Gabriel Thorne

"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 in joining the Spartan branch to Dr. Halsey. Gabriel Thorne (service number 83920-91083-GT) is a SPARTAN-IV supersoldier and a member of the 's Spartan contingent. During the Requiem campaign in February 2558, Thorne was assigned to Fireteam Majestic as their new member.

Biography
Thorne grew up in New Phoenix. Originally a soldier in the UNSC Army, he volunteered for the SPARTAN-IV Program after his family and friends were killed in the Didact's attack on the city. In 2558 Fireteam Majestic was deployed to the. 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.

Sometime later, Fireteam Majestic was being engaged by multiple Promethean Crawlers. 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 exfiled back to Infinity.

Thorne later volunteered to guard Dr. Catherine Halsey while she worked on the Requiem translocation artifact. He questioned her about the use of children for the SPARTAN-II Program. He later told her why he joined the SPARTAN-IVs, expressing his guilt that he wasn't 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.

Sometime during the operation in recovering 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 Banshee and destroyed a nearby Phantom, allowing the Fireteam to return to the Infinity. As the device was being examined by Dr. Halsey, the Didact's Gift gave off an energy burst, it sent pictures 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 somewhere in Requiem, where he was immediately surrounded by Sangheili Storm forces. 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. After arriving, Dr. Henry Glassman (who had escaped at the time) arrived at the door. Thorne chose then to get up and kill his two Sangheili captors. When Gek remotely activated Glassman's plasma charge-rigged vest, Thorne quickly disposed of it and the two fled.

Gek quickly picked up their trail and pursued them. Some time later, Gek ambushed the pair as they were resting. Thorne quickly disarmed Gek of his energy sword and engaged him in a close-quarters brawl. Gek, however, managed to gain the upper hand from Thorne after smashing a large rock over his chest plating. Just before Gek could kill Thorne, the rest of Fireteam Majestic arrived. DeMarco shot the Elite dead, saving Thorne's life. Afterwards, Thorne searched the dead Elite for anything significant, giving DeMarco the energy sword in gratitude, as well as Gek's personal collection of UNSC dogtags. Thorne also took Gek's active camouflage module for himself.

Personality
Even before becoming a Spartan, Thorne had a strong sense of responsibility; he believed he could have somehow prevented the deaths of his loved ones in New Phoenix. After his re-enlistment, Thorne was determined to make sure that there would be history for the SPARTAN Program, as proven in a journal entry he had written and his curiosity of the original Spartans.

Equipment
Thorne wears the Recruit variant of the MJOLNIR GEN2 armor, and carries an MA5D ICWS. After killing Gek, he took Elite's T-3 Active Camouflage Module.

Behind the scenes

 * Thorne is voiced by and modeled after Ethan Peck.
 * Some of Thorne's effects, including a War Games scoresheet, a primer for new UNSC Infinity crew and complement, and a SPARTAN-IV overview guide, are included with the Halo 4 Limited Edition.

List of appearances

 * Halo 4