John Smith

''This article is about the ONI agent. For other Halo characters named "John", see here.

"Let's cut the bullcrap, Sergeant. I outrank you."

- Smith to Lopez after the Marines discovered his identity.

Major John Smith was an Office of Naval Intelligence scientist working aboard the ONI-commissioned prison vessel Mona Lisa in October 2552. While aboard he studied several Flood-infected Sangheili in the hope turning the Flood into warriors for the UNSC. Whether ONI approved of this is unknown. When the ship was overridden by the Flood, he remained hidden inside a small panic room until he was discovered by Sergeant Zhao Heng Lopez's squad. He later killed Private Mahmoud with a knife and injured Lopez, escaping aboard their Pelican, betraying the squad, the majority of whom would later die.

He was likely court martialed after his escape, as Captain Tobias Foucault of the prowler planned to have him, or he could have been killed in an act of unofficial "swift justice".

List of appearances

 * Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
 * The Mona Lisa