John-117/Early life: Difference between revisions

The childhood and early adolesence of [[John-117]] were marked by formative years which saw the young boy mature far beyond his age as he was stolen away from his home and family and forced through a grueling regimen of training and indoctrination in order to make him one of the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s deadliest assets.<ref name="HTFOR2"/><ref name="HTFOR3"/> Born on the [[Outer Colony]] of [[Eridanus II]], when he was just six years old John was abducted by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] and taken to [[Reach]] for conscription into the [[Spartan-II program]].<ref name="HTFOR2"/> There, he and seventy-five other children were shaped into the ultimate fighting force for waging war on the [[Insurrectionist|UNSC's enemies]]. Their bodies and minds alike were trained for almost a decade before this process culminated in drastic alterations made to their physicality via inasive surgical procedures.<ref name="HTFOR6"/> John was one of the few to come through these augmentions relatively unharmed.<ref name="HTFOR7"/> As the leader of the Spartan-IIs, John was one of five to embark on their first true deployment against the [[Insurrection]]; he and [[Blue Team|his team]] infiltrated the secret [[United Rebel Front]] base [[Eridanus Secundus]] and captured Colonel [[Robert Watts]].<ref name="HTFOR9"/> Upon returning to Reach John and the thirty-two other Spartans were briefed on the emergence of a deadly new threat to [[humanity]]: the [[Covenant]].<ref name="HTFOR11"/> This alien superpower had already annhilated the [[Outer Colonies|colony]] of [[Harvest]] and was openly making clear it intended further genocide. As such, the Spartans' training was accelerated to its final phase—that which would see them outfitted with [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|the]] most advanced form of [[powered exoskeleton]] ever created by modern humans.<ref name="HTFOR11"/> John and the rest departed shorty for [[Chi Ceti IV]], where the suits awaited them.<ref name="HTFOR12"/> On the way to the [[Chi Ceti system]] they undertook additional operations against the [[Insurrection]]. John's first true introduction to the Covenant did not come until the {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}}, the [[UNSC frigate|frigate]] ferrying the Spartans, came under attack just before reaching its destination.<ref name="HTFOR12"/> The Spartans still managed to acquire their [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|Mjolnir armor]] on the surface but while returning to the ''Commonwealth'' John decided the time had come to take the fight directly to the enemy vessel which had engaged it.<ref name="HTFOR13"/><ref name="HTFOR14"/> This began a struggle for John against the alien aggressors which would last decades and which would laregly define his life and legacy.<ref name="WaypointMasterChief"/>