Editing Markov

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{{Center|''Were you looking for [[Tarkov]], a Shock Trooper from ''[[The Life]]''?''}}
{{Quote|[[Jacob Keyes|You're]] not bad for an officer. But the next time you take my armor, it's your ass.|Markov}}
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'''Markov''' was an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] assigned to the [[UNSC Light Frigate]] {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}}. He was a close friend of [[Second Lieutenant]] [[Faison]], and when Faison took command of the ODST complement of the ''Midsummer Night'', Markov served as his executive officer.
==Biography==
Markov was part of the squad led by [[First Lieutenant]] [[Canfield]], later by [[Faison]]. He was onboard the freighter ''[[Finnegan's Wake]]'', orbiting [[Charybdis IX]], when the [[Insurrectionist]]s set off explosives that killed First Lieutenant Canfield and wounded and killed some other ODSTs. When [[Lieutenant (UNSC)|Lieutenant]] [[Jacob Keyes]] ordered him to borrow his [[ODST Battle Armor|armor]], which Markov was reluctant to obey. He then escaped the ''Finnegan's Wake'' in a cargo container under Keyes' orders. Later on, he was part of the ODST group that pinned Keyes down while [[Chesnick]] gave him a tattoo.

When the ''Midsummer Night'' escaped the [[Battle of Charybdis IX]], Markov was briefly imprisoned by the Insurrectionists in [[The Rubble]]. However, he was freed and took part in the [[Battle of the Rubble]] and the [[Battle of Metisette]]. After Faison was killed by [[Zhar (Sangheili)|Zhar]], Markov took command of the ODST forces participating in the concurrent battles on [[Metisette]] and The Rubble. He spent most of the battles enraged, bloodthirsty to avenge Faison.

After the ''Midsummer Night'' towed [[Habitat Exodus]] to [[Falaknuma]], Markov continued to battle the Covenant. His eventual fate is unknown.

==Trivia==
*His surnames implies that he is of Russian descent.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{1st}}

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