Jun-A266

"In recognition of this, his tireless diligence, we honor him as the vigilant eye of Noble."

- The Monument to Noble Team

Jun-A266 is a SPARTAN-III commando of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command, attached to Special Warfare Group Three. He fought as a part of Noble Team as Noble Three during the Fall of Reach in 2552.

Biography
Jun was born in 2524 on Tyumen, New Harmony. Conscripted as a part of Alpha Company, in 2531, he stood out from the rest of the group from early on, enough for LCDR Kurt-051 and SCPO Franklin Mendez to take note of his exceptional skill. He was deemed him too valuable to be wasted on suicide missions, and was soon extracted from the company along with several other candidates that showed promise. Before the demise of the rest of Alpha Company in Operation: PROMETHEUS, Jun and the other extracted Spartans were assigned to other units, and given more advanced equipment than the mainline SPARTAN-IIIs to make them more efficient in the battlefield.

Later, Jun served with Noble Team as Noble Three, filling the role of the team's sniper.

Current status
At the end of Halo: Reach, Carter-A259 tells Jun to escort Dr. Halsey to ONI Castle Base, specifically ordering him not to allow anything to fall into enemy hands. Because of his unknown status, he is the only possible surviving member of Noble Team, save for Rosenda. According to the Halo: Reach Legendary Edition Developer Commentary, Jun is still alive, however, in Halo: First Strike, he is not mentioned when a group of Spartan-IIs arrive at Castle Base and meet Halsey.

Personality and traits
"I kill the enemy, but do not hate them."

- When previewing his voice in the Armory

He is regarded as "rock solid under pressure" and has shown symptoms of post-traumatic stress in the past. He is a thoughtful and taciturn soldier, but he is also noted as being "chatty", sometimes to the degree his chattiness is considered being against noise discipline protocols. This is, however, often overlooked by his peers in the field due to the informational bent of his chatter. In a psychiatric evaluation on 15/12/2549, he was noted as having "an unhealthy emotional detachment in regards to the consequences of his actions". Colonel Urban Holland, who later evaluated the members of Noble Team, disagreed with this assertion, commenting that Jun is a rationalist, and also a SPARTAN.

Equipment
Jun wears a MJOLNIR Mark V MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/S variant helmet, with an HU/RS upgrade to the helmet, a MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Tactical Patrol chest piece. He uses the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Sniper variant shoulders with his combat knife on his right shoulder and spare sniper rifle rounds are on his left shoulder, and MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Tactical UGPS for his left forearm. His weapon of choice is the Sniper Rifle System 99 Anti-Matériel.

Trivia

 * Jun was voiced by Sunil Malhotra.
 * Jun's voice can be used in Halo: Reach's Firefight for 10,000 cR
 * Jun shares his home world with Catherine-B320.
 * Jun has a tattoo of a hand grasping three spears next to his left ear. The tattoo has several marked similarities with the symbol for the SPARTAN-II Program. The emblem also bears some resemblance to the Bungie Crest.
 * Jun's helmet is available as an avatar award and is obtained by killing 100 enemies in a row without dying in either campaign or Firefight.
 * Jun's number is a reference to Bungie's love of the number 7 (2+6+6=14/2=7)
 * Early concept art of Jun shows him wearing an early concept of the GUNGNIR helmet.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Reach