

Attack on Sedra Īiken and Locke interrogating Axl. Thanks in large part to his extensive training and history, by 2556 he advanced to leader of the local wing of the Guard as a Colonel. Īfter concluding his dealings with ONI, Aiken and his daughter left Vodin and headed to the Outer Colony of Sedra where he enrolled as part of the Colonial Guard. This compromise was personally approved by CINCONI, Admiral Margaret Parangosky. Aiken forcefully-and successfully-refused this effort, but eventually negotiated a deal in which ONI "reversed" many of his Spartan augmentations through an excruciating process in return for his release from service to the UNSC. When Aiken refused, ONI deemed him compromised and no longer viable as a Spartan and so made plans to "decommission" him. In 2546, ONI managed to locate Randall and made plans to reintegrate him into service, as they viewed him as a huge investment of the SPARTAN-II program. Unfortunately, Aiken's wife died during childbirth. In 2545, Aiken and his wife had a daughter named Natalie. When contact with the UNSC was established, Randall, now going by the name Aiken, maintained a low profile and preferred to stay with his wife and strong societal ties on Vodin than returning to service with the UNSC.
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Stranded and isolated from UNSC contact, Randall lived with the survivors for a full decade and was married to one of the colonists. He was rescued days later by local survivors and lived with them following the battle. During the planet's orbital space engagement with the Covenant, he fell from the planet's skyhooks into Vodin's atmosphere and plunged to the surface, only to survive the impact by landing in an ocean on the planet. His last official service as a SPARTAN-II was in 2532 in the Battle of Vodin where he was listed as missing in action. Randall and his daughter watching the sunset in Sedra City.ĭuring the Human-Covenant War, Randall-037 participated in fifty-nine battles and military operations.

Mendez said that he had not let it down much, that he had done what he could, and it was good for him to go through something like that because it would make him a better soldier in the long run. Catherine Halsey that Randall was doing fine but was angered with himself for letting his guard down. Soren attacked Randall as they were leaving, and, after a brief struggle, Partch shot him with a tranquilizer dart, knocking him out and allowing them to escape. Being suspicious of their activities, he escorted them outside to verify why they were there. Īround 2527 Randall caught a fellow Spartan, Soren-066, and an Insurrectionist named Partch breaking into a lab within the Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex. Randall was brought to Reach and trained by drill instructors and Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez and the AI Déjà. Gave my life away when I was signed up to be a soldier." - Randall about his fate īorn in Hull, England on Earth in 2511, Randall Aiken was abducted by the Office of Naval Intelligence for the classified SPARTAN-II program at the age of six in 2517. That's the difference between you and me. 3 Non-canon and dubious canon appearancesīiography Childhood and Spartan training.1.2 Battle of Vodin and life as a colonist.
