Editing Halo: Battle Born

{{Title|''Halo: Battle Born''}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{Novel infobox
|name=''Halo: Battle Born''
|image=[[File:Halo Battle Born cover.jpg|300px]]
|author=[[Cassandra Rose Clarke]]<ref name="Amazon">[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Born-Halo-Cassandra-Clarke/dp/1338253646 '''Amazon.co.uk''' ''- Battle Born(Halo)'']</ref>
|cover artist=Antonio Javier Caparo
|publisher=*[[Scholastic]]{{Ref/Reuse|Amazon}}
*[[Simon & Schuster]] {{C|2024 re-release}}{{Ref/Site|Id=S&SBB|URL=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Halo-Battle-Born/Cassandra-Rose-Clarke/Halo/9781668037812|Site=Simon & Schuster|Page=Halo: Battle Born|D=11|M=1|Y=2024}}
|publication=*January 1, [[2019]]{{Ref/Reuse|Amazon}}{{Ref/Site|Id=CFLore|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-give-em-lore|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - If They Want Lore, We'll Give 'Em Lore|D=26|M=03|Y=2024}}
*March 26, [[2024]]{{Ref/Reuse|S&SBB}}
|media=Print{{Ref/Reuse|Amazon}}
|length=304 pages{{Ref/Reuse|Amazon}}
|ISBN=*[[Special:BookSources/978-1338253641|978-1338253641]]{{Ref/Reuse|Amazon}}
*[[Special:BookSources/978-1668037812|978-1668037812]]{{Ref/Reuse|S&SBB}}{{C|2024 re-release}}
}}

'''''Halo: Battle Born''''' is a [[Halo novels|print novel]] by [[Cassandra Rose Clarke]], released on January 1, [[2019]].{{Ref/Reuse|Amazon}} This novel is the first of a novel series called '''''[[Battle Born: A Halo Young Adult Novel Series]]'''''<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/HALO-Battle-Cassandra-Rose-Clarke/dp/1338253646 '''Amazon.com''' - ''HALO: Battle Born (Battle Born: A Halo Young Adult Novel Series #1)'']</ref> The book was followed by a sequel, ''[[Halo: Meridian Divide]]'', with a third sequel planned but ultimately cancelled by the publisher.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://www.cassandraroseclarke.com/news/halo-battle-born-officially-announced|Site=Cassandra Rose Clarke|Page=Halo: Battle Born Officially Announced|Quote=The publisher decided not to publish the third one (it was a huge disappointment to me as well!) I'm hoping if people let them know they want a sequel, they'll change their mind.}} A re-release of the novel is set to be published by [[Simon & Schuster]] on March 26, [[2024]].{{Ref/Reuse|S&SBB}}

==Official summary==
{{Article quote|Saskia, Dorian, Evie, and Victor aren't exactly friends at their small high school on the middle-of-nowhere colony world of Meridian. Each has their own problems, from absent parents to supporting their family, getting into a good college to making the next hit holo-film. But those problems were nothing next to the threat now facing their world: The alien alliance known as the Covenant is laying siege to Meridian, for reasons that aren't so easily explained. 

With their village in flames, the four teens find themselves stuck above ground, locked out of the town shelter where the rest of the survivors are gathered. Together, Saskia, Dorian, Evie, and Victor are thrust into battle with nothing but a few scavenged weapons and an injured Spartan, one of the UNSC's super-soldiers. What's forged from the destruction will determine the fate of Meridian, and tilt the battle for humanity's survival. {{Ref/Reuse|Amazon}}}}

==Appearances==
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5|title-1=Characters|
;Human
*[[Alex Linville]] {{1st}}
*[[Camila Gallardo]] {{Fm}}
*[[Daniella]] {{1st}}
*[[Dorian Nguyen]] {{1st}}
*[[Elwin]] {{Fm}}
*[[Evelyn Rousseau]] {{1st}}
*[[Garbett]] {{Fm}}
*[[Garzon]] {{Fm}}
*[[Hugo Chastain]] {{1st}}
*[[Maria Gallardo]] {{Fm}}
*[[Maximilian Nguyen]] {{1st}}
*[[Mikal Rousseau]] {{1st}}
*[[Owen-B096]] {{1st}}
*[[Quinn Butain]] {{Fm}}
*[[Remy]] {{1st}}
*[[Saskia Nazari]] {{1st}}
*[[Tomas Reynés]] {{1st}}
*[[Victor Gallardo]] {{1st}}
*[[Xavier Dupont]] {{1st}}

