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Subject: Halo Fanfic: The End of a War
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Posted by: Mr_Clark
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Just take your time Mr_C.
Hasn't Brothers in Arms been released in Canada?
I live in Europ and it's already in stores.


Unfortunately it hasn't been released yet, or at least not in Edmonton. It should be in Friday though, so that's good. I was a huge fan of Full Spectrum Warrior, me and Bibo (who's posted on here a couple of times) and I've been looking forward to this game for awhile.

The main attraction however is the absolute atmospheric sense reviewers have said you develop while playing. For those that have watched the series Band of Brothers, this game is styled after that, it follows the 101st Airborne, who parachuted into Normandy before D-Day.

I adore the psychological and physical elements of warfare. I read plenty of Tom Clancy and Griffin, so if you've ever read them and think my writings somewhat similar to there's, that's because it is. I go terribly in-depth for large scale warfare scene depictions, so expect quite a few of those in the coming chapters. Its one of the few things I excell at in my opinion, so I think you guys will like it.

Anyways, while I wait for BIA I'll bide my time doing some freestyle writing and playing Big Team Battle in Halo 2.


Yeah, I saw Band of Brothers.
Best war-movie I have ever seen and will ever see.

  • 03.03.2005 12:33 AM PDT
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Hey, Mr_Clark, you may have already said this, but what is your gamertag?

  • 03.03.2005 5:53 AM PDT
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like ive said before, its great. If you ask bungie, you might be able to publish. post me when the next chapter is done.

  • 03.03.2005 8:28 AM PDT
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I love Tom Clancy too! In fact, i was wondering if you name Mr Clark came from the infamous Clancy character...

  • 03.03.2005 8:48 AM PDT
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ooooooo, i can feel a great schism coming over the MAc gun controversy - thatd be cool, we could all have a massive battle and delcare the victors in the right - crown them with green cardboard hats with humerous arrows through. but what johnson says is 'with coordinated fire from the athens and the malta' which i took to mean the athens andd malta were firing in coordination with the cairo (ie not all firing at the same ship and wasting ammo, or perhaps ALL firing at the same ship and take it down in on, that sorta thing) and for those that say 300 is tto much because any covenant fleet would be minced in seconds, dont forget that 1. covenant ships are badass and can take out MAC stations and 2. at the end of first stike, the destruction of the unyielding hierophant results in the desruction of about 500 ships, but the implication from the last bit - i cant remember , is it truths thoughts that bit? - is that those 500 were only a smallportion of the fleet, so theres gonna be a whole heap of ships in the final assault on earth - as demonstrated by cortana on regret, when she says 'that the largest fleet ive ever seen, the largest anyones ever seen' and cortana wouldve seen the 500 at UH, so shed know

anyway i digress - point is, im still sticking to the 300 MAC stations

  • 03.03.2005 9:01 AM PDT
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Good!

  • 03.03.2005 9:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: yoyoyo737
I love Tom Clancy too! In fact, i was wondering if you name Mr Clark came from the infamous Clancy character...


You guessed correctly.

My name was born from the Clancy character, John Clark. The character, along with the novel 'WIthout Remorse' are perhaps my most beloved pieces of literature. I can't even remember the number of times I've read that book, I'm sure its numbered near the hundreds (no exaggeration there either, as sad as that is).

  • 03.03.2005 9:47 AM PDT
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hey mr c i just watched the intro to h2 and it says that there are over 3 hundred guns in orbit and johnson says coordinated fire from the athens and the malt also notice all the platforms look alike this makes me think athens and malta are mac guns too and that just cause you caint see them in the game dosnt mean there not their could you imagine how tiresom it would be to write enough code so you could see at least 100 or so guns every time you looked out a window and notice they didnt show the mac rounds hitting anything either this is because its just extremly complicated to show things like that they probably could if they wanted to though



[Edited on 3/3/2005 12:07:03 PM]

  • 03.03.2005 11:27 AM PDT
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sorry for the double post but mr c why couldn't you have taken a better liking to ding i like him just as good if not better but i also like price and homer and in case you havent guessed rainbow six is my favorite book must have read it like 50 times but too be honest ive got without remorse but havent read it that much mabey ill read it again eh

anyway any date for the next installment

[Edited on 3/3/2005 12:16:51 PM]

  • 03.03.2005 12:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: highland brute
sorry for the double post but mr c why couldn't you have taken a better liking to ding i like him just as good if not better but i also like price and homer and in case you havent guessed rainbow six is my favorite book must have read it like 50 times but too be honest ive got without remorse but havent read it that much mabey ill read it again eh

anyway any date for the next installment


Mr_C's probably playing BIA...

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  • 03.03.2005 12:41 PM PDT
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I must say that I have never read "Without Remorse". My favorite Tom Clancy novel would have to be "Patriot Games". I think that that story was his best. I also liked "Clear and Present Danger", ahich I think is the only book I have read with John Clark playing a major role.
However, this is not a Tom Clancy Website. I think that your story is one of the best i have read. I have not looked at the rest of the forum, as I have book marked your story and go stright here. Thank you for the wonderful read and keep up the good work.

P.S.- I was wondering if you were going to include Kelly and Dr. Halsey in your story? That would be incredible if you could tie it all together. Thanks again.

  • 03.03.2005 2:22 PM PDT
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i asked that question a couple of pages back and he said he wasn't going to say anything about whether or not they'll be in it

  • 03.03.2005 2:26 PM PDT
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Favorite Clancy book: Red Storm Rising

Anyways, as for the MAC gun debate, I hear a lot of people saying that there could never be 300 guns, because the Covenant fleet would be minced in seconds. I put this question to you: ISNT THAT THE POINT? I mean, I don't think the people in charge of Earth's defenses would be saying, "nah, we can't put that many guns in orbit, we'd beat them too easily!"

