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| |name=Nicolas Strauss | | |name=Nicolas Strauss |
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| [[Major General]] '''Nicolas Strauss''' is a [[Major general|two-star general]] of the [[UNSC Army]] and a member of the [[UNSC Security Council]].<ref name="HE1">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 1|Issue #1]]''</ref><ref name="FS">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', '''2010''', ''page 126''</ref>
| | '''Major General Nicolas Strauss''' was a high ranking [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]], [[UNSC Army|Army]], or [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] [[Commissioned Officer|officer]] in [[2552]]. He represented his service on the [[UNSC Security Committee]] based in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] on [[Earth]]. He was apparently intimidated by [[Colonel (UNSC)|Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] for some reason, which is not yet known, though it is possible that Strauss knew about the [[SPARTAN-III]] project.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 103'' (''"Strauss sighed. "At least we have your special weapons programs, Ackerson. Halsey's SPARTAN-IIs were such a great suc—" Ackerson shot the General a look that could have blasted through battle plate."'')</ref> |
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| ==Biography==
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| In [[2552#September|September 2552]], Strauss represented his service branch on the UNSC Security Council, which convened within [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], on [[Earth]]. Strauss was present on the committee that debriefed [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[Lieutenant]] [[Wagner]]. Strauss was shocked that the [[Covenant]] had [[Glassing|glassed]] the planet [[Reach]], the UNSC's primary fortress world.{{Ref/Reuse|FS}}
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| During the [[Battle of Earth]], Sydney was devastated by Covenant forces. However, Facility Bravo-6 was left unscathed<ref>'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 33''</ref> and Major General Strauss survived.
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| On [[2557#July|July 25, 2557]], Strauss was a part of the Security Council with [[Admiral]] [[Serin Osman]], Admiral [[Terrence Hood]], [[General]] [[Hogan]], and General [[Dellert]]. The committee was called together to debrief [[John-117]] following the [[New Phoenix Incident]], the destruction of [[Cortana]] and ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', and the defeat of the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]. During the debriefing, he questioned the Master Chief about Cortana's status, to which the Spartan confirmed that she was destroyed. After Hood questioned Strauss' reason for asking, Strauss stated that Cortana is one of the UNSC's most valuable assets. He asked why she was left adrift in space, unprotected, for four years, to which the Master Chief assured him that he was protecting her. The Security Council decided to tell the general public that the incident was a Covenant attack stopped by the return of the Master Chief.<ref name="HE8">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 8|Issue #8]]''</ref>
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| In [[2558#March|March 2558]], Strauss served once more on the Security Council. They evaluated [[Captain]] [[Thomas Lasky]]'s handling of the [[Requiem Campaign]].{{Ref/Reuse|HE1}}
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| ==Personality and traits==
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| Strauss was intimidated by [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] (two ranks his junior), likely because he knew details of the [[SPARTAN-III program]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 103'' (''"Strauss sighed. "At least we have your special weapons programs, Ackerson. Halsey's SPARTAN-IIs were such a great suc—" Ackerson shot the General a look that could have blasted through battle plate."'')</ref> Admiral [[Terrence Hood]] claimed that Strauss was one of the officers serving in the UNSC Security Council that did not possess the ability to think before he spoke.{{Ref/Reuse|HE8}}
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:Escalation - SecurityCouncil.png|Strauss serving with the [[UNSC Security Council]].
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| File:Escalation - Security Council Decision.png|Hogan and Strauss coming to a decision.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
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| ==Notes==
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| [[Category:Human characters|Strauss, Nicolas]]
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| [[Category:UNSC Security Council|Strauss, Nicolas]]
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