Editing Zelos Cuvier

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Captain '''Zelos Cuvier''' was an [[ODST]] commissioned officer of the [[United Nations Space Command]]. He commanded First Platoon Alpha Company of the [[21st Space Assault Battalion]] during the [[Insurrection]] and the opening months of the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS8|HSS|Chapter=8}}

==Biography==
===Operation: SILENT STORM===
{{Main|Operation: SILENT STORM}}
In early [[2526]], the 21st Space Assault Battalion—also known as the Black Daggers—were selected to join [[Task Force Yama]] as part of a daring new plan devised by Admirals [[Preston Cole]], [[Michael Stanforth]] and Doctor [[Catherine Halsey]] to combat the emerging [[Covenant]] threat. Following the success of previous [[Naval boarding|boarding]] actions taken against the vessels ''[[Minor Transgression]]'' and ''[[Unrelenting]]'', it was determined that similar tactics were likely to yield greater success rates against the technologically superior and much larger [[Covenant fleet]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS4|HSS|Chapter=4}} With the Black Daggers' experience in space assault operations during the Insurrection, they were chosen to join the task force to aid the assigned [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] in boarding and planting [[nuclear weapon]]s aboard Covenant warships, buying the UNSC time to prepare for future fleet actions {{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS5|HSS|Chapter=5}}

====Battle of Seoba====
{{Main|Battle of Seoba}}
In preparation for their first attack, [[Seoba Ice Quarry|an ice quarry]] on the [[Natural satellite|moon]] of [[Seoba]] was selected as a staging ground, due to its host planet [[Biko]] laying in the projected path of the Covenant. Upon arriving in the system, Task Force Yama discovered an [[Biko Independence Army|Insurrectionist]] base set up in the designated quarry. The Black Daggers and SPARTANs were authorized to engage and eliminate the insurgents to ensure Operation: SILENT STORM could go ahead as planned.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS7|HSS|Chapter=7}} [[John-117]] took the initiative, disobeying orders and diving out of [[UNSC Ghost Song|their prowler]] to cover the ODSTs as they deployed under fire. During this [[Battle of Seoba|engagement]], [[Ghost Flight]] had managed to damage the insurrectionists' communications outpost, ensuring that the rebels couldn't call for reinforcements and reveal the secret UNSC operation. However, a convoy of armored [[Civet]]s was slowly making its way up the frozen mountain to repair the array, and it was Alpha Company's job to stop them.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS8}}

When Cuvier regrouped on the ground with [[Blue Team]] and [[Lieutenant]] [[Nelly Hamm]], he commended Hamm as he thought that it had been her idea to deploy the Spartans first. She then suggested that the Spartans overtake and destroy the Civets by travelling up the inside of the abandoned [[mass driver]] that dominated the area. Cuvier signed off on the plan. He was however, unfortunately killed in the ensuing battle which directly resulted in the promotion of then Lieutenant Nelly Hamm to the rank of Captain and filling his role as Captain of First Platoon Alpha Company, much to the dismay of John-117.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS8}}

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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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