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'''''The Ballad of Hamish Beamish''''' is | {{Quote|Honestly in the anthology, I was just excited to contrast stories about the giddy heights of [[artificial intelligence]], with the slimy nadir of natural intelligence [in [[Saint's Testimony]]]. I’m also more closely aligned in real-life with Hamish than I am with [[Iona]]. And with Fractures, that’s further compounded by my now regular embarrassment of being contrasted myself, with a slew of far superior authors and creators.|Frank O'Connor<ref name="bbb"/>}} | ||
'''''The Ballad of Hamish Beamish''''' is a poem included in ''[[Halo: Fractures|Halo: Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon]]''. Written by [[Frank O'Connor]], the ''Ballad'' is a tongue-in-cheek piece detailing the life of [[Hamish Beamish]], a [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science|Corbulo Academy]] janitor whom O'Connor originally portrayed in a cameo appearance in ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''. The story includes art by {{Plain|[https://www.artstation.com/artist/garrettpost Garrett Post]}},<ref name="bbb">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/books-browsers-and-big-team '''Halo Waypoint''' - '' Books, Browsers, and Big Team'']</ref> whose artwork was previously featured in the ''[[Headhunters (short story)|Headhunters]]'' short story in the re-release of ''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''. | |||
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*[[Hamish Beamish]] | *[[Hamish Beamish]] | ||
*[[ | *[[UNSC Jamaica's AI]] {{1st}} | ||
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*[[Human]] | *[[Human]] | ||
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- "Honestly in the anthology, I was just excited to contrast stories about the giddy heights of artificial intelligence, with the slimy nadir of natural intelligence [in Saint's Testimony]. I’m also more closely aligned in real-life with Hamish than I am with Iona. And with Fractures, that’s further compounded by my now regular embarrassment of being contrasted myself, with a slew of far superior authors and creators."
- — Frank O'Connor[1]
The Ballad of Hamish Beamish is a poem included in Halo: Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon. Written by Frank O'Connor, the Ballad is a tongue-in-cheek piece detailing the life of Hamish Beamish, a Corbulo Academy janitor whom O'Connor originally portrayed in a cameo appearance in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. The story includes art by Garrett Post,[1] whose artwork was previously featured in the Headhunters short story in the re-release of Halo: Evolutions.
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