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Though the efforts to retake Harvest would not end until [[2531]], Buck's would be called elsewhere in the midst of it, and in [[2528]] he fought during the [[Fall of Madrigal]].<ref name="lootcrate2"/> On December 24, [[2530]], Buck was attached to [[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]'s fleet during the [[Battle of the Great Bear]] over [[Groombridge-1830]].<ref name="lootcrate2"/> He was part of one of two tactical strike teams which recovered a [[Sangheili]] [[Subject 386|survivor]] within an enclosed compartment which had survived landfall at [[Waterford]], [[Lemuria (province)|Lemuria]] on the planet that day at approximately 1805 hours [[Military Standard Time|MST]]. It was from this Sangheili, dubbed Subject 386, that the UNSC first truly learned why the Covenant was waging a war of extermination against humanity. In [[2532]], Buck fought in the [[Battle of Vodin]]. During that same year, he enrolled in an enlistment survey program for the [[ODST]] program. Three years later, he participated in the [[Battle of Charybdis IX]].<ref name="lootcrate2"/> Come [[2542]], he found himself fighting in the [[Battle for Alluvion]]. | Though the efforts to retake Harvest would not end until [[2531]], Buck's would be called elsewhere in the midst of it, and in [[2528]] he fought during the [[Fall of Madrigal]].<ref name="lootcrate2"/> On December 24, [[2530]], Buck was attached to [[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]'s fleet during the [[Battle of the Great Bear]] over [[Groombridge-1830]].<ref name="lootcrate2"/> He was part of one of two tactical strike teams which recovered a [[Sangheili]] [[Subject 386|survivor]] within an enclosed compartment which had survived landfall at [[Waterford]], [[Lemuria (province)|Lemuria]] on the planet that day at approximately 1805 hours [[Military Standard Time|MST]]. It was from this Sangheili, dubbed Subject 386, that the UNSC first truly learned why the Covenant was waging a war of extermination against humanity. In [[2532]], Buck fought in the [[Battle of Vodin]]. During that same year, he enrolled in an enlistment survey program for the [[ODST]] program. Three years later, he participated in the [[Battle of Charybdis IX]].<ref name="lootcrate2"/> Come [[2542]], he found himself fighting in the [[Battle for Alluvion]]. | ||
At some point prior to [[2545]], Buck's father was killed in a traffic accident.<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', ''page 17'' (Google Play edition)</ref><ref group="note">When entering a vehicle in ''Halo: Reach''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Firefight mode, Buck may sometimes say, ''"Hey hey! My father had one of these! It's how he died."'' While it is obvious that his father's vehicle was not of Covenant origin, this quote may be said when Buck enters any vehicle.</ref> In 2545, after an extended period of [[Cryo chamber|cryosleep]] during a [[slipstream space]] jump between [[Mars]] and [[Hardscrabble]], Buck learned of the Covenant attack on his homeworld and the slaughter of all its citizens, including his family and relatives. He obsessively watched video footage of the [[Unggoy]] and [[Kig-Yar]] hunting down and devouring the human survivors, which fueled his hatred of the Covenant and further steeled his fighting resolve. He requested an offical transfer to the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] immediately afterwards; his request was granted three weeks later, on February 27.<ref name="nb15"/><ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/703617603453870081 '''Jessica Shea Twitter''' ''Today in Halo 2/27/2545'']</ref> His [[commanding officer]] ordered Buck to take some shore leave, claiming that his presence was "jeopardizing others". Only when she threatened to send him in for a psychiatric evaluation, did he relent. He took his shore leave at [[Castellaneta]], over [[Saturn]], where he first met Captain [[Veronica Dare]]. The two spent their week together, until Buck eventually realized that she worked for the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref name="nb26"/> Although the two parted on rough terms, at some point they reconciled and Buck even asked her to marry him, though Dare unfortunately remained silent, a decision that continued to haunt Buck throughout all of his career.<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''' ('''Buck''': ''"The last person who looked at me like that was the Captain and I asked her to marry me, so... you know."'')</ref><ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''[[Tayari Plaza (level)|Tayari Plaza]]'' ('''Dare''': ''"You don't really remember, that night? What you asked me in the morning?"'' '''Buck''': ''"I remember not getting an answer."'')</ref> The two were eventually forced to split up due to Dare's job with Section One of ONI.<ref name="plaza">'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''Tayari Plaza''</ref> Buck soon gained command of the ODST [[squad]] [[Alpha-Nine]]. Throughout the remainder of the war, Buck intentionally sabotaged and turned down numerous promotions in order to remain a squad leader.<ref name="H5GLtd"/> | At some point prior to [[2545]], Buck's father was killed in a traffic accident.<ref>'''Halo: New Blood''', ''page 17'' (Google Play edition)</ref><ref group="note">When entering a vehicle in ''Halo: Reach''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Firefight mode, Buck may sometimes say, ''"Hey hey! My father had one of these! It's how he died."'' While it is obvious that his father's vehicle was not of Covenant origin, this quote may be said when Buck enters any vehicle.</ref> In 2545, after an extended period of [[Cryo chamber|cryosleep]] during a [[slipstream space]] jump between [[Mars]] and [[Hardscrabble]], Buck learned of the Covenant attack on his homeworld and the slaughter of all its citizens, including his family and relatives. He obsessively watched video footage of the [[Unggoy]] and [[Kig-Yar]] hunting down and devouring the human survivors, which fueled his hatred of the Covenant and further steeled his fighting resolve. He requested an offical transfer to the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] immediately afterwards; his request was granted three weeks later, on February 27.<ref name="nb15"/><ref>[https://twitter.com/bsangel/status/703617603453870081 '''Jessica Shea Twitter''' ''Today in Halo 2/27/2545'']</ref> His [[commanding officer]] ordered Buck to take some shore leave, claiming that his presence was "jeopardizing others". Only when she threatened to send him in for a psychiatric evaluation, did he relent. He took his shore leave at [[Castellaneta]], over [[Saturn]], where he first met Captain [[Veronica Dare]]. The two spent their week together, until Buck eventually realized that she worked for the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref name="nb26"/> Although the two parted on rough terms, at some point they reconciled and Buck even asked her to marry him, though Dare unfortunately remained silent, a decision that continued to haunt Buck throughout all of his career.<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''' ('''Buck''': ''"The last person who looked at me like that was the Captain and I asked her to marry me, so... you know."'')</ref><ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''[[Tayari Plaza (level)|Tayari Plaza]]'' ('''Dare''': ''"You don't really remember, that night? What you asked me in the morning?"'' '''Buck''': ''"I remember not getting an answer."'')</ref> The two were eventually forced to split up due to Dare's job with Section One of ONI.<ref name="plaza">'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''Tayari Plaza''</ref> Buck soon gained command of the ODST [[squad]] [[Alpha-Nine]]. Throughout the remainder of the war, Buck intentionally sabotaged and turned down numerous promotions in order to remain a squad leader.<ref name="H5GLtd"/>At some point between April 26, [[2526]] and [[2544]], Buck participated in [[Operation: ABLE SENTRY]], a force reconnaissance mission to prepare the way for [[Operation: PHALANX]], which was involved the evacuation of civilians and observation of enemy invasion patterns at [[Circinius IV]]. | ||
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