Joseph Avery

Joseph Matthew Avery (: 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 ==
=== 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 ==
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. 
=== Battle of Terrum-III ===
Being deployed to the colony in Terrum-III in September 2553, the team was sent to the planet to assist in local planetary defense. The Bad Batch was sent to the planet's surface to the city of Banks to halt an Insurrectionist attack on the city. Once at the city the team was deployed with Delta-8 ODST team to secure army barracks in the south side of the city. 
==== Battle of Banks City ====
Being deployed with the ODSTs, Avery and his squad landed in the middle of a direct firefight with UNSC army soldiers and Insurgents. The team pushed back the Insurgents and were able to secure the area with the ODSTs. After the area was secured, Avery and his squad took a Rocket and Reg. Warthog to do recon while the ODSTs went in a scorpion to follow them. As the squad moved through, they encountered minor Insurgent resistance but were able to blow past it. The team then attacked 43rd Street and led a charge down hill to the valley below. 
Once at the base of the area, the squad reunited with the ODSTs and continued onward till they encountered the local parkway and stormed the area occupied by Insurgents. During the assault, the Insurrectionist deployed scorpions to the area and formed a wall around the East House. Seeing it as a point of interest, Avery ordered an attack on the building and to get inside by an means necessary. As the UNSC forces marched, the Insurgents began a retreat as additional UNSC forces flanked them from three fronts. Once the remaining Insurrectionist surrendered, Avery and his men infiltrated the building the discovered dozens of civilians being held hostage. 
With the UNSC forces returning to their regular deployments, Avery made it his mission to evacuate the civilians by any means necessary. Learning of a port landing site, Avery and his men began to lead the civilians to it in a very hostile filled territory. While the team moved along, several Insurrectionist squads attacked them, but Avery and his men were able to repel their forces with no civilian casualties. While moving through the Insurrectionist who died fighting Dragoon, several civilians armed themselves and assisted Dragoon and future attacks. The team continued onward and eventually found an old freighter that they could use to reach the Port Landing Site. While on the ship, enemy hornets attacked the freighter and killed Griswale. Though he was enraged, Avery and his team, along with armed civilians destroyed the two hornets and continued on their way. 
Arriving at the site as it was crawling with Insurgents, Dragoon attacked and cleared almost the entire area with a few stranglers to wounded to fight. While Dragoon would defend the main gate to the transports, the civilians would enter and await for the area to be cleared. Once the area was cleared the ships took off but were almost immediately shot down. Just as that happened, two Insurgents stab Rosa and Parks in the back killing them before Avery, Daniels and Wright killed them. Though Avery was heart broken, he pushed own to his next deployment. 
==== Siege of New Port City ====
Being deployed to the capital, New Port City, Dragoon was tasked with another civilian evacuation operation while other UNSC forces would strike at the small Insurrectionist attack force. Avery and his squad were deployed to Travis Tower-D to led civilians gathered by army soldiers to the topside landing pad. While moving through the tower, the team engaged minor Insurrectionist forces guarding the tower. Once at the topside landing pad, Avery and his team cleared the entire pad including the air defense of the Insurgents. 
After the landing pad was captured, Avery and his squad were deployed to lower levels of the city to combat incoming enemy forces that breached the UNSC wall. Unknowing of their attack, the Insurrectionist were caught off guard and killed or arrested. The team would later be picked up and sent to do air combat against incoming air strike. Avery took to the skies in a hornet while Daniels and Wright were in a pelican being escorted towards the last bastion of the Insurgents on the city. 
Avery and his team cleared the outside defenses and landed on the main platform with UNSC forces coming from the rear as well. The Insurgents were blocked in and had a failure to escape. Avery and the other UNSC forces wiped out the rest of the Insurgents in Sector 1 of the city. 
That night, Avery and his squad were deployed to counter-operations to placed jammers around the city to block Insurgent communications. While in the air, the team encountered minor Insurgent air teams but were quickly eliminated. The team found a small Insurrectionist outpost and attacked with just a single falcon. The team eliminated outside defenses, and assaulted the front gate, and destroyed the main ammunition supplies and communication console. The team captured the outpost and set up a rally point for UNSC forces. The following morning the team was reassigned to a different operation as the remaining Insurrectionist surrendered. 
