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John's fall ended with him slamming into a [[Tanzania]]n jungle south of [[Mount Kilimanjaro]].{{Ref/Reuse|H3A}}<ref name="Enc296">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', ''page 296''</ref> His armor's [[hydrostatic gel]] layer took the brunt of the impact, also locking the suit into a fixed shape and knocking him out.{{Ref/Reuse|H3A}} By the time the sun had risen in the area at least two hours later, he was still unconscious.{{Ref/Reuse|H3A}}<ref name="HLLOS">''[[Halo: Landfall]]'', ''[[Halo: Last One Standing|Last One Standing]]''</ref> The Master Chief was eventually found by [[First Squad|a squad]] of marines led by Sergeant Johnson and accompanied by [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]]. [[Unidentified Corpsman|A]] [[Hospital Corpsman|hospital corpsman]] with the squad was able to partially unlock his armor, but with his status uncertain, Johnson removed Cortana's [[data crystal chip]] and gave the command to radio for heavy lifting gear so they could move the Spartan. Before that request could be made, though, John came to and clasped the sergeant's forearm, rising to his feet. He then took the chip back and upon doing so Johnson asked him where [[Cortana]] was, to which he let him know she had stayed [[High Charity|behind]]. Just after Johnson's question, John experienced the first of what would later be deemed "[[Character interludes|residual interface anomalies]]", wherein echoes of Cortana's personality matrix in his neural interface repeated things she or Doctor Halsey had previously said.{{Ref/Reuse|H3A}}<ref>''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #9]]''</ref> In this case, he heard Cortana's charge to not make a promise without keeping it again.{{Ref/Reuse|H2HC}}{{Ref/Reuse|H3A}} With his armor still in partial lockdown, John then followed the instructions of a corporal in order to ensure its tracking was working properly before the gel layer could be completely reset. By this point, John had not yet noticed the Arbiter among them, as the Sangheili had chosen to remain [[Active camouflage|camouflaged]]. So after [[Thel 'Vadam]] revealed himself, the Chief's instinctual reaction was to snatch Johnson's [[M6G magnum]] and rush the Elite. He had shoved the barrel of the sidearm beneath 'Vadam's lower mandibles by the time Johnson could shout that the Arbiter was working with them. John was hesitant to lower the weapon, Johnson's hand on his shoulder and his appeal to their bigger immediate problems made him do so. For his part, the Arbiter defiantly stated that John may not find killing him as easy as he may suspect and after enduring a slight shove from the Spartan, turned to walk away. 'Vadam urged the humans to follow him, as he was sure Covenant Jiralhanae had their scent by then and would be upon them soon. Johnson proffered an [[MA5C assault rifle]] which John snatched from him, seemingly annoyed by the uneasy alliance with a former enemy.{{Ref/Reuse|H3A}}

[[File:Sierra117grunts.png|thumb|350px|left|John engages Unggoy.]]

From there, the group [[Recovery of John-117|set out]] through the jungle toward an extraction point where they were to meet with [[Bravo Team|another team]] of marines.<ref name="H3S117">''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Sierra 117]]''</ref> [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Reynolds]], leading the other team, let them know that Jiralhanae were encroaching on their location and after a ~~[[Type-52~~ Phantom]] flew overhead Johnson decided they would be less likely to be spotted if they split up. To that end John and [[First Squad]], along with the Arbiter, broke away from Johnson and [[Second Squad]]. Heading in the direction of the [[Wikipedia:Pangani River|Pangani River]], they soon encountered a [[Jiralhanae Captain Major]] leading a [[lance]] of [[Unggoy]]. The humans and Sangheili opened fire on the lance and then also contended with additional Covenant forces delivered to the area via Phantom before regrouping at a cave entrance which led to an exit on the other side. There, they found more Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, and Unggoy, many of whom were initially sleeping. The firefight which followed ended poorly for the Covenant soldiers. Johnson let John know that he'd lost contact with Reynolds but that the Pelicans to extract them were still ''en route''. The reason for Reynolds' radio silence was revealed when First Squad came upon another group of Covenant which included a [[Jiralhanae Captain]] who was holding the gunnery sergeant aloft. John sprang into action and managed to rescue the marine while the rest of the enemies were dealt with. The rest of Reynolds' team, he reported, had perished. Another cavern led to the extraction point at the riverbank, but while traversing it John was suddenly hit with another "residual interface anomaly" in which Cortana parroted a version of something Halsey had once said to her about being willing to sacrifice others for the completion of [[Operation: RED FLAG|a mission]].{{Ref/Reuse|H3S117}}<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 25''</ref> Curiously, when John experienced the audiovisual hallucination, his vital readings recognizably pinged KIA for a brief moment, to the alarm of the marines around him.{{Ref/Reuse|H3S117}}

From there, the group [[Recovery of John-117|set out]] through the jungle toward an extraction point where they were to meet with [[Bravo Team|another team]] of marines.<ref name="H3S117">''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Sierra 117]]''</ref> [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Reynolds]], leading the other team, let them know that Jiralhanae were encroaching on their location and after a {{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}} flew overhead Johnson decided they would be less likely to be spotted if they split up. To that end John and [[First Squad]], along with the Arbiter, broke away from Johnson and [[Second Squad]]. Heading in the direction of the [[Wikipedia:Pangani River|Pangani River]], they soon encountered a [[Jiralhanae Captain Major]] leading a [[lance]] of [[Unggoy]]. The humans and Sangheili opened fire on the lance and then also contended with additional Covenant forces delivered to the area via Phantom before regrouping at a cave entrance which led to an exit on the other side. There, they found more Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, and Unggoy, many of whom were initially sleeping. The firefight which followed ended poorly for the Covenant soldiers. Johnson let John know that he'd lost contact with Reynolds but that the Pelicans to extract them were still ''en route''. The reason for Reynolds' radio silence was revealed when First Squad came upon another group of Covenant which included a [[Jiralhanae Captain]] who was holding the gunnery sergeant aloft. John sprang into action and managed to rescue the marine while the rest of the enemies were dealt with. The rest of Reynolds' team, he reported, had perished. Another cavern led to the extraction point at the riverbank, but while traversing it John was suddenly hit with another "residual interface anomaly" in which Cortana parroted a version of something Halsey had once said to her about being willing to sacrifice others for the completion of [[Operation: RED FLAG|a mission]].{{Ref/Reuse|H3S117}}<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 25''</ref> Curiously, when John experienced the audiovisual hallucination, his vital readings recognizably pinged KIA for a brief moment, to the alarm of the marines around him.{{Ref/Reuse|H3S117}}

