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->'''Homeworld: Harvest'''
->'''Birthdate: 2506'''
The son of farmers on Harvest, Jenkins joined the Colonial Milita being trained by Sgt.Johnson in order to one day join the Marines. He instead became one of the first Humans to encounter and fight the Covenant, and spent the next 27 years fighting alongside Johnson. After the ''Pillar of Autumn'' discovered Halo, Jenkins was one of the Marines that accompanied Cpt.Keyes on a mission to locate a weapons cache, becoming one of the first Humans to be infected by the Flood.
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* BadassNormal
* DoomedHometown: Harvest was the first world to fall to the Covenant.
* FriendlySniper
* HeroicWillpower: He is able to briefly overpower the Flood form that took him over and try to end his life, but fails every time.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Due to spending a considerable amount of time in Cyrosleep while traveling, like many UNSC personel.
->'''Homeworld: Harvest'''
->'''Birthdate: 2506'''
The son of farmers on Harvest, Jenkins joined the Colonial Milita being trained by Sgt.Johnson in order to one day join the Marines. He instead became one of the first Humans to encounter and fight the Covenant, and spent the next 27 years fighting alongside Johnson. After the ''Pillar of Autumn'' discovered Halo, Jenkins was one of the Marines that accompanied Cpt.Keyes on a mission to locate a weapons cache, becoming one of the first Humans to be infected by the Flood.
Voiced by Chris Wicklund.
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* AndIMustScream: After being infected by the Flood, he remains fully conscious unlike most victims. He can feel everything that happens to him, yet has almost no control over his body except for brief moments.
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* DoomedHometown: Harvest was the first world to fall to the Covenant.
* FriendlySniper
* HeroicWillpower: He is able to briefly overpower the Flood form that took him over and try to end his life, but fails every time.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Due to spending a considerable amount of time in Cyrosleep while traveling, like many UNSC personel.
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->'''Homeworld: Earth'''
->'''Birthdate: February 8, 2495'''
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->'''Homeworld: Luna'''
->'''Birthdate: February 28, 2525'''
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->'''Homeworld: Earth'''
->'''Birthdate: September 4, 2490'''
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->'''Birthdate: June 12, 2479'''
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->'''Homeworld: Draco III'''
->'''Birthdate: August 22, 2510'''
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->'''Homeworld: Madrigal'''
->'''Birthdate: June 12, 2524'''
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->'''Homeworld: Luna'''
->'''Birthdate: October 20, 2530'''
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->'''Homeworld: Endymion'''
->'''Birthdate: March 19, 2492'''
->'''Homeworld: Endymion'''
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** In ''Glasslands'', the central human protagonists have a much more negative opinion on her, ranging from Jerkass {{Jerkass}} (Spartan III's) to a CompleteMonster who crossed the MoralEventHorizon a long time ago (Chief Mendez and the ONI team under Serin Osman).
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!!'''Vice Admiral Margret O. Paragonsky'''Orlenda Paragonsky'''
->'''Homeworld: Unknown'''
->'''Birthdate: February, 2461'''
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The intelligence gathering and counter-espionage division of the UNSC, which has an alarming tendency to operate without the knowledge or consent of the UNSC High Command. Extremely controversial, both in the Halo universe and within the fandom.
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* {{Jerkass}}
!!First Lieutenant Melissa McKay
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* HeroicSacrifice: Destroys the Covenant battlecrusier her unit had captured to escape Halo in order to prevent Major Silva from taking back samples of the Flood to Earth.
* NumberTwo: To Silva.
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!!'''Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)'''
The intelligence gathering and counter-espionage division of the UNSC, which has an alarming tendency to operate without the knowledge or consent of the UNSC High Command. Extremely controversial, both in the Halo universe and within the fandom.
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* GloryHound: Not for himself (mostly), but for his branch of the military. He is so determined to make sure the ODST's are the forefront of the UNSC, he was willing to bring back samples of [[WhatAnIdiot Flood infected Marines to Earth for study]] in a captured Covenant battlecrusier, despite the protests of his second-in-command and his AI.
* {{Jerkass}}
!!First Lieutenant Melissa McKay
The second-in-command of the ODST unit aboard the UNSC ''Pillar of Autumn''.
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* BadassNormal
* HeroicSacrifice: Destroys the Covenant battlecrusier her unit had captured to escape Halo in order to prevent Major Silva from taking back samples of the Flood to Earth.
* NumberTwo: To Silva.
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!!'''Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)'''
The intelligence gathering and counter-espionage division of the UNSC, which has an alarming tendency to operate without the knowledge or consent of the UNSC High Command. Extremely controversial, both in the Halo universe and within the fandom.
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* DigitalAvatar: How Smart AIs display themselves to people, tending toward human forms.
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* MissionControl: For the first trilogy.
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* MesACrowd: Gained the ability to create imperfect clones of herself during the novel ''First Strike''.
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* MesACrowd: Gained the ability to create imperfect clones of herself during the novel ''First Strike''. Halo 4 information released seems to show that this ability will be showcased in some part of that game as well.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With the Chief.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Hoo boy... must be a side-effect of being an a Smart AI.
** NotSoStoic: When [[spoiler:Carter does not answer her after being critically wounded near the end of the game]], she notes that he is scaring her.
* [[spoiler:InTheBack: Courtesy of [[ArcNumber seven]] [[FlechetteStorm Spiker]] rounds from Truth.]]
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* [[spoiler:MercyKill / HeroicSacrifice]]:[[spoiler: Subverted.[[spoiler:MercyKill[=/=]HeroicSacrifice[=/=]MurderSuicide]]: [[spoiler:Subverted. She was ''about'' to do both of these, to Johnson and then herself, respectively. However, Truth managed to beat her to that last one.]]
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** According to the latest novel, Glasslands, [[spoiler: Miranda [[spoiler:Miranda took on Keyes' name because Halsey left her with him, knowing she herself wasn't fit to be a good mother. Or so she justifies it to the head of ONI.]]
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** [[spoiler:Played straight in the first game. He is the first major character to die in Halo: Combat Evolved. At the end of the game, Cortana very clearly says Master Chief is the only survivor after scanning the entire system for life, and the logical point for Johnson to have died (given that every single other person with him at the time was killed or captured) is fairly early on. His death was retconned in Halo 2, though the game canon has never given an explanation.]]
** [[spoiler:It's explained in Halo: First Strike that both Sgt. Johnson and a few others managed to escape the wreckage of Halo on a Pelican, and that he was able to avoid being infected by the Flood due to having "Borren's Syndrome," which is a ONI cover-story for the fact that his Spartan-1 augmentations (see BadassNormal entry above) resulted in a condition which provides for him not to be infected by the Flood.]]
** [[spoiler:It's explained in Halo: First Strike that both Sgt. Johnson and a few others managed to escape the wreckage of Halo on a Pelican, and that he was able to avoid being infected by the Flood due to having "Borren's Syndrome," which is a ONI cover-story for the fact that his Spartan-1 augmentations (see BadassNormal entry above) resulted in a condition which provides for him not to be infected by the Flood.]]
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** [[spoiler:Played straight in the first game. He is the first major character to die in Halo: Combat Evolved. At the end of the game, Cortana very clearly says Master Chief is the only survivor after scanning the entire system for life, and the logical point for Johnson to have died (given that every single other person with him at the time was killed or captured) is fairly early on. His death was retconned in Halo 2, though the game canon has never given with an explanation.]]
** [[spoiler:It's explainedexplanation in Halo: First Strike that both Sgt. Johnson and a few others managed to escape the wreckage of Halo on a Pelican, and that he was able to avoid being infected by the Flood due to having "Borren's Syndrome," which is a ONI cover-story for the fact that revolving around his Spartan-1 Spartan-I augmentations (see BadassNormal entry above) resulted in a condition which provides for making him not to be infected incorruptible by the Flood.]]
** [[spoiler:It's explained
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** Doubles as a ThanatosGambit, if he can provoke the [[{{mooks}} brutes]] into killing him then they can't use him to light the Halos. Unfortunately Truth is considerably brighter than your average brute and [[GenreSavvy sees right through this plan]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Miranda's]] death seems to be this for him. He no longer fights the Brutes, or mocks Truth. [[spoiler:He doesn't resist Truth using him to light the Halos, and after the Flood has beaten the Covenant he doesn't deactivate The Ark. He cradles Miranda's body, and the Master Chief has do it instead.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Miranda's]] death seems to be this for him. He no longer fights the Brutes, or mocks Truth. [[spoiler:He doesn't resist Truth using him to light the Halos, and after the Flood has beaten the Covenant he doesn't deactivate The Ark. He cradles Miranda's body, and the Master Chief has do it instead.]]
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** Doubles as a ThanatosGambit, if he can provoke the [[{{mooks}} brutes]] Brutes]] into killing him then they can't use him to light the Halos. Unfortunately Truth is considerably brighter than your average brute Brute and [[GenreSavvy sees right through this plan]]
plan]].
