Editing UNSC Security Council

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[[File:Escalation - SecurityCouncil.png|250px|thumb|The committee on July 25, 2557.]]

The Council's chamber contains a crescent-shaped table<ref name="table">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 100'', (''"Wagner recognized most of the brass seated at the crescent-shaped table: Major General Nicolas Strauss, Fleet Admiral Sir ''[sic]'' Terrence Hood, and Colonel James Ackerson. Vice Admiral Whitcomb's chair was empty."'')</ref> behind double doors guarded by two battle-ready [[Military Police|MPs]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 100'' (''"A pair of MPs snapped to as he approached the set of double doors. They didn't salute, and their hands rested on their holstered sidearms. They stared straight ahead, but Wagner knew that if he twitched the wrong way he'd be shot first and questioned later."'')</ref> Although Sydney was devastated during the [[Battle of Earth]], the Bravo-6 facility remained mostly untouched and continued to serve as the Security Council's base of operations as of early [[2558]].<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''Chapter 1''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HE1}}

*[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]] – Chair,<ref name="Chairman">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters?page=4 ''Halo Waypoint'', Characters] "Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood is the UNSC Navy’s highest ranking officer and Chairman of the influential UNSC Security Council." </ref> [[Chief of Naval Operations]]{{Ref/Reuse|table}}

*[[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] – [[Deputy Chief of Naval Operations]]{{Ref/Reuse|table}}

*[[Major General]] [[Nicolas Strauss]] – [[UNSC Army]]{{Ref/Reuse|table}}

*[[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] – [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] liaison{{Ref/Reuse|table}}

[[File:Securitycouncil.jpg|250px|thumb|Profile photos of the committee members in March 2558.]]

*Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood – Chair,<ref name="Chairman"></ref> Chief of Naval Operations<ref name="HE1">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''Issue #1''</ref><ref name="HE8">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''Issue #8''</ref>

*[[Admiral]] [[Serin Osman]] – [[Commander-in-Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence|Commander-in-Chief]], [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]{{Ref/Reuse|HE1}}{{Ref/Reuse|HE8}}

*[[General]] [[Hogan]] – [[UNSC Marine Corps]]{{Ref/Reuse|HE1}}{{Ref/Reuse|HE8}}

*[[General]] [[Dellert]] – [[UNSC Air Force]]{{Ref/Reuse|HE1}}{{Ref/Reuse|HE8}}

*General Nicolas Strauss – UNSC Army{{Ref/Reuse|HE1}}{{Ref/Reuse|HE8}}

*[[Jun-A266]] – [[Chief of Staff of Spartan Operations]], [[Spartan Operations]] liaison<ref name="osfm">''Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual'', p. 114</ref>

Most members of the UNSC Security Council harshly judged Captain [[Andrew Del Rio]]'s actions at [[Requiem]] for leaving [[John-117]] behind to aid the UNSC Home Fleet in combating the oncoming attack lead by [[Ur-Didact|the Didact]], and relieved him of command of {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} and Thomas Lasky was selected to replace Andrew Del Rio to take command of {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} with a promotion to Captain.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/andrew-del-rio '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Andrew Del Rio'']</ref> Following the [[New Phoenix Incident]], John-117 was debriefed by the Security Council about the destruction of [[Cortana]] and the defeat of the Didact. The Security Council decided to tell the general public that the incident was a [[Covenant]] attack that was stopped by the Master Chief.{{Ref/Reuse|HE8}} On [[2558#March|March 3, 2558]], following their return to Earth, Captain [[Thomas Lasky]] and Spartan [[Sarah Palmer]] were requested to appear before the Security Council. The Council committee evaluated their actions during the [[Requiem Campaign]].{{Ref/Reuse|HE1}} After John-117 and [[Blue Team]] went rogue, the UNSC Security Council charged [[Fireteam Osiris]] with capturing the Spartans pursuant with [[UNSC Security Council Directive 9901-002-S]].<ref name="H5GLtd">'''Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition''', ''Spartan Locke's Classified Orders''</ref>

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