[[Raid on Kilimanjaro|Battle]] was joined at river where both [[D77-TC Pelican]]s were waiting near a river substation, but as John and the others cleared them out a pair of Banshees streaked overhead and scored direct hits on each bird with their [[fuel rod cannon]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|H3S117}} One Pelican plunged into the river beyond a nearby [[Wikipedia:Dam|dam]] and the other, ''[[Echo 051]]'', managed to maintain altitude for slightly longer before crashing around half a kilometer further on. Two waves of Brute-led reinforcements moved on the substation but John, Thel, and the marines fought them off. Johnson, having survived ''Echo 051'''s crash, contacted the Master Chief as they entered the jungle once more but his transmission was cut short. The team of humans and lone Sangheili made it past a swath of trees laden with Kig-Yar [[sniper]]s until they found the pelican's survivors, whom were under fire and fleeing from the wreckage. John led his unit in fending off the proximate hostiles before pushing forward through another rock tunnel in the direction which Johnson and the others had been chased. After traveliing through enother section of jungle they soon reached an outcropping which overlooked the [[Global Water Campaign]]'s [[A2 Hydroelectric Facility]]. On the opposite side of the river, the sergeant major and three other marines had been hastily imprisoned behind an [[Energy barrier|energy field]] within a small, squat structure. John and the others thereafter battled their way across the top of the dam which spanned the river, killing a good number of Unggoy, Kig-Yar, and Jiralhanae in the process. Cutting the power to the barrier freed Johnson and the others, and the sergeant major told John he would consider them even for that, but just for that day. Just then, a [[pilot]] by the name of [[Hocus]] announced over comms that she was bringing her Pelican, ''[[Kilo 023]]'' to pick them all up. The arrival of two Covenant Phantoms forced the Arbiter and the remaining [[UNSC]] forces to fight until she arrived, but when she did Hocus had little trouble destroying both.{{Ref/Reuse|H3S117}}

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''Kilo 023'' ferried John and the others to [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]], a UNSC [[Military base|base]] in [[Tsavo]], [[Kenya]].{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} Upon disembarking, Commander [[Miranda Keyes]] met he and Johnson and greeted them both. Keyes led the two of them, along with 'Vadam, to the base's operations center and while they walked she brought John up to speed regarding the ongoing [[battle for Earth]]. The Prophet of Truth's [[Truth's fleet|fleet]] was currently excavating a kilometers-wide [[Portal at Voi|area]] in the country in search of something called "[[the Ark]]". The Ark, Keyes relayed, would allow Truth to fire all of the remaining Halo rings at once, as they had been placed on "standby status" following the abortion of [[Installation 05]]'s activation.{{Ref/Reuse|H2TGJ}}{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} Within the ops center Admiral Hood was patched in to speak with those present. John reported to him that he was ready for action and for this Hood was grateful, as he and Keyes had constructed a plan which the admiral wasn't sure would be possible without the Spartan's help. [[Skar'wa-pattern Mantis|Anti-air batterie]]s were clustered around the perimeter of the excavation site where the Covenant fleet was presently located, but Hood and Keyes believed if that just one could be neutralized then a low-level strike could be initiated with {{Class|Charon|light frigate}}s and [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] fighters.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}<ref name="H3TS">''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[The Storm]]''</ref> While Hood was in the midst of explaining the attack to John, the power in the ops center was suddenly lost, and when it returned the [[Prophet of Truth]] had replaced the admiral on the primary screen which he'd been communicating from and all others around it. Truth berated the humans listening and proclaimed their imminent destruction, also singling John out in the process as "the Demon", taunting that not even he would escape the coming fire. John was the first one to point out his specific mention in the diatribe was highly unusual, and at this Miranda realized that Crow's Nest was about to be attacked. Her conclusion proved accurate almost immediately, as Phantoms were soon sighted moving toward the base.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}

Johnson ensured the Master Chief that he would look after Commander Keyes, suggesting that John provide assistance to the marines downstairs.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} He followed two marines out of the ops center, arming himself on the way. One level below, Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds was preparing a defense of the ops center in a large cavern which led to it. When it was reported to the sergeant that Covenant had entered the base via a hangar, however, the sergeant directed John to meet the attacking force head-on. On his way there, John met up with [[Chips Dubbo]] and another marine, both of whom let him know the squad guarding the hangar was in danger of being overrun soon. Keyes contacted him on a secure channel to urge that the hangar be cleared so the wounded and others could be evacuated from there. John, Dubbo, and the other marine with them first encountered Covenant forces already further inside the base before even reaching the hangar, as they had made it to a spacious vehicle access way. John opened fire on the encroaching Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, and Unggoy, leaving none alive between himself and the hangar. Upon finally reaching it, John lent aid to its defense, pushing back the encroachment of two ~~[[Type-52~~ Phantom]]s which landed invading troops. Once it was secured enough for a Pelican to begin loading up marines for evacuation Johnson urged John to race back to the operations center, as Jiralhanae were pushing hard toward it from another part of the base. Just as he reached the cavern where Reynolds was in charge of the defense once more, a swarm of [[Yanme'e]] suddenly flew out of various vents and fell upon the defenders. John helped to eliminate them all, only advancing onward to the ops center once Reynolds was sure they were in the clear. There, Keyes spoke to him from the most prominent video screen, drawing his attention to a [[Improvised UNSC bomb|bomb]] linked to smaller charges throughout the base. As soon as the evacuation was complete, she intended its countdown timer to start.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}

