Thom Shephard
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Technical Chief[2] |
- "Sam! Sam! Come on, we gotta get the hell outta' here!"
- — A panicked Thom urgently hurries the Chief out of Cryo Two.
Thom Shephard was a UNSC Navy Technical Chief who served as an engineering technician aboard the Halcyon-class cruiser UNSC Pillar of Autumn in 2552.[2]
Biography[edit]
Early life and career[edit]
Thom Shephard attended an academy, where he met Samuel Marcus; the two would later serve alongside each other in the UNSC Navy aboard the UNSC Pillar of Autumn.[2]
Fall of Reach[edit]
On August 30, 2552, Thom Shephard was among those who escaped the Fall of Reach aboard the UNSC Pillar of Autumn. During the slipspace journey away from the planet, the ship was running on a skeleton crew, and under orders of Captain Jacob Keyes the technical crew, which included Shephard, was put on triple shifts.[2]
Waking John-117 and death[edit]
On September 19, 2552, Shephard ordered Samuel Marcus to assist him with unsealing Spartan John-117 from his cryo-chamber before the Pillar of Autumn's crash-landing on Installation 04.[2] Shephard ran through several diagnostics and tests for the Spartan's MJOLNIR Mark V armor. Soon after, Captain Keyes called the Chief to the bridge of the ship as a boarding party of Covenant arrived. A single Sangheili entered the control center of Cryo B and killed Marcus. Shephard told the Master Chief to follow him to the bridge and rushed out the door, where he was killed by an explosion.[1][3]
Production notes[edit]
In the original Halo: Combat Evolved, Shephard's model cycles between many generic crewmen models every playthrough.[4] In Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Shephard's unique character model was based on Mathieu, a 16-year-old Make-a-Wish child who told 343 Industries community manager Jessica "bs angel" Shea that "I wish I could live forever in Halo." Headshots of Mathieu were taken for reference in modelling Shephard.[5]
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Halo: Combat Evolved[edit]
Thom Shephard next to a control console.
Shephard watches as the Chief exits his cryo pod.
Shephard oversees the Chief's shields being charged.
Thom is engulfed in an explosion.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary[edit]
Development image of Thom Shephard's Anniversary model, based on headshots of Mathieu.
Thom Shephard and Samuel Marcus in the observation theater.
A portrait of Shephard.
Shephard watches as the Chief exits his cryo pod.
Close up of Shephard next to a control console.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Combat Evolved (First appearance)
- Halo: The Flood
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
