Davidson was born in the UNSC controled space. By the time of is born his father was the second officer of a UNSC Marathon class cruiser. The ship came under attack by a Remnant fleet. The ship's captain was killed during the first assault and his father took the command. He ordered the evacuation of the ship as the ship's remote controled screw up his father stayed behind to assure everyone could be save killing himself in the process. In 14 minutes he saved about 1,300 lives.