Editing Waller

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{{Character Infobox
|variant=Human
|name=Waller
|image=
|death=[[2552#September|20<sup>th</sup> of September, 2552]]<ref name="CF-TSR">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/thats-so-raven '''''Halo Waypoint''''' - ''Canon Fodder'', That's So Raven]</ref>
|rank=[[UNSC rank structure#Marine Corps|Gunnery Sergeant]]<ref name="TF-Chptr6">'''''[[Halo: The Flood]]''''' - ''Section III: The Silent Cartographer'', Chapter 6</ref>
|species=[[Human]]
|gender=Male
|affiliation=[[UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] [[ODST|Shock Troopers]]
}}
{{Quote|multi=yes|Gunnery Sergeant Waller|q1=Negative! They're closing in too fast. We'll keep 'em busy as long as we can.|[[Cortana]]|q2=Give 'em hell, Marine.|Waller's last known communication.}}
'''Gunnery Sergeant Waller''' was a [[UNSC rank structure#Marine Corps|non-commissioned officer]] in the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. At the [[Battle of Installation 04]] on the [[2552#September|20<sup>th</sup> of September, 2552]], he commanded an Marine unit during a [[Battle of the Silent Cartographer|skirmish]] for control of [[Installation 04]]'s [[Cartographer|Silent Cartographer]]. Waller and his squad were assigned to defend their [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelicans]]' initial landing zone, but were overrun and killed by [[Covenant]] reinforcements.<ref name="CF-TSR"/><ref name="TF-Chptr6"/><ref name="CE-TSC">'''''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''''' - ''[[The Silent Cartographer]]'', It's Quiet...</ref>

==Biography==
Waller was one of the Marines stationed on the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}, and was aboard when the ship made a "random" [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] jump to flee from [[Covenant]] forces following the [[Fall of Reach]], as per [[Cole Protocol]]. The ship arrived intact at the [[Soell system]], nearby an unidentified [[Forerunner]] artifact: [[Installation 04]]. However, it soon came under attack and was boarded by the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]], who had pursued the vessel from [[Reach]]. Waller was among those who survived the boarding action and escaped to safety on the surface of the alien ring-world. At some point afterwards, he was able to link up with other surviving elements of the ''Pillar of Autumn''{{'}}s crew and complement, who mounted a guerilla resistance against the Covenant.<ref name="TF-Chptr4">'''''[[Halo: The Flood]]''''' - ''Section II: Halo'', Chapter 4</ref>

Gunnery Sergeant Waller was present at the [[Battle of the Silent Cartographer|battle for the Silent Cartographer]], an engagement fought on an island on the Halo ring's surface over control of a structure known to the Covenant as the [[Cartographer|Silent Cartographer]], said to contain a room with a map of the entire installation. After the beachhead had been successfully secured, Waller was placed in charge of holding it while [[John-117]] departed with a [[M12 Warthog LRV|Warthog LRV]] and two Marines to locate the map room. When the Master Chief later returned with a second Warthog scavenged from [[Bravo 022]]'s wreckage, the Marines had endured two Covenant assaults but still held the beach, and remained "undeterred". Two members of Waller's unit, [[Hosky]] and an [[unidentified corporal]], boarded John's new vehicle and left, leaving the unit down two further Marines.<ref name="TF-Chptr6"/>

Later, as the Master Chief was battling his way into the structure, [[Carol Rawley|Foehammer]] warned Waller and his forces of another inbound Covenant assault. [[Cortana]] advised him that they would be able to more easily defend themselves if they retreated into the Silent Cartographer itself. Waller responded that they wouldn't be able to make it, lamenting that the Covenant were approaching too quickly, and pledged that he and his men would buy the Master Chief and Cortana as much time to find the Cartographer as they could. Grimly, Cortana acknowledged their sacrifice by encouraging them to ''"give 'em hell"''.<ref name="TF-Chptr6"/> It is presumed that he and the remaining Marine forces under his command died in the engagement.<ref name="CE-TSC"/><ref group="Note>Although Waller's fate is never specifically elaborated upon, if the player returns to their original landing zone after this point, they will find that all of the Marines who'd remained there had died. As a result, it is presumed Waller died.</ref>

==Production notes==
Waller is voiced by [[Pete Stacker]], who also voices Captain [[Jacob Keyes]] and Gunnery Sergeant [[Marcus Stacker]] in the game.<ref name="CE-TSC"/> Of these characters, Stacker was only credited for playing Keyes.<ref name-"CE-Credits">'''''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''''' - ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved credits|Credits]]'', Voice Talent</ref> Confusingly, the Marine who makes the ''"I didn't know you made house calls, Foehammer,"'' quip at the beginning of the level is also voiced by Stacker, but is only identified as "a Marine" by ''[[Halo: The Flood]]''.<ref name="TF-Chptr5>'''''[[Halo: The Flood]]''''' - ''Section III: The Silent Cartographer'', Chapter 5</ref> This Marine can be killed without affecting Waller's later dialogue, indicating that he is likely not Waller.<ref name="CE-TSC"/> Given the combination of Pete Stacker's voice, the use of Marcus Stacker's [[Marcus|face texture]], and the sergeant's cap, it is presumed that this Marine is in fact the aforementioned Marcus Stacker.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]] {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' ''{{C|First named}}''

==Notes==
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==Sources==
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[[Category:UNSC Marine Corps personnel]]