Johnson ensured the Master Chief that he would look after Commander Keyes, suggesting that John provide assistance to the marines downstairs.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} He followed two marines out of the ops center, arming himself on the way. One level below, Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds was preparing a defense of the ops center in a large cavern which led to it. When it was reported to the sergeant that Covenant had entered the base via a hangar, however, the sergeant directed John to meet the attacking force head-on. On his way there, John met up with [[Chips Dubbo]] and another marine, both of whom let him know the squad guarding the hangar was in danger of being overrun soon. Keyes contacted him on a secure channel to urge that the hangar be cleared so the wounded and others could be evacuated from there. John, Dubbo, and the other marine with them first encountered Covenant forces already further inside the base before even reaching the hangar, as they had made it to a spacious vehicle access way. John opened fire on the encroaching Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, and Unggoy, leaving none alive between himself and the hangar. Upon finally reaching it, John lent aid to its defense, pushing back the encroachment of two {{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}}s which landed invading troops. Once it was secured enough for a Pelican to begin loading up marines for evacuation Johnson urged John to race back to the operations center, as Jiralhanae were pushing hard toward it from another part of the base. Just as he reached the cavern where Reynolds was in charge of the defense once more, a swarm of [[Yanme'e]] suddenly flew out of various vents and fell upon the defenders. John helped to eliminate them all, only advancing onward to the ops center once Reynolds was sure they were in the clear. There, Keyes spoke to him from the most prominent video screen, drawing his attention to a [[Improvised UNSC bomb|bomb]] linked to smaller charges throughout the base. As soon as the evacuation was complete, she intended its countdown timer to start.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}

[[File:Halo 3 Crow's Nest.PNG|thumb|left|350px|John fights through a Crow's Nest laden with Covenant invaders.]]

From there, John followed Avery Johnson to a doorway leading out of the chamber.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} The sergeant major let him know that Jiralhanae had taken the barracks with marines trapped inside and urged him to rescue them and get them to a landing pad for evac, reminding the Chief of what [[Operation: SILENT STORM|they'd seen]] Brutes do to prisoners before. Wasting no time, John rushed in that direction, and it wasn't long before he found himself taking on a large number of the mammaloid aliens led a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|chieftain]] in the base's motor pool. A cave-in forced John to divert his continued route by dropping through a hole into a shaft below. There, he was suddenly hit by another sensory experience wherein the voice and appearance of [[Cortana]] recited a line once said by Halsey to he and the other Spartan-II trainees following their abductions.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}<ref name="HTFOR3">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref> Passing through adjacent shafts soon led him to meet back up with 'Vadam, who told him the marines in the barracks were indeed being held as prisoners.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} The Spartan and Sangheili broke in and John was able to save a number of marines just before they could be killed. Once all Jiralhanae, including a [[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|war chieftain]], lay dead, John, the Arbiter, and seven marines they'd managed to save made their way to a nearby [[elevator]]. As it deposited them at the landing pad above where ''Kilo 023'' was waiting [[Jiralhanae Jumper|Jiralhanae with]] [[jump pack]]s attacked, forcing [[Hocus]] to take off prematurely in order to save her craft. John fought off the jump-pack Brutes with the marines and the Arbiter, and they were soon joined by Johnson and another group, who were being pursued by [[Yanme'e]]. Once all the drones were dead as well Hocus brought ''Kilo 023'' back down so survivors could begin boarding.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}

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[[File:H3 ChiefTsavo.PNG|thumb|350px|right|The Chief plants a grenade.]]

{{Quote|The Prophet of Truth doesn't know it yet, but he's about to get kicked right off his throne. We will take our city back and drive our enemy into [[Portal at Voi|the grave]] they've been so happily digging. One final effort is all that remains.|Admiral Hood provides encouragement for the final push against the Covenant in [[Voi]].}}<ref name="H3TH">''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Tsavo Highway]]''</ref>

