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<center>''Were you looking for [[Aaron G. Gibson|Captain Gibson]], a member of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]?''</center> | |||
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|variant=Human | |name= Henry Gibson | ||
|name=Henry Gibson | |||
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|death=[[2525#January|January 2525]] | |death=[[2525#January|January 2525]] | ||
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|species=[[Human]] | |species=[[Human]] | ||
|gender=Male | |gender=Male | ||
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|notable= *First human to encounter a member of the Covenant | |||
*The first casualty in the Human-Covenant War | |||
|affiliation=[[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping|UNSC DCS]] | |affiliation=[[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping|UNSC DCS]] | ||
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'''Henry "Hank" Gibson''' was the captain of the [[human]] [[DCS light freighter|freighter]], ''[[This End Up]]''. During his life, he always found that piloting a ship by himself - with only the minimum aid from a computer - gave him his greatest joy.<ref name="ch96">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 96''</ref> He was the first human to ever come face-to-face with a member of the [[Covenant]], the only human known to have been killed by a Huragok, and could be considered the first casualty of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | '''Henry "Hank" Gibson''' was the captain of the [[human]] [[DCS light freighter|freighter]], ''[[This End Up]]''. During his life, he always found that piloting a ship by himself - with only the minimum aid from a computer - gave him his greatest joy.<ref name="ch96">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 96''</ref> He was the first human to ever come face-to-face with a member of the [[Covenant]], the only human known to have been killed by a Huragok, and could be considered the first casualty of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Gibson served on civilian cruise ships, including the luxury liner ''[[Two Drink Minimum]]'', for nearly fifteen years, enjoying the ability to steer without aid and the time away from his two ex-wives, but found the constant noise to be too much for him and left his position to instead operate his own freighter hauling products from [[Harvest]]. His personal touch helped distinguish him from other services and brought him a great deal of respect. | Gibson served on civilian cruise ships, including the luxury liner ''[[Two Drink Minimum]]'', for nearly fifteen years, enjoying the ability to steer without aid and the time away from his two ex-wives, but found the constant noise to be too much for him and left his position to instead operate his own freighter hauling products from [[Harvest]]. His personal touch helped distinguish him from other services and brought him a great deal of respect.<ref name="ch96"/> | ||
In [[2525|January 2525]], | In [[2525|January 2525]], [[Covenant]] boarding party invaded his ship in search of [[Forerunner]] relics they had believed to be onboard. The ship's slipspace engine, [[maser]] and maneuvering rockets were damaged in the attack, which Gibson initially mistook as the work of [[piracy|pirates]], rather than aliens.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 97''</ref> He nearly succeeded in killing a [[Unggoy]] named [[Dadab]], using a fire extinguisher as a weapon, but was killed by a rock to the forehead thrown by Dadab's [[Huragok]] companion [[Lighter Than Some]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 100''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The prototype [[Jotun Heavy Industries|JOTUN]] Harvester on his ship was inspected by Lighter Than Some, and later served as the Huragok's inspiration for a vehicle that would come to be known as the [[ | *The prototype [[Jotun Heavy Industries|JOTUN]] Harvester on his ship was inspected by ''Lighter Than Some'', and later served as the Huragok's inspiration for a vehicle that would come to be known as the [[Type-25 Chopper|Brute Chopper]]. | ||
*He is the only known being to be killed by a Huragok, as they are a species that abhor violence. | *He is the only known being to be killed by a Huragok, as they are a species that abhor violence. | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Human civilians]] | [[Category:Human civilians]] | ||