Kat (Halo Reach)

While her birth name is Catherine, she is commonly referred to as 'Kat.'

B320

New Harmony

January 30th, 2530

Female

205.7 centimetres (6 ft 9.0 in)

Black

Blue

Prosthetic right arm

UNSC Navy

Lieutenant Commander

Intelligence

Spartan III-Beta Company

Lieutenant Commander Catherine-B320, commonly known as Kat, was a SPARTAN-III commando of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command, attached to Special Warfare Group Three. She fought as a part of Noble Team under the call sign 'Noble Two' during the Fall of Reach in 2552.

Catherine was described as an inspired tactician and an exemplary combatant, but also a brilliant cryptanalyst and a hacker; allegedly, there has not been a system yet that she had been unable to crack. According to Colonel Urban Holland, she had a habit of occasionally investigating classified Intel more than her superiors would have liked her to. Her ability to acquire and digest information has been described as "supernatural"; more than once, she had been able to read a situation, working with information many others would find overly limited.

Like Carter, Kat blamed herself for Thom-A293's death while it was apparent that neither was responsible; according to Colonel Urban Holland, Thom died because when he went into the CCS-class battlecruiser (that Kat was originally supposed to destroy before being injured) by himself rather than waiting for backup, although Holland was technically incorrect in that case as the SPARTAN had no choice at that time due to the limited amount of time left before the MFDD detonated.

Kat's preferred weapon is the M6G Magnum Sidearm as she is seen using it in most cutscenes in the game as well as the trailer Deliver Hope. However, she sometimes uses the MA37 Assault Rifle.

Kat wears Mark V armor and an AA helmet. Her helmet has an attachment that appears to be the FC-I, albeit without the UA Attachment. The rest of her armor consists of the default chest piece (with a prosthetic right arm), the Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor/FJ/PARA variant shoulders, and the Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor/(G) variant knee pads.