The elevator led to a subterranean garage beneath Crow's Nest which opened into a short series of caves leading to the surrounding savanna.{{Ref/Reuse|H3TH}} Keyes reached out to John through a strained signal, asking for his status and noting that if he could hear her, then he should find transport and get to the town of [[Voi]]. He was unable to respond due how far underground they were. John was accompanied in the dark bay by Sergeant Reynolds and a number of other marines, one of whom activated a generator to give the place emergency power. As soon as light flooded the garage the Chief was the first to climb behind the driver's seat of an [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]]. The others followed suit in mounting up, both in John's hog and an [[M831 Troop Transport Warthog|M831 troop transport]]. Together, both vehicles left the garage behind and set out through the adjoining caves. At a gate leading to their exit, they ran into and saved two marines from [[Second Squad]] who had been pinned down there by Unggoy and Kig-Yar. Some of the Kig-Yar attempted to flee into the savanna but were pursued and killed. As the Chief and marines proceeded onward in the direction of Voi, Reynolds let him know that he was still unable to reach Keyes due to [[COM]]s still being a mess and Pelicans in the area being scattered. They soon overtook the site of a crashed ~~[[Type-52~~ Phantom]] and made sure to eliminate all of its survivors. At a [[Wikipedia:Dam|dam]] John and the marines met heavier resistance. After breaking through it a plea for help from Gunnery Sergeant [[Marcus Stacker]] barely managed to reach them, informing any who might be listening that his convoy had been hit and he was dealing with wounded on [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]] just east of Voi. [[Type-25 Chopper]]s, [[Type-26 Shade]] turrets, and infantry were waiting for them when they got to the highway, but after a short fight John exited his vehicle and found Sergeant Stacker where he'd been holding out against the Covenant forces. Stacker had been heading to Voi as well to deliver supplies to the marines there, but he urged John to continue onward to give them a hand himself. An [[Anti-vehicle barrier|energy barrier]] across a nearby tunnel prevented anyone from journeying any further toward Voi in vehicles but Stacker was aware that one could still walk through it and disable its power supply on the opposite side. John did this, but not before he and others around him had to deal with a swarm of [[Yanme'e]] first. John, Reynolds, and those accompanying them exited the tunnel to a bridge on the other side but had to halt their advance when they reached a place where a gap had been blasted into the road. Undeterred, John and the others crossed the gap via exposed beams and continued on foot. Right before stopping their Warthogs John had picked up transmissions between Captain Keyes and [[ONI Recon 111|an ONI reconnaissance unit]] and shortly thereafter both she and Sergeant Johnson realized they could communicate with John once more. Johnson told him to just keep pushing to Voi and promised that Pelicans could resupply his group in the next valley they'd enter.{{Ref/Reuse|H3TH}}

The elevator led to a subterranean garage beneath Crow's Nest which opened into a short series of caves leading to the surrounding savanna.{{Ref/Reuse|H3TH}} Keyes reached out to John through a strained signal, asking for his status and noting that if he could hear her, then he should find transport and get to the town of [[Voi]]. He was unable to respond due how far underground they were. John was accompanied in the dark bay by Sergeant Reynolds and a number of other marines, one of whom activated a generator to give the place emergency power. As soon as light flooded the garage the Chief was the first to climb behind the driver's seat of an [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]]. The others followed suit in mounting up, both in John's hog and an [[M831 Troop Transport Warthog|M831 troop transport]]. Together, both vehicles left the garage behind and set out through the adjoining caves. At a gate leading to their exit, they ran into and saved two marines from [[Second Squad]] who had been pinned down there by Unggoy and Kig-Yar. Some of the Kig-Yar attempted to flee into the savanna but were pursued and killed. As the Chief and marines proceeded onward in the direction of Voi, Reynolds let him know that he was still unable to reach Keyes due to [[COM]]s still being a mess and Pelicans in the area being scattered. They soon overtook the site of a crashed {{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}} and made sure to eliminate all of its survivors. At a [[Wikipedia:Dam|dam]] John and the marines met heavier resistance. After breaking through it a plea for help from Gunnery Sergeant [[Marcus Stacker]] barely managed to reach them, informing any who might be listening that his convoy had been hit and he was dealing with wounded on [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]] just east of Voi. [[Type-25 Chopper]]s, [[Type-26 Shade]] turrets, and infantry were waiting for them when they got to the highway, but after a short fight John exited his vehicle and found Sergeant Stacker where he'd been holding out against the Covenant forces. Stacker had been heading to Voi as well to deliver supplies to the marines there, but he urged John to continue onward to give them a hand himself. An [[Anti-vehicle barrier|energy barrier]] across a nearby tunnel prevented anyone from journeying any further toward Voi in vehicles but Stacker was aware that one could still walk through it and disable its power supply on the opposite side. John did this, but not before he and others around him had to deal with a swarm of [[Yanme'e]] first. John, Reynolds, and those accompanying them exited the tunnel to a bridge on the other side but had to halt their advance when they reached a place where a gap had been blasted into the road. Undeterred, John and the others crossed the gap via exposed beams and continued on foot. Right before stopping their Warthogs John had picked up transmissions between Captain Keyes and [[ONI Recon 111|an ONI reconnaissance unit]] and shortly thereafter both she and Sergeant Johnson realized they could communicate with John once more. Johnson told him to just keep pushing to Voi and promised that Pelicans could resupply his group in the next valley they'd enter.{{Ref/Reuse|H3TH}}

The valley Johnson had mentioned was already the site of an ongoing struggle between Jiralhanae-led forces and marines at a small [[UNSC]] outpost there.{{Ref/Reuse|H3TH}} Two successive Phantoms brought Covenant reinforcements into the fight and a [[Type-26 Wraith]] also attacked, but John and the rest neutralized them all the same. The Pelicans Johnson had spoken of dropped off additional Warthogs for the local forces, in addition to bolstering them with more marines. This was done so that those on the ground could have a shot at punching through the heavy resistance ahead of them. At the entrance to another tunnel they battled another Covenant blockade. At its opposite end they took out two Jiralhanae before they could enter Choppers and met up another pair of marines who had been in hiding. They let John know that more Choppers and a Wraith were nearby. In reality, ''two'' Wraiths were assisting the Choppers when the UNSC and Covenant troops clashed. John helped destroy the hostile vehicles so he and the marines could keep pushing up the highway. Johnson let him know that the gate to Voi was directly ahead of them and that he needed to smash the Brute blockade defending it. This he did, aided by Reynolds and the others. Once the [[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|war chieftain]] guarding the gate and his subordinate forces lay dead, John deactivated their energy barrier as he had before. Seeing that the area was clear, ''Kilo 023'' and another bird landed a Warthog and more marines. Admiral Hood delivered a motivational speech to the UNSC forces, shortly before they boarded their vehicles and proceeded towards the embattled city of Voi.{{Ref/Reuse|H3TH}}

