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===Spartan training and early career=== | ===Spartan training and early career=== | ||
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As a teenage trainee, John and his classmate [[Soren-066/Silver|Soren-066]], who was unable to continue due to a disfigurement from the augmentation process, planned to escape the training facility to [[The Rubble/Silver|The Rubble]]. However, John changed his mind at the last minute, but decided not to let anyone else know, allowing Soren to escape seemingly undetected.{{Ref/Reuse|Unbound}} | As a teenage trainee, John and his classmate [[Soren-066/Silver|Soren-066]], who was unable to continue due to a disfigurement from the augmentation process, planned to escape the training facility to [[The Rubble/Silver|The Rubble]]. However, John changed his mind at the last minute, but decided not to let anyone else know, allowing Soren to escape seemingly undetected.{{Ref/Reuse|Unbound}} | ||
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===Encountering the first Artifact, Kwan Ha, and the Covenant=== | ===Encountering the first Artifact, Kwan Ha, and the Covenant=== | ||
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In 2552, John led Silver Team, comprising of [[Vannak-134/Silver|Vannak-134]], [[Riz-028/Silver|Riz-028]], and [[Kai-125/Silver|Kai-125]] on a subsequent mission to Madrigal. This time, it was to aid the Insurrectionists against a [[Covenant]] [[Operation: DEFIANT GLASS|attack]]. Though Silver team eliminated the squadron of Covenant Elites, the Insurrectionist outpost, led by Kwan's father [[Jin Ha]], was also wiped out in the battle, with Kwan being the sole survivor. Venturing further, John and Silver Team discovered a [[Forerunner]] [[Keystone]] in a nearby cave. John personally encountered the keystone and began seeing flashbacks to his suppressed childhood. | In 2552, John led Silver Team, comprising of [[Vannak-134/Silver|Vannak-134]], [[Riz-028/Silver|Riz-028]], and [[Kai-125/Silver|Kai-125]] on a subsequent mission to Madrigal. This time, it was to aid the Insurrectionists against a [[Covenant]] [[Operation: DEFIANT GLASS|attack]]. Though Silver team eliminated the squadron of Covenant Elites, the Insurrectionist outpost, led by Kwan's father [[Jin Ha]], was also wiped out in the battle, with Kwan being the sole survivor. Venturing further, John and Silver Team discovered a [[Forerunner]] [[Keystone]] in a nearby cave. John personally encountered the keystone and began seeing flashbacks to his suppressed childhood. | ||
While the rest of Silver Team departed | While the rest of Silver Team departed through other means, John took the artifact and the unconscious Kwan with him aboard his team's [[Condor 325|Condor]], setting their destination for [[Reach/Silver|Reach]]. When Kwan woke up, [[Miranda Keyes/Silver|Miranda Keyes]] spoke to her through a hologram and attempted to enlist the girl's help in promoting the Spartans across the galaxy, but Kwan refused.{{Ref/Reuse|Contact}} | ||
Eventually, John joined Kwan and fed her, even attempting a joke, but he evaded her questions about his running diagnostics on his suit, the Forerunner artifact and his refusal to remove his helmet. Kwan revealed she had met him before when John had killed her mother and she gave him her side of the story, pointing out the inconsistencies in the UNSC's reasoning for the assassination. John received an order from UNSC command ordering him to assassinate Kwan whom they had determined to be a risk, but he instead cut his ship's camera feed and went rogue. In response, the oxygen to the ship was cut and the oxygen in John's suit was lowered so as to render him unconscious. Despite this, John managed to remain awake and override the air flow controls, restoring oxygen to the ship. [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky/Silver|Margaret Parangosky]] ordered a full squadron of Marines and Pelicans to meet the approaching Condor and for Kwan to be shot on sight and John to be shot too if he tried to stop them.