Vasily Beloi

Corporal Vasily "Vaz" Beloi is a human non-commissioned officer in the UNSC Marine Corps and an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper.

Human-Covenant War
After enlisting in the UNSC, Beloi saw eight years of combat until the end of the Human-Covenant War, and participated in over 100 SOEIV drops. He served in the same unit as fellow ODSTs Malcolm Geffen and Emanuel Barakat and a solid camaraderie developed between them. During a battle on Imber, Beloi, Geffen and Barakat hijacked a Spirit to exfiltrate from the planet.

Post-war
In January 2553, Beloi and Geffen were hand-picked by the Office of Naval Intelligence Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Margaret Parangosky, to serve under Captain Serin Osman as part of a black operations team designated Kilo-Five. On their way to the initial briefing in HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 in Sydney, they stopped by in the ruins of bar Parthenon to honor Emanuel Barakat, who had been killed in action during the final stages of the war.

After being assigned to Kilo-Five, Beloi accompanied the team on a number of missions, operating on the. These included dropping off tagged Sangheili weaponry to Avu Med 'Telcam on New Llanelli to aid Sangheili insurrection, evacuating ONI agent Mike Spenser from the planet Reynes, and an attempt to aid the, dead in space near Venezia, only to arrive too late and witness the ship's destruction.

At one point, they seized the Covenant auxiliary ship Piety and captured a Huragok. Later on, they entered Shield World 006, a Forerunner Dyson sphere, and recovered the human survivors inside while arresting Dr. Halsey under orders from Admiral Parangosky. Having learned the tragic truth behind the Spartan-II's and the fate of their parents, Vaz approached Dr. Halsey’s compartment in an attempt to kill her but was convinced by BB to walk away.

In February 2553, Vaz, along with Captain Serin Osman, Admiral Lord Terrence Hood and Evan Phillips, were the first humans to visit Sanghelios. There, 'Vadam and Lord Hood discussed continued peace and the fragile state of both their species. Phillips accepted an offer from 'Vadam to return and study Sangheili culture on their homeworld. Equipped with a fragment of BB, Phillips journeyed to Sanghelios, but not before being jested by Vaz about how the Sangheili couldn't pronounce his name correctly.

Shortly after, Vaz and Mal were assigned to meet with Spencer on Venezia. Once in Spenser's hideout in the city of New Tyne, Spencer showed them pictures of all the insurrectionist leaders based on the planet. Vaz looked through the pictures and found one of them to be Naomi’s father, Staffan Sentzke. However, their investigation was put on hold after an explosion in Ontom, Sanghelios severed Kilo-Five's communication with BB's fragment and Phillips. They were then retrieved by Port Stanley and sent in to recover him.

Venezian movement
Kilo-Five quickly resumed its previous task and returned to Venezia. With Spencer's help, Vaz and Naomi went undercover and investigated Venezia's black markets. During their investigation of Insurrectionist activity on the planet, they spotted Staffan Sentzke in company with the possessor of Pious Inquisitor, skirmisher Sav Fel.

Personality and traits
Beloi holds strong personal concepts of right and wrong and is uncompromising in his moral views, having a tendency of seeing moral conflicts as black and white. As a result, he was greatly distraught after learning about the origins of the SPARTAN-II and SPARTAN-IIIs programs as well as the young age of the SPARTAN-IIIs of Gamma Company. His sense of justice can be quite extreme, as demonstrated when he planned on killing Dr. Halsey for the suffering caused as a result of the SPARTAN-II program, convinced that justice would never be served otherwise.

Due to having lost so many friends in the war, Vaz harbored a strong hatred for the Sangheili and privately believed it would be better if they were simply wiped out. This led to a number of arguments with Evan Phillips, the team's expert on the Sangheili.

He is of Russian descent and is a Russian citizen. This is evident, among other things, by his name, his heavy accent, and his referring to World War II as the "Great Patriotic War."

Appearance
Beloi is described as having characteristically Slavic facial features, with high cheekbones, close-shaved hair and a lean overall appearance. He has a scar running the full width of his jaw, a result of a close-quarters encounter with a Sangheili warrior.

Trivia

 * He greatly enjoys watching the GlobeWar doomsday movies.
 * Vaz enjoys hockey, wondering if he could watch the finals, which were being held in St. Petersburg, on Waypoint.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Glasslands
 * Halo: The Thursday War