Thom-A293 (Earth-5875)

"I'm not gonna lie to you, Lieutenant. You're stepping into some shoes the rest of the squad would rather leave unfilled."

- - Carter-A259 to David-A259

Thom-A293 was a SPARTAN-III supersoldier who served under the UNSC Marine Corps' Special Warfare Group Three as a member of the special operations Noble Team during the First Contact War, where he had the callsign Noble Six until his death at the Battle of Fumirole, on April 22nd, 2552.

Early life and SPARTAN-III operations
During the First Contact War, Thom's homeworld was attacked and glassed by the Covenant, rendering him an orphan when the alien attackers killed his entire life. He proceeded to be identified as a potential candidate for the SPARTAN-III Program. Driven by his desire to avenge his family's death at the hands of the Covenant, he "volunteered" for the program, and was taken by the Office of Naval Intelligence's classified colony Onyx to be trained as part of Alpha Company population by Lieutenant Kurt-051 and Franklin Mendez. He was identified as one of the exceptional specimens within the company, leading him to be extracted from the population before the catasthropic Operation PROMETHEUS. He and other SPARTANs were given MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor and were sent to small special operation units; Thom was made part of Noble Team, under Commander Carter-A259 as "Noble Six".