;Artificial Intelligence
*[[Salome]] {{1st}}

;Fictional
*[[Hinfelm the Horrible]] {{1st}}

|title-2=Species|
*[[Forerunner]] {{Mo}}
*[[Human]]
*[[Kig-Yar]]
*[[Lekgolo]]
**[[Mgalekgolo]]
*[[Sangheili]]
*[[Sardans cat]] {{1st}}
*[[Unggoy]]
*[[Yanme'e]]

|title-3=Organizations|
*[[Chalybs Defense Solutions]]
*[[Covenant]]
*[[Drowning Chromium]] {{1st}}
*[[Erse]] {{1st}}
*[[Insurrectionist]]
**[[Sundered Legion]] {{Mo}}
*[[Unified Earth Government]]
**[[United Nations Space Command]]
***[[UNSC Armed Forces]]
****[[UNSC Air Force]] {{Mo}}
****[[UNSC Navy]]
*****[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
******[[SPARTAN-III program]]
*******[[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]]
******[[Xeno-Materials Exploitation Group]]

|title-4=Locations|
*[[Hestia system]]
**[[Hestia V]]
***[[Meridian]]
****[[Aagen]] {{Fm}}
****[[Angoulême]] {{Mo}}
****[[Avignon]] {{Mo}}
****[[Brume-sur-Mer]] {{1st}}
*****[[Brume Beach]] {{1st}}
*****[[Old Brume]] {{1st}}
****[[Port Moyne]] {{Fm}}
****[[Rue Camélia]] {{Fm}}
****[[Rue Violette]] {{Fm}}
****[[University of Meridian]] {{Fm}}
*[[Sol system]] {{Mo}}
**[[Earth]] {{Mo}}

|title-5=Events|
*[[Insurrection]] {{Mo}}
*[[Human-Covenant War]]
**[[Battle of Meridian]]

|title-6=Vehicles|
*{{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}}
*[[Covenant cruiser]]
*[[Type-26 Banshee]]
*[[UNSC Cruiser]]
**{{UNSCShip|Sparrow}} {{1st}}
*[[Prowler]]
**[[Sundered Legion Prowler]] {{1st}}
*{{Pattern|Shua'ee|Locust}}
*[[Scud-rider]] {{1st}}

|title-7=Weapons|
*[[ARC-920 railgun]]
*[[Grenade launcher]] {{Mo}}
*[[M363 sticky detonator]]
*[[Nuclear weapon]] {{Mo}}
*[[Type-1 energy sword]]
*{{Pattern|Anskum|plasma grenade}}
*{{Pattern|Okarda'phaa|plasma rifle}}
*[[Type-33 needler]]
*[[Plasma rifle (Chalybs)|Unnamed plasma rifle prototype]]

|title-8=Technology and equipment|
*[[Artificial intelligence]]
**[[Dumb AI]]
**[[Smart AI]] {{Mo}}
*[[Cognitive Impression Modeling]] {{Mo}}
*[[COM pad]]
*[[Data pad]]
*[[Energy shielding]]
*[[Holography]]
*[[Kig-Yar combat harness]]
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]
*[[Combat harness|Sangheili combat harness]]
**[[Sangheili Ultra|Ultra]] variant

|title-9=Miscellaneous|
*[[SASO]] {{1st}}
*[[Self-destruct]]
}}

==Re-releases==
In spring 2024, both ''Battle Born'' and ''Meridian Divide'' were re-released by the publisher [[Simon & Schuster]]. For the updated release, ''Battle Born'' was given an Adjunct section similar to those found in [[The Original Series]] of novels written by [[Eric Nylund]] and reissued in [[2010]]. While the re-released ''Battle Born'' contains only a few minor wording differences from the original, the Adjunct contains two uncredited short stories:
*'''[[Free Frontier Education: The Sundered Legion]]''' {{C|6 pages}}
*'''[[Glassed (short story)|Glassed]]''' {{C|5 pages}}

The updated release also saw the novels given audiobook releases, with unique voice actors for each of the point-of-view characters:{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}
*Ryan Do{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}
*Caitlin Kelly{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}
*Lee Osorio{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}
*Angel Pean{{Ref/Reuse|CFLore}}

==Gallery==
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File:BattleBorn.jpg
File:BbEarly.jpg|A user on Reddit came across an early version of the book with a slightly different cover than the final release.
File:HBatB Gallery Cover Art.jpg|Cover art for the 2024 re-release of Halo: Battle Born.
</gallery>

==Sources==
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