Editing Melgar

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{{Quote|I know procedure, Lieutenant. But those are planetary insertion craft, launched by a UNSC task force. I don't think a few shots across the bow are going to make them turn around, do you?|Captain Melgar, to Gunnery Lieutenant Cardone{{Ref/Reuse|ll269}}}}

[[Captain]] '''Melgar''' is a [[human]] officer of the [[Gao Republic]]'s [[Gao Ministry of Protection|Ministry of Protection]], serving as the [[commanding officer]] of the [[patrol corvette]] ''[[Esmeralda]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|ll269}}

==Biography==
Aged fifty by [[2553#July|July 2553]], [[Captain]] Melgar served the [[Gao Republic]]'s [[Gao Ministry of Protection|Ministry of Protection]] as an officer within the ministry's naval [[fleet]] of [[patrol corvette]]s that were charged with the patrol and safety of [[Gao]]'s borders. She served as the [[commanding officer]] of ''[[Esmeralda]]'', the [[flagship]] of [[Minister of Protection]] [[Arlo Casille]].{{Ref/Reuse|ll269}}

On [[2553#July|July 5, 2553]], while the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s [[717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion]] searched Gao for a [[Forerunner]] [[ancilla]], Casille had arranged for the [[battalion]] to be attacked by the radical [[Keepers of the One Freedom]]. When a [[UNSC Navy]] [[battle group]] attempted to deploy [[Pelican]] [[dropship]]s and [[Owl]] insertion craft to aid the battalion, Casille considered it to be a violation of Gao's sovereignty and ordered for Melgar to fire at will. As the [[Minister (title)|minister]] gave the order to other patrol corvettes within the fleet, Melgar ordered Gunnery Lieutenant [[Cardone]] to fire the corvette's entire complement of [[missile]]s to destroy the incoming aircraft, despite the lieutenant's reluctance. As the salvo of missiles destroyed several of the aircraft, the UNSC craft reluctantly retreated back to their battle group, unwilling to engage the patrol corvettes in fear of risking a civil war on Gao.{{Ref/Reuse|ll269}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Gao Ministry of Protection personnel]]