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{{quote|This child could be more useful to the UNSC than a fleet of destroyers, a thousand | {{quote|This child could be more [[SPARTAN-II program|useful]] to the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] than a fleet of [[UNSC destroyer|destroyers]], a thousand [[Lieutenant]]s -- or even ''[[Catherine Halsey|me]]''. In the end, one child could be the difference between peace and [[Insurrection|an unwinnable war]].|Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], referring to John-117.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORTAS}}}} | ||
[[Master Chief Petty Officer]] '''John-117''', also known simply by his rank as the "'''Master Chief'''" or (as is common in military culture) simply as the "'''Chief'''", is a [[Spartan-II]] supersoldier of the [[UNSC Navy]]'s [[UNSC Special Forces|Special Weapons]] division. He served as one of the most important figures of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. After over thirty years of active duty, he is one of the most decorated war veterans of the [[United Nations Space Command]]. | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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[[File:HTMCC H4 Steam Trading Card Art.jpg|thumb|250px|Master Chief Petty Officer John-117.]] | [[File:HTMCC H4 Steam Trading Card Art.jpg|thumb|250px|Master Chief Petty Officer John-117.]] | ||
By [[2558#August|August of 2558]], John had completed two hundred and nine military operations, including one hundred and thirty-six full campaigns; more than anyone other UNSC personnel on record at the time.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GLED}} Though John has commanded nearly every [[Spartan-II]] at one time or another, the lion's share of his career has been spent as [[fireteam]] leader of [[Blue Team]]. His actions during the [[Covenant War]] earned him every major [[UNSC]] service medal and combat award, save for the [[Prisoner of War Medallion]], as well as several dozen [[civilian]] honors.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GLED}}<ref name="HTFOR28">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 28</ref>{{Ref/Note|As John is subordinate to Naval Special Weapons, it is unlikely that he could have earned exclusive service medals from the Army, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force. These medals may have been bestowed on behalf of the Office of Naval Intelligence in order to boost morale.}} | By [[2558#August|August of 2558]], John had completed two hundred and nine military operations, including one hundred and thirty-six full campaigns; more than anyone other UNSC personnel on record at the time.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GLED}} Though John has commanded nearly every [[Spartan-II]] at one time or another, the lion's share of his career has been spent as [[fireteam]] leader of [[Blue Team]]. His actions during the [[Human-Covenant War]] earned him every major [[UNSC]] service medal and combat award, save for the [[Prisoner of War Medallion]], as well as several dozen [[civilian]] honors.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GLED}}<ref name="HTFOR28">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 28</ref>{{Ref/Note|As John is subordinate to Naval Special Weapons, it is unlikely that he could have earned exclusive service medals from the Army, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force. These medals may have been bestowed on behalf of the Office of Naval Intelligence in order to boost morale.}} | ||
As the war neared its end, most of John's fellow SPARTAN-IIs were killed in action during the [[Fall of Reach]]. However, John and his AI companion [[Cortana]] fled [[Reach]] and [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|their vessel]] fortuitously arrived at [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 04]], a one hundred millennia-old superweapon created by the [[Forerunner]]s to destroy their parasitic enemy, the [[Flood]], by killing all life in the galaxy. After destroying the Halo, the surrounding Covenant [[Fleet of Particular Justice|fleet]], and the Flood forces on the ring, John returned to [[Earth]] and resisted the Covenant's [[Battle of Earth|impromptu invasion]]. Pursuing the [[Solemn Penance|invaders' flagship]], the Master Chief encountered [[Installation 05]], where a [[Great Schism|civil war]] soon broke out within the Covenant. Weeks later, John followed the remaining Covenant forces to [[Installation 00|the Ark]], the Halo Array's control center, which he disabled before the Halos could be fired. | As the war neared its end, most of John's fellow SPARTAN-IIs were killed in action during the [[Fall of Reach]]. However, John and his AI companion [[Cortana]] fled [[Reach]] and [[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|their vessel]] fortuitously arrived at [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 04]], a one hundred millennia-old superweapon created by the [[Forerunner]]s to destroy their parasitic enemy, the [[Flood]], by killing all life in the galaxy. After destroying the Halo, the surrounding Covenant [[Fleet of Particular Justice|fleet]], and the Flood forces on the ring, John returned to [[Earth]] and resisted the Covenant's [[Battle of Earth|impromptu invasion]]. Pursuing the [[Solemn Penance|invaders' flagship]], the Master Chief encountered [[Installation 05]], where a [[Great Schism|civil war]] soon broke out within the Covenant. Weeks later, John followed the remaining Covenant forces to [[Installation 00|the Ark]], the Halo Array's control center, which he disabled before the Halos could be fired. | ||
John went missing after the [[Battle of Installation 00|war's final battle]] in [[2552#December|December 2552]], having stymied the threat of the Covenant, the Flood, and the Halos.<ref name="H3H">''Halo 3'', campaign level [[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]</ref> In the interbellum, John was lauded as a hero, and though he was officially declared [[missing in action|MIA]] like all Spartans,<ref name="H4P">''Halo 4'', [[Prologue]]</ref> he was ostensibly believed by the UNSC to have perished.{{Ref/Reuse|H3H}} After his recovery in [[2557#July|July 2557]], he played a key role in the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|conflict]] between the UNSC and the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[Promethean#Mechanical Prometheans|Promethean]] forces and a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|new "Covenant" faction]], beginning on the [[shield world]] [[Requiem]]. This culminated in an [[New Phoenix Incident|attack on Earth]] and the Didact's temporary defeat, as well as the apparent loss of Cortana.{{Ref/Reuse|midnight}} John subsequently reunited with Blue Team and with their help, [[ | John went missing after the [[Battle of Installation 00|war's final battle]] in [[2552#December|December 2552]], having stymied the threat of the Covenant, the Flood, and the Halos.<ref name="H3H">''Halo 3'', campaign level [[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]</ref> In the interbellum, John was lauded as a hero, and though he was officially declared [[missing in action|MIA]] like all Spartans,<ref name="H4P">''Halo 4'', [[Prologue]]</ref> he was ostensibly believed by the UNSC to have perished.{{Ref/Reuse|H3H}} After his recovery in [[2557#July|July 2557]], he played a key role in the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|conflict]] between the UNSC and the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[Promethean#Mechanical Prometheans|Promethean]] forces and a [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|new "Covenant" faction]], beginning on the [[shield world]] [[Requiem]]. This culminated in an [[New Phoenix Incident|attack on Earth]] and the Didact's temporary defeat, as well as the apparent loss of Cortana.{{Ref/Reuse|midnight}} John subsequently reunited with Blue Team and with their help, [[Mission to Installation 03|vanquished the Didact]] a second time. John and his Spartan compatriots went on to participate in numerous new missions for over a year. | ||
During [[Raid on Argent Moon|one such mission]], John had a vision of a seemingly alive Cortana. This prompted him to go in search of her against direct orders, with the rest of Blue Team choosing to remain by his side.{{Ref/Reuse|h5 blue team}} In response, the UNSC declared Blue Team absent without leave and sent [[Spartan-IV]] [[Fireteam Osiris]] to recover them.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}} On [[Genesis]], John and Blue Team learned that Cortana had assumed the [[Mantle]] for herself and was planning on using the [[Guardian]]s to enforce peace across the galaxy. John rejected Cortana's offer to join her, prompting her to imprison him and the rest of Blue Team in a [[Cryptum]].{{Ref/Reuse|H5GTB}} However, the Spartan-IIs were freed by Fireteam Osiris, with both Spartan teams traveling to [[Sanghelios]] while Cortana unleashed the Guardians on the galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}} | During [[Raid on Argent Moon|one such mission]], John had a vision of a seemingly alive Cortana. This prompted him to go in search of her against direct orders, with the rest of Blue Team choosing to remain by his side.{{Ref/Reuse|h5 blue team}} In response, the UNSC declared Blue Team absent without leave and sent [[Spartan-IV]] [[Fireteam Osiris]] to recover them.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}} On [[Genesis]], John and Blue Team learned that Cortana had assumed the [[Mantle]] for herself and was planning on using the [[Guardian]]s to enforce peace across the galaxy. John rejected Cortana's offer to join her, prompting her to imprison him and the rest of Blue Team in a [[Cryptum]].{{Ref/Reuse|H5GTB}} However, the Spartan-IIs were freed by Fireteam Osiris, with both Spartan teams traveling to [[Sanghelios]] while Cortana unleashed the Guardians on the galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}} | ||
===Identification=== | ===Identification=== | ||
Within the military he is most commonly identified as "SPARTAN-117" or the phonetic callsign "Sierra 117". As with all Spartans, John was regarded by the Covenant as a "[[Covenant religion#Demons|Demon]]". However, John specifically was known as "''the'' Demon", an epithet he earned after the destruction of Installation 04, though [[Fleet of Retribution|allied Sangheili]] soon came to address him as "Spartan". The Didact and the [[Warden Eternal]] addressed John and his Spartan teammates as Warriors or [[Warrior-Servant]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|HE10}} | Within the military he is most commonly identified as "SPARTAN-117" or the phonetic callsign "Sierra 117". As with all Spartans, John was regarded by the Covenant as a "[[Covenant religion#Demons|Demon]]". However, John specifically was known as "''the'' Demon", an epithet he earned after the destruction of Installation 04, though [[Fleet of Retribution|allied Sangheili]] soon came to address him as "Spartan". The Didact and the [[Warden Eternal]] addressed John and his Spartan teammates as Warriors or [[Warrior-Servant]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|HE10}}{{Ref/Level|Id=H5GR|H5|[[Reunion]]}} | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
{{Main|John-117/Early life}} | {{Main|John-117/Early life}} | ||
===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
[[File: | [[File:H3 Starry Night John.png|thumb|250px|John stargazing in a grassy field on Eridanus II.]] | ||
{{Quote|no=three|John|Ellie|John|q1=Maybe [[Covenant|someone]] up there is wondering what it's like here.|q2=I guess? Do you think we'll ever | {{Quote|no=three|John|Ellie|John|q1=Maybe [[Covenant|someone]] up there is wondering what it's like here.|q2=I guess? Do you think we'll ever meet them?|q3=I hope so. Don't you?|John stargazing philosophically with his friend Ellie.}} | ||
Born on [[2511|March 7, 2511]],{{Ref/Reuse|WaypointMasterChief}}<ref name="H4TEVG">''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p.10</ref> John lived with his [[John-117's mother|mother]] and father in [[Elysium City]], on the colony world of [[Eridanus II]]. He attended the [[Elysium City Primary Education Facility Number 119]]. As a child, John had brown hair, freckles, and a small gap between his front teeth. In a memory, he recalled that his mother was kind and smelled of soap.<ref name="flood">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', Chapter 1</ref> The would-be UNSC Marine [[Lieutenant]] [[Parisa]] was a childhood friend of John's. John once saved her from drowning at [[Lake Gusev]], after which he promised to marry her and keep her safe. A photo of the two was also taken by Parisa's father soon after, and would be kept as a memory by Parisa long after she thought John had passed away.<ref>''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'', [[Palace Hotel]]</ref> He also was a friend of [[Ellie Bloom]], living next to each other in their childhood, and [[Katrina]], who played obstacle races with him and Ellie.<ref name="HtT1">''[[Hunt the Truth]]'', ''Episode 01: A HAIRLINE FRACTURE''</ref> | Born on [[2511|March 7, 2511]],{{Ref/Reuse|WaypointMasterChief}}<ref name="H4TEVG">''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p.10</ref> John lived with his [[John-117's mother|mother]] and father in [[Elysium City]], on the colony world of [[Eridanus II]]. He attended the [[Elysium City Primary Education Facility Number 119]]. As a child, John had brown hair, freckles, and a small gap between his front teeth. In a memory, he recalled that his mother was kind and smelled of soap.<ref name="flood">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', Chapter 1</ref> The would-be UNSC Marine [[Lieutenant]] [[Parisa]] was a childhood friend of John's. John once saved her from drowning at [[Lake Gusev]], after which he promised to marry her and keep her safe. A photo of the two was also taken by Parisa's father soon after, and would be kept as a memory by Parisa long after she thought John had passed away.<ref>''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]'', [[Palace Hotel]]</ref> He also was a friend of [[Ellie Bloom]], living next to each other in their childhood, and [[Katrina]], who played obstacle races with him and Ellie.<ref name="HtT1">''[[Hunt the Truth]]'', ''Episode 01: A HAIRLINE FRACTURE''</ref> | ||
