James-005

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James Biographical information Name James Spartan Tag 005 Date of birth 2511 Physical description Species Human Gender Male Height 1.89 metres Hair color Brown Eye color Blue Cybernetics Spartan Neural Interface Affiliation and military information Affiliation United Nations Space Command Rank Petty Officer Second Class Battles WIA during Battle of Sigma Octanus, Battle of Reach, and numerous others. Class Class I: 2525

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James-005 is a United Nations Space Command SPARTAN-II supersoldier. He was remembered by John-117 for his calm demeanor and for never giving up even though his left arm had been burned away by a plasma weapon from the elbow down during one of their previous mission in Côte d'Azur. James was one of the Master Chief's best soldiers and one of his best friends. James is also one of the few Spartans that is truly MIA.

Contents 1 Personality and Description 2 Biography 2.1 Early Life 2.2 Sigma Octanus IV 2.3 Battle of Reach 3 Trivia 4 Sources

[edit] Personality and Description

James was part of the competitive Blue Team, led by John-117, back during the Spartan Exercise Camp. Supportive, yet isolated, James assisted the Blue Team in their missions, exerting all his energy and mind to achieve success. However, James often questioned about John-117's luck, mainly because of the numerous events which was considered impossible to be successfully achieve.

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early Life

James was a genetically, intellectually, and physically superior child chosen for the SPARTAN-II project, abducted by the UNSC, and replaced by a flash clone. James first met John and the rest of his friends when Sam-034 chose him for a mission during one of Chief Petty Officer Mendez's training exercises on Reach.^[1] In 2523, he was brutally beaten by the Marine trainers of Tango Company, who claimed that he "fell down a flight of stairs".^[1] Years later, he was one of the soldiers that survived the augmentations without any adverse effects. In the duration of the Human-Covenant War, he fought alongside his fellow Spartans in many historically important battles, playing a major role in the war.

[edit] Sigma Octanus IV

James journeyed to Sigma Octanus IV in 2552 with John-117, Kelly-087, Frederic-104, Joshua-029, and a few other Spartans.^[1] Specifically, they went to reinforce Corporal Harland and his Marines at Côte d'Azur, where they are fighting the Covenant. James served as a scout for the team at first, locating Grunt patrols and silencing them before they could find the rest of the UNSC forces. Later in the battle, James had the dubious honor of being the first SPARTAN to be critically wounded as a direct result of the Hunters, getting an arm blown off by a Hunter's Assault Cannon.^[1] James did not give in to the pain, but he passed out on the trip back to the Marine Base Camp, only after helping John-117, Kelly-087, Frederic-104, Joshua-029 immobilize both Hunters by crushing them under an enormous hunk of crystal quartz. John carried him onto the Pelican there, where he got on with his Spartans, the Marines, and the rest of the surviving civilians.

[edit] Battle of Reach

Later, when the Covenant attacked Reach, AI Doppler told Captain Jacob Keyes that the Nav Data on the Circumference, a small UNSC prowler, was intact. Doppler said this clashed with the Cole Protocol. This meant that the Covenant could find the location of Earth. John chose James and Linda-058, for his team to destroy the data. He chose Linda because of her near omnipotent abilities with a sniper rifle, figuring the space dock they were about to board would be large enough that her skills would be a tremendous asset. He chose James because he "never gave up."^[1] John's squad entered the Circumference through a Pelican dropship.

After a short battle, James and the other two Spartans found a number of enemies. Many were armed with Needlers, as they filled the air with the purple projectiles. Many of them landed on the Spartans, though not enough to be serious. One landed on James' T-PACK and detonated. The explosion set James' pack off, propelling him into space. John tried to raise him on the COM but only got fragmented messages from him, filling him with despair.^[1]

After John escaped the ship (rescuing Sergeant Johnson, Jenkins, and a few other Marines), completing his mission, he returned to the Pillar of Autumn. There, he asked Lieutenant Hall to scan for James. Sadly, she couldn't find him, and they had to leave the Spartan out in space, where he would either be overrun by Covenant troops that were in zero-gravity, or he would die from exposure, something no one could fight, no matter how determined. John felt a pang of regret for his friend and comrade, but was unable to help him. And as with most of the Spartan II's he was listed as MIA.^[1]

[edit] Trivia

• Both authors sued Bungie for using the Spartan Tag without their permission.^[2]

[edit] Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} UNSCTTP://ONI.SEC.HAL-4T/ORION/SII/STAT-MIA
2. ↑ UNSC Spoiler