Veronica Dare

UNSC Navy Career
At 17 years of age, Veronica enlisted into the UNSC Navy in 2532 where she completed Unified Combined Military Boot Camp, Intelligence Specialist A School, Expeditionary Warfare Specialist, and further training to earn the Naval Enlistment Classification of Navy Tactical Counter-Intelligence and Human Intelligence Analyst by 2533. She was assigned to the Naval Expeditionary Intelligence Center - Sigma Octanus IV Detachment as a member of a Field Exploitation Intelligence Team under UNSC Fleet Command Sector Two. From 2533 to 2535, Veronica completed one deployment and saw action against the Covenant during the Battle of Chi Rho in 2535 while aboard the UNSC Say My Name. Upon returning to Sigma Octanus IV, she requested a transfer to Naval Special Warfare Command to serve in a Naval Special Warfare Support Activity on Sigma Octanus IV, but was transferred to Tribute where she was assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Support Activity 12 as an Assistant Team Leader in 2537. For the next three years, Veronica completed one deployment to support Operation: GUARDIAN LANCE III in 2539 as an Individual Augumetee Counter-Intelligence Analyst attached to an ODST Shock Troop Company. She trained extensively with personnel from Tridents and ODSTs in preparation for a Covenant Invasion until earning a Crewman-to-Officer Education Program from the UNSC Navy in 2540.

Admitted into The Academy at Mare Nubim on Luna, Veronica graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Sciences and was commissioned into the UNSC Navy as an Intelligence Officer in 2544. She joined the Bravo-9 Division in 2545 on Reach and became a member of the Ground Group where she ONI Special Action Teams and ODST Special Purpose Combat Teams. Veronica served as Special Purpose Officer-in-Charge of ODST Special Purpose Combat Teams Alpha-Nine and Gamma-Six during the Battle of Sargasso in 2546. Despite completing the mission and protecting UNSC Classified Materials, she requested a transfer to Alpha-7 Division on Luyten in FLEETCOM Sector Four due to personal reasons. Following the successful transfer in 2547, Veronica went on to see action against the Covenant at Gingham in 2549 and Strauss' World in 2551 where she served as an Officer-in-Charge for ONI Special Action Teams. She was transferred to Olympic Tower on Reach in early 2552 where she served as a Department Head inside the Covenant Fleet Intelligence Collection Directorate.

Edward Buck
During a Joint Training Exercise in 2538, Veronica met Edward when she was assigned as a Naval Liaison Officer to his Marine Company. They became friends in the time they spent together.