CMA Heracles Production information Class UNSC destroyer Technical specifications Length 485 metres (1,590 ft) Width 242.50 metres (795.6 ft) Height/depth 600 metres (2,000 ft) Engine unit(s) 4 fusion cores Slipspace Drive Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Power plant Deuterium(reserve) Fusion cores Hull 2 meters of Titanium-A battleplate Sensor systems N/A Targeting systems (Manual and point defensive AIs due to maintenance requests) Navigation system AIs Armament Magnetic Accelerator Cannons (2)[1] Shiva missiles (3) Oversized Archer Missile pods (26) 8x 50mm point-defense gun Complement Pelican Dropships Usage Earliest sighting 2525 Latest sighting 2525 Present for battles/events Investigation of Harvest Second Battle of Harvest Affiliation Colonial Military Administration Known commander(s) Capain Maribeau Veredi

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The CMA Heracles was a UNSC destroyer under the command of the Colonial Military Administration. Named after the legendary hero of Greek mythology, Heracles, the ship was commanded by Capain Maribeau Veredi, and was the lead ship of Battlegroup 4.^[2]

Operational historyEdit

On October 7, 2525, The Heracles, along with the rest of Battlegroup 4, the CMA Arabia and CMA Vostok, was sent into the Harvest system to discover why the Colonial Administration Authority had lost contact with both the colony and the scout ship CMA Argo. It discovered the planet destroyed, the Argo destroyed, and a Covenant vessel in orbit. After a short battle, the Arabia and the Vostok were destroyed and the Heracles was forced to retreat. Due to the extensive damage it had taken during the battle, the Heracles took several weeks to return to Reach.^[2] The ship was repaired at Reach, and later returned to reclaim Harvest as part of Admiral Preston Cole's battlefleet.^[3]

While at Harvest, it recovered a RQ-XII drone left by Jilan al-Cygni eight months earlier.^[4]

List of appearancesEdit

• Halo Wars
• Halo: Contact Harvest
• Halo: The Fall of Reach

SourcesEdit

1. ↑ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 139 - "What those critics forgot that a UNSC Destroyer sported 2 MAC guns, 26 oversized Archer missile pods and 3 nuclear warheads. Only seven meters longer than a frigate. No single ship fighters. Almost as heavy as 2 frigates combined mass."
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 96-99
3. ↑ Halo Wars: Genesis
4. ↑ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 391