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Subject: Halo 3 Epilogue Story (Introduction and Part One)

Sorry for the lack of response but I had popped back to the UK for the weekend. (I live in Germany).

Right let's start with a few questions...
The HHAG
I have since changed the gas operated statement to magnetically operated. The HHAG uses an electronic loading mechanism to reload, but uses a series of powerful electromagnets to fire the dart.
I chose the dart as a form of ammunition simply because it sounds better than a single slug of metal.

Team Katana (The ones in the stasis pods) have not been mentioned yet, simply because it has not yet come up in conversation with John. This does not mean that Kelly and Fred etc don't care. It simply means that they have other priorities. This will become evident later on when we fully delve into how they got back to Earth.

The other two Spartan 3's - Tom and Lucy are doing other things. If you really want to know right now then Lucy is away getting some help for her condition. Whilst Tom is with Team Katana and a group of technicians, trying to figure out how to get them out of the pods.

The space battle that I mentioned will be coming in the next couple of parts.

There are Brutes left on Earth simply because when you fight an enemy, you may not always wipe all of them out.
Take for instance all of the road blocks that John encountered on the Tsavo highway. They never left for the Ark did they? (Yes I know that they are now dead because John killed them), but there will be more that what WE saw. (HALO 3 ODST will show that)
So there will be some stragglers.

But what you really have to ask is why are they not in Africa where the artifact was located? Why are they in the UK?
All of these will be answered soon.

I'm going back to the UK again this weekend, but beforehand I will try and get the next part posted, but I can't promise anything.

If you want to read all of the parts without having to search through these pages then just head over to fanfiction.net here's the link:


Story link

  • 01.26.2009 12:17 AM PDT
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One day... I am gonna grow wings... A chemical reaction... Hysterical and useless... hystecial and let down and hanging around... crushed like a bug in the ground.

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Sorry for the lack of response but I had popped back to the UK for the weekend. (I live in Germany).

Right let's start with a few questions...
The HHAG
I have since changed the gas operated statement to magnetically operated. The HHAG uses an electronic loading mechanism to reload, but uses a series of powerful electromagnets to fire the dart.
I chose the dart as a form of ammunition simply because it sounds better than a single slug of metal.

Team Katana (The ones in the stasis pods) have not been mentioned yet, simply because it has not yet come up in conversation with John. This does not mean that Kelly and Fred etc don't care. It simply means that they have other priorities. This will become evident later on when we fully delve into how they got back to Earth.

The other two Spartan 3's - Tom and Lucy are doing other things. If you really want to know right now then Lucy is away getting some help for her condition. Whilst Tom is with Team Katana and a group of technicians, trying to figure out how to get them out of the pods.

The space battle that I mentioned will be coming in the next couple of parts.

There are Brutes left on Earth simply because when you fight an enemy, you may not always wipe all of them out.
Take for instance all of the road blocks that John encountered on the Tsavo highway. They never left for the Ark did they? (Yes I know that they are now dead because John killed them), but there will be more that what WE saw. (HALO 3 ODST will show that)
So there will be some stragglers.

But what you really have to ask is why are they not in Africa where the artifact was located? Why are they in the UK?
All of these will be answered soon.

I'm going back to the UK again this weekend, but beforehand I will try and get the next part posted, but I can't promise anything.

If you want to read all of the parts without having to search through these pages then just head over to fanfiction.net here's the link:


Story link


Ok Nice

  • 01.26.2009 12:38 AM PDT

Yay, the Chief is going to England....

  • 01.26.2009 12:43 AM PDT

-eddy!
huh! What? It was the other guy, honest! ;)
'it was a sniper!' looks down at my sniper
uhh yeah? hes got one too. XD

theres technicians in the stasis pods aswell i think

  • 01.26.2009 4:33 AM PDT

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  • 01.26.2009 5:44 AM PDT

The stasis pods only had the spartans from team Katana in them.

  • 01.26.2009 6:08 AM PDT

-eddy!
huh! What? It was the other guy, honest! ;)
'it was a sniper!' looks down at my sniper
uhh yeah? hes got one too. XD

there eight stasis pods, 5 is team katana, 1 has the 'kill' flag stuck on, that 6 then so there 2 unkowns
page 335, chapter 36 in halo: ghost of onyx paperbacik

p.s. each team made up of 5 spartan IIs, 1 spartan is from gladius
team sabre is down to 3 spartans
okay i was wrong theres no mention of technicians in the pods but who else could they be, sceintists researching the forerunner complex, marine guards, technicains

[Edited on 01.26.2009 1:19 PM PST]

  • 01.26.2009 1:15 PM PDT
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One day... I am gonna grow wings... A chemical reaction... Hysterical and useless... hystecial and let down and hanging around... crushed like a bug in the ground.

