Maribeau Veredi

Not much is known about Captain Verdi except that he led a UNSC battle group that first encountered the Covenant. The battle group consisted of his own ship the Destroyer UNSC Heracles and two Frigates UNSC Arabia and UNSC Vostok, they were sent to discover the fate of the colony on the planet, Harvest.

They entered the Harvest system only to discover that everything on the planet has been completely incinerated and the surface melted down to glass. This is later dubbed "glassing". In orbit around the remains of the colony world is a single alien ship, which proceeded to attack the battle group, destroying both Arabia and Vostok and badly damaging the Heracles. Intercepted communications identify the enemy as "The Covenant". The message "Your destruction is the will of the Gods... and we are their instrument" is broadcast in UNSC language.

Captain Verdi is later mentioned as being part of the Battle of Harvest where he again commanded the repaired UNSC Heracles.