Editing Jai-006

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|name=Jai-006
|image=[[File:H2A Terminals - Jai.jpg|300px]]
|homeworld=[[Bhuj]]<ref name="tcp76">'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 76''</ref> 
|birth= c. [[2511]]
|death=
|species=[[Human]]
|gender=Male
|height=7 feet<ref name="tcp332">'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 332''</ref>
|mass=
|hair=
|eyes=Dark brown
|affiliation=[[UNSC Navy]]
*[[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command]] {{C|formerly}}
**[[SPARTAN-II program]]
*[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
|rank=At least [[Petty Officer, Second Class]]<ref group="note">All Spartan-IIs are given the rank of Petty Officer, Second Class upon graduation</ref> 
|sn=S-006
|notable=
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'''Petty Officer Jai-006''' is a [[SPARTAN-II]] supersoldier and a member of [[Gray Team]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
As a child, Jai was an orphan living on [[Bhuj]] until he was conscripted into the [[SPARTAN-II program]] in [[2517]].<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 69''</ref> When he was told that he had been conscripted, he attempted to leave the compound, but one of the trainers was able to take hold of him.<ref name="tcp76"/> Over the next five months, he repeatedly attempted escape with another SPARTAN-II, [[Adriana-111]]. Every attempt ended in capture, but this only strengthened Jai's resolve to keep trying new escape strategies. The trainers, after suffering broken ankles, lost eyes, fingers and toes, eventually chose to shoot them with darts from the troop bays of [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelicans]], after they tried unsuccessfully to capture them using stun devices on the ground.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 77''</ref>

===Formation of Gray Team===
Jai was eventually sent to meet with Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]]. Upon telling her that he wanted to go home, she gave him the option to leave the SPARTAN-II program, on the condition that he undergo selective neural paralysis. She informed him that should he choose to attempt another escape, he would be shot with a neural paralysis dart and awaken in a city with no memories of the last five months. However, he was also told that the drug reacted badly to children, sometimes erasing their entire memories. Continuing her speech, she went deeper into his head, asking him how he would feel if he forgot Adriana, whom he seemed to like a lot, and telling him that the orphanage he used to live in hadn't noticed he had been missing.<ref group="note"> This may be a result of Jai being replaced with a flash clone, as was standard procedure for the SPARTAN-II project; alternatively, it is possible that given Jai's anonymity at the orphanage, no flash clone was needed to replace him and the orphanage simply didn't notice his disappearance.</ref> The thought of losing his memory was enough to discourage any more escapes.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 79''</ref> 

The night after the discussion with Dr. Halsey, Jai made one final escape attempt, but after catching up with Adriana, he decided that it would be best to return to the base. The next day, [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] introduced Jai and Adriana to [[Mike-120]], who admitted to stealing a Pelican by himself and blowing it up when the UNSC came after him. These three later became [[Gray Team]], a specialized SPARTAN-II squad that preferred to be far from the chain of command, but deeply enjoyed fighting the rebels and the Covenant behind their own lines. After surviving the augmentation process, Jai became the leader of Gray Team.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 80''</ref>

===Battle of the Rubble===
{{Main|Battle of the Rubble}} 
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], Jai and the rest of Gray Team operated behind enemy lines, wreaking havoc on both the Covenant and the remaining rebels. They flew through Covenant and [[Insurrectionist]]-held space, looking for targets of opportunity, in their ship and base, the freighter ''[[Petya]]''.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 16''</ref>

In [[2535]], Jai and the other members of Gray Team were sent behind enemy lines in order to destroy the navigation data held by the survivors of [[Madrigal]], a world in the [[23 Librae]] system that had been [[glassed]] by the [[Covenant]] not long after [[Harvest]]. The survivors were living in [[the Rubble]], an [[asteroid]] space station built by the [[insurrectionist]]s orbiting [[Hesiod]]. A small fleet of [[Kig-Yar]], led by [[Reth]], had created an alliance with the insurrectionists to trade weapons and [[slipspace drive]]s.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 222''</ref> However, these Kig-Yar were ordered by the [[Prophet of Truth]] to steal data from the humans that would lead the Covenant to other [[human colonies]] and [[Earth]]. 

Later, Adriana returned to the ''Petya'' with [[Ignatio Delgado]], a resident of the Rubble that was attempting to find information about the ''[[Kestrel (freighter)|Kestrel]]''. Jai disapproved of Adriana's apparent favoritism of Delgado, who he believed was an [[Insurrectionist]] and did not trust.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 70''</ref> While aboard the ''Petya'', the Spartans were contacted by the Rubble's [[artificial intelligence]], [[Juliana]]. Despite their attempts to originally prevent her from communicating, the Spartans eventually agreed to hear Juliana out. In exchange for defending the Rubble from the Covenant, Juliana agreed to give the Spartans the data they wanted.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 87''</ref>

Shortly before the Battle of the Rubble, Jai was assigned to rescue Delgado after he had been wounded by [[Peter Bonifacio]].<ref name="cp238">'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 238''</ref> He ended up finding Delgado, barely alive, and [[Diego Esquival]], who had been killed. Delgado told Gray Team that Bonifacio was stealing the navigation data so he could sell it to Reth.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 241''</ref>

[[File:H2A Terminals - Jai vs Thel-1.jpg|thumb|300px|Jai and Thel engaged in combat.]]
Gray Team then formulated a plan to stop Bonifacio and the [[Covenant]]. Jai had the idea of freeing the captured crew of the {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}} in order to have a substantial fighting force, while Adriana and Mike chased after Bonifacio.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 243''</ref> He personally released the crew, including [[Lieutenant]] [[Jacob Keyes]], and briefed them on the situation.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 250''</ref> Alongside [[ODST]]s led by [[Faison]], Jai stormed the Kig-Yar ship ''[[Infinite Spoils]]''. When [[Thel 'Vadamee]], [[Zhar (Sangheili)|Zhar]], and some [[Unggoy]] boarded the ''Infinite Spoils'' in an attempt to retake the ship, Jai, who was informed by Delgado that Faison was lying injured in the ship, attempted to find the ODST. He ran into Thel and Zhar, and managed to match Thel in combat.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 275''</ref> He realized that they had already killed Faison, and returned to Keyes afterward.

