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{{Quote|There are  too many, Sarge!|Jenkins during the Flood outbreak}}
'''[[Private First Class]] Wallace A. Jenkins''' was an infantryman in the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]. He was one of the first humans to engage [[Covenant]] forces during the [[First Battle of Harvest]]. In [[2552#September|September 2552]], Jenkins was stationed aboard the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} during the [[Battle of Installation 04]], eventually becoming partially infected by the [[Flood]].


'''Private First Class Wallace A. Jenkins''' was an infantryman in the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]. PFC Jenkins was stationed aboard the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} during the [[Battle of Installation 04]] in [[2552#September|September 2552]].  
==Biography==
===Early life and career===
{{Quote|When I get out of school, I'd like to join the Marines—get a chance to shoot for real …|Jenkins to [[Ponder|Captain Ponder]]}}
Wallace Jenkins was born on the [[Outer Colonies|Outer Colony]] world of [[Harvest]]. He was the eldest of three children of a farming family. In [[2524]], he joined the [[Harvest militia]] in an effort to make use of himself. His ambition was to join the UNSC Marine Corps as an officer. Though [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] frequently criticized him, he proved to be an extremely quick thinker and a competent militiaman. One notable event occurred when he and a fellow recruit, [[Forsell]], were participating in a training exercise with all the other recruits in the Colonial Militia. The two were able to quickly assess the situation and go around the mock attack staged by Sergeants Johnson and [[Nolan Byrne|Byrne]]. By doing so, they were almost able to win the exercise; however, a recruit named [[Osmo]] beat them to the goal. This earned Jenkins the trust of Staff Sergeant Johnson, and the two developed a close bond during the First Battle of Harvest.


==Early Life and Career==
===Battle of Harvest===
{{Quote|[[Avery J. Johnson|Staff Sergeant]]...[[Forsell|he]]'s all I've got left.|Jenkins, after the glassing of Harvest}}


Wallace Jenkins was born on the Outer Colony world of [[Harvest]], to a farming family. In [[2524]], he joined the [[Colonial Militia of Harvest]] in an effort to make use of himself. His ambition was to join the [[UNSC]] [[Marine Corps]] as an officer. Though [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]] frequently criticized him, he proved to be an extremely quick thinker and a competent Marine. One major event was when he and [[Forsell]] were running a training exercise with all of the other recruits in the Colonial Militia, he and Forsell were able to quickly determine the situation and go around the mock attack staged by Johnson and [[Byrne]]. By doing so they were almost able to win the exercise, though a recruit named [[Osmo]] beat them to it. By proving that they were competent Marines who could think out-of-the-box, they earned the trust of Staff Sergeant Johnson, and developed a close relationship over the First Battle of Harvest.
Jenkins was a superb sharpshooter and was assigned one of the few [[XBR55 Battle Rifle]]s during the battle. Jenkins' entire family was killed when [[Gladsheim]] was attacked by the Covenant. He was deeply depressed after losing his family, and used his anger to fuel his hatred of the Covenant. The only person close to him to survive was his fellow sharpshooter and friend, [[Forsell]]. Forsell had saved Jenkins' life when the latter was blinded by rage, stopping him from trying to kill [[Tartarus]]. After escaping from Harvest, Staff Sergeant Johnson offered Jenkins, Forsell, and the remaining militiamen the chance to become Marines in his unit.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''Epilogue''</ref>


{{Quote|[[Avery J. Johnson|Staff Sergeant]]...[[Forsell|he]]'s all I've got left.|Jenkins, after the glassing of [[Gladsheim]]}}
===Fall of Reach===
Jenkins was on board ''[[Reach Station Gamma]]'' during the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]], still fighting alongside Staff Sergeant Johnson, as well as with [[Private]]s [[Bisenti]] and [[O'Brien (Marine)|O'Brien]]. Their [[IFF|Friend-Or-Foe]] tags were detected by [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTANs]] [[John-117]] and [[Linda-058]]. The group was fighting a lance of [[Kig-yar]] [[Kig-Yar Ranger|rangers]] and defeated them with the help of the SPARTANs. The Master Chief also helped them destroy the navigation database of the ''[[UNSC Circumference]]'', an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[UNSC Prowler|Prowler]]. After purging the Prowler's navigation database, the survivors escaped the station aboard a [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelican]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 326-327''</ref> They then boarded the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'' and traveled to [[Installation 04]].


