Editing Joshua-029

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'''Joshua-029''' was a [[SPARTAN-II]] supersoldier and an electronics expert. Throughout the [[Human-Covenant War]], he led numerous teams of fellow Spartans, including [[Gold Team]]. He had a close working relationship with [[Kelly-087]], [[Frederic-104]], and [[John-117]].

Joshua was a genetically, intellectually, and physically gifted child chosen for the [[SPARTAN-II]] project. He was abducted by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] and replaced with a [[flash clone]] when he was around six years old. He and seventy-four other children were taken to [[Reach]] in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]]. There, he was trained by the [[dumb AI|"dumb" AI]], [[Déjà]] and [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]], with the two serving as the Spartans' teacher and drill instructor, respectively. In [[2519]], he was taken alongside his fellow trainees to a [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]] for a mission that required each trainee to be left alone in the woods with a only a single piece of a map. It was up to them to find one another so that they could piece the map together and locate the designated extraction point. The mission was ultimately a success. At another point during training, Joshua and the others traveled to [[Emerald Cove]] for an underwater mission. There, they abandoned Mendez and lived on their own on an island for a few days. By [[2523#July|July 14, 2523]], Joshua and his fellow Spartan-IIs had begun facing the formidable and ruthless [[UNSC Marine Corps]]' [[Tango Company]] in simulated [[War Games|war games]]. On [[2525#March|March 9, 2525]], Joshua and the rest of the Spartan-II candidates underwent their [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|augmentation procedures]] at [[Medical Facility Endurance]] orbiting Reach. After successfully enduring the procedures, Joshua later attended a military funeral aboard the [[carrier]], the {{UNSCShip|Atlas}}, in the [[Lambda Serpentis system]] for the Spartans who died during the process. Afterwards, they all returned to Reach for their final training phase in the [[Highland Mountains]].

===The Covenant War begins===

After the [[Covenant]] [[First Battle of Harvest|attack]] on [[Harvest]] and the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]], Joshua and the rest of the Spartan-IIs were brought to the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]], where [[Rear Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]] and the AI, [[Beowulf]], briefed them on the emerging Covenant threat. In response, the training of Joshua and the rest of the Spartan-IIs was accelerated, and the Spartans were sent to [[Chi Ceti IV]] in the [[Chi Ceti system]] to receive their new [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] from the [[Damascus Materials Testing Facility]] in order to aid in combat against the alien threat.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 121'' (2010)</ref> While en route to Chi Ceti IV aboard the {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}}, the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}}, they were [[Battle of Chi Ceti|attacked]] by the Covenant [[warship]], ''[[Unrelenting]]''.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 127'' (2010)</ref> The ''Commonwealth'' was able to ward off the ''Unrelenting'' and the Spartans were deployed to Chi Ceti IV with Halsey, where they each received a set of armor.<ref name="for141">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 141'' (2010)</ref> While the Spartans were returning to the ''Commonwealth'', the ''Unrelenting'' returned and engaged the frigate. To provide aid to the ''Commonwealth'', [[John-117]] had Joshua and the other Spartan-IIs use [[thruster pack]]s to embark towards the ''Unrelenting'' so that they could destroy the warship with [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile|Anvil-II AS missiles]], though only John, [[Kelly-087]], and [[Samuel-034]] made it aboard.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 147-150'' (2010)</ref>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From February 9 to February 12 in [[2535]], Joshua led [[Red Team]] during the [[Battle of Jericho VII|fight]] against the Covenant on [[Jericho VII]] alongside [[Blue Team]] and [[Green Team]]. Red Team's goal was to slip behind enemy lines and plant a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]] that could be detonated the next time a Covenant ship landed and dropped its [[energy shield]]s to deploy troops. To this end, [[Blue Team]] was to draw out the Covenant rear guard so that Red Team would be afforded the opportunity to accomplish its objective amidst the confusion. Red Team reported their success in planting the nuke after doing so to Blue Team and all Spartans were then extracted from the planet. Despite the efforts on the ground, Jericho VII was lost to the Covenant and was [[glassed]].{{Citation needed}}

 

 

[[File:JoshFred.png|thumb|200px|left|Joshua and Fred enter ODG A-331.]]

On [[2552#August|August 27, 2552]] Joshua and twenty-four other Spartan-IIs were gathered at [[FLEETCOM HQ]] on Reach, where they were briefed on [[Operation: RED FLAG]], an [[ONI]] [[operation]] with the objective of capturing a Covenant [[Hierarch]]. On [[2552#August|August 30]], Joshua boarded the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} with the others in preparation for RED FLAG. However, the mission was aborted when an order went out to all ships to defend Reach from the [[Fall of Reach|a massive Covenant assault]] that was underway at the planet. John assigned Joshua to Red Team, made up of twenty-two of the Spartans which were sent to land on the ground and protect the [[Orbital defense generator|power generators]] for Reach's [[orbital defense platform]]s.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 341'' (2010)</ref> Joshua was given the responsibility of piloting Red Team's Pelican—[[Bravo 001]]. As it descended to the surface of the planet, the dropship was attacked by Seraphs. Joshua attempted to activate its autopilot but all of computer systems had been destroyed in the assault.<ref name="FS9-10">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 9''</ref> As they dove uncontrollably towards the ground, Joshua managed to slow the craft enough so that the Spartans could jump just before ''Bravo 001'' exploded. Once he landed, Joshua found a [[SRS99C-S2 AM Sniper Rifle|Sniper Rifle]] and was the first Spartan to arrive at [[ODG Facility A-331]] and spot the survivors of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] unit, [[Charlie Company]]. He radioed Fred and the Spartans were able to regroup at the facility. Fred then ordered Joshua to recon the area. Doing so, he discovered a Covenant landing zone and patched his imaging through to Fred via [[COM]].<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 21''</ref> While Red Team was building up defenses at the facility, it received a distress call from Vice Admiral [[Danforth Whitcomb]], [[Deputy Chief of Naval Operations]].<ref name="fs17">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 17-34'' (2010)</ref> Fred then divided Red Team into four smaller teams. Joshua was placed on [[Team Alpha]], comprised of himself, Fred and Kelly. They were to destroy a nearby Covenant [[landing zone]] in the [[Longhorn Valley]] while [[Team Gamma]] rescued Vice Admiral Whitcomb and his staff.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 36-37'' (2010)</ref> Operating [[Type-26 Banshee]]s, Joshua and the two others successfully destroyed the landing zone by delivering [[Fury tactical nuclear weapon|Fury tactical nukes]] into the [[gravity lift]] of a [[Covenant cruiser at Longhorn Valley|Covenant cruiser]] overhead. However, Joshua's Banshee took fire from  {{Pattern|Pek|plasma cannon}}s and began to trail smoke and lose altitude. As a result, Joshua was killed in the ensuing nuclear explosion.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 40-45'' (2010)</ref>

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