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'''Captain Maribeau Veredi''' was a [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Naval officer]] during the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. He was the commanding officer of the {{UNSCShip|Heracles}} and commander of [[Battlegroup 4]]. He had the dubious honor of making the first recorded contact with the [[Covenant]].
 
[[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===
Captain Veredi led [[UNSC]] [[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, {{UNSCShip|Arabia}} and {{UNSCShip|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>.
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>


They entered the [[Harvest 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]]".
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, destroying both ''Arabia'' and ''Vostok'' and badly damaging the ''Heracles''. Before the ship attacked the Battlegroup, Veredi attempted to follow the UNSC's first contact protocol to no avail.
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>


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.
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}}


===[[Second Battle of Harvest]]===
==Trivia==
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.  
Despite the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' establishing Battle Group 4 as a CMA fleet element, Veredi's uniform tunic has a UNSC patch.


==Trivia==
==List of appearances==
*Technically, the Harvest colonists and [[Colonial Militia]] actually made contact with the Covenant before Veredi and Battlegroup 4. However, when Veredi and the ''Heracles'' returned to UNSC space, the survivors had still not been found and were presumed dead, making Veredi the first to report contact with the Covenant.
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''


==Appearances==
==Notes==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
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*''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
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Latest revision as of 08:46, January 27, 2024

Maribeau Veredi
Captain Maribeau Veredi on the bridge of CMA Heracles.
Personal details

Species:

Human

Gender:

Male

Political and military information

Affiliation:

Colonial Military Administration
United Nations Space Command

Rank:

Captain

Notable info:

Led the battle group that first encountered the Covenant.

 

Captain Maribeau Veredi was a Colonial Military Authority officer during the beginning of the Human-Covenant War. He was the commanding officer of the destroyer CMA Heracles and the commander of Battle Group 4. He had the dubious honor of making the first recorded contact with the Covenant.

Biography[edit]

Harvest[edit]

In 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 Arabia and the Vostok. They were deployed to discover why contact had been lost with the planet Harvest and the scout ship Argo, which had been deployed six months earlier.[1]

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[edit]

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.[Note 1] Before the ship attacked the Battle Group, Veredi attempted to follow the UNSC's first contact protocol to no avail.[2][3]

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 Gods, and we are their instrument."[1][2][3]

Trivia[edit]

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[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ According to Halo Wars: Genesis, Battle Group 4 was attacked by a Rasus-pattern interdictor. However, according to Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp, the Battle Group encountered the cruiser Rapid Conversion.

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 96-98
  2. ^ a b Halo Wars: Genesis
  3. ^ a b Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp