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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|UNSC|HCW}}
{{Character infobox
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|name=Walter Vickers
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'''Walter Vickers'''<ref name="squad">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/forward-unto-dawn-squad/5a7db4db-07cc-4f9b-a555-8a96a634bd32 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Forward Unto Dawn: "Squad"'']</ref> was an officer cadet of the [[United Nations Space Command]]. He attended [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]] as part of the class of [[2529]].<ref name="IGN 7112012">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_4skHcCpT4&hd=1 '''YouTube:''' ''First Look: Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn (Live Action Series)'']</ref>  
'''Walter Vickers'''<ref name="squad">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/forward-unto-dawn-squad/5a7db4db-07cc-4f9b-a555-8a96a634bd32 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Forward Unto Dawn: "Squad"'']</ref> was an officer cadet of the [[United Nations Space Command]]. He attended [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]] as part of the class of [[2529]].<ref name="IGN 7112012">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_4skHcCpT4&hd=1 '''YouTube:''' ''First Look: Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn (Live Action Series)'']</ref>  
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As the [[Battle of Circinius IV]] started, Hastati Squad was to be evacuated via the Academy's [[space elevator]]. However, after the [[Covenant]]'s destruction of the tether, the squad was caught in the battle between [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] and the [[Covenant military]]. The squad attempted to escape to the Academy's [[armory]], which resulted in the death of cadet [[Junjie Chen]] at the hands of an [[active camouflage]]d [[Sangheili Zealot]].
As the [[Battle of Circinius IV]] started, Hastati Squad was to be evacuated via the Academy's [[space elevator]]. However, after the [[Covenant]]'s destruction of the tether, the squad was caught in the battle between [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]] and the [[Covenant military]]. The squad attempted to escape to the Academy's [[armory]], which resulted in the death of cadet [[Junjie Chen]] at the hands of an [[active camouflage]]d [[Sangheili Zealot]].


In the armory, Lasky sent out a distress signal while the rest of the squad attempted to open the weapons locker. When they realized that the locker could not be opened via the console, Vickers tried to break a locker open with a fire extinguisher. After the Zealot managed to break into the armory, Vickers, in order to give the rest of his squad a chance to escape, charged the Sangheili. The Zealot rounded on Vickers and opened fire on him with a {{Pattern|Okarda'phaa|plasma rifle}}, killing him instantly with a single shot to his chest.<ref name="part 4">'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Episode 4''</ref>
In the armory, Lasky sent out a distress signal while the rest of the squad attempted to open the weapons locker. When they realized that the locker could not be opened via the console, Vickers tried to break a locker open with a fire extinguisher. After the Zealot managed to break into the armory, Vickers, in order to give the rest of his squad a chance to escape, charged the Sangheili. The Zealot rounded on Vickers and opened fire on him with a [[plasma rifle]], killing him instantly with a single shot to his chest.<ref name="part 4">'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Episode 4''</ref>


==Personality==
==Personality==
[[File:FUD - Vickers.jpg|thumb|230px|Vickers after the fight with Lasky.]]
[[File:FUD - Vickers.jpg|thumb|230px|Vickers after the fight with Lasky.]]
A hawkish, aggressive figure, Vickers tended to favor direct, blunt solutions to problems. When asked what he thought of the [[Insurrection]], Vickers replied; ''"From where I see what's going on, I don't think we're winning, and I think we need to do everything possible to win."''{{Ref/Reuse|squad}} During Hastati Squad's last field exercise of the 2526 term, Vickers did not understand Thomas Lasky's plan to engage the opposing force with feints, instead favoring an all-out attack that favored their equal numbers.{{Ref/Reuse|part 1}} During the [[Battle of Circinius IV]], he attempted to gain access to locked ammunition lockers by using a fire extinguisher as a battering ram, and shortly afterwards, charged a [[Sangheili Zealot]] to give the rest of the squad a chance to escape.{{Ref/Reuse|part 4}}
A hawkish, aggressive figure, Vickers tended to favor direct, blunt solutions to problems. When asked what he thought of the [[Insurrection]], Vickers replied; ''"From where I see what's going on, I don't think we're winning, and I think we need to do everything possible to win."''<ref name="squad"/> During Hastati Squad's last field exercise of the 2526 term, Vickers did not understand Thomas Lasky's plan to engage the opposing force with feints, instead favoring an all-out attack that favored their equal numbers.<ref name="part 1"/> During the [[Battle of Circinius IV]], he attempted to gain access to locked ammunition lockers by using a fire extinguisher as a battering ram, and shortly afterwards, charged a [[Sangheili Zealot]] to give the rest of the squad a chance to escape.<ref name="part 4"/>


