User:Ebon Shadowshot/Halo Wars 3: The Story

Halo Wars 3: The Story was a Halo Novel released on September 22nd 2009, to celebrate the release of Halo 3: ODST. It follows the tale of the events after Halo Wars, to the beginning of Halo Wars 3. It reveals more detail of the characters in the game.

Plot
The story begins with UNSC Spirit of Fire escaping the Flood-controlled Shield World. The Spirit of Fire then disappears, and the story skips to five years in the future. The Fleet of Unbreakable Mourning comes into the once-orbit of the Shield World. After several scans of the broken pieces, the Covenant concludes that it must have been a human construct which destroyed this world. They then notice a smoky trail in the middle of space (since there is no wind, the smoke never disappeared). The Fleet then begins to follow the trail. The Unknown Covenant Commander enters a small room. The hologram of the High Prophet of Regret appears. After a few mild confersations, Regret and the Covenant Commander then both decide upon descovering the human fleet before it tries to use something to escape. The hologram of Mercy disagrees, but states that they should follow the trail for any sign of human technology or humans themselves. Ryu 'kmme then enters the room, he states that several Human tanks have been seen floating in space. Regret orders that Mercy be transported via captured teleporter to the Fleet to lead the investigation. Mercy nods and leaves the hologram projecter. Several Human turrets and Vehicles are slowly leading the Fleet to the Spirit of Fire. The Prophet of Mercy then arrives on the fleet, along with ten honour guards. Also, several Brutes arrive on the ship. The Unknown Covenant Commander then orders that Mercy should be taken to the bridge. Two weeks pass, and the Unknown Covenant Commander is talking to Ryu 'kmme. He reveals many tails of the Human race, along with several other facts. Mercy then inspects the soldiers of the Covenant. He gives them a sermon, which takes a rather long time. The Spirit of Fire is then spotted, but before any shots could be made, the Spirit plummets onto an unknown Forerunner desert planet. The Fleet then flies above the planet, several Grunts and Elites prepare to jump. A Zealot enters a pod, as does several other Elites. The story ends with the Elite pods landing on the planet, and the Elites exiting into the dark unknown.