Jenkins was a noted sharpshooter and was assigned one of the [[Prototype BR-55|prototype Battle Rifles]]. During the fight against the [[Covenant]] on Harvest, Jenkins' entire family was killed when [[Gladsheim]] was attacked by the Covenant. He was deeply depressed after losing his family and used his anger to fuel his hatred of the [[Covenant]]. The only person close to him to survive was his fellow sharpshooter and friend [[Forsell]], who had saved his life when Jenkins was blinded by rage and attempted to kill [[Tartarus]]. After escaping from [[Harvest]], [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]] offered Jenkins, Forsell, and the remaining militiamen the chance to become real [[UNSC Marine]]s in his unit.<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] Epilogue</ref> It remains unknown what Jenkins did when he became a Marine, but by [[2552]] he was stationed on [[Reach Station Gamma]], a space station above [[Reach]].
===Battle of Installation 04===
{{Main|Battle of Installation 04}}
Upon arrival at Installation 04, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' was attacked by the Covenant. Jenkins escaped the ship in the same [[lifeboat]] as Sergeant Johnson and his squad. After meeting up with the Master Chief and fighting off Covenant patrols, they took Pelican ''[[Echo 419]]'' to the newly established Marine [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]].


==The Battle of Reach==
===The Flood===
During the war he presumably fought at the [[Siege of Paris IV]]. He was on board [[Reach Station Gamma]] during the [[Battle of Reach]], still fighting alongside [[Sergeant Johnson]]. The other marines with him included [[Private (UNSC)|Privates]] [[Bisenti]] and [[O'Brien (Marine)|O'Brien]]. Their Friend Or Foe (FOF) tags were detected by [[SPARTAN-117]] and [[SPARTAN-058]]. The group was fighting a pack of [[Jackal]] [[Ranger]]s, defeated them with the help of the Spartans, and with the help of SPARTAN-117, they managed to destroy the database of the ''[[Circumference]]'' and escape the station aboard a [[D77-TC|Pelican]].<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Pages 326-327</ref> They then proceeded to board the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn|Pillar of Autumn]]'', and traveled to [[Installation 04]].
[[File:HGN-Jenkins.png|thumb|left|200px|A Flood-infected Jenkins.]]
Later, Jenkins, along with the rest of [[Fire Team Charlie]], was taken on Pelican ''[[Victor 933]]'' to what was believed to be a Covenant weapons cache. This believed weapons cache was actually one of Installation 04's [[Flood containment facility|Flood containment facilities]]. There, he, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes|Keyes]], Sergeant Johnson, and Privates [[Bisenti]], [[Manuel Mendoza|Mendoza]], [[Kappus]], and [[Riley]] were ambushed by [[the Flood]]. During the resulting fight, Jenkins panicked, and a [[Pod infector]] latched onto him. Johnson fired at the infector that was latched onto him but couldn't stop it from taking over Jenkins' body. Jenkins and the entire squad, save for Johnson, were turned into [[Combat form|combat forms]]. However, Jenkins' Pod infector was weakened from centuries of containment, and could not fully control him. The infection process occurred normally, but unlike most victims of the Flood, who die instantly upon successful infection, Jenkins remained alive and terrified while the Flood took control of and mutated his body. <ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 176''</ref> He was able to control himself to a small degree whenever the Pod infector was in pain, but when it had total command, he could only watch "his" actions. His Flood infected body attacked Johnson, throwing the sergeant out of the containment room, across a large observation chamber, and into a wall. Determined to escape, Johnson ran into a hallway and locked the infected Marines inside by using a [[spoofer]].<ref>'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''', ''[[Breaking Quarantine]]''</ref>


