User blog comment:TheUnknown285/A very interesting image from the remake of Halo (yes, this is ME-related)/@comment-3546663-20120403005440

Just to point out: what are the names of default Shepard and Master Chief? John. Master Chief is the reincarnation of Commander Shepard. And Shepard is the reincarnation of John Marston.

Likely, no. But can you come up with a better(read: more epic) reason that all the most bada** PCs in games are named John?