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{{Character infobox|variant=Human

|name="Ghost"  

|image=[[File:Ghost_(Marine).png|300px]]

|birth=  

|death=Between [[2548]] and [[2552]]<ref>One of the Marines at the Battle of Algolis used a [[BR55 Heavy Barrel Service Rifle|BR55HB Service Rifle]]. As this weapon was introduced in 2548, the battle must have taken place during or after this year.</ref>

|rank= Sergeant

|species= Human

|gender=Male

|hair=Black

|eyes=Brown

"'''Ghost'''" was  the nickname of a [[sergeant]] in the [[Hades Corps]] of the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps of Engineers|Marine Corps of Engineers]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="MiTHoM">'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian''</ref> He was known for being cold, showing little to no emotion toward anything.<ref name="Prototype">'''Halo Legends:''' ''Prototype''</ref>

"Ghost" was known among many UNSC Marines due to an engagement with [[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"/>

===Algolis Invasion===

Ghost was deployed with the [[Hades Corps]] to destroy navigational data and prototype weapons during the [[Algolis Invasion]], 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 ADS|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 but was eventually overwhelmed. His armor's shielding failed and a [[plasma grenade]] severed his arm, disabling him. 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"/>

A Marine commanding officer in orbit above Algolis edited a log of the events, redacting requests for Ghost to be court-martialed, marking him as [[missing in action]], and stating that he had demonstrated great conduct as a Marine and as a human being.<ref name="Prototype"/> News of his success and subsequent disappearance spread quickly, as the crew of the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] {{UNSCShip|The Heart of Midlothian}} were aware of his actions.<ref name="MiTHoM"/>

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