Editing Edward Buck

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|image = [[File:BuckODST.png|300px]]
|name = Edward Buck
|homeworld = [[Draco III]]
|birth = August 22nd, [[2510]]<ref name="ENC">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', page 60</ref>
|rank = [[Gunnery Sergeant]]
|gender = [[Human|Male]]
|height = 188 centimeters (6'2")
|weapons = *[[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5C ICWS Assault Rifle]]
*[[M6C/SOCOM]]
|equipment = *[[ODST Battle Armor]]
*[[Combat Knife]]
|vehicles = *[[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle]]
*[[M12 LRV]]
*[[UH-144 Falcon]]
|hair = Brown
|eyes = Brown
|era = [[Human-Covenant War]]
|types = ODST/Special Op
|affiliation = [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]
}}
{{Article Quote|Eddie Buck is a career [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] that has seen more than his fair share of this war. He has had the dubious honor of participating in many of the wars’ most vicious battles; including both the [[Harvest Campaign|liberation of Harvest]] and the [[Fall of Reach]]. That he has survived through it all speaks volumes. Truly, if he was any better he’d be a [[Spartan-II|Spartan]].''<ref name="squad">[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Halo3ODSTsquad '''Bungie.net''' - ''Meet the Squad'']</ref>}} 
'''Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck'''<ref name="ENC"/> ([[Service Number]] 92458-37017-EB) is a [[Gunnery Sergeant|Staff Non-Commissioned Officer]] in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]], and is an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'''</ref>

==Summary==
Counting time spent in cryo-sleep, Buck is a 25-year veteran of the war. He served in numerous battles throughout the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Watching so many of his fellow Marines die has left Buck thick-skinned and short-fused, but this wasn't always so. He was regarded as an extremely skilled [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] and by the [[Battle of Earth]], was the commander of [[Unnamed Shock Trooper Squad|"The Squad"]] until [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Veronica Dare]] took responsibility before the drop on [[New Mombasa]], [[Kenya]] in [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]].

==Biography==
===Early life and military career ===
Edward Buck was born in [[2510]]<ref name="ENC"/> in [[New Albany]] in [[Lombard]] on [[Draco III]]. In [[2528]], when he was eighteen, he enlisted in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] and followed it through as a career. He served in many battles, including the [[Harvest Campaign]] and the [[Fall of Reach]].<ref name="squad"/> At some point, Buck was in a romantic relationship with Veronica Dare.<ref name="plaza">'''Halo 3: ODST''', level ''[[Tayari Plaza (level)|Tayari Plaza]]''</ref> Buck's last known place of residence is [[Karnak]] on Draco III, where he is also a citizen. His civilian occupation is listed as student.<ref name="squad"/>

===Fall of Reach===
Buck was present in the Fall of Reach, with the [[11th Shock Troops Battalion]], fighting in [[New Alexandria]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[New Alexandria (level)|New Alexandria]]''</ref> At some point, he requested [[SPARTAN-B312]]'s assistance to escort him to a collapsed building, according to him, for a classified operation. Buck became one of the few lucky survivors of the Fall, having escaped to Earth.

===Battle of Earth===
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During the Battle of Earth in [[2552]], Buck's squad was a part of a larger ODST unit that was to be inserted onto the [[Prophet of Regret]]'s [[Regret's Carrier|Flagship]] stationed over the city of [[New Mombasa]]. His mission changed when Captain Dare took control of the squad at the last moment before the orbital drop, in order to use them for her own classified mission.

In mid-drop, Dare ordered the squad to steer their [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|HEVs]] away from the [[Assault Carrier|Carrier]]. Right after this, the carrier jumped into [[Slipspace]] above the city, generating a massive [[Electromagnetic Pulse|EMP]] shockwave and disabling the pods' electronic systems. As a result, the pods were scattered and crashed in several sections in the city.

After the EMP, Buck's pod bounced off one building, deflected off a second, and landed upside down. He immediately made radio contact with Dare, whose hatch malfunctioned and wouldn't open. After a brief discussion, he realized that [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] forces were heading for Dare's crash site. On his way to the crash site, he found the corpses of several [[Sangheili]]; upon asking Dare about the matter (and noting that the [[Jiralhanae]] appeared to be responsible), he was told that the information was classified. Later, Veronica contacted him, telling him the Covenant had found her and were moving in on her location. After fighting his way through a large unit of Covenant, including a Hunter pair, he made it to [[Tayari Plaza]], Dare's crash site, where her pod was under fire by a trio of [[Unggoy]]. After dispatching the Unggoy he opened up her pod to find it empty. A [[Huragok]] approached him holding Dare's damaged helmet, and Buck backed away from the mysterious alien before [[Kojo Agu|Romeo]], on a balcony overlooking the crash site and believing the Huragok to be hostile, shot it through the head.<ref name="plaza"/>

Buck abandoned Dare's original mission and focused on reuniting his squad and evacuating the city in one piece. He and Romeo made their way to the [[NMPD Headquarters]] building, where he made contact with [[Taylor Miles|Dutch]] and [[Michael Crespo|Mickey]] via an [[NMPD]] Officer. Dutch and Mickey, who were at the [[ONI Alpha Site]], offered Buck an air evac via Pelican. On the way to the landing zone, Buck tried to contact [[The Rookie]], but received no response.