=== Sentiment Campgain ===
Receiving a distress signal from the inner colony world Sentiment, home world of Aidan-007, the UNSC and Avery were called to action against the Coalition of the New Earth Government. Dragoon's first deployment was to the two of Ora to rescue hostages from inside the city and to secure its boarders. 
==== Battle of Ora ====
Being deployed to Ora, Dragoon arrived at the city only to see it abandoned with no one in sight. After about half-hour, Avery engaged Insurrectionist forces and were stuck into a stale-mate. However, with air support, the Bad Batch were able to break the Insurgent line and clear the area. Moving through the city, the team found a labor camp holding civilians and not well guarded. Wright then sniped a few guards overlooking the camp while Avery and Daniels slightly killed two guards by bushes. Soon, Wright sniped the remaining guards with Avery finishing them off. 
Avery freed the camp and requested a pickup. However, a jammer was blocking the transmission and all transmissions in or out of the area. Avery then had Wright and Daniels stay with the civilians while he looked for the jammer. After finding a heavy Insurgents presence in a old skyscraper, Avery attacked the building and cleared its lower levels. While moving through the building, Avery cleared several floors and rooms using stolen grenades and other explosives until he arrived at floor 45. Once arriving on the floor, Avery killed all the Insurgents and deactivated the jammer. Afterwards he returned to his squad and pelican crews arrived. While on picked up civilians, three others deployed troops and vehicles to fortified the town. Hearing of Longdale's recapture, Avery and Dragoon returned the main UNSC force and prepared for their next assault.
==== Operation: Indigo Storm ====
After the recapture to Longdale, the UNSC then had enough ground to begin a complete recapture of Indigo Cove and retake a large portion of Sentiment. The UNSC then deployed several , spartans, army, navy and marines forces to engage the Insurrectionist in a head on assault. Avery and his team were sent of Mammoth B-12 and engaged the Coalition in a ground ground with the rest of B group. The mammoth took heavy fire resulting in the team abandoning the tank and deploying in warthogs to push through to Insurrectionist mortar crews. After the mortars were eliminated, Dragoon would be sent to the Left Side Ridge to attack a small Insurrectionist outpost. 
The team arrived with other naval personnel and were quickly engaged by Insurrectionist forces the top of an rock wall. The team easily cleared them and proceeded into the outpost. Once inside, the troopers cleared the area and continued onward. Coming into what appeared as a courtyard the team was engaged by an Insurrectionist sniper. Killing two of the other troopers, Avery and Wright were able to distract the sniper and kill him. The team continued on through and eventually cleared the entire outpost and found an Insurrectionist motor pool. 
Taking a warthog and a scorpion tank, the team proceeded on down through the ridge and cleared many insurgent camps. Soon afterwards, the team rejoined with UNSC forces who reached stable ground for additional UNSC forces to be deployed. Afterwards, the two remaining troopers, POTC Braden and POSC Hoffman were reassigned to Dragoon and the team would also be assigned with Beta-3 to do a drop insertion behind enemy lines. The team was deployed in three falcons in attack an outpost that had the ability to stop the entire attack force. The team landed with a small hike to the facility but were quickly engaged by a Insurgent platoon. The team made quick work of the teams and infiltrated the facility but with two ODST causalities. 
Once inside, the team proceeded to clear the main entrance of the facility and attacked an overlooking balcony. The team cleared the first floor and attacked the station's main vehicle bay holding several scorpions and rocket hogs. Avery and Braden placed charges along to bay while the ODSTs cleared the upper levels and Dragoon cleared the rest of the second floor. After the charges were set, the team evacuated and watched the facility go up in flames just as UNSC forces pushed into the area. 
==== Siege of Sistine ====
After the success of Operation: Indigo Storm, Colonel Stroud and General Leonwisnsky located a small Insurrectionist stronghold in the city of Sistine. Leonwisnsky and Stroud deployed several ODST teams and launched a large assault force equipped with orbital rounds and two frigates overhead to trap the city.
Fireteam Dragoon was sent in to secure the Admin Building of the city before Insurrectionist could full take control of the city. Avery and his troops attacked the building and halted the Insurgent assault and were able to push back the attack with assistance of ODST squads. Dragoon fortified the admin and held the position until the Insurgents attacked in force. The team fended off the attack and soon, Wright was killed leaving the left flank open to insertion. Avery and Braden reinforced the left and soon, the Admin was almost surrounded with no way out. 
