Gabriel Thorne
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6' 10" (208.1 cm)[1] |
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123 kilograms (272 lb)[1] |
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- "I enlisted with the Spartans because I was in the Army a year before my family and friends were killed in New Phoenix. I always thought the Spartans were special. Maybe I could have saved them."
- — Thorne discussing his reason for joining the Spartan branch to Dr. Halsey[2]
Gabriel Thorne (service number 83920-91083-GT) is a SPARTAN-IV supersoldier and a member of the UNSC Infinity's Spartan contingent. In early 2558, Thorne was assigned as the newest member of Fireteam Majestic, the team being deployed aboard UNSC Infinity in February.[3] The next month he was given command of Majestic.[4]
Biography[edit]
Early life and military career[edit]
Thorne was born on July 5, 2534 on Earth to a pair of respected Army officers. He grew up beyond Earth until his sixth birthday, when his maternal grandfather convinced Gabriel's mother to move to New Phoenix, URNA.[5] Thorne held disdain for New Phoenix; while he loved living around his grandparents, he thought that Earth and New Phoenix was too built up and too old. Around 2543, when he was eight years old, his parents died on Alluvion when the planet was attacked and glassed by the Covenant. After his parents' deaths, his grandmother began to teach him to play violin, hoping that Thorne would join the New Phoenix Philharmonic and would not follow his parents' footsteps. Thorne lived in New Phoenix for ten years[6] before enlisting with the UNSC Army at a young age, presumably at the age of 16 or 17.[Note 1]
Thorne's earliest known engagement occurred on Criterion, where he single-handedly saved his entire platoon. He later fought on Tribute and Reach during the Covenant's invasion of the Epsilon Eridani system. A few months later he served under Colonel James Ackerson during the Battle of Mare Erythraeum on Mars.[1] In 2553, his grandfather died and he was present in his funeral; it was the last time he saw his grandmother and visited New Phoenix. Thorne's courage and tactical awareness allowed him placement into the SPARTAN-IV program in mid-2557.[2] He was away on a recruitment deployment when the Didact's attack on New Phoenix killed his family and friends. Spartan Thorne was assigned to Fireteam Majestic in early 2558.[1]
Requiem Campaign[edit]
- Main article: Requiem Campaign
Fireteam Majestic was deployed to the UNSC's flagship, the UNSC Infinity, in February 2558.[7] Sometime later, Fireteams Crimson and Majestic were sent north of the UNSC's area of operations in Requiem in order to shut down Forerunner power generators. Upon reaching their location, both Crimson and Majestic had their long-range communications jammed by Forerunner jamming devices. When DeMarco questioned why Infinity command could not hear him, Thorne joked they were probably ignoring him. After deactivating the jammers, their mission continued. Initiated by Commander Sarah Palmer, the mission became a competition for the fireteams to see who could complete their mission objectives first. Majestic took the lead at first, but were ultimately bested by Crimson.[8]
Sometime later, Fireteam Majestic was being engaged by multiple Promethean Crawlers. Anthony Madsen started complaining about the Prometheans' ability to "pop up" anywhere, when a Promethean Knight translocated into the area and shot Madsen in the shoulder. Several others then translocated in the area and engaged Majestic. They survived the fight and were extracted back to Infinity.[9]
Thorne later volunteered to guard Doctor Catherine Halsey while she worked on the Forerunner artifact recovered by Crimson. He questioned her about the use of children for the SPARTAN-II program. He also asked if she thought the current generation of Spartans were capable of being true Spartans and she admitted that some might be closer than others. He later told her why he joined the SPARTAN-IVs, expressing his guilt that he was not able to do anything to save his family and friends during the New Phoenix incident. When asked about the Prometheans, he told Dr. Halsey they were nothing but trouble, unaware that her questions stemmed from a mysterious message she had just received on her data pad..[2]
Sometime during the operation to recover "the Didact's Gift" from Galileo Base, Majestic was pinned down due to Covenant air support. With the base air defenses offline, Thorne quickly hijacked a low-flying Banshee and destroyed a nearby Phantom dropship, allowing the Fireteam to return to the Infinity. As the device was being examined by Dr. Halsey and Roland, the matrix gave off an energy burst, it sent images of New Phoenix throughout the monitors within the room, which Thorne quickly recognized. He noticed that the translocation artifact appeared in one of the images; curious, he left the laboratory and later approached the artifact. Wondering how the artifact could have been present at New Phoenix prior to its discovery, Thorne touched it and was unexpectedly translocated to a Forerunner structure in the Cauldron, where he was immediately surrounded by Sangheili Storm forces.[5] Thorne put up a fight, managing to kill most of the Sangheili before being knocked unconscious. Coming to, he pretended to stay unconscious as the Covenant forces led him to their base at the Vale Citadel. After arriving, Dr. Henry Glassman — who had escaped at the time — arrived at the front entrance. Thorne chose then to get up and kill his two Sangheili captors. When Gek 'Lhar remotely