Because of her skill and potential, she was marked for a special assignment shortly after her augmentations, and was eventually taken out of the general population of Beta Company by Kurt Ambrose and Franklin Mendez after Operation: CARTWHEEL, not long before the disastrous Operation: TORPEDO commenced. However, when Kat's grandmother was killed during the fall of New Harmony, ONI seized the chance to induct Kat as part of Beta Company.
Her father was killed in action on Harvest and her mother died of cancer in 2536, so she was raised by her grandmother, a retired Army General this fact made her conscription into the SPARTAN-III program politically inconvenient.
Kat was born in Monastir, New Harmony in 2530. She fought alongside other members of NOBLE Team under the designation Noble Two during the Fall of Reach in 2552.īiography Childhood and early career Lieutenant Commander Catherine-B320, otherwise known by members of her team as Kat, was a SPARTAN-III commando of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command, attached to Special Warfare Group Three of the UNSC Army. ' In recognition of this, her unparalleled brilliance, we honor her as the true genius of Noble.' - The Monument to Noble Team. Special Warfare Group Three (operationally under NOBLE Team).For the creator of the SPARTAN-II program, see Catherine Halsey.