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 John's fall ended with him slamming into a [[Tanzania]]n jungle south of [[Mount Kilimanjaro]].{{Ref/Reuse|H3A}}<ref name="Enc296">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', ''page 296''</ref> His armor's [[hydrostatic gel]] layer took the brunt of the impact, also locking the suit into a fixed shape and knocking him out.{{Ref/Reuse|H3A}} By the time the sun had risen in the area at least two hours later, he was still unconscious.{{Ref/Reuse|H3A}}<ref name="HLLOS">''[[Halo: Landfall]]'', ''[[Halo: Last One Standing|Last One Standing]]''</ref> The Master Chief was eventually found by [[First Squad|a squad]] of marines led by Sergeant Johnson and accompanied by [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]]. [[Unidentified Corpsman|A]] [[Hospital Corpsman|hospital corpsman]] with the squad was able to partially unlock his armor, but with his status uncertain, Johnson removed Cortana's [[data crystal chip]] and gave the command to radio for heavy lifting gear so they could move the Spartan. Before that request could be made, though, John came to and clasped the sergeant's forearm, rising to his feet. He then took the chip back and upon doing so Johnson asked him where [[Cortana]] was, to which he let him know she had stayed [[High Charity|behind]]. Just after Johnson's question, John experienced the first of what would later be deemed  "[[Character interludes|residual interface anomalies]]", wherein echoes of Cortana's personality matrix in his neural interface repeated things she or Doctor Halsey had previously said.{{Ref/Reuse|H3A}}<ref>''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]'', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #9]]''</ref> In this case, he heard Cortana's charge to not make a promise without keeping it again.{{Ref/Reuse|H2HC}}{{Ref/Reuse|H3A}} With his armor still in partial lockdown, John then followed the instructions of a corporal in order to ensure its tracking was working properly before the gel layer could be completely reset. By this point, John had not yet noticed the Arbiter among them, as the Sangheili had chosen to remain [[Active camouflage|camouflaged]]. So after [[Thel 'Vadam]] revealed himself, the Chief's instinctual reaction was to snatch Johnson's [[M6G magnum]] and rush the Elite. He had shoved the barrel of the sidearm beneath 'Vadam's lower mandibles by the time Johnson could shout that the Arbiter was working with them. John was hesitant to lower the weapon, Johnson's hand on his shoulder and his appeal to their bigger immediate problems made him do so. For his part, the Arbiter defiantly stated that John may not find killing him as easy as he may suspect and after enduring a slight shove from the Spartan, turned to walk away. 'Vadam urged the humans to follow him, as he was sure Covenant Jiralhanae had their scent by then and would be upon them soon. Johnson proffered an [[MA5C assault rifle]] which John snatched from him, seemingly annoyed by the uneasy alliance with a former enemy.{{Ref/Reuse|H3A}}
 [[File:Sierra117grunts.png|thumb|350px|left|John engages Unggoy.]]
-From there, the group [[Recovery of John-117|set out]] through the jungle toward an extraction point where they were to meet with [[Bravo Team|another team]] of marines.<ref name="H3S117">''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Sierra 117]]''</ref> [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Reynolds]], leading the other team, let them know that Jiralhanae were encroaching on their location and after a [[Type-52 Phantom]] flew overhead Johnson decided they would be less likely to be spotted if they split up. To that end John and [[First Squad]], along with the Arbiter, broke away from Johnson and [[Second Squad]]. Heading in the direction of the [[Wikipedia:Pangani River|Pangani River]], they soon encountered a [[Jiralhanae Captain Major]] leading a [[lance]] of [[Unggoy]]. The humans and Sangheili opened fire on the lance and then also contended with additional Covenant forces delivered to the area via Phantom before regrouping at a cave entrance which led to an exit on the other side. There, they found more Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, and Unggoy, many of whom were initially sleeping. The firefight which followed ended poorly for the Covenant soldiers. Johnson let John know that he'd lost contact with Reynolds but that the Pelicans to extract them were still ''en route''. The reason for Reynolds' radio silence was revealed when First Squad came upon another group of Covenant which included a [[Jiralhanae Captain]] who was holding the gunnery sergeant aloft. John sprang into action and managed to rescue the marine while the rest of the enemies were dealt with. The rest of Reynolds' team, he reported, had perished. Another cavern led to the extraction point at the riverbank, but while traversing it John was suddenly hit with another "residual interface anomaly" in which Cortana parroted a version of something Halsey had once said to her about being willing to sacrifice others for the completion of [[Operation: RED FLAG|a mission]].{{Ref/Reuse|H3S117}}<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 25''</ref> Curiously, when John experienced the audiovisual hallucination, his vital readings recognizably pinged KIA for a brief moment, to the alarm of the marines around him.{{Ref/Reuse|H3S117}}
+From there, the group [[Recovery of John-117|set out]] through the jungle toward an extraction point where they were to meet with [[Bravo Team|another team]] of marines.<ref name="H3S117">''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Sierra 117]]''</ref> [[Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Reynolds]], leading the other team, let them know that Jiralhanae were encroaching on their location and after a {{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}} flew overhead Johnson decided they would be less likely to be spotted if they split up. To that end John and [[First Squad]], along with the Arbiter, broke away from Johnson and [[Second Squad]]. Heading in the direction of the [[Wikipedia:Pangani River|Pangani River]], they soon encountered a [[Jiralhanae Captain Major]] leading a [[lance]] of [[Unggoy]]. The humans and Sangheili opened fire on the lance and then also contended with additional Covenant forces delivered to the area via Phantom before regrouping at a cave entrance which led to an exit on the other side. There, they found more Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, and Unggoy, many of whom were initially sleeping. The firefight which followed ended poorly for the Covenant soldiers. Johnson let John know that he'd lost contact with Reynolds but that the Pelicans to extract them were still ''en route''. The reason for Reynolds' radio silence was revealed when First Squad came upon another group of Covenant which included a [[Jiralhanae Captain]] who was holding the gunnery sergeant aloft. John sprang into action and managed to rescue the marine while the rest of the enemies were dealt with. The rest of Reynolds' team, he reported, had perished. Another cavern led to the extraction point at the riverbank, but while traversing it John was suddenly hit with another "residual interface anomaly" in which Cortana parroted a version of something Halsey had once said to her about being willing to sacrifice others for the completion of [[Operation: RED FLAG|a mission]].{{Ref/Reuse|H3S117}}<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 25''</ref> Curiously, when John experienced the audiovisual hallucination, his vital readings recognizably pinged KIA for a brief moment, to the alarm of the marines around him.{{Ref/Reuse|H3S117}}