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{{Quote|multi=yes|q1=It's very nice to meet you. I wanted to ask you what you were doing?|Halsey|q2=Winning.|John|Dr. Halsey and John during their first meeting.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR2}}}} | {{Quote|multi=yes|q1=It's very nice to meet you. I wanted to ask you what you were doing?|Halsey|q2=Winning.|John|Dr. Halsey and John during their first meeting.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR2}}}} | ||
At the age of six, John was identified by [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] as one of 150 preliminary candidates for the [[SPARTAN-II program]]. John was an ideal physical and mental candidate, standing a head taller than the majority of his schoolmates, having greater physical proportions, possessing greater strength, exhibiting superior reflexes, and having an aggressive drive for success. By the time he was conscripted, he had a string of forty-five victories in what Dr. Halsey referred to as a "brutal version" of King of the Hill, resulting in him having a chipped tooth and his opponents suffering various bone fractures.<ref>''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 15, 2517''</ref> | At the age of six, John was identified by [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] as one of 150 preliminary candidates for the [[SPARTAN-II program]]. John was an ideal physical and mental candidate, standing a head taller than the majority of his schoolmates, having greater physical proportions, possessing greater strength, exhibiting superior reflexes, and having an aggressive drive for success. By the time he was conscripted, he had a string of forty-five victories in what Dr. Halsey referred to as a "brutal version" of King of the Hill, resulting in him having a chipped tooth and his opponents suffering various bone fractures.<ref>''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''September 15, 2517''</ref> | ||
[[File:Johnabducted.png|thumb | [[File:Johnabducted.png|thumb|250px|John being abducted by ONI agents.]] | ||
When Dr. Halsey and [[Jacob Keyes|LTJG Jacob Keyes]] visited Eridanus II in [[2517]] to study him - the first of the candidates - they were impressed with his intellect. In a final test of his viability as a candidate, he was asked to determine which side [[Quarter|an old coin]] would land on. He watched the coin as it flew in the air and caught it before it could land; correctly stating which side was face-up, on the side of the eagle. Later that same year, John and 74 other six-year-old children were conscripted to [[Reach]]: they were covertly kidnapped from their homes and replaced with [[Flash cloning|flash clones]] to cover up the kidnappings.{{Ref/Note|''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]'' originally showed John being abducted by ONI agents in the back of a van after school; he also sees his clone during the process. However, in the ''[[Scanned]]'' live-action trailer, he is seen being abducted by night during his sleep.}} All of the clones would later die of [[Metabolic Cascade Failure|seemingly natural causes]] as a result of their accelerated growth process, with John's flash-clone dying on December 7, 2517.{{Ref/Reuse|HtT1}}<ref name="DeathRecord">''[[Hunt the Truth]]'': [[:File:Ep 1 image.jpg|UEG public record]]</ref> | When Dr. Halsey and [[Jacob Keyes|LTJG Jacob Keyes]] visited Eridanus II in [[2517]] to study him - the first of the candidates - they were impressed with his intellect. In a final test of his viability as a candidate, he was asked to determine which side [[Quarter|an old coin]] would land on. He watched the coin as it flew in the air and caught it before it could land; correctly stating which side was face-up, on the side of the eagle. Later that same year, John and 74 other six-year-old children were conscripted to [[Reach]]: they were covertly kidnapped from their homes and replaced with [[Flash cloning|flash clones]] to cover up the kidnappings.{{Ref/Note|''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]'' originally showed John being abducted by ONI agents in the back of a van after school; he also sees his clone during the process. However, in the ''[[Scanned]]'' live-action trailer, he is seen being abducted by night during his sleep.}} All of the clones would later die of [[Metabolic Cascade Failure|seemingly natural causes]] as a result of their accelerated growth process, with John's flash-clone dying on December 7, 2517.{{Ref/Reuse|HtT1}}<ref name="DeathRecord">''[[Hunt the Truth]]'': [[:File:Ep 1 image.jpg|UEG public record]]</ref> | ||
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{{Main|John-117/Human-Covenant War}} | {{Main|John-117/Human-Covenant War}} | ||
====Chi Ceti IV==== | ====Chi Ceti IV==== | ||
[[File:Halo TFoR HalseyJohnhelmet.jpg|250px|thumb | [[File:Halo TFoR HalseyJohnhelmet.jpg|250px|thumb|John, at 14 years of age, having his original Mjolnir helmet put on by Dr. Halsey.]] | ||
{{Main|Battle of Chi Ceti IV}} | {{Main|Battle of Chi Ceti IV}} | ||
{{Quote|no=two|q1=Spartans, this is what we've trained our entire lives to do. If we lose here, we lose everything. Let's send our own message.|John-117|q2=Sir, yes, sir!|Spartans|John encouraging his comrades{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORTAS}}}} | {{Quote|no=two|q1=Spartans, this is what we've trained our entire lives to do. If we lose here, we lose everything. Let's send our own message.|John-117|q2=Sir, yes, sir!|Spartans|John encouraging his comrades{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORTAS}}}} | ||
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====Early war==== | ====Early war==== | ||
Over the ensuing months, John and his Spartans were rapidly deployed on a number of battlefronts, taking part in the [[Battle of Alpha Corvi II]] later in 2525 and a [[boarding|boarding action]] against the frigate ''[[Radiant Arrow]]'' before being assigned as instrumental parts of [[Operation: SILENT STORM]] in early [[2526]]. During the operation, John worked for the first time alongside enlisted UNSC personnel of the [[21st Space Assault Battalion]]. Throughout the operation, John was a key participant in the battles of [[Battle of Seoba|Seoba]], [[Battle over Etalan|Etalan]], and finally a massive [[ | Over the ensuing months, John and his Spartans were rapidly deployed on a number of battlefronts, taking part in the [[Battle of Alpha Corvi II]] later in 2525 and a [[Naval boarding|boarding action]] against the frigate ''[[Radiant Arrow]]'' before being assigned as instrumental parts of [[Operation: SILENT STORM]] in early [[2526]]. During the operation, John worked for the first time alongside enlisted UNSC personnel of the [[21st Space Assault Battalion]]. Throughout the operation, John was a key participant in the battles of [[Battle of Seoba|Seoba]], [[Battle over Etalan|Etalan]], and finally a massive [[Battle of Zhoist]]. In this final engagement of SILENT STORM, John led one of the only offensive actions of the war into Covenant space, deploying on the Covenant world of [[Zhoist]] to destroy the [[Ring of Mighty Abundance]], a key logistics base. The mission saw John attain the rank of [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] and formed a friendship with [[Avery Johnson]].<ref>''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''</ref> | ||
[[File:H4FUD-Spartan-BlueTeam.jpg|250px|thumb|Blue Team's deployment on Circinius IV.]] | [[File:H4FUD-Spartan-BlueTeam.jpg|250px|thumb|Blue Team's deployment on Circinius IV.]] | ||
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====Mid-war actions==== | ====Mid-war actions==== | ||
[[File:Corridor Attack.jpg|thumb | [[File:Corridor Attack.jpg|thumb|250px|John-117 leading Fred-104 and Kelly-087 during Operation: WARM BLANKET.]] | ||
John later returned to [[Circinius IV]] at an unknown time to once again aid in the evacuation of the planet's civilian population and to observe the enemy's invasion patterns, as part of [[Operation: PHALANX]]. John is known to have participated in an operation codenamed [[Operation: SWITCHBACK]] at some point prior to [[2544]], though details surrounding it have been redacted. He also was present at [[Cascade]] at some point after this, during which he aided in the destruction of Covenant exploratory fleet elements as part of [[Operation: HORIZON]].<ref name="H5LE">''[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition]]'', John-117 dossier</ref> | John later returned to [[Circinius IV]] at an unknown time to once again aid in the evacuation of the planet's civilian population and to observe the enemy's invasion patterns, as part of [[Operation: PHALANX]]. John is known to have participated in an operation codenamed [[Operation: SWITCHBACK]] at some point prior to [[2544]], though details surrounding it have been redacted. He also was present at [[Cascade]] at some point after this, during which he aided in the destruction of Covenant exploratory fleet elements as part of [[Operation: HORIZON]].<ref name="H5LE">''[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition]]'', John-117 dossier</ref> | ||
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{{Main|Battle of Installation 04}} | {{Main|Battle of Installation 04}} | ||
{{Quote|multi=yes|q1=If I'm analyzing this correctly...[[Covenant|they]] believe that Halo is some kind of weapon. One with vast, unimaginable power.|Cortana|q2=Then it's true. The Covenant kept saying that "whoever controls Halo controls the fate of the Universe" ... If Halo is a weapon, and the Covenant gain control of it, they'll use it against us and wipe out the entire human race. Chief, Cortana: I have a new mission for you. |Cpt. Keyes|Cpt. Keyes prioritizing<ref name="CETaR">''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', campaign level ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|multi=yes|q1=If I'm analyzing this correctly...[[Covenant|they]] believe that Halo is some kind of weapon. One with vast, unimaginable power.|Cortana|q2=Then it's true. The Covenant kept saying that "whoever controls Halo controls the fate of the Universe" ... If Halo is a weapon, and the Covenant gain control of it, they'll use it against us and wipe out the entire human race. Chief, Cortana: I have a new mission for you. |Cpt. Keyes|Cpt. Keyes prioritizing<ref name="CETaR">''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', campaign level ''[[The Truth and Reconciliation]]''</ref>}} | ||
Upon the ship's arrival at [[Halo]] [[Installation 04]], it soon became clear that the {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} had been followed through slipspace by a dozen Covenant ships. These vessels engaged the ''Autumn'' and sent several capture parties to [[ | Upon the ship's arrival at [[Halo]] [[Installation 04]], it soon became clear that the {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} had been followed through slipspace by a dozen Covenant ships. These vessels engaged the ''Autumn'' and sent several capture parties to [[Naval boarding|board]] the ship. [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] ordered John to be woken from cryosleep, and tasked him with ensuring the escape of [[Cortana]] while he crash-landed the ''Pillar of Autumn'' on the then-unidentified ringworld. John escaped the ship and [[Landing on Installation 04|landed]] on the structure via [[SKT-9 Bumblebee]] lifeboat.{{Ref/Level|CE|[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]}} | ||
Believing himself to be the only surviving Spartan-II, John launched several successful guerrilla attacks against the Covenant, launching a [[Raid on the Truth and Reconciliation|Raid on the ''Truth and Reconciliation'']] to rescue the Captain and a follow-up [[Battle of the Silent Cartographer|battle for the Silent Cartographer]] and [[Assault on the Control Room (conflict)|Assault on the Control Room]]. John was later deployed to investigate the disappearance of Captain Keyes inside a [[Flood containment facility|believed weapons cache]], where he ultimately engaged - for the first time - the parasitic [[Flood]]. John was assisted by the AI [[343 Guilty Spark]], with the [[Monitor]] helping him secure the installation's [[Index]] to fire the ring and eliminate the Flood permanently. Upon returning to the control room however, the Spartan was met by [[Cortana]], who informed him that he had been deceived and that the ring would not destroy the Flood, but its food - all sentient life in the galaxy. John and Cortana ultimately set out to destroy the ringworld, destroying the ''Pillar of Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fusion reactor to destroy the megastructure. The two escaped the cruiser in a [[GA-TL1 Longsword]]. | Believing himself to be the only surviving Spartan-II, John launched several successful guerrilla attacks against the Covenant, launching a [[Raid on the Truth and Reconciliation|Raid on the ''Truth and Reconciliation'']] to rescue the Captain and a follow-up [[Battle of the Silent Cartographer|battle for the Silent Cartographer]] and [[Assault on the Control Room (conflict)|Assault on the Control Room]]. John was later deployed to investigate the disappearance of Captain Keyes inside a [[Flood containment facility|believed weapons cache]], where he ultimately engaged - for the first time - the parasitic [[Flood]]. John was assisted by the AI [[343 Guilty Spark]], with the [[Monitor]] helping him secure the installation's [[Index]] to fire the ring and eliminate the Flood permanently. Upon returning to the control room however, the Spartan was met by [[Cortana]], who informed him that he had been deceived and that the ring would not destroy the Flood, but its food - all sentient life in the galaxy. John and Cortana ultimately set out to destroy the ringworld, destroying the ''Pillar of Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fusion reactor to destroy the megastructure. The two escaped the cruiser in a [[GA-TL1 Longsword]]. | ||
