Raymond Deckard was born on the eve of October 21st, 2521 to a mother, Elizabeth Deckard; An R&D employee of the UNSC, and Henry Deckard; A hardass colonel in the UNSC Army. He was raised on Spyria III, on the colony of Colossus I. His father, being stationed as one of the commanding officers of the local base, wasn't around too much. His family was fairly wealthy, mostly due to the R&D job, so Ray led a care-free life. He was taught self-reliance by both parents, never being given an allowance for example and instead having to earn his own money through chores or jobs. His father trained him regularly from childhood in various forms of combat such as Martial arts and Marksmanship. This honed Ray's skills to such a degree that he was encouraged to sign up by his entire family during his growing up period of life.

Ray's grades were above average, a 3.5 steady throughout most of his school career. He had taken a particular liking to hands on classes like workshop classes. His parents eventually pressured him to become more athletic, to utilize his honed physique from …show more content…
Raymond read his score list on the datapad he was handed, which read the following; ASVAB 86, GT 112... Raymond knew what this meant, he could sign up for most MOS's. He chose MOS 0331, Machine Gunner. He wanted to be the big badass wielding a machine gun like he was in the movies; but he grew to learn he was so wrong once he started his training. He enjoyed it, however. He then began his standard 11 weeks as per usual with most MOS's to complete his training. Thankfully, he wasn't passing out in the daily runs and exercises such as obstacle courses like some others were, thanks to his training in athletics since childhood. He excelled at weapon maintenance, leadership, and