Jonathan was born screaming on an evacuation ship. His parents having been evacuated from Pirth on Arcadia. His childhood was one of constantly moving; Partly so his parents could find work but also to stay ahead and away from the hostile aliens that chased them from their home planet. Where most of his friends feared the dreaded Covenant, Johnny felt anger. He would never get to see his home, all because of Them.
Growing up he had a fairly simple goal, he would make Them pay. As soon as he was old enough to he faked some paperwork and joined the UNSC. Initially joined the navy, serving as a Gunners Mate. His consistent Sharpshooter scoring drew the attention of Naval Special Warfare Command, and was shifted to an ODST unit. Specifically the unit known as the Sanghelli Smashers (Pre-2552).
The Sanghelli Smashers gained their name through a tactic designed by Lieutenant Lightfoot, the unit commander. The Smashers typically wear jetpacks with extra fuel tanks. The packs are turned on into a descending hover; Which allows the unit to sprint across the battlefield at incredible speed. They would smash through an enemy unit their weapons unleashing a storm of bullets and leaving behind chaos and a few grenades. The only time they would hit the same unit multiple times was if an “Elite” was left alive.
Unfortunately this demoralizing tactic worked well enough that ONI scooped the squad up. The intelligence branch turned the Smashers into an assassination squad. Releasing them into the field to hunt high ranking Covenant officers. Occasionally the Smashers would be given strange orders from their ONI task masters, orders that don't seem to require their particular skills, a mission is still a mission and they would accomplish it to the best of their abilities.
Toward the end of 2552 the Smashers had to change their name. Becoming the Bride Bashers as the Sanghelli were now allies. Their tactics didn't change, sticking to their hit and run routine; To greater effect as the temperamental brutes would often rush after blinded by rage. Although there was a new addition the Bashers began to use. Rather then retreat and come from a new random direction the ODST would retreat through a prearranged locale, where a Sanghelli cloaked sword squad would intercept any pursuers.
Till the end of the War, Shen and his squad mates worked with the aliens in decapitating the Covenant command structure. As the hostile aliens retreated to leave humanity to recover the Bashers to disappeared. Slipping away under an ONI evil of secrecy.
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