====Return to Reach==== | ====Return to Reach==== | ||
[[File:Fight on Ascendant Justice.png | [[File:Fight on Ascendant Justice.png|thumb|250px|John-117 fighting aboard ''Ascendant Justice''.]] | ||
{{Main|Raid on Reach}} | {{Main|Raid on Reach}} | ||
{{Quote|He sent his team down to the surface of Reach... sent them to their deaths. What commander wouldn't go back? And what commander wouldn't hope that they were alive? No matter what the odds?|Lieutenant Haverson about John's motives<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', Chapter 10</ref>}} | {{Quote|He sent his team down to the surface of Reach... sent them to their deaths. What commander wouldn't go back? And what commander wouldn't hope that they were alive? No matter what the odds?|Lieutenant Haverson about John's motives<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', Chapter 10</ref>}} | ||
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====Battle for Earth==== | ====Battle for Earth==== | ||
[[File:H2A-John&marines.jpg|thumb|250px | [[File:H2A-John&marines.jpg|thumb|250px|The Master Chief on the streets of Old Mombasa.]] | ||
{{Main|Battle for Earth}} | {{Main|Battle for Earth}} | ||
{{Quote|no=two|q1=What if you miss?|Cortana|q2=I won't.|John-117|John-117 reassuring Cortana before turning the Covenant's bomb against them<ref name="h2 cairo">''Halo 2'', campaign level [[Cairo Station]]</ref>}} | {{Quote|no=two|q1=What if you miss?|Cortana|q2=I won't.|John-117|John-117 reassuring Cortana before turning the Covenant's bomb against them<ref name="h2 cairo">''Halo 2'', campaign level [[Cairo Station]]</ref>}} | ||
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====Installation 05==== | ====Installation 05==== | ||
[[File:H2A - Prophet of Regret hologram.jpg|thumb|250px | [[File:H2A - Prophet of Regret hologram.jpg|thumb|250px|The Master Chief hunting the Prophet of Regret.]] | ||
{{Main|Battle of Installation 05}} | {{Main|Battle of Installation 05}} | ||
{{Quote|This is not your grave...But you are welcome in it.|The Gravemind to John-117 after capturing the latter<ref name="H2 regret">''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level [[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]]</ref>}} | {{Quote|This is not your grave...But you are welcome in it.|The Gravemind to John-117 after capturing the latter<ref name="H2 regret">''[[Halo 2]]'', campaign level [[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]]</ref>}} | ||
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After John disabled two energy pylons preventing them from contacting ''Infinity'' and attempted to use the supposed relay satellite in [[Core of Requiem|Requiem's core]] to establish contact, it became clear that a great threat had once been imprisoned within Requiem. Instead of contacting the ''Infinity'', John had accidentally released the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]], an ancient Forerunner warrior, from meditative hibernation within his [[Cryptum]]. Easily disabling John with his powerful abilities, the Didact declared the return of the Forerunners as the galaxy's rulers and saviors. Humanity remained weak and unworthy in his eyes of inheriting the [[Mantle|Mantle of Responsibility]]. Having always revered the Forerunners as gods, the Covenant quickly swore alliance to the Didact and his armies. Tossing John aside, the Didact escaped Requiem's core using a slipspace rupture, an which destabilized the core.{{Ref/Reuse|forel}} | After John disabled two energy pylons preventing them from contacting ''Infinity'' and attempted to use the supposed relay satellite in [[Core of Requiem|Requiem's core]] to establish contact, it became clear that a great threat had once been imprisoned within Requiem. Instead of contacting the ''Infinity'', John had accidentally released the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]], an ancient Forerunner warrior, from meditative hibernation within his [[Cryptum]]. Easily disabling John with his powerful abilities, the Didact declared the return of the Forerunners as the galaxy's rulers and saviors. Humanity remained weak and unworthy in his eyes of inheriting the [[Mantle|Mantle of Responsibility]]. Having always revered the Forerunners as gods, the Covenant quickly swore alliance to the Didact and his armies. Tossing John aside, the Didact escaped Requiem's core using a slipspace rupture, an which destabilized the core.{{Ref/Reuse|forel}} | ||
[[File:H4 | [[File:HTMCC-H4 ThisTombIsNowYours.png|thumb|left|250px|John is overpowered by the recently awakened [[Ur-Didact|Didact]].]] | ||
Narrowly escaping the collapsing core facility, John and Cortana translocated to the planet's surface only to find their warning to the ''Infinity'' came too late. The massive warship crashed nearly 80 kilometers away, with a massive force of Covenant and Prometheans closing on their position. John was successful in regrouping with a group of Marines and [[Spartan-IV]]s, led by [[Commander]] [[Thomas Lasky]], whom John had previously [[Battle of Circinius IV|met]] on [[Circinius IV]] over thirty years earlier. Recognizing the Chief immediately, Lasky asked John and Cortana to clear a [[landing zone]] so that ''Infinity''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ground forces could fall back to the ship which had fallen under siege. Commandeering a Scorpion tank, John led the attack to the crippled vessel alongside Commander [[Sarah Palmer]]'s [[Spartan Operations|Spartans]]. Using the UNSC's latest weapon, the [[Mantis]] walker, John rallied a force of nearby Marines and regained control of the ship's interior. After reinitializing the ship's secondary MAC guns and missile batteries, the tide turned in the UNSC's favor and the Didact was forced to retreat.<ref name="infil">''Halo 4'', campaign level [[Infinity (level)|Infinity]]</ref> | Narrowly escaping the collapsing core facility, John and Cortana translocated to the planet's surface only to find their warning to the ''Infinity'' came too late. The massive warship crashed nearly 80 kilometers away, with a massive force of Covenant and Prometheans closing on their position. John was successful in regrouping with a group of Marines and [[Spartan-IV]]s, led by [[Commander]] [[Thomas Lasky]], whom John had previously [[Battle of Circinius IV|met]] on [[Circinius IV]] over thirty years earlier. Recognizing the Chief immediately, Lasky asked John and Cortana to clear a [[landing zone]] so that ''Infinity''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ground forces could fall back to the ship which had fallen under siege. Commandeering a Scorpion tank, John led the attack to the crippled vessel alongside Commander [[Sarah Palmer]]'s [[Spartan Operations|Spartans]]. Using the UNSC's latest weapon, the [[Mantis]] walker, John rallied a force of nearby Marines and regained control of the ship's interior. After reinitializing the ship's secondary MAC guns and missile batteries, the tide turned in the UNSC's favor and the Didact was forced to retreat.<ref name="infil">''Halo 4'', campaign level [[Infinity (level)|Infinity]]</ref> | ||
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{{Main|New Phoenix Incident}} | {{Main|New Phoenix Incident}} | ||
{{Quote|You persist too long after your own defeat. Come then, Warrior. Have your resolution.|Didact to Chief acknowledging his efforts to stop him{{Ref/Reuse|midnight}}}} | {{Quote|You persist too long after your own defeat. Come then, Warrior. Have your resolution.|Didact to Chief acknowledging his efforts to stop him{{Ref/Reuse|midnight}}}} | ||
[[File:John and Cortana re-unite - Close shot.png|thumb | [[File:John and Cortana re-unite - Close shot.png|thumb|300px|Cortana paid the ultimate price to ensure the Didact's defeat and John's rescue.]] | ||
With the Didact approaching Earth, planning to imprison all of humanity into digital form, John pursued the Forerunner aboard a [[F-41 Broadsword|Broadsword]] fighter on the outer hull of the Promethean's ship. As the ship exited slipspace near Earth, John was surprised to find the ''Infinity'' and the rest of the [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] ready and waiting for the Didact. John was able to destroy the ship's point defense guns, giving ''Infinity'' the chance to punch through the vessel's hull. Entering the breach, John fought his way to the Forerunner's location.<ref name="midnight">''Halo 4'', campaign level [[Midnight]]</ref> Despite the UNSC's best efforts, the Didact was to fire on Earth with the Composer, digitizing the entire population of [[New Phoenix|New Phoenix, Arizona]]. Armed with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|HAVOK warhead]], John confronted the Didact for the second time on a [[hard light]] bridge. While John was no match for the Forerunner's powerful abilities, the dying Cortana was able to immobilize the Didact with hard light shackles. The weakened John then planted a [[pulse grenade]] in the Didact's armor, blowing him off the bridge and sending him falling into a slipspace rupture underneath the Composer. With time having already run out, John detonated the nuclear bomb manually as a desperate last resort.{{Ref/Reuse|midnight}} | With the Didact approaching Earth, planning to imprison all of humanity into digital form, John pursued the Forerunner aboard a [[F-41 Broadsword|Broadsword]] fighter on the outer hull of the Promethean's ship. As the ship exited slipspace near Earth, John was surprised to find the ''Infinity'' and the rest of the [[UNSC Home Fleet|Home Fleet]] ready and waiting for the Didact. John was able to destroy the ship's point defense guns, giving ''Infinity'' the chance to punch through the vessel's hull. Entering the breach, John fought his way to the Forerunner's location.<ref name="midnight">''Halo 4'', campaign level [[Midnight]]</ref> Despite the UNSC's best efforts, the Didact was to fire on Earth with the Composer, digitizing the entire population of [[New Phoenix|New Phoenix, Arizona]]. Armed with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|HAVOK warhead]], John confronted the Didact for the second time on a [[hard light]] bridge. While John was no match for the Forerunner's powerful abilities, the dying Cortana was able to immobilize the Didact with hard light shackles. The weakened John then planted a [[pulse grenade]] in the Didact's armor, blowing him off the bridge and sending him falling into a slipspace rupture underneath the Composer. With time having already run out, John detonated the nuclear bomb manually as a desperate last resort.{{Ref/Reuse|midnight}} | ||
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====The Composer's Forge==== | ====The Composer's Forge==== | ||
{{Main| | {{Main|Mission to Installation 03}} | ||
[[File:BrutalDidact2.png|thumb|200px|The Didact crushes John's helmet.]] | [[File:BrutalDidact2.png|thumb|200px|The Didact crushes John's helmet.]] | ||
{{Quote|You killed my friend. You killed millions of humans. You tried to kill me. I've tried to end you with blades, with guns, with explosives, by knocking you in slipspace... None of it works. I bet [[Activation Index|this]] does. |John-117 confronting the Didact{{Ref/Reuse|HE10}}}} | {{Quote|You killed my friend. You killed millions of humans. You tried to kill me. I've tried to end you with blades, with guns, with explosives, by knocking you in slipspace... None of it works. I bet [[Activation Index|this]] does. |John-117 confronting the Didact{{Ref/Reuse|HE10}}}} | ||
On [[2557#July|July 25, 2557]] John was debriefed by the [[UNSC Security Council]], though this questioning session as well as his survival were kept secret from Doctor Halsey. | On [[2557#July|July 25, 2557]] John was debriefed by the [[UNSC Security Council]], though this questioning session as well as his survival were kept secret from Doctor Halsey.{{Ref/SpOps|Invasion}} John confirmed that Cortana and the Composer were both destroyed over Earth, but he was unable to confirm the Didact's death. With there being no proof of a living [[Forerunner]], the Council decided to tell the general public that the attack on New Phoenix was caused by the [[Covenant remnants]] and ended by the return of a hero, the Master Chief. Following his meeting with the Security Council, the Master Chief met with [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]]. Hood asked the Master Chief if he could advise a team on Installation 03 to investigate the loss of contact with a science team escorted by Spartan [[Black Team]] on the ring. The Master Chief then reunited with [[Blue Team]], consisting of [[Frederic-104]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Linda-058]]. | ||
John and the rest of Blue Team took a Longsword fighter to Gamma Halo and landed in near the science team's camp. There, the Spartans found the corpses of both the science team and Spartan Black. After being attacked by Promethean Knights, Blue Team discovered the former location of the Composer and within, the [[Composer's Abyss]], a facility used to store the Composer's victims. | John and the rest of Blue Team took a Longsword fighter to Gamma Halo and landed in near the science team's camp. There, the Spartans found the corpses of both the science team and Spartan Black. After being attacked by Promethean Knights, Blue Team discovered the former location of the Composer and within, the [[Composer's Abyss]], a facility used to store the Composer's victims.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE8|HE|Issue=8}} The Spartans entered a [[slipspace portal]] at the end of the Abyss and were [[Slipspace translocation|teleported]] to the [[Composer's Forge]], housing six new Composers, where they were confronted by the Didact and his Promethean constructs. During the battle, [[859 Static Carillon]], the Forge's [[monitor]], transported Installation 03 over the Forge by the Didact's request. The Didact subsequently took one of the Composers and departed for the Halo, intending to use the ring to eradicate humanity. Infuriated by the Didact bringing his "abominations" to the Composer's Forge, Static Carillon allied with the Spartans and escorted them back to the portal, holding off the hordes of Promethean machines.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE9|HE|Issue=9}} | ||
