Editing Gabriel Thorne

The Spartans and Dr. Glassman remained barricaded in the structure for over seven hours. After Glassman was able to activate the facility's [[teleportation grid]], Palmer took Thorne and Ray with her on her personal mission to hunt down Dr. Halsey, who had been spotted in the jungle, while the rest of the Spartans teleported to a different destination. After taking the portal into the jungle Thorne, Ray and Palmer spotted a [[Unidentified Sangheili Minor (Aktis IV)|Sangheili Minor]] who had defected from Sali 'Nyon's Covenant. The Minor contacted 'Mdama's forces and offered them the Janus Key half stolen by 'Nyon. Thorne and Ray prepared to ambush the Minor but Palmer ordered them to stop. Both Spartans questioned her order, pointing out that they could easily take the Janus Key from the Sangheili before Halsey arrived with a greater force. However, Palmer intended to wait for Halsey instead in order to ambush her.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 15|Issue #15]]''</ref>

Thorne was selected into the [[SPARTAN-IV program]] on the basis of his courage and tactical acumen.{{Ref/Reuse|VIS}} Even before becoming a Spartan, Thorne had a strong sense of responsibility; he believed he could have somehow prevented the deaths of his loved ones in [[New Phoenix]] if given the chance.{{Ref/Reuse|hand}} After his re-enlistment, Thorne was determined to make sure that there would be history for the [[SPARTAN programs]], as proven in a [[Gabriel Thorne's journal|journal entry]] he had written and his curiosity of the [[SPARTAN-II program|original]] [[SPARTAN-III program|Spartans]].{{Ref/Reuse|packet}} Though [[Catherine Halsey|Doctor Catherine Halsey]] was mostly dismissive of the SPARTAN-IVs (regarding them as inferior to her SPARTAN-IIs), she appeared to regard Thorne as embodying to the ideals of the original program more than his peers during their brief interaction and respected him enough to see what his opinions on her motives were and what he thought about the Prometheans. Notably, Thorne was one of the few people who treated Halsey with respect, knocking on the door of her quarters and kindly requesting her to join him instead of just barging in like she stated everyone else did.{{Ref/Reuse|hand}} In combat, Thorne showed creativity and innovation. For example, he hijacked a [[Type-26 Banshee]] during the [[Requiem Campaign]]—despite fireteam leader [[Paul DeMarco]]'s orders—to help eliminate surrounding Covenant forces.{{Ref/Reuse|mori}} Later in the campaign, Thorne used [[Henry Glassman|Doctor Henry Glassman]]'s explosive vest to kill a group of charging [[Sangheili Storm]] when he realized that the vest was about to explode. Thorne was also very skilled in combat. He was able to defeat several Sangheili warriors after he was teleported to [[the Cauldron]] despite being unarmed, before being knocked unconscious.{{Ref/Reuse|scattered}} During his encounter with [[Gek 'Lhar]], Thorne was temporarily able to hold his own against the assassin despite being ambushed and the Sangheili's strength.{{Ref/Reuse|expendable}}

Thorne was close with his family and felt guilty that he was unable to prevent any of their deaths. When he discovered that the [[Promethean]]s that he was battling on [[Requiem]] contained the essences of those composed in New Phoenix, he stormed out of the room in anger.{{Ref/Reuse|mori}} Thorne is close friends with fellow fireteam member [[Tedra Grant]] and the two are comfortable confiding in each other. She accompanied him to New Phoenix's Rebirth ceremony and encouraged him to honor his family in memory, instead of feeling responsible for their deaths.{{Ref/Reuse|Escalation #7}} Thorne also formed a bond of sorts with DeMarco after the latter killed Gek. Prior to the event, the two rarely spoke and Thorne seemed to hold little respect for DeMarco's leadership capabilities.{{Ref/Reuse|challenge}} After Thorne became the commander of Fireteam Majestic, [[Anthony Madsen]] was disrespectful of Thorne to some extent, likely grieving over DeMarco's recent death. Although he initially lashed out on Thorne during a training exercise in a fit of rage over DeMarco's death, Madsen seemingly came to respect Thorne's leadership abilities.{{Ref/Reuse|Escalation #4}}  Madsen did later invite Thorne to a poker game in competition to win Gek 'Lhar's energy sword that DeMarco had taken from him on Requiem. Thorne also developed a friendship with Spartan [[Naiya Ray]].{{Ref/Reuse|HE11}}

Thorne wears the [[RECRUIT-class Mjolnir|Recruit]] variant of the MJOLNIR GEN2 armor with [[RICOCHET-class Mjolnir|Ricochet]] forearms, equipped with [[Visor color#Halo 4|VISR 4.09]]. His armor is painted blue like the rest of Majestic. He generally uses an [[MA5D assault rifle]] in combat. After [[Paul DeMarco]] killed [[Gek 'Lhar]], Thorne took the Elite's [[Type-3 active camouflage]] module -- which he later used in combat -- and won 'Lhar's [[energy sword]] in a [[poker]] game after DeMarco's death.