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Subject: Heretic: Untold Story Part 1.... Please read and review!
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This is a story about one Elite who changed the course of Covenant history forever. The Heretic.

Step of Silence, Ninth Age of Reclaimation, aboard Covenant destroyer "Joyous Apostle" in orbit above Basis and the ruins of artifact "Halo".

Ship Master Muda 'Onnomee sighed and clasped his mandibles. He and his ship, the Joyous Apostle, had been scouring Halo for Covenant survivors under the order of the Prophet of Humility. They had made a makeshift camp on Basis, which was littered with wreckage and debris from the destruction of Halo. Muda bared his fangs in angerm the humans had defiled the Holy Ring, killed his brethren and destroyed it, along with most of the Covenant fleet in ths system.

He had been here for several cycles now, and was growing increasingly edgy and eager to return to the front lines of the conflict. He asked his second in command, a veteran Elite called Tola 'Kamkamee what ths status of the scanning was. Akthough there were more than a trillion floating objects out there, the Forerunner scanners they had obtained eons ago worked very well. The scan would be complete in a few units. With a start, 'Onnomee read the scanning monitor in front of him, written in the elaborate Covenant calligraphy.

There was something out there. Something was moving



Ok. Hope you like it, I've ran out of ideas for now lol, but I think you can guess what the moving thing is... This is a story about how thw Heretic became a Heretic and offers the background information we never saw in the games.

Most of the information about dates and ship names was got from the Halo novels written by Eric Nylund and William C Dietz.

If you want a part in the story, post a Covenant name (either Hunter, Grunt or Elite} and it must fit in with the rest of the story.

Thanks for reading!

[Edited on 12/17/2004 9:03:30 PM]

  • 12.17.2004 9:02 PM PDT
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Pretty good. It's short (obviously) but you ran out of ideas so I cant ask for anything more. Keep working at it and post the final product here sometime.

By the way - was it officially stated that Basis had breathable atmosphere (at least for the Covanent?) Or maybe the Covanent are wearing the space suits like the Rangers in Halo 2?

  • 12.17.2004 9:08 PM PDT
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It's only part one I'll post the whole thing sometime when I get around to it.

Yeah the Halo 2 MP level "Burial Mounds" is set on Basis, so it must be a habitable planet/moon otherwise there'd be no point in having a Covenant/Heretic camp there.

I'll post part 2+ as soon as I can maybe later today sometime.

  • 12.17.2004 9:12 PM PDT
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Hey man, that's pretty good. Can't wait for more of it.

  • 12.17.2004 9:37 PM PDT
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Awww.... only 2 replies :*(

Ok here's part 2 anyway because I can;t think of anything else to do.

Rotation ETA-CONDITION, Extract from logbook of 343 Guilty Spark. Transmitted/volunteered. Among ruins of artifact "Halo"

Oh dear. Everything is in a terrrible state. Installation 04 has been destroyed, and I am left with nothing but a few Sentinals and thought propulsion. There is no protocal for this sort of occurance. I must resort to my own thinking. Excellent. It appears help is on the way.

END TRANSMISSION.

Step of Silence, Ninth Age of Reclaimation aboard Covenant destroyer "Joyous Apostle", in geo-synchronous orbit above Covenant camp on Basis.

The Joyous Apostle was like a shining silver whale as it orbited gently above Basis, the lught relfecting off it comnig straight from the gas giant Threshold. The scanning room had seen something, Something that moved. Seraph fighters were now on patrol to find the exact location of this anomaly, and identify it as Covenant survivor, human scum or otherwise.

An entire wing of six Seraphs, teardrop-shaped Covenant fighters tumbled together in perfect formation as they sped towards the vauge location of the target. Since it moved, scanners could not track it as well as a stationary or slower object. They had given relatively small area for searching though, and the Seraphs, commanded by the Ship Master himself, dodged to avoid a kilometre long piece of metal, one of thousands in Halo's debris field.

At the controls of his fighter, Muda 'Onnomee eyed the both his scanner and the space ahead. His training had told him one thing. Be prepared for anything. Suddenly the scanner showed seven blips, directly ahead of his position. He had just clicked his radio on to tell his squad when one of them was struck down by an enormous metal machine. The rest of the Seraphs immediately tumbled aside and narrowly missed the volley of laser and rocket fire.

'Retreat to the Apostle' Muda barked in his gutteral tounge. The Seraphs sped back to the Joyous Apostle, the engine cones blowing bright blue as they flew. Muda knew that if there were machines in Halos debris field, chances were something else would be here too. He had heard the briefing from the condemned one, Orna 'Fulsamee, who had failed to protect the Holy Ring from the humans. He knew what to expect around the ring. An Oracle...


Ok that's part 2. I'll only update it if this goes beyond 10 posts, otherwise it's not worth it. Again, post if you want an appearance as a character and I'll try to fit you in.

  • 12.17.2004 10:06 PM PDT