Blue Team returned to the surface of Gamma Halo from the Composer's Abyss, arriving just in time as the Didact's new Composer rose from the pit. John fell behind while the Didact attacked and prepared to kill the others, starting with Kelly. Before he could do so, the Master Chief snuck up behind the Didact and stabbed him in the eye with his combat knife. Intending to correct his mistake of not having killed the Spartan when he had the chance, the Didact grabbed John by the helmet, lifted him up in the air and squeezed, cracking his visor.{{Ref/Reuse|HE9}} However, the rest of Blue Team intervened, forcing the Didact to throw John aside. The Forerunner quickly and easily subdued all four Spartans, but Static Carillon arrived and teleported the Didact into the Halo's [[Control Room (Installation 03)|control room]] before he could finish them off. | Blue Team returned to the surface of Gamma Halo from the Composer's Abyss, arriving just in time as the Didact's new Composer rose from the pit. John fell behind while the Didact attacked and prepared to kill the others, starting with Kelly. Before he could do so, the Master Chief snuck up behind the Didact and stabbed him in the eye with his combat knife.{{Ref/Reuse|HE9}} becoming the first human to ever give the Didact a direct wound.{{Ref/Reuse|Epi20}} Intending to correct his mistake of not having killed the Spartan when he had the chance, the Didact grabbed John by the helmet, lifted him up in the air and squeezed, cracking his visor.{{Ref/Reuse|HE9}} However, the rest of Blue Team intervened, forcing the Didact to throw John aside. The Forerunner quickly and easily subdued all four Spartans, but Static Carillon arrived and teleported the Didact into the Halo's [[Control Room (Installation 03)|control room]] before he could finish them off.{{Ref/Comic|Id=HE10|HE|Issue=10}} | ||
After recovering, John picked up the ring's [[Activation Index]] the Didact had dropped and intended to confront the Forerunner in the control room while the rest of the team returned to their Longsword. Using the Index to override the system's safeties, the Master Chief gave control of the Halo to Static Carillon who then ejected the section of the ring housing the control room, causing it to plunge toward the planet below. The monitor teleported John away just as the segment struck the Composer's Forge and the Didact was disintegrated by the Composers. John and Static Carillon materialized aboard Blue Team's Longsword, where the monitor bade farewell to the Reclaimer before departing to take Gamma Halo to an undisclosed location.{{Ref/Reuse|HE10}} | After recovering, John picked up the ring's [[Activation Index]] the Didact had dropped and intended to confront the Forerunner in the control room while the rest of the team returned to their Longsword. Using the Index to override the system's safeties, the Master Chief gave control of the Halo to Static Carillon who then ejected the section of the ring housing the control room, causing it to plunge toward the planet below. The monitor teleported John away just as the segment struck the Composer's Forge and the Didact was disintegrated by the Composers.{{Ref/Reuse|HE10}} John's efforts resulted in the death of the Didact, whose mutations were unable to stand up to the raw destructive neural physics of five Composers exploding at once. The Didact was composed and uploaded to the outer boundaries of the [[Domain]].{{Ref/Novel|Epi|5}} John and Static Carillon materialized aboard Blue Team's Longsword, where the monitor bade farewell to the Reclaimer before departing to take Gamma Halo to an undisclosed location.{{Ref/Reuse|HE10}} | ||
====Self-reassignment==== | ====Self-reassignment==== | ||
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Upon landing on Genesis, Blue Team came across a series of computer consoles sounding musical tunes of [[Spartan signals|Oly Oly Oxen Free]]. Following the path unlocked by interacting with those consoles, Blue Team battled through stranded Covenant forces before meeting the [[Warden Eternal]]. Shortly after learning of the Warden Eternal's role as Cortana's defender, John demanded to meet her, only for the Warden Eternal to refuse and commence hostilities. Shortly after Blue Team's defeat of the Warden Eternal in battle, Cortana finally revealed herself to them, expressing relief that they made it to Genesis. Upon questioning Cortana on the circumstances of her survival, they learned that the [[Domain]] had saved her; Cortana referred to it as the "water of life" for AIs. Suspicious of Cortana's desire to reunite with them, Blue Team proceeded further into the planet in order to physically locate her.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GR}} Shortly afterward, Fireteam Osiris caught up with Blue Team. They warned John that Cortana was potentially dangerous, only for John to respond that he had already come to the same conclusion. | Upon landing on Genesis, Blue Team came across a series of computer consoles sounding musical tunes of [[Spartan signals|Oly Oly Oxen Free]]. Following the path unlocked by interacting with those consoles, Blue Team battled through stranded Covenant forces before meeting the [[Warden Eternal]]. Shortly after learning of the Warden Eternal's role as Cortana's defender, John demanded to meet her, only for the Warden Eternal to refuse and commence hostilities. Shortly after Blue Team's defeat of the Warden Eternal in battle, Cortana finally revealed herself to them, expressing relief that they made it to Genesis. Upon questioning Cortana on the circumstances of her survival, they learned that the [[Domain]] had saved her; Cortana referred to it as the "water of life" for AIs. Suspicious of Cortana's desire to reunite with them, Blue Team proceeded further into the planet in order to physically locate her.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GR}} Shortly afterward, Fireteam Osiris caught up with Blue Team. They warned John that Cortana was potentially dangerous, only for John to respond that he had already come to the same conclusion. | ||
Before the two Spartan teams could team up, Cortana separated Blue Team from Osiris in separate parts of the installation. | Before the two Spartan teams could team up, Cortana separated Blue Team from Osiris in separate parts of the installation.{{Ref/Level|Id=h5 genesis|H5|[[Genesis (level)|Genesis]]}} Blue Team fought an uphill battle through Promethean forces and multiple bodies of the Warden Eternal before physically meeting Cortana. There she revealed to them her plan to use the Guardians as a means of enforcing a forced peace upon the galaxy, giving sentient beings "a chance to be more than they are naturally". Comparing Cortana's behavior to that of Doctor Halsey's SPARTAN-II program, John pointed out a flaw in Cortana's plan: high collateral damage and a loss of free will. John pleaded with Cortana to stand down and return to Earth with the team. Cortana refused and forcibly sealed Blue Team in a Cryptum, intending to keep them in stasis for 10,000 years.{{Ref/Level|Id=H5GTB|H5|[[The Breaking]]}} With the aid of [[031 Exuberant Witness]],{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}} and secretly the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]],{{Ref/Reuse|Epi16}} Fireteam Osiris narrowly managed to free Blue Team from the Cryptum. Upon his release, John asked Locke where Cortana was; Locke could only respond, "Gone, sir."{{Ref/Reuse|H5GG}} | ||
[[File:Halo 5 - MC's first visit to Sanghelios.jpg|thumb|left|250px|John, Spartan Locke and Dr. Halsey meet up on Sanghelios.]] | [[File:Halo 5 - MC's first visit to Sanghelios.jpg|thumb|left|250px|John, Spartan Locke and Dr. Halsey meet up on Sanghelios.]] | ||
Following Cortana’s departure, both Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris together fought their way through hordes of Promethean constructs to reach [[India 127|a D79-TC Pelican]] that had previously arrived on the planet via a Guardian’s Slipspace entry. Based on Osiris' recommendation, John and his team agreed to return to [[Sanghelios]]; the joint team requested Witness’ help, who opened a [[Slipspace portal]] for them.{{Ref/Reuse|BB}} | Following Cortana’s departure, both Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris together fought their way through hordes of Promethean constructs to reach [[India 127|a D79-TC Pelican]] that had previously arrived on the planet via a Guardian’s Slipspace entry. Based on Osiris' recommendation, John and his team agreed to return to [[Sanghelios]]; the joint team requested Witness’ help, who opened a [[Slipspace portal]] for them.{{Ref/Reuse|BB}} | ||
Upon their arrival at Sanghelios, now mostly in the dark due to the Guardian attack at Sunaion, they correctly deduced they’d find their allies near the region of [[Nuusra]].{{Ref/Reuse|BB}} There they regrouped with [[Thel 'Vadam]] and his [[Swords of Sanghelios]] who had just [[Battle of Sunaion|destroyed]] the remaining cell of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]. In 'Vadam's [[Sangheili hut|field command post]], John and Locke also met up with Spartan Commander [[Sarah Palmer]] and Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], whom John had not seen since before [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]] in 2552. | Upon their arrival at Sanghelios, now mostly in the dark due to the Guardian attack at Sunaion, they correctly deduced they’d find their allies near the region of [[Nuusra]].{{Ref/Reuse|BB}} There they regrouped with [[Thel 'Vadam]] and his [[Swords of Sanghelios]] who had just [[Battle of Sunaion|destroyed]] the remaining cell of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]. In 'Vadam's [[Sangheili hut|field command post]], John and Locke also met up with Spartan Commander [[Sarah Palmer]] and Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], whom John had not seen since before [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]] in 2552.{{Ref/Level|Id=H5GG|H5|[[Guardians]]}} Spartans then were invited to join Sangheili in a celebratory meal commemorating their victory, while the Arbiter and the Master Chief subsequently spent part of the night reminiscing about their past. Also, the Arbiter reassured the Chief in his support in the coming fight against the Created. The next day, the humans left the planet for a rendezvous with the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} near [[Suban]], one of the moons of Sanghelios.{{Ref/Novel|Id=BB|BadB|1}} | ||
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{{Quote|no=two|q1=A hundred Spartans? In the first wave?|[[Bella Disztl]]|q2=Affirmative. Reach belongs to you again. The Banished can leave or die.|John|Master Chief on seemed success of their campaign{{Ref/Novel|Id=Chapter 16|HSoR|Chapter=16}}}} | {{Quote|no=two|q1=A hundred Spartans? In the first wave?|[[Bella Disztl]]|q2=Affirmative. Reach belongs to you again. The Banished can leave or die.|John|Master Chief on seemed success of their campaign{{Ref/Novel|Id=Chapter 16|HSoR|Chapter=16}}}} | ||
On October 7, [[2559#October|2559]] John and the rest of Blue Team, now outfitted with new sets of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)|third-generation Mjolnir armor]], were deployed from ''Infinity'' on Reach in an [[D102 Owl]], the {{UNSCShip|Special Delivery}}. The team's mission concerned the penetration of the rubble-filled ruins of [[CASTLE Base]] and the recovery of top-secret assets locked away in Doctor Halsey's abandoned laboratory there. It was hoped that the assets in question could prove useful against Cortana.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Chapter 1|HSoR|Chapter=1}} Trying to escape the enemy pursuit, who discovered their insertion craft, the Owl's pilots, Major [[Eznik Van Houte]] and First Lieutenant [[Maks Chapov]], attemted a vanishing maneuver resulting in their emergency crash-landing on glassed surface of Reach. To repel the enemy attack on their crash site, whom John identified as the [[Banished]], Spartans used the [[Wikipedia:Drilling jumbo|drilling jumbo]] as an anti-aircraft turret against [[Morsam-pattern Seraph|Seraph]] patrol. Collecting the Owl's crew and mining machines, Blue Team proceeded in the direction of [[Highland Mountains]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Chapter 2|HSoR|Chapter=2}} To speed up the mission John suggested to commandeer a [[ | On October 7, [[2559#October|2559]] John and the rest of Blue Team, now outfitted with new sets of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)|third-generation Mjolnir armor]], were deployed from ''Infinity'' on Reach in an [[D102 Owl]], the {{UNSCShip|Special Delivery}}. The team's mission concerned the penetration of the rubble-filled ruins of [[CASTLE Base]] and the recovery of top-secret assets locked away in Doctor Halsey's abandoned laboratory there. It was hoped that the assets in question could prove useful against Cortana.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Chapter 1|HSoR|Chapter=1}} Trying to escape the enemy pursuit, who discovered their insertion craft, the Owl's pilots, Major [[Eznik Van Houte]] and First Lieutenant [[Maks Chapov]], attemted a vanishing maneuver resulting in their emergency crash-landing on glassed surface of Reach. To repel the enemy attack on their crash site, whom John identified as the [[Banished]], Spartans used the [[Wikipedia:Drilling jumbo|drilling jumbo]] as an anti-aircraft turret against [[Morsam-pattern Seraph|Seraph]] patrol. Collecting the Owl's crew and mining machines, Blue Team proceeded in the direction of [[Highland Mountains]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Chapter 2|HSoR|Chapter=2}} To speed up the mission John suggested to commandeer a [[Eklon'Dal Workshop Phantom|Phantom]] from Banished controlled [[Kisköre Base]]. Splitting his team in two, John ordered Linda to protect the Owl's crew and mining machines while he, Kelly and Fred infiltrated the base. However, as the fighting started, his squad came under heavy attack by [['Ahtulai Workshop Banshee|Banshee]] squadrons guarding the base. John was hit in left leg, Kelly took a serious shot to the chest and Fred suffered a severe concussion. In order to escape the enemy fire, Kelly blew a hole in the glassed surface of [[Kisköre Canal]] and the team ended up inside an old half melted water pipe going under the canal. There John, Kelly and Fred encountered members of [[Viery Militia]] led by Colonel [[Sasa Boldisar]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Chapter 5|HSoR|Chapter=5}} The militiamans led Spartans to their [[Logistics Base Gödöllő|base]] where John learned that there were actually three different clans amongst the Banished: [[Legion of the Corpse-Moon]], [[Ravaged Tusks]] and [[Keepers of the One Freedom]] working together to find something and that the militia were planning to use [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|HAVOK]]s recovered from an old UNSC armory to draw the Banished away from Reach. Realizing that nuclear explosion would inevitably draw attention of Cortana and chances of success of Operation: WOLFE would be reduced to zero, John suggested helping the militia to take down Banished armory in [[New Mohács]], calling in additional Spartan support from ''Infinity''.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Chapter 10|HSoR|Chapter=10}} | ||
