Editing Halo: Winter Contention

{{Title|''Winter Contention''}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
[[File:WinterContention Cover.jpg|thumb|300px|''Winter Contention'' keyart.]]
'''''Winter Contention''''' (sometimes styled '''''Winter Contention: A Halo Waypoint Chronicle''''') is a short story written by [[343 Industries]], released on [[2023#February|February 8, 2023]], to celebrate the ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' in-game [[Noble Intention]] event. The story follows the [[Spartan Operations|Spartan]] supersoldiers of [[Noble Team]] during the [[Defense of Concord]] seven months prior to the [[Fall of Reach]], and features the first major appearance of [[Rosenda-A344]] in ''Halo'' media and the first appearance of [[Thom-A293]] since his debut and death in ''[[Deliver Hope]]''. Accordingly, the story's cover artwork depicts a stylistic take on the original ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[:File:HR Promo Noble Revealed 1920x1200.jpg|Noble Team artwork]] recreated with ''Halo Infinite'' art assets, albeit with Rosenda and Thom replacing [[Emile-A239]] and [[SPARTAN-B312|Noble Six]], respectively.{{Ref/Site|Id=WC|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-winter-contention|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo: Winter Contention|D=08|M=02|Y=2023}}

As with the previous story in the ''Halo Waypoint Chronicle'' series, ''[[Halo: Vertical Umbrage]]'', the story is available as an audiobook on YouTube narrated by [[Alex Wakeford]].{{Ref/YouTube|Id=Audiobook|z03t1RQVh_U|Halo|Halo: Winter Contention - Audiobook}}

==Official synopsis==
{{Quote|[[2551#December|December 2551]]. Though the [[Covenant]] [[Defense of Concord|invasion]] of [[Concord]] has seen a rare [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] victory, the Spartans of Noble Team find themselves stranded in a remote hinterland town. Though the Covenant’s orbital presence has been neutralized, the remaining alien survivors have regrouped and prepare to make a devastating final stand. <br>With dwindling time and no reinforcements, Kat-B320 comes up with a daring plan to do what Spartans do best and turn the tide—and it’s up to [[Thom-A293]] and [[Rosenda-A344]] to make it happen.{{Ref/Reuse|Audiobook}}}}

==Summary==
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==Appearances==
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5
|title-1=Characters|
;Human
*[[Carter-A259]]
*[[Catherine-B320]]
*[[Emile-A239]] {{Im}}
*[[Jorge-052]]
*[[Jun-A266]]
*[[Rosenda-A344]]
*[[Thom-A293]]
*[[Urban Holland]] {{Mo}}

|title-2=Species|
*[[Human]]
*[[Unggoy]]
*[[Kig-Yar]]

|title-3=Organizations|
*[[Covenant]]
*[[Unified Earth Government]] {{Mo}}
**[[United Nations Space Command]]
***[[UNSC Navy]]
****[[SPARTAN-II program]]
****[[SPARTAN-III program]]
***[[Unified Ground Command]]
****[[UNSC Army]]
*****[[UNSC Army Rangers]]
*****[[Special Warfare Group Three]]
******[[NOBLE Team]]
*[[Concordian militia]] {{1st}}

|title-4=Locations|
*[[Alabaster system]]
**[[Concord]]
***[[Hinterlands region]] {{1st}}
****[[Ploh]] {{Fm}}
****[[Skathi]] {{1st}}
****[[New Ugga]] {{Fm}}
*[[Volanus system]]
**[[Fumirole]] {{Mo}}

|title-5=Events|
*[[Human-Covenant War]]
**[[Defense of Concord]]
***[[Operation: OFFSET EYE]] {{1st}}
**[[Battle of Fumirole]] {{Im}}

|title-6=Weapons|
;Human
*[[Combat knife]]
*[[CQS48 Bulldog]]
*[[M247H machine gun]]
**''[[Etilka]]''
*[[M9 fragmentation grenade]]
*[[MA40 assault rifle]]
*[[Mk50 Sidekick]]
*[[SRS99-AM sniper rifle]]

;Covenant
*[[Focus cannon]]
*[[Plasma cannon]]
*[[Plasma mortar]]

|title-7=Vehicles|
;Human
*[[Warthog]]
**[[M12 Warthog]] {{Mo}}
**[[M862 Arctic Warthog]]
*[[M9 Wolverine]] {{Mo}}
*{{Class|Marathon|heavy cruiser}} {{Mo}}
**[[C-322]] {{Im}}
*[[Pelican]]
*[[S-14 Baselard]] {{Mo}}
*{{Class|Strident|heavy frigate}} {{Mo}}
**[[FFG-427]] {{Im}}
**[[FFG-502]] {{Im}}

;Covenant
*[[Banshee]]
*{{Pattern|Bkowe'nei|Vampire}} {{Mo}}
*{{Pattern|Karo'etba|Ghost}}
*[[Wraith]]
*{{Pattern|Zashk|Draugr}} {{1st}}

|title-8=Technology and equipment|
*[[Anti-gravity technology]]
*[[Energy shielding]]
*[[Mass driver]] {{Mo}}
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]
**[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V]]
***[[AIR ASSAULT-class Mjolnir]]
***[[B-class Mjolnir]]
***[[COMMANDO-class Mjolnir]]
***[[CQC-class Mjolnir]]
***[[GRENADIER-class Mjolnir]]
***[[SCOUT-class Mjolnir]]
*[[Oracle scope|Oracle N-variant scope]]
*[[TEAMCOM]]
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HINF - NobleIntention Header.jpg|Thom and Rosenda in the story.
File:WinterContention_ConcordPelican.jpg|A Pelican dropship en route to Concord.
File:WinterContention BansheeScout.jpg|A Banshee scout on Concord during the battle.
</gallery>

==External links==
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-winter-contention Halo: Winter Contention] - The official Waypoint post in which the short story was released for free.
<!--*[[Archive:Winter Contention]] - Halopedia's own archived backup of the short story.-->
*[https://content.halocdn.com/media/Default/community/HaloInfinite/winter-contention-pdf-6712d290d1fc410d8ba20c7e314761fe.pdf Official ''Winter Contention'' PDF] - The PDF of the short story released on Halo Waypoint ([[:File:Winter Contention.pdf|Archived copy]]).
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z03t1RQVh_U Halo: Winter Contention | Audiobook] - The audiobook narrated by Alex Wakeford.

==Sources==
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