==The Battle of Installation 04==
The Master Chief would later watch the horrifying attack using the [[Recorder Chip]] from Jenkins' dropped [[Helmet Recorder]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 206''</ref> The video ended suddenly, right as the Pod infector hit Jenkins, and infected him.  
Once there, the ''Pillar of Autumn'' is attacked by the [[Covenant]], and Jenkins escaped the ship in the same lifeboat as [[Sergeant Johnson]] and his squad. After meeting up with the [[Master Chief|Chief]] and fighting off Covenant patrols, they took [[D77-TC|Pelican]] [[Echo 419]] to [[Alpha Base]].
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===The Flood===
===Survival and death===
[[Image:FloodJenkins.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Flood]] infested Jenkins.]]
[[File:JenkinsHelmetCEA.png|thumb|300px|[[John-117]] holding Jenkins' helmet.]]
Later, Jenkins, along with the rest of [[Fire Team Charlie]] (excluding [[Chips Dubbo]]), were taken on [[D77-TC|Pelican]] [[Victor 933]] to what they believed to be a Covenant weapons cache, but it turned out to be one of the [[Flood Containment Facilities]]. There, he, [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes|Keyes]], [[Sergeant Johnson]], [[Private (UNSC)|Privates]] [[Bisenti]], [[Manuel Mendoza|Mendoza]] [[Kappus]], and [[Riley]] encountered the [[Flood]] for the first time on Halo. In the fight, Jenkins panicked and an [[Infection Form]], weakened by a millennia-long hibernation period, latched on to him and took over his body.<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], Page 175</ref> He dropped his video-recording helmet, which was later found by the [[Master Chief]], who watched the horrifying attack via the [[Recorder Chip]] of Jenkins' [[Helmet Recorder]].<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], page 206</ref> The video ended suddenly, right as the [[infection form]] hit Jenkins, and infected him.  
The infected Jenkins followed a group of Flood to the surface, where they attacked a group of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s led by [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]]. Without complete control over his body, Jenkins, who was desperate to end his own life, attempted to get killed while assaulting the Lieutenant. The attempt failed, and he was captured by the ODSTs. [[Major]] [[Antonio Silva]] tried to interrogate him.


He and his entire squad, except [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]] and [[Bisenti]], were turned into [[Combat Forms]]. However, in Jenkins' case, his [[Infection Form]] was weakened from the centuries of containment, and could not fully control him. <ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], page 176</ref> He watched in terror as he lost control of his mutated body and the Infection Form moved his body around and assaulted his mind. Thus, he could control himself when the "other" was in pain. When it had total command, he could not do anything except see what he was doing.
While being interrogated, the Pod infector inside Jenkins' body attempted to attack its interrogators by extending a tentacle through Jenkins' hand, snapping the bones and veins. As Jenkins described it, it was a "living hell". However, the parasite was knocked unconscious by the pain, this gave Jenkins the chance to reveal the imminent threat of the Flood beneath the base. He  pointed with his other hand that had not been broken at the ground.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''pages 275-276''</ref> Major Silva believed that Jenkins was pointing at his boot until Lieutenant McKay correctly interpreted that Jenkins was pointing down in fact and not actually at Silva's boot, and ordered a squad to exterminate them.