[[File:HSOR FullCover Art.jpg|thumb|300px|Blue Team on an occupied Reach.]] | [[File:HSOR FullCover Art.jpg|thumb|300px|Blue Team on an occupied Reach.]] | ||
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During their trip back, Fred reported John, that during his time in the Keeper's tunnels he encountered [[Veta Lopis]], the ONI's [[Ferret]] team leader, with whom Fred worked on several occasions before. As a double agent within the Keepers of the One Freedom, she provided Fred intell on the Banished plans on Reach - to open a hidden underground slipspace portal, which would allow their leader, [[Atriox]], to return from the [[Installation 00|Ark]] and for the Keepers to travel there to initiate the Great Journey. Upon their return to ''Infinity'', the Spartans were met by Cpt. [[Veronica Dare]] and Dr. Halsey, whom John informed about the mission success. The team then proceeded to hangar mouth from where they observed how a huge slipspace portal above the Highland Mountains collapsed in on itself and the Banished [[Intrusion corvette|corvette]] vanished in slipspace escaping Reach just in time as the ship's sensors signaled the imminent arrival of one of Cortana's [[Guardian]]s. The next moment ''Infinity'' jumped into slipspace.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epilogue|HSoR|Epilogue}} | During their trip back, Fred reported John, that during his time in the Keeper's tunnels he encountered [[Veta Lopis]], the ONI's [[Ferret]] team leader, with whom Fred worked on several occasions before. As a double agent within the Keepers of the One Freedom, she provided Fred intell on the Banished plans on Reach - to open a hidden underground slipspace portal, which would allow their leader, [[Atriox]], to return from the [[Installation 00|Ark]] and for the Keepers to travel there to initiate the Great Journey. Upon their return to ''Infinity'', the Spartans were met by Cpt. [[Veronica Dare]] and Dr. Halsey, whom John informed about the mission success. The team then proceeded to hangar mouth from where they observed how a huge slipspace portal above the Highland Mountains collapsed in on itself and the Banished [[Intrusion corvette|corvette]] vanished in slipspace escaping Reach just in time as the ship's sensors signaled the imminent arrival of one of Cortana's [[Guardian]]s. The next moment ''Infinity'' jumped into slipspace.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epilogue|HSoR|Epilogue}} | ||
====Battle | ====Battle for Installation 07==== | ||
{{Main|Installation 07 | {{Main|Battle for Installation 07}} | ||
{{Quote|no=two|q1=I told you. We lost. We need help, not heroics.|[[Fernando Esparza]]|q2=No. We do our duty. Protect Humanity. Whatever the cost.|John|The Master Chief convicing a civilian to keep fighting no matter the odds}}{{Ref/Reuse|foundation}} | {{Quote|no=two|q1=I told you. We lost. We need help, not heroics.|[[Fernando Esparza]]|q2=No. We do our duty. Protect Humanity. Whatever the cost.|John|The Master Chief convicing a civilian to keep fighting no matter the odds}}{{Ref/Reuse|foundation}} | ||
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As they were planning their next move to stop the Banished from using the Halo, The Weapon intercepted a UNSC distress signal and traced it to another Banished [[The Tower|outpost]]. Esparza delivered the Master Chief to a closest save position from there Chief proceeded to investigate a distress signal. On his way, he recaptured [[FOB Golf]], one of the UNSC [[Forward Operating Base]]s occupied by the Banished.{{Ref/Quest|Id=recovery|HI|Lockdown (Halo Infinite)|Recovery}} Reaching the Tower John successfully infiltrated the base and on top level discovered a Spartan [[Hudson Griffin]] trapped in a large machine and tortured by [[Chak 'Lok]], Sangheili Warlord in charge of the facility. The two dueled one-on-one and John killed Chak 'Lok. Despite being freed from a torture device, Griffin succumbed to his wounds, but not before informing Chief of the Banished's search for the [[Conservatory (location)|Conservatory]] at the [[Site Novem|Excavation Site]] up north of the Tower.{{Ref/Quest|Id=tower|HI|Lockdown|The Tower}} Acting on Griffin's information, John and the Weapon investigated the coordinates. At the seemingly deserted dig site, they found that the Banished [[Flame-bore]] had cut through Forerunner materials into a subterranean structure. However before they could enter, the drill activated and cut off their entrance. As John got to the drill's control room, he was confronted by the dig site security commander Chieftain [[Bassus]]. After a brutal fight, the Master Chief managed to kill Bassus, allowing the Weapon to overload the mining drill and destroy it granting them a safe passage inside the structure.{{Ref/Level|Id=Excavation Site|HI|[[Excavation Site]]}} | As they were planning their next move to stop the Banished from using the Halo, The Weapon intercepted a UNSC distress signal and traced it to another Banished [[The Tower|outpost]]. Esparza delivered the Master Chief to a closest save position from there Chief proceeded to investigate a distress signal. On his way, he recaptured [[FOB Golf]], one of the UNSC [[Forward Operating Base]]s occupied by the Banished.{{Ref/Quest|Id=recovery|HI|Lockdown (Halo Infinite)|Recovery}} Reaching the Tower John successfully infiltrated the base and on top level discovered a Spartan [[Hudson Griffin]] trapped in a large machine and tortured by [[Chak 'Lok]], Sangheili Warlord in charge of the facility. The two dueled one-on-one and John killed Chak 'Lok. Despite being freed from a torture device, Griffin succumbed to his wounds, but not before informing Chief of the Banished's search for the [[Conservatory (location)|Conservatory]] at the [[Site Novem|Excavation Site]] up north of the Tower.{{Ref/Quest|Id=tower|HI|Lockdown|The Tower}} Acting on Griffin's information, John and the Weapon investigated the coordinates. At the seemingly deserted dig site, they found that the Banished [[Flame-bore]] had cut through Forerunner materials into a subterranean structure. However before they could enter, the drill activated and cut off their entrance. As John got to the drill's control room, he was confronted by the dig site security commander Chieftain [[Bassus]]. After a brutal fight, the Master Chief managed to kill Bassus, allowing the Weapon to overload the mining drill and destroy it granting them a safe passage inside the structure.{{Ref/Level|Id=Excavation Site|HI|[[Excavation Site]]}} | ||
Once inside the Coservatory John fought through Banished troops until he encountered the [[117649 Despondent Pyre]], the monitor of Installation 07. Suddenly the Pyre was attacked by [[Skimmer]]s and rushed away.{{Ref/Quest|Id=conservatory|HI|Connections|Conservatory}} Following the monitor deeper into the structure, Chief soon discovered it's dismantled chassis. As the Skimmers returned attacking the Chief, the Spartan fought his way out of the Conservatory. However near the exit he was met by [[ | Once inside the Coservatory John fought through Banished troops until he encountered the [[117649 Despondent Pyre]], the monitor of Installation 07. Suddenly the Pyre was attacked by [[Skimmer]]s and rushed away.{{Ref/Quest|Id=conservatory|HI|Connections|Conservatory}} Following the monitor deeper into the structure, Chief soon discovered it's dismantled chassis. As the Skimmers returned attacking the Chief, the Spartan fought his way out of the Conservatory. However near the exit he was met by The [[Harbinger]], a member of ancient [[Xalanyn]] race imprisoned by the Forerunners on Zeta Halo and awakened by the Banished. Using the [[encephalon]] she retrived from the Pyre she initiated the process of [[Reformation]] and then fled the facility heading towards the nearest [[Reformation Spire]] with Master Chief on tail.{{Ref/Reuse|conservatory}} After dealing with the Banished guards outside, John and the Weapon entered the Spire and encountered the [[Adjutant Resolution]], the Installation's [[sub-monitor]], who informed them of the Spire's purpose: to rebuild the Ring. As the Master Chief could not allow that to happen, he ordered the Weapon to shut down the Spire, which made the Resolution intervene by inserting himself into [[Eradicator Sentinel]] and attacking Chief in attempt to defend the Spire. Victorious, John and the Weapon initiated shutdown and escaped the collapsing tower onboard ''Echo 216''. Onboard the Weapon revealed a whole network of structures like this across the Ring controlled from the Command Spire suggesting it as their next objective.{{Ref/Quest|Id=spire|HI|Connections|Spire (Halo Infinite level)|Spire}} | ||
[[File:HINF ChiefVsTovarus.png|thumb|300px|John and Tovarus engaged in combat.]] | [[File:HINF ChiefVsTovarus.png|thumb|300px|John and [[Tovarus]] engaged in combat.]] | ||
However, while en route to the Command Spire, ''Echo 216'' was hit by [[Gorespike cannon]]s and crash landed.{{Ref/Quest|Id=pd|HI|Graveyards|Pelican Down (Halo Infinite level)}} The Master Chief proceeded to destroy each cannon with the help of the Weapon, while Esparza stayed behind in crashed Pelican. Eliminating the Banished defenses and clearing a path futher, John returned to crash site, but was confronted by [[Tovarus]] and [[Hyperius]], two Jiralhanae brothers and members of [[Hand of Atriox]], a special operations unit trained by Escharum, with a singular purpose - to track down and kill Spartans. After a long fight the Master Chief managed to defeat the Spartan Killers and retrieved Esparza. Reunited they proceeded to the Command Spire.{{Ref/Reuse|pd}} Anticipating the Chief's intent to stop the Reformation, The Harbinger modified the data sequence for accessing the [[Nexus (location)|Nexus]] locking down it's entrance. Upon this discovery the Weapon developed a plan to bypass the lockdown by utilizing data strands gathered from nearby Forerunner energy [[ | However, while en route to the Command Spire, ''Echo 216'' was hit by [[Kywasky Workshop Gorespike cannon]]s and crash landed.{{Ref/Quest|Id=pd|HI|Graveyards|Pelican Down (Halo Infinite level)}} The Master Chief proceeded to destroy each cannon with the help of the Weapon, while Esparza stayed behind in crashed Pelican. Eliminating the Banished defenses and clearing a path futher, John returned to crash site, but was confronted by [[Tovarus]] and [[Hyperius]], two Jiralhanae brothers and members of [[Hand of Atriox]], a special operations unit trained by Escharum, with a singular purpose - to track down and kill Spartans. After a long fight the Master Chief managed to defeat the Spartan Killers and retrieved Esparza. Reunited they proceeded to the Command Spire.{{Ref/Reuse|pd}} Anticipating the Chief's intent to stop the Reformation, The Harbinger modified the data sequence for accessing the [[Nexus (location)|Nexus]] locking down it's entrance. Upon this discovery the Weapon developed a plan to bypass the lockdown by utilizing data strands gathered from nearby Forerunner energy [[Beacon tower|beacons]]. As the task was completed the pair entered the Nexus.{{Ref/Quest|Id=sequence|HI|Reformation|The Sequence}} | ||
