August

August-099 was abducted in 2517 at the age of six and inducted into the SPARTAN-II program. Like her peers, she underwent a decade of relentless training in physical conditioning, tactics, and warfare, before surviving the highly dangerous augmentation procedures of 2525. Her survival cemented her as one of humanity’s most lethal assets. Shortly afterward, she was assigned with Robert-025 and Leon-011 to form Omega Team, a specialized Spartan fireteam tasked with high-risk, high-priority operations. Unlike traditional frontline units, Omega was designed primarily for asset denial—ensuring that if the Covenant or other hostile forces gained ground, they would be denied access to critical resources, intelligence, or technology, regardless of cost.

Throughout the Human-Covenant War, Omega Team was repeatedly deployed to threatened colonies where they carried out scorched-earth tactics to prevent enemy consolidation. Their missions ranged from coordinating emergency civilian evacuations to destroying infrastructure, databanks, or even entire facilities when there was no hope of salvation. In extreme cases, this mandate extended to the use of weapons of mass destruction. August, even early in her career, demonstrated exceptional leadership qualities, carrying out orders with precision but also ensuring her team maintained cohesion under the most harrowing conditions.

By 2527, records indicate Omega Team may have been involved in counter-insurrectionist operations on Hellas, where insurgents experimented with a combat-enhancing substance known as "Rumbledrugs." While it remains uncertain whether Omega directly deployed in the field or was only briefed on the matter, August retained the details of this operation, suggesting at least some level of exposure to the threat.

Omega Team’s role expanded in the 2530s as they increasingly coordinated with Red Team’s Jerome-092, Alice-130, and Douglas-042. They were active participants during the defense of Arcadia in 2531 when the planet came under massive Covenant assault. August fought alongside Leon-011, Robert-025, Kai-125, Riz-028, and Vannak-134. Following the Arcadia campaign, Kai, Riz, and Vannak were spun off to form Silver Team, while August, Robert, and Leon continued to serve as the core of Omega. In 2540, the full six-Spartan roster of Omega was temporarily reassembled for a classified mission on Hellas, though operational details remain sealed.

By the later years of the Human-Covenant War, Omega Team was instrumental in testing advanced MJOLNIR systems, particularly the “Breach” development lines for the Mark VI platform. These rigorous field deployments provided critical data, leading to refinements that carried forward into GEN2 and GEN3 iterations. August’s technical skill and battlefield awareness made her an ideal leader for these tests, balancing combat survival with the rigorous demands of prototype evaluation.

Although records of Omega Team’s later war deployments are scarce, Commander Jerome-092 eventually confirmed through recovered UNSC archives that August and her team had survived the Covenant War. By 2560, August-099 had assumed full command of Omega Team, solidifying her reputation as a seasoned and effective leader.

In 2560, Omega was once again deployed to Arcadia, decades after their first battles there. The mission was to oversee an illicit exchange between Adam Andrews, CEO of Optican, and Kig-Yar working under Nor Fel. With precision marksmanship, August executed three Kig-Yar using her M99A2S3 Stanchion rifle while Leon-011 and Robert-025 neutralized the rest of the hostile force, securing a Kig-Yar Phantom and capturing the focus cannon of a R’awuw-pattern Scarab. The team also uncovered rumbledrug in the cargo, triggering August’s recognition of its connection to the Hellas insurgency in 2527. With their objectives completed, Omega extracted successfully.

August-099 is noted for her fondness for hypervelocity weaponry. As such, she commonly employs the ARC-920 railgun and M99A2S3 Stanchions as her primary weapons. As of 2560, her Mark IV MJOLNIR ensemble includes an ARDENT-class helmet with a TAS/FES/BRONTES module, IMA/SGN left shoulder (with an attached bandolier to mount six M645 FTP-HE rounds), an IMA/GARITA/OMEGA SYKES right shoulder (consisting of a standard Mark IV Garita pauldron with a combat knife), and an RS/SPC/ISABEL chestpiece. August's left forearm includes the UTIL/CERJO prototype while her kneepads consist of the UA/TWISP upgrades. She sports a UTIL/ZEPO attached to her left leg.

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The M90 Close Assault Weapon System (CAWS), also known as the M90 Close Assault Shotgun, M90 assault shotgun, or simply the M90, is a pump-action shotgun in service with UNSC.

The United Nations Space Command (UNSC) is the military, exploratory, and scientific agency of the Unified Earth Government (UEG) and has acted as the emergency governing body of the human race.

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