{{Ref/Reuse|Contact}} | Eventually, John joined Kwan and fed her, even attempting a joke, but he evaded her questions about his running diagnostics on his suit, the Forerunner artifact and his refusal to remove his helmet. Kwan revealed she had met him before when John had killed her mother and she gave him her side of the story, pointing out the inconsistencies in the UNSC's reasoning for the assassination. John received an order from UNSC command ordering him to assassinate Kwan whom they had determined to be a risk, but he instead cut his ship's camera feed and went rogue. In response, the oxygen to the ship was cut and the oxygen in John's suit was lowered so as to render him unconscious. Despite this, John managed to remain awake and override the air flow controls, restoring oxygen to the ship. [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky/Silver|Margaret Parangosky]] ordered a full squadron of Marines and Pelicans to meet the approaching Condor and for Kwan to be shot on sight and John to be shot too if he tried to stop them.{{Ref/Reuse|Contact}} | ||
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===Visiting an old friend on the run=== | ===Visiting an old friend on the run=== | ||
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{{ | John took Kwan to [[The Rubble/Silver|the Rubble]] to meet his old friend Soren who revealed that [[Vinsher Grath]] had placed a bounty upon her head, making Kwan wanted by both the UNSC and her own people. Soren also revealed that Vinsher had started to execute her father's loyalists as he strove to establish a UNSC friendly government, much to Kwan's disgust. John and Kwan spent the night with Soren's family where Kwan watched drone footage of Vinsher's executions and bonded with Soren's wife and son. In particular, Soren mentioned to John that due to an [[emotional regulator]] that was part of the Spartans' augmentations to be ultra-focused in battle, John and the other Spartans were unable to experience emotion and senses such as taste as normal people, to which Soren revealed that removing it was like "opening your eyes for the first time after living in the dark".{{Ref/Film|Id=Unbound|TV|[[Unbound]]}}{{Ref/Reuse|Contact}} | ||
John took Kwan to [[The Rubble/Silver|the Rubble]] to meet his old friend Soren who revealed that [[Vinsher Grath]] had placed a bounty upon | |||
===New AI and New Feelings=== | ===New AI and New Feelings=== | ||
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Coming back to Reach, Halsey reassured John that a new upgrade to his systems would further enhance his battle effectiveness. John reluctantly agreed to the operation, in which [[Cortana/Silver|a new Artificial Intelligence]] created from a live clone of Halsey was implanted into his brain. The AI, known as Cortana, was activated soon upon the operation. While the AI stated her directive to overtake John's body, Halsey limited Cortana's access of John for the time being. John soon woke up and met Cortana, though he was not impressed and was naturally suspicious, dismissing her overly enthusiastic attempts to assist him and introduce herself to Silver Team. However, Cortana did help John to remove his [[emotional regulator]] pellet as Halsey prodded the AI to help him in order to gain his trust. | |||
Without the pellet, John explored Reach City, appreciating a musical performance and seeing everyday life in the city for what it was. He was later cleared for combat once again. Seeing John remove his pellet, Kai also removed hers, also curious to experience the universe in a new way.{{Ref/Reuse|Emergence}} | Without the pellet, John explored Reach City, appreciating a musical performance and seeing everyday life in the city for what it was. He was later cleared for combat once again. Seeing John remove his pellet, Kai also removed hers, also curious to experience the universe in a new way.{{Ref/Reuse|Emergence}} | ||
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===Choosing between Kai and the Keystone=== | ===Choosing between Kai and the Keystone=== | ||
{{quote|no=two|q1=John, stay on mission!|Dr. Halsey|q2=I can't let [[Kai-125/Silver|her]] die.|John-117|The Master Chief makes his choice in the middle of battle}} | {{quote|no=two|q1=John, stay on mission!|Dr. Halsey|q2=I can't let [[Kai-125/Silver|her]] die.|John-117|The Master Chief makes his choice in the middle of battle}} | ||
