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{{Title|CMA ''Heracles''}} | {{Title|CMA ''Heracles''}} | ||
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{{ | {{Individual ship infobox | ||
|name | |name=CMA ''Heracles'' | ||
|image | |image=[[File:CMA Heracles.jpg|300px]] | ||
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| | |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> | ||
{{ | |role= | ||
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| | |engine=Four fusion cores | ||
| | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] | ||
| | |hull=Two meters of [[Titanium-A armor]]<ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'''</ref> | ||
|countermeasures= | |||
| | |armament=*At least one [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]<ref name="HTFORAS">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]''</ref> | ||
| | *[[Missile]]s<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 119'' (2010)</ref> | ||
| | |firstuse= | ||
| | |commission= | ||
| | |lastsight= | ||
|destroyed= | |||
| | |battles=[[First Battle of Harvest]]<ref name="enc270">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 270'' (2011)</ref> | ||
| | |fleet=[[Battle Group 4]]<ref name="enc270"/> | ||
|captains | |namedcrew= | ||
| | |captains=[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Maribeau Veredi]]<ref name="enc270"/> | ||
|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 [[Battle Group 4]].<ref name="FoR99">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 96-99''</ref> | |||
'''CMA ''Heracles''''' was a {{Class|Hillsborough|destroyer}} in service with the [[Colonial Military | |||
==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 | 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]], 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 name="he459"/><ref name="FoR99"/> | ||
== | ''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 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|CENTCOM]] some knowledge on their new enemy. Battle Group 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"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:UNSC Heracles.png|The ''Heracles'' arrives at Harvest. | ||
File:FoR Heracles.png|''Heracles'' exits slipspace | File:FoR Heracles.png|''Heracles'' exits slipspace | ||
File:FoR Battle group 4.png|The ''Heracles'' and [[Battle Group 4]] orbit a glassed Harvest, shortly before the fleet's near-destruction. | File:FoR Battle group 4.png|The ''Heracles'' and [[Battle Group 4]] orbit a glassed Harvest, shortly before the fleet's near-destruction. | ||