 [[Raid on Kilimanjaro|Battle]] was joined at river where both [[D77-TC Pelican]]s were waiting near a river substation, but as John and the others cleared them out a pair of Banshees streaked overhead and scored direct hits on each bird with their [[fuel rod cannon]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|H3S117}} One Pelican plunged into the river beyond a nearby [[Wikipedia:Dam|dam]] and the other, ''[[Echo 051]]'', managed to maintain altitude for slightly longer before crashing around half a kilometer further on. Two waves of Brute-led reinforcements moved on the substation but John, Thel, and the marines fought them off. Johnson, having survived ''Echo 051'''s crash, contacted the Master Chief as they entered the jungle once more but his transmission was cut short. The team of humans and lone Sangheili made it past a swath of trees laden with Kig-Yar [[sniper]]s until they found the pelican's survivors, whom were under fire and fleeing from the wreckage. John led his unit in fending off the proximate hostiles before pushing forward through another rock tunnel in the direction which Johnson and the others had been chased. After traveliing through enother section of jungle they soon reached an outcropping which overlooked the [[Global Water Campaign]]'s [[A2 Hydroelectric Facility]]. On the opposite side of the river, the sergeant major and three other marines had been hastily imprisoned behind an [[Energy barrier|energy field]] within a small, squat structure. John and the others thereafter battled their way across the top of the dam which spanned the river, killing a good number of Unggoy, Kig-Yar, and Jiralhanae in the process. Cutting the power to the barrier freed Johnson and the others, and the sergeant major told John he would consider them even for that, but just for that day. Just then, a [[pilot]] by the name of [[Hocus]] announced over comms that she was bringing her Pelican, ''[[Kilo 023]]'' to pick them all up. The arrival of two Covenant Phantoms forced the Arbiter and the remaining [[UNSC]] forces to fight until she arrived, but when she did Hocus had little trouble destroying both.{{Ref/Reuse|H3S117}}
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 ''Kilo 023'' ferried John and the others to [[Crow's Nest (location)|Crow's Nest]], a UNSC [[Military base|base]] in [[Tsavo]], [[Kenya]].{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} Upon disembarking, Commander [[Miranda Keyes]] met he and Johnson and greeted them both. Keyes led the two of them, along with 'Vadam, to the base's operations center and while they walked she brought John up to speed regarding the ongoing [[battle for Earth]]. The Prophet of Truth's [[Truth's fleet|fleet]] was currently excavating a kilometers-wide [[Portal at Voi|area]] in the country in search of something called "[[the Ark]]". The Ark, Keyes relayed, would allow Truth to fire all of the remaining Halo rings at once, as they had been placed on "standby status" following the abortion of [[Installation 05]]'s activation.{{Ref/Reuse|H2TGJ}}{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} Within the ops center Admiral Hood was patched in to speak with those present. John reported to him that he was ready for action and for this Hood was grateful, as he and Keyes had constructed a plan which the admiral wasn't sure would be possible without the Spartan's help. [[Skar'wa-pattern Mantis|Anti-air batterie]]s were clustered around the perimeter of the excavation site where the Covenant fleet was presently located, but Hood and Keyes believed if that just one could be neutralized then a low-level strike could be initiated with {{Class|Charon|light frigate}}s and [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] fighters.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}<ref name="H3TS">''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[The Storm]]''</ref> While Hood was in the midst of explaining the attack to John, the power in the ops center was suddenly lost, and when it returned the [[Prophet of Truth]] had replaced the admiral on the primary screen which he'd been communicating from and all others around it. Truth berated the humans listening and proclaimed their imminent destruction, also singling John out in the process as "the Demon", taunting that not even he would escape the coming fire. John was the first one to point out his specific mention in the diatribe was highly unusual, and at this Miranda realized that Crow's Nest was about to be attacked. Her conclusion proved accurate almost immediately, as Phantoms were soon sighted moving toward the base.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}
-Johnson ensured the Master Chief that he would look after Commander Keyes, suggesting that John provide assistance to the marines downstairs.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} He followed two marines out of the ops center, arming himself on the way. One level below, Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds was preparing a defense of the ops center in a large cavern which led to it. When it was reported to the sergeant that Covenant had entered the base via a hangar, however, the sergeant directed John to meet the attacking force head-on. On his way there, John met up with [[Chips Dubbo]] and another marine, both of whom let him know the squad guarding the hangar was in danger of being overrun soon. Keyes contacted him on a secure channel to urge that the hangar be cleared so the wounded and others could be evacuated from there. John, Dubbo, and the other marine with them first encountered Covenant forces already further inside the base before even reaching the hangar, as they had made it to a spacious vehicle access way. John opened fire on the encroaching Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, and Unggoy, leaving none alive between himself and the hangar. Upon finally reaching it, John lent aid to its defense, pushing back the encroachment of two [[Type-52 Phantom]]s which landed invading troops. Once it was secured enough for a Pelican to begin loading up marines for evacuation Johnson urged John to race back to the operations center, as Jiralhanae were pushing hard toward it from another part of the base. Just as he reached the cavern where Reynolds was in charge of the defense once more, a swarm of [[Yanme'e]] suddenly flew out of various vents and fell upon the defenders. John helped to eliminate them all, only advancing onward to the ops center once Reynolds was sure they were in the clear. There, Keyes spoke to him from the most prominent video screen, drawing his attention to a [[Improvised UNSC bomb|bomb]] linked to smaller charges throughout the base. As soon as the evacuation was complete, she intended its countdown timer to start.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}
