Editing Checkman

{{Status|Canon}}
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|name=Checkman
|image=[[File:HLeg TheBabysitter Checkman.png|x300px]]
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|death=[[2544]]{{Ref/Site|Id=CFShocks|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-system-shocks|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - System Shocks|D=30|M=06|Y=2023}}
|causeofdeath=Failed [[Drop pod|orbital drop]]{{Ref/Film|Id=BS|HLeg|Story=The Babysitter}}
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|gender=Male
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|hair=Grey{{Ref/Reuse|BS}}
|eyes=Brown{{Ref/Reuse|BS}}
|affiliation=*[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
**[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]
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{{Quote|We lost Checkman in the atmosphere.|Dutch{{Ref/Reuse|BS}}}}
'''Checkman''' was an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]. In [[2544]],{{Ref/Reuse|CFShocks}} he took part in [[Operation: GREY VEIL]] - a mission to assassinate a [[Covenant]] [[Unidentified Prophet (Heian)|logistics officer]] on [[Heian]]. Checkman was the first trooper killed in the mission, with his [[drop pod]] burning up on entry into Heian's atmosphere.{{Ref/Reuse|BS}}

==Biography==
In [[2544]],{{Ref/Reuse|CFShocks}} Checkman was a part of a team of ODSTs in the [[105th Shock Troops Division]] led by [[Master Sergeant]] [[Cortez]], and containing troopers [[Taylor Miles|Taylor "Dutch" Miles]] and [[O'Brien (Heian)|O'Brien]] and serving aboard the {{Class|Diligence|destroyer}} {{UNSCShip|Kronstadt}}. That year, ''Kronstadt'' was tasked with deploying the team to [[Heian]], in the [[Arc star cluster]], to hunt down and eliminate a [[San'Shyuum]] [[Minor Prophet|prophet]] in charge of the region's supply routes. The team's [[M8900 drop pod]]s were deployed in the midst of an a meteor shower to mask their approach, but Checkman's accidentally collided with one of the meteors - resulting in the pod entering the atmosphere sideways and burning up. As such, Checkman was killed before any of the team even made landfall on Heian.{{Ref/Reuse|BS}}

==Production note==
As elaborated by [[Frank O'Connor]], Checkman's name is rather literal; ''check-man''. Had he survived the drop on Heian, he would have served to watch the team's back - which would have prevented the ambush by the [[Unidentified Jiralhanae chieftain (Heian)|Brute Chieftain]] that ultimately resulted in [[Cal-141]]'s death.{{Ref/Site|Id=hbo|URL=http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive32.pl?read=949763|Site=halo.bungie.org|Page=Re: Ignore these snotlings Frankie|Quote=As for them being stalked at the end - there's a few things in play: The mission has gone wrong twice, once when they lost Checkman in the atmosphere - who would have had their back ("Check-Man" geddit?)|D=04|M=08|Y=2024}}

In ''The Babysitter'', Checkman was voiced by Mark Adley.{{Ref/Film|HLeg|Story=The Babysitter|Detail=[[Halo Legends credits|credits]]}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:TheBabysitter CheckmanSketch Concept.png|Concept sketch of Cortez.
File:TheBabysitter Checkman Concept.png|Concept art of Cortez.
File:CheckDutch.jpg|[[Taylor H. Miles|Dutch]] and Checkman when off-duty.
File:Cortez squad.jpg|From left, Dutch, O'Brien and Checkman getting debriefed by their commanding officer, [[Cortez]].
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[The Babysitter]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Human characters]]
[[Category:UNSC Marine Corps enlisted personnel]]
[[Category:Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]