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{{Title|CMA ''Heracles''}} | |||
{{Era|UNSC|HCW}} | {{Era|UNSC|HCW}} | ||
{{Individual ship infobox | {{Individual ship infobox | ||
|name=CMA ''Heracles'' | |name=CMA ''Heracles'' | ||
|image=[[File:FoR Heracles.png|300px]] | |image=[[File:FoR Heracles.png|300px]] | ||
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| | |class={{Class|Hillsborough|destroyer}}<ref name="canonfodder">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Have S'moa'']</ref> | ||
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| | |engine=Four fusion cores | ||
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|slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | ||
|hull=Two meters of [[Titanium-A armor]]<ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref> | |||
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|countermeasures= | |countermeasures= | ||
|armament= | |armament=[[Missile]]s<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 119'' (2010)</ref> | ||
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|commission= | |commission= | ||
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|destroyed= | |destroyed= | ||
|battles=[[First Battle of Harvest]]<ref name="enc270">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 270'' (2011)</ref> | |||
|fleet=[[Battlegroup 4]]<ref name="enc270"/> | |||
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|namedcrew= | |namedcrew= | ||
|captains=[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Maribeau Veredi]] | |captains=[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Maribeau Veredi]]<ref name="enc270"/> | ||
|affiliation=[[Colonial Military Administration]]<ref name="he459">'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''page 459''</ref> | |||
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'''CMA ''Heracles''''' was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]-built {{Class|Hillsborough|destroyer}} in service with the [[Colonial Military Administration]].<ref name="he459"/><ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 67''</ref> ''Heracles'' was commanded by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Maribeau Veredi]] and the [[destroyer]] served as the lead ship of [[Battlegroup 4]].<ref name="FoR99">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 96-99''</ref> | |||
==History== | |||
===Investigation of Harvest=== | |||
On [[2525#February|February 3, 2525]], contact was lost with the [[Unified Earth Government]] [[Outer Colony]] of [[Harvest]], in the [[Epsilon Indi system]]. In response, the [[Colonial Military Administration]] sent the scout ship [[CMA Argo|''Argo'']] to investigate. The scout ship arrived in the system on [[2525#April|April 20, 2525]], but transmissions from ''Argo'' ended shortly after. As the issue became more serious, [[UNSC Fleet Command]] and the CMA sent [[Battlegroup 4]]—consisting of ''Heracles'', along with [[CMA Arabia|''Arabia'']] and [[CMA Vostok|''Vostok'']]—into the Epsilon Indi system to discover why the [[Colonial Administration Authority]] had lost contact with Harvest.<ref name="he459"/><ref name="FoR99"/> | |||
''Heracles'' and the rest of Battlegroup 4 arriving in the system on [[2525#October|October 7, 2525]]. Upon traveling to Harvest, the crew of the destroyer discovered that the planet's once-verdant surface had been [[Glassing|destroyed]] and that ''Argo'' was missing.<ref name="FoR99"/> While at Harvest, ''Heracles'' recovered a [[RQ-XII drone]] left behind eight months earlier by {{UNSCShip|Walk of Shame}}, the [[sloop]] of [[Jilan al-Cygni]]—an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] operative.<ref name="recovery">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 391''</ref> The [[battle group]] soon discovered a [[Covenant]] [[Covenant super-destroyer|super-destroyer]] in orbit over the planet.<ref name="FoR99"/> After a brief exchange of fire that lasted less than fourteen seconds,<ref name="he459"/> ''Arabia'' and ''Vostok'' were destroyed and ''Heracles'' was forced to retreat. Due to the extensive damage it had taken during the skirmish, ''Heracles'' took several weeks to return to [[Reach]] in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]].<ref name="FoR99"/> While the ship was repaired at Reach, the sensors logs of ''Heracles'' were analyzed to give [[Central Command]] some knowledge on their new enemy. Battlegroup 4's contact with the super-destroyer eventually led to the [[Battle of Harvest]], which resulted in a Pyrrhic UNSC victory and the destruction of the Covenant ship.<ref name="he459"/> | |||
==Trivia== | |||
The ship was named after [[Wikipedia:Heracles|Heracles]], a legendary hero from [[List of Greek mythology references in Halo|Greek mythology]]. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:FoR Battle group 4.png|The ''Heracles'' and [[Battlegroup 4]] orbit a glassed Harvest, shortly before the fleet's near-destruction. | File:FoR Battle group 4.png|The ''Heracles'' and [[Battlegroup 4]] orbit a glassed Harvest, shortly before the fleet's near-destruction. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{ | *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{Fm}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' {{1st}} |