+Johnson ensured the Master Chief that he would look after Commander Keyes, suggesting that John provide assistance to the marines downstairs.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} He followed two marines out of the ops center, arming himself on the way. One level below, Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds was preparing a defense of the ops center in a large cavern which led to it. When it was reported to the sergeant that Covenant had entered the base via a hangar, however, the sergeant directed John to meet the attacking force head-on. On his way there, John met up with [[Chips Dubbo]] and another marine, both of whom let him know the squad guarding the hangar was in danger of being overrun soon. Keyes contacted him on a secure channel to urge that the hangar be cleared so the wounded and others could be evacuated from there. John, Dubbo, and the other marine with them first encountered Covenant forces already further inside the base before even reaching the hangar, as they had made it to a spacious vehicle access way. John opened fire on the encroaching Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, and Unggoy, leaving none alive between himself and the hangar. Upon finally reaching it, John lent aid to its defense, pushing back the encroachment of two {{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}}s which landed invading troops. Once it was secured enough for a Pelican to begin loading up marines for evacuation Johnson urged John to race back to the operations center, as Jiralhanae were pushing hard toward it from another part of the base. Just as he reached the cavern where Reynolds was in charge of the defense once more, a swarm of [[Yanme'e]] suddenly flew out of various vents and fell upon the defenders. John helped to eliminate them all, only advancing onward to the ops center once Reynolds was sure they were in the clear. There, Keyes spoke to him from the most prominent video screen, drawing his attention to a [[Improvised UNSC bomb|bomb]] linked to smaller charges throughout the base. As soon as the evacuation was complete, she intended its countdown timer to start.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}
 [[File:Halo 3 Crow's Nest.PNG|thumb|left|350px|John fights through a Crow's Nest laden with Covenant invaders.]]
 From there, John followed Avery Johnson to a doorway leading out of the chamber.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} The sergeant major let him know that Jiralhanae had taken the barracks with marines trapped inside and urged him to rescue them and get them to a landing pad for evac, reminding the Chief of what [[Operation: SILENT STORM|they'd seen]] Brutes do to prisoners before. Wasting no time, John rushed in that direction, and it wasn't long before he found himself taking on a large number of the mammaloid aliens led a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|chieftain]] in the base's motor pool. A cave-in forced John to divert his continued route by dropping through a hole into a shaft below. There, he was suddenly hit by another sensory experience wherein the voice and appearance of [[Cortana]] recited a line once said by Halsey to he and the other Spartan-II trainees following their abductions.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}<ref name="HTFOR3">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref> Passing through adjacent shafts soon led him to meet back up with 'Vadam, who told him the marines in the barracks were indeed being held as prisoners.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}} The Spartan and Sangheili broke in and John was able to save a number of marines just before they could be killed. Once all Jiralhanae, including a [[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|war chieftain]], lay dead, John, the Arbiter, and seven marines they'd managed to save made their way to a nearby [[elevator]]. As it deposited them at the landing pad above where ''Kilo 023'' was waiting [[Jiralhanae Jumper|Jiralhanae with]] [[jump pack]]s attacked, forcing [[Hocus]] to take off prematurely in order to save her craft. John fought off the jump-pack Brutes with the marines and the Arbiter, and they were soon joined by Johnson and another group, who were being pursued by [[Yanme'e]]. Once all the drones were dead as well Hocus brought ''Kilo 023'' back down so survivors could begin boarding.{{Ref/Reuse|H3CN}}
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 [[File:H3 ChiefTsavo.PNG|thumb|350px|right|The Chief plants a grenade.]]
 {{Quote|The Prophet of Truth doesn't know it yet, but he's about to get kicked right off his throne. We will take our city back and drive our enemy into [[Portal at Voi|the grave]] they've been so happily digging. One final effort is all that remains.|Admiral Hood provides encouragement for the final push against the Covenant in [[Voi]].}}<ref name="H3TH">''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Tsavo Highway]]''</ref>
-The elevator led to a subterranean garage beneath Crow's Nest which opened into a short series of caves leading to the surrounding savanna.{{Ref/Reuse|H3TH}} Keyes reached out to John through a strained signal, asking for his status and noting that if he could hear her, then he should find transport and get to the town of [[Voi]]. He was unable to respond due how far underground they were. John was accompanied in the dark bay by Sergeant Reynolds and a number of other marines, one of whom activated a generator to give the place emergency power. As soon as light flooded the garage the Chief was the first to climb behind the driver's seat of an [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]]. The others followed suit in mounting up, both in John's hog and an [[M831 Troop Transport Warthog|M831 troop transport]]. Together, both vehicles left the garage behind and set out through the adjoining caves. At a gate leading to their exit, they ran into and saved two marines from [[Second Squad]] who had been pinned down there by Unggoy and Kig-Yar. Some of the Kig-Yar attempted to flee into the savanna but were pursued and killed. As the Chief and marines proceeded onward in the direction of Voi, Reynolds let him