Vasily Beloi

Corporal Vasily "Vaz" Beloi, sometimes referred to as Vasya, is a 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. They stashed it on Criterion and Vaz later wondered if the dropship was still there.

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. The team, comprised of pilot Lian Devereaux, Dr. Evan Phillips, Spartan Naomi-010 and the AI, Black-Box, were to incite an insurrection between the various Sangheili factions. On their way to the initial briefing in HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6 in Sydney, they stopped by the ruins of the Parthenon bar 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 weaponry to Avu Med 'Telcam on New Llanelli to aid the Abiding Truth insurgents, 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 named Requires Adjustment. 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, Thel '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 own 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 retrieved by Port Stanley and sent in to recover him.

Mission on Sanghelios
Arriving at Sanghelios during 'Telcam's assault on Vadam, Kilo-Five searched for Phillips in the Temple of the Abiding Truth. They were initially refused entry into the temple by Olar because they were nonbelievers. As BB negotiated with him, a nearby Sangheili crowd became aggravated by their presence. Olar relented and allowed Kilo-Five inside the temple. After they realized that Phillips was no longer inside, they evacuated as the Sangheili mob stormed the area.

BB eventually located Phillips through an intercepted communication and they quickly traveled to Nes'alun Keep in Acroli to evacuate him. They extracted Phillips in the midst of a skirmish at the keep. When asked by the keep's lady, Elar 'Nas, why they were abandoning them, Vaz replied "Not my war." During their evacuation, their pelican Tart-Cart was damaged by a Banshee, forcing Devereaux to put her down for repairs. They were followed by a Phantom piloted by Forze 'Mdama, who had been sent by 'Telcam to recover Phillips for them. Vaz conversed with Forze as he waited for 'Telcam's consent to hand Phillips over to them. After being instructed to help them with repairs, Forze handed over some pipes and wire and left. Devereaux was then able to get Tart-Cart off the ground.

On their flight back to Port Stanley a fire erupted and they had to re-route to the. There, they witnessed Infinity in action as it helped the Arbiter by destroying many of the Abiding Truth's vessels. Parangosky then ordered them to extract their informant 'Telcam from the ground. As Kilo-Five abducted 'Telcam from the battle, Port Stanley posed as a Kig-Yar pirate ship and destroyed a few of 'Vadam's ships in order to maintain the stalemate between the two factions. They dropped 'Telcam off on New Llanelli and were later retrieved by Port Stanley.

Venezian movement
Following the "Thursday war," Kilo-Five quickly resumed its previous task and returned to Venezia. With Spencer's help, Vaz and Naomi went undercover as UNSC deserters 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.
 * Vaz usually keeps three antique silver coins his grandmother gave him as lucky charms.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Glasslands
 * Halo: The Thursday War
 * Halo: Mortal Dictata