2795: Halo: the Art of War – Chapter 3

Title: Halo: the Art of War [sic]
Author: Havoc-legionnaire
Media: Video Game
Topic: Halo
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure
URL: Chapter 3
Critiqued by: BadJamags AdmiralJamags and GoodJamags Commissar Gud Earthenus Jamags

Hello hello all you patrons, and-

Hang on.

*Turns to GoodJamags, who is now dressed in a suit that doesn’t seem to be cut for human anatomy at all*

What happened to TroyJamags?

“Don’t worry about it. We’re doing this now.”

… Uh, OK then. Anyway, in the last couple chapters, we dedicated a considerable amount of wordcount to the Covenant not learning anything and not doing anything, which would make sense if, as the summary indicates, that scene were a critical point of divergence from canon. But then Catherine Halsey and some OC twirled mustaches at each other for a while several years earlier. Apparently, the SPARTAN-III program got shut down years before it did in canon and was replaced by a similarly oddly early SPARTAN-IV program, neither of which is at all related to the Covenant not discovering Reach or to Operation: RED FLAG going ahead.

“We resume our disclaimer in progress.”

Disclaimer: I cannot believe that I still have to say this, but Halo is all 343 Industry’s. Any lawsuits would get you at most one of my doomsday devices.

“That feels like a big ‘at most’ to me. Does that feel like a big ‘at most’ to you?”

Nah, I’ve got several of those lying around.

A/N: And yes, once again a good deal of this is lifted from Fall of Reach. This should be the last chapter I do that. And also note that I’m going to be using the books for most plot items (the location of the Pillar of Autumn during her time at Reach for example).

Welp, here we go again.

“Your mission is simple: you are going to capture one of these prophets alive.” – Col. George Yang

“That’s not that simple.”

We’re also doing the “quote from the chapter stuck at the top like it’s somehow meaningful” thing again.

“Same guy, too.”

Stu, man. Stu.

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2790: Halo: the Art of War – Chapters 1 and 2

Title: Halo: the Art of War [sic]
Author: Havoc-legionnaire
Media: Video Game
Topic: Halo
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure
URL: Chapters 1 and 2
Critiqued by: BadJamags AdmiralJamags and GoodJamags JLT. TroyJamags

Hello hello all you patrons! We’re heading into some uncharted territory starting this week with a terrible HFY fic!

*GoodJamags shambles in, wearing poorly-fitting armor suspiciously resembling that of a UNSC Marine Corps Junior Lieutenant*

“But AdmiralJamags, haven’t we done a million of these?”

… Where did you-

“Don’t ask, just follow the script.”

Uh, OK. As I was saying, I don’t think we’ve actually done a pure Halo HFY fic just yet. And that’s a little surprising, given how much influence seems to bleed into Mass Effect HFY from Halo.

Anyway, this thing is one of the TVTropes Fanfic Recommendation Page’s Greatest Hits, so let’s try it on for size. Roll the summary!

AU. One small divergence, the smallest of errors, and the balance of fate tips. It is 2552. Reach is spared, for now. Operation Red Flag goes forth. The Covenant will learn that this war that they have started 27 years ago have only just begun.

Well, grammar errors in the summary are always a great sign.

Now, I do have to put a caveat on this that this is based on some expanded universe material that I haven’t actually read, so I may need some help here, but I get the impression it’s kind of wandering off to do its own insane thing.

“All that out of the way, let’s hit the fic:”

Disclaimer:

Oh, sorry. Let’s hit the disclaimer.

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