Veronica Dare
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- "Orders are orders."
- — Veronica Dare[5]
Captain Veronica Ann Dare[6][7] (service number 73998-38490-VD)[1] is an intelligence officer in Section One of the Office of Naval Intelligence.[8][9] During the Battle for Earth, she took command of Alpha-Nine, an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper team led by Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck. In 2558, she was married to Buck onboard the UNSC Infinity by the AI Roland.[10]
Biography[edit]
Early life and military career[edit]
Veronica Ann Dare was born on the human colony of Actium on December 4, 2515.[1] Dare graduated from a Naval Academy, which led to her eventual posting with the Office of Naval Intelligence. At some point, she served as an intelligence officer on the UNSC Say My Name.[11]
Dare first met Edward Buck while on shore leave in 2545 at Castellaneta, over Saturn. The two spent their week together, until Buck eventually realized that she worked for the Office of Naval Intelligence.[12] Buck had hoped their fling wouldn't end after their leave was over, but his poor reaction to Dare's job ensured their relationship was over, a decision that continued to haunt Buck throughout all of his career.[13][14] The two were eventually forced to split up due to Dare's job with Section One of ONI.[15]
Battle of Sargasso[edit]
- Main article: Battle of Sargasso
In 2546, Dare ordered ODST squad Alpha-Nine, led by Buck, to retrieve important research data from a laboratory at Lethbridge's headquarters in the town of Belisk before the Covenant did.[16] ONI intentionally kept the rest of the UNSC unaware of Alpha-Nine's mission. Dare believed that if the UNSC knew about the data, they would engage in standard operating procedure by encircling the lab and digging in. By doing so, the Covenant would become aware that the laboratory contained something valuable to the UNSC. Thus, another ODST squad was used to serve as a distraction, while Alpha-Nine recovered the data and returned to base.
Following Alpha-Nine's successful recovery of the data, Dare reprimanded Buck for disobeying her direct order and threatened him with a charge of insubordination, but he did not receive any other apparent punishment.[17] This was the last time Dare would see Buck for the next six years.
Battle of Mombasa[edit]
- Main article: Battle of Mombasa
On October 20, 2552, during the early stages of the Battle of Earth, a large element of the 65th Shock Troops Division was to be inserted onto the Solemn Penance, flagship of a small Covenant invasion fleet, stationed over New Mombasa.[18] Dare, however, was under orders to perform a classified mission in the city and she needed a squad of ODSTs to assist her. Dare requested a particular ODST squad from an Admiral aboard the UNSC Say My Name to partake in her mission.[19] The admiral was hesitant at first, but was forced to fulfill her request, seeing she was actually an ONI Section One operative, and thus did not report to the Fleet.[20]
At one point before the drop, Dare contacted the NMPD headquarters, asking the communications duty officer there to go against Commissioner Kinsler's orders and turn the Superintendent back on. They soon started an argument, and after Dare threatened to fire the officer for insubordination, the enraged communications officer hung up on her.[21]