* DespairEventHorizon:[[spoiler: Miranda's]] [[spoiler:Miranda's]] death seems to be this for him. He no longer fights the Brutes, or mocks Truth. [[spoiler:He doesn't resist Truth using him to light the Halos, and after the Flood has beaten the Covenant he doesn't deactivate The Ark. He cradles Miranda's body, and the Master Chief has do it instead.]]
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: ONI's goal is the preservation of humanity, but they do some very questionable things to achieve it. [[spoiler:Like instigating a CivilWar in the Elites post-HeelFaceTurn to keep them from attacking Earth again.]]
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* BadassCreed: "Jump feet first into [[WarIsHell hell]]."
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* ItsRainingMen: From orbit.
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A former truckdriver on Mars who studied religion and philosophy at university before being drafted. He befriended Romeo and married a fellow ODST named Gretchen, eventually ending up with Romeo in the ODST squad commanded by Buck.
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* {{BFG}}: Usually carries a [[FrickinLaserBeams Spartan Laser]].
* {{BFG}}: Usually carries a [[FrickinLaserBeams Spartan Laser]].
* BoisterousBruiser
* CulturedWarrior
* HappilyMarried: To Gretchen Ketola, a fellow ODST who lost a leg in combat.
* TheLancer
* ICallItVera: He calls his Spartan Laser...[[ActorAllusion Vera]].
* ReligiousBruiser: Studied religion and philosophy in his college days.
* SpaceTrucker: [[AllThereInTheManual Mentioned in the background information.]] He drove them on Mars to put himself through college.
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* BashBrothers: With Dutch.
* TheBigGuy
* CulturedWarrior
* HappilyMarried: To Gretchen Ketola, a fellow ODST who lost a leg in combat.
* TheLancer
* ICallItVera: He calls his Spartan Laser...[[ActorAllusion Vera]].
* ReligiousBruiser: Studied religion and philosophy in his college days.
* SpaceTrucker: [[AllThereInTheManual Mentioned in the background information.]] He drove them on Mars to put himself through college.
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A former truckdriver on Mars who studied religion and philosophy at university before being drafted. He befriended Romeo and married a fellow ODST named Gretchen, eventually ending up with Romeo in the ODST squad commanded by Buck.
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* {{BFG}}: Usually carries a [[FrickinLaserBeams Spartan Laser]].
* TheBigGuy
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* HappilyMarried: To Gretchen Ketola, a fellow ODST who lost a leg in combat.
* TheLancer
* ICallItVera: He calls his Spartan Laser...[[ActorAllusion Vera]].
* ReligiousBruiser: Studied religion and philosophy in his college days.
* SpaceTrucker: [[AllThereInTheManual Mentioned in the background information.]] He drove them on Mars to put himself through college.
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* AcePilot: He's not especially an amazing flier but it does take a good deal of skill to fly [[spoiler:a stolen Phantom.]]
* BadassNormal
* {{BFG}}: Usually carries a [[FrickinLaserBeams Spartan Laser]].
* TheBigGuy
* BoisterousBruiser
* HappilyMarried: To Gretchen Ketola, a fellow ODST who lost a leg in combat.
* TheLancer
* ICallItVera: He calls his Spartan Laser...[[ActorAllusion Vera]].
* ReligiousBruiser: Studied religion and philosophy in his college days.
* SpaceTrucker: [[AllThereInTheManual Mentioned in the background information.]] He drove them on Mars to put himself through college.
!!'''Private First Class Michael "Mickey" Crespo'''
* AcePilot: He's not especially an amazing flier but it does take a good deal of skill to fly [[spoiler:a stolen Phantom.]]
* BadassNormal
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A ONI Intelligence Officer assigned to the UNSC ''Say My Name'', Dare used to be in relationship with ODST Sergeant Edward Buck, but broke it off with him after he proposed. When Earth is invaded by the Covenant, she selects Buck and his squad to assist her in securing a high value asset in New Mombassa.
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* AFatherToHisMen
* BadassNormal
* BadassNormal
* TheLeader: Until Dare hijacks his squad.
* BadassNormal
* BashBrothers: With Dutch.
* TheBigGuy
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* TheBigGuy
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** ''"Am I right, marines?!"'', ''"Sir, Yes sir!"'', ''"Mm-hmm, Damn right I am!"''. And that was just his first appearance.
** He literally makes about a dozen.
* BadassGrandpa: He's ''82 years old''.
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** ''"Am I right, marines?!"'', ''"Sir, Yes sir!"'', ''"Mm-hmm, Damn right I am!"''. And that was just his first appearance.
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** BadassBoast: ''"Hell, Chief, it'll take more than that pack of walking alien horror-show freaks to take out Sergeant A.J. Johnson"''.
** *** ''"Am I right, marines?!"'', ''"Sir, Yes sir!"'', ''"Mm-hmm, Damn right I am!"''. And that was just his first appearance.
** *** He literally makes about a dozen.
* ** BadassGrandpa: He's ''82 years old''.
* ** BadassNormal
** BadassBoast: ''"Hell, Chief, it'll take more than that pack of walking alien horror-show freaks to take out Sergeant A.J. Johnson"''.
* OlderThanTheyLook: It needs repeating: he's ''82 years old''.
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A "Dumb" AI assigned to assist Noble Team, she provided intelligence support to them during the Fall of Reach.
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* ExpositionFairy
* MissionControl
* TheStoic: As a "Dumb" AI, Auntie Dot does not have as much of a personality as Cortana or Serina, and simply provides Noble Team with information without any additional comments.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate is never made clear in HaloReach, since she is not actually in the armor of any of the Spartans and is at an unknown location on the planet.
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* SanitySlippage: Starts to suffer this in Halo 3, thanks to the events she has gone through and the [[spoiler:Gravemind subjecting her to MindRape]]. In the novels, she speculated that she had lost a few years off her life before rampancy sets in due to all the data she processed from the first Halo ring.
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The Smart AI assigned to the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'', Serina formed a close working relationship with Captain James Cutter. She had an extremely sarcastic personality, but was highly loyal to the crew.
Voiced by Courtenay Taylor.
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The Smart AI assigned to the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'', Serina formed a close working relationship with Captain James Cutter. She had an extremely sarcastic personality, but was highly loyal to the crew.
Voiced by Courtenay Taylor.
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* ExpositionFairy
* SpaceshipGirl: In a sense, she is the ''Spirit of Fire''.
* TronLines
* TronLines
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A well-respected naval officer and a veteran of fighting against the Insurrection, Cutter was placed in charge of the ''UNSC Spirit of Fire'' during the campaign to retake the colony of Harvest. He was also charged with investigating Covenant activity on the planet and protecting Professor Ellen Anders, which led to a discovery that sent him pursuing a Covenant fleet across the galaxy.
Voiced by Gregg Berger.
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A well-respected naval officer and a veteran of fighting against the Insurrection, Cutter was placed in charge of the ''UNSC Spirit of Fire'' during the campaign to retake the colony of Harvest. He was also charged with investigating Covenant activity on the planet and protecting Professor Ellen Anders, which led to a discovery that sent him pursuing a Covenant fleet across the galaxy.
Voiced by Gregg Berger.
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* Supporting Protagonist: His story comprises the MythArc of the game but he doesn't do much to help the mission until the end, being knocked out and all. It's more the story of the other ODSTs, especially Buck and Dare.
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One of the protagonists of VideoGame/HaloWars, John Forge is a lifelong soldier with a long list of commendations with insubordination charges to match and a distant wife and daughter, John is a a born warrior who was personally selected to command the Marine contengent on the ''UNSC Spirit of Fire'' by Admiral Preston Cole. The soldiers under his command trust him completely- even if he did fail his last psych exam.
Voiced by NolanNorth.
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One of the protagonists of VideoGame/HaloWars, John Forge is a lifelong soldier with a long list of commendations with insubordination charges to match and a distant wife and daughter, John is a a born warrior who was personally selected to command the Marine contengent on the ''UNSC Spirit of Fire'' by Admiral Preston Cole. The soldiers under his command trust him completely- even if he did fail his last psych exam.
Voiced by NolanNorth.
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* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: He stays behind to detonate the slipspace drivecore and destroy the Forerunner Shield World.]]
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A former truckdriver on Mars who studied religion and philosophy at university before being drafted. He befriended Romeo and married a fellow ODST named Gretchen, eventually ending up with Romeo in the ODST squad commanded by Buck.
Voiced by AdamBaldwin.
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A former truckdriver on Mars who studied religion and philosophy at university before being drafted. He befriended Romeo and married a fellow ODST named Gretchen, eventually ending up with Romeo in the ODST squad commanded by Buck.
Voiced by AdamBaldwin.
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A former member of the Spartan-II program, Serin "washed out" when her body rejected several of the first round of genetic enhancements. She was recruited by ONI, who repaired the damage done to her, and she became the protégé of Admiral Margaret Parangosky, who is grooming her to be the next head of ONI>
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* MoralityPet: To Admiral Parangosky.
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* HappilyMarried: To Gretchen Ketola, a fellow ODST who lost a leg in combat.