Reaching the core of the structure John inserted the Weapon into Nexus's sytems, however foreseeing this event, the Harbinger hijacked the Weapon's routines and paired them with Despondent Pyre's encephalon in order to concenrtrate the reconstruction process on [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]]. Realising the possibility of the Weapon's corruption, John initiated her deletion protocol, not willing for her to become compromised like Cortana had. Yet the Weapon managed to override her deletion protocol, break free of the Harbinger's influence and steal the encephalon for herself. The Spartan's actions created a big gap in their relationships as she took on a more dejected and sarcastic tone while dealing with him. Nevertheless she activated the [[Gravity lift]] which would allow them to enter the Command Spire and cease the Reformation.{{Ref/Quest|Id=nexus|HI|Reformation|Nexus}} On his way to the top, John once again encoutered the Adjutant Resolution sporting a new combat chassis. Destroying yet another mech, Chief proceeded to the Spire's Observation Platform. As the Master Chief deployed the Weapon into the terminal, she used the stolen encephalon to halt the Reformation and requested for John's pick up, stating that, considering his mistrust, she would rather stay here all by herself. However their conversation was interrupted by sudden appearance of [[Jega 'Rdomnai]], a Sangheili blademaster and a Spartan Killer, who infiltrated ''Echo 216'' and took Esparza as a hostage to lure the Spartan to Escharum. John ordered the Weapon to track the Pelican and open a portal to a closest possible location. Then the pair proceeded through determined to save Esparza together.{{Ref/Quest|Id=commandspire|HI|Reformation|The Command Spire}} | Reaching the core of the structure John inserted the Weapon into Nexus's sytems, however foreseeing this event, the Harbinger hijacked the Weapon's routines and paired them with Despondent Pyre's encephalon in order to concenrtrate the reconstruction process on [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]]. Realising the possibility of the Weapon's corruption, John initiated her deletion protocol, not willing for her to become compromised like Cortana had. Yet the Weapon managed to override her deletion protocol, break free of the Harbinger's influence and steal the encephalon for herself. The Spartan's actions created a big gap in their relationships as she took on a more dejected and sarcastic tone while dealing with him. Nevertheless she activated the [[Gravity lift]] which would allow them to enter the Command Spire and cease the Reformation.{{Ref/Quest|Id=nexus|HI|Reformation|Nexus}} On his way to the top, John once again encoutered the Adjutant Resolution sporting a new combat chassis. Destroying yet another mech, Chief proceeded to the Spire's Observation Platform. As the Master Chief deployed the Weapon into the terminal, she used the stolen encephalon to halt the Reformation and requested for John's pick up, stating that, considering his mistrust, she would rather stay here all by herself. However their conversation was interrupted by sudden appearance of [[Jega 'Rdomnai]], a Sangheili blademaster and a Spartan Killer, who infiltrated ''Echo 216'' and took Esparza as a hostage to lure the Spartan to Escharum. John ordered the Weapon to track the Pelican and open a portal to a closest possible location. Then the pair proceeded through determined to save Esparza together.{{Ref/Quest|Id=commandspire|HI|Reformation|The Command Spire}} | ||
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As with all Spartans, John strives to win at any situation, at all costs. Although the drive to win was ingrained to the Spartans as part of their indoctrination, John appears to have possessed such an inclination even prior to his conscription; as a child, he would win at any game he played, including [[Toy|chess]], [[gravball]] or King of the Hill.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR2}} He is extremely determined to complete any mission at hand, and often disregards his personal safety to do so. | As with all Spartans, John strives to win at any situation, at all costs. Although the drive to win was ingrained to the Spartans as part of their indoctrination, John appears to have possessed such an inclination even prior to his conscription; as a child, he would win at any game he played, including [[Toy|chess]], [[gravball]] or King of the Hill.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR2}} He is extremely determined to complete any mission at hand, and often disregards his personal safety to do so. | ||
John is also noted for his exceptional luck, which, along with his combat skills and unyielding persistence, has allowed him to emerge victorious from situations many would consider impossible. Because of his many years of constant combat and military conditioning, John is not as emotional or sensitive as he once was, especially to fear. Although he is not devoid of fear, he simply acknowledges the feeling and puts it aside. | John is also noted for his exceptional luck, which, along with his combat skills and unyielding persistence, has allowed him to emerge victorious from situations many would consider impossible. Because of his many years of constant combat and military conditioning, John is not as emotional or sensitive as he once was, especially to fear. Although he is not devoid of fear, he simply acknowledges the feeling and puts it aside.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HTFOR22|FoR|22}} He is calm in the face of danger but not foolhardy, as demonstrated during his first encounter with the Gravemind, when he warned the Arbiter that his arrogance was likely to get him killed.{{Ref/Reuse|H2G}} John is generally stoic and taciturn, but not devoid of a sense of humor and often makes dry remarks about the situation in hand to his teammates and allies. | ||
[[File:Delrioarguing.png|thumb|left|250px|Cpt. Del Rio orders Sarah Palmer to arrest John.]] | [[File:Delrioarguing.png|thumb|left|250px|Cpt. Del Rio orders Sarah Palmer to arrest John.]] | ||
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He fully embraced his life as a soldier acting as a "shield and sword" for humanity in times of need. He feels no resentment towards Doctor Halsey because of his conscription, instead accepting the life imposed on him as a chance to live up to his full potential, in part because he was little more than a playground bully when he was conscripted. As every Spartan, John has a strong sense of duty and commitment towards the UNSC. When he was asked by [[Warden Eternal]] that whenever "''Cortana's Guardians are in motion and those who oppose her rule attempt to take back their worlds, will he help her to hold on to power or will he stand in defense of his own species?''", John answered "''Cortana knows the answer already''".{{Ref/Reuse|H5GTB}} | He fully embraced his life as a soldier acting as a "shield and sword" for humanity in times of need. He feels no resentment towards Doctor Halsey because of his conscription, instead accepting the life imposed on him as a chance to live up to his full potential, in part because he was little more than a playground bully when he was conscripted. As every Spartan, John has a strong sense of duty and commitment towards the UNSC. When he was asked by [[Warden Eternal]] that whenever "''Cortana's Guardians are in motion and those who oppose her rule attempt to take back their worlds, will he help her to hold on to power or will he stand in defense of his own species?''", John answered "''Cortana knows the answer already''".{{Ref/Reuse|H5GTB}} | ||
He does not see himself as a superior being and fears for the lives of others before his own, putting himself in harm's way for the safety of civilians, and fellow soldiers, and does not judge others. Indeed, he is known to show an exceptional care for soldiers under his command and has shown great respect for the baseline humans he has fought alongside. An example of this is during the Battle of Installation 04. When making his way up to the [[Silent Cartographer]], two Helljumpers, PFC [[Hosky]] and [[Unnamed Corporal|another Corporal]], were killed by two Hunters. Afterward he regretted their loss, blaming himself for their deaths. | He does not see himself as a superior being and fears for the lives of others before his own, putting himself in harm's way for the safety of civilians, and fellow soldiers, and does not judge others. Indeed, he is known to show an exceptional care for soldiers under his command and has shown great respect for the baseline humans he has fought alongside. An example of this is during the Battle of Installation 04. When making his way up to the [[Silent Cartographer]], two Helljumpers, PFC [[Hosky]] and [[Unnamed Corporal|another Corporal]], were killed by two Hunters. Afterward he regretted their loss, blaming himself for their deaths.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HTF6|TF|6}} This, and his reaction to [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]]'s death on [[Installation 08]] show that he does exhibit care and sympathy for soldiers under his command, even if he does do a good job of concealing his feelings. In the first two days of training on Reach, John learned two lessons that affected him personally and which he took to heart: you win if the team wins, and the team is stronger together than any one individual alone. He never endangers the lives of those under his command if it is unnecessary. He would rather risk his own life instead of the others. During the [[Battle of Circinius IV]], he drew a Hunter's attention in order to give the cadets a chance to run away, even with him running out of ammo. Deciding to follow Cortana's lead to [[Meridian]] on his own, John wanted to keep other Spartans from violating the UNSC regulations, though they decided otherwise and chose to remain by his side. He was also impressed by the humans who comprised his team following his escape from Installation 04, including [[Sheila Polaski]] and [[Locklear|Corporal Locklear]], both of whom he considered to have been worthy of being Spartans.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HFS36|FS|36}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HFS26|FS|26}} | ||
[[File:Covenant assault - Aftermath.png|thumb|250px|John on the battlefield.]] | [[File:Covenant assault - Aftermath.png|thumb|250px|John on the battlefield.]] | ||
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{{Quote|Of course, John volunteered. He was always the first to explore the unknown for the rest of us.|Kelly about John's decision to test Mjolnir armor}} | {{Quote|Of course, John volunteered. He was always the first to explore the unknown for the rest of us.|Kelly about John's decision to test Mjolnir armor}} | ||
Throughout his training, John proved himself as one of the most promising leaders among Spartans, and Dr. Halsey considered him the best candidate in the entire program. His aspiration to win and his care of his teammates eventually helped him gain the position of squad leader. In years to come, many Spartan fireteams emerged with their own leaders. John took command of Blue Team, though he kept his commander role for the whole SPARTAN-II company. During [[Operation: SILENT STORM]], John so greatly impressed [[Colonel]] [[Marmon Crowther]] that the Colonel, who had previously expressed doubts about the Spartans, promoted John to the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer from the rank of Petty Officer First Class, a previously unheard of three-rank bump. However, Crowther recognized that John's inexperience left John having trouble differentiating between being a commander and a leader and gave the young Spartan advice that he would take to heart. | Throughout his training, John proved himself as one of the most promising leaders among Spartans, and Dr. Halsey considered him the best candidate in the entire program. His aspiration to win and his care of his teammates eventually helped him gain the position of squad leader. In years to come, many Spartan fireteams emerged with their own leaders. John took command of Blue Team, though he kept his commander role for the whole SPARTAN-II company. During [[Operation: SILENT STORM]], John so greatly impressed [[Colonel]] [[Marmon Crowther]] that the Colonel, who had previously expressed doubts about the Spartans, promoted John to the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer from the rank of Petty Officer First Class, a previously unheard of three-rank bump. However, Crowther recognized that John's inexperience left John having trouble differentiating between being a commander and a leader and gave the young Spartan advice that he would take to heart.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS23|SS|23}} | ||
As a senior Spartan, John took his responsibilities very seriously. After the augmentation procedures that took lives of nearly a half of Spartans, John was devastated; observing how his crippled brothers and sisters were transferred to other UNSC divisions almost made him furious. | As a senior Spartan, John took his responsibilities very seriously. After the augmentation procedures that took lives of nearly a half of Spartans, John was devastated; observing how his crippled brothers and sisters were transferred to other UNSC divisions almost made him furious.{{Ref/Film|Id=HTFORTAS|TFoRAS}} He did not want to lose them, though he understood that they could no longer fight alongside him. John was the one who volunteered to test Mjolnir armor even after Dr. Halsey confirmed that all previous testers died in process. Being a leader, John would not order his men to do what he could not do in the first place. He was always confident in his men's capabilities, suggesting the most proficient ways to solve the matter, which were considered by non-Spartan personnel as suicide. | ||
What affected John the most were the deaths of people under his command; John considered every Spartan lost during the war as his own mistake, swearing to become stronger the next time.{{Ref/Reuse|HLTP}} During the Fall of Reach, John lost contact with his Spartans, however, he was sure that some of them survived the glassing and was determined to save as many as he could. More than once John took command of mixed units or squads consisting of Marines. He was capable to organize them to act as a Spartan fireteam, achieving despite almost impossible odds. On Requiem, during the initial engagements between UNSC and Promethean forces, John assumed tactical command of ''Infinity'' | What affected John the most were the deaths of people under his command; John considered every Spartan lost during the war as his own mistake, swearing to become stronger the next time.{{Ref/Reuse|HLTP}} During the Fall of Reach, John lost contact with his Spartans, however, he was sure that some of them survived the glassing and was determined to save as many as he could. More than once John took command of mixed units or squads consisting of Marines. He was capable to organize them to act as a Spartan fireteam, achieving despite almost impossible odds. On Requiem, during the initial engagements between UNSC and Promethean forces, John assumed tactical command of ''Infinity's'' ground forces including Spartan-IVs, despite being outranked by many of them.{{Ref/Reuse|infil}} Upon his return to Blue Team, Fred-104 ceded command to John despite outranking him. Blue Team also willingly followed John when he chose to go AWOL. | ||
===Reputation=== | ===Reputation=== | ||
