Haywood Drake Mathus

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"If tomorrow never comes, bury me in the stars."

- Battle of Sargasso, 2546

Haywood D. "Woodie" Mathus was a that served during the  and was ultimately responsible for the  at  in 2546. Unfortunately, Admiral Mathus would be listed as killed in action and his ship, the UNSC Tharsis was lost with all hands. However, the manner of his death has been left in contention. The events that surround the destruction of the Tharsis and the Battle of Sargasso do not line up with the official reports and post-battle analysis, and the battle has embedded itself into the mythology and superstititions of most UNSC Naval personnel.

The disappearance of Admiral Mathus and his ship is just one of many peculiar occurrences that are littered throughout the Human-Covenant War but has quickly become of the Navy's most fascinating and hotly debated interstellar mysteries.

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