Amelia Johnsonson was a Marine Sergeant and the leader of Squad Oh-Two-Six of Marine Battalion 324 during the Human Covenant War. Amelia was born to a pair of poor miners on the moon of Clearwater VI, and as soon as she was old enough, she joined the Marine Corps to escape from her old life. When the Covenant attacked in 2525, she was sent to defend the outer worlds, and was promoted to Staff Sergeant. She was then sent back to the Clearwater system, where she became a part of Battalion 324. When the Clearwater system was attacked in 2542, only the ship she was on board, the Light Before Dawn, escaped. They committed a random slipspace jump and damaged their drive, but were safe. They then sent a distress signal to the rest of the UNSC and landed on an asteroid to wait....