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In the eyes of the Covenant, John-117 was branded as ''The Demon'' and was considered the main nemesis of the entire Covenant, with most of the Covenant fearful of his presence. [[Thel 'Vadam]] stated that the personal title emblazoned on John-117 was an insult, but also held a modicum of respect. The Covenant respected him in terms of his strength and how he was able to defeat thousands of Covenant troops effortlessly, with even Thel 'Vadam at the time unable to stop him from destroying Installation 04. Despite the Covenant's dissolution following the Prophet of Truth's death, John-117's nickname as a demon remains in use by many former members of the Covenant. | In the eyes of the Covenant, John-117 was branded as ''The Demon'' and was considered the main nemesis of the entire Covenant, with most of the Covenant fearful of his presence. [[Thel 'Vadam]] stated that the personal title emblazoned on John-117 was an insult, but also held a modicum of respect. The Covenant respected him in terms of his strength and how he was able to defeat thousands of Covenant troops effortlessly, with even Thel 'Vadam at the time unable to stop him from destroying Installation 04. Despite the Covenant's dissolution following the Prophet of Truth's death, John-117's nickname as a demon remains in use by many former members of the Covenant. | ||
The Didact, despite his hatred of humanity, held some grudging respect for John's determination and persistence in fighting him against impossible odds.{{Ref/Game|H4|Detail=Didact, in-game model}} However, the Didact regarded being felled by a technologically inferior human and his deteriorating ancilla as being more humiliation than the Didact could bear.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi10|Epi|10}} The Didact later acknowledged that while John wasn't as advanced as humanity's ancient ancestors, he was not so unlike the [[Forthencho|Lord of Admirals]] or the other exceptionally gifted humans that the Didact had fought, becoming the first human to ever give the Didact a direct wound when the Spartan had stabbed the Promethean in the eye.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi20|Epi|20}} | |||
On [[2553|March 3, 2553]], Lord Hood commissioned a [[Voi Memorial|memorial]] near [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] in [[Africa]] in honor of UNSC service members lost during the war. The ceremony was attended by John's closest folks - Dr. Catherine Halsey, SCPO Franklin Mendez and his comrades - Frederic-104, Kelly-087 and Linda-058, as well as by [[Naomi-010]] and [[Serin Osman]], formerly known as Serin-019. John's Spartan tag was carved onto the memorial by an unknown party and was accompanied by the improper insignia of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy.{{Ref/Reuse|H3H}} | On [[2553|March 3, 2553]], Lord Hood commissioned a [[Voi Memorial|memorial]] near [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] in [[Africa]] in honor of UNSC service members lost during the war. The ceremony was attended by John's closest folks - Dr. Catherine Halsey, SCPO Franklin Mendez and his comrades - Frederic-104, Kelly-087 and Linda-058, as well as by [[Naomi-010]] and [[Serin Osman]], formerly known as Serin-019. John's Spartan tag was carved onto the memorial by an unknown party and was accompanied by the improper insignia of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy.{{Ref/Reuse|H3H}} | ||
In [[2590]], there was a ceremony for John-117 at an unspecified location near the areas of fighting during the Battle for Earth. However, his coffin is empty.<ref name="gravesite">[https://youtu.be/pOLR4WjJqIs ''Believe'': Gravesite]</ref> In [[2607]], the [[John-117 Monument]] began construction to commemorate the Spartan's service to mankind. In [[2610]], when the documentary ''[[Believe]]'' was being filmed, it had been over | In [[2590]], there was a ceremony for John-117 at an unspecified location near the areas of fighting during the Battle for Earth. However, his coffin is empty.<ref name="gravesite">[https://youtu.be/pOLR4WjJqIs ''Believe'': Gravesite]</ref> In [[2607]], the [[John-117 Monument]] began construction to commemorate the Spartan's service to mankind. In [[2610]], when the documentary ''[[Believe]]'' was being filmed, it had been over 50 years since the end of the Great War.<ref name="GameTrailers">[http://www.gametrailers.com/player/24952.html ''GameTrailers'': Making of the John 117 Monument]</ref> | ||
==Relationships== | ==Relationships== | ||
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==Physical characteristics== | ==Physical characteristics== | ||
[[File:HTFoR AS - John'sFace.jpg|thumb | [[File:HTFoR AS - John'sFace.jpg|thumb|300px|This image shows John as he appeared just days after his fourteenth birthday.{{Ref/Reuse|WaypointMasterChief}}<ref name="DHPJA1">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''April 1, 2525''</ref>]] | ||
{{Quote|He’s so serious. Thoughtful eyes, though. Attractive in a primitive animal sort of way, don’t you think, Doctor?|Cortana comments upon a photograph of John to Catherine Halsey after seeing him for the first time in it.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR25}} | {{Quote|He’s so serious. Thoughtful eyes, though. Attractive in a primitive animal sort of way, don’t you think, Doctor?|Cortana comments upon a photograph of John to Catherine Halsey after seeing him for the first time in it.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR25}} | ||
John has pale blue eyes and reddish-brown hair.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GLED}}<ref name="EurogamerInterview">[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-10-08-why-343-isnt-ready-to-show-master-chiefs-face ''Eurogamer'': Why 343 isn't ready to show us Master Chief's face]</ref> As a six-year-old child, John bore a few freckles on his cheeks and had a noticeable gap between his two front teeth.<ref name="HTFOR2">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 2</ref> His hair, when it was long enough, was untidy.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR2}}<ref name="Scanned">''[[Scanned]]''</ref> John was larger than most children his age even as a kindergartner.<ref name="HTTS11">''[[Hunt the Truth]]'', [[Hunt the Truth Season 1/Transcripts/One|S101]]</ref> The [[Spartan-II]] program molded his body into something formidable even prior to the extensive augmentations he underwent in [[2525]], but even afterward his smooth skin, clear eyes, and thin eyebrows set in an oval face still betrayed his age.<ref name="HTFOR6">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 6</ref><ref name="HSS5">''Halo: Silent Storm'', Chapter 5</ref><ref name="HOE">''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'', ''Epilogue''</ref> As a teenager his youthful face tended to undermine the confidence of seasoned commanders he interacted with.<ref name="HO1">''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> By the age of fourteen, he already had the body, however, of an extremely athletic adult. The catalytic thyroid implant he received at that age boosted the growth of his skeleton and muscles via a [[Drugs|growth hormone]], and a series of intramuscular injections with a specific complex of proteins boosted the density of his musculature.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR6}} As a result he suddenly stood over two meters tall and just over a year later weighed almost one-hundred and thirty kilograms at [[Earth]]-standard gravity.{{Ref/Reuse|HO1}} John eventually grew to six feet and ten inches and massed at precisely one-hundred and thirty kilograms (286.6 pounds).{{Ref/Reuse|WaypointMasterChief}}{{Ref/Reuse|DD5}} The augmentation process also left his hands, arms, chest, shoulders, back, and legs deeply scarred by lengthy incisions, in addition to accentuating his eye color.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORTAS}}{{Ref/Reuse|Scanned}}<ref name="HOSFM106">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', p.106</ref> | John has pale blue eyes and reddish-brown hair.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GLED}}<ref name="EurogamerInterview">[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-10-08-why-343-isnt-ready-to-show-master-chiefs-face ''Eurogamer'': Why 343 isn't ready to show us Master Chief's face]</ref> As a six-year-old child, John bore a few freckles on his cheeks and had a noticeable gap between his two front teeth.<ref name="HTFOR2">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 2</ref> His hair, when it was long enough, was untidy.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR2}}<ref name="Scanned">''[[Scanned]]''</ref> John was larger than most children his age even as a kindergartner.<ref name="HTTS11">''[[Hunt the Truth]]'', [[Hunt the Truth Season 1/Transcripts/One|S101]]</ref> The [[Spartan-II]] program molded his body into something formidable even prior to the extensive augmentations he underwent in [[2525]], but even afterward his smooth skin, clear eyes, and thin eyebrows set in an oval face still betrayed his age.<ref name="HTFOR6">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 6</ref><ref name="HSS5">''Halo: Silent Storm'', Chapter 5</ref><ref name="HOE">''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'', ''Epilogue''</ref> As a teenager his youthful face tended to undermine the confidence of seasoned commanders he interacted with.<ref name="HO1">''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> By the age of fourteen, he already had the body, however, of an extremely athletic adult. The catalytic thyroid implant he received at that age boosted the growth of his skeleton and muscles via a [[Drugs|growth hormone]], and a series of intramuscular injections with a specific complex of proteins boosted the density of his musculature.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR6}} As a result he suddenly stood over two meters tall and just over a year later weighed almost one-hundred and thirty kilograms at [[Earth]]-standard gravity.{{Ref/Reuse|HO1}} John eventually grew to six feet and ten inches and massed at precisely one-hundred and thirty kilograms (286.6 pounds).{{Ref/Reuse|WaypointMasterChief}}{{Ref/Reuse|DD5}} The augmentation process also left his hands, arms, chest, shoulders, back, and legs deeply scarred by lengthy incisions, in addition to accentuating his eye color.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORTAS}}{{Ref/Reuse|Scanned}}<ref name="HOSFM106">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', p.106</ref> | ||
[[File:John 117 Legendary Ending Face.jpg|thumb|left|300px|This image shows John in [[2557#July|July of 2557]] at the age of forty-six, just as his armor was removed for the first time in years.{{Ref/Reuse|midnight}}]] | [[File:John 117 Legendary Ending Face.jpg|thumb|left|300px|This image shows John in [[2557#July|July of 2557]] at the age of forty-six, just as his armor was removed for the first time in years.{{Ref/Reuse|midnight}}]] | ||
John has earned additional scars in battle which cover his body, including one that runs across his cheek beneath his left eye.{{Ref/Reuse|h4 epilogue}}<ref name="DHPJA29">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''August 29, 2552''</ref> In addition, by [[2552#August|August of 2552]] his head also showed evidence of three large [[Wikipedia:Subdural hematoma|subdural hematoma]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|DHPJA29}} Biological and cybernetic augmentations, coupled with decades of fighting from within [[Mjolnir]] powered assault armor, has ensured that John's skin is unnaturally pale.{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM106}}{{Ref/Reuse|HTF3}} He keeps his hair worn short.<ref name="HTF3">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref> His face boasts serious but thoughtful eyes, a firm mouth, a strong jaw, and the last remnants of his childhood freckles.<ref name="HTFOR25">''Halo: the Fall of Reach'', Chapter 25</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|EurogamerInterview}}{{Ref/Reuse|HTF3}} As is common among the men and women of the [[ | John has earned additional scars in battle which cover his body, including one that runs across his cheek beneath his left eye.{{Ref/Reuse|h4 epilogue}}<ref name="DHPJA29">''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'', ''August 29, 2552''</ref> In addition, by [[2552#August|August of 2552]] his head also showed evidence of three large [[Wikipedia:Subdural hematoma|subdural hematoma]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|DHPJA29}} Biological and cybernetic augmentations, coupled with decades of fighting from within [[Mjolnir]] powered assault armor, has ensured that John's skin is unnaturally pale.{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM106}}{{Ref/Reuse|HTF3}} He keeps his hair worn short.<ref name="HTF3">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref> His face boasts serious but thoughtful eyes, a firm mouth, a strong jaw, and the last remnants of his childhood freckles.<ref name="HTFOR25">''Halo: the Fall of Reach'', Chapter 25</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|EurogamerInterview}}{{Ref/Reuse|HTF3}} As is common among the men and women of the [[United Nations Space Command]] armed forces, the base of John's skull displays a prominent [[Spartan neural interface|neural interface]].<ref name="HTFOR27">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Chapter 27</ref> His [[Wikipedia:Genome|genome]] is a hybridization of original and added sequences.<ref name="HOSFM83">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', p.83</ref>{{Ref/Note|Supplemental materials that came with [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal|Halsey's journal]] indicate John's [[blood type]] was once O positive, but real-world merchandise in the form of John's dog tags indicate it to be AB positive. This suggests that when he was genetically altered his blood type changed.}}<ref name="DHPJextras">[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]], extras</ref><ref name="DT">[[:File:John117DogTag.PNG|John 117's dog tags]]</ref> Additionally, a ''[[geas]]'' which affords him an immunity to the [[Composer]], among other gifts, was unlocked by the [[Librarian]]'s essence on [[Requiem]] in [[2557#July|July 2557]].{{Ref/Reuse|H4R}} Cortana and Catherine Halsey both consider him somewhat attractive in a "primitive animal sort of way".{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR25}} Crow's feet and other wrinkles are plainly visible on his face, giving him the visage of a relatively older man.{{Ref/Reuse|h4 epilogue}}{{Ref/Reuse|EurogamerInterview}} John's age does not comport entirely with his physical body, as he has spent a not insignificant portion of his life in [[cryostasis]], during which the aging process is nearly halted.<ref name="Enc227">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', p.227</ref> The longest stretch of time John was frozen for was four years, seven months, and ten days while he and Cortana were stranded aboard the aft section of the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}.{{Ref/Reuse|H4D}} It is thought among medical specialists that [[Spartan]]s may be able to outlive most other humans, though this hypothesis has not yet had the chance to be tested.<ref name="HNB14">''[[Halo: New Blood]]'', ''Chapter 14''</ref> | ||
