Jorge-052

"Career soldier—but then all the Spartans are, aren’t they; inspires confidence in those around him—he is a combat multiplier!"

- From Jorge's performance report.

Jorge-052 is a SPARTAN-II Commando of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command. He fought during the Fall of Reach in 2552 as a part of Noble Team with the call sign Noble Five.

Conscription
Jorge was born in Pálháza on Reach on March 5, 2511, and was abducted and conscripted into the SPARTAN-II program by Dr. Catherine Halsey in 2517 when he was six years old. While on Reach, he was trained by the AI Déjà and Chief Petty Officer Mendez along with the rest of the Spartan children. In 2525, he and the other candidates underwent a series of augmentations to improve their overall combat prowess in several different fields. Jorge was among the candidates that survived and was not maimed or killed by the procedure.

Fall of Reach
He served with Noble Team as Noble Five during the Battle of Reach in 2552, being the team's heavy weapons specialist and the only SPARTAN-II on the team. At some point during the battle, Noble Team assisted UNSC forces in a besieged base, and Jorge was sent into space with SPARTAN-B312 onboard a Sabre to help the Epsilon Eridani Defense Fleet fend off the Covenant invasion force, and to assist a UNSC Frigate in attacking a Covenant Corvette.

Personality and Traits
Described as being very difficult to read, he is free with his opinions, vocal in his support of provincial self-rule, and just as vocal in his condemnation of the separatist and Insurrectionist movements. He is the only member of Noble Team that has seen as much action, if not more, against human militants as Covenant forces.

Like all Spartan-IIs, Jorge has seen, and been in almost thirty years of action and shows no signs of breaking or slowing. In a performance report, he is noted as "inspiring confidence in those around him" and being "rock solid" despite his long military career; this is, however, credited to the fact he is a Spartan-II.

Trivia

 * Jorge may be named after a professional motorcycle road racer, Jorge Lorenzo, who wore an ODST-painted helmet in one of his races.
 * Jorge and Kurt-051 are the only known SPARTAN-IIs involved in the SPARTAN-III Program.
 * In the Halo: Reach t-shirt, Jorge's armor is shown in white instead of his actual color.
 * Jorge's voice can be used in Halo: Reach ' s Firefight mode.