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'''Captain Maribeau Veredi''' was a [[ | |||
'''Captain Maribeau Veredi''' was a [[CMA]] officer during the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. He was the commanding officer of the [[CMA Heracles|CMA ''Heracles'']] and commander of [[Battlegroup 4]]. He had the dubious honor of making the first recorded contact with the [[Covenant]]. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===[[Harvest]]=== | ===[[Harvest]]=== | ||
Captain Veredi led | Captain Veredi led CMA [[Battlegroup 4]], the battlegroup that firstly encountered the [[Covenant]]. The battle group consisted of his own ship, the destroyer UNSC ''Heracles'' and two known frigates, [[CMA Arabia|CMA ''Arabia'']] and [[CMA Vostok|CMA ''Vostok''}}. Their deployment was aimed to discover the fate of the colony on the planet, [[Harvest]] <ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', page 96-98</ref>. | ||
They entered the [[ | They entered the [[Epsilon eridani system]] only to discover that everything on the planet had been completely incinerated and the surface melted down to glass. This was later dubbed "[[glassing]]". | ||
===First Contact=== | ===First Contact=== | ||
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Intercepted communications identified the enemy as "The [[Covenant]]". The message stated, "Your destruction is the will of the Gods, and we are their instrument." It was translated into [[English]] for UNSC personnel. | Intercepted communications identified the enemy as "The [[Covenant]]". The message stated, "Your destruction is the will of the Gods, and we are their instrument." It was translated into [[English]] for UNSC personnel. | ||
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Captain Veredi later served during the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] where he again commanded the repaired UNSC ''Heracles'' and accompanied [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] into the system, successfully retaking it from the Covenant. | Captain Veredi later served during the [[Second Battle of Harvest]] where he again commanded the repaired UNSC ''Heracles'' and accompanied [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] into the system, successfully retaking it from the Covenant. | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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