When John came about, the Covenant had landed on Eridanus II, intent on seizing the keystone. John, Riz, and Vannak attempted to shuttle the keystone to a UNSC ship, with Kai authorized back into action to provide sniper support, but a large group of the UNSC forces came under attack. When Kai was inevitably endangered and was unable to cope with the battle due to her new emotions, John, against Halsey's and [[Margaret Parangosky/Silver|Admiral Parangosky]]'s orders, left the Warthog carrying the keystone to come to Kai's assistance, hijacking a Covenant Banshee and crashing it into the squad threating her, | When John came about, the Covenant had landed on Eridanus II, intent on seizing the keystone. John, Riz, and Vannak attempted to shuttle the keystone to a UNSC ship, with Kai authorized back into action to provide sniper support, but a large group of the UNSC forces came under attack. When Kai was inevitably endangered and was unable to cope with the battle due to her new emotions, John, against Halsey's and [[Margaret Parangosky/Silver|Admiral Parangosky]]'s orders, left the Warthog carrying the keystone to come to Kai's assistance, hijacking a Covenant Banshee and crashing it into the squad threating her, Keyes, and several others. Though he saved them all and annihilated the Covenant squad, brutally beating the Elite attacking Kai to death in particular, the keystone fell out from the Warthog, allowing it to be retrieved by the Brute [[Atriox/Silver|Atriox]] despite John's best efforts to recover it. Following this, the Covenant sent a drop pod containing the human [[Makee]] onto the surface of Eridanus II.{{Ref/Reuse|Reckoning}} | ||
===Challenging Halsey and meeting Makee=== | ===Challenging Halsey and meeting Makee=== | ||
While the Covenant recovered the keystone, the Master Chief had managed to save 150 UNSC personnel, to which Keyes personally thanked John and reassured him that they would recover the artifact at a later time. John, along with Riz and Vannak, stood by Kai as she was treated for her injuries. Upon returning to Reach, John locked Halsey in her onboard lab and began activating the ship's UV decontamination system, which, as he explained to a shocked Cortana, had a history of malfunctioning and did not have a functional failsafe, killing UNSC shipbuilder Roman Quinn, who had also designed the decontamination system, during one of the prior malfunctions. Cortana began to scold John, to which he revealed he was testing her limits and assumed she was his failsafe. Cortana began pleading with John to release the mortified Halsey, but he challenged the AI to take control of him and do it herself. When Cortana stated she was unable to control him, John released Halsey at the last moment. | While the Covenant recovered the keystone, the Master Chief had managed to save 150 UNSC personnel, to which Keyes personally thanked John and reassured him that they would recover the artifact at a later time. John, along with Riz and Vannak, stood by Kai as she was treated for her injuries. Upon returning to Reach, John locked Halsey in her onboard lab and began activating the ship's UV decontamination system, which, as he explained to a shocked Cortana, had a history of malfunctioning and did not have a functional failsafe, killing UNSC shipbuilder Roman Quinn, who had also designed the decontamination system, during one of the prior malfunctions. Cortana began to scold John, to which he revealed he was testing her limits and assumed she was his failsafe. Cortana began pleading with John to release the mortified Halsey, but he challenged the AI to take control of him and do it herself. When Cortana stated she was unable to control him, John released Halsey at the last moment. | ||
The Master Chief was later summoned to interrogate Makee. | The Master Chief was later summoned to interrogate Makee. John continued to question Makee about her upbringing with the Covenant. The two eventually developed an attraction to one another, something that John had never experienced before.{{Ref/Film|Id=Allegiance|TV|Episode=Allegiance}} | ||
John continued to question Makee about her upbringing with the Covenant. The two eventually developed an attraction to one another, something that John had never experienced before.{{Ref/Film|Id=Allegiance|TV|Episode=Allegiance}} | |||
===Fighting his own team=== | ===Fighting his own team=== | ||
