Editing Vasily Beloi

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'''Corporal Vasily "Vaz" Beloi''', sometimes referred to as '''Vasya''', is a [[Corporal|non-commissioned officer]] in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] and an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]. In [[2553|January 2553]], he was assigned to [[Kilo-Five]], a highly covert intelligence unit under the command of [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Serin Osman]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''"Chapter 2"''</ref> 

==Biography==
===Early life===
Vasily was born in [[Wikipedia:Russia|Russia]] on [[Earth]]. When he was four, his father, [[Oleg Beloi]], left Earth for a few weeks to work on a construction project on [[Lostwithiel]]. However the Covenant attacked the colony while he was there, and Vaz never saw him again.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 98''</ref>

===Human-Covenant War===
After enlisting in the UNSC, Beloi saw eight years of combat until the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]],<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 216''</ref> and participated in over 100 [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOEIV]] drops.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 28''</ref> He served in the same unit as fellow ODSTs [[Malcolm Geffen]] and [[Emanuel Barakat]] and a solid camaraderie developed between them. During a battle on [[Imber]], Beloi, Geffen and Barakat hijacked a [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit]] to exfiltrate from the planet.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 64''</ref> They stashed it on [[Criterion]] and Vaz later wondered if the dropship was still there.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 429''</ref>

At some point in his life, Beloi dated a woman named Chrissie. However, she left him, and this kept Vaz awake at night. He then moved into a phase where he would get angry if someone mentioned her around him, but he eventually got over her.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''pages 124-127''</ref> Later, Mal would occasionally joke on Chrissie's expense to comfort Vaz.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 427''</ref>

===Post-war===
In [[2553|January 2553]], Beloi and Geffen were hand-picked by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] Commander-in-Chief, [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]], to serve under [[Serin Osman|Captain Serin Osman]] as part of a black operations team designated [[Kilo-Five]]. The team, comprised of pilot [[Lian Devereaux]], Dr. [[Evan Phillips]], Spartan [[Naomi-010]] and the AI, [[Black-Box]], were to incite an insurrection between the various [[Sangheili]] factions. On their way to the initial briefing in [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]] in [[Sydney]], they stopped by the ruins of the [[Parthenon]] bar to honor Emanuel Barakat, who had been killed in action during the final stages of the war.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 35''</ref> 

After being assigned to Kilo-Five, Beloi accompanied the team on a number of missions, operating on the {{UNSCShip|Port Stanley}}. These included dropping off tagged weaponry to [[Avu Med 'Telcam]] on [[New Llanelli]] to aid the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth|Abiding Truth]] insurgents, evacuating ONI agent [[Mike Spenser]] from the planet [[Reynes]], and an attempt to aid the {{UNSCShip|Ariadne}}, dead in space near [[Venezia]], only to arrive too late and witness the ship's destruction.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 67''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 161''</ref>

At one point, they seized the Covenant [[Hudal-class auxiliary vessel|auxiliary ship]] ''[[Piety]]'' and captured a [[Huragok]] named [[Requires Adjustment]]. Later on, they entered [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]], a [[Forerunner]] [[Dyson sphere]], and recovered the human survivors inside while arresting [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] under orders from Admiral Parangosky. Having learned the tragic truth behind the Spartan-IIs and the fate of their parents, Vaz approached Dr. Halsey’s compartment in an attempt to kill her but was convinced by BB to walk away.<ref name="g410">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 410''</ref>

In February 2553, Vaz, along with Captain Serin Osman, [[Terrence Hood|Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood]] and Evan Phillips, were the first humans to visit [[Sanghelios]]. There, [[Thel 'Vadam]] and Lord Hood discussed continued peace and the fragile state of both their species. Phillips accepted an offer from 'Vadam to return and study Sangheili culture on their homeworld.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''pages 358-361''</ref> Equipped with a fragment of BB, Phillips journeyed to Sanghelios, but not before being jested by Vaz about how the Sangheili couldn't pronounce his name correctly.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 419''</ref>

Shortly after, Vaz and Mal were assigned to meet with Spenser on Venezia. Once in Spenser's hideout in the city of [[New Tyne]], Spenser showed them pictures of all the insurrectionist leaders based on the planet. Vaz looked through the pictures and found one of them to be Naomi’s own father, [[Staffan Sentzke]]. However, their investigation was put on hold after an explosion in [[Ontom]], Sanghelios severed Kilo-Five's communication with BB's fragment and Phillips. They were retrieved by ''Port Stanley'' and sent in to recover him.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 456''</ref> 
 
