
Current Status: MIA
Motto: "Give the ODST's some respect" Engraved onto her helmet.

Logo/Insignia: New Mombasa emblem with a shield background. New Mombasa lion is black with green background and the shield is white in colour with a line cutting just behind the lion diagonally.

Bio: JAY 297 comes from the Outer Colony World of Chi Ceti IV where she was found lost and abandoned as a child. She was quickly put through rigorous tests and forced into the Spartan
program. From early on in her training she shown outstanding physical and mental abilties that surpassed almost all of the other candidates. She was quickly ushered into what would
later be known as a Spartan Black Ops unit. A small special task force assigned to secret,deep cover ops using the most advanced ONI technology.

Her first mission was on the world of Tau Serpantis where her squad were ill-prepared for the boiling conditions that faced them once they landed. One of her squadmates drowned
after crashing into a lake almost as soon as they hit the ground in their SOEIV 'Drop Pods'.After numerous encounters with the Kig Yar and Unggoy patrols, the Spartan team eventually found what they were looking for. Capturing one of the Sangheili's most spiritual leaders and stealing a Covenant Phantom, the Spartan team met up with UNSC Prowler class ship
Razor's Edge before leaving the system. Unfortunatly the Sangheili leader died due to fire sustained during the ship's escape to Slipspace. This mission was classed as a critical
failure and the team, disbanded.

Almost two weeks later Jay was sent to the northen most part of the Eposz Ice Shelf on Reach to meet with an unidentified high-teir ONI officer. After this strange meeting was sent on a
classified mission with a small squad of ODST's belonging to the Twenty Second Tactical Unit.After rendezvous with the squad, the small team was sent to assassinate a Covenant Prophet who was visting a Forerunner site that was secured by the Covenant only a few weeks earlier. They managed to reach the overwatch position without a problem but as 297 was lining up the shot, the squad was ambushed by a Jackal and an Elite patrol. Intense fighting left only her and one ODST, JAMES
, alive and the chance to kill the prophet ruined. As they raced back to their exfiltration point, a pair of Banshee's came out of nowhere and bombed the mongoose. JAY survived but was left holding the dying JAMES in her arms. She managed to reach the cover of a forest with the ODST and eventually make it off of the planet but he would later die in the medical bay
after talking with 297 for three hours. 297 was hugely affected by this loss and would then go on to wear an ODST helmet and shoulder as a mark of respect for the ODST's. She also has
not been reported to wear any colour except black or speak since the tragic incident.

She was eventually re-assigned to a small team of Spartans, who's existence was hidden to all. They answered to one high-teir ONI officer and had their own select equipment and
vehicles. She was upgraded with Mjolnir Mark V. Armour during this time due to her SPI Armour being melted by the Banshee Fuel Rod Guns. Not even their own brothers or sisters would come to recognise them or know what had become of them. There she met BENJAMIN-272, a Spartan III who she would develop a strong friendship with, amongst other Spartans. Some of which she trained with when she was becoming a Spartan. She has recently disappeared from service after being sent on an unknown assignment with her team.

I stare down at the surrounding ODST's, glad they can't see the pained look of disgust that constantly laces itself across my features these days

Squad, Ready up. Approaching the drop zone in 30 seconds.

I step away from them and into my own HEIIV drop pod.

15 seconds!

I pull the door down and watch as the pod swings me out into open space. I hold my finger over the release button before pressing it and feeling the familiar thrust as i burn down towards the planet.


I could see the ground looming towards me and i braced myself for the impact that never came. Instead there was a splash and i could see the water beginning to leak in through my pod. I panicked but the hatch was still locked down and the weight of the water was forcing it to remain shut. The water was reaching up to my neck now and i thought one last thought about a month ago, all my friends and Dormii. Poor Dormii, i had broken my promise to him.

This is the series of events before Saga 1 and what Jay remembers from the 7 month gap between Saga 1 and Saga 2.