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The '''CMA ''Heracles''''' was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]-built [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] used by the [[Colonial Military Administration]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 67''</ref> The ''Heracles'' was commanded by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Maribeau Veredi]]. It served as the lead ship of [[Battlegroup 4]].<ref name="FoR99">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 96-99''</ref>

On [[2525#October|October 7, 2525]], the ''Heracles'', along with the rest of Battlegroup 4, the [[CMA Arabia|''Arabia'']] and the [[CMA Vostok|''Vostok'']], was sent into the [[Epsilon Indi system]] to discover why the [[Colonial Administration Authority]] had lost contact with the colony world [[Harvest]] and the scout ship [[CMA Argo|''Argo'']], which had been dispatched six months earlier. The crew discovered that the planet had been [[Glassing|destroyed]] and that the ''Argo'' was missing; it immediately encountered a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] vessel in orbit. After a brief exchange of fire, the ''Arabia'' and the ''Vostok'' were destroyed and the ''Heracles'' was forced to retreat. Due to the extensive damage it had taken during the skirmish, the ''Heracles'' took several weeks to return to [[Reach]].<ref name="FoR99"/> The ship was repaired at Reach, and later returned to [[Second Battle of Harvest|reclaim]] Harvest as part of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole's]] battlefleet.<ref>'''Halo Wars: Genesis'''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole'', ''page ???''</ref>[[File:FoR Battlegroup 4.png|thumb|300px|The ''Heracles'', the ''Arabia'', and the ''Vostok'' arrive at Harvest.]]

While at Harvest, it recovered a [[RQ-XII drone]] left by [[Jilan al-Cygni]] an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] operative, eight months earlier.<ref name="recovery">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 391''</ref>

*The ship was named after [[wikipedia:Heracles|Heracles]], a legendary hero from [[List of Greek mythology references in Halo|Greek mythology]].

*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{First mentioned}}