Born on the outer colony of New Richmond, Augustus Miller never believed he would amount to much, even after he joined the United Rebel Front at the age of sixteen. These beliefs were cemented after he was assigned to the URF's intelligence organization. During his time there, he managed to amass quite the collection of minor contacts in the criminal underworld, people who would never appear on the UNSC's radar. After the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC and ONI began focusing their attention on the resurgent rebel groups in the surviving outer colonies, including the URF. By 2555, most of the rebel's intelligence operatives were killed or captured by the UNSC, leaving Miller as one of the few survivors. Taking this opportunity, Miller split off from the URF and became an information broker in