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* SpaceTrucker: [[AllThereInTheManuel [[AllThereInTheManual Mentioned in the background information.]] He drove them on Mars to put himself through college.
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!!'''United Nations Space Command (UNSC)'''
The primary military, exploratory, and scientific organization of the Unified Earth Government. The UNSC headed the effort to protect humanity from the Covenant and most, if not all, human characters seen so far belong to it.
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* CivilWar: Was beginning to tear itself apart before the Covenant gave Humanity a reason to unite.
* [[spoiler:EnemyMine: With the Elites during the war's last year. Also with the Flood in order to stop Truth. With the rebels of Metisette and Psi Serpentis. Subverted in ''Halo: Evolutions'' there some psychopathic Drones attempted to fool some Spartans before they attempted to kill them. It didn't end up well for them]].
* TheFederation
* HumansAreWarriors: It's due to the Humans' guts and will alone that they did so well and survived so long in the Human-Covenant War. Many Covenant warriors (especially the Elites) lampshade it, and some even believe they've earned the right to join the Covenant. This trope and their relationship with the Forerunners is also the reason why the Gravemind wants to finish them first before he finish the Covenant.
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter
* {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s: Well you can say that. The Humans were the first species to give The Covenant a real fight and they were the ones who won the war.
* RockBeatsLaser: At least on the ground, the humans' ballistic weapons are somewhat more effective than the Covenant's plasma weapons. In space, it's different.
* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression: Before the Human-Covenant war, the UNSC ran the risk of splintering under the weight of rebellions.
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[[folder: AI's]]
!!'''Artificial Intelligence'''
* AIIsACrapshoot: ''Smart'' [=AIs=] have a chance to go rampant after seven years.
* OmniscientCouncilofVagueness[=/=]TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: The hidden datapads in ''HaloReach'' seem to indicate that the A.I.s had formed a secret council that had been secretly manipulating humanity's development as a species, leading to many of the events of the ''Halo'' series including first contact with the Covenant (the logic being to sacrifice the colony worlds so that humanity would become aware of the threat early enough to have a chance of fighting back).]]
* SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence: There are 2 kinds of Human AIs: Dumb AIs, who, despite the name, are very smart, but cannot learn, and Smart AIs, like Cortana, who can learn. The Forerunner's Dumb AIs are on par with human Smart AIs. One example is 343 Guilty Spark. The Smart ones are amazingly smart and powerful, but have the risk of rampancy.
* VirtualGhost: ''Smart'' AI's are created from brains from deceased donors.
!!'''Cortana'''
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An ArtificialIntelligence and a main character in her own right, Cortana serves as MissionControl, whether she's uploaded into external computers or the Chief's PoweredArmor. According to ExpandedUniverse material, she was created as tech support (on-the-spot hacking) for a secret mission into Covenant space, but as time goes on, her role gets a lot more complicated.
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* BrainUploading: The manner of her creation, courtesy of a flash-clone of Dr. Halsey's brain.
* BobHaircut: From Halo 2 onwards, though the trailer for Halo 4 shows her without it.
* CaptainObvious: "This cave isn't a natural formation."
* DeadpanSnarker: Oh, yeah.
* ExpositionFairy
* MsFanservice
* HeyItsThatVoice: Jen Taylor, also known as [[{{Mario}} Princess Peach]] and [[Left4Dead Zoey]].
* MacGuffinGirl
* MesACrowd: Gained the ability to create imperfect clones of herself during the novel ''First Strike''.
* [[spoiler:MindRape: Suffers this from the Gravemind.]]
* PlayfulHacker: To her allies.
** TheCracker: To her enemies.
* TronLines
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
!!'''Serina'''
* BritishAccents: Doubles as a MythologyGag, since Cortana was originally envisioned as having a British accent.
* DeadpanSnarker: Hoo boy... must be a side-effect of being an AI.
* MissionControl
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
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[[folder: Navy]]
!!'''Captain Jacob Keyes'''
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-->"Men like him will save us, you know. We need more like Keyes."
The captain of the ''Pillar of Autumn'', Keyes is legendary for his unorthodox tactics and skill. He assisted Dr. Halsey in selecting canidates for the Spartan-II program, [[spoiler:and had his daughter Miranda with her]]. In 2552, he is selected to transport the Spartan-II's on a mission to capture the Prophets, but the mission is scrubbed by the Fall of Reach, with only the Master Chief escaping on the ''Autumn'' with Keyes after a blind slipspace jump leads them to Halo.
Voiced by Pete Stacker.
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* AFatherToHisMen
* {{Badass}}: Captain Keyes is this any time he's commanding a ship. PERIOD.
** BadassFamily: His daughter's awesome too.
* [[spoiler:BodyHorror: When he gets infected by the Flood and turned into a proto-Gravemind.]]
* TheCaptain
* [[spoiler:MindRape: As the Flood shifted his memories.]]
** [[spoiler:HeroicWillpower: Part of how he resists said mind rape.]]
* [[MrExposition Captain Exposition]]
* [[spoiler:MercyKill: Received one from the Master Chief.]]
* MilitaryMaverick
* OralFixationFixation: Keyes and his grandfather's pipe.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
!!'''Commander Miranda Keyes'''
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The daughter of Jacob Keyes and [[spoiler:Catherine Halsey]], Miranda followed in her father's footsteps and joined the UNSC Navy, rising to the rank of Commander by 2552. When the Covenant attacked Earth, Miranda followed the Prophet of Regret's ship back to Delta Halo, where she forged an alliance with The Arbiter to stop the activation of the Halo Array. Upon returning to Earth, she joined the resistance against the occupying Covenant forces, and led a Human contingent through the portal at Voi to find The Arc.
Voiced by JulieBenz in VideoGame/{{Halo 2}} and Justis Bolding VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}.
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* ActionGirl
* BadassNormal: Takes down two Brutes by herself and wounds several others with just a shotgun and a pistol.
** In Halo 2, she holds her own against ''The Arbiter''.
* BadassFamily: See above.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Tartarus, who is probably ''very'' good at it, threatens her with it to try and force her to activate Halo. She ignores him.
* CommandingCoolness
* DualWielding: She wields two sub-machine guns against The Arbiter in Halo2, and a shotgun and a pistol against Brutes in Halo3.
* [[spoiler:DiesWideOpen: Johnson closes them]].
* [[spoiler:HeroicBastard]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: Yeah we all know she's Keyes daughter, but what most people don't realize her mother is [[spoiler:Catherine Halsey, as revealed in her journal.]]
* [[spoiler:MercyKill / HeroicSacrifice]]:[[spoiler: Subverted. She was ''about'' to do both of these, to Johnson and then herself, respectively. However, Truth managed to beat her to that last one.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* StatuesqueStunner: She's five-foot-ten, according to the Halo Wiki.
* TheOtherDarrin: Her voice actress changed from Halo 2 to 3.
* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter" Gal]]: Her mother, [[spoiler: Catherine Halsey]], believes that she joined the UNSC Navy and changed her last name to Keyes to impress her father. Their relationship is never actually explored, so it is unknown how he felt.
** According to the latest novel, Glasslands, [[spoiler: Miranda took on Keyes' name because Halsey left her with him, knowing she herself wasn't fit to be a good mother. Or so she justifies it to the head of ONI.]]
* SureWhyNot: Speculation abounded that she was the daughter of [[spoiler:Halsey]] as far back as 2005, based on small clues on [[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive22.pl?read=649565 the Bungie forums]].
!!'''Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood'''
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-->""We will take our city back. [[BadassBoast And drive our enemy into the grave they've been so happily digging.]]"
The Chief of Naval Operations and commander of the Earth Home Fleet at the start of VideoGame/{{Halo 2}} and ''de facto'' leader of humanity in VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}.
Voiced by RonPerlman.
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* BaldOfAwesome
* BigGood
* DespairEventHorizon: He seems to almost reach it after the Battle of Earth, when Earth was saved from the Flood by sheer luck.
* FourStarBadass
* KnightFever: That's ''Lord'' Hood - presumably a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Hood,_1st_Viscount_Hood little historical joke]].
* MissionControl
* OfficerAndAGentleman
* OldSoldier
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SupportingLeader
!!'''Captain James Cutter'''
* AFatherToHisMen
* TheCaptain
* OfficerAndAGentleman
!!Flight Captain Carol Rawley aka "Foehammer"
A Pelican pilot who flew Echo-419 in HaloCombatEvolved, and dies at the end of the game.
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* DangerDeadpan
* DeadpanSnarker
* KilledOffForReal
* NoNameGiven: In the game; it's given in the novel.
* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known By Their Callsign]]
* TheVoice
!!'''Admiral Preston James Cole'''
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBookworm: Kept up on his reading on theoretical physics and military history while retired.
