Avery Johnson: Difference between revisions

====Invasion of Earth====

{{Main|Battle of Earth}}

{{Quote|<choose><option>You had your chance to be afraid before you joined my beloved Corps. But to guide you back to the true path, I brought this motivational device. Our big green style cannot be defeated!</option><option>The Chief is gonna jump in this tank, roll across the bridge, and blow up any inhuman-son-of-a-bitch dumb enough to get between him and the [[Prophet of Regret]]! Pull yourself together, because you're going with him!</option><option>When I joined the Corps, we didn't have any fancy-shmancy tanks. We had sticks! Two sticks, and a rock for the whole platoon - and we had to share the rock! Buck up, boy, you're one very lucky Marine!</option><option>Usually the good Lord works in mysterious ways. But not today! This here is [[M808B Main Battle Tank|sixty-six tons of straight up, H-E-spewing dee-vine intervention]]! If God is love, then you can call me Cupid!</option></choose>|Sergeant Johnson talking to the frightened Marine before the assault on New Mombasa.}}

Most of the crew returned to Earth safely, and they were given time to rest and were debriefed on their experiences. Aboard [[Cairo Station]], Johnson was promoted to [[Sergeant Major]] and was awarded the [[Colonial Cross]] by [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]] for his actions on Halo. During the ceremony, a Covenant excavation fleet headed by the [[Prophet of Regret]] arrived at the Human homeworld, sparking the [[Battle of Earth]].  

====The Great Schism====

{{quote|multi=yes|q1=Whoa. It's like a postcard: Dear Sarge, kicking ass in outer space, wish you were here.|Chips Dubbo|q2=I heard that...'''jackass!'''|Avery J. Johnson|[[Private First Class|PFC]] [[Chips Dubbo]] joking around with Sergeant Avery J. Johnson  on [[Delta Halo (level)|Delta Halo]]}}

Coming out of Slipspace, Johnson was shocked to learn that there was another Halo, nearly choking on his ever-present cigar. Determined to find and capture the Prophet of Regret, Commander Keyes ordered SPARTAN-117 to clear a landing zone and the Sergeant to take two flights of Pelicans and land on the ring. Johnson carried out the orders and followed the Chief and a small detachment of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s onto the surface, providing artillery and troops by means of dropships to fight the Covenant stationed in the ring’s ancient temples.

Johnson and Keyes were held in the Covenant city of ''[[High Charity]]'', until the [[Prophet of Truth|High Prophet of Truth]] instructed Tartarus to activate the ring and initiate the [[Covenant religion|Great Journey]]. Tartarus ordered his Jiralhanae to split Johnson, Keyes, and the captured [[343 Guilty Spark|Oracle]] into two different [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantoms]]. Johnson was joined by [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Banks]] and [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Stacker]] for an execution by a pack of Jiralhanae. Moments before their deaths, the Arbiter and his squad burst out of the nearby structure and attacked the Jiralhanae, distracting them long enough for Johnson and his Marines to board the nearby Scarab walker.  

After the executioners were killed, Johnson and his Marines commandeered the Scarab, and confronted 'Vadamee. They both agreed that Tartarus needed to be stopped. Johnson suggested that 'Vadamee commandeer a [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]] to provide air support. After that, they joined forces and traveled through the canyon towards the [[Control Room (Installation 05)|Control Room]]. Knowing the brute strength of the Scarab's main weapon, Johnson fired at the heavily armored door, shattering it with ease. Arming himself with a [[Type-50 Sniper Rifle System|Particle Beam Rifle]], Johnson followed the Arbiter inside alone.

{{Quote|Please... Don't shake the [[343 Guilty Spark|lightbulb]].|Avery J. Johnson makes his presence known to Tartarus.}}

====Return====

[[File:Johnson & Vergil.png|thumb|275px|[[Quick to Adjust]] lights a cigar for Johnson.]]

While most of the [[Fleet of Retribution]] remained to maintain the quarantine of High Charity, Johnson, Commander Keyes and the Arbiter returned to Earth on one of the fleet's vessels and arrived before the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] with John-117 onboard.<ref>'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''', ''"The Long Road Home"''</ref>

File:Sergeant Johnson.png|Johnson in his [[UNSC Marine Corps Dress Uniform|Marine Corps Dress Uniform]] in ''Halo 2''.

File:KeyesJohnson.png|Johnson escorting [[Miranda|Commander Keyes]] to her ship in ''Halo 2''.

File:Johnson's_Profile.jpg|Johnson's profile in ''Halo: Reach'''s Firefight.

File:Johnson-BQ.jpg|Johnson in the ''Halo Graphic Novel''.