Sarge

**Colonel James Patton MacTaggart** is a human male from Universe AC-1, simulation trooper, former ODST, and co-leader of the Reds and Blues. He serves a the tertiary protagonist of *Retribution*, while later serving as a major character in *A Soldier's Debt* and *Shattered Eclipse* respectively. While having been raised in the military (with a lieutenant as a wet-nurse), the exact time that MacTaggart officially joined the UNSC remains unknown. Upon enlisting in the UNSC Army, MacTaggart dabbled in robotics for some time. He aimed at reaching the rank staff sergeant in the military as soon as possible, and even went onto change his name legally in the process, taking the name **Sarge**. Sarge's commitment to the military at first got him a position as a shock trooper in the ODSTs. However he was subsequently removed due to his eccentric personality and for building the AI of the ship he was on a "robot body fit for skedaddling". His time in the Army also didn't last long after the disastrous Battle of Broken Ridge either, during which he caused the death of his entire squad.

## Biographical Information

### Alias

* Sarge
* S-Dog
* Red Sergeant
* Old Man
* GrifKilla51
* Dolt

## General Information

### Relatives

* Lopez (creation)
* Francisoc Montague Zanzibar (creation)
* Robot Number 2 (creation)
* Lopez 2.0 (creation)
* Unnamed Father
* Possible Son
* Sweet Aunt Sassy

### Affilations

* Reds and Blues
* UNSC (formerly)
* Federal Army of Chorus (formerly)
* Blues and Reds (formerly)
* Chrovos (unwillingly; formerly)
* Coalition
* Ozpin's Inner Circle

## Other Information

### Appears In

RetributionA Soldier's DebtShattered EclipseMarvel's Avengers: Odyssey

### AU Status

Active

For failure after failure, Sarge was sent to Project Freelancer, and was manipulated into believing that humanity had fallen into a civil war consisting of two factions: the Red Army and Blue Army. Become Red soldier, Sarge was placed as a staff sergeant in charge of Outpost Number One "Blood Gulch", where he led a squad of red soldiers including his second-in-command Richard Simmons, and Dexter Grif, the latter he developed a disdain for. He later built Lopez, a Spanish-speaking robot to act as a fourth member.

## Appearance

### Physical Appearance

Beyond his classic red armor, Sarge is known to be a man in his early forties. He has fair skin, spiked brown hair that is bleach white, and dark green eyes. He also has five o'clock shadow if doesn't shave.

## Personality

A military man with a Southern United States accent, Sarge is the gruff and regimented leader of the Red Team. Sarge exhibits more discipline than the other Reds (and most of the Blues, for that matter), but is also somewhat sociopathic, bloodthirsty, and eccentric. He is also the only Blood Gulch soldier on either team that was actually serious about the Red and Blue Civil War.

Sarge is perhaps one of the most eccentric member of the Reds and Blues, as most of his actions and ideas involve violence, even when it's illogical. However he is far from being as detached from reality as Caboose. The vast majority of his time is spent focused on violence and the upcoming battles, even when there is no battle to look forward to. If there is no conflict in sight, Sarge will try his best to incite a conflict somewhere, in some way. Sarge is impulsive and borderline sociopathic in his attitude and words to other characters, particularly Dexter Grif and Weiss Schnee. He will often come up with needlessly complicated and violent ways to kill Grif or harm him. He is incapable of adjusting to a peaceful life, going as far as creating an evil robot army and declare war on gravity, just to have an enemy to fight. This makes him very susceptible to insanity, paranoia, and manipulation.

Sarge has also been shown to possesses a huge ego, as he refuses to look at the constant flaws in his plans. It is quite clear he values Richard Simmons over Grif primarily due to the fact that Simmons sucks up to him and compliments him, whereas Grif insults Sarge often, which may hurt his pride. His ego even played into a failed "mutiny" during their stay on Attollon, though was priamrily due his sudden case of cabin fever.

Despite his questionable insanity, Sarge has displayed some respect towards his enemies, particularly the Blues. He willingly agreed to help Caboose in his mission to find Lavernius Tucker and bring him to Valhalla, as this was beneficial to both teams. He also has great loyaltly to individuals he likes, such as with Team RWBY, he helped them clear their names from the UNSC without question.