John Hervard (AC5)

This article is about the character from Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. For the character from Ace Combat 2 and Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy, see John Hervard (AC2). For the character from Ace Combat Infinity, see Slash.

John Hervard
Biographical Information
Other Names and Callsigns	John Harvard John Herbert
Nationality	Osean
Affiliations	Osean Federation Osean Space Agency
Equipment	Arkbird Escape capsule
Physical Description
Gender	Male
Appearances
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War

"I might've been a star up in the sky, but my name still doesn't deserve to be engraved on any monuments."

― John Hervard

John Hervard (also known as John Harvard or John Herbert, see § Name) was an Osean astronaut in the Osean Space Agency. He was a member of the Arkbird's crew in late 2010.

Name

There are three possible English names for this character:

• John Hervard was used in the Ace Combat 2: Namco Official Guide Book and during a cutscene in Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere.
• John Harvard was used in the instruction manual of the Hasegawa 1/72 Su-33 "Ace Combat Scarface" model kit.
• John Herbert was used in the Data Viewer in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy. In the Japanese version of the game (Ace Combat 3D: Cross Rumble), the character's name is uniquely rendered as ジョン・ハーバート (the last character being ト), while the Ace Combat 2: Namco Official Guide Book, Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere, Titan Guns, Untitled Photo Selection, and Scarface model kit all use ジョン・ハーバード (the last character being ド).

Biography

In late 2010, Harvard was present on the Arkbird when it was sabotaged by explosives concealed within a supply shipment from Earth. It is presumed that Harvard was unaware of the fact that the Arkbird had been infiltrated by agents of the Grey Men. On December 19, Harvard's captors redirected the Arkbird into the atmosphere over the Ceres Ocean in an attempt to detonate a nuclear warhead on Okchabursk, Yuktobania. Upon realizing what was happening, Harvard engaged the Arkbird's airbrakes, sending it into a dive, and fled in an escape capsule.

After returning to Osea, he spoke to a photojournalist's associate about his experience. The Osean government neither confirmed nor denied Harvard's statements regarding the circumstances of the Arkbird's destruction.