As Damara was horrified by what she was witnessing, John quickly lied and stated that he was just thinking. Haunted by his past actions and thinking that he was not a worthy father for not being there for his son and wife, John made a recording of his supposedly final words and was about to commit suicide when Damara entered the room that he was in.

In the audio logs that Carver recalled during his hallucinations on Tau Volantis and also in an audio log on the USM Eudora, it was revealed that Carver had a difficult time being with his family as Dylan told his mother that he wanted to grow up to be a soldier like his father, to the point that John reacted with fear when his wife told him she had bought Dylan a toy soldier on John's behalf for his birthday. John met a woman named Damara and together they had a child whom they named Dylan. He was commissioned twice and gained nine commendations before being demoted back to grunt-level status. At some point in his life, he joined the Earth Defense Force Special Ops division and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

John Carver was born on Mars on April 21, 2477.

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