===Survival and Death===
Jenkins was later taken to the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' while the Marines assaulted the ship. Jenkins knew that Silva planned to take the ship home to [[Earth]]. He also knew that there were more Flood present on the ship, and that they would inevitably escape and overwhelm the human population should Silva succeed in bringing the ship home. He thus overwhelmed the Pod infector inside him and tried to destroy the ship by destroying a fiber-optic pathway that linked the Control Room to the engines. He failed, but Lieutenant McKay, seeing the truth as well, destroyed the vessel for him by using a [[M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade|fragmentation grenade]]. The explosion severed the pathway, cutting off control to the engines and causing the ship to crash into the surface of Halo, where it exploded. The destruction of the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' mercifully ended his suffering. <ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 332''</ref> Before he died, he managed to mouth the words "Thank you" to the Lieutenant.
Jenkins' combat form followed a group of [[Flood]] to the surface where they attacked a group of [[ODST]]s under command of [[First Lieutenant]], [[Melissa McKay]]. Without complete control over his body, Jenkins, who was desperate to end his own life, attempted to get killed while assaulting the Lieutenant, but instead he was captured by the [[ODSTs]]. [[Major (UNSC)|Major]] [[Antonio Silva]] tried to interrogate him. While being interrogated, the [[infection form]] inside of Jenkins attempted to attack its interrogators by extending a tentacle ''through'' Jenkins' hand, snapping the bones and veins. As Jenkins described it, it was a "living hell". However, the infection form was knocked unconscious by the pain. This gave Jenkins the chance to reveal the imminent threat of the Flood beneath the base.<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], page 275/276</ref>. Lieutenant McKay correctly interpreted this and ordered a squad to exterminate them. He was later taken to the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' while the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] assaulted the ship. Jenkins, knowing that Silva planned to take the ship home to [[Earth]], overwhelmed the Infection form inside him and tried to destroy the ship because he knew that there were more [[Flood]] present aboard it and that they would inevitably escape and destroy [[Earth]]. He failed to do so, but [[Lieutenant McKay]], seeing the truth as well, destroyed the vessel for him. The destruction of the ''Truth and Reconciliation'' mercifully ended his suffering. <ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], page 332</ref> Before he died, he managed to mouth the words "Thank you" to the Lieutenant.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*He was one of the first people to use the [[Prototype BR-55|Prototype Battle Rifle]], which entered service in [[2524]].
*Jenkins was voiced by [[Chris Wicklund]].{{Ref/Site|URL=http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/voices.html|Site=halo.bungie.org|Page=Voice Acting|D=29|M=5|Y=2021}}
*Jenkins is voiced by voice actor [[Chris Wicklund]].
*It has never been explained why Jenkins was still a Private despite fighting in the Human-Covenant war for the whole of its 27 years, though [[Joseph Staten]] has implied he may have been in cryo-sleep for a significant period.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive28.pl?read=847640|Site=HBO Forums|Page=Re: Number of Colonies and Contact: Harvest|D=29|M=5|Y=2021}}
*Jenkins is the only Marine mentioned to be infected by an [[Infection Form]], weakened by the long hibernation the [[Flood]] form had undergone. Because of this, he is able to control his body to a certain limit during times as the Flood Form retracts into a corner of their shared mind.
*Jenkins disliked [[Flip music|flip music]], which was, much to his dismay, the favorite genre of his sergeant.
*Jenkins was 18 in the year 2524, which meant that he was older than [[John-117|the Master Chief]].
*There is an [[achievement]] in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' referencing Jenkins called [[This One’s for Jenkins!]]. To earn it, the player needs to kill fifty Flood combat forms in the level ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]''.  
*Though he was appointed a ''Sharpshooter'' in his platoon by Johnson in the events of Contact Harvest; in the Flood containment area in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] he was seen wielding an [[MA5B]] instead of his favorable [[BR55 Battle Rifle]]. This is most likely because the only weapons that survived the Battle of Reach, were "standard Marine weapons" and the Battle Rifle was still not the main weapon used by Marines, so it would have been stored in special lockers, which were all destroyed along with the Spartans' weapons lockers during the Fall of Reach. It was also stated that they were prototypes in [[Contact Harvest]].
*Jenkins' appearance in ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', and thus his participation in the battle onboard Gamma Station, was [[List of changes in Halo: The Fall of Reach rereleases|omitted]] from the comic book adaptation ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion]]''. In the comic, the three Marines were explicitly identified via dialogue as Sergeant Johnson, Private Bisenti, and Private O'Brien.
*He may have some connection with [[L. Jenkins]].
 
*An interesting fact is that in this picture he is wearing a Boonie hat, but in both the Graphic Novel and the cutscene where his squad is attacked by the [[Flood]], he is wearing the standard issue helmet that other Marines wear.
==Gallery==
*For having such a small appearance in Halo: CE, Jenkins has become a very popular character. This is most likely due to his appearances in ''Halo: The Flood'' and ''Halo: Contact Harvest''.
<gallery>
*Even though Jenkins wears the same helmet as [[Riley]], in the cutscene in [[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|343 Guilty Spark]], he has a standard marine helmet
File:P12.jpg|Sgt. Johnson tries to save Jenkins.
*It is strange how he was the only Marine in [[Fire Team Charlie]] wearing armor and a helmet, as the others were wearing bandannas, Boonie caps, Sergeant caps, or no headgear, and not even Johnson was wearing armor.
File:FloodJenkins2.png|Jenkins' body is reanimated by the Flood.
*It seems strange that he was such a low rank for someone being in the [[UNSC]] Corps for so long and especially since he was one of the first people to fight the Covenant and survive the First Battle of Harvest.
</gallery>
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
**''[[Breaking Quarantine]]''
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''


==Sources==  
==Sources==  
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Were you looking for L. Jenkins from the Halo Graphic Novel, or for Captain Jenkins, who commanded during the Harvest Campaign?
Wallace Jenkins
An image of Private First Class Wallace Jenkins from the story Breaking Quarantine. He has been almost fully infected by the Flood.
Biographical information

Homeworld:

Harvest

Died:

September 22, 2552

Personal details

Species:

Human

Gender:

Male

Hair color:

Auburn

Eye color:

Brown

Political and military information

Affiliation:

Rank:

Private First Class

Notable info:

  • One of the first humans to fight the Covenant
  • Was infected by the Flood but wasn't completely taken over.
 

