Jake IV-02

OVERVIEW Jake IV-02 was one of six Spartan-IVs and functioned as the scout and marksman of the team.

BIOGRAPHY Before becoming a Spartan-IV, Jake served in the UNSC Army Special Forces. He participated during the Battle of Fumirole alongside Noble Team.

By late 2556, humanity was deeply entrenched in the Second War, a stalemate conflict against Shipmaster ‘Kodomee. Jake was one of six soldiers called upon to join the Spartan-IV program, an initiative designed to bring a swift end to the war. As a result of the program, Jake was biologically augmented with enhanced strength, speed and reflexes, and was requisitioned a suit of Mk VI MJOLNIR Assault Armor. He gained the service tag IV-02 (four oh-two) to denote his position as a Spartan IV. By February 2557, Jake had finished training with his new body and armor, and was designated as the team’s marksman and scout.

Over the next few days, Jake and the other Spartan-IVs (Saul, Cameron, Katherine, Christian, and Gabe) took part in operations against Shipmaster ‘Kodomee’s forces, conducted by Commander Lawrence Harper. Unfortunately, during a mission which successfully eliminated ‘Kodomee's right-hand commander, several of the Spartan-IVs were killed, including Jake, who perished when the Elites detonated an antimatter bomb near his position.

PERSONALITY Jake took his job quite seriously, but that didn’t stop him from joking with his squadmates here and there. He had a dry sense of humor and got along very well with Christian IV-05, who he sometimes placed bets with about how many kills they had attained. He was much more reserved than Christian, though, and emotional outbursts from him were uncommon. He was loyal to the team and had faith in their abilities, which initially put him at odds with Gabe IV-06, but earned Saul’s trust. ABILITIES AND EQUIPMENT As an augmented soldier, Jake possessed greater-than-natural strength, speed, resilience, and reaction times. As a marksman, he was an exceptional shot, the best in the squad aside from Katherine. He also demonstrated several times the ability to kill an unaware enemy with a single blow to the spine. Due to his expertise in reconnaissance, he had a sharp eye and was very observative. He favored the BR55 Battle Rifle as his primary weapon and usually kept an M6C pistol as a sidearm. Jake wore a Mk VI MJOLNIR suit painted olive green with blue highlights. TRIVIA


 * It is mentioned via fan mail that Jake participated during the battle of Fumirole, where he and his unit were tasked with escorting "a Spartan in blue armor carrying a nuke towards [a Covenant battleship]". Jake saw "a Banshee shoot the Spartan down during the charge", but "another Spartan arrived and carried the nuke up to the battleship via jetpack". Jake never learnt as to who those Spartans were, though it's heavily implied they were Kat-B320 and Thom-A293 respectively.