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Subject: Does this promo look like something you'd want to read?

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Poll: Does this promo look like something you'd want to read?  [closed]
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Hello! I was thinking of writing a Halo story of some events that took place during the Covenant war. This opening is the summary, what you would find on the back of a book or on the inside flap. Tell me what you think, and I don't have a title so please suggest one!

Ten years ago, contact with the outer colony Harvest was lost. What was first believed as a rebellion against Earth's unified government was later confirmed as the largest threat the human race had ever known. An overwhelmingly powerful conglomerate of alien races known as the Covenant was scouring the galaxy eliminating Earths fledging interstellar empire. While the United Nations Space Command Defense Force had done a good job of keeping them away from civilian colonies, military outposts all around the outer rim of human space were quickly falling. But the Covenant still held an interest in planet Harvest. Because the planets recapture was reduced in importance by the UNSC, only one ship at a time was stationed on the former colony. In 2535, the UNSC Aldrin vanished from Harvest without a trace. The remaining marines on the planet must stop the Covenant from retrieving whatever they are searching for beneath the surface. With no hope of rescue, their only option is victory.

  • 06.08.2010 10:08 AM PDT

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It's a little too imprecise for me. But write it nonetheless! Can't possibly be worse than my stories.

As for a title...

- "Harvest Time!"
- "Time for the Harvest"
- "The Harvesters"

Okay, now harvest is starting to sound really weird...

[Edited on 06.08.2010 12:33 PM PDT]

  • 06.08.2010 12:31 PM PDT

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Hmmm, pretty interesting. Just make sure you don't clash with cannon.

  • 06.08.2010 12:56 PM PDT

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Posted by: Agustus
I lol'd at the absurd miscommunication that occurs whenever dibbs post something. Perhaps his brain is so highly evolved that he can no longer clearly communicate with lesser life forms, even among his own species.

Most of your audience will know the story of Harvest already so I would keep the back-story at one sentence, two maximum.

"But the Covenant still held an interest in planet Harvest. Because the planets recapture was reduced in importance by the UNSC, only one ship at a time was stationed on the former colony." If the Covenant still controlled the planet how could the UNSC send a single ship to be stationed there? Is it an ONI Prowler equipped with camo? If not how is it getting past the Covenant?

Add a sentence saying something along the lines of "In 2535 the UNSC Aldrin was sent on a mission to (investigate Covenant digging crews / reconnoiter Harvest / whatever the story is you're trying to tell) however contact with the ship was soon lost."

I like the last sentence; it's definitely something they would put on the synopsis on the back of one of the Halo games / books.

[Edited on 06.08.2010 2:06 PM PDT]

  • 06.08.2010 2:04 PM PDT