Although some of the other cadets had difficulty with the academy's physical training, Vickers instead felt that it was not severe enough.{{Ref/Reuse|interview}} In his time at Corbulo, he could often be found in his room doing handstand pushups.{{Ref/Reuse|part 1}} He was not particularly sociable and his aggressive demeanor did not earn him many friends. He was aware of this fact himself, but he viewed socialization as a distraction from the academy's focus of training people to work together professionally, and in terms of teamwork in the field he felt that he fit in perfectly. When asked what he would see himself doing in ten years, he stated that he might aim for a career similar to that of [[Black|General Black]], helping the UNSC prepare and train people fight the Insurrection.{{Ref/Reuse|interview}}
Although some of the other cadets had difficulty with the academy's physical training, Vickers instead felt that it was not severe enough.<ref name="interview"/> In his time at Corbulo, he could often be found in his room doing handstand pushups.<ref name="part 1"/> He was not particularly sociable and his aggressive demeanor did not earn him many friends. He was aware of this fact himself, but he viewed socialization as a distraction from the academy's focus of training people to work together professionally, and in terms of teamwork in the field he felt that he fit in perfectly. When asked what he would see himself doing in ten years, he stated that he might aim for a career similar to that of [[Black|General Black]], helping the UNSC prepare and train people fight the Insurrection.<ref name="interview"/>


Vickers felt that the UNSC was taking half-measures in its fight against [[Insurrectionist]]s,{{Ref/Reuse|squad}} and he despised [[Thomas Lasky]] as an "innie-lover". Vickers was much more cutting in his insults than the rest of Hastati Squad, going as far as to taunt Lasky over his [[Cadmon Lasky|older brother]]'s death. After he led Hastati Squad to victory in a field exercise, however, Vickers and Lasky's respect for each other improved.{{Ref/Reuse|part 3}}
Vickers felt that the UNSC was taking half-measures in its fight against [[Insurrectionist]]s,<ref name="squad"/> and he despised [[Thomas Lasky]] as an "innie-lover". Vickers was much more cutting in his insults than the rest of Hastati Squad, going as far as to taunt Lasky over his [[Cadmon Lasky|older brother]]'s death. After he led Hastati Squad to victory in a field exercise, however, Vickers and Lasky's respect for each other improved.<ref name="part 3"/>
 
==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==
===Fractures: Entrenched===
{{Notice/Fracture|Entrenched}}
'''Vickers''' was a Sky Marshal astro-ranger in the [[United Nations Space Command|Unified Nations Security Confederation]]. During the Final War, he was a part of a battalion of 300 Sky Marshals in a raid on the Project: PERPETUA factory complex on [[Covenant#Fracture: Entrenched|Covenant]] occupied [[Luna]]. Vickers was killed in a firefight with Covenant forces by an [[Type-1 energy sword|arcanoblade]].{{Ref/Site|Id=TLSM3|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/story-shard-the-last-sky-marshal#part-3|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=STORY SHARD: THE LAST SKY MARSHAL - PART 3|D=15|M=8|Y=2022}}


==Production notes==
==Production notes==
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==Sources==
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[[Category:Humans|Vickers, Walter]]
[[Category:Human characters|Vickers, Walter]]
[[Category:Corbulo Academy staff and cadets|Vickers, Walter]]
[[Category:Corbulo Academy staff and cadets|Vickers, Walter]]

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