** FourStarBadass: He was this ''before'' the Human-Covenant War. Afterward, he got [[UptoEleven even more badass.]]
** RetiredBadass: After [[spoiler:his wife was revealed to be an Insurrectionist captain.]]
** BadassBoast: "Listen to me, Covenant. I am Vice Admiral Preston J. Cole commanding the human flagship, Everest. You claim to be the holy and glorious inheritors of the universe? I spit on your so-called holiness. You dare judge us unfit? After I have personally sent more than three hundred of your vainglorious ships to hell? After kicking your collective butts off Harvest - not once - but twice? From where I sit, we are the worthy inheritors. You think otherwise, you can come and try to prove me wrong."
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: He lures the Covenant fleet at the gas giant Psi Serpentis to attack his flagship, [[spoiler:then nukes the core so that the planet explodes into a brown dwarf star, destroying the entire fleet. ''AND'' there are hints he may have survived that!]]
* [[spoiler:FakingTheDead: The ONI report which compiled his biography and the events of Psi Serpentis all but confirmed that Cole faked his death and fled with his estranged wife to a planet outside UNSC space.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Upon learning that [[spoiler: his wife, who was pregnant with his child, was the captain of an Insurrectionist ship that Cole had spent years hunting.]]
* ISurrenderSuckers
* ShotgunWedding: Twice, but the first time he wasn't actually the father.
* TheStrategist
!!'''Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb'''
* AFatherToHisMen: Made particularly apparent when he orders Halsey to remove a badly injured Kelly off the bridge, because he's so worried about her condition he can't concentrate on the battle.
* BadassBoast: Two, [[spoiler:the first is a transmission to the Covenant fleet after crashing the Ascendant Justice into Unyielding Hierophant. The second one is delivered posthumously]].
** "We're here in the middle of your fleet with your 'holy of holies'. Come and get it!"
** "This is the prototype NOVA Bomb, nine fusion warheads encased in lithium triteride armor. When detonated, it compresses its fissionable material to neutron-star density, boosting the thermonuclear yield a hundredfold. I am Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb, temporarily in command of the UNSC military base Reach. To the Covenant uglies that might be listening, you have a few seconds to pray to your damned heathen gods. You all have a [[SeeYouInHell nice day in hell...]]"
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice DyingMomentOfAwesome: He and Haverson crash the Ascendant Justice into the self-destructing Unyielding Hierophant, and lure in the Covenant Fleet. Due to this when the station explodes, perhaps 12 of the 500 ships survive.]]
* FourStarBadass
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SeeYouInHell: See above.
!!'''Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez'''
* BadassGrandpa: Born in 2492, by 2552 he was still capable of keeping up with the Spartans, who have come to the conclusion that regular Marines and Army troopers a quarter of his age couldn't keep up with him.
* BaldOfAwesome: Shaves his head.
* CoolCar: A custom rocket warthog.
* {{Determinator}}: He not the type of man who surrenders. And he made sure the Spartans were the same.
* DrillSergeantNasty: But only because it's his job.
* LivingLegend: Among the Spartans.
* OldSoldier
* ParentalSubstitute: To the Spartan-[=IIs=].
* SmokingIsCool
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[[folder: Marines]]
!!'''UNSC Marine Corps'''
The rank and human soldiers of the series.
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* BadassNormal: Can sometimes take down a stronger opponent by themselves. Especially in-game starting with ''Halo 2'' and peaking in ''Halo 3''.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: In every game. Seriously, they are supposed to be a professional force of trained soldiers and yet they drive as if they're both blind and drunk.
* RedshirtArmy
* WeWillWearArmourInTheFuture
!!'''Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson'''
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-->"I would've been yo' daddy, but the dog beat me over the fence!"
Appearing in the first game as one of a number of computer-controlled Marines who can fight alongside the Master Chief, Johnson was the game's EnsembleDarkhorse. In later games he was critical to the plot, gaining GameplayAllyImmortality and serving as TheLancer and NumberTwo to both the Arbiter and John.
Voiced by David Scully.
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* BadassBoast: ''"Hell, Chief, it'll take more than that pack of walking alien horror-show freaks to take out Sergeant A.J. Johnson"''.
** ''"Am I right, marines?!"'', ''"Sir, Yes sir!"'', ''"Mm-hmm, Damn right I am!"''. And that was just his first appearance.
** He literally makes about a dozen.
* BadassGrandpa: He's ''82 years old''.
* BadassNormal
** [[spoiler:BadassAbnormal: He actually is a Spartan-I.]]
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: He actually has hair, but otherwise fits.
* [[spoiler:BlackDudeDiesFirst]]:
** {{Inverted}}. [[spoiler:He's the last character to die in the main series]].
** [[spoiler:Played straight in the first game. He is the first major character to die in Halo: Combat Evolved. At the end of the game, Cortana very clearly says Master Chief is the only survivor after scanning the entire system for life, and the logical point for Johnson to have died (given that every single other person with him at the time was killed or captured) is fairly early on. His death was retconned in Halo 2, though the game canon has never given an explanation.]]
** [[spoiler:It's explained in Halo: First Strike that both Sgt. Johnson and a few others managed to escape the wreckage of Halo on a Pelican, and that he was able to avoid being infected by the Flood due to having "Borren's Syndrome," which is a ONI cover-story for the fact that his Spartan-1 augmentations (see BadassNormal entry above) resulted in a condition which provides for him not to be infected by the Flood.]]
* CigarChomper
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefiantToTheEnd: Even when he was beaten up by the Brutes, he refused to light the Halos. He instead shoved insults right at the Prophet of Truth's face.
** Doubles as a ThanatosGambit, if he can provoke the [[{{mooks}} brutes]] into killing him then they can't use him to light the Halos. Unfortunately Truth is considerably brighter than your average brute and [[GenreSavvy sees right through this plan]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Miranda's]] death seems to be this for him. He no longer fights the Brutes, or mocks Truth. [[spoiler:He doesn't resist Truth using him to light the Halos, and after the Flood has beaten the Covenant he doesn't deactivate The Ark. He cradles Miranda's body, and the Master Chief has do it instead.]]
* {{Determinator}}: He has his moments of this.
* [[spoiler:EnemyMine: With The Arbiter and the other Elites against Tartarus and the Brutes]]
* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords: "Send me out... with a bang..."]]
* FriendlySniper
* TheLancer: Often plays this role to the Chief.
* LargeHam
* NiceHat
* SergeantRock: Am I right, marines?!
** SIR, YES SIR!
*** Mm-hmm, damn right I am.
* SmokingIsCool: Sweet Williams cigars.
* [[spoiler:SuperSoldier: Spartan-I]]
* YourMom: Sorta: "I woulda been yo' daddy, but the dog beat me over the fence!"
!!'''Sergeant John Forge'''
* BadassFamily: Service in the military is a centuries-long tradition in his family, dating back to World War II, so this trope must be one of the reasons why he was able to [[spoiler: waste Arbiter's sorry alien ass]].
* BadassNormal: [[spoiler:Takes on an Arbiter and ''wins''.]]
** The supplementary material also implies he got into a fistfight with Jerome-092, ''and held his own.''
* BaldOfAwesome
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Anders.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: His voice actor also provides vocals for Nathan Drake and Deadpool.
* ICallItVera: Refers to his combat knife as "Lucy".
* SergeantRock
!!Gunnery Sergeant Stacker
-->""Bravo, flank and cover! I want everybody supportin' the Chief; he'll take it down!"
A recurring Marine character who appears in Halo 1, 2, 3, and Reach. Stacker's canon status is questionable, as he is always credited as the same character, but can die at multiple points in each game and still return later.
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* BackFromTheDead: Several times, possibly even in the same level!
* BadassNormal: He survived Halo (two of them!) and The Ark, although how he survived HaloCombatEvolved yet to be explained.
* TheDanza
* MauveShirt
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is reminiscent of R. Lee Ermey.
* SergeantRock
!!Private First Class Chips Dubbo
-->"Whoa...it's like a postcard! Dear Sarge: kicking ass in outer space, wish you were here."
Like Stacker, Dubbo is a recurring Marine who appears in Halo 1, 2, and 3, and shares the same questionable canon status. He is extremely recognizable due to his Australian accent.
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* AscendedExtra: Like Stacker, he is one of the marines in the three-volley salute at the end of Halo 3.
* BackFromTheDead
* BadassBoast: Many.
* BadassNormal: Survived two Halo's and The Ark.
* CasualDangerDialogue
* DeadpanSnarker
* LandDownunder: [[EverythingTryingToKillYou He must have been right at home on the Halo's and The Ark.]]
* MauveShirt
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Australians initially accused his accent of sounding more like an American faking an Australian accent, but the voice actor really is Australian.
!!'''Hauser'''
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted, he's the only marine that survives from his team [[spoiler:and dies at the end.]]
* CatchPhrase: "Just ain't my day".
!!'''Ghost'''
* FromACertainPointOfView: His creative interpretation of his orders.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath
* PoweredArmor
[[/folder]]
[[folder: ODST's]]
!!'''Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODST)'''
Former candidates for most {{Badass}} CrazyAwesome humans to ever live, the [=ODSTs=], or "Helljumpers", often deploy to the battlefield via drop-pod. From orbit.