"There are too many, Sarge!"
— Jenkins during the Flood outbreak

Private First Class Wallace A. Jenkins was an infantryman in the UNSC Marine Corps. He was one of the first humans to engage Covenant forces during the First Battle of Harvest. In September 2552, Jenkins was stationed aboard the UNSC Pillar of Autumn during the Battle of Installation 04, eventually becoming partially infected by the Flood.

Biography[edit]

Early life and career[edit]

"When I get out of school, I'd like to join the Marines—get a chance to shoot for real …"
— Jenkins to Captain Ponder

Wallace Jenkins was born on the Outer Colony world of Harvest. He was the eldest of three children of a farming family. In 2524, he joined the Harvest militia in an effort to make use of himself. His ambition was to join the UNSC Marine Corps as an officer. Though Staff Sergeant Avery Johnson frequently criticized him, he proved to be an extremely quick thinker and a competent militiaman. One notable event occurred when he and a fellow recruit, Forsell, were participating in a training exercise with all the other recruits in the Colonial Militia. The two were able to quickly assess the situation and go around the mock attack staged by Sergeants Johnson and Byrne. By doing so, they were almost able to win the exercise; however, a recruit named Osmo beat them to the goal. This earned Jenkins the trust of Staff Sergeant Johnson, and the two developed a close bond during the First Battle of Harvest.

Battle of Harvest[edit]

"Staff Sergeant...he's all I've got left."
— Jenkins, after the glassing of Harvest

Jenkins was a superb sharpshooter and was assigned one of the few XBR55 Battle Rifles during the battle. Jenkins' entire family was killed when Gladsheim was attacked by the Covenant. He was deeply depressed after losing his family, and used his anger to fuel his hatred of the Covenant. The only person close to him to survive was his fellow sharpshooter and friend, Forsell. Forsell had saved Jenkins' life when the latter was blinded by rage, stopping him from trying to kill Tartarus. After escaping from Harvest, Staff Sergeant Johnson offered Jenkins, Forsell, and the remaining militiamen the chance to become Marines in his unit.[1]

Fall of Reach[edit]

Jenkins was on board Reach Station Gamma during the Fall of Reach in August 30, 2552, still fighting alongside Staff Sergeant Johnson, as well as with Privates Bisenti and O'Brien. Their Friend-Or-Foe tags were detected by SPARTANs John-117 and Linda-058. The group was fighting a lance of Kig-yar rangers and defeated them with the help of the SPARTANs. The Master Chief also helped them destroy the navigation database of the UNSC Circumference, an Office of Naval Intelligence Prowler. After purging the Prowler's navigation database, the survivors escaped the station aboard a Pelican.[2] They then boarded the Pillar of Autumn and traveled to Installation 04.

Battle of Installation 04[edit]

Main article: Battle of Installation 04

Upon arrival at Installation 04, the Pillar of Autumn was attacked by the Covenant. Jenkins escaped the ship in the same lifeboat as Sergeant Johnson and his squad. After meeting up with the Master Chief and fighting off Covenant patrols, they took Pelican Echo 419 to the newly established Marine Alpha Base.

The Flood[edit]

An image of Private First Class Wallace Jenkins from the story Breaking Quarantine. He has been fully infected by the Flood.
A Flood-infected Jenkins.

