April Orenski (Earth-5875)

"Being a squad leader means that I have a team of cadets. It means that I am in charge of making sure that they follow the rules, know the rules, they know how to be good Marines. It's up to me to make sure that, y'know, when they do things that are out of order, when they are misinformed or they go and ignore commands that they know what they've done is incorrect. They have to learn it the right way. The UNSC way. The Corbulo way."

- - April Orenski

April Orenski (service number 45353-09738-AO) was a junior lieutenant cadet of the UNSC Marine Corps, and a former student of the Corbulo Academy of Military Science, on Circinius IV.

Biography
Born on Shanxi in June 18th, 2508, to Roger and Madelyn Orenski, two high-ranking officers of the UNSC Marine Corps, who molded their daughter's worldview. April grew to have a strong sense of patriotism towards the UEG and disdain about the Insurrectionists. In 2523, she joined the Corbulo Academy of Military Science, on Circinius IV as a member of the 2526 graduation class, where she became the leader of Hastati Squad. No-nonsensical and harsh to her subordinates, Orenski quickly became widely unpopular for her fellow cadets, but praised by her superiors, leading to her being nicknamed "the Robot".

By mid 2926, April was unaware of her planet's glassing and destruction at the hands of the Covenant, leading the invasion of Circinus IV being a surprise to her. Majority of Hastati's squad members were promptly killed during the initial hours of the invasion. She became the Academy's only survivor alongside Thomas Reyes, Chyler Silva, and Michael Sullivan. Because her confidence was shattered by the massacre, Reyes took over as the leader of the survivors.

After the survivors were saved by SPARTAN-II John-117, April and the remaining survivors were able to escape Corbulo's ruins to a nearby forest, where they would rendezvous with a D77-TC Pelican maneuvered by Blue Team. After escaping, April, Thomas and Michael became the only survivors of the planet.

Personality
April Orenski was very serious, no-nonsense, something which she projected to others, such as her cadets at the Corbulo Academy of Military Science, leading her to be nicknamed "the Robot".