Jason Morelli

"Melissa, it's a sad thing I'm married. You could break my heart."

- Jason Morelli

Jason Morelli is a Corporal in the ONI Signal Corps.

Family
He met his wife, Bonita Morelli, on the Churchill Ferry in former New York where he dazzled her by talking about his favorite music, 1940s Jazz music, it's unknown how he learned about Jazz as it is considered rather dated even today. He has one son, Jersey Morelli.

Office of Naval Intelligence
Sometime in the past he worked with Melissa. Melissa really liked Jason because he would play his jazz music for her to listen to as well as showing her respect by referring to her by her name as opposed to her nickname "Operator". When visiting with him, she felt real. It was her who gave Jason the nickname, The Castaway. When Melissa was blown apart one of the reasons she chose Jersey's computer was because she remembered and liked Jersey's dad.

In 2552 he was attached to ONI's Radio Beacon Deployment Program, and had been away from home for 513 days as of the date that Durga is found by Jersey Morelli. Jason avoided the Battle of Reach due to an assignment on the.

Death
Though the exact date and cause is unknown, as of October 20th, 2552, Jason Morelli is listed as a casualty of the war. His name is among a long list of others inside ONI Alpha Site, a Section 2 facility, in New Mombasa. It's possible this is just an Easter Egg reference to ILBs by Bungie, as other, less canonical and/or nonsensical names are also mentioned.

Trivia
Jason Morelli's rank is highly unusual, as corporal is not a UNSC Navy rank.

List of appearances

 * i love bees
 * Halo 3: ODST

Related articles

 * Morelli family
 * Bonita Morelli
 * Jersey Morelli