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'''Herzog''' was an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] [[Colonel]], ostensibly in Section Three though secretly working for Section Zero. He led a variety of investigations for several years along with his friend [[Avi]]. When Avi retired, he continued to remain active despite his friend's encouragement that he join him in retirement. Although Herzog had been married, it ultimately ended in divorce.

==UNSC ''Apocalypso''==

Herzog's interest, in the ONI spyship ''[[Apocalypso]]'' began with him recruiting [[MacKaskill]], the ship's mechanic, whom he instructed to report to him should anything notable occur. It's possible, that Herzog learned through him that the ''Apocalypso'' had intercepted [[Covenant]] transmissions detailing upcoming attacks on the [[UNSC]] colony worlds of [[Troy]] and [[Harmony]]; however, when the ship picked up the mysterious [[Deep-Space Artifact]], MacKaskill's attempt to contact him was thwarted, by the ship's [[AI]], [[Melissa]], who knew that if the transmission was sent MacKaskill could be tried for treason and felt protective of her crew member.

When the artifact's activation caused a bizarre [[Slipspace anomaly]] that crashed the ship in [[Lunar]] orbit and disrupted all communications within the [[Solar System]], Herzog's interests extended to the ambitious [[Major]] [[Standish]]. Standish believed, the artifact to be a prototype of a new Covenant weapon and sought to uncover its secrets before anyone else. To do this, he had everyone who served aboard the ''Apocalypso'' suffer a fatal "accident", and moved the artifact into his [[Building 41|own lab]] for study.

Herzog, however, managed to speak to the ''Apocalypso''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Greene|captain]] before her vehicle [[Roadware|drove her]] into the path of a bus, and he learned of the artifact. On Avi's advice, he recruited a young analyst named [[Rani Sobeck]] to help him keep an eye on the [[Chawla Base|base]] where the artifact was housed, as well as some investigative work into the matters of Troy and Harmony. Proud of her work, he accidentally gave away too much information while trading banter with Standish, leading to the latter's attempt to assassinate her. Herzog's man took out Standish's man with a [[Hard Sound Rifle]] before he could get to Rani, and Herzog was able to use the incident to get Standish in trouble with an admiral. In retaliation, Standish had Herzog's car drive him at full speed over a cliff, killing him.

Despite Herzog's death, his persona was taken over by a fragment of Melissa, who was split apart with the artifact's activation, known as the [[Operator]]. The Operator, desperately needed to communicate how to deactivate the artifact to another of Melissa's fragments, known as [[Durga]], but was afraid that Durga wouldn't trust her. She manufactured a scene between Herzog and MacKaskill detailing the artifact's activation sequence, disguising it as surveillance Durga took while spying on Herzog. It worked so well that she was later startled to learn that Herzog, had indeed died in the crash.

==Sub-Chatter==

On September 12, [[2552]] two individuals known as Mike44236 and Echo23023 shared a conversation through sub-chatter. Among the things they mentioned was an agent known as Sierra10852, implied to be Standish, who was executed for killing Herzog.<ref>[[Halo Graphic Novel Pg122|Halo Graphic Novel]], Page 122</ref>

==Trivia==

*He often liked to use a fake voice called the Cranky Old Man to complain about things.

==References==

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