Argh No Part 20

  • 01.27.2009 2:28 AM PDT

I'm a good third of the way through it at the moment. Hope to write more of it tonight.
I did say that I was hoping to post before Friday, but I appreciate the eagerness to read AngusBoy.


Deep within lies more than a blanket of ash.
Follow the path down into the bowels of darkness and you shall find, not hell, but a garden of Eden.

A storm is coming...

  • 01.27.2009 3:08 AM PDT

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

Interesting, really interesting...
Well done Max, the Eden part just makes me guess it may have something to do with the Librarian.

Have you read my Honour of a Heretic?

  • 01.27.2009 3:36 AM PDT

Part 20

Otterburn Firing Range, United Kingdom


John and the others made their way on towards the cliff face to the north. Each of them were brandishing the HHAG as though it was some kind of metallic child, holding it close to their armour.
Olivia had reclaimed her role on point with Mark close behind. He like Linda, were the only two carrying the reliable and deadly sniper rifle.
Mark was walking with his rifle permanently aimed at the distant cave entrance. Occasionally he would briefly stop to use the rifles powerful scope to check out the entrance as Olivia carried on ahead, blending into the knee-high grass and patches of heather that covered most of the area.
John walked alongside Fred in an almost casual manner, but this was far from the truth. Each Spartan was well prepared and determined to see out any encounter, no matter the enemy, or the weapons they carried.

About fifty metres to the left of John and Fred, Kelly moved along in a half-crouched walk, nimbly avoiding the large tufts of grass and earth with un-rivalled grace.
Each tuft of peat filled mud was the size of a large water melon. If this path had been walked by a marine with his usual pair of issued boots then the trip would most likely be brief, and filled with sprains or a fractured ankle.
The terrain, although green and pleasant, was littered with these so called ‘Babies heads’. The British based military arm of the UNSC often referred to these irregular mounds of earth as fields of heads. All of which could break the ankle of any unwary soldier.

Since John’s arrival on Earth he had received a brief upgrade of armour plating and software. Something which now enabled him to see all of his squad members military records, and he was impressed with the new additions to the squad.
To the right strode the confident and eager Ash. And despite his youth, especially when compared with the Spartan II’s, he had matured into a proficient and capable leader.
Olivia was a well-proven scout and as quiet as the smallest of cats, whilst Mark was the younger version of Linda, and just as capable with a sniper rifle.
John could see that Kurt had performed admirably in his role as an instructor.

John was pleased that he had been reunited with his remaining Spartans, but despite this he was concerned with his constant absence from Cortana.
Her voice had provided sound advice since she had been installed into his armour all those years ago on Reach.
Since defeating the loyalist arm of the Covenant and the lie filled uttering’s of the prophets, John had thought that his remaining time alive would be filled with endless conversations with Cortana as they glided in empty space.
She would no doubt discuss every previous encounter with the Covenant, analysing each combat scenario to a degree that a neurosurgeon would be proud of.
He had anticipated that her eventual descent into rampancy would be quickly followed by his own madness, something which he was content with. His role in the war with the Covenant had been fulfilled, and all of his enemies had been cut from their delicate grip on life.
John had finally relinquished himself to an eternity of silence, far from the sickening sound of screams and gunfire, and the bright blue light of exploding plasma.
But as he soon discovered, Cortana was not his only concern.

When the other Spartans had escaped the assaulting army of Covenant soldiers on Onyx, they had found themselves in an environment filled with wonder. All of it created by the Forerunners.
But Doctor Halsey had other priorities. In addition to the desire to escape the artificial prison that had protected them since their arrival, they needed to uncover the Forerunners advanced grip on technology to free another squad of Spartan III’s.
Team Sabre had been imprisoned in a series of stasis pods, but their method of capture was presently beyond the abilities of Doctor Halsey and the full weight of the UNSC advanced research division.
He knew full well that mankind had an understanding of Slipspace, but it was only enough to send space faring vessels through to their remote and distant destinations.
It was simply a question of knowledge and experience in a field that mankind was quite new to. The Covenant were however, more experienced in this area. But even they had been at a loss to solve the Sentinel induced puzzle of Slipspace enveloped stasis pods.

