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- "I'm your man, Chief! Let's roll!"
- — An enthusiastic Fitzgerald awaits departure behind the gun of a Warthog.[2]
Private First Class M. Fitzgerald was an enlisted serviceman in the UNSC Marine Corps.[3] Serving as a member on Fireteam Charlie, he was attached to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn in September 2552 and participated in the Battle of Installation 04.[2]
Biography[edit]
Battle of Installation 04[edit]
- Main article: Battle of Installation 04
Fitzgerald was one of the Marines stationed on the UNSC Pillar of Autumn when the ship escaped from the Fall of Reach on August 30, 2552. On September 19, 2552 he was listed as a member of Marine Security Detail C on Charlie Shift on Pillar of Autumn's duty roster, alongside Riley.[4] When the ship arrived at Installation 04 on September 19, it was attacked by the Covenant, marking the beginning of the Battle of Installation 04.[5] After escaping aboard an SKT-9 Bumblebee, Fitzgerald and several members of his fireteam survived the crash landing on Installation 04 and found refuge at a nearby beacon tower. The survivors soon came under attack from Covenant forces; they were rescued by John-117.[6] While other members of his squad were evacuated by Echo 419, Fitzgerald remained and joined John-117 in his search for lifeboats and survivors nearby. Fitzgerald introduced himself to the Chief enthusiastically.[2]
While they were fighting the Covenant in an underground chamber, Fitzgerald was wounded in the arm by a blamite shard from a needler. He took cover behind the Warthog and waited until the Chief was able to treat his wound with biofoam. John-117 then ordered the marine remain on the Warthog's M41 Vulcan turret to provide cover fire. The two spent an afternoon in the region and rescued 63 marines as well as naval personnel. Fitzgerald presumably survived and returned to Alpha Base afterwards.[2]
Fitzgerald was presumably killed by the time of Installation 04's destruction on September 22 along with all other UNSC forces on the ring.[1]
Production notes[edit]
Fitzgerald is first identified in Halo: The Flood. In the novel, it is implied that he was part of Sergeant Johnson's lifeboat crew, and volunteered himself to join the Master Chief, having climbed on the Warthog before the Spartan reached the vehicle.[2] However, in Halo: Combat Evolved, Echo 419 deploys the Warthog with a marine already manning the turret.[6]
Fitzgerald appears to be named after one of the marine voice-line variants, voiced by Chris Wicklund, in the Halo: Combat Evolved game files.[7] Three outtakes from Wicklund's recording sessions were featured on Bungie.net.[8] However, Wicklund is credited with voicing Wallace Jenkins in the game credits and on Bungie.net;[9] this is further reinforced by the game's audio director, Martin O'Donnell, posting full voice credits on halo.bungie.org.[10] With the release of Halo: Campaign Evolved, Wicklund's performance is attributed to a "PFC Fitzgerald" in both the in-game subtitles and the credits.[3]
As such, it is unclear whether Wicklund's marine variant is intended to be Fitzgerald or Jenkins, with a knock-on effect of the same issue with the supposed screenshot of Jenkins on Bungie.net's outtakes gallery (which is used by Halopedia as a reference for what may be Jenkins' canonical appearance). It is possible that Fitzgerald was simply a working name for Jenkins (like how Andrew McKaige is credited for Chips Dubbo, who has the working name aussie in the game files). Alternatively, Wicklund's marine variant may have been intended to be Fitzgerald—a background character like Dubbo—but later during development, the character was changed to Jenkins—a notable character whose name is a center of focus during the cinematic on the level 343 Guilty Spark, and who appears in Halo: The Fall of Reach alongside Sergeant Johnson and Private Bisenti. Finally, this may have been a production oversight, wherein Wicklund's character was mistakenly attributed to a character with an actual presence in the narrative, but no dialogue. Regardless, both marines are confirmed as canonical characters by the duty roster found on the Autumn in Halo: Campaign Evolved.[4]
Gallery[edit]
Fitzgerald on a Warthog's turret in Halo: Combat Evolved.
Fitzgerald firing the M41 Vulcan at a Banshee in Halo: Combat Evolved.
Fitzgerald on a Warthog's turret in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
Fitzgerald firing the Warthog's turret in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Combat Evolved (First appearance)
- Halo: The Flood
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
- Halo: Campaign Evolved
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Maw
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Halo: The Flood, chapter 3
- ^ a b c Halo: Campaign Evolved, credits
- ^ a b Halo: Campaign Evolved, campaign level The Pillar of Autumn: Bulletin board duty roster
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Pillar of Autumn
- ^ a b Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level Halo
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Editing Kit, game file
tags\sound\dialog\marines\fitzgerald - ^ Bungie.net, Halo (Xbox) Voice Outtakes (Retrieved on Jul 13, 2013) [archive]
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, credits
- ^ halo.bungie.org, Voice Acting (Retrieved on Dec 27, 2001) [archive]
