Edward Buck

"Troopers, we are green and very, very mean!"

- GySgt. Buck as they prepare to drop.

Gunnery Sergeant Edward "Buck" (Service Number 92458-37017-EB) is a Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in the UNSC Marine Corps, and is an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper.

Biography
Edward Buck was born in 2510 in New Albany in Lombard on Draco III. In 2528, when he was eighteen, he enlisted in the UNSC Marine Corps and followed it through as a career. He served in many battles, including the Second Battle of Harvest and the Battle of Reach. He was regarded as an extremely skilled Marine and was the commander of "The Squad" until Capt. "Dare" took responsibility before the drop on Mombasa, Kenya.

He served during the First Battle of Earth in 2552.

Career Service Vitae
Full name: BUCK, Edward

Blood type: O-

Height: 188cm

Weight: 89kg

Rating: Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt/E7)

Unit: [classified]

Service number: 92458-37017-EB

Enlistment date: 12/05/2528

Location: Karnak, Lombard, Draco III

Born: New Albany, Lombard, Draco III

Gender: M

Citizen: Draconian

Age: 42 –(b. 08/22/2510)

Occupation: Student

Eddie Buck is a career Marine that has seen more than his fair share of this war. He has had the dubious honor of participating in many of the wars’ most vicious battles; including both the liberation of Harvest and the fall of Reach. That he has survived through it all speaks volumes. Truly, if he was any better he’d be a Spartan.

Trivia

 * As with most of the other Halo 3: ODST characters, his name can be seen on his chest plate.
 * Buck is voiced by Nathan Fillion, who also starred in Halo 3 as Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds. Buck's face also bears resemblance to Fillion. He is described by Nathan Fillion himself as "a bit hardened and a bit cranky."
 * Buck is the only ODST out of the Squad to wear a Combat Knife.
 * Buck was previously in a romantic relationship with Dare.
 * Buck is unlocked for play in Firefight by getting the Tayari Plaza achievement.
 * It is unknown how he made it back to Earth if he survived the fall of Reach. There is a possibility that this will be explained in Halo: Reach.
 * Buck's blood type is O-.
 * Buck is the only member of The Squad not to have a secondary color applied to his armor.