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Staten worked to ensure that ''Contact Harvest'' was a factually accurate addition to the ''Halo'' universe, as he considered his audience to be intelligent, savvy, and quite willing to point out flaws.<ref name="npr">[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17938562 '''NPR''': ''Best-Selling Book Shows 'Halo' Game's Wide Appeal'']</ref> Prior to the release of the novel, confusion arose over the appearance of the anachronous [[BR55 battle rifle]] in the cover art. As ''Contact Harvest'' was confirmed to take place in [[2525]] and the BR55 was originally noted to be a new weapon in [[2552]] as cited in the original edition of ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'',<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 133'' (2003)</ref> fans on [[Bungie.net]]'s forums questioned the rifle's inclusion in the novel. In Episode III of the [[Bungie Podcast]], Joseph Staten claimed that he had intentionally included the weapon in the novel, claiming that the BR55 that appears in ''Contact Harvest'' is [[XBR55 battle rifle|a prototypical model]] of the battle rifle used by players in ''[[Halo 2]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|podcast}} The battle rifle inconsistency has been further rectified, as the 2010 reprint of ''First Strike'' identifies the weapon as the "latest version" of the BR55.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 163-164'' (2010)</ref>
Staten worked to ensure that ''Contact Harvest'' was a factually accurate addition to the ''Halo'' universe, as he considered his audience to be intelligent, savvy, and quite willing to point out flaws.<ref name="npr">[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17938562 '''NPR''': ''Best-Selling Book Shows 'Halo' Game's Wide Appeal'']</ref> Prior to the release of the novel, confusion arose over the appearance of the anachronous [[BR55 battle rifle]] in the cover art. As ''Contact Harvest'' was confirmed to take place in [[2525]] and the BR55 was originally noted to be a new weapon in [[2552]] as cited in the original edition of ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'',<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 133'' (2003)</ref> fans on [[Bungie.net]]'s forums questioned the rifle's inclusion in the novel. In Episode III of the [[Bungie Podcast]], Joseph Staten claimed that he had intentionally included the weapon in the novel, claiming that the BR55 that appears in ''Contact Harvest'' is [[XBR55 battle rifle|a prototypical model]] of the battle rifle used by players in ''[[Halo 2]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|podcast}} The battle rifle inconsistency has been further rectified, as the 2010 reprint of ''First Strike'' identifies the weapon as the "latest version" of the BR55.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 163-164'' (2010)</ref>
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*[[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]]<ref name="charlie hotel">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 391''</ref>


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