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John-117 is a Spartan-II supersoldier in the United Nations Space Command.[2] He served as the leader of Silver Team under the Asymmetric Warfare Research Group.[3]
Biography
Childhood
As a child, John lived on the Outer Colony of Eridanus II with his parents and a dog named Ellie. While exploring one day while on a family picnic, John encountered a Forerunner keystone in a cavern outside of the Reach for Life installation, and he repeatedly drew both it and another keystone that was on Madrigal. Eventually, John's father grew frustrated and forced John to bury his drawings of the artifacts. During this time, John met Doctor Catherine Halsey who used a game to test John's luck.[1][4][5][6]
Spartan training and early career
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As a teenage trainee, John and his classmate Soren-066, who was unable to continue due to a disfigurement from the augmentation process, planned to escape the training facility to The Rubble. However, John changed his mind at the last minute, but decided not to let anyone else know, allowing Soren to escape seemingly undetected.[4]
John would later gain the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer and was made leader of Silver Team. On an early mission to Madrigal, John was sent to quell dissent from the Insurrectionists. He then received orders to kill one of their leaders, which he carried out without question. The leader's daughter, Kwan Ha, witnessed the Spartan supersoldier killing her mother, leading to resentment towards John and the UNSC afterwards.[1]
Encountering the first Artifact, Kwan Ha, and the Covenant
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Going Rogue and visiting an old friend
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New AI and New Feelings
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Coming back to Reach, Halsey reassured John that a new upgrade to his systems would further enhance his battle effectiveness. John reluctantly agreed to the operation, in which a new Artificial Intelligence created from a live clone of Halsey was implanted into his brain. The AI, known as Cortana, was activated soon upon the operation. While the AI stated her directive to overtake John's body, Halsey limited Cortana's access of John for the time being. John soon woke up and met Cortana, though he was not impressed and was naturally suspicious.[5]
The Larger Artifact and meeting Makee
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Fighting his own team
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Raid on Raas Kkhotskha and Near-Death Experience
After Silver Team decided to trust each other again, John and Cortana helped deduce the location of the Covenant planet Raas Kkhotskha. Parangosky offered to send 10,000 Marines to recover the artifacts, but John, stating "you send 10,000 Marines, you lose 10,000 Marines", offered to have Silver Team take on the operation instead. Parangosky reluctantly accepted John's offer and reminded him to stay on mission in light of his recent slip ups. On their way to the planet, Cortana revealed to John Halsey's endgame, to have her completely take over his mind and body for good, needing John to "cease to exist" in order to take control. The AI further elaborated that having learned of the value of humanity, she was no longer willing to do so, seeing John fight for his own humanity, to which John smiled.
After hitting a gravitational force outside Raas Kkhotskha, Cortana gave John guidance on how to maneuver their ship safely, reaching the planet after some turbulence. John led Silver Team off the Pelican, air dropping into the Keystones' location, where Makee was about to activate them to reveal the location of the Halo Installation to the Prophets. Silver Team ambushed the Covenant at the location, though reinforcements were called. After being overwhelmed by Brutes, Makee, wanting to save John, touched the artifacts, sending a force field that incapacitated all combatants and sent her and John to another vision of the Halo. She pleaded with John to stay with her, but he refused, telling her to let go. The shared vision was stopped when Kai came about and shot Makee in the chest, seemingly killing her.
While trying to save both the Forerunner Keystones and Silver Team from the Covenant, John realized that they were outmatched and Cortana warned him that he could only save one or the other. John instead ordered Cortana to take control of his body so that she could do both in his stead, despite the AI no longer wanting to do so. When John continued to insist, Cortana warned him that she wasn't sure if she could bring him back, but John declared that he trusted her. Moments later, Atriox flung John into a temple wall with his gravity mace, seemingly killing him. Manifesting her avatar, Cortana merged with John's body and used it to defeat the Covenant forces and save both Silver Team and the keystones.[7]
John was returned to Reach, badly injured but still alive. As doctors tried to save his life, Cortana frantically called for him to wake up and ordered the doctors to sever the connection between the AI and the Spartan as he began crashing. As a tear fell from John's eye, the doctors permanently severed their connection and ultimately managed to save his life.[8]
Glassing of Sanctuary and meeting Perez
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Discovering the ONI Cover-up
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Battle of Reach
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Production notes
John-117 in Halo: The Television Series was portrayed by Pablo Schreiber.[2] Schreiber's casting was first announced in April 2019.[9] Casper Knopf played John in his childhood,[1] and Logan Shearer played a teenage John during his Spartan training.[4]
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Concept art of John's techsuit.
Promotional image of John-117.
John-117 in the show's intro.
John-117 wielding an MA5C assault rifle.
John-117 holding an AIE-486H machine gun.
John-117 wielding an M392 DMR.
John-117 without his helmet.
John-117 in 2530.
John-117 moving a forklift on the Rubble.
John-117 undergoing surgery so he can house Cortana.
John and Cortana on the bridge of the Endymion II.
John-117 crashing a Is'belox-pattern Banshee into a Kez'katu-pattern Phantom.
John-117 after beating a Sangheili to death.
John-117 attempting to block Atriox's gravity mace with a Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet.
Cortana takes control of John's body.
John-117 in Halo: The Television Series Season Two.
John-117 during a Covenant glassing.
Promotional Season 2 image of John-117, released January 17, 2024.
John-117 with Knuckles the Echidna in a Paramount+ ad.
John-117 watching Arnold Shortman being thrown by Sir Patrick Stewart in the same ad.
List of appearances
- Halo: The Television Series Season One
- Contact (First appearance)
- Unbound
- Emergence
- Homecoming
- Reckoning
- Solace
- Inheritance (Hallucination only)
- Allegiance
- Transcendence
- Halo: The Television Series Season Two
Sources
- ^ a b c d Halo: The Television Series, episode Contact
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Silver Debrief: A New Beginning (Retrieved on Jan 26, 2022) [archive]
- ^ Halo: The Series, Dr. Catherine Halsey's Computer (Retrieved on Mar 25, 2022) [local archive] [external archive]
- ^ a b c Halo: The Television Series, episode Unbound
- ^ a b Halo: The Television Series, episode Emergence
- ^ Halo: The Television Series, episode Homecoming (TV Series)
- ^ Halo: The Television Series, timestamp Transcendence
- ^ Halo: The Television Series, episode Sanctuary
- ^ The Hollywood Reporter, Pablo Schreiber to Play Master Chief in Showtime’s ‘Halo’ Live-Action Series (Retrieved on Mar 19, 2022) [archive]
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