John’s other additions were also a concern. Lucy another of the Spartan III’s, was currently receiving treatment for posttraumatic vocal disarticulation - a condition that prevented her from speaking.
John was unsure whether this was from any physical trauma, but whatever the case, he wished her a speedy recovery.
But regrettably his reasons for wishing this were not born from sympathy, but a need for more soldiers, soldiers that could give mankind another glimmer of hope, against a formidable foe.
John was sometimes disappointed that he lacked the almost sympathetic attitude to his fellow Spartans. Unlike Fred he always concentrated on the objective. Achieving it was what he strode for. And unfortunately, that often came at a heavy price.

Tom was another of the Spartan III survivors, but his responsibility currently revolved around Team Sabre. There was little he could do apart from provide a presence in case the technicians were successful. Something which John thought was unlikely, at least for now.
The technicians also had another mystery to solve. Both John and the other Spartans had managed to get back to Earth by finding a Forerunner hangar. Now the UNSC was in possession of two advanced vessels.
Unfortunately these two craft were only shuttles, but they would hopefully provide some answers in the search for new technology.
John’s return journey to Earth had been brief, but the other Spartans had had further to travel, in addition to carrying the doctor around after she slipped and fractured an ankle.

  • 01.27.2009 12:54 PM PDT

John refocused on their new objective. The Brutes would be desperate after the weeks that had passed since their defeat. Not to mention the initial bombardment of the cave entrance.
They were lucky that there was any entrance at all.
The bombing of the cave had been stopped after an orbiting Elite vessel had detected an unusual energy reading from beneath the cliff face.
The residing Elite fleet master at the time had offered his assistance to Hood in clearing the cave, but Hood’s initial acceptance of the offer was quickly overruled for reasons that were unknown to him.
John was unsure where the order to deny assistance had come from, but he had a good idea that one of the senior officers from the debriefing yesterday had something to do with it.
What he did know, was the reason for the order, greed and power.
Whatever was lying beneath the cave was not only of interest to the UNSC, but to the Brutes as well. That was probably why they were even in Europe at all instead of strengthening the loyalist presence in Africa.
“How do you want to play this?” asked Fred over the COM
“Standard guerrilla clearance.” answered John “We’ll use grenades to clear the mouth of the cave and then throw in a flare for good measure.”
“Linda and Mark?” queried Fred
“Outward flanking positions to provide accurate fire support. Then we’ll call them in once we’re twenty or thirty metres inside.”
Fred nodded. He liked the plan. But more than that it was like how it used to be. It was like being back on Reach.
“Who’s first in?” he asked
“I am,” Answered John confidently “then you, Kelly, Ash and Olivia. Once I’m happy its clear Olivia can put her skills to good use, and take point for the route inside. GEO says the route narrows after the entrance, and the last thing we need is a bunch of walking tanks clunking around, giving the Brutes any idea of how close we are.”
“They’ll know we’re here once we start throwing grenades.” Noted Fred
“I know, but the route further inside the cave will be greatly in their favour. At that point we’ll need stealth, not shooting.”

Mark suddenly stopped and squatted down into a fire position. All of the other Spartans immediately stopped and crouched down.
“What is it?” asked Fred
Mark steadied himself into a statue and stared at the mouth to the cave. “I had some movement. Not much, but enough to tell it wasn’t a deer or a sheep.”
“What makes you say that?” said John
“Because sheep aren’t eight feet tall,” Chuckled Mark
John raised his thumb and fore finger to his faceplate – the Spartan smile gesture. “Good eyes Mark. Keep them open.”
They were all still a good eight hundred metres from the cave, and at that range John knew the Brutes had little in the way of weaponry that could hit them with any accuracy. But he was not one for complacency.
“Linda, Mark. Take up a stationary fire position fifty metres to the west. If you see any more movement from the cave then relieve whatever it is of their head.”
Both of them quietly creeped off to the left; still maintaining their view on the cave as they took it in turns to cover each other.
John immediately motioned the rest of the team to move forward.
Olivia set off like a cheetah. The rest of them followed behind - weapons at the ready.

Olivia managed to move forward to within a hundred metres of the cave before two simultaneous high velocity shots rang out.
“Movement sighted in the cave.” Announced Linda
Olivia dropped to the ground and immediately magnified her vision to see what they had been shooting at.
Inside the cave and barely visible, was the shadow covered shape of a brute soldier.
Although unable to make out what rank it was she could tell easily tell that it was minus its helmet and weapon.
The shape quickly slumped to its knees before keeling over onto its front.
Their was a brief scuttling sound like rapid footsteps moving over the hard wet rocks of the cave.
John and the others ran forward into a forward fire position.
Fred tossed two grenades into the cave, followed by two more from Kelly. A double pair of muffled explosions filled the entrance, and a small cloud of stones and dust erupted from the darkened hole.
John moved further forward and then threw in a flare. The small golden orb bounced around inside the cave before settling behind a trio of large rocks and exploding into a small sun. Its direct glare was blocked to the outside, but the intense light still illuminated the rest of the cave.
Another shot rang out from Linda. “That’s two.”
John and the others sprinted forward to the sides of the cave entrance before the flare had finished its display.
Another two grenades were thrown by Olivia. They exploded filling the cave with more shrapnel.
Then John entered the cave.

