Samuel Marcus
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Shot in the head by a Sangheili with a Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle[1] |
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Ellen Marcus (wife)[2] |
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Unspecified children[1] |
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Male[2] |
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Brown[3] |
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Technical Officer Third Class[2] |
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- "Welcome back, sir! We'll have you battle ready stat."
- — Samuel Marcus to John-117.[3]
Samuel N. Marcus (service number: 18827-318209-M), nicknamed Sam, was a technician in the United Nations Space Command Navy. By 2552, Marcus had advanced to Technical Officer Third Class, where he served as a technician aboard the UNSC Pillar of Autumn in 2552.[2]
Biography
Early life and career
Samuel Marcus attended an academy, where he met Thom Shephard; the two would later serve alongside each other in the UNSC Navy aboard the UNSC Pillar of Autumn. During his career, Marcus had over two hundred combat cruises, and managed to clock under 72 hours in cryostasis.[2] At some point, Marcus married a woman named Ellen,[2] who he had children with.[1] Sometime around 2549, Marcus had last seen his wife during his shore leave on Earth. The Human-Covenant War did not allow him the time to visit her, leaving Marcus to only be able to look at her in a photo.[2]
At some point in 2552, despite not being a cryo expert, he cross-checked the UNSC Pillar of Autumn's cryo systems.[2]
Fall of Reach
On August 30, 2552, Samuel Marcus was among those who escaped the Fall of Reach aboard the Autumn. During the slipspace journey away from the planet, the ship was running on a skeleton crew, and under the orders of Captain Jacob Keyes, the technical crew, which included Marcus, was put on triple shifts. During his first sleep cycle in the initial 36 hours, Marcus only slept for three hours.[2]
Waking John-117 and death
On September 19 at 0103 hours, Samuel Marcus was awakened by Tech Chief Thom Shephard; the two were tasked with assisting him reviving John-117 from his cryo sleep before the Pillar of Autumn's crash-landing on Installation 04.[1][2] After John-117 was woken up, Marcus and Shephard proceeded to give the Spartan Mjolnir calibration checks,[1] Marcus notably left the self-diagnostics running for the Spartan to use if the Spartan wanted to make changes later. Shepherd told Marcus to join his evacuation group. Before he left, Marcus went to reset the computer, but he was interrupted when Covenant soldiers breaching the control room. Just as he called for security, the Covenant entered the room. Marcus was hit by a plasma bolt in the chest from a Sangheili Major's plasma rifle.[3] Lying on the floor, he tried to reach a photo of his wife, Ellen. The Sangheili Major then walked forward and pinned Marcus's arm to the floor with its foot and examined the picture. Helpless, Marcus could barely hear Shephard yell out his name. Marcus was then executed by the Sangheili, who shot him in the head with a plasma rifle.[1]
Production notes
- Samuel Marcus first appeared in Halo: Combat Evolved as an unidentified crewman, though he was called "Sam" by Thom Shephard, and "Cryo Assist" by Martin O'Donnell.[4] His full name was revealed in the game's novel adaptation Halo: The Flood, and his unique character model in Halo: Campaign Evolved includes a name tag on his uniform.
- In all his in-game appearances, Samuel Marcus is voiced by Todd Licea, who provided various background voice-lines in the Halo games.[4][5]
- In Halo: Combat Evolved, Marcus' model cycles between many generic crewmen models every playthrough;[6] it is the same case during gameplay in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, though the same crewman model is used for the cinematic every playthough. In Halo: Campaign Evolved, his face model in the pre-rendered cinematics and in-game are both bald, though his cinematic model has brown eyes and is clean-shaven, whereas his in-game model has blue eyes and a goatee.
- In Halo: Combat Evolved, Marcus screams when he is shot and appears to die instantly. In Halo: The Flood, where the events of the game were expanded, the plasma bolt apparently "didn't hurt" and seemed to take effect much longer.
Gallery
Halo: Combat Evolved
Samuel Marcus .
Marcus and Thom Shephard release the Master Chief from cryo sleep.
Marcus is shot by a Sangheili Major.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Samuel Marcus and Thom Shephard release the Master Chief from cryo sleep.
Samuel Marcus and Thom Shephard in the observation theater.
Marcus' full character model.
Halo: Campaign Evolved
Samuel Marcus in the observation theater.
Marcus waving at Thom Shephard.
Marcus in the observation theater.
Marcus killed by a Sangheili.
List of appearances
- Halo: Combat Evolved (First appearance)
- Halo: The Flood
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
- Halo: Campaign Evolved
Sources
- ^ a b c d e f g Halo: The Flood, chapter 1
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Halo: The Flood, Prologue
- ^ a b c Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Pillar of Autumn
- ^ a b halo.bungie.org, Voice Acting (Retrieved on Dec 27, 2001) [archive]
- ^ Halo: Campaign Evolved, credits
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, Crewman model