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After hitting a gravitational force outside Raas Kkhotskha, Cortana gave John guidance on how to maneuver their ship safely, reaching the planet after some turbulence. John led Silver Team off the Pelican, air dropping into the Keystones' location, where [[Makee]] was about to activate them to reveal the location of the Halo Installation to the Prophets. Silver Team [[Battle of Raas Kkhotskha|ambushed the Covenant]] at the location, though reinforcements were called. After being overwhelmed by Brutes, Makee, wanting to save John, touched the artifacts, sending a force field that incapacitated all combatants and sent her and John to another vision of the Halo. She pleaded with John to stay with her, but he refused, telling her to let go. The shared vision was stopped when Kai came about and shot Makee in the chest, seemingly killing her. | After hitting a gravitational force outside Raas Kkhotskha, Cortana gave John guidance on how to maneuver their ship safely, reaching the planet after some turbulence. John led Silver Team off the Pelican, air dropping into the Keystones' location, where [[Makee]] was about to activate them to reveal the location of the Halo Installation to the Prophets. Silver Team [[Battle of Raas Kkhotskha|ambushed the Covenant]] at the location, though reinforcements were called. After being overwhelmed by Brutes, Makee, wanting to save John, touched the artifacts, sending a force field that incapacitated all combatants and sent her and John to another vision of the Halo. She pleaded with John to stay with her, but he refused, telling her to let go. The shared vision was stopped when Kai came about and shot Makee in the chest, seemingly killing her. | ||
While trying to save both the keystones and Silver Team from the [[Covenant]], John realized that they were outmatched and Cortana warned him that he could only save one or the other. John instead ordered Cortana to take control of his body so that she could do both in his stead, despite the AI no longer wanting to do so. When John continued to insist, Cortana warned him that she wasn't sure if she could bring him back, but John declared that he trusted her. Moments later, [[Atriox/Silver|Atriox]] flung John into a temple wall with his [[gravity mace]], seemingly killing him. Manifesting her avatar, Cortana | While trying to save both the keystones and Silver Team from the [[Covenant]], John realized that they were outmatched and Cortana warned him that he could only save one or the other. John instead ordered Cortana to take control of his body so that she could do both in his stead, despite the AI no longer wanting to do so. When John continued to insist, Cortana warned him that she wasn't sure if she could bring him back, but John declared that he trusted her. Moments later, [[Atriox/Silver|Atriox]] flung John into a temple wall with his [[gravity mace]], seemingly killing him. Manifesting her avatar, Cortana merged with John's body and used it to defeat the Covenant forces and save both Silver Team and the keystones.{{Ref/Film|Id=Transcendence|TV|[[Transcendence]]}} | ||
John was returned to Reach, badly injured but still alive. As doctors tried to save his life, Cortana frantically called for him to wake up and ordered the doctors to sever the connection between the AI and the Spartan as he began to fade. As a tear fell from John's eye, the doctors permanently severed their connection and ultimately managed to save his life.{{Ref/Film|Id=Sanctuary|TV|Episode=[[Sanctuary (TV Series)|Sanctuary | John was returned to Reach, badly injured but still alive. As doctors tried to save his life, Cortana frantically called for him to wake up and ordered the doctors to sever the connection between the AI and the Spartan as he began to fade. As a tear fell from John's eye, the doctors permanently severed their connection and ultimately managed to save his life.{{Ref/Film|Id=Sanctuary|TV|Episode=[[Sanctuary (TV Series)|Sanctuary]]}} | ||
===Glassing of Sanctuary and meeting Perez and Ackerson=== | ===Glassing of Sanctuary and meeting Perez and Ackerson=== | ||
