SPARTAN-205, known as Lancaster was a SPARTAN-II Class II Commando active in the Human-Covenant War as a UNSC asset, and in the post war era as a rouge element, eventually siding with the United Rebel Front and numerous other rebel organizations after being declared a threat by ONI. Unlike his teammates who were taken by ONI for more classified work, he was deployed to frontline duty, almost never with other SPARTANs, instead operating alongside more mainstream combat units. As a result, the bonds formed were more easily severed as non-SPARTAN personnel died far more easily than the alternative, and rotated off duty. Eventually he would be partnered with SPARTAN-A137 who he would serve with until 2551. A137's death paired with five years stranded within a shield world whilst being hunted b