After returning to the relative safety of [[Habitat Tiago]], Jai had an idea: Keyes had all of his forces suit up and prepare for vacuum exposure, while only a few Covenant were prepared. With the help of the AI Juliana, they could blow the atmosphere out of the habitat, killing most of the Kig-Yar forces.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 279''</ref> After some hesitation, Delgado handed Jai-006 the AI chip containing Juliana in order to depressurize the habitat and kill the Kig-Yar who were not in a sealed suit. The resulting loss of atmosphere killed off a majority of the front line Kig-Yar, allowing the ODSTs to kill the [[Kig-Yar sniper|snipers]] and push back to the ''Petya'' to begin preparations for the Kig-Yar naval assault.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 289''</ref>

===Battle of Metisette===
{{Main|Battle of Metisette}} 
The remaining UNSC forces soon discovered the hundreds of thousands of Unggoy living nearby on [[Metisette]], preparing to mobilize.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 290''</ref> Jai was in favor of abandoning the Rubble since none of the endangered residents were loyal to the UNSC, although Keyes was able to convince him to fight the Covenant. He led a group of ODSTs on Metisette, including [[Mutuku]], [[Jones (ODST)|Jones]], and [[Adams]]<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 317''</ref>. They were tasked with placing a [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]] in [[the Redoubt]], which they accomplished quickly. Shortly after the Covenant anti-aircraft guns were silenced, they were evacuated from Metisette, and the nuke went off, damaging the Redoubt.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 327''</ref> 

Eventually, the Spartans were picked up by Delgado in a Pelican and they returned to the remains of the Rubble. All remaining UNSC and insurgent personnel were lead to the Exodus asteroid or aboard the ''Midsummer Night''. The asteroid, powered by [[slipspace drive]]s, and the frigate escaped into [[slipspace]] to escape a large Covenant fleet entering the system.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 343''</ref>

The Exodus asteroid and the ''Midsummer Night'' safely arrived at the [[18 Scorpii system]]. The asteroid's inhabitants are safely evacuated before the asteroid shakes itself to pieces while in orbit around the human colony of [[Falaknuma]].<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''' ''pages 352''</ref> After, Jai and Gray Team meet with [[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] and [[Commander]] [[Hadley]] who grants them the use of a [[UNSC Prowler]], as the ''Petya'' was abandoned in the 23 Librae system. Hadley gave the Spartans new orders to venture even further into enemy lines, much to the satisfaction of the Spartans.<ref name="cp354">'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 354''</ref>

===Later career=== 
In [[2551]], Jai and the rest of [[Gray Team]] was deemed too inaccessible to be recalled to [[Reach]]. They were not present when the Covenant [[Fall of Reach|invaded the planet]], having been out of contact for about a year. This was not cause for undue concern, as many of Gray Team's missions had been executed in a similar fashion.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 221''</ref>

At some point before the end of the war, Jai and the rest of Gray Team were captured by Sangheili [[Fleetmaster]] [[Rojka 'Kasaan]] and put into stasis. When the [[Unified Earth Government]] sent an envoy, [[Melody Azikiwe]], to mediate [[Battle of Carrow|a crisis]] brewing on the planet [[Carrow]] in [[2558]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] gave her a covert assignment to find a way to free the Spartans of Gray Team.<ref name="CF">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/brute-force '''Canon Fodder''': ''Brute Force'']</ref>

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==Personality and traits==
Like the rest of Gray Team, Jai enjoys dangerous, difficult and life-risking missions behind enemy lines.<ref name="cp354"/> His position of leadership is a somewhat tenuous one. Both Adriana and Mike did not truly acknowledge his command of the squad, somewhat to Jai's dismay. As a child during the Spartan training, Jai became friends with [[Adriana-111]] and the two would often escape training compounds on [[Reach]] just for the thrill, rather than actually attempting to abandon the project.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 258''</ref>

Jai had little care of insurgents. He was originally unwilling to protect the lives of [[the Rubble]]'s residents, as he considered them all rebels and [[Covenant]]-sympathizers.<ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''page 192''</ref> He disproved of Adriana's apparent favoritism of [[Ignatio Delgado]], calling him Adriana's "pet Insurrectionist".<ref name="cp238"/>

Jai is of [[Wikipedia:India|India]]n descent.<ref>[http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/halo-envoy-ask-author/#comments '''Tobias Buckell's Official Website''': ''Halo: Envoy Ask the Author'']</ref> 

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==Trivia==
Jai's [[MJOLNIR Mark IV]] closely resembles the [[RECRUIT-class Mjolnir]] [[GEN2]] armor.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H2A Terminals - Jai vs Thel-2.jpg|Jai and Thel 'Vadamee in the [[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|''Halo 2: Anniversary'' terminals]].
File:H2A Terminals - Jai-1.jpg.jpg|Close-up of Jai.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Indirect mention}}
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|Terminals]]''
*''[[Halo: Envoy]]''

==Notes==
<references group="note"/>

==Sources==
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