Editing Teller

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'''Colonel Teller''' was an [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Dirt]]", ''page 140''</ref> He was a former [[Colonial Military Authority]] soldier whose allegiance to the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] was highly suspect. [[Eric Santiago]] referred to him as a "[[Robert Watts|Watts]] loyalist."

==Biography==
===Disobeying orders and death===
{{Main|Raid on Mount Haven}}
In [[2552#August|August]] [[2552]] the city of [[Mount Haven]] on an unknown colony was invaded by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]], who proceeded to dig downriver of the city in search of [[Forerunner]] artifacts.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/rookie '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Rookie'']</ref> In response the UNSC sent in a [[Company]] of ODSTs for a snatch-and-run operation; they would steal the artifacts then retreat from the planet.

However, unbeknownst to the UNSC, a team of ODSTs had their own agenda. The nine ODSTs were all former CMA veterans, and felt that they had given enough to the UNSC cause. Their plan was to break into a bank in the city center, and use a spare [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican]] dropship to steal the [[gold]] and [[platinum]] ingots stored in the bank's vault. They justified their theft by saying that the precious metals were going to be glassed anyway, and therefore they "didn't exist anymore." The team would use the gold to retire.

Their plan hit a snag however when they discovered a schoolteacher and a group of children taking refuge in the bank vault, causing an argument to erupt between the five ODSTs in the vault. [[Gage Yevgenny]] wanted to abandon their theft and evacuate the children. [[Felicia Sanderson]] was in favor of calling in an extra Pelican. [[Sita]], [[Dale (ODST)|Dale]] and [[Orrin]] however wanted to abandon the civilians to their deaths. Tempers flared, and the ODSTs turned their weapons on each other; Gage and Felicia against the other three. Dale was shot and killed in the brief shootout; his shots may have wounded Gage or killed Felicia. Teller had accompanied the team to the bank, but was not present for the altercation. He was likely killed when Gage later set off a [[Shiva]] nuclear warhead near the city.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[Dirt]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Colonial Military Authority personnel]]
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