User:Raven's wing/Jon-B251

Jon-B421 is a SPARTAN-III commando of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command, who served with Cypher Team as Cypher Five during the Fall of Reach and the Battle of Earth.

Conscription
Jon was born on Jericho VII in 2532. His Father was a soldier in the UNSC Army, whilst his mother worked in the local hospital. However, one of his earliest, and indeed most traumatic memories was when his sister Hope was shot and killed by a Jackal Sniper whilst trying to get him onto an evacuation transport when the Covenant attacked and subsequently glassed the planet. He spent the next three years in a Youth Refuge before being conscripted into the SPARTAN-III program in 2537 as part of Beta Company.

Early Career
After his arrival on Onyx, there were some doubts about whether Jon would pass muster for the program as he was significantly smaller and physically weaker than all the other candidates his age. However, what he lacked in stature he made up for in tenacity, often refusing to give up even when the odds in a given exercise looked insurmountable.

Following augmentation and training, Jon was pulled from the company along with several others. He was never really told why, however it was subtly hinted that something about him made him too valuable to be wasted on a “suicide mission”. However, he didn't fully understand what that meant until after he heard about the results of Operation: TORPEDO.

Cypher Team
In 2548, aged 16, Jon was given a probational posting on Cypher Team. Whilst there, he demonstrated an almost unnatural skill for cracking both Human and Covenant electronic systems, leading to him being fully posted to the team in 2549 as a Hacker.

The Fall of Reach
At the start of the Fall of Reach, Jon and the rest of Cypher Team were posted to Camp Bastion in the south of the Viery region. Following Noble Team's discovery of the Covenant on Reach, and the subsequent declaration of WINTER CONTINGENCY by CENTCOM, Cypher Team was sent to disable a Covenant Command Post near their initial landing zone in Visegrad. In doing so they were able to obtain a list of potential targets for the Covenant invasion force, including ONI Sword Base.

However, as the Covenant swept across Viery, the UNSC were forced to abandon Camp Bastion and other facilities in the territory prior to the counter-attack on August 12th. As part of this operation, Jon and the rest of Cypher Team neutralised a heavy anti-aircraft battery so that air support could make it to the overall target.

Following the destruction of Spire One by Noble Team and the UNSC Grafton, and the discovery of the Covenant Super-carrier Long Night of Solace after it shot down the Grafton, the team was sent to re-capture a ground based orbital scanning facility from the Covenant; an act which was later discovered to be a precursor to the arrival of the main invasion fleet following the successful conclusion of Operation: UPPERCUT. However, when the Covenant attacked and besieged New Alexandria, the team was pulled back to defend and evacuate it. Participating in this op brought back Jon's memories of his sister's death and the loss of his home, something which only got worse as the Covenant began to glass the city on the 23rd.

Quotes
“Hey, aren't you a little short for a SPARTAN?” - Unidentified UNSC Soldier to Jon during the New Alexandria evacuation.