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* BadassNormal: Considered the second most hardcore soldiers in the UNSC after the Spartans. But don't mention that last part to their face.
* BadAssCreed: "Jump feet first into [[WarIsHell hell]]."
* InterserviceRivalry: With the Spartan-[=II=]s. [[UnknownRival It's more of an ODST thing than a Spartan thing]].
* ItsRainingMen: From orbit.
!!'''The Rookie'''
* BadassNormal
* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: This guy is the primary player character; however, for the flashback missions, you take control of his different squadmates, and the real stars of the story are your CO, Gunnery Sgt. Buck, and Veronica Dare until the part where the flashback segues into present.
* HeroicMime
* TheFaceless
* NonIndicativeName: While he is the newest member to join the squad, the Rookie's been in plenty of missions before and no one gets into the [=ODST=]s without a lot of experience.
* OneManArmy: Not as much as Master Chief, but still.
* RookieRedRanger
* {{Sleepyhead}}: does this whenever he's not kicking ass.
* TheVoiceless: Save for grunts, groans, and a whistle
!!'''Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck'''
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[{{Firefly}} Malcolm Reynolds]]. Not that that's a bad thing.
* HeyItsThatVoice: NathanFillion, of {{Firefly}}.
* LastNameBasis: Everyone calls him Buck, even his former girlfriend.
* InkSuitActor
* SergeantRock
* SlapSlapKiss: With Dare.
* SupportingLeader
!!'''Romeo (Kojo Agu)'''
* TheCasanova: Claims to be one. It's where his nickname comes from.
* ColdSniper: some of the cause of his jerkass traits.
* FriendlySniper
* IronicFear: He's hinted to be afraid of heights.
* MeaningfulName
* {{Jerkass}}: A bit of one, yeah.
* TheLastDJ: His attitude would have gotten him kicked out of the military if it weren't for that fact that it's late in the war and his sniping skills are too valuable to ignore.
* TeamPrimaDonna
!!'''Dutch (Taylor Miles)'''
* AsTheGoodBookSays
* {{BFG}}: Usually carries a [[FrickinLaserBeams Spartan Laser]].
* TheBigGuy
* BoisterousBruiser
* HeyItsThatVoice: Adam Baldwin, of {{Firefly}}.
* ICallItVera: He calls his Spartan Laser...[[ActorAllusion Vera]].
* ReligiousBruiser: Studied religion and philosophy in his college days.
* SpaceTrucker: [[AllThereInTheManuel Mentioned in the background information.]] He drove them on Mars to put himself through college.
!!'''Mickey (Michael Crespo)'''
* AcePilot: He's not especially an amazing flier but it does take a good deal of skill to fly [[spoiler:a stolen Phantom.]]
* GoshDangItToHeck: "Son of a gun!"
* HeyItsThatVoice: Alan Tudyk, of {{Firefly}}.
* RookieRedRanger: He's been on the squad longer than the Rookie, but is a lower rank and has less battle experience. According to Buck, he still hasn't ever seen a glassing.
!!'''O'Brien'''
* ColdSniper[=/=]FriendlySniper: Switches between these two personalities.
* JerkAss: The way he talks to Cal-141.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: ONI]]
!!'''Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)'''
The intelligence gathering and counter-espionage division of the UNSC, which has an alarming tendency to operate without the knowledge or consent of the UNSC High Command. Extremely controversial, both in the Halo universe and within the fandom.
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* GovernmentConspiracy: Several going on at once.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: ONI's goal is the preservation of humanity, but they do some very questionable things to achieve it.
* InSeriesNickname[=/=]FunWithAcronyms: ''Oni'' (as in, the Japanese demon); also, "Spooks"
* PropagandaMachine: The whole purpose of ONI Section II.
* ProperlyParanoid: Actually subverted. By 2552, they're just overly paranoid of their personnel.
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Oh, god, they play this hard.
* TheSpook
* StateSec: They have elements of this.
!!'''Doctor Catherine Halsey'''
Mastermind of the Spartan-II project (building on previous supersoldier projects), Halsey is possibly the most brilliant human alive at the time of the Human-Covenant War. Though frequently clashing with the law in her quest to ensure humanity's survival, she is far from the [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned Extremists]] that make up the rest of ONI.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Following the Fall of Reach, the discovery of Halo and the Flood, and learning that the Covenant has found Earth, Halsey becomes convinced that the UNSC cannot win the war, and decides to take the Spartan-[=II=]s (and as many Spartan-[=III=]s as she can) somewhere safe where they can wait out the war. [[DidntThinkThisThrough What she failed to realize is how effective a team John and Cortana were]].
* [[spoiler: HotMom]]
* HotScientist: Zigzagged because of her age. [[spoiler: Her appearance in the episode ''The Package'' is played completely straight, and even ''Halo: Reach'' shows that age has been rather kind to her.]] However, it also said that Cortana's looks are based on her younger self, and ''The Fall of Reach'' describes her as ''"lovely - not beautiful, but definitely a striking woman"''.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Her initial justification for the Spartan-II Program.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Her actions in the Spartan Program and her often cold, dismissive exterior may throw people off, but she is a genuinely caring person struggling with her own morals.
** In ''Glasslands'', the central human protagonists have a much more negative opinion on her, ranging from Jerkass (Spartan III's) to a CompleteMonster who crossed the MoralEventHorizon a long time ago (Chief Mendez and the ONI team under Serin Osman).
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Miranda I Am Your Mother]]]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Eventually, her reaction to the Spartan-II program.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Over the course of the series, she's shown herself to be an expert in medical science, artificial intelligence, xenoarchaeology, mechanical engineering, and quantum physics. You name it, she's probably an expert in it.
* ParentalSubstitute: To the Spartan-[=IIs=]
* RapidFireTyping: 120 words-per-minute.
* SoreLoser: She does not take kindly to being intellectually bested.
* TeenGenius: Was working on her second doctoral thesis at age 15.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
!!'''Captain Veronica Dare'''
* ActionGirl: More so than Miranda Keyes.
* TheCaptain
* [[InkSuitActor Ink Suit Actress]]
* SlapSlapKiss: With Buck.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Tricia Helfer, of [[strike: Firefly]] ''BattlestarGalactica''.
* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Buck.
!!'''Professor Ellen Anders'''
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Forge.
* DistressedDamsel
* HotScientist
* KidnappedScientist: Twice, really. The first was by ONI, who forced her onto the mission to Harvest. The second was by Ripa Moramee.
* RageAgainstTheMentor: Has expressed her hatred of Catherine Halsey, whom she studied under, on several occasions.
!!'''Vice Admiral Margret O. Paragonsky'''
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]], all the way.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Genuinely cares about Serin. Bear in mind, she's one of the few people Paragonsky ''does'' care about.
* EvilOldFolks: Extra emphasis on the old. She's over 90 years old by the 2552, and ''still'' running ONI.
* IceQueen
* KickTheDog: Planned on telling Halsey that her hated rival Ackerson had died a hero, but only ''after'' informing her of [[spoiler: the death of Halsey's daughter Miranda]].
** Which helps add to her being so unlikable: while Halsey did all of her controversial projects fully dedicated to the welfare of humanity, Ackerson was all about his own personal gain. The reason why Parangosky likes him better, though, basically boils down to Halsey being smarter than her.
* TheSpymaster: The head of ONI.
* StopHelpingMe: Her idea to make sure the Sangheili don't pose a threat to the UNSC? ''Start a CivilWar among them while the rest of the UNSC is trying to make a peace treaty with them.'' The potential blowback is phenomenal.
** Not only that, they're planning a civil war by helping an uprising against the Arbiter, who is traveling around the entire homeworld to different states convincing them, among other things, to let the war with the humans go because they have more important things to do. It's the equivalent of Country A helping kill the primary candidate for Country B's leadership whose foremost policies call for peace with Country A, when the runner-up is a blatant anti-Country A supporter.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Gives one to Catherine Halsey at the end of Glasslands over her use of flash-cloning the SPARTAN-[=II=]s and forcing their parents to watch them die. Although even Halsey's supporters would agree that she needed calling out, the fact that Paragonsky has authorized just as horrible, if not worse, things makes it a particularly twisted form of EvenEvilHasStandards to outright [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]] at worst.]]
* WeHaveReserves: Authorized the creation of three companies of {{Laser Guided Tyke Bomb}}s to serve as CannonFodder.
!!'''Colonel James Ackerson'''
* ColonelBadass
* {{Jerkass}}
* LackOfEmpathy: Was actually glad Reach was glassed in the hopes that Dr. Halsey and the Spartan-[=IIs=] were killed. And that's not even getting started on the Spartan-[=IIIs=].
* [[spoiler:OffWithHisHead: How a Brute kills him during the Second Battle Of Earth.]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:When captured by the Covenant and imprisoned, he lies to them about a fake artifact in Cleveland they need to find, keeping them from destroying the city and thus give his brother Ruwan a chance to escape.]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
* WeHaveReserves: In his own words, the Spartan-[=IIIs=] are meant to "trade lives for time".