===Mission on Sanghelios===
Arriving at Sanghelios during [[Blooding Years|'Telcam's assault on Vadam]], Kilo-Five searched for Phillips in the [[Temple of the Abiding Truth]]. They were initially refused entry into the temple by [[Olar]] because they were non-believers. As BB negotiated with him, a nearby Sangheili crowd became aggravated by their presence. Olar relented and allowed Kilo-Five inside the temple. After they realized that Phillips was no longer inside, they evacuated as the Sangheili mob stormed the area.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 179''</ref>

BB eventually located Phillips through an intercepted communication and they quickly traveled to [[Nes'alun Keep]] in [[Acroli]] to evacuate him. They extracted Phillips in the midst of a skirmish at the keep. When asked by the keep's lady, [[Elar 'Nas]], why they were abandoning them, Vaz replied "Not my war."<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 245''</ref> During their evacuation, their Pelican ''[[Tart-Cart]]'' was damaged by a [[Banshee]], forcing Devereaux to put her down for repairs. They were followed by a [[Phantom]] piloted by [[Forze 'Mdama]], who had been sent by 'Telcam to recover Phillips for them. Vaz conversed with Forze as he waited for 'Telcam's consent to hand Phillips over to them. After being instructed to help them with repairs, Forze handed over some pipes and wire and left. Devereaux was then able to get ''Tart-Cart'' off the ground.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 265''</ref>

On their flight back to ''Port Stanley'' a fire erupted and they had to re-route to the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. There, they witnessed ''Infinity'' in action as it helped the Arbiter by destroying many of the Abiding Truth's vessels. Parangosky then ordered them to extract their informant 'Telcam from the ground. As Kilo-Five abducted 'Telcam from the battle, ''Port Stanley'' posed as a [[Kig-Yar]] pirate ship and destroyed a few of 'Vadam's ships in order to maintain the stalemate between the two factions. They dropped 'Telcam off on New Llanelli and were later retrieved by ''Port Stanley''.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 329''</ref> 

===Venezian movement===
Following the "Thursday war," Kilo-Five quickly resumed its previous task and returned to Venezia. With Spenser's help, Vaz and Naomi went undercover as UNSC deserters and investigated Venezia's [[black market]]s. During their investigation of Insurrectionist activity on the planet, they spotted Staffan Sentzke in company with the [[T'vaoan]] [[Sav Fel]], the possessor of the battlecruiser ''[[Pious Inquisitor]]'', which had been prioritized as one of the objectives of Kilo-Five.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''pages 430-431''</ref> Out of risk that Naomi's past with Sentzke might compromise her cover, Mal replaced her as Vaz's partner. The two ODSTs set out to infiltrate the [[Venezian militia]] in order to gain information on Sentzke and ''Pious Inquisitor''.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 84''</ref>

Vaz and Mal met [[Nairn]] and were successful in infiltrating the local militia.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 147''</ref> They then met Staffan Sentzke and his son [[Edvin Sentzke|Edvin]] and were taken to see ''Pious Inquisitor'' due to their professed experience with Covenant equipment.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 183''</ref> Using a tracer planted by Vaz, Kilo-Five attempted to seize control of the ship using Venezia's slipspace communicator. However, their hack was foiled by the ship's [[Huragok]], [[Sometimes Sinks]], who alerted Sentzke of the attempted intrusion.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''pages 240-245''</ref>

Staffan Sentzke had Mal and Vaz captured and interrogated at the [[Stuttgart armory]]. Vaz revealed that he had information about Staffan's daughter; Sentzke subsequently took him into a more secure location in a nearby warehouse, where he continued to question him. Meanwhile, however, Black-Box used Mal and Vaz's [[neural interface|neural transponders]] to locate them.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''pages 261-283''</ref> While Naomi went to rescue Mal with the team's new dropship, ''[[Bogof]]'', Lian Devereaux took ''Tart-Cart'' to retrieve Vaz. Out of both sympathy for Sentzke and guilt over his own association with ONI, Vaz ensured that Devereaux would not harm him and that he would instead be taken prisoner. They subsequently returned to ''Port Stanley'' where Sentzke was informed about the Spartan program and allowed to reunite with his daughter.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 338''</ref>

