User:Brodie-001/Sandbox

Right, ideas, ideas, ideas.

343i Canon
Well, I've decided that the main divergence point for the Sigmaverse will be immediately following the end of the Human-Covenant War, roughly early 2553 onwards. Need to list the important changes to it.
 * Infinity isn't built. Not yet, at least. I'll probably have it created by the late 26th Century, or even just after the Dark Uprising. Not sure what I'd do with it, but I plan to integrate the ship at some point.
 * As I've mentioned before, the Infinity will be included at some point, though I don't want it as a gamebreaker. Come to think of it I could have it unveiled by the 2599 battle of Sanghelios, before having it go toe-to-toe with the Ragnarok over Minerva. Then the SPARTAN-IV's and new SPARTAN-V Program can have their base.
 * The SPARTAN-IV Program, or at least Halo 4's one, doesn't happen. My own one begins in 2569 after the events of Shrike begin to seriously stir shit up. Even then, at least a thousand S-IV's are recruited at a young age, Zulu Company being made up of 6-9 year olds, and so on. They won't be receiving that Gen2 nonsense until the 2590's either, though It'll be very powerful when they do get it.
 * John-117 and the other SPARTAN-II's are another factor. The way I see it, I'll have Fred, Linda and Kelly sent off to find him, may even push the events on Requiem forward to the 2570s, though the Didact still gets stopped. Might not even include it, come to think of it, since all that nonsense severely screws with my canon. Let John sleep.
 * Parangosky and Kilo-Five will be a minor plot point. I might put Ryan Samson in charge of ONI in the 70's, revealing Parangosky for her crimes and deposing Osman quietly. I might have Parangosky alive by this point, though near-death. It'll be quite sad if I have Richard Mack Jr. testify against her. Still, contrapasso, as she says...

My work within this canon
Though I have my issues with 343's take on Halo, I still find the whole S-IV's on Requiem fascinating, and wouldn't mind trying my hand at my own fireteam. Just a few preliminary ideas for some, silly S-IV team names and all. I've kept the fireteam sizes different, just like there are six in Castle, Five in Majestic, Four maximum in Crimson and so on. I'll keep this entirely separate from the Sigmaverse, as a sort of H4-related side project for the time being. Might work with other users who are doing their own Infinity Spartans. Should be good fun to write.

Fireteam Iron
Iron will serve as my Protagonists for the Infinity S-IV's. I'll largely focus on them for the time being, going off on all sorts of adventures. And no, I'm not having a token female to even things out here.


 *  Thomas Floyd (Leader of Iron, he's very trusting of his team, though his leniency may cause problems.)
 * Nikolai Kuhlman (Takes missions very seriously, a consummate professional who operates as Iron's pointman)
 * Jack Cunningham (Shameless usage of my surname here. Team techie, bit of a smartmouth.)
 * Glenn Calhoun (Something of a complainer, but gets things done. Rounds off the team nicely.)

Fireteam Panther
I'll use these two as a scouting team, and probably some kind of group that will need help from Iron at some point, someone gets captured, etc. They'll be handy to have around, at least.


 * Christian O'Connel (Chatty guy, epitome of the 'Friendly Sniper' Trope.)
 * Donald Kinley (The sometimes over-eager partner of Chris. A little too happy to be in combat.)

Fireteam Rune
These guys form a bigger team, probably for reinforcements and fire support. I also had a notion of making them Iron's rivals, as well. Nothing too bad, like betrayal on the battlefield, but things could get rough in wargames. Again, plot points, plot points...


 * Todd Vance (The typical 'bully-boy' type. A good fighter, but all-round asshole.)
 * Melissa Houston (A somewhat 'bitchy' character who often sparks arguments with Iron. Not nice.)
 * Vlasi Yang (A quiet one, usually in charge of demolitions.)
 * Jordan Cornelius (Named in honour of an old friend. A big guy, but fast.)
 * Alvin Millan (A younger SPARTAN, quite overconfident.)
 * Abigail Evans (Quite a tough and surly, but respectful character. People like that make excellent redshirts.)

Wulf Team Triolgy

 * Halo: The Howling Dark. I've had this story planned for so long, and I'm beginning to doubt if I'll ever finish the Wulf Team trilogy. New canon bothers me, and I'm beginning to regret my already deeply-embedded decision to kill off almost all of Wulf Team on Minerva. THD will also include the battles on Teltin Station and Sanghelios, which I need to plan out properly. Some of Wulf Team gets captured, there's a Shadow Broker-esque Jiralhanae called Saerneus (reference to the little bro there) controlling stuff. Oh, and Jack's prancing around being evil in the background.
 * I feel as if Wulf Team are a sort of cut-price Sigma, really. We've got Maynard, the white knight and blandy McBlanderson protagonist, Ross, the generic psychopath, Mateo the foreign sounding sniper, there as a Jun expy, Devin, who I've actually expanded on but has been characterised as much as a brick, and Kate, the token female and niece of my over-compensatingly long-articled Marco-025. Characterisation is key, I suppose.

ORION
Plot Points:
 * The ORION Project is something that has interested me of late. As such, I'm planning on doing...something with Trident Team, and the awesomely awesome Richard Mack Sr., who serves as my protagonist at that time. Since I'll probably do a collaboration with Sona regarding ORION, I can put the Heimdall Incident off for now. Probably a good thing, since It'd probably end up as a Halo version of Shadow Moses...
 * ORION will serve as a big backstory for my main universe, being the starting-off point for Calvin Roe and Richard Mack, as well as links with canon characters, such as Parangosky, who I've always wanted to write about as a younger person, rather than the shrivelled-yet-scary old woman that we see her as in the Haloverse.
 * Frederick King and Marion Hollister's relationship, which ends badly. Well, something comes from it.
 * RMS and his actions with , should be a surprise.
 * Anton LaMarche, and what he ends up discovering on Heimdall. Not much else to elaborate on regarding it at this point.