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| | {{Era|HCW}} |
| {{Title|CMA ''Heracles''}} | | {{Title|CMA ''Heracles''}} |
| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Individual ship infobox |
| {{Infobox/Ships
| | |name=CMA ''Heracles'' |
| |name = ''Heracles'' | | |image=[[File:FoR Heracles.png|250px]] |
| |image = [[File:CMA Heracles.jpg|300px]] | | |class=[[UNSC destroyer|Destroyer]] |
| |caption = CMA ''Heracles'' entering orbit over a post-glassing Harvest. | | |manufacturer= |
| |modules = | | |modifier= |
| {{Infobox/Ships/Individual
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| |country = [[Colonial Administration Authority]] | | |length={{Convert|485|m|ft}} |
| |country flag = {{Icon|CAA}} | | |width={{Convert|242.50|m|ft}} |
| |name = ''Heracles'' | | |height={{Convert|600|m|ft}} |
| |class = {{Class|Hillsborough|heavy destroyer}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFMoa}}
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| |namesake = [[Wikipedia:Heracles|Heracles]] | | |max speed space= |
| |identification = | | |max speed air= |
| |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)}} | | |engine=4 fusion cores |
| |manufacturer = | | |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] |
| |architect = | | |poweroutput= |
| |laid down = | | |power=Deuterium(reserve) Fusion cores |
| |launched = | | |shield gen= |
| |commissioned = | | |hull=2 meters of [[Titanium-A armor]] |
| |decommissioned = | | |sensor=N\A |
| |fate = <!--The ultimate fate of the ship, if it is no longer in present service--> | | |target=(Manual and point defensive AIs due to maintenance requests) |
| |status = <!--The current status of the ship if it is still active, and one is known--> | | |navigation= |
| |captains = [[Maribeau Veredi]]{{Ref/Reuse|FOR11}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=270}} | | |avionics= |
| |ai = | | |countermeasures= |
| |motto = | | |armament= |
| |badge = | | |complement= |
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| | |skeleton= |
| | |passengers= |
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| | |firstsight=[[2525]] |
| | |destroyed= |
| | |retired= |
| | |lastsight=[[2525]] |
| | |battles=*[[First Battle of Harvest#UNSC Investigation|Investigation of Harvest]] |
| | *[[Second Battle of Harvest]] |
| | |affiliation= [[Colonial Military Administration]] |
| | |fleet= |
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| | |owners= |
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| | |captains=[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Maribeau Veredi]] |
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| |nocollapse = yes
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| |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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| *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==
| | The '''CMA ''Heracles''''' was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]-built [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] used by the [[Colonial Military Administration]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 67''</ref> The ''Heracles'' was commanded by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Maribeau Veredi]]. It served as the lead ship of [[Battlegroup 4]].<ref name="FoR99">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 96-99''</ref> |
| ===Investigation of Harvest===
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| 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}}
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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}}
| | ==Operational history== |
| | On [[2525#October|October 7, 2525]], the ''Heracles'', along with the rest of Battlegroup 4, the [[CMA Arabia|''Arabia'']] and the [[CMA Vostok|''Vostok'']], was sent into the [[Epsilon Indi system]] to discover why the [[Colonial Administration Authority]] had lost contact with the colony world [[Harvest]] and the scout ship [[CMA Argo|''Argo'']], which had been dispatched six months earlier. The crew discovered that the planet had been [[Glassing|destroyed]] and that the ''Argo'' was missing; it immediately encountered a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] vessel in orbit. After a brief exchange of fire, the ''Arabia'' and the ''Vostok'' were destroyed and the ''Heracles'' was forced to retreat. Due to the extensive damage it had taken during the skirmish, the ''Heracles'' took several weeks to return to [[Reach]].<ref name="FoR99"/> The ship was repaired at Reach, and later returned to [[Second Battle of Harvest|reclaim]] Harvest as part of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Jeremiah Cole|Preston Cole's]] battlefleet.<ref>'''Halo Wars: Genesis'''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole'', ''page ???''</ref>[[File:UNSC Heracles.png|thumb|300px|The ''Heracles'' arrives at Harvest.]] |
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| ==Production notes==
| | While at Harvest, it recovered a [[RQ-XII drone]] left by [[Jilan al-Cygni]] an [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] operative, eight months earlier.<ref name="recovery">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 391''</ref> |
| 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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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| The ship was named after [[Wikipedia:Heracles|Heracles]], a legendary hero from [[List of Greek mythology references in Halo|Greek mythology]]. | | *The ship was named after [[wikipedia:Heracles|Heracles]], a legendary hero from [[List of Greek mythology references in Halo|Greek mythology]]. |
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:HWG CMAHeracles.png|The ''Heracles'' arrives at Harvest.
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| File:HWG_CMAHeracles_Engines.png|The [[fusion drive]]s of ''Heracles''.
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| 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.
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| 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>
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{Fm}} | | *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{First mentioned}} |
| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Mo}} | | *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' |
| *''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
| | *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp]]'' |
| **''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
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| *''[[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== |
| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| [[Category:Hillsborough-class destroyers|Heracles]]
| | {{UNSC Destroyers}} |
| [[Category:Colonial Military Administration ships|Heracles]] | | [[Category:Human Ships|Heracles]] |