===''Pious Inquisitor''===
{{Main|Skirmish on Pious Inquisitor}}
Meanwhile, a [[Kig-Yar]] privateer crew, led by [[Shipmistress]] [[Chol Von]], was contracted by 'Telcam located ''Pious Inquisitor''. The Kig-Yar boarded the ''Inquisitor'' and attempted to commandeer the ship for themselves. Sinks, distrustful of the Kig-Yar and only compliant to Sentzke's orders, placed the ship in complete lock-down. Once Kilo-Five located the ship, Sentzke convinced Sinks to allow them to come onboard.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 398''</ref> Planning to escape, Sentzke had Vaz promise to take care of Naomi and in turn gave his word to cease his aggression against Earth.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 421''</ref>

With Kilo-Five closing in on the ship's command center, Shipmistress Von set the ship to explode and escaped with her remaining crew. While Kilo-Five escaped to their dropships, Sentzke took a [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit]] from the shuttle bay but stayed in range to ensure Naomi was safe.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 445''</ref> Vaz requested BB to give Sentzke the file on Naomi's kidnapping to prove him right to his doubting family; BB complied and sent the files to Sentzke's Spirit. BB discovered Sinks had secretly rigged the Spirit with a miniature slipspace drive which would enable him and Sentzke to escape. Black-Box knew ONI would never stop hunting Sentzke if they knew he was alive and chose to erase his own recollection of the incident, leaving Kilo-Five to conclude that Sentzke had died when the ship exploded.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''pages 452-456''</ref>

With ''Pious Inquisitor'' no longer a threat, the mission was deemed a success. Kilo-Five was granted shore leave on [[Cascade]]. Vaz and Mal went to drink at a bar in the [[Old Admiralty Hotel]] in [[Kowloon]].<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 480''</ref> After returning aboard ''Port Stanley'', Vaz received an anonymous package in the mail. Naomi and the others gathered to inspect the contents, which were revealed to be a miniature chair for a doll's house Staffan was building for Naomi, and a [[planetarium lamp]] he had planned to give her on her sixth birthday. From this, Kilo-Five surmised that Sentzke was still alive, but they chose to honor their agreement with Sentzke and not inform the rest of ONI.

==Personality and traits==
Like many ODSTs, Vaz displays a characteristic gung-ho attitude and strong camaraderie among his peers. However, he also holds strong personal concepts of right and wrong and is uncompromising in his moral views, having a tendency of seeing moral conflicts as black and white.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 261''</ref> As a result, he was greatly distraught after learning about the origins of the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] and [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-IIIs]] programs as well as the young age of the SPARTAN-IIIs of [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 400-401''</ref> His sense of justice can be quite extreme, as demonstrated when he planned on killing Dr. Halsey for the suffering caused as a result of the SPARTAN-II program, convinced that justice would never be served otherwise.{{Ref/Reuse|g410}}

Due to having lost so many friends in the war, Vaz harbored a strong hatred for the [[Sangheili]] and privately believed it would be better if they were simply wiped out. This led to a number of arguments with [[Evan Phillips]], the team's expert on the Sangheili. 

He is of Russian descent and is a Russian citizen.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 409''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 321''</ref> This is evident, among other things, by his name, his heavy accent,<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 30''</ref> and his referring to [[World War II]] as the "Great Patriotic War."<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 33''</ref> He usually keeps three antique silver coins his grandmother gave him as lucky charms.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 178''</ref>

Vaz greatly enjoys watching the ''[[GlobeWar]]'' doomsday movies.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 443''</ref> He also enjoys hockey; during his time with Kilo-Five, he wondered if he could watch the finals, which were being held in St. Petersburg, on [[Waypoint]].<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 361''</ref>

==Physical appearance==
Beloi is described as having characteristically Slavic facial features, with high cheekbones, close-shaved hair and a lean overall appearance.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 385''</ref> He has a scar running the full width of his jaw,<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 83''</ref> a result of a close-quarters encounter with a Sangheili warrior.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 33''</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
*''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''

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[[Category:Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|Beloi, Vaz]]
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