John’s vision quickly adjusted to the dim light, but to avoid presenting an obvious target to the brute soldiers he left his field light off.
He heard movement several metres off to the right, behind some more rocks. He quickly turned and raised his HHAG simultaneously.
Out from behind the rocks strode the large bulk of a Brute Chieftain. The large ape growled loudly before charging towards John.
John calmly pulled the trigger twice and the weapon coughed two, sub light titanium darts at the Brute.
Two large holes erupted in the chieftain’s chest sending blood and gore in all directions. The brute, almost unaware of the injury continued its charge.
John sidestepped the bloody hulk, and the brute ran headlong into the opposing cave wall and then collapsed into a heap on the ground.
“That’s three.” Informed John

The rest of the Spartans moved into the cave before they descended into the darkness.

To be continued...

  • 01.27.2009 12:55 PM PDT

Epic Epic Epic Win

  • 01.27.2009 1:02 PM PDT

I cracked up like ape sh!7 when the Brute ran into a wall.

  • 01.27.2009 4:05 PM PDT

Posted by: Dropship dude
No, acnboy. Spartain Ken 15 is a lesser being. Much like the bacteria that lives in your shi­t.
Posted by: mike120593
My shi­t bacteria takes offense to that comparison.

Don't make me lel. You won't like me when I lel.

ROFLCOPTERLMAO!!!
Nice writing Max! Thanks for answering my (and everyone else's) questions.
More epic gore to come?

  • 01.27.2009 7:52 PM PDT

I don't join any group that spams me in PM so don't try it.
SPAM applies to anything that is copy and pasted, it is very obvious when you do so don't say you wrote it. Also if you argue with me on the nature of things contained in this signature, you will be blocked and never removed. If you send to me in XBox live you will be Avoided, Blocked, and a complaint will be filed for harassment.

You should get paid for this.

  • 01.27.2009 9:49 PM PDT

There are still things that they are yet to uncover about the Forerunners and the other species called the enemy, (who by the way do actually have a name, which will be revealed at a later date). But there will be the odd clue lying around to the future of the story.

Part 21 won't be written until next week, as I'm away this weekend.

Thanks for the praise.

  • 01.28.2009 12:27 AM PDT
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One day... I am gonna grow wings... A chemical reaction... Hysterical and useless... hystecial and let down and hanging around... crushed like a bug in the ground.

Nice Part

  • 01.28.2009 2:11 AM PDT

-eddy!
huh! What? It was the other guy, honest! ;)
'it was a sniper!' looks down at my sniper
uhh yeah? hes got one too. XD

well done

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  • 01.28.2009 11:06 AM PDT

I'm dying to get some sort of response from someone that works for Bungie. What do Bungie think of this story?
Do they like it? Is it a load of rubbish? Is it way off track? does it adhere to Halo canon?
It would just be nice to know what the Bungie family thinks of this fanfic, and what they think of other fanfics.


Please...someone...anyone from Bungie. Answer my call.

  • 01.29.2009 3:17 AM PDT

Try posting this whole thing in the blog section on the front page. Who knows maybe someone will like it.

Edit: I mean someone from Bungie, because we all love it.

[Edited on 01.29.2009 4:49 PM PST]

  • 01.29.2009 4:48 PM PDT
Subject: Halo 3 Epilogue Story (Part Twenty Now In) see page 35

Wow...I just read all 20 parts so far....and i'm tired after reading all of that....but damn....if this turns out to be HALO 4........I'm really impressed...

GO WORK FOR BUNGIE MAN !!

[Edited on 03.13.2009 7:37 PM PDT]

  • 01.29.2009 10:04 PM PDT
Subject: Halo 3 Epilogue Story (Introduction and Part One)

Posted by: Dropship dude
No, acnboy. Spartain Ken 15 is a lesser being. Much like the bacteria that lives in your shi­t.
Posted by: mike120593
My shi­t bacteria takes offense to that comparison.

Don't make me lel. You won't like me when I lel.

they would love this story im sure of it, post it in the blog thing!

  • 01.29.2009 10:38 PM PDT

Tried to sumbit it as a news item twice. Nothing came of it. Did it for part 19.

  • 01.30.2009 3:23 AM PDT