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Back on Reach, the recently promoted Admiral Keyes debriefed Silver Team, telling them several other worlds, including Madrigal, were glassed while they were on Sanctuary. When John began to question why the Covenant would be on the world before it was bombarded, a stranger, whom Keyes introduced as Colonel [[James Ackerson/Silver|James Ackerson]], butted in. | Back on Reach, the recently promoted Admiral Keyes debriefed Silver Team, telling them several other worlds, including Madrigal, were glassed while they were on Sanctuary. When John began to question why the Covenant would be on the world before it was bombarded, a stranger, whom Keyes introduced as Colonel [[James Ackerson/Silver|James Ackerson]], butted in. | ||
Following the debriefing, | Following the debriefing, John kept trying to explain himself to Ackerson, who kept deflecting the topic and instead inquired about Dr. Halsey's experimentations on him and the other SPARTAN-II's, in particular the insertion of Cortana into his mind, to which he expressed concern and sympathy. John reiterated that he was feeling fine. He decided to walk the streets of Reach City, bumping into Admiral Parangosky in a secluded corner. However, she told the Master Chief that she was no longer with ONI, having taken the fall from Halsey's scandals, but would be willing to listen if Ackerson continued to distrust him. Before parting, Parangosky provided John a device to contact her when the need arises. | ||
John then made his way to a virtual brothel, but used the facility to simulate Cortana, who he admittedly missed. He attempted to vent his frustrations to the AI pretending to be Cortana, but due to some differences in personality and appearance, he was unable to make effective use of his session.{{Ref/Reuse|Sanctuary}} | John then made his way to a virtual brothel, but used the facility to simulate Cortana, who he admittedly missed. He attempted to vent his frustrations to the AI pretending to be Cortana, but due to some differences in personality and appearance, he was unable to make effective use of his session.{{Ref/Reuse|Sanctuary}} | ||
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{{Quote|no=two|q1=I believe the Covenant is here, on Reach... ONI knows; they're covering it up. Why would they do that?|John-117|q2=The O.N.I. protects itself… make them your enemy, and it won't matter that you're Master Chief, you will ''cease'' to be useful.|Margaret Parangosky|John tries to warn Parangosky, who instead suggests playing along with ONI's cover-up}} | {{Quote|no=two|q1=I believe the Covenant is here, on Reach... ONI knows; they're covering it up. Why would they do that?|John-117|q2=The O.N.I. protects itself… make them your enemy, and it won't matter that you're Master Chief, you will ''cease'' to be useful.|Margaret Parangosky|John tries to warn Parangosky, who instead suggests playing along with ONI's cover-up}} | ||
Coming to odds with Ackerson and suspicious of a cover-up regarding Cobalt Team, John revealed to Kai something that he had not told Ackerson: that he had also seen Makee alive and well with the Covenant. Aside from that fact, he continued to insist of his findings to Ackerson, who revealed that he had already interviewed Corporal Perez, who "did not corroborate" John's story. Furious that the one other eye-witness had apparently betrayed him, the Spartan tracked Perez down to her family's apartment and demanded to speak with her. She attempted to turn him away, but her mother, thinking John was a "boy Talia had brought home", invited him to dinner, where John reluctantly interacted with their family. When Talia left dinner due to the awkward situation and her cousins making jokes at her expense, John found her outside on the rooftop, where she finally admitted to not telling Ackerson the full truth due to feeling guilty for being the sole survivor in her squad. John comforted her and gave her advice, then tracked down flight trajectories for all Spartan Teams, realizing Colbalt | Coming to odds with Ackerson and suspicious of a cover-up regarding Cobalt Team, John revealed to Kai something that he had not told Ackerson: that he had also seen Makee alive and well with the Covenant. Aside from that fact, he continued to insist of his findings to Ackerson, who revealed that he had already interviewed Corporal Perez, who "did not corroborate" John's story. Furious that the one other eye-witness had apparently betrayed him, the Spartan tracked Perez down to her family's apartment and demanded to speak with her. She attempted to turn him away, but her mother, thinking John was a "boy Talia had brought home", invited him to dinner, where John reluctantly interacted with their family. When Talia left dinner due to the awkward situation and her cousins making jokes at her expense, John found her outside on the rooftop, where she finally admitted to not telling Ackerson the full truth due to feeling guilty for being the sole survivor in her squad. John comforted her and gave her advice, then tracked down flight trajectories for all Spartan Teams, realizing Colbalt was sent on a classified mission to the [[Visegrád Relay]].{{Ref/Film|Id=Sword|TV|Episode=[[Sword (TV Series)|Sword]]}} | ||
