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{{Title|''The Ballad of Hamish Beamish''}} | {{Title|''The Ballad of Hamish Beamish''}} | ||
{{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 | {{Status|Apocrypha}} | ||
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{{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/Reuse|bbb}}}} | |||
[[File:UNSC_Janitorial_Corps_by_TDSpiral.png|thumb|200px|Accompanying illustration by Garrett Post]] | [[File:UNSC_Janitorial_Corps_by_TDSpiral.png|thumb|200px|Accompanying illustration by Garrett Post]] | ||
'''''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]]''. | '''''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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A long time ago on a military ship | A long time ago on a military ship | ||
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In a cryosleep manger | In a cryosleep manger | ||
Corbulo's the name | Corbulo's the name | ||
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As he and his chums were cryonically frozen | As he and his chums were cryonically frozen | ||
And off into slipspace the young people headed | And off into slipspace the young people headed | ||
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And some code that corrupted | And some code that corrupted | ||
As the good ship Jamaica flew on through night | As the good ship Jamaica flew on through night | ||
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Safe and preserved while poor Hamish just wept | Safe and preserved while poor Hamish just wept | ||
When he got it together, he resolved to survive | When he got it together, he resolved to survive | ||
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“Is the best kind of plan.” | “Is the best kind of plan.” | ||
So the darkness and cold would make anyone spooked | So the darkness and cold would make anyone spooked | ||
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In fact, you could argue it addled his brain | In fact, you could argue it addled his brain | ||
So when the ship at last reached the Corbulo banner | So when the ship at last reached the Corbulo banner | ||
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But I never revealed . . . what did poor Hamish drink? | But I never revealed . . . what did poor Hamish drink? | ||
So here is the moral of this dreadful tale | So here is the moral of this dreadful tale | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{Fractures}} | {{Fractures}} | ||
[[Category:Halo: Fractures]] | [[Category:Halo: Fractures]] | ||