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'''Captain James "Jim" Gregory Cutter''' ([[service number]] '''01730-58392-JC'''){{Ref/Reuse|HWCutter}} is a [[Captain (Navy)|senior officer]] in the [[UNSC Navy]] who served during the [[Insurrection]] and the early years of the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="Card">'''[[Halo Wars: Limited Edition]]''', ''Cutter leader card''</ref> He captains the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}, a refitted [[Phoenix-class colony ship|''Phoenix''-class support vessel]] that was attached to [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]'s [[Third Fleet]] in [[2531]].{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}<ref name="SoF">[http://www.halowars.com/GameInfo/SpiritOfFire.aspx ''Official Halo Wars Community Site'': Spirit of Fire] (defunct, [[Archive:Halowars.com/Spirit of Fire|Archive]])</ref> Cutter had a wife, [[Mary Cutter|Mary]], with whom he had a [[Cutter's daughter|daughter]] on [[Reach]];<ref name = "Sacrifices">[http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/halo-wars-character-profiles-captain-cutter-and-the-brute-chieftain/?page=7 '''Game Daily''' - ''Everyone makes sacrifices to fight the Covenant'' (defunct link)]</ref> he also had a mistress on [[Tribute]], with whom he had a son, [[Daniel Clayton]].<ref name="HE5">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 5|Issue #5]]''</ref> Cutter and the ''Spirit of Fire'' went missing in 2531 due to [[Battle of the Etran Harborage|circumstances]] that required the sacrifice of the ship's [[Shaw-Fujikawa translight engine]] in order to deny a fleet of [[Forerunner]] {{Class|Sojourner|dreadnought}}s to the Covenant. Cutter and the rest of the crew entered [[cryostasis]] and slept for 28 years, awakening in [[2559]] only after being mysteriously pulled through a [[portal]] to the extragalactic [[Installation 00]]. There Cutter led the crew of the ''Spirit of Fire'' against the [[Banished]], a power-hungry mercenary faction of ex-Covenant that were occupying it.

On February 23, the ''Spirit of Fire'' emerged from slipspace hot on the trail of the Arbiter to the sight of an [[Etran Harborage|unknown planet]].{{Ref/Reuse|Anders' Signal}} Cutter prompted Serina for any information about their location, but she was of little help. She did inform him, however, that the Covenant vessel they had followed had taken cover on the planet's surface. No other Covenant activity was detected, though Serina did not that the world below them was resulting in strange readings when scanned by their instruments. Not wanting to waste any more time, the captain told her to get Forge down to the surface as soon as possible, to which she replied that he was already aboard a pelican waiting for approval. Two reconnaissance teams, [[Recon Team Echo|Echo]] and [[India Company|India]], were deployed with [[M312 Elephant]]s and instructed to set up bases at potential sites from which the Covenant could be attacked at a nearby fortified position.{{Ref/Reuse|HWTE}} Cutter confirmed that both teams were free of hostiles before they moved to their designated locations. Sergeant Forge led his own team and another elephant. Cutter let Forge know that he would need to clear a fire line ahead and get to a beacon that was waiting for him to signal the all-clear for a [[firebase]] to be dropped off. Logstics prevented the captain from landing any more troops at that time, but he assured Forge that he should have enough squads of marines with him within the elephant for the task at hand. The marines soon came into conflict with [[Jiralhanae]] and Cutter kept a close eye on the skirmish, offering advice and encouragement all the while from his perch in orbit. After the Jiralhanae were defeated, [[Recon Team Echo]] signaled that it was fully operational and that the situation had returned to normalcy before the man reporting for the team suddenly shouted that there was movement all over the place and that they needed help. All of Echo's signals went offline and Cutter told Forge to take a team to find out what had happened. When the sergeant reach Echo's elephant, he reported that he believed both it and India, all members of which had vanished from observation as well, had been compromised. Cutter questioned what he thought might have happenned, as scans registered no Covenant in the immediate area. Forge assured him it hadn't been the Covenant, but in fact was [[Flood|something]] seemingly even worse. Echo's elephant had been completely engulfed by a strange biomass and the bodies of its members were being hijacked by hideous [[Flood|infectious lifeforms]]. Forge managed to get the transport free and at this, Cutter approved his request for a firebase. He had Serina make the arrangements for D20 Herons to deliver the components. After Forge freed India's elephant from a similar predicament, Cutter had him bring it back to the new base to hold and wait for new orders.{{Ref/Reuse|Anders' Signal}}<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[The Flood (level)|The Flood]]''</ref> [[File:Cuttersentinelpng.png|thumb|left|300px|Cutter and one of the mysterious drones observe one another while the ''Spirit of Fire'' passes between the planet's exterior and interior.]]The [[Spartan-II]]s of [[Red Team]] contacted Captain Cutter to let him know that they were one-hundred meters from Anders' transponder signal but were meeting with heavy resistance from this new enemy. Cutter told them to hold their position and wait for reinforcements before proceeding further. He then contacted Forge to fill him in and have him make his way to Red Team with his remaining marines, but not without advising extreme caution. Once the [[Spartan]]s and marines apparently "killed" a large [[Proto-Gravemind|monstrosity]] that had attached itself in place, Cutter asked Serina for an assessment of their situation. Anders' signal had been lost before the massive version of the alien lifeform had been encountered. However, The Serina let Cutter know that she had just discovered a new signal to the east of the UNSC's position.

File:Anders Cutter Watching Explosion.png|Cutter and Anders watching [[Shield World 0459]]'s star.