The team did their best and continued the main defense until the Insurgents eventually broke into the building. As Dragoon continued their, more Insurgents flooded through and soon, killed Hoffman. After Hoffman's death, Braden was wounded and killed. Seeing it as a last stand, Avery and Daniels did all they could to keep the defense up until an ODST platoon came and saved the navy personnel. Dragoon was taken off mission and returned to the UNSC Starside for another deployment. 
==== Operation: Cloud Cover ====
After learning of the Insurrectionist stronghold, Avery and Daniels were deployed into the Hanover Mines to clear the main plant with other UNSC assault teams. The teams caught the insurgents of guard and with orbital troop insertion were able to take several outpost of the base with ease. Though the base put up a large obstacle, it was no match for the UNSC as soon Avery placed several targeting beacons with small orbital rounds coming through to assist. 
In time, the base was soon recaptured by the UNSC and effectively the planet as well. Due to his actions and heroism, Avery and Daniels were some of the select few to receive the  and was promoted to  . 
=== Battle of Durham ===
Bing deployed to the planet Durham, the Bad Batch's operation was to insert behind Covenant lines and destroy their main supply paths along the planet. Avery and Daniels were sent in a captured phantom to the planet below and arrived at the main Covenant staging area. The two then proceeded to silently take out Covenant and plant explosives on sniping post and high rises. 
Reaching the main command center, Avery and Daniels slightly killed the command crew but were soon discovered by Rtas 'Sroam, leading the invasion. The two opened fire and escaped the Ship Master. Once outside, the two were picked up by their phantom and detonated the charges. With the charges detonated, a UNSC attack fleet came over head and bombed the rest of the staging area. 
==== Battle at Desert Alpha ====
Avery and Daniels were deployed to Desert Alpha to engage the main Covenant Spire located in the area. The two were joined by other UNSC forces and local freedom fighters and other air units from naval ships. The two led an air assault against Covenant on a high rise and continued the attack until they were dropped off at Point Raine. 
===== Battle at Point Raine =====
Being deployed with Spartan-IV's Avery and his new squad went for a ground assault against a local AA gun pinning down frigates from moving into the area. The team were engaged by a small Covenant defense but were able to overcome them and attack the AA gun. Once the AA was eliminated the team pushed towards Covenant deployments stationed along a canyon to the spire. The team engaged the Covenant ground units and cleared a supply line for additional UNSC forces for support. 
As the troopers kept going, they were eventually given air-support and soon, Avery and Daniels were picked up in a pelican and brought directly to the spire. After crossing into the spire's shields, the two linked with an already invading UNSC force inside the spire attacking the remming Covenant defenders. However, Covenant reinforcements came in from an overhanging cruiser that needed to be taken out. Calling in the UNSC Sylvester, Avery had the ship attack the cruiser overhead. 
The cruiser was then chased off allowing the UNSC to push further in and capture the spire, kill 'Sroam and deactivate the shields for additional UNSC forces. 
== Spartan-IV Career ==
In late 2563, Joseph Avery along with Benjamin Daniels were given and accepted the chance of becoming spartans. The two did some operations together before Avery was reassigned to Shield Team. 
===Campaign on Installation 07===
====Discovering the Ring====
Tracking Uhze ‘Nar and Tican ‘Vou, the UNSC Rio and Raven’s Nest discovered Installation 07 along the outer rim of the Milky Way. Finding both the sub-fleets of Demon Hunters and The Great Harvest, Fireteam Guardian and Shield Team deployed to engage the Covenant, but both fleets were already engaged in combat with Insurrectionist. Recommending that the UNSC gets an easy hold on the ring, Shield Team and Titan were sent onto the ring with the UNSC Raven’s Nest to provide cover fire. Holding an old temple as a LZ for human forces, the spartans began to move through the ancient world along with marines. Finding alternate paths, Titan took the right while Shield took the left. 
