Editing Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon

{{Title|''Battle for the Blood-Moon''}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
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[[File:BattleForTheBloodMoon.jpg|300px|thumb|Keyart for the short story.]]

'''''Battle for the Blood-Moon''''' is the fifth entry in the [[Halo Waypoint Chronicle]] series of short stories published by [[343 Industries]], due to release on [[2023#November|November 27, 2023]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CFBloodMoon|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-fly-me-to-the-blood-moon|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Fly Me to the Blood-Moon|D=12|M=1|Y=2024}}{{Ref/Site|Id=Launch|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/combined-arms-operation-launch|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Combined Arms Operation Launch|D=14|M=11|Y=2023}} It was initially announced at the [[Canon Fodder]] Live event at the Halo World Championships 2023 as one of four then-upcoming Waypoint Chronicle stories, teased only with the keyart for the [[Combined Arms]] in-game event in ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=CFL|6NLZw-BL8hg|Time=27482|Halo|HaloWC 2023 Community Stage – Day 1 (Forge, Steve Downes, Jen Taylor, Keith David, Lore, Digsite +)|Detail=7:38:02|D=14|M=10|Y=2023}}

The story is set during the [[Banished]] battle for control of the ''[[kemuksuru]]'' mines of [[Suban]], as depicted in the ''Halo Infinite'' [[Season 05: Reckoning|Season 05]] map [[Prism]]. The [[Halo Infinite Story & Intel#Season 5|second intel drop]] of Season 05 was released as a tie-in to ''Battle for the Blood-Moon''.{{Ref/Reuse|CFBloodMoon}}

==Official synopsis==
{{Article quote|[[2560]]. The Banished have come to [[Suban]], the blood-moon of [[Sanghelios]], seeking to claim the unique natural resource within its vast mines: the beautiful but volatile [[Subanese crystal]]s. 

The [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and their [[Spartan]] allies face an overwhelming force on the ground, while a [[Sangheili]] [[Shipmaster|shipmistress]] in the skies above seeks to find a weakness in the enemy’s armor that might turn the tide against these invaders.{{Ref/Reuse|Launch}}}}

==Appearances==
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-6
|title-1=Characters|
;Human
*[[Glyyss]] {{1st}}
*[[Jaarov]] {{1st}}
*[[Jameson Locke]] {{Mo}}
*[[Trell]] {{1st}}
*[[Zhinn]] {{1st}}

;Jiralhanae
*[[Atriox]] {{Mo}}
*[[Ipso]] {{1st}}

;Kig-Yar
*[[Dahks]] {{Fn}}

;Sangheili
*[[Arkad Nar 'Kulul]] {{Mo}}
*[[Fahl 'Nto]] {{Fn}}
*[[Koal 'Mal]] {{1st}}
*[[Let 'Volir]] {{Mo}}
*[[Mahkee 'Chava]]
*[[Oebrin 'Chava]] {{Mo}}
*[[Orim 'Kasaan]] {{1st}}
*[[Orna 'Fulsam]]
*[[Silset 'Chava]] {{Mo}}
*[[Thel 'Vadam]] {{Mo}}
*[[Xelq 'Tylk]]

;San'Shyuum
*[[Prophet of Truth]] {{Mo}}

;Unggoy
*[[Dibdib]] {{1st}}

|title-2=Species|
*[[Human]]
*[[Jiralhanae]]
*[[Kig-Yar]]
*[[San'Shyuum]] {{Mo}}
*[[Sangheili]]

|title-3=Organizations|
*[[Covenant]]
**[[Evocati]]
**[[Covenant Special Operations]]
**[[Jha'kaar]]
*[[Covenant remnants]]
**[[Banished]]
**[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] {{Mo}}
**[[Swords of Sanghelios]]
***[[Siqtar Wing]]
***[[Zeshk Wing]] {{1st}}
*[[Created]] {{Mo}}
*[[Kolaar Manufactorum]] {{Mo}}
*[[Unified Earth Government]]
**[[United Nations Space Command]]
***[[UNSC Navy]]
****[[Office of Naval Intelligence]] {{Mo}}
***[[Spartan Operations]]
****[[Fireteam Jorogumo]]
****[[SPARTAN-IV program]]
*****[[Fireteam Osiris]] {{Mo}}

|title-4=Locations|
*[[Milky Way]]
**[[Ephyra system]]
***[[Netherop]] {{Mo}}
**[[Oth Sonin system]] {{Mo}}
**[[Reach]] {{Mo}}
**[[Urs system]]
***[[Sanghelios]]
****[[Suban]]
*****[[Mines of Shua'ree]]

|title-5=Events|
*[[Human-Covenant War]] {{Mo}}
**[[Fall of Reach]] {{Mo}}
**[[Battle of Installation 04]] {{Mo}}
**[[Great Schism]] {{Mo}}
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
**[[Battle of Netherop (2559)]] {{Mo}}
**[[Battle of Suban]]
**[[Blooding Years]]
***[[Battle of Sunaion]] {{Mo}}
***[[Siege at Kolaar]] {{Im}}
**[[Created uprising]] {{Mo}}
***[[Razing of Oth Sonin]] {{Mo}}

|title-6=Weapons|
;Banished
*[[Gravity hammer (fiction)|Gravity hammer]]
*[[Veporokk Workshop Ravager]]

;Covenant
*[[Energy dagger]]
*[[Energy sword (fiction)|Energy sword]]
*{{Pattern|Elutuzem|stalker rifle}}
*{{Pattern|Erudo'ma'keth|pulse carbine}}
*[[Fuel rod cannon]]
*[[Plasma cannon]]

;Human
*[[SRS99 series]] sniper rifles
**[[SRS99-S7 AM sniper rifle]]

|title-7=Vehicles|
;Banished
*[[Banished dreadnought]]
**''[[Ghost of Barolon]]''
*[[Barukaza Workshop siege-hauler]]

;Human
*[[Mongoose]]
**[[M290 Mongoose]]

;Covenant
*[[Banshee]]
*{{Pattern|Ceudar|heavy corvette}} {{Mo}}
*{{Pattern|Hekar Taa|blockade runner}}
**''[[Scorrin's Blade]]'' {{1st}}
*[[Phantom]]
*{{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}}
**''[[Bad Gas]]'' {{Fm}}

|title-8=Technology and equipment|
*[[Hyperscanner]]
*[[Stealth shroud]]
*[[Subanese crystal]]
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]
**[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)]]
***[[RAKSHASA-class Mjolnir]]
***[[SCORN-class Mjolnir]]
***[[SQUIRE-class Mjolnir]]
*[[Summit (building)|Summit]] {{Mo}}

|title-9=Miscellaneous|
*[[Shipmaster]]
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HINF CombinedArms KeyArtClean.png|[[Combined Arms]] keyart used to tease the short story.
File:WC Blood-MoonMines.jpg|Artwork of the [[Mines of Shua'ree]] created for this story.
</gallery>

==External links==
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-battle-for-the-blood-moon Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon] - The official Waypoint post in which the short story was released for free.
*[https://content.halocdn.com/media/Default/community/2023_1120-waypointchronicles_battleforthebloodmoon-r03-a3e3cc23be4c413598af74154d3b85da.pdf Official ''Battle for the Blood-Moon'' PDF] - The PDF of the short story released on Halo Waypoint ([[:File:Battle for the Blood-Moon.pdf|Archived copy]]).
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfRQc8tWw_w Halo: Battle for the Blood-Moon | Audiobook] - The audiobook narrated by [[Alex Wakeford]].

==Sources==
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