Adam Wiley is an ODST from "Cobra Platoon", who was born on the planet Reach, on October 4th, 2538. When he was 19 years old, in 2552, the Covenant had started to invade his home planet, Reach. He had barely escaped in a Civilian Transport with 14 year old Gabriel Baca (Later known as "Spearhead"). When they arrived at Earth, Adam had joined the UNSC. In the year 2557, he had met someone who would later end up as his rival, a Mercenary named James Sanders. Sanders later joined the URF on August 7th, 2558. On November 5th, 2558, he had joined Cobra Platoon, and earned his place in Cobra's "Python" squad, which was their Long Range Specialists' squad. On December 1st, 2558, Adam had suffered a wound to the chest by an Elite Honor guard, only to later have Cobra platoon leaving him to die. He survived the wound, and later got his Spartan-IV Augmentation
Non-Canon[]
Second Battle of Reach[]
Before Adam got his augmentation, the Covenant held yet another invasion of Reach, where he had been deployed. The remaining UNSC forces had been surrounded at the Forward Operating Base (FOB) that Adam had been deployed. The UNSC Forces had been pinned down for quite some time, until they were backed up to the edge of a Runway, which was overlooking an ocean. Adam had been shot once in the leg, and again in the chest, but he survived. An Elite Zealot walked out of the Covenant Crowd, which had ceased fire. The Zealot then picked up a Marine, forcing the UNSC Forces to watch him slowly stab him with a T-1 EW/S. Seemingly right after that, an ODST Drop pod had landed, crushing the Zealot. The front of the pod burst open, revealing a S-IV, who picked up the T-1 EW/S. Then, hundreds of other pods landed, each one holding a S-IV. 10 minutes later, they had destroyed every bit of the Covenant Fleet that was invading. Adam had kneeled down by a fallen S-IV, thinking to himself about the amount of lives that were lost that day.