Halo: Hippocratica

Hippocratica keyart.

Halo: Hippocratica is a short story entry in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series, written by Alex Wakeford and published by 343 Industries on February 5, 2024. The story ties in with Content Update 29 for Halo Infinite, and focuses on several topics and characters related to Halo Wars—the theme of the Content Update.

Official synopsis

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2560. Adam Andrews, CEO of an interstellar corporation, ruminates upon the Covenant invasion of Arcadia—facing certain death, until the timely arrival of the UNSC Spirit of Fire.

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Summary

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Appearances

Characters Human Adam Andrews August-099 Dan (First appearance) John Forge Leon-011 Robert-025 Ruth Charet (Mentioned only) Kig-Yar Nor Fel (Mentioned only) Species Forerunner (Mentioned only) Human Kig-Yar Drymanders (First mentioned) Organizations Aquarius Terraforming Solutions (Mentioned only) Covenant Covenant remnants Banished (Mentioned only) Created (Mentioned only) Liang-Dortmund Corporation (Mentioned only) Misriah Armory (Mentioned only) Optican Singer-Edwards Ink (First mentioned) Unified Earth Government (Mentioned only) United Nations Space Command UNSC Navy SPARTAN-II program Team Omega Office of Naval Intelligence (Mentioned only) Unified Ground Command UNSC Marine Corps Locations Procyon system Arcadia Arcadia City Arcadia Forerunner ruins Fort Deen (Mentioned only) Volanus system Fumirole (Mentioned only) Minos system Hellas (Mentioned only)

Events Human-Covenant War Battle for Arcadia Second Fall of Arcadia (Mentioned only) Weapons Human MA5 series MA5B assault rifle (Mentioned only) Machine gun Mk50 Sidekick M68 Gauss cannon M99A2S3 Stanchion Covenant Energy sword Focus cannon Plasma pistol Vehicles Human Warthog M12G1 Gauss Warthog M808 Scorpion (Mentioned only) Banta-class transport Cargo 3 (Mentioned only) EV-44 Nightingale Phoenix-class colony ship UNSC Spirit of Fire (Mentioned only) Covenant Phantom R'awuw-pattern Scarab Technology and equipment Artificial limb (Mentioned only) Energy shielding (Mentioned only) Gravity lift Hard light Heads-up display MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor ARDENT-class Mjolnir PALADIN-class Mjolnir VALIANT-class Mjolnir Rumbledrug UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform Miscellaneous Not Far from the Tree: The Autobiography of Adam Andrews World Cuisine (Mentioned only) Keepsake

Gallery

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  Concept art of the Arcadia Gardens.

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  Concept art of the Forerunner ruins.

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  August-099 on Arcadia.

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  Rumbledrugs.

External links

• Halo: Hippocratica - The official Waypoint post in which the short story was released for free.
• Official Hippocratica PDF - The PDF of the short story released on Halo Waypoint (Archived copy).
• Halo: Hippocratica | Audiobook - The audiobook narrated by Alex Wakeford.