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Avery J. Johnson has been fighting the [[Covenant]] since he was old enough to join the [[Marines]]. He enlisted and joined the [[UNSC]], where he was assigned to the troop regiments on [[Paris IV]]. When the Covenant [[Siege of Paris IV|attacked]] the planet, Sergeant Johnson fought valiantly: during the battle, he captured a crate of [[Plasma Grenade|plasma grenades]] when his troops needed weapons and used them all against the enemy troops to keep them at bay so his fellow soldiers could evacuate.  

 

With the rank of Staff Sergeant, he was assigned to [[Reach Station Gamma]], a military station above the planet. While stationed there, a massive Covenant armada arrived, beginning [[The Battle of Reach| Battle of Reach]]. During the battle, Johnson led a search and destroy team aboard the station, where they were picked up by [[Master Chief]] [[John-117]]. <ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], pages 325, 328, and 349</ref> He escaped onto the ‘’[[Pillar of Autumn]]’’, which fled the battle into [[slipspace]].

Coming out of slipspace, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' came across a [[Installation 04|mysterious ring]]. The Covenant took advantage of the ship’s low fuel and armament and jumped on top of the crew with a boarding party. On board, Johnson helped defend the ''Autumn'' from the invading [[Unggoy]] and [[Sangheili]] troops, but like everyone else was forced to abandon ship when [[Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] issued the order.  

[[Image:Johnson-warthog.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Johnson was responsible for the deaths of many [[Covenant]] troops on [[Installation 04|Halo]].]]

{{quote|Good to see you, [[John-117|Chief]]. Welcome to the [[Fire Team Charlie|party]].|Sergeant Johnson}}

 

Johnson later accompanied [[Fire Team Zulu]] on their mission to rescue Keyes from the Covenant starship, ‘’[[Truth and Reconciliation]]’’. Fighting their way through the enemy vessel, they found the lost captain and returned him to [[Alpha Base]].

The crew intercepted a Covenant transmission detailing the transport of numerous weapons to somewhere in the swampy regions of the ring. This, as well as a [['Qualomee|Sangheili’s]] testimony of a large weapons cache located in a swamp, prompted Captain Keyes to investigate. Johnson accompanied the captain for this mission and brought some of the finest soldiers from his crew.  

Shortly after they were dropped off, the crew came across a structure leading underground. As they ventured further into the facility they came across several Elite corpses, with scrambled innards. Passing them off as friendly fire, they proceeded deeper into the facility until they entered a seemingly empty room. Annoyed with [[Private]] [[Manuel Mendoza|Mendoza’s]] whining, Johnson passed off the situation as sissy talk until little, [[Infection Form|balloon-like creatures]] burst out of the nearby holding cells and attacked the squad. Nothing he had ever seen in his entire career as a Marine could prepare him for the [[Flood|enemy]] he found attacking his soldiers. He was one of the victims of an assimilation attempt into a [[Combat Form]], but the mutations caused by his Boren’s Syndrome stopped the process. Alive and well, Johnson was forced to attack and kill his own troops, who were mutating before his eyes into mindless monsters bent on killing him. With his tenacity and his will to live, Johnson fought his way out of the nightmare.

He was presumed dead after Master Chief found a helmet recorder entry from Private [[Wallace Jenkins]], showing the gory details of the solder’s fates.

Johnson surprised the Chief when he was rescued along with [[Polaski]], [[Locklear]], and [[Haverson]]. At first, John didn't believe what he was seeing, thinking maybe it was a new Flood trick. However, [[Cortana]] convinced him with preliminary scans that Johnson was fine, and was then welcomed.  Johnson proceeded to aid the Chief in capturing the Covenant flagship ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'', providing covering fire and attacking the enemy by surprise.

After her rescue, Halsey reviewed Johnson's condition with the Flood and gave the Chief two data crystals: one containing all data available and ways to counter a Flood infestation, the other included the source material of Jenkins's mission logs and Johnson's medical files. Johnson could have died from [[ONI]]'s experimentations had the Master Chief given the second crystal. Thankfully, Master Chief's decision allowed Johnson to live and continue on active duty. He had learned the difference one man could make in the war, and was not going to sacrifice one of the best soldiers he had ever worked with.

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* In the [[Great Journey]] level, when you fight Tartarus if you face him. He will refer to you as the Master Chief. He will also use terms as if he were on Earth such as "Bring it Tourist"

*He is (as of returning to [[Earth]] in [[Halo 2]]) the same rank as John-117.

[[Image:D40_35.jpg|thumb|Johnson and an Elite halt their battle when they notice the ''Pillar of Autumn'' about to explode in the non-canon extended ending of ‘'[[Halo: Combat Evolved'’]].]]

In the [[Halo Graphic Novel]], on pg 122, reveals that he was involved in [[The ORION Project|Project: ORION]], the [[The ORION Project|Spartan-I program]].<ref name="HGN" /> This would make him over 60 years old, possibly even 70. This would mean that either Spartans can live longer without aging, or people generally live longer in the future. Another possibility is that Johnson has accumulated a total of several years spent frozen in [[cryo-chamber]]s during missions requiring long periods of time traveling through [[slipspace]], thus keeping him physically younger than he actually is. Any or all of these conditions may be having contributed to Sgt. Johnson appearing younger than he is.