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'''Gabriel Thorne''' ([[service number]] '''83920-91083-GT''') is a [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV supersoldier]] and a member of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s [[Spartan (branch)|Spartan]] contingent. In early [[2558]], Thorne was assigned as the newest member of [[Fireteam Majestic]], the team being deployed aboard {{UNSCship|Infinity}} in February.<ref name="packet">'''[[Halo 4 Limited Edition]]''', ''UNSC ''Infinity'' briefing packet''</ref> By the next month he was given command of Majestic.<ref name="Escalation #4">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''Issue #4''</ref>

===Early life===

Thorne was born on [[2534|July 5, 2534]] on [[Earth]] to a pair of respected Army officers. He grew up beyond Earth until his sixth birtday, when his maternal grandfather convinced Gabriel's mother to move to [[New Phoenix]], [[Unified Republic of North America|URNA]].<ref name="hand">'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Memento Mori|S1E5 ''Memento Mori'']]</ref> In [[2542]], when he was eight years old, his parents died on [[Alluvion]] when the planet was [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]]. After his parents' death, his grandmother began to teaching him to play violin, hoping that Thorne did not follow his parents' footsteps. Thorne lived in New Phoenix for ten years<ref name="Escalation #7">''Halo: Escalation'', Issue 7</ref> before enlisting with the [[UNSC Army]] at a young age, presumably when he was seventeen years old.<ref group="note">Thorne's eighteenth birthday (and thus his earliest opportunity for independent enlistment) occurred on July 5, 2552, eighteen days before the Covenant's [[Fleet of Valiant Prudence|initial reconnaissance]] of Reach. However, this would leave inadequate time for basic training, which generally lasts around two months; moreover, the Battle of Criterion occurred at some point before the invasion of Epsilon Eridani. It is thus likely that Thorne enlisted at the age of seventeen with his grandparents' consent.</ref> Thorne's earliest known engagement occurred on [[Criterion]], where he single-handedly saved his entire platoon. He later fought on [[Tribute]] and [[Reach]] during the Covenant's invasion of the [[Epsilon Eridani system]]. A few months later he served under [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] during the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]] on [[Mars]].<ref name="VIS"/> In [[2553]], his grandfather died and he was present in his funeral; it was the last time he saw his grandmother and visited New Phoenix. Thorne's courage tactical awareness allowed him placement into the SPARTAN-IV program in mid-2557.<ref name="Ep4"/> He was away on a recruitment deployment when the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[New Phoenix Incident|attack on New Phoenix]] killed [[Thorne family|his family]] and friends. Spartan Thorne was assigned to [[Fireteam Majestic]] in early 2558.<ref name="VIS"/>

Sometime later, Fireteam Majestic was being engaged by multiple [[Promethean Crawler]]s. Madsen started complaining about the Prometheans' ability to "pop up" anywhere, when a [[Promethean Knight]] translocated into the area and shot Madsen in the shoulder. Several others then translocated in the area and engaged Majestic. They survived the fight and exfiled back to ''Infinity''.<ref name="Ep2">'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''[[S1/Artifact|S1E2 Artifact]]''</ref>

Sometime during the operation in recovering the "[[Didact's Gift]]" from [[Galileo Base]], Majestic was pinned down due to [[Covenant]] air support. With the base air defenses offline, Thorne quickly hijacked a low-flying [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]] and destroyed a nearby [[Type-44 Troop Carrier|Phantom]] dropship, allowing the Fireteam to return to the ''Infinity''. As the device was being examined by Dr. Halsey and Roland, the matrix gave off an energy burst, it sent images of New Phoenix throughout the monitors within the room, which Thorne quickly recognized. He noticed that the translocation artifact appeared in one of the images; curious, he left the laboratory and later approached the artifact. Wondering how the artifact could have been present at New Phoenix prior to its discovery, Thorne touched it and was unexpectedly translocated to a Forerunner structure in [[The Cauldron]], where he was immediately surrounded by [[Sangheili Storm]] forces.<ref name="hand">'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Memento Mori|S1E5 ''Memento Mori'']]</ref> Thorne put up a fight, managing to kill most of the Sangheili before being knocked unconscious. Coming to, he pretended to stay unconscious as the Covenant forces led him to their base. After arriving, Dr. [[Henry Glassman]] (who had escaped at the time) arrived at the front entrance. Thorne chose then to get up and kill his two Sangheili captors. When [[Gek]] remotely activated Glassman's plasma charge-rigged vest, Thorne quickly disposed of it and the two fled.<ref name="hand">'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Scattered|S1E6 ''Scattered'']]</ref>

===Freighter ambush===

Sometime after the [[Second Battle of Requiem]], Palmer transferred DeMarco to [[Fireteam Bailey]] and put Thorne in command of Fireteam Majestic, which led to the death of DeMarco in the [[Battle of Ealen IV]]. In March 11, 2558, six days after DeMarco's death, Thorne and the rest of Fireteam Majestic were deployed along Fireteams [[Fireteam Colossus|Colossus]] and [[Fireteam Fenrir|Fenrir]] to repel an attack to the ''Infinity'' and prevent the [[freighter]] ''[[Pilgrims Pride]]'' from self-destructing on the ship. Leading the fireteams, Thorne ordered teams Colossus and Fenrir to secure the ship while Majestic made their way to the core. As the Spartans advance through the freighter, they encountered [[M202 XP machine gun|automated defense turrets]]. With the enemy going into retreat, the freighter was tugged out into space, where Grant ejected the ship's core before it exploded. The Spartans survived the detonation and requested pickup.<ref name="Escalation #4"/>

In March 24, 2558, the quarantine was lifted from New Phoenix. Thorne returned to his hometown to gain closure about his Grandmother Ayres' death. He discovered her violin in an alley beside her apartment complex. Though he was initially uncomfortable with remaining in the city, at Grant's urging he decided to stay for a while; he then began to play Mozart on the violin. His brief visit to New Phoenix eased his psyche, freeing him from the nightmares about the attack that had plagued him for months.<ref name="Escalation #7"/>

Thorne wears the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Recruit|Recruit]] variant of the MJOLNIR GEN2 armor, and carries an [[MA5D assault rifle|MA5D ICWS]]. After killing Gek, he took the Elite's Type-3 active camouflage module.

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