Jacob Keyes: Difference between revisions

==Biography==

===Early career===

Captain Keyes was born on [[Earth]] and spent some time around the [[Wikipedia:Pacific Ocean|Pacific Ocean]] during his childhood. He had a sister who later resided on the colony world of [[Dwarka]].<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 23''</ref> At some point in his life he read the [[Carver Findings|work]] of [[Elias Carver|Dr. Elias Carver]], but considered his view of the [[Insurrection|situation in the colonies]] to be pessimistic.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 113''</ref> During his second year of training in [[Officer Candidate School]], an incident occurred where fourteen ensigns were killed due to an instructor's error during a poorly planned test. Keyes suffered [[plasma]] burns during the test and had to be rehabilitated in a hospital for two months. Keyes refused to testify against the instructor and was nearly demoted for it. Keyes' stubbornness is what brought him to the attention of [[Dr. Halsey]].<ref name="for19">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 19-20''</ref>

After the ''Finnegan's Wake'' incident, Keyes and the rest of the ''Midsummer Night'' bridge crew were debriefed by Watanabe and Zheng. It was revealed that [[Covenant]] weapons, modified for human use, were being distributed to human civilians and insurgents. Deemed a great violation of the Cole Protocol, the ''Midsummer Night'' was to find out where the weapons were coming from. The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] had discovered a container of these weapons on the [[Outer Colony]] of [[Charybdis IX]], and the ''Midsummer Night'' was assigned to help the ONI operatives of the planet discover who the weapons were being distributed to.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 100''</ref> Upon arriving in the [[Charybdis system]], the ODSTs "demonstrated" that they were grateful for Keyes' service at ''Finnegan's Wake'' and [[Major]] [[Faison]], the commanding ODST after Canfield's death, had him tattooed with the ODST brand, saying any ODST would help him if he showed it to them.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 104''</ref>

They attempted to escape with Jeffries' Pelican, but it was destroyed by rebel [[RPG]] fire, resulting in the death of Jeffries. The trio fled to the roof of the building, where they called in for ODST reinforcements from the ''Midsummer Night'' and engaged in firefights with the rebels and rioters.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 127''</ref> Soon, Kincaide began arming rioters with the modified Covenant weapons. While attempting to listen to the rioter discussion below, Kincaide and three rioters attacked the trio. Watanabe killed two of the rioters but was killed by Kincaide, along with the third rioter. In retaliation, Keyes shot Kincaide multiple times and the two wrestled for control of Kincaide's modified [[plasma rifle]]. Keyes gained the upper-hand, and shot Kincaide with the rifle, decapitating him. At first taken back upon realizing he had killed his first human, Keyes threw Kincaide's corpse into the streets below and warned the rioters to disperse and cease hostilities, or else they would be shot.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 131-133''</ref>

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[[File:HFoR-Iroquoisbridge.png|250px|thumb|right|Keyes as an older man commanding the UNSC Iroquois.]]

This unprecedented victory against a Covenant force earned him a promotion to [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] and aided him to become recognized by the entire UNSC.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 187''</ref> Keyes and the ''Iroquois'' remained in the [[Sigma Octanus system]] to fight in the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]. Keyes' brilliance and hindsight allowed him to find out what the Covenant were up to, and intercepted a transmission beamed for a [[Covenant stealth ship]] to receive, saving Sigma Octanus IV again. During the battle, Keyes used the ''Iroquois'' to ram the stealth ship and destroyed it with [[Archer missile]]s, leaving his destroyer badly damaged.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 226''</ref> Shortly after the battle, the ''Iroquois'' was tagged by a [[Covenant spy probe]], subsequently leading the Covenant to [[Reach]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 247''</ref> At Reach, Keyes was debriefed by an [[ONI]] council at [[Camp Hathcock]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 251''</ref> He was congratulated on his victory and assigned command of the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}. During his time at Hathcock, Keyes met with [[John-117]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion]]''', ''Issue #1''</ref>

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