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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
"Ghost" was known among many UNSC Marines due to an engagement with [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] forces that resulted in the deaths of his entire platoon. During that incident, a [[unidentified Marine (Ghost's platoon)|dying Marine]] asked Ghost to "be human" for once, as he had always come across as a cold-hearted, soulless individual. The Marine then died in his arms, and Ghost "died inside", crying out to the sky and vowing to avenge his fallen platoon.<ref name="Prototype"/> | |||
===Battle of Algolis=== | ===Battle of Algolis=== | ||
{{Quote|And for one last instance, I'm human again.|Ghost's last words}} | {{Quote|And for one last instance, I'm human again.|Ghost's last words}} | ||
Ghost was deployed with the Hades Corps to destroy | Ghost was deployed with the Hades Corps to destroy navigational data and prototype weapons during the [[Battle of Algolis]], per the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]]. During the battle, he commandeered a set of [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Armor Defense System|prototype powered armor]], apparently disregarding his given orders to destroy it. However, he insisted that he was performing his duty, and used the time left until self-destruct initiation to provide cover for the Marines' and civilians' extraction.<ref name="Prototype"/> | ||
Ghost held off the Covenant forces long enough for a group of evacuation shuttles to escape, and was overwhelmed shortly thereafter. Seeing that the evacuation shuttles had escaped safely, Ghost commented on his newfound humanity before uttering the code to activate the armor's nuclear self-destruct feature: "Be human." The resulting blast annihilated Ghost and the surrounding Covenant infantry.<ref name="Prototype"/> | Ghost held off the Covenant forces long enough for a group of evacuation shuttles to escape, and was overwhelmed shortly thereafter. Seeing that the evacuation shuttles had escaped safely, Ghost commented on his newfound humanity before uttering the code to activate the armor's nuclear self-destruct feature: "Be human." The resulting blast annihilated Ghost and the surrounding Covenant infantry.<ref name="Prototype"/> | ||