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===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
*A wax sculpture of the Master Chief is on display at [[Wikipedia:Madame Tussauds|Madame Tussauds]] in Los Angeles and Amsterdam. He is the first video game character to receive a Madame Tussaud's wax sculpture.<ref>[http://www.madametussauds.com/Hollywood/OurFigures/MovieCharacters/MasterChief.aspx ''Madame Tussauds'': Master Chief]</ref> | *A wax sculpture of the Master Chief is on display at [[Wikipedia:Madame Tussauds|Madame Tussauds]] in Los Angeles and Amsterdam. He is the first video game character to receive a Madame Tussaud's wax sculpture.<ref>[http://www.madametussauds.com/Hollywood/OurFigures/MovieCharacters/MasterChief.aspx ''Madame Tussauds'': Master Chief]</ref> | ||
*John's surname is consistently unknown. However, because his redacted name in the Eridanus II census record takes up less space than the surnames of [[Rolla Hedegaard]] and [[Hirayama Tatsuyuki]], it can be determined that his surname is less than nine letters long. | *John's surname is consistently unknown. However, because his redacted name in the Eridanus II census record takes up less space than the surnames of [[Rolla Hedegaard]] and [[Hirayama Tatsuyuki]], it can be determined that his surname is less than nine letters long. | ||
*As seen in the books, John's rise through the ranks is a fast one: at the age of seven in [[2519]], he achieved the rank of Squad Leader for his leadership of the Spartans during a training exercise.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} In September of [[2525]], when he was fourteen, he was promoted to Petty Officer Third Class before the mission to [[Eridanus Secundus]].{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR9}} In November, he was promoted to Petty Officer Second Class when his training was complete.<ref name="HTFOR11">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Chapter 11</ref> By April of [[2526|the next year]], John was a Petty Officer First Class during [[Operation: SILENT STORM]] when he received a three-rank promotion to Master Chief Petty Officer by Colonel [[Marmon Crowther]]. He was also only fifteen at the time he received that promotion.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS23}} | *As seen in the books, John's rise through the ranks is a fast one: at the age of seven in [[2519]], he achieved the rank of Squad Leader for his leadership of the Spartans during a training exercise.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} In September of [[2525]], when he was fourteen, he was promoted to Petty Officer Third Class before the mission to [[Eridanus Secundus]].{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR9}} In November, he was promoted to Petty Officer Second Class when his training was complete.<ref name="HTFOR11">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Chapter 11</ref> By April of [[2526|the next year]], John was a Petty Officer First Class during [[Operation: SILENT STORM]] when he received a three-rank promotion to Master Chief Petty Officer by Colonel [[Marmon Crowther]]. He was also only fifteen at the time he received that promotion.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS23}} | ||
*Master Chief | |||
* | ====In Other Games==== | ||
*A tower in the shape of John's helmet can be found on [[Destinypedia:Mars|Mars]] in Bungie's ''[[Destinypedia:Destiny|Destiny]]''. | |||
*''[[Fable:Fable II|Fable II]]'' makes a reference to the Master Chief with a character of legend named "[[Fable:Hal|Hal]]", a clear and purposeful misspelling of Halo, also called the Minstrel Chief. The armor featured (clearly inspired by ''Halo''<nowiki>s</nowiki> [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]) is known as "[[Fable:Hal's Armor|Hal's Armor]]".<ref name="Fable2">[http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/07/master-chief-crash-lands-into-fable-2/ ''Joystiq'': Master Chief crash lands into Fable II]</ref> A sword resembling the [[Energy Sword]] is also featured in the game, known as [[Fable:Hal's Sword|"Hal's Sword"]]. In addition, with the Special Edition, the player can obtain the title [[Fable:Titles|"Master Chief"]] for their hero for free from any title vendor. | |||
*Master Chief appears in [[Wikipedia:Konami|Konami]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Super Bomberman R|Super Bomberman R]]'' as one of the three exclusive characters in the Xbox One version. He is known as Master Chief Bomber, a SPARTAN-II supersoldier from Planet Halo. He is a speed typed bomber and his special ability is the Spartan Shot. | |||
*Master Chief appears in [[Wikipedia:Epic Games|Epic Games]]' ''[[Wikipedia:Fortnite: Battle Royale|Fortnite]]'' as a Gaming Legends Series outfit, with his Matte Black style being unlocked upon playing a match on [[Xbox Series X/S|Xbox Series X{{!}}S]] or [[Xbox Series X/S#Xbox Series S|Xbox Series S]], as well as Epic Games and [[Wikipedia:Mediatonic|Mediatonic]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Fall Guys|Fall Guys]]'' as one of the characters in the Spartan Showdown event. | |||
*A Master Chief costume is available in ''[https://seaofthieves.fandom.com/wiki/Sea_of_Thieves Sea of Thieves]''.<ref>[https://www.kotaku.com.au/2023/02/sea-of-thieves-adds-halo-costumes/ '''Kotaku''' - ''Sea Of Thieves Adds Halo Costumes, Banana Gun'']</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:Johnstripes.png|John, at 6 years of age, during a game of King of the Hill. | File:Johnstripes.png|John, at 6 years of age, during a game of King of the Hill. | ||
File:TFORAS JohnRoom.jpg|John's childhood bedroom. | File:TFORAS JohnRoom.jpg|John's childhood bedroom. | ||
File:TFoR AS JohnSleep.jpg|John, as a child, asleep in his bed. | |||
File:Boot Camp 1 cover.jpg|John-117, at 6 years of age, with Halsey deciding his fate with a 21st century quarter. | File:Boot Camp 1 cover.jpg|John-117, at 6 years of age, with Halsey deciding his fate with a 21st century quarter. | ||
File:H4L - John 117 flash clone replacement.jpg|John being replaced with his flash clone. | File:H4L - John 117 flash clone replacement.jpg|John being replaced with his flash clone. | ||
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File:Master Chiefs Death.png|Footage used to portray John's alleged "death" on Meridian. | File:Master Chiefs Death.png|Footage used to portray John's alleged "death" on Meridian. | ||
File:H5-TheHuntBegins-JohnNotYet.png|John on Meridian. | File:H5-TheHuntBegins-JohnNotYet.png|John on Meridian. | ||
File:HM-Genesis.png|John-117 and Spartan Locke fighting | File:HM-Genesis.png|John-117 and Spartan Locke fighting Armiger Soldiers on Genesis. | ||
File:HINF RingHologram.png|John and [[Fernando Esparza]] searching for the Weapon. | File:HINF RingHologram.png|John and [[Fernando Esparza]] searching for the Weapon. | ||
File:HINF ItWontBeMe.png|John reunites with [[the Weapon]]. | File:HINF ItWontBeMe.png|John reunites with [[the Weapon]]. | ||
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File:JohnFace.png|John with his eye revealed through his cracked visor in ''Halo: Escalation Issue 10''. | File:JohnFace.png|John with his eye revealed through his cracked visor in ''Halo: Escalation Issue 10''. | ||
File:H2A - MC face.jpg|John-117 in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''. | File:H2A - MC face.jpg|John-117 in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''. | ||
File: | File:H2A MC FullBody Render.png|A full-body model of John in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''. | ||
File:TFOR-AS-John-Dress-Uniform.png|John at age 14 after his augmentations in ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''. | File:TFOR-AS-John-Dress-Uniform.png|John at age 14 after his augmentations in ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''. | ||
File:TFoR Animated - John Mark IV.png|John in his original Mjolnir armor in ''Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series''. | File:TFoR Animated - John Mark IV.png|John in his original Mjolnir armor in ''Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series''. | ||
File:H5G-Render-MC-3.png|A render of John-117 in ''Halo 5: Guardians''. | File:H5G-Render-MC-3.png|A render of John-117 in ''Halo 5: Guardians''. | ||
File:H5G-MarkVI-GEN2.png|Another render of John-117 clad in [GEN2] Mark VI MOD in ''Halo 5: Guardians''. | File:H5G-MarkVI-GEN2.png|Another render of John-117 clad in [GEN2] Mark VI MOD in ''Halo 5: Guardians''. | ||
File:H5G-Render-MC-4.png|A render of John-117 in ''Halo 5: Guardians''. | File:H5G-Render-MC-4.png|A render of John-117 in ''Halo 5: Guardians''. | ||
File:HFR_John_Render_Action.png|John-117 clad in Mark V in ''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]''. | File:HFR_John_Render_Action.png|John-117 clad in Mark V in ''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]''. | ||
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File:HINF John-117 RenderCrop.png|John in battleworn armor wielding an MA40 in ''Halo Infinite''. | File:HINF John-117 RenderCrop.png|John in battleworn armor wielding an MA40 in ''Halo Infinite''. | ||
File: HINF_John-117_RenderCrop2.png|Another render of John in ''Halo Infinite''. | File: HINF_John-117_RenderCrop2.png|Another render of John in ''Halo Infinite''. | ||
File:HINF-Chief-Running.png|John sprinting and armed with an assault rifle. | |||
File:HINF-Chief-EnergySword.png|John wielding a [[Meluth'qelos-pattern energy sword]]. | |||
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File:HCEA-Concept-Chief-Flood.jpg|John-117 encountering the [[Flood]] in the swamps of [[Installation 04]]. | File:HCEA-Concept-Chief-Flood.jpg|John-117 encountering the [[Flood]] in the swamps of [[Installation 04]]. | ||
File:H4-Concept-Chief-Knight.jpg|Concept art of John-117 engaging a [[Promethean Knight]] at close range for ''[[Halo 4]]''. | File:H4-Concept-Chief-Knight.jpg|Concept art of John-117 engaging a [[Promethean Knight]] at close range for ''[[Halo 4]]''. | ||
File: | File:H4 Early Spartan Concept 1.jpg|Early concept art of John-117 in ''Halo 4''. | ||
File: | File:TFoR AS Concept JohnBedroom.jpg|Concept sketch of John in his childhood bedroom for ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''. | ||
File:H5G Achievement GoingTheDistance.png|Concept art of John-117 with a cloak for ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''. | |||
File:H5G Achievement LoneWolf.png|John-117 facing a horde of [[Sangheili Storm]]. | |||
File:H5GC-MegaJohn.jpg|Unused concept of John in a [[Modular exoskeleton]]. | File:H5GC-MegaJohn.jpg|Unused concept of John in a [[Modular exoskeleton]]. | ||
File:H5G GameInformerConceptCovers.jpg|Concept ''Game Informer'' covers for ''Halo 5: Guardians'' featuring John. | |||
File:HW2 - master chief .jpg|Unused concept of John-117 for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''. | File:HW2 - master chief .jpg|Unused concept of John-117 for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''. | ||
File:HCD-EarlyJohn3.jpg|Unused concept of John-117 for ''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''. | File:HCD-EarlyJohn3.jpg|Unused concept of John-117 for ''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''. | ||
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**''[[A Hero Falls]]'' | **''[[A Hero Falls]]'' | ||
**''[[The Hunt Begins]]'' | **''[[The Hunt Begins]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'' | *''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
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*''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'' | *''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'' | ||
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*''[[Halo: Fractures]]'' | *''[[Halo: Fractures]]'' | ||
**''[[Lessons Learned]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Lessons Learned]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
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*''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' {{C|Hologram/mentioned only}} | *''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' {{C|Hologram/mentioned only}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Envoy]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Recruit]]'' | *''[[Halo: Recruit]]'' {{C|Non-canonical appearance}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]'' | *''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]'' | ||
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*''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' | *''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Sunrise on Sanghelios]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Epitaph]]'' | |||
{{Col-end}} | {{Col-end}} | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
{{Ref/Notes}} | {{Ref/Notes}} | ||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||