When Dutch and Mickey's dropship arrived at [[NMPD Headquarters|NMPD HQ]], it was ambushed and shot down by two patrolling [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshees]]. Romeo and Buck then moved through the NMPD Headquarters to find and rescue their squadmates on top of a neighboring skyscraper, defending it from waves of Covenant aircraft and infantry assaults. During the ensuing fight, a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain]] badly wounded Romeo with its [[Gravity Hammer]], resulting in a punctured lung, before being fatally stabbed in the neck by Buck. Buck then led the other ODSTs to [[Kikowani Station]], intending to take the train out of the city, but found that the train tunnels had been flooded. He decided to steal a [[Phantom]] to escape the city, killing many Huragok in their [[Huragok Recharge Station|Recharge Stations]] on the way out. They encountered a [[Scarab]] as well, which Buck successfully destroyed. After finally making it out of the city, he realized where Dare might be and ordered Mickey to drive the captured Phantom back into the city.

He headed into the [[Superintendent]]'s Data Center alone, going right through the [[Yanme'e]] hive. When he neared the Data Center, he was reunited with Dare, The Rookie, and the Huragok [[Vergil]]. Unaware as to the importance of the Huragok, he had a quick conversation with Dare as to why Vergil was so important, letting slip to Dare that he had killed "one or two" Huragok, much to her annoyance. After finally making it to the elevator, Dare punched Buck in the face, for "abandoning the mission"; a furious Buck complained that she had been [[MIA]], and that his squad was scattered only to be cut off by Dare, who gave him a passionate kiss for "coming back". Remembering The Rookie and Vergil were there and (rather awkwardly) watching, he congratulated the former on doing a good job.

After battling through a Covenant outpost, and boarding another elevator for the highway, the presence of the Covenant fleet was revealed to Dare. Irritated that Buck had neglected to inform her of the fleet, the two began arguing again, Buck protesting that he had been preoccupied with keeping the helpless Vergil alive. Taking the gunner position on various [[Warthog]]s and a [[Scorpion]], Buck and The Rookie covered Dare and Vergil's [[Olifant]] down the highway, witnessing the arrival of more Covenant ships—including two Assault Carriers—and marveling at their size. When the first Carrier started to glass the city, he was reminded of Reach and briefly began to panic before Dare calmed him down. The Olifant was later severely damaged by a [[Scarab]], and, knowing that the Covenant had glassed the highway further down, Buck ordered Mickey to meet them at a new location, the entrance to [[Uplift Nature Reserve|Uplift Reserve]].

Buck and the others took the next exit off the highway, and The Rookie and Buck secured a building to hold and wait for Mickey's dropship to arrive. After fighting off waves of Covenant, Mickey arrived, and as the squad was evacuating, an Assault Carrier arrived close to their position. A frightened Vergil then refused to get on the Phantom, and was shoved in by Buck while Dare pulled it in the gravity beam. The group successfully escaped the city as it was glassed by the Covenant fleet.<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', level ''[[Coastal Highway (level)|Coastal Highway]]''</ref>

A month later, Buck and his squad guarded Vergil at an ONI Orbital facility, while watching as Sgt. Johnson "interrogated" the Engineer.

==Trivia==
*Buck is voiced by [[Nathan Fillion]], who also starred in ''[[Halo 3]]'' as [[Reynolds|Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds]]. He is described by Nathan Fillion himself as "a bit hardened and a bit cranky." Fillion's likeness was also used to model Buck. Also, Reynolds quotes are shared by Buck in the game.
*Buck is unlocked for play in [[Firefight]] by getting the [[Tayari Plaza (Achievement)|Tayari Plaza]] [[Achievement]] In [[Halo 3: ODST]].
*Some of his lines, such as "Bam, said the lady" and "GORRAM!" come from the television shows ''Castle'' and ''Firefly'' respectively, which Nathan Fillion also starred in.
*In [[Buck and Monkeyman|an Easter Egg]] in the Epilogue cutscene after the credits, if you look to the left near the end of Johnson's talk with Vergil, the camera will pan over to Buck standing next to a [[Cavemen|caveman]], he attempts to groom and eat off it.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5aunIad9Oc '''YouTube''': ''Halo 3: ODST - Epilogue Cutscene Easter Egg (HD)'']</ref>
*Rarely, if you jump with Buck somewhere in the vehicle, he will sing the first few bars of "Dixie" in reference to The Dukes of Hazard.
*Buck was made into an action figure by [[McFarlane Toys]], and was released sometime in June of [[2010]].
*Buck's armor takes substantial combat damage by the end of the ''[[Halo 3: ODST|ODST]]'' campaign. This can be seen in the form of various plasma burns on its outer shell, pieces of glass embedded in the torso, parts of drone wing on his chest plate, several badly scratched components, and noticeable splashes of Yanme'e blood on several areas.
*Buck's voice can be purchased for 15,000 credits to use in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'''s [[Firefight]] mode. The description says that "Truly, If he were any better, he'd be a Spartan".
*In ''Halo: Reach's'' level "New Alexandria" you can follow Buck into the building after he lands, but he will disappear after a few moments.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="150" orientation="landscape" captionalign="left">
File:Nathan_Fillion,_Buck's_voice_actor..jpg|Nathan Fillion provided the voice and character model for Buck.
File:Buck's_Face.jpg|Buck's face, through a de-polarized visor.
File:Dare and Buck.jpg|Buck and [[Dare]] before the mission.
File:Halo3 ODST-Buck.jpg|Buck in his armor.
File:Buck.jpg|Buck as seen in Campaign with his helmet on.
File:Buck's_Profile.jpg|Buck's profile in Halo: Reach's Firefight.
File:BuckInFalcon.jpg|Buck piloting a [[Falcon]] in [[New Alexandria]].
File:Reach_4875954_Medium.jpg|A closeup of Buck's appearance in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
</gallery>
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''

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