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| {{Title|CMA ''Heracles''}} | | {{Title|CMA ''Heracles''}} |
| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|UNSC|HCW}} |
| {{Infobox/Ships | | {{Individual ship infobox |
| |name = ''Heracles'' | | |name=CMA ''Heracles'' |
| |image = [[File:CMA Heracles.jpg|300px]] | | |image=[[File:FoR Heracles.png|300px]] |
| |caption = CMA ''Heracles'' entering orbit over a post-glassing Harvest. | | |manufacturer= |
| |modules = | | |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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| |country = [[Colonial Administration Authority]] | | |length= |
| |country flag = {{Icon|CAA}} | | |width= |
| |name = ''Heracles''
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| |class = {{Class|Hillsborough|heavy destroyer}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFMoa}} | | |engine=Four fusion cores |
| |namesake = [[Wikipedia:Heracles|Heracles]] | | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] |
| |identification = | | |hull=Two meters of [[Titanium-A armor]]<ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref> |
| |operator = [[CMA Navy]]{{Ref/Novel|Id=FOR11|HTFOR|Chapter=11}}{{Ref/Anthology|Id=Cole|Evo|The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole|Section=Six: The Covenant War: The Cole Campaigns (2525–2532 CE)}}
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| |manufacturer = | | |armament=[[Missile]]s<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 119'' (2010)</ref> |
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| |laid down = | | |commission= |
| |launched = | | |lastsight= |
| |commissioned = | | |destroyed= |
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| | |battles=[[First Battle of Harvest]]<ref name="enc270">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 270'' (2011)</ref> |
| |fate = <!--The ultimate fate of the ship, if it is no longer in present service--> | | |fleet=[[Battlegroup 4]]<ref name="enc270"/> |
| |status = <!--The current status of the ship if it is still active, and one is known--> | | |namedcrew= |
| |captains = [[Maribeau Veredi]]{{Ref/Reuse|FOR11}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=270}} | | |captains=[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Maribeau Veredi]]<ref name="enc270"/> |
| |ai = | | |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> |
| |type = [[UNSC destroyer|Destroyer]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=125}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFMoa|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Have S'moa|D=09|M=07|Y=2021}}
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| |length = {{Convert|1725.7|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| |mass = 2 million tonnes{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| |power = [[Fusion reactor]]
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| |maneuver drive = [[Fusion drive]]
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| |slipspace drive = [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]
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| |hull = {{Convert|2|m|ft}} [[Titanium-A armor]]{{Ref/Comic|Id=Genesis|HWG|Page=3}}
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| |ew =
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| *1 [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|83B6R1 MAC]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| *4 [[Sentry autocannon|M60 Sentry autocannons]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| *56 [[Ares missile|M48 Ares missiles]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| *7 [[M870 Rampart point defense gun]]s{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| '''CMA ''Heracles''''' was a {{Class|Hillsborough|destroyer}} in service with the [[Colonial Military Authority]].{{Ref/Reuse|Cole}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} ''Heracles'' was commanded by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Maribeau Veredi]] and the [[destroyer]] served as the lead ship of [[Battle Group 4]].{{Ref/Reuse|FOR11}} | |
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| ===Investigation of Harvest=== | | ===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 Authority]] sent the scout ship [[CMA Argo|''Argo'']] to investigate. The scout ship arrived in the system on [[2525#April|April 20]], but transmissions from ''Argo'' ended shortly after. As the issue became more serious, [[UNSC Fleet Command]] and the CMA sent [[Battle Group 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/Reuse|Cole}}{{Ref/Reuse|FOR11}} | | 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"/> |
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| ''Heracles'' and the rest of Battle Group 4 arriving in the system on [[2525#October|October 7]]. 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/Reuse|FOR11}} 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/Novel|HCH|Chapter=Epilogue}} The [[battle group]] soon detected a [[Covenant]] {{Pattern|Rasus|interdictor}}, ''[[Heaven's Brilliant Bier]]'', in orbit over the planet. Following protocol,{{Ref/Reuse|FOR11}} ''Heracles'' attempted to initiate communications with the ship. The interdictor responded by broadcasting the message: "''Your destruction is the will of the gods, and we are their instrument''", and then opened fire.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://www.halowars.com/gameinfo/timeline2.aspx|Site=Official Halo Wars Community Site|Page=Timeline|D=21|M=12|Y=2017|LocalArchive=Archive:Halowars.com/Timeline}}{{Ref/Game|HW|Halo Wars Timeline Events|Timeline Events|Detail=7 October, 2525}} After a brief exchange of fire that lasted less than fourteen seconds,{{Ref/Reuse|Cole}} ''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/Reuse|FOR11}}{{Ref/Comic|HFORBC|Issue=4}}{{Ref/Book|Enc11|Page=205}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} While the ship was repaired at Reach, the sensors logs of ''Heracles'' were analyzed to give [[Central Command|CENTCOM]] some knowledge on their new enemy. Battle Group 4's contact with the interdictor eventually led to the [[Battle of Harvest]], which resulted in a pyrrhic UNSC victory and the destruction of the Covenant ship.{{Ref/Reuse|Cole}}
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| ==Production notes== | | ''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 detected a [[Covenant]] [[Covenant super-destroyer|super-destroyer]] in orbit over the planet. Following protocol,<ref name="FoR99"/> ''Heracles'' attempted to initiate communications with the ship. The super-destroyer responded by broadcasting the message: "''Your destruction is the will of the gods, and we are their instrument''", and then opened fire.<ref>[http://www.halowars.com/gameinfo/timeline2.aspx '''Official Halo Wars Community Site''': ''Timeline'']</ref> 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"/> |
| In the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' and its [[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)|2011 reprint]], the ''Heracles'' is incorrectly identified as the "UNSC ''Heracles''", a mistake carried to the other CMA vessels of Battle Group 4. This issue is also present in ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'', in which the ''Heracles''{{'}} crew are shown to wear [[UNSC Navy Service Uniform]]s.
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:HWG CMAHeracles.png|The ''Heracles'' arrives at Harvest. | | File:UNSC Heracles.png|The ''Heracles'' arrives at Harvest. |
| File:HWG_CMAHeracles_Engines.png|The [[fusion drive]]s of ''Heracles''.
| | File:FoR Battle group 4.png|The ''Heracles'' and [[Battlegroup 4]] orbit a glassed Harvest, shortly before the fleet's near-destruction. |
| File:FoR Heracles.png|''Heracles'' exits slipspace
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| File:FoR Battle group 4.png|The ''Heracles'' and [[Battle Group 4]] orbit a glassed Harvest, shortly before the fleet's near-destruction. | |
| File:TFoR AS - Harvest glassed.jpg|Battle Group 4 discover Harvest's fate
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| File:TFoR AS - Heracles damaged.jpg|Heracles, damaged by its engagement with the Covenant ship
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Mo}} | | *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Mo}} |
| *''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
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| **''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'' |
| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' | | **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:Hillsborough-class destroyers|Heracles]]
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| [[Category:Colonial Military Administration ships|Heracles]] | | [[Category:Human Ships|Heracles]] |
