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{{Character | {{Character infobox | ||
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|name=Maribeau Veredi | |name=Maribeau Veredi | ||
|image=[[ | |image=[[File:HWG Veredi.png|300px]] | ||
|homeworld= | |homeworld= | ||
|birth= | |birth= | ||
|death= | |death= | ||
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|species=[[Human]] | |species=[[Human]] | ||
|gender=Male | |gender=Male | ||
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| | |affiliation=Colonial Military Administration<br>[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
| | |rank=[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] | ||
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|notable=Led the battle group that first encountered the Covenant. | |notable=Led the battle group that first encountered the Covenant. | ||
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''' | [[Captain]] '''Maribeau Veredi''' was a [[Colonial Military Authority]] officer during the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. He was the commanding officer of the [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] {{CMAShip|Heracles}} and the commander of [[Battle Group 4]]. He had the dubious honor of making the first recorded contact with the [[Covenant]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Harvest=== | ===Harvest=== | ||
In [[2525#October|October 2525]], Captain Veredi led CMA | In [[2525#October|October 2525]], Captain Veredi led CMA Battle Group 4. The battle group consisted of his own ship, the destroyer UNSC ''Heracles'' and two frigates, the [[CMA Arabia|''Arabia'']] and the [[CMA Vostok|''Vostok'']]. They were deployed to discover why contact had been lost with the planet [[Harvest]] and the scout ship [[CMA Argo|''Argo'']], which had been deployed six months earlier.<ref name="TFoR">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 96-98''</ref> | ||
On October 7, the battle group entered the [[Epsilon Indi system]] only to discover that the planet had been rendered a wasteland, with what left that was not incinerated into molten glass undergoing a nuclear winter. This high-temperature bombardment would later become known as "[[glassing]]". | On October 7, the battle group entered the [[Epsilon Indi system]] only to discover that the planet had been rendered a wasteland, with what left that was not incinerated into molten glass undergoing a nuclear winter. This high-temperature bombardment would later become known as "[[glassing]]". | ||
===First contact=== | ===First contact=== | ||
In orbit around the remains of the colony world was a single alien ship, which proceeded to attack the battle group; within one minute, it destroyed both the ''Arabia'' and the ''Vostok'' and badly damaged the ''Heracles''.<ref group="Note">According to ''Halo Wars: Genesis'', | In orbit around the remains of the colony world was a single alien ship, which proceeded to attack the battle group; within one minute, it destroyed both the ''Arabia'' and the ''Vostok'' and badly damaged the ''Heracles''.<ref group="Note">According to ''Halo Wars: Genesis'', Battle Group 4 was attacked by a {{Pattern|Rasus|interdictor}}. However, according to ''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp'', the Battle Group encountered the cruiser ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''.</ref> Before the ship attacked the Battle Group, Veredi attempted to follow the UNSC's first contact protocol to no avail.<ref name="Genesis">'''Halo Wars: Genesis'''</ref><ref name="Boot Camp">''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp''</ref> | ||
The aliens tranmitted a message to the ''Heracles'', which had already been translated into [[English]] The message stated, ''"Your destruction is the will of the [[Forerunner|Gods]], and we are their instrument."''{{Ref/Reuse|TFoR}}{{Ref/Reuse|Genesis}}{{Ref/Reuse|Boot Camp}} | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
Despite the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'' establishing | Despite the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' establishing Battle Group 4 as a CMA fleet element, Veredi's uniform tunic has a UNSC patch. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' | **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' | ||
== | ==Notes== | ||
<references group="Note"/> | <references group="Note"/> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
[[Category:Colonial Military | [[Category:Human characters|Veredi, Maribeau]] | ||
[[Category:Colonial Military Authority personnel|Veredi, Maribeau]] | |||