====Finding Insurrectionist====
Coming across a forerunner complex, Shield Team found several Insurrectionist taking apart the station for parts and possible profit. Moving sightly through the facility, Shield Team was able to retake to station and capture several Insurrectionist. Interrogating the Insurgents, Shield discovered the whereabouts of their leader, ex Colonel Marcus Wright. Shield Team was then tasked with finding Wright by any means necessary. After a day long search, Shield Team found Marcus and captured his station and himself. 
Scouting the station, Spartan Avery found a tunnel and alerted the rest of Shield who brought Wright with them. By passing security and dozens of Sentinels, Shield eventually found 1172 Humble Guardian, the monitor of Installation 07. Following the monitor, Shield and Marcus found the Activation Index for the ring and retrieved it for the UNSC. As Spartan Johnson touched the ring, the Covenant were alerted to the area and Marcus attacked Spartan Cunningham. Killing Marcus, Kyle and the rest of Shield escaped the area and returned to the Raven’s Nest. 
====Fighting the Covenant====
Sending the Seeker of Doom to bomb the Raven’s Nest, Tican ‘Vou and Uhze ‘Nar began to hunt Shield for the Index. Using a destroyer from the Demon Hunters and the Serpent’ Pass, Shield Team and Fireteam Guardian found Seeker of Doom and glassed the ship, killing Tican in the process. ‘Nar then took command of the Demon Hunters and attacked the Rio while above the ring. Finding Guardian yet again, the monitor was then transferred into the Rio and teleported Shield to assist the ship and Captain Janeiro. Deploying in pelicans, Shield Team boarded two corvettes and used them to attack The Great Demise and the rest of the Demon Hunters. Forcing the Covenant into a retreat, the Rio redeployed Shield onto the ring while it transferred their findings and the Index to ONI and the UNSC. 
====The Truce====
Intercepting a transmission from the Insurrectionist leader, General Patrick Matthews, the UNSC learned of peace talks happening between both the Insurgents and the Covenant. Deciding to break the truce, Shield Team, Fireteam Guardian and the Raven’s Nest attacked the location of the peace talks and in the progress killed General Matthews, but before the general’s death, he stabbed Spartan Cunningham in the spine, and throwing him off a cliff to his death. Staying on the ring for just another two days until the Rio arrived with reinforcements, Shield Team took time to honor their fallen spartan and friend. 
===Battle over Cuenzi===
Continuing to track Admiral (now self proclaimed Fleet Master) Uhze ‘Nar, Shield Team and the UNSC Rio had discovered the sangheili above an elite colony named Cuenzi with Admiral Fal ‘Taralum(ee) and his fleet of Schism’s Death. Gaining the aid of the Fleet of Glorious Redemption, Shield Team quickly struck at the newly formed Fleet of Regretful Redemption. Deploying in Sabers, Shield Team along with the Swords of Sanghelios engaged several ships of Schism’s Death including its flagship, The Great Emperor. Unknown to everyone including ‘Nar, ‘Taralum(ee) charged the Ally of Peace with ‘Solok still onboard. 
Unable to move fast enough, ‘Solok ordered an abandoned ship and when everyone was off, ‘Solok rammed The Great Emperor, killing both the Admiral, and one of the few survivors Kyle knew from San Andreas. Outraged, Kyle personally attacked The Great Demise and entered the hanger bay. Moving towards the bridge, the rest of Shield entered the ship with Spartan Adam Johnson guarding the hanger. Once Shield reached the bridge, they noticed the bridge was abandoned. Then receiving a distress signal from Johnson, and quickly they returned to see Adam’s dead body and all the sabers either damaged or destroyed. 
Then receiving a recording from Uhze saying that he was the one who killed Adam and escaped on a escape pod and fled to the destroyer New Lifebringer. Bombing the ship and the original Lifebringer Shield Team and the remnants of the Glorious Redemption left the planet and the fallen heroes. 
===Battle of Suzeula===
====Hunting Uhze ‘Nar====
After years of hunting Fleet Master Uhze ‘Nar, Shield Team tracked him to the Sangheili colony of Suzeula. Not holding back, Kyle-A245 ordered Shield Team to be deployed from ODST pods right above the bridge of New Lifebringer to kill ‘Nar fast. Approving the idea, Captain Janeiro moved the Rio right above New Lifebringer and dropped Shield and an ODST team. Dropping inside the ship, Shield Team quickly killed the crew and beat ‘Nar to death. 
