Hunt the Truth

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"What seems like the end, is only the beginning."

— Tagline^[1]

Hunt the Truth, stylized as HUNT the TRUTH or the hashtag #HUNTtheTRUTH, is an ongoing marketing campaign for the upcoming release of Halo 5: Guardians^[1], hosted on the popular microblogging and social networking site Tumblr. After a countdown ending on Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 6:00PM PST, the site displayed the "Halo 5 Bullet" trailer, as well as acting as the front page of journalist Benjamin Giraud's hunt for the truth about the story of Master Chief. Giraud states that the site will be updated weekly with his "part docu-diary, part audio archive" until E3 2015 in June 14th, 2015.^[2]Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many Shortly after the puzzle's completion an animated version of the poster was uploaded to YouTube featuring some of the Halo 5: Guardians soundtrack.^[3]

Hunt the Signal

Main article: Hunt the Signal

Hunt the Signal was an ARG related to Hunt the Truth in which teams of four competed on order to have characters in Halo 5: Guardians be created in their likeness.

Appearances

Characters

Aden Langereis (First appearance)
Alea Maciejewski (First appearance)
Ana Dias*Santos (First appearance)
Andy Walczak (First appearance)
Anthony Petrosky (First appearance)
Antonio Silva (Mentioned only)
Benjamin Giraud
Chris Stillwell (First appearance)
Daniel Card (First appearance)
David Barker (First appearance)
Deon Govender (First appearance)
Derryl Jackson (First appearance)
Dmitry Yudin (First appearance)
Ellie Bloom
Eifinn Rein (First appearance)
Emil Rukavina (First appearance)
"FERO" (First appearance)^[4]
Franklin Mendez
Gabriella Dvørak (First appearance)
Gábor Zsolt (First appearance)
Graham Alban
Hollie Chu (First appearance)
Ian Redding-Smythe (First appearance)
Jakob Walker (First appearance)
Jameson Locke
Janet Goodwin (First appearance)
Jasper Arko (First appearance)
John-117
John Weiland (First appearance)
Josh Keegan (First appearance)
Judith Adomo (First appearance)
Katrina (First mentioned)
Langston (Indirect mention)
Leckie Tom (First appearance)
Leon Stephens (First appearance)
Lucy Quinn (First appearance)
Matthew Drake (First appearance)
Michael Sullivan
Mshak Moradi (First appearance)
O'Connor (First mentioned)
Oliver Barrett (First appearance)
Petra Janecek
Ray Kurzig (First appearance)
Richard Moody (First appearance)
Richard Sekibo (First mentioned)
Ryder Hannigan (First appearance)
Silas Mogensen (First appearance)
Steve Covington (First appearance)
Thomas Wu (First appearance)
Unidentified AI (First appearance)

Species

Forerunner (Technology only)
Human

Weapons

Vehicles

Autumn-class heavy cruiser
- UNSC Unto the Breach (First appearance)
CAS-class assault carrier
- Solemn Penance
Hog
Type-26 Banshee
Type-52 Phantom

Equipment and Technology

COM pad
Flash cloning (Mentioned only)
MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor
- MJOLNIR [GEN1]
  - Mark VI (Modified variant)
- MJOLNIR [GEN2]
  - Hunter variant
UNSC Army Battle Dress Uniform

Trivia

With each successive turn, the bullet reads: SON, ABDUCTEE, VICTIM, ORPHAN, RECRUIT, SOLDIER, WARRIOR, ALLY, HERO, SAVIOR, TRAITOR. An image of this is shown below.
Benjamin Giraud is voiced by Keegan-Michael Key, of the show Key & Peele.^[2]
Hunt the Truth establishes that Halo 2's cover art is actually an in-universe photograph captured and edited by Giraud.
The circular symbols at the top of the Death Record are actually a modified form of Circular Gallifreyan from the British television show Doctor Who.
Giraud's "Notice of Violation" features a QR code. When scanned, the code redirects the user to the Hunt the Truth Tumblr page.
The officer who authorized the "Notice of Violation" ticket is a reference to Frank O'Connor, with both people sharing the same last name.

Gallery

A graphic showing the successive frames of the Halo 5 "Bullet" teaser
Halo 5 promotional art featuring Locke and John-117, displayed at the end of the "Bullet" teaser
The avatar used on the HUNT the TRUTH SoundCloud profile
The countdown to the HUNT the TRUTH reveal on March 23, 2015
Locke and John-117
A grid from the site
The subtle differences between the two live action trailers.
An ad for Hunt the Truth with John-117.
An ad for Hunt the Truth with Jameson Locke.
Blue Team in the animated poster.
Locke's team in the animated poster.
The hidden message in Episode 6.
Hunt the Master Chief.