Upon reaching the relay, Silver Team was apprehended by FLEETCOM and disciplined, with John's suspicions "disproven" | Upon reaching the relay, Silver Team was apprehended by FLEETCOM and disciplined, with John's suspicions "disproven". They were to be suspended from combat missions and John was to be relieved of duty until taking a mandatory psychiatric evaluation, with Keyes relaying the message personally, telling him that he argued with ONI and Ackerson against giving him a court martial. Riz and Vannak left John alone, and Kai tried to reason with him to reconsider what he had seen, but when he continued to insist on what he had seen and attempted to invoke his rank, even she left him. On his way to his evaluation, John picked up his signal to Parangosky, then knocked out his ONI escorts before escaping. Upon meeting up with Parangosky at a ramen restaurant, he divulges to her his suspicions, but she warned him not to go against ONI and to play along with their charades. John furiously realized that Parangosky never left the agency, and when he stood up to leave, several men in the background also stood up, but Parangosky motioned them to let John walk away, but not before warning him she could no longer help him if he continued going against ONI. John then met up with Perez's mother, who explained that she had gone to a church to pray. Upon John seeing her there, Perez, seemingly the only person to believe his experiences on Sanctuary, revealed that she had translated a message from the Covenant [[Arbiter]] [[Var 'Gatanai]], explaining the Covenant's intent to destroy Reach in the name of "Great Journey". Shortly after, explosions rocked the planet as the invasion of Reach began.{{Ref/Film|Id=Visegrád|TV|Episode=[[Visegrád (TV Series)|Visegrád]]}} | ||
===Fall of Reach=== | ===Fall of Reach=== | ||
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===Reunion with Halsey and Farewell to teammates=== | ===Reunion with Halsey and Farewell to teammates=== | ||
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File:HTV-Intro.png|John-117 in the show's season one intro. | File:HTV-Intro.png|John-117 in the show's season one intro. | ||
File:HTV-MA5C.jpg|John-117 wielding an MA5C assault rifle. | File:HTV-MA5C.jpg|John-117 wielding an MA5C assault rifle. | ||
File:HTV-H3turret.png|John-117 holding an [[AIE-486H machine gun]]. | File:HTV-H3turret.png|John-117 holding an [[AIE-486H machine gun]]. | ||
File:HTV-M392.jpg|John-117 wielding an [[M392 DMR]]. | File:HTV-M392.jpg|John-117 wielding an [[M392 DMR]]. | ||
File:HTV Chief No Helmet.png|John-117 without his helmet. | File:HTV Chief No Helmet.png|John-117 without his helmet. | ||
File:HTV-Unbound-YoungJohn.jpg|John-117 in 2530. | File:HTV-Unbound-YoungJohn.jpg|John-117 in 2530. | ||
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File:HTV-S2introeye.png|John-117 in the show's season two intro. | File:HTV-S2introeye.png|John-117 in the show's season two intro. | ||
File:HTV-S2BadDayJohn.jpg|John-117 witnessing Sanctuary getting glassed by the Covenant. | File:HTV-S2BadDayJohn.jpg|John-117 witnessing Sanctuary getting glassed by the Covenant. | ||
File:HTV-Onyx-Chainedup.jpg|John-117 chained up by ONI personnel on Onyx. | File:HTV-Onyx-Chainedup.jpg|John-117 chained up by ONI personnel on Onyx. | ||
File:HTV-Thermopylae-Chokies.jpg|John-117 talks to James Ackerson | File:HTV-Thermopylae-Chokies.jpg|John-117 talks to James Ackerson. | ||
File:HTV-Thermopylae-Perez&John.jpg|John-117 talks to Perez. | File:HTV-Thermopylae-Perez&John.jpg|John-117 talks to Perez. | ||
File:HTV-Halo-Stabbies.png|John-117 stabs a Sangheili with an energy sword. | File:HTV-Halo-Stabbies.png|John-117 stabs a Sangheili with an energy sword. | ||