Suddenly, two spec-ops elites came inside and killed Spartans Miles and Vono. Killing the elites, the ODST’s proposed that they set havoc nukes around the ship and to prime the slip space drive to blow like on Reach almost a decade prior. Shield Team made their way to a spirit drop ship but after the ODST’s primed the drive, they were killed forcing Shield team to escape along with the Rio causing the destroyer and the other ships surrounding it to be sent into oblivion. Heavily damaged, the UNSC Rio went to Earth for repairs, and for the new members of Shield Team to be picked up. 
===Battle of Lost Honor===
One of the last two sub-fleets of the Fleet of Regretful Redemption, the Fleet of Lost Honor was commanded by Admiral Ripa ‘Sroam and his Corvette, Honorable Embassy. Using coordinates from The Great Demise Shield Team and the UNSC Rio found the fleet and quickly engaged it with the help of Battle Group Typhoon. Blowing off the bridge of the Honorable Embassy, Shield team infiltrated the bridge and sent ‘Sroam out into deep space. 
Spartans Fisher, Jones, and Ford secured any intel on Ship Master Zaz ‘Vadem, the last sub-commander of Krudom, while Spartans Avery, Salvos and Kyle secured the rest of the fleet and prepped elites for interrogation. After constant interrogation, several elites gave up Zaz’s position along with several pieces of hard evidence for his location. The UNSC Rio and Battle Group Typhoon returned to Earth, prepped and were on their way along with Foxtrot team and two members of Orange Team, Clark-055 and Thomas-012. 
===Battle of Surgeon===
====Final Assault====
Locating Zaz ‘Vadem around a human colony of Surgeon, Shield Team along with the UNSC Rio, Hammer of Dawn, Sunrise, and the Raven’s Nest attacked the fleet and prepared to attack the fleet.  Foxtrot Team and Orange Team were deployed to deal with enemy fighters, while Shield Team attacked the flagship, Speaker of Truth.  Easily boarding thanks to heavy fire from the Rio and Hammer of Dawn, Shield split up with Spartans Avery, Fisher, and Salvos attacking the core to destroy the ship while Kyle and Spartans Jones and Ford attacked the bridge and engaged ‘Vadem.
Instead of easily killing ‘Vadem, Kyle used no weapons to kill the Sangheili and almost killed him, until it was revealed that Zaz had a bomb strapped to him which could destroy the whole ship.  Kyle then ordered Shield Team to retreat but the trap had sprung and the core room was locked down wit no escape and Ford and Jones became severely wounded.  With all of Shield demanding that Kyle kill Zaz, he could, so Nathan Ford, using a magnum, shot Zaz in the face killing him and setting off the bomb.  Kyle said that he was proud of everyone on Shield and he was happy to know such brave humans.  And like that, Shield Team was gone forever.  
== Psych-Interviews ==
=== Personality ===
Joseph Avery has been described as a born leader and a fantastic tactician along with being a true blooded soldier. Avery was always inspired by his father James and wielded amazing determination in battle and back on Mars. Avery cared for each member of his squad and everyone in the UNSC or UEG and because of it, was extremely loyal to the UNSC to the fullest extent. Joseph also showed great respect to those who deserved it like his father before him. Joseph also had huge respect for his superiors and even subordinates around him. 
=== Physical Appearance ===
Joseph was described as having a rugged face and short blonde hair with pensive brown eyes. Avery stands at the average height for a spartan, 7ft making have a standard build for a soldier in the UNSC and spartan. Joseph was also known for his low cheekbones and small beard he began growing in 2560. Avery also had a neck tattoo containing his family crest as the Avery family helped found Thoraces. 
After hearing of his father's death at age 13, Joseph spent almost his entire life training for military combat and soon gained the build of an olympic athlete. With his training, Avery was easily one of the strongest members of Shield Team and out of the entire crew of the Sylvester. Avery also had a strong determination, letting that drive him and use much of his strength to overcome certain obstacles in his battles against his foes. 
== Quotes ==
== Confirmed Kills ==
Least to Greatest
Brutes: 109
Drones: 123
Jackals: 857
Grunts: 1,366
Elites: 1,573
Humans: 2,098
Total Kills: 6,126 (2552-2568)Category:SPARTAN-IV
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