know that he was still unable to reach Keyes due to [[COM]]s still being a mess and Pelicans in the area being scattered. They soon overtook the site of a crashed [[Type-52 Phantom]] and made sure to eliminate all of its survivors. At a [[Wikipedia:Dam|dam]] John and the marines met heavier resistance. After breaking through it a plea for help from Gunnery Sergeant [[Marcus Stacker]] barely managed to reach them, informing any who might be listening that his convoy had been hit and he was dealing with wounded on [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]] just east of Voi. [[Type-25 Chopper]]s, [[Type-26 Shade]] turrets, and infantry were waiting for them when they got to the highway, but after a short fight John exited his vehicle and found Sergeant Stacker where he'd been holding out against the Covenant forces. Stacker had been heading to Voi as well to deliver supplies to the marines there, but he urged John to continue onward to give them a hand himself. An [[Anti-vehicle barrier|energy barrier]] across a nearby tunnel prevented anyone from journeying any further toward Voi in vehicles but Stacker was aware that one could still walk through it and disable its power supply on the opposite side. John did this, but not before he and others around him had to deal with a swarm of [[Yanme'e]] first. John, Reynolds, and those accompanying them exited the tunnel to a bridge on the other side but had to halt their advance when they reached a place where a gap had been blasted into the road. Undeterred, John and the others crossed the gap via exposed beams and continued on foot. Right before stopping their Warthogs John had picked up transmissions between Captain Keyes and [[ONI Recon 111|an ONI reconnaissance unit]] and shortly thereafter both she and Sergeant Johnson realized they could communicate with John once more. Johnson told him to just keep pushing to Voi and promised that Pelicans could resupply his group in the next valley they'd enter.{{Ref/Reuse|H3TH}}
+The elevator led to a subterranean garage beneath Crow's Nest which opened into a short series of caves leading to the surrounding savanna.{{Ref/Reuse|H3TH}} Keyes reached out to John through a strained signal, asking for his status and noting that if he could hear her, then he should find transport and get to the town of [[Voi]]. He was unable to respond due how far underground they were. John was accompanied in the dark bay by Sergeant Reynolds and a number of other marines, one of whom activated a generator to give the place emergency power. As soon as light flooded the garage the Chief was the first to climb behind the driver's seat of an [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]]. The others followed suit in mounting up, both in John's hog and an [[M831 Troop Transport Warthog|M831 troop transport]]. Together, both vehicles left the garage behind and set out through the adjoining caves. At a gate leading to their exit, they ran into and saved two marines from [[Second Squad]] who had been pinned down there by Unggoy and Kig-Yar. Some of the Kig-Yar attempted to flee into the savanna but were pursued and killed. As the Chief and marines proceeded onward in the direction of Voi, Reynolds let him know that he was still unable to reach Keyes due to [[COM]]s still being a mess and Pelicans in the area being scattered. They soon overtook the site of a crashed {{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}} and made sure to eliminate all of its survivors. At a [[Wikipedia:Dam|dam]] John and the marines met heavier resistance. After breaking through it a plea for help from Gunnery Sergeant [[Marcus Stacker]] barely managed to reach them, informing any who might be listening that his convoy had been hit and he was dealing with wounded on [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]] just east of Voi. [[Type-25 Chopper]]s, [[Type-26 Shade]] turrets, and infantry were waiting for them when they got to the highway, but after a short fight John exited his vehicle and found Sergeant Stacker where he'd been holding out against the Covenant forces. Stacker had been heading to Voi as well to deliver supplies to the marines there, but he urged John to continue onward to give them a hand himself. An [[Anti-vehicle barrier|energy barrier]] across a nearby tunnel prevented anyone from journeying any further toward Voi in vehicles but Stacker was aware that one could still walk through it and disable its power supply on the opposite side. John did this, but not before he and others around him had to deal with a swarm of [[Yanme'e]] first. John, Reynolds, and those accompanying them exited the tunnel to a bridge on the other side but had to halt their advance when they reached a place where a gap had been blasted into the road. Undeterred, John and the others crossed the gap via exposed beams and continued on foot. Right before stopping their Warthogs John had picked up transmissions between Captain Keyes and [[ONI Recon 111|an ONI reconnaissance unit]] and shortly thereafter both she and Sergeant Johnson realized they could communicate with John once more. Johnson told him to just keep pushing to Voi and promised that Pelicans could resupply his group in the next valley they'd enter.{{Ref/Reuse|H3TH}}
 The valley Johnson had mentioned was already the site of an ongoing struggle between Jiralhanae-led forces and marines at a small [[UNSC]] outpost there.{{Ref/Reuse|H3TH}} Two successive Phantoms brought Covenant reinforcements into the fight and a [[Type-26 Wraith]] also attacked, but John and the rest neutralized them all the same. The Pelicans Johnson had spoken of dropped off additional Warthogs for the local forces, in addition to bolstering them with more marines. This was done so that those on the ground could have a shot at punching through the heavy resistance ahead of them. At the entrance to another tunnel they battled another Covenant blockade. At its opposite end they took out two Jiralhanae before they could enter Choppers and met up another pair of marines who had been in hiding. They let John know that more Choppers and a Wraith were nearby. In reality, ''two'' Wraiths were assisting the Choppers when the UNSC and Covenant troops clashed. John helped destroy the hostile vehicles so he and the marines could keep pushing up the highway. Johnson let him know that the gate to Voi was directly ahead of them and that he needed to smash the Brute blockade defending it. This he did, aided by Reynolds and the others. Once the [[Jiralhanae War Chieftain|war chieftain]] guarding the gate and his subordinate forces lay dead, John deactivated their energy barrier as he had before. Seeing that the area was clear, ''Kilo 023'' and another bird landed a Warthog and more marines. Admiral Hood delivered a motivational speech to the UNSC forces, shortly before they boarded their vehicles and proceeded towards the embattled city of Voi.{{Ref/Reuse|H3TH}}