Later, Jenkins, along with the rest of Fire Team Charlie, was taken on Pelican Victor 933 to what was believed to be a Covenant weapons cache. This believed weapons cache was actually one of Installation 04's Flood containment facilities. There, he, Captain Keyes, Sergeant Johnson, and Privates Bisenti, Mendoza, Kappus, and Riley were ambushed by the Flood. During the resulting fight, Jenkins panicked, and a Pod infector latched onto him. Johnson fired at the infector that was latched onto him but couldn't stop it from taking over Jenkins' body. Jenkins and the entire squad, save for Johnson, were turned into combat forms. However, Jenkins' Pod infector was weakened from centuries of containment, and could not fully control him. The infection process occurred normally, but unlike most victims of the Flood, who die instantly upon successful infection, Jenkins remained alive and terrified while the Flood took control of and mutated his body. [3] He was able to control himself to a small degree whenever the Pod infector was in pain, but when it had total command, he could only watch "his" actions. His Flood infected body attacked Johnson, throwing the sergeant out of the containment room, across a large observation chamber, and into a wall. Determined to escape, Johnson ran into a hallway and locked the infected Marines inside by using a spoofer.[4]

The Master Chief would later watch the horrifying attack using the Recorder Chip from Jenkins' dropped Helmet Recorder.[5] The video ended suddenly, right as the Pod infector hit Jenkins, and infected him.

Survival and death[edit]

John-117 holding Jenkins' helmet.

The infected Jenkins followed a group of Flood to the surface, where they attacked a group of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers led by First Lieutenant Melissa McKay. Without complete control over his body, Jenkins, who was desperate to end his own life, attempted to get killed while assaulting the Lieutenant. The attempt failed, and he was captured by the ODSTs. Major Antonio Silva tried to interrogate him.

While being interrogated, the Pod infector inside Jenkins' body attempted to attack its interrogators by extending a tentacle through Jenkins' hand, snapping the bones and veins. As Jenkins described it, it was a "living hell". However, the parasite was knocked unconscious by the pain, this gave Jenkins the chance to reveal the imminent threat of the Flood beneath the base. He pointed with his other hand that had not been broken at the ground.[6] Major Silva believed that Jenkins was pointing at his boot until Lieutenant McKay correctly interpreted that Jenkins was pointing down in fact and not actually at Silva's boot, and ordered a squad to exterminate them.

Jenkins was later taken to the Truth and Reconciliation while the Marines assaulted the ship. Jenkins knew that Silva planned to take the ship home to Earth. He also knew that there were more Flood present on the ship, and that they would inevitably escape and overwhelm the human population should Silva succeed in bringing the ship home. He thus overwhelmed the Pod infector inside him and tried to destroy the ship by destroying a fiber-optic pathway that linked the Control Room to the engines. He failed, but Lieutenant McKay, seeing the truth as well, destroyed the vessel for him by using a fragmentation grenade. The explosion severed the pathway, cutting off control to the engines and causing the ship to crash into the surface of Halo, where it exploded. The destruction of the Truth and Reconciliation mercifully ended his suffering. [7] Before he died, he managed to mouth the words "Thank you" to the Lieutenant.

Trivia[edit]

  • Jenkins was voiced by Chris Wicklund.[8]
  • It has never been explained why Jenkins was still a Private despite fighting in the Human-Covenant war for the whole of its 27 years, though Joseph Staten has implied he may have been in cryo-sleep for a significant period.[9]
  • Jenkins disliked flip music, which was, much to his dismay, the favorite genre of his sergeant.
  • There is an achievement in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary referencing Jenkins called This One’s for Jenkins!. To earn it, the player needs to kill fifty Flood combat forms in the level 343 Guilty Spark.
  • Jenkins' appearance in Halo: The Fall of Reach, and thus his participation in the battle onboard Gamma Station, was omitted from the comic book adaptation Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion. In the comic, the three Marines were explicitly identified via dialogue as Sergeant Johnson, Private Bisenti, and Private O'Brien.

Gallery[edit]

  • Sgt. Johnson tries to save Jenkins.

    Sgt. Johnson tries to save Jenkins.

  • Jenkins' body is reanimated by the Flood.

    Jenkins' body is reanimated by the Flood.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, Epilogue
  2. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 326-327
  3. ^ Halo: The Flood, page 176
  4. ^ Halo Graphic Novel, Breaking Quarantine
  5. ^ Halo: The Flood, page 206
  6. ^ Halo: The Flood, pages 275-276
  7. ^ Halo: The Flood, page 332
  8. ^ halo.bungie.org, Voice Acting (Retrieved on May 29, 2021) [archive]
  9. ^ HBO Forums, Re: Number of Colonies and Contact: Harvest (Retrieved on May 29, 2021) [archive]

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