Joseph Avery

"As my father always said, "How do you win a war? You shut up, get up and don't go back down, no matter what.""

- Joseph Avery Joseph Matthew Gordon ( : 83455-51288-JA) was a    in the   and was the commanding officer of Fireteam Dragoon. He was conscripted into the due to his amazing tactical prowess and leadership skills. He served under Kyle-A245 on Shield Team in 2563.

Early Years
Born in the same city as his parents, Joseph Avery was the son of James Avery and Amy Avery and his the twin brother of Lindsey Avery. Joseph was a rambunctious child and always found trouble some how. Joseph would on occasion be sent to his grandparents Trevor and Emily as his father returned to the war. Joseph would be inspired by his father and uncle Thomas to join the UNSC to one day serve under them.

When Joseph was 13, he was told along with his entire family that his family was dead, and died saving a planet. Though the family was devastated, no more than Joseph was the most heart broken. Joseph then was more determined to make it into the navy and had his family support all the way.

Joseph graduated with top honors at Thoraces Military Academy of Military Science and was given the rank of  upon graduation. He soon commanded his own squad, Fireteam Dragoon and severed onboard the UNSC Southpaw.

Human-Covenant War
"Time to make the old man proud!"

- Joseph before the Battle of Earth

Battle of Earth
As the battle began, Fireteam Dragoon were deployed to the city of to repel Covenant forces. The team's role was to met the Covenant head on near the local waterways. The team was also tasked with rescuing civilians from the coastal lines.

Avery's squad was able to set up a blockade just as a seaborne Covenant navy approached. Dragoon held the position along with ODSTs who had just dropped in. As the teams fought, civilians were forced out of their homes. Avery and his squadmate POTC Daniels continued their defense while the rest of Dragoon saved the civilians. As the team finished evacuated the civilians, they rejoined Avery and Daniels and continued their defense. Soon afterwards, phantoms came through and crushed the defenses, forcing Dragoon into a retreat. After falling back, Avery and his squad found a abandoned motor pool and used warthogs and a scorpion to retake their position. The team was able to push back the Covenant and recaptured the area. The team then proceeded to push towards the Mombasa Dam to give the UNSC an advantage. The team was successful and recaptured the facility.

Soon afterwards, the team proceeded towards the Hydro pump station from the dam. Along the way, the squad met with other naval personnel and continued to push through the city. Though little ground was recaptured, Avery and his troopers arrived at the hydro station. Once there, Avery found sensible data from and reported directly to the captain of the Southpaw. Soon after taking the station, Avery and his squad were redeployed with the data to be ONI's eyes and ears in retrieving sensible data.

Mission to the Greenland Research Station
Being replayed back to the country of Greenland, Fireteam Dragoon was sent to the station to retrieve the rest of the ONI data picked up from the hydro station. Once arriving at the station, communications went dark with no way to contact Command. Avery then led POTC Jacob Wright and Crewman Griswale to a communications tower while Daniels and the other two members of Dragoon remained at the research center. While working through the forrest of the area, the team encountered minor Covenant resistance, but with nothing to large to handle. However, as the team approached the comm. tower, they were engaged by banshees and spirits alike, pinning them down. While the team was pinned for a short time, Daniels pulled rank and led the air forces away via a falcon he found. Though he disapproved of the idea, Avery went with it and reached the comm tower. Once there, the team reactivated communications and found the remnants of an army squad as well. While the army troopers were stationed at the comm outpost, Dragoon was picked up by Daniels who returned to the research station currently under siege.

Avery and his team engaged the Covenant forces and drove them back giving them enough time to enter the facility and get the data. Once the data was retrieved, the team evacuated and returned to UNSC HIGH Command. The team was debrief on the intel they gathered leading to a Forerunner artifact on Earth that could assist humanity.

Battle of Cleveland
Once the team received orders, they were deployed to to uncover the artifact or destroy it and assist with the local defense of the city. The team arrived via drop pods with the Fourth ODST Battalion and began to track the artifact's location. The team fought through waves of Covenant but were pinned down at a small crossroads by two wraiths. Using hijacked ghost, the team punch through the line and continued further on. However, Avery turned back to deal with the wraiths as his team would keep pressing on. Avery took to the high ground and killed the turret operators and jumped onto the tanks just as more UNSC personnel came in.

With the wraiths destroyed, Avery returned to the front with his team who engaged a Covenant Battalion right outside the designated mines leading to the artifact. With the help of additional UNSC army forces, the team pushed into the mines and soon came across the artifact. Seeing enough Covenant to fill three assault carriers, Avery decided to destroy the artifact and so, with the help of the other UNSC forces in the area, had the entire mine collapse via nuclear warheads and buried the artifact plus several thousands of Covenant.

After reporting to ONI, the team was attacked by Covenant snipers and other Brute forces. After taking out the snipers, the team focused on the brutes and after clearing them, moved to a hotel building nearby to pick off Covenant from the sky. Once the team found a good position, they attacked Covenant squads on the ground and even a few vehicles. However, a large attack force infiltrated the building and forced Wright and Daniels back to the position of the rest of the team. Grabbing a zip line, Avery found the team's exit and the six left the tower with Griswale placing a single explosive killing any who came in after they left. The team proceeded to run and engage the Covenant on foot and held the roadway. The team was then forced to pull back into a courtyard as additional Covenant forces arrived. The team was pinned down for nearly twenty-five minutes until army soldiers along with Air Force bombers came in and destroyed the Covenant line. Once the line was broken, Avery and Dragoon used two warthogs along with a scorpion attack force and pushed through the city. Along the way, the team saved the lives of many troopers who joined the charge. The force was able to push the Covenant out of the general area and regrouped with local UNSC defense.

Battle of Voi
Arriving in Voi, Avery and Dragoon were deployed to the front lines to repel incoming Covenant forces along with several other marine and army troopers. As the assault pushed own, Avery and his men relocated to a higher plan and got the drop on the Covenant. After another twenty minutes, the squads retreated to the town in which Avery and Dragoon mounted a notable defense setting up a large blockade into the town. Using weapons and other industrial parts from the nearby factor as weapons, the team was able to complete destroy the entire invading force just as the portal opened.

Post War Engagements
"At last Dad, you've been avenged."

- Joseph Avery after the war. Once the war ended, Avery and his squad were promoted with Avery standing as a  . The team continued to deploy on near suicide operations and became known as the "Bad Batch" among the navy fireteams.