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Officially, he was re-assigned to train the [[Colonial Militia of Harvest|Colonial Militia]] on Harvest, but their actual mission was to create a covert anti-insurgency unit, and to lay an ambush on insurgent forces suspected in the disappearances of DCS freighters around [[Harvest]]. However, while lying in wait on a bait freighter, he and Sergeant Byrne, who was also assigned to the position, fought and defeated four [[Jackal|bird-like extraterrestrials]] in the first official battle between the UNSC and the alliance of alien species known as the [[Covenant]]. Johnson and Byrne (with the rest of the militia of Harvest) were also present at the initial negotiations between the [[Brutes]] and the [[humans]]. They also fought Brute Chieftain [[Maccabeus]], his nephew [[Tartarus]], and several [[Grunts]]. He aided [[Staff Sergeant]] Byrne and ONI operative [[Lieutenant Commander|Lt. Cdr.]] [[Jilan al-Cygni]] in repelling the [[Brute]] ship ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' long enough to allow most of the planet's population to escape into the [[Tiara]], a station attached to seven different space elevators stationed on the planet. Later, he would become sexually involved with al-Cygni after escaping from the planet. Although Johnson and al-Cygni seemed quite taken with each other it is unclear whether they formed a relationship, or how long it lasted. After Harvest, his UNSC career is unknown, but he is presumed to have served on many planets between 2525 and 2549, when the [[Siege of Paris IV|Battle of Paris IV]] took place. | Officially, he was re-assigned to train the [[Colonial Militia of Harvest|Colonial Militia]] on Harvest, but their actual mission was to create a covert anti-insurgency unit, and to lay an ambush on insurgent forces suspected in the disappearances of DCS freighters around [[Harvest]]. However, while lying in wait on a bait freighter, he and Sergeant Byrne, who was also assigned to the position, fought and defeated four [[Jackal|bird-like extraterrestrials]] in the first official battle between the UNSC and the alliance of alien species known as the [[Covenant]]. Johnson and Byrne (with the rest of the militia of Harvest) were also present at the initial negotiations between the [[Brutes]] and the [[humans]]. They also fought Brute Chieftain [[Maccabeus]], his nephew [[Tartarus]], and several [[Grunts]]. He aided [[Staff Sergeant]] Byrne and ONI operative [[Lieutenant Commander|Lt. Cdr.]] [[Jilan al-Cygni]] in repelling the [[Brute]] ship ''[[Rapid Conversion]]'' long enough to allow most of the planet's population to escape into the [[Tiara]], a station attached to seven different space elevators stationed on the planet. Later, he would become sexually involved with al-Cygni after escaping from the planet. Although Johnson and al-Cygni seemed quite taken with each other it is unclear whether they formed a relationship, or how long it lasted. After Harvest, his UNSC career is unknown, but he is presumed to have served on many planets between 2525 and 2549, when the [[Siege of Paris IV|Battle of Paris IV]] took place. | ||
A query by the [[Artificial Intelligence|A.I.]] [[Cortana (AI)|Cortana]] into Johnson's medical history revealed that he had a false condition known as [[Boren's Syndrome]]. This disease was supposedly contracted while he was stationed at [[Paris IV]]. When the Covenant [[Siege of Paris IV|attacked]] Paris IV, Johnson fought valiantly; during the battle, he repossessed a crate of Covenant [[plasma grenades]] when his troops needed them and used them all against the enemy troops to keep them at bay so his fellow soldiers could evacuate. He received a commendation for bravery, and a twelve-hundred-rad cumulative dose of radiation as an unanticipated "bonus" from all the plasma detonations.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 244</ref> However, the Boren's Syndrome apparently had an unexpected side effect, as it made him effectively immune to infection by the sentient alien parasite known as the [[Flood]] because the radiation scrambled his nervous system so much that Flood [[Infection Forms]] could not force a match. This rendered the [[Flood]] unable to control him. However, the Boren's Syndrome story (referred to as the "Paris/BS Spoof"), was a hoax to cover up Johnson's involvement in the ORION Project, and that his immunity to Flood infection is a result of the procedures performed on him to make him a SPARTAN-I<ref>''Halo: Graphic Novel'', page 122</ref><ref>Halo Encyclopedia page 81</ref>. | A query by the [[Artificial Intelligence|A.I.]] [[Cortana (AI)|Cortana]] into Johnson's medical history revealed that he had a false condition known as [[Boren's Syndrome]]. This disease was supposedly contracted while he was stationed at [[Paris IV]]. When the Covenant [[Siege of Paris IV|attacked]] Paris IV, Johnson fought valiantly; during the battle, he repossessed a crate of Covenant [[plasma grenades]] when his troops needed them and used them all against the enemy troops to keep them at bay so his fellow soldiers could evacuate. He received a commendation for bravery, and a twelve-hundred-rad cumulative dose of radiation as an unanticipated "bonus" from all the plasma detonations.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 244</ref> However, the Boren's Syndrome apparently had an unexpected side effect, as it made him effectively immune to infection by the sentient alien parasite known as the [[Flood]] because the radiation scrambled his nervous system so much that Flood [[Infection Forms]] could not force a match. This rendered the [[Flood]] unable to control him. However, the Boren's Syndrome story (referred to as the "Paris/BS Spoof"), was a hoax to cover up Johnson's involvement in the ORION Project, and that his immunity to Flood infection is a result of the procedures performed on him to make him a SPARTAN-I <ref>''Halo: Graphic Novel'', page 122</ref><ref>Halo Encyclopedia page 81</ref>. | ||
After the [[Siege of Paris IV]], he was assigned to [[Reach Station Gamma]], an orbital station above the planet [[Reach]], one of Humanity's biggest and most important colonies. While he was stationed there, a massive Covenant armada arrived, starting one of the [[Fall of Reach|largest engagements]] of the Human-Covenant War. During the battle, Johnson led a search and destroy team aboard the station, made up of [[Private First Class|PFC]] [[Wallace Jenkins]], and [[Private (UNSC)|Privates]] [[Bisenti]] and [[O'Brien (Marine)|O'Brien]]. They were almost killed by the attacking Jackals and [[Elites]], but were later picked up by [[SPARTAN-II]]s [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] and [[Petty Officer Second Class]] [[Linda-058]]. <ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], pages 325, 328, and 349</ref> He escaped onto the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, which fled the battle into [[Slipspace]]. | After the [[Siege of Paris IV]], he was assigned to [[Reach Station Gamma]], an orbital station above the planet [[Reach]], one of Humanity's biggest and most important colonies. While he was stationed there, a massive Covenant armada arrived, starting one of the [[Fall of Reach|largest engagements]] of the Human-Covenant War. During the battle, Johnson led a search and destroy team aboard the station, made up of [[Private First Class|PFC]] [[Wallace Jenkins]], and [[Private (UNSC)|Privates]] [[Bisenti]] and [[O'Brien (Marine)|O'Brien]]. They were almost killed by the attacking Jackals and [[Elites]], but were later picked up by [[SPARTAN-II]]s [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]] and [[Petty Officer Second Class]] [[Linda-058]]. <ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], pages 325, 328, and 349</ref> He escaped onto the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, which fled the battle into [[Slipspace]]. | ||