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Robert McLees

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Robert McLees
Personal details

Species:

Human

Gender:

Male

Political and military information

Affiliation:

Unified Earth Government

Rank:

Civilian

Notable info:

Designed the Halcyon-class cruiser

 

Doctor Robert McLees is a human ship designer and one of the co-founders of Reyes-McLees Shipyards over Mars. In 2510 he introduced the Halcyon-class light cruiser,[1] a design that would see substantial use by the UNSC Navy during the Human-Covenant War. Dr. McLees later conducted a series of interviews with Marine servicemen regarding both UNSC and Covenant matériel at some point following the war.[2]

Trivia[edit]

He is named after a Bungie employee, Robert McLees, who was responsible for designing many of the weapons in Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, hence the in-universe character's interviews with E2-BAG/1/7. He also served as a writer during the development of Halo 3 and wrote the story Palace Hotel for Halo: Evolutions.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 238
  2. ^ bungie.net: The Mongoose