Editing Ghost (Marine)

{{Title|Ghost}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Ratings}}
{{Callsign}}
{{Human Character Infobox
|name="Ghost" 
|image=[[File:Ghost_(Marine).png|300px]]
|homeworld=
|birth= 
|death=Between January [[2532]] and [[2552]]<ref>In [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal|her personal journal]], [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] notes that the colony was still intact in January 2532.</ref>
|rank= Sergeant
|species= Human
|gender=Male
|height=
|weapons=[[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System]]
|equipment=*[[UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform|Marine BDU]]
*HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Armor Defense System
|vehicles=
|hair=Black
|eyes=Brown
|cyber=
|era=Human-Covenant War
|types=
|notable=
|affiliation=[[UNSC Marine Corps]], Corps of Engineers
}}

{{Quote|I need you to be strong - strong enough to do what you've never done in your life. Can you be strong enough to allow yourself to be... can you just be human?|A [[Unidentified Marine (Prototype)|dying Marine]] under Ghost's command}}

"'''Ghost'''" was  the nickname of a [[sergeant]] in the Hades Corps of the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Engineering Corps|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>

==Biography==
He was known among local 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 (Prototype)|dying Marine]] asked Ghost to be human for once, as he came across as a cold-hearted, soulless individual. The Marine died in his arms, and Ghost "died inside", crying out into the sky and vowing to avenge his fallen platoon.<ref name="Prototype"/>

===Battle of Algolis===
{{Quote|And for one last instant, I'm human again.|Ghost's last words}}
Ghost was deployed with the Hades Corps to destroy navigation material and prototype weapons during the [[Battle of Algolis]], as per the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]]. At first it appeared that he had disobeyed orders to destroy a set of [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark I Prototype Armor Defense System|prototypycial powered armor]] by joining the battle in it. However, he insisted that he was performing his duty by using 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"/>

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"/>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Prototype]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian]]'' {{First mentioned}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:UNSC Marine Corps Personnel]]