Nils Thune

Governor Nils Thune was the jolly and enthusiastically optimistic Governor of Harvest until the planet's fall in 2525. At first oblivious to Lt. Cdr. Jilan al-Cygni's role as an ONI "spook", he was furious upon learning that not only had she lied about her reason for being there, but that the Colonial Militia detachment he had approved was actually meant to be a covert anti-insurgency unit. Ignoring the near-inevitable future hostilities between the human colonists and the Covenant emissaries, blindly hoping for a peaceful and prosperous relationship with the Covenant, he was nearly killed during a meeting with Jiralhanae representatives of the Covenant. After Harvest came under attack hours later, Thune refused to step down and let the UNSC handle the matter. His foolishness eventually resulted in her being forced to remove him from power by knocking him unconscious with TTR rounds.

Trivia

• Thune was a Lutheran, which is a member of a Christian denomination that follows the teachings of Martin Luther as they pertain to the Bible.
• Thune was born in Minnesota.
• He had two bodyguards, Lars and Finn, who were subdued by Staff Sergeants Avery J. Johnson and Nolan Byrne.