[[/folder]]
The primary military, exploratory, and scientific organization of the Unified Earth Government. The UNSC headed the effort to protect humanity from the Covenant and most, if not all, human characters seen so far belong to it.
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* CivilWar: Was beginning to tear itself apart before the Covenant gave Humanity a reason to unite.
* [[spoiler:EnemyMine: With the Elites during the war's last year. Also with the Flood in order to stop Truth. With the rebels of Metisette and Psi Serpentis. Subverted in ''Halo: Evolutions'' there some psychopathic Drones attempted to fool some Spartans before they attempted to kill them. It didn't end up well for them]].
* TheFederation
* HumansAreWarriors: It's due to the Humans' guts and will alone that they did so well and survived so long in the Human-Covenant War. Many Covenant warriors (especially the Elites) lampshade it, and some even believe they've earned the right to join the Covenant. This trope and their relationship with the Forerunners is also the reason why the Gravemind wants to finish them first before he finish the Covenant.
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter
* {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s: Well you can say that. The Humans were the first species to give The Covenant a real fight and they were the ones who won the war.
* RockBeatsLaser: At least on the ground, the humans' ballistic weapons are somewhat more effective than the Covenant's plasma weapons. In space, it's different.
* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression: Before the Human-Covenant war, the UNSC ran the risk of splintering under the weight of rebellions.
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder: AI's]]
!!'''Artificial Intelligence'''
* AIIsACrapshoot: ''Smart'' [=AIs=] have a chance to go rampant after seven years.
* OmniscientCouncilofVagueness[=/=]TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: The hidden datapads in ''HaloReach'' seem to indicate that the A.I.s had formed a secret council that had been secretly manipulating humanity's development as a species, leading to many of the events of the ''Halo'' series including first contact with the Covenant (the logic being to sacrifice the colony worlds so that humanity would become aware of the threat early enough to have a chance of fighting back).]]
* SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence: There are 2 kinds of Human AIs: Dumb AIs, who, despite the name, are very smart, but cannot learn, and Smart AIs, like Cortana, who can learn. The Forerunner's Dumb AIs are on par with human Smart AIs. One example is 343 Guilty Spark. The Smart ones are amazingly smart and powerful, but have the risk of rampancy.
* VirtualGhost: ''Smart'' AI's are created from brains from deceased donors.
!!'''Cortana'''
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Cortana_8686.png]]
An ArtificialIntelligence and a main character in her own right, Cortana serves as MissionControl, whether she's uploaded into external computers or the Chief's PoweredArmor. According to ExpandedUniverse material, she was created as tech support (on-the-spot hacking) for a secret mission into Covenant space, but as time goes on, her role gets a lot more complicated.
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* BrainUploading: The manner of her creation, courtesy of a flash-clone of Dr. Halsey's brain.
* BobHaircut: From Halo 2 onwards, though the trailer for Halo 4 shows her without it.
* CaptainObvious: "This cave isn't a natural formation."
* DeadpanSnarker: Oh, yeah.
* ExpositionFairy
* MsFanservice
* HeyItsThatVoice: Jen Taylor, also known as [[{{Mario}} Princess Peach]] and [[Left4Dead Zoey]].
* MacGuffinGirl
* MesACrowd: Gained the ability to create imperfect clones of herself during the novel ''First Strike''.
* [[spoiler:MindRape: Suffers this from the Gravemind.]]
* PlayfulHacker: To her allies.
** TheCracker: To her enemies.
* TronLines
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
!!'''Serina'''
* BritishAccents: Doubles as a MythologyGag, since Cortana was originally envisioned as having a British accent.
* DeadpanSnarker: Hoo boy... must be a side-effect of being an AI.
* MissionControl
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Navy]]
!!'''Captain Jacob Keyes'''
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/JacobKeyes_6489.png]]
-->"Men like him will save us, you know. We need more like Keyes."
The captain of the ''Pillar of Autumn'', Keyes is legendary for his unorthodox tactics and skill. He assisted Dr. Halsey in selecting canidates for the Spartan-II program, [[spoiler:and had his daughter Miranda with her]]. In 2552, he is selected to transport the Spartan-II's on a mission to capture the Prophets, but the mission is scrubbed by the Fall of Reach, with only the Master Chief escaping on the ''Autumn'' with Keyes after a blind slipspace jump leads them to Halo.
Voiced by Pete Stacker.
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* AFatherToHisMen
* {{Badass}}: Captain Keyes is this any time he's commanding a ship. PERIOD.
** BadassFamily: His daughter's awesome too.
* [[spoiler:BodyHorror: When he gets infected by the Flood and turned into a proto-Gravemind.]]
* TheCaptain
* [[spoiler:MindRape: As the Flood shifted his memories.]]
** [[spoiler:HeroicWillpower: Part of how he resists said mind rape.]]
* [[MrExposition Captain Exposition]]
* [[spoiler:MercyKill: Received one from the Master Chief.]]
* MilitaryMaverick
* OralFixationFixation: Keyes and his grandfather's pipe.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
!!'''Commander Miranda Keyes'''
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MirandaKeyes_1106.png]]
The daughter of Jacob Keyes and [[spoiler:Catherine Halsey]], Miranda followed in her father's footsteps and joined the UNSC Navy, rising to the rank of Commander by 2552. When the Covenant attacked Earth, Miranda followed the Prophet of Regret's ship back to Delta Halo, where she forged an alliance with The Arbiter to stop the activation of the Halo Array. Upon returning to Earth, she joined the resistance against the occupying Covenant forces, and led a Human contingent through the portal at Voi to find The Arc.
Voiced by JulieBenz in VideoGame/{{Halo 2}} and Justis Bolding VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}.
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* ActionGirl
* BadassNormal: Takes down two Brutes by herself and wounds several others with just a shotgun and a pistol.
** In Halo 2, she holds her own against ''The Arbiter''.
* BadassFamily: See above.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Tartarus, who is probably ''very'' good at it, threatens her with it to try and force her to activate Halo. She ignores him.
* CommandingCoolness
* DualWielding: She wields two sub-machine guns against The Arbiter in Halo2, and a shotgun and a pistol against Brutes in Halo3.
* [[spoiler:DiesWideOpen: Johnson closes them]].
* [[spoiler:HeroicBastard]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: Yeah we all know she's Keyes daughter, but what most people don't realize her mother is [[spoiler:Catherine Halsey, as revealed in her journal.]]
* [[spoiler:MercyKill / HeroicSacrifice]]:[[spoiler: Subverted. She was ''about'' to do both of these, to Johnson and then herself, respectively. However, Truth managed to beat her to that last one.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* StatuesqueStunner: She's five-foot-ten, according to the Halo Wiki.
* TheOtherDarrin: Her voice actress changed from Halo 2 to 3.
* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter" Gal]]: Her mother, [[spoiler: Catherine Halsey]], believes that she joined the UNSC Navy and changed her last name to Keyes to impress her father. Their relationship is never actually explored, so it is unknown how he felt.
** According to the latest novel, Glasslands, [[spoiler: Miranda took on Keyes' name because Halsey left her with him, knowing she herself wasn't fit to be a good mother. Or so she justifies it to the head of ONI.]]
* SureWhyNot: Speculation abounded that she was the daughter of [[spoiler:Halsey]] as far back as 2005, based on small clues on [[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive22.pl?read=649565 the Bungie forums]].
!!'''Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood'''
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/LordHood_1908.png]]
-->""We will take our city back. [[BadassBoast And drive our enemy into the grave they've been so happily digging.]]"
The Chief of Naval Operations and commander of the Earth Home Fleet at the start of VideoGame/{{Halo 2}} and ''de facto'' leader of humanity in VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}.
Voiced by RonPerlman.
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* BaldOfAwesome
* BigGood
* DespairEventHorizon: He seems to almost reach it after the Battle of Earth, when Earth was saved from the Flood by sheer luck.
* FourStarBadass
* KnightFever: That's ''Lord'' Hood - presumably a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Hood,_1st_Viscount_Hood little historical joke]].
* MissionControl
* OfficerAndAGentleman
* OldSoldier
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SupportingLeader
!!'''Captain James Cutter'''
* AFatherToHisMen
* TheCaptain
* OfficerAndAGentleman
!!Flight Captain Carol Rawley aka "Foehammer"
A Pelican pilot who flew Echo-419 in HaloCombatEvolved, and dies at the end of the game.
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* DangerDeadpan
* DeadpanSnarker
* KilledOffForReal
* NoNameGiven: In the game; it's given in the novel.
* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known By Their Callsign]]
* TheVoice
!!'''Admiral Preston James Cole'''
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBookworm: Kept up on his reading on theoretical physics and military history while retired.
** FourStarBadass: He was this ''before'' the Human-Covenant War. Afterward, he got [[UptoEleven even more badass.]]
** RetiredBadass: After [[spoiler:his wife was revealed to be an Insurrectionist captain.]]
** BadassBoast: "Listen to me, Covenant. I am Vice Admiral Preston J. Cole commanding the human flagship, Everest. You claim to be the holy and glorious inheritors of the universe? I spit on your so-called holiness. You dare judge us unfit? After I have personally sent more than three hundred of your vainglorious ships to hell? After kicking your collective butts off Harvest - not once - but twice? From where I sit, we are the worthy inheritors. You think otherwise, you can come and try to prove me wrong."
