John Forge

"He’s the guy you want in the foxhole next to yours… but you’d never introduce him to your sister."

- Common saying by marines under Forge's command

Sergeant John Forge was a veteran Non-Commissioned Officer and an Infantryman in the UNSC Marine Corps. Although excelling in tactics and combat, he had a repeating pattern of insubordination. For reasons unknown, he had a playing card attached to one of his shoulder pads and also carries a Combat Knife he nicknames "Lucy".

Biography
Born on Earth in 2502, Forge spent 2.4 years in prison for fighting with officers, an infraction that removed any chance of moving through OCS or even progress beyond the rank of Sergeant. Later, he served aboard the during the Second Battle of Harvest. Those under his command trusted him greatly, despite the fact that Sergeant Forge failed his last psychological exam. One of his first missions on Harvest was to scout out Covenant activity in a northern polar region of Harvest, driving through Quadrant 4 to find a battalion of Elites a Hornet squadron had spotted earlier. Reporting the Covenant activity to his superiors, as to how they'd found a relic buried in the ice, he returned to Alpha Base, helping round up UNSC forces along the way. When Anders was sent down to do a research over the area Forge was reluctant. He said 'Lady, you ain't coming down here on the first bird!'. Together with other UNSC marine bodyguards they enter the relic. Inside the Forerunner relic they find a map of the Galaxy. Soon they were ambushed and were forced to defend themselves while UNSC reinforcements were sent to assist them. In the end both he and Anders were seen boarding a Pelican to the UNSC Spirit of fire.

Abilities

 * Leader Power - Carpet Bomb.
 * Unique Unit - Cyclops.

Upgrades

 * Super Upgrade - Grizzly—a superior version of the Scorpion tank.
 * Economy Bonus - All Supply Pads on Forge’s bases start as Heavy Supply Pads.

Trivia

 * Sergeant Forge appears on the battlefield in Halo Wars as a hero unit. He rides in a Gauss Warthog which has better armor protection, armament, and performance.
 * In Halo Wars if his Warthog is destroyed he can be revived but his Warthog will stay destroyed, at which point he will begin using a shotgun.
 * For an unknown reason he has nine Legendary symbols on his right breast plate, possibly a reference to his most recent kills.  This can be seen in more recent trailers for the game.
 * Forge is the 3rd major Halo character with "John" in his name. John-117 and Sergeant Johnson are the first two.