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'''Sergeant John Forge''' ([[service number]]: 63292-94758-JF) was a veteran [[Sergeant|non-commissioned officer]] in Foxtrot Company, [[13th Battalion]] of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]].<ref name="EVG"/><ref>'''Halo Wars'''</ref><ref>[http://www.gamerzines.com/360zine/halo-wars.html '''Gamerzines''' - ''Accessed on 2009-02-17'']</ref> Although he excelled in tactics and combat, his repeated acts of insubordination caused him to receive three demotions, with infractions such as fighting with an officer, which resulted in 2.4 years in jail time, and striking a superior officer. He sported an ace of spades playing card attached to his left shoulder pauldron, and also carried a [[combat knife]] he named "Lucy".<ref name = "Viral">[http://halo.xbox.com/halowars/index.html?fbid=DJFJt_O2sq7 '''Xbox-Halo Wars''' - ''Accessed on 2009-02-02'']</ref><ref>[http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/halo-wars-character-profiles-forge-and-the-arbiter/?page=8 '''GameDaily''' - ''Halo Wars Character Profiles'']</ref>

In February 2531, the ''Spirit of Fire'' was sent to assist the crippled {{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}} {{UNSCship|Prophecy}} in the [[Epsilon Indi system]]. [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[James Gregory Cutter|James Cutter]] ordered the ''Prophecy's'' navigation database and survivors to be recovered, sending Forge and multiple [[UNSC Marine Corps|marine]] [[fireteam]]s on board the vessel while the ''Spirit of Fire'' engaged several Covenant ships. Forge's Pelican was hit by a Phantom and crash landed upon the ''Prophecy'''s hull. Forge and [[Team Lima]] breached and entered the ''Prophecy''. Upon entering the cruiser, the Marines were attacked by [[Kig-yar Ranger]]s. During this engagement, Forge's ankle was broken. With the guidance of [[Serina]], the Spirit of Fire's [["Smart" AI]], he was able to find the a terminal to recover the ship's black box and wipe its navigation core, while the rest of Team Lima rescued the ship's survivors. Serina warned Forge that the Prophecy's AI may "act peculiar" due to high radiation levels.<ref name="genesis">'''Halo Wars: Genesis'''</ref>

Upon scanning his retina to gain access to the terminal, Forge was halted by the ship's AI, [[FitzGibbon]], who explained he could not allow him to enter due to the latter's poor [[Career Service Vitae|service record]]. Forge reminded the AI of the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]], stating that he was aboard the vessel to ensure the protocol would not to be violated. FitzGibbon then reluctantly allowed Forge into the terminal room and enabled radiation repair routines. Forge purged the navigation database and returned to the Pelicans as FitzGibbon activated the ''Prophecy'''s self-destruct sequence, which soon scuttled the ship. After the Marines and Forge escaped with the survivors, they were taken to the medical bay of the ''Spirit of Fire''. When Forge asked how the survivors were doing, Serina told him that there will be no survivors, due to all of them suffering too much radiation poisoning when aboard the ''Prophecy''. According to Serina, all the crew could do was watch them die. Forge was angered by the AI's indifference towards the survivors and comforted them in their final moments, believing that even if they would soon be dead, they were still people and so deserved better.<ref name="genesis"/>

Forge was sent to the surface of [[Harvest]] on his first mission to scout out Covenant activity in the northern polar region of the planet. He drove through [[Quadrant 4]] to find a battalion of Sangheili that a [[AV-14 Attack VTOL|Hornet]] squadron had spotted earlier.<ref name = "Viral"/> Reporting the Covenant activity to his superiors, as to how the aliens had found a [[Relic|a Forerunner structure]] buried within the ice, he returned to an overrun UNSC forward-operating base, designated as [[Alpha Base (Harvest)|Alpha Base]], and helped organize scattered Marine units along the way.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Alpha Base (level)|Alpha Base]]''</ref> Forge and his rag-tag assault force were able to retake Alpha Base a short-time later. Before the Relic was demolished by the Covenant, the Forerunner site is captured by Forge and Marine forces. [[Ellen Anders|Professor Anders]] was then sent to the planet's surface to personally investigate the relic, and Forge reluctantly escorted her inside.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Relic Approach (level)|Relic Approach]]''</ref> He was present when Anders activated a Forerunner holographic projection of a star map, and protected her when they were ambushed by a team of Sangheili warriors. The ''Spirit of Fire'' then evacuated most of its ground troops, including Forge, and set course for [[Arcadia]], a UNSC colony planet to which the star map had pointed.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Relic Interior]]''</ref>

After arriving at Arcadia, Forge was one of the first UNSC troops to set foot in the besieged capital of [[Pirth City]], where he aided the evacuation of civilians via three [[Human Cargo Ship|cargo vessels]]. When the civilian transports took off, Forge and his men abandoned the besieged city, and fell back to the outskirts.<ref>'''Halo Wars''',campaign level, ''[[Arcadia City]]''</ref> There, he took part in the destruction of a nearby Covenant base, assisted by [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN]] teams [[Red Team|Red]] and [[Team Omega|Omega]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Arcadia Outskirts]]''</ref> He also participated in the battle to destroy a Covenant energy dome<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Dome of Light]]''</ref>which was protecting an unfinished [[Type-47_Ultra_Heavy_Assault_Platform#Super_Scarab|Scarab]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Scarab (level)|Scarab]]''</ref> While he and Anders were surveying the area, [[Ripa 'Moramee]], an [[Arbiter]], ambushed them. Forge was swiftly defeated and was about to be executed, until Anders stopped the Arbiter by agreeing to go with him without incident. After SPARTAN Red Team unsuccessfully tried to stop the Arbiter from escaping, they immediately retreated back to the ''Spirit of Fire''. He was aboard the ship when it made a [[Slipstream Space|Slipspace jump]] in pursuit of 'Moramee's retreating vessel.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', ''cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAwbJN6DzL4&feature=player_embedded "She is Not My Girlfriend"]''</ref>

Upon arriving at a [[Shield 0459|mysterious planet]], Forge was sent down to the planet's surface, and was subsequently one of the first human beings to encounter [[the Flood]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Anders' Signal]]''</ref> It was soon discovered that the "planet" was not a planet at all, but a Forerunner [[Shield World]]. Immediately following this revelation, he was put in charge of the evacuation of the ''Spirit'''s ground troops and the decontamination of Flood from the ship's external hull.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Cleansing]]''</ref> Through an amazing stroke of luck, he came upon the recently escaped Ellen Anders in the Shield World's interior, and escorted her back to the ''Spirit of Fire''.<ref>'''Halo Wars''' ''cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXZbTCmSeSI&feature=player_embedded "Judgement Day"]''</ref> He was then put in charge of the strike team that would deliver the ''Spirit'' 's [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] to [[the Apex]], to destroy the Shield World and its armada of [[Unnamed Forerunner Starship|Forerunner ships]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Reactor (level)|Reactor]]''</ref> Atop the Apex, he once again faced 'Moramee in battle, while the SPARTANs of Red Team eliminated the Arbiter's comrades. Although Forge was nearly killed, he overcame his foe at the last minute by tricking the Arbiter to look him in the eye, and then stabbing him in the neck with his prized combat knife, "Lucy". He then proceeded to pick up the Arbiter's [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|energy sword]], and drove it through the Sangheili's stomach, killing him. As [[Alice-130]] rolled the Arbiter's corpse off the platform, [[Jerome-092]] examined the Translight Engine, realizing that it had been damaged in the fight.<ref name="monsters">'''Halo Wars''', ''cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlNHT57SbkA&feature=player_embedded "Monsters"]''</ref>