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: He lures the Covenant fleet at the gas giant Psi Serpentis to attack his flagship, [[spoiler:then nukes the core so that the planet explodes into a brown dwarf star, destroying the entire fleet. ''AND'' there are hints he may have survived that!]]
* [[spoiler:FakingTheDead: The ONI report which compiled his biography and the events of Psi Serpentis all but confirmed that Cole faked his death and fled with his estranged wife to a planet outside UNSC space.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Upon learning that [[spoiler: his wife, who was pregnant with his child, was the captain of an Insurrectionist ship that Cole had spent years hunting.]]
* ISurrenderSuckers
* ShotgunWedding: Twice, but the first time he wasn't actually the father.
* TheStrategist
!!'''Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb'''
* AFatherToHisMen: Made particularly apparent when he orders Halsey to remove a badly injured Kelly off the bridge, because he's so worried about her condition he can't concentrate on the battle.
* BadassBoast: Two, [[spoiler:the first is a transmission to the Covenant fleet after crashing the Ascendant Justice into Unyielding Hierophant. The second one is delivered posthumously]].
** "We're here in the middle of your fleet with your 'holy of holies'. Come and get it!"
** "This is the prototype NOVA Bomb, nine fusion warheads encased in lithium triteride armor. When detonated, it compresses its fissionable material to neutron-star density, boosting the thermonuclear yield a hundredfold. I am Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb, temporarily in command of the UNSC military base Reach. To the Covenant uglies that might be listening, you have a few seconds to pray to your damned heathen gods. You all have a [[SeeYouInHell nice day in hell...]]"
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice DyingMomentOfAwesome: He and Haverson crash the Ascendant Justice into the self-destructing Unyielding Hierophant, and lure in the Covenant Fleet. Due to this when the station explodes, perhaps 12 of the 500 ships survive.]]
* FourStarBadass
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SeeYouInHell: See above.
!!'''Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez'''
* BadassGrandpa: Born in 2492, by 2552 he was still capable of keeping up with the Spartans, who have come to the conclusion that regular Marines and Army troopers a quarter of his age couldn't keep up with him.
* BaldOfAwesome: Shaves his head.
* CoolCar: A custom rocket warthog.
* {{Determinator}}: He not the type of man who surrenders. And he made sure the Spartans were the same.
* DrillSergeantNasty: But only because it's his job.
* LivingLegend: Among the Spartans.
* OldSoldier
* ParentalSubstitute: To the Spartan-[=IIs=].
* SmokingIsCool
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Marines]]
!!'''UNSC Marine Corps'''
The rank and human soldiers of the series.
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* BadassNormal: Can sometimes take down a stronger opponent by themselves. Especially in-game starting with ''Halo 2'' and peaking in ''Halo 3''.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: In every game. Seriously, they are supposed to be a professional force of trained soldiers and yet they drive as if they're both blind and drunk.
* RedshirtArmy
* WeWillWearArmourInTheFuture
!!'''Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson'''
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sgt_Johnson_7949.png]]
-->"I would've been yo' daddy, but the dog beat me over the fence!"
Appearing in the first game as one of a number of computer-controlled Marines who can fight alongside the Master Chief, Johnson was the game's EnsembleDarkhorse. In later games he was critical to the plot, gaining GameplayAllyImmortality and serving as TheLancer and NumberTwo to both the Arbiter and John.
Voiced by David Scully.
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* BadassBoast: ''"Hell, Chief, it'll take more than that pack of walking alien horror-show freaks to take out Sergeant A.J. Johnson"''.
** ''"Am I right, marines?!"'', ''"Sir, Yes sir!"'', ''"Mm-hmm, Damn right I am!"''. And that was just his first appearance.
** He literally makes about a dozen.
* BadassGrandpa: He's ''82 years old''.
* BadassNormal
** [[spoiler:BadassAbnormal: He actually is a Spartan-I.]]
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: He actually has hair, but otherwise fits.
* [[spoiler:BlackDudeDiesFirst]]:
** {{Inverted}}. [[spoiler:He's the last character to die in the main series]].
** [[spoiler:Played straight in the first game. He is the first major character to die in Halo: Combat Evolved. At the end of the game, Cortana very clearly says Master Chief is the only survivor after scanning the entire system for life, and the logical point for Johnson to have died (given that every single other person with him at the time was killed or captured) is fairly early on. His death was retconned in Halo 2, though the game canon has never given an explanation.]]
** [[spoiler:It's explained in Halo: First Strike that both Sgt. Johnson and a few others managed to escape the wreckage of Halo on a Pelican, and that he was able to avoid being infected by the Flood due to having "Borren's Syndrome," which is a ONI cover-story for the fact that his Spartan-1 augmentations (see BadassNormal entry above) resulted in a condition which provides for him not to be infected by the Flood.]]
* CigarChomper
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefiantToTheEnd: Even when he was beaten up by the Brutes, he refused to light the Halos. He instead shoved insults right at the Prophet of Truth's face.
** Doubles as a ThanatosGambit, if he can provoke the [[{{mooks}} brutes]] into killing him then they can't use him to light the Halos. Unfortunately Truth is considerably brighter than your average brute and [[GenreSavvy sees right through this plan]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Miranda's]] death seems to be this for him. He no longer fights the Brutes, or mocks Truth. [[spoiler:He doesn't resist Truth using him to light the Halos, and after the Flood has beaten the Covenant he doesn't deactivate The Ark. He cradles Miranda's body, and the Master Chief has do it instead.]]
* {{Determinator}}: He has his moments of this.
* [[spoiler:EnemyMine: With The Arbiter and the other Elites against Tartarus and the Brutes]]
* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords: "Send me out... with a bang..."]]
* FriendlySniper
* TheLancer: Often plays this role to the Chief.
* LargeHam
* NiceHat
* SergeantRock: Am I right, marines?!
** SIR, YES SIR!
*** Mm-hmm, damn right I am.
* SmokingIsCool: Sweet Williams cigars.
* [[spoiler:SuperSoldier: Spartan-I]]
* YourMom: Sorta: "I woulda been yo' daddy, but the dog beat me over the fence!"
!!'''Sergeant John Forge'''
* BadassFamily: Service in the military is a centuries-long tradition in his family, dating back to World War II, so this trope must be one of the reasons why he was able to [[spoiler: waste Arbiter's sorry alien ass]].
* BadassNormal: [[spoiler:Takes on an Arbiter and ''wins''.]]
** The supplementary material also implies he got into a fistfight with Jerome-092, ''and held his own.''
* BaldOfAwesome
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Anders.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: His voice actor also provides vocals for Nathan Drake and Deadpool.
* ICallItVera: Refers to his combat knife as "Lucy".
* SergeantRock
!!Gunnery Sergeant Stacker
-->""Bravo, flank and cover! I want everybody supportin' the Chief; he'll take it down!"
A recurring Marine character who appears in Halo 1, 2, 3, and Reach. Stacker's canon status is questionable, as he is always credited as the same character, but can die at multiple points in each game and still return later.
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* AscendedExtra: He plays an increased role in Halo 3, and is the marine leading the 3-volley salute at the end of the game.
* BackFromTheDead: Several times, possibly even in the same level!
* BadassNormal: He survived Halo (two of them!) and The Ark, although how he survived HaloCombatEvolved yet to be explained.
* TheDanza
* MauveShirt
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is reminiscent of R. Lee Ermey.
* SergeantRock
!!Private First Class Chips Dubbo
-->"Whoa...it's like a postcard! Dear Sarge: kicking ass in outer space, wish you were here."
Like Stacker, Dubbo is a recurring Marine who appears in Halo 1, 2, and 3, and shares the same questionable canon status. He is extremely recognizable due to his Australian accent.
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* AscendedExtra: Like Stacker, he is one of the marines in the three-volley salute at the end of Halo 3.
* BackFromTheDead
* BadassBoast: Many.
* BadassNormal: Survived two Halo's and The Ark.
* CasualDangerDialogue
* DeadpanSnarker
* LandDownunder: [[EverythingTryingToKillYou He must have been right at home on the Halo's and The Ark.]]
* MauveShirt
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Australians initially accused his accent of sounding more like an American faking an Australian accent, but the voice actor really is Australian.
!!'''Hauser'''
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted, he's the only marine that survives from his team [[spoiler:and dies at the end.]]
* CatchPhrase: "Just ain't my day".
!!'''Ghost'''
* FromACertainPointOfView: His creative interpretation of his orders.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath
* PoweredArmor
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[[folder: ODST's]]
!!'''Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODST)'''
Former candidates for most {{Badass}} CrazyAwesome humans to ever live, the [=ODSTs=], or "Helljumpers", often deploy to the battlefield via drop-pod. From orbit.