  • 03.03.2005 3:14 PM PDT
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Mr. Clark's GamerTag = Tatewaki Kuno

Hmm, I don't want to say too much right now, but Brothers in Arms is amazing. The opening few missions are, to put it lightly, absolutely freaking incredible.

I haven't played the multiplayer just yet, but I'm betting it'll be pretty good.

In on topic news, no set release date as of yet for Chapter 12, aside from being able to say that it won't be out any later than the end of next week.

  • 03.03.2005 7:10 PM PDT
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  • 03.03.2005 8:09 PM PDT
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This is kinda off topic but someone mentioned something about their fav Clancy book.
Mine is Rainbow Six.

  • 03.03.2005 8:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: TheGreatestSage
This is kinda off topic but someone mentioned something about their fav Clancy book.
Mine is Rainbow Six.


Yeah, Rainbow Six is good.

  • 03.04.2005 3:55 AM PDT
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Hey Great story! I am greatly anticipating the releases of chapter 12! Also I have to ask, I didn't get a PM for Chapter 10 or 11 but I know i had posted before the chapter came out. Do you only PM people who responded after the most recent chapter?

  • 03.04.2005 11:02 AM PDT
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Posted by: rckn4ever7
Hey Great story! I am greatly anticipating the releases of chapter 12! Also I have to ask, I didn't get a PM for Chapter 10 or 11 but I know i had posted before the chapter came out. Do you only PM people who responded after the most recent chapter?


He sends as much PM's as he can.

  • 03.04.2005 11:06 AM PDT
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Posted by: Scorptank
Posted by: rckn4ever7
Hey Great story! I am greatly anticipating the releases of chapter 12! Also I have to ask, I didn't get a PM for Chapter 10 or 11 but I know i had posted before the chapter came out. Do you only PM people who responded after the most recent chapter?


He sends as much PM's as he can.


I send a PM to everybody that requests it, either in a PM or on this thread. And I've also started sending them to anybody that just posts on here with a positive note.

Since the popularity of this story has grown quite significantly, I accepted Konoka_chan's gracious offer to help me send out PM's before each chapter's release. We've split about 50-50, but new people come on every day, so that increases my amount, but I still try and send everybody one. I'm not perfect though, and I've consistently missed people each chapter, sometimes a large significant number of people (ie. Chapter 10, when I had to send them all out). I do have a list of people that I use, and I'm sure Konoka_chan does as well.

Truth be told, the easiest way to guarantee yourself a PM is to PM me, cause its much easier to navigate that, then going through this thread looking for each individual person.

Even with only a little more than half of the PM's to send out, it still takes me almost an hour and a half, so its understandable when I say that sometimes I mess up.

I do however have an alternative for those that find my PM process disturbing and not very well-organized. Follow the link in my sig that takes you to fanfiction.net. Create an account, then review my story signed in, and in the review box click the option that says put author on author alert list, and every time I upload a chapter, or put out a new story, you'll receive an e-mail with a link to the story. Its simpler, and it pretty much guarantees you that you'll see the chapter right away.

Plus having a lot of reviews on fanfiction.net is really cool and a big moral-booster.

This is slightly off-topic, but Bibo and I finally played some Brothers in Arms multiplayer last night, and its really amazing. Unfortunately, we were pretty much the only people playing. Curse you Halo 2! You've stolen away any other players of new Live titles.

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  • 03.04.2005 11:44 AM PDT
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yeah mr c so i take it the next chapter is going to be out next week because of brothers in arms?

i never really liked tom clancy although i did find his op-center books pretty good. i like dale brown and clive cussler a lot more

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  • 03.04.2005 12:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: Toco8804
yeah mr c so i take it the next chapter is going to be out next week because of brothers in arms?


If BIA is good it might be longer... sniff.

  • 03.04.2005 12:46 PM PDT
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I really can't wait for Chapter 12, I want to see what Mr. Clark's got planned for us.

  • 03.04.2005 11:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: Scorptank
Posted by: Toco8804
yeah mr c so i take it the next chapter is going to be out next week because of brothers in arms?


If BIA is good it might be longer... sniff.


Status Update

Chapter 12 is coming along nicely. I'm about a quarter of the way through the chapter, which is about 4 pages.

As for Brothers in Arms, I've completed the single player (which was amazing), and Bibo/Arlet and I have been playing a lot of the multiplayer. Unfortunately not that many people have been playing, and those that are, well, they kind of suck. We're already ranked in the top 200, and we've had the game for two days and only played 26 matches, all of which we quite easily won.

I just know I'll be drawn back into playing Halo 2 online again before Timesplitters comes out. Just so I can find a challenge.

  • 03.04.2005 11:49 PM PDT
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Posted by: yoyoyo737
Favorite Clancy book: Red Storm Rising

Anyways, as for the MAC gun debate, I hear a lot of people saying that there could never be 300 guns, because the Covenant fleet would be minced in seconds. I put this question to you: ISNT THAT THE POINT? I mean, I don't think the people in charge of Earth's defenses would be saying, "nah, we can't put that many guns in orbit, we'd beat them too easily!"

Thanks, I just had my laugh of the day. (not sarcasm)

I'll consider that a payment for the CftU booklet. =P

[Edited on 3/5/2005 12:18:05 AM]

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