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* BadassNormal: Considered the second most hardcore soldiers in the UNSC after the Spartans. But don't mention that last part to their face.
* BadAssCreed: "Jump feet first into [[WarIsHell hell]]."
* InterserviceRivalry: With the Spartan-[=II=]s. [[UnknownRival It's more of an ODST thing than a Spartan thing]].
* ItsRainingMen: From orbit.
!!'''The Rookie'''
* BadassNormal
* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: This guy is the primary player character; however, for the flashback missions, you take control of his different squadmates, and the real stars of the story are your CO, Gunnery Sgt. Buck, and Veronica Dare until the part where the flashback segues into present.
* HeroicMime
* TheFaceless
* NonIndicativeName: While he is the newest member to join the squad, the Rookie's been in plenty of missions before and no one gets into the [=ODST=]s without a lot of experience.
* OneManArmy: Not as much as Master Chief, but still.
* RookieRedRanger
* {{Sleepyhead}}: does this whenever he's not kicking ass.
* TheVoiceless: Save for grunts, groans, and a whistle
!!'''Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck'''
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[{{Firefly}} Malcolm Reynolds]]. Not that that's a bad thing.
* HeyItsThatVoice: NathanFillion, of {{Firefly}}.
* LastNameBasis: Everyone calls him Buck, even his former girlfriend.
* InkSuitActor
* SergeantRock
* SlapSlapKiss: With Dare.
* SupportingLeader
!!'''Romeo (Kojo Agu)'''
* TheCasanova: Claims to be one. It's where his nickname comes from.
* ColdSniper: some of the cause of his jerkass traits.
* FriendlySniper
* IronicFear: He's hinted to be afraid of heights.
* MeaningfulName
* {{Jerkass}}: A bit of one, yeah.
* TheLastDJ: His attitude would have gotten him kicked out of the military if it weren't for that fact that it's late in the war and his sniping skills are too valuable to ignore.
* TeamPrimaDonna
!!'''Dutch (Taylor Miles)'''
* AsTheGoodBookSays
* {{BFG}}: Usually carries a [[FrickinLaserBeams Spartan Laser]].
* TheBigGuy
* BoisterousBruiser
* HeyItsThatVoice: Adam Baldwin, of {{Firefly}}.
* ICallItVera: He calls his Spartan Laser...[[ActorAllusion Vera]].
* ReligiousBruiser: Studied religion and philosophy in his college days.
* SpaceTrucker: [[AllThereInTheManuel Mentioned in the background information.]] He drove them on Mars to put himself through college.
!!'''Mickey (Michael Crespo)'''
* AcePilot: He's not especially an amazing flier but it does take a good deal of skill to fly [[spoiler:a stolen Phantom.]]
* GoshDangItToHeck: "Son of a gun!"
* HeyItsThatVoice: Alan Tudyk, of {{Firefly}}.
* RookieRedRanger: He's been on the squad longer than the Rookie, but is a lower rank and has less battle experience. According to Buck, he still hasn't ever seen a glassing.
!!'''O'Brien'''
* ColdSniper[=/=]FriendlySniper: Switches between these two personalities.
* JerkAss: The way he talks to Cal-141.
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[[folder: ONI]]
!!'''Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)'''
The intelligence gathering and counter-espionage division of the UNSC, which has an alarming tendency to operate without the knowledge or consent of the UNSC High Command. Extremely controversial, both in the Halo universe and within the fandom.
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* GovernmentConspiracy: Several going on at once.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: ONI's goal is the preservation of humanity, but they do some very questionable things to achieve it.
* InSeriesNickname[=/=]FunWithAcronyms: ''Oni'' (as in, the Japanese demon); also, "Spooks"
* PropagandaMachine: The whole purpose of ONI Section II.
* ProperlyParanoid: Actually subverted. By 2552, they're just overly paranoid of their personnel.
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Oh, god, they play this hard.
* TheSpook
* StateSec: They have elements of this.
!!'''Doctor Catherine Halsey'''
Mastermind of the Spartan-II project (building on previous supersoldier projects), Halsey is possibly the most brilliant human alive at the time of the Human-Covenant War. Though frequently clashing with the law in her quest to ensure humanity's survival, she is far from the [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned Extremists]] that make up the rest of ONI.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Following the Fall of Reach, the discovery of Halo and the Flood, and learning that the Covenant has found Earth, Halsey becomes convinced that the UNSC cannot win the war, and decides to take the Spartan-[=II=]s (and as many Spartan-[=III=]s as she can) somewhere safe where they can wait out the war. [[DidntThinkThisThrough What she failed to realize is how effective a team John and Cortana were]].
* [[spoiler: HotMom]]
* HotScientist: Zigzagged because of her age. [[spoiler: Her appearance in the episode ''The Package'' is played completely straight, and even ''Halo: Reach'' shows that age has been rather kind to her.]] However, it also said that Cortana's looks are based on her younger self, and ''The Fall of Reach'' describes her as ''"lovely - not beautiful, but definitely a striking woman"''.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Her initial justification for the Spartan-II Program.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Her actions in the Spartan Program and her often cold, dismissive exterior may throw people off, but she is a genuinely caring person struggling with her own morals.
** In ''Glasslands'', the central human protagonists have a much more negative opinion on her, ranging from Jerkass (Spartan III's) to a CompleteMonster who crossed the MoralEventHorizon a long time ago (Chief Mendez and the ONI team under Serin Osman).
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Miranda I Am Your Mother]]]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Eventually, her reaction to the Spartan-II program.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Over the course of the series, she's shown herself to be an expert in medical science, artificial intelligence, xenoarchaeology, mechanical engineering, and quantum physics. You name it, she's probably an expert in it.
* ParentalSubstitute: To the Spartan-[=IIs=]
* RapidFireTyping: 120 words-per-minute.
* SoreLoser: She does not take kindly to being intellectually bested.
* TeenGenius: Was working on her second doctoral thesis at age 15.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
!!'''Captain Veronica Dare'''
* ActionGirl: More so than Miranda Keyes.
* TheCaptain
* [[InkSuitActor Ink Suit Actress]]
* SlapSlapKiss: With Buck.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Tricia Helfer, of [[strike: Firefly]] ''BattlestarGalactica''.
* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Buck.
!!'''Professor Ellen Anders'''
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Forge.
* DistressedDamsel
* HotScientist
* KidnappedScientist: Twice, really. The first was by ONI, who forced her onto the mission to Harvest. The second was by Ripa Moramee.
* RageAgainstTheMentor: Has expressed her hatred of Catherine Halsey, whom she studied under, on several occasions.
!!'''Vice Admiral Margret O. Paragonsky'''
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]], all the way.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Genuinely cares about Serin. Bear in mind, she's one of the few people Paragonsky ''does'' care about.
* EvilOldFolks: Extra emphasis on the old. She's over 90 years old by the 2552, and ''still'' running ONI.
* IceQueen
* KickTheDog: Planned on telling Halsey that her hated rival Ackerson had died a hero, but only ''after'' informing her of [[spoiler: the death of Halsey's daughter Miranda]].
** Which helps add to her being so unlikable: while Halsey did all of her controversial projects fully dedicated to the welfare of humanity, Ackerson was all about his own personal gain. The reason why Parangosky likes him better, though, basically boils down to Halsey being smarter than her.
* TheSpymaster: The head of ONI.
* StopHelpingMe: Her idea to make sure the Sangheili don't pose a threat to the UNSC? ''Start a CivilWar among them while the rest of the UNSC is trying to make a peace treaty with them.'' The potential blowback is phenomenal.
** Not only that, they're planning a civil war by helping an uprising against the Arbiter, who is traveling around the entire homeworld to different states convincing them, among other things, to let the war with the humans go because they have more important things to do. It's the equivalent of Country A helping kill the primary candidate for Country B's leadership whose foremost policies call for peace with Country A, when the runner-up is a blatant anti-Country A supporter.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Gives one to Catherine Halsey at the end of Glasslands over her use of flash-cloning the SPARTAN-[=II=]s and forcing their parents to watch them die. Although even Halsey's supporters would agree that she needed calling out, the fact that Paragonsky has authorized just as horrible, if not worse, things makes it a particularly twisted form of EvenEvilHasStandards to outright [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]] at worst.]]
* WeHaveReserves: Authorized the creation of three companies of {{Laser Guided Tyke Bomb}}s to serve as CannonFodder.
!!'''Colonel James Ackerson'''
* ColonelBadass
* {{Jerkass}}
* LackOfEmpathy: Was actually glad Reach was glassed in the hopes that Dr. Halsey and the Spartan-[=IIs=] were killed. And that's not even getting started on the Spartan-[=IIIs=].
* [[spoiler:OffWithHisHead: How a Brute kills him during the Second Battle Of Earth.]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:When captured by the Covenant and imprisoned, he lies to them about a fake artifact in Cleveland they need to find, keeping them from destroying the city and thus give his brother Ruwan a chance to escape.]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
* WeHaveReserves: In his own words, the Spartan-[=IIIs=] are meant to "trade lives for time".
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