Editing Halo: Renegades

{{Title|''Halo: Renegades''}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
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{{Novel infobox
|name=''Halo: Renegades''
|image=[[File:Halo Renegades cover.jpg|300px]]
|author=[[Kelly Gay]]
|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]
|publication=[[2019|February 19, 2019]]{{Ref/Site|Id=S&S|URL=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/HALO-Renegades/Kelly-Gay/HALO/9781501192791|Site=Simon and Schuster|Page=Halo: Renegades}}
|media=Print
|length=337
|ISBN=
}}
'''''Halo: Renegades''''' is a [[Halo novels|novel]] set in the [[Halo universe|''Halo'' universe]] by [[Kelly Gay]], and released on [[2019|February 19, 2019]].{{Ref/Reuse|Id=S&S}}{{Ref/Site|Id=hcu|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/flag-caps-gowns|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo Community Update: Flag Caps & Gowns}} The novel continues the story of Gay's [[2016]] novella ''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]'', picking up on [[Rion Forge]] and the crew of the ''[[Ace of Spades]]'', as well as the 26th-century framing narrative of ''[[Halo: Primordium]]''. The sequel, ''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'', was released on [[2021|March 2, 2021]].

==Official summary==
{{Article Quote|Find. Claim. Profit. In a [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|post-Covenant War galaxy]] littered with scrap, it's the salvager's motto—and [[Rion Forge]] certainly made her mark on the trade. All she wanted was to grow her business and continue the search for her [[John Forge|long-lost father]], but her recent discovery of a [[Forerunner]] [[Trove|debris field]] at the edge of human-occupied space has now put her squarely in the crosshairs of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] and the violent [[Covenant remnants|remains of the Covenant]]. Each faction has a desire to lay claim to the spoils of ancient technology, whatever the cost, sending Rion and the crew of the [[Ace of Spades]] on a perilous venture—one that unexpectedly leads them straight into danger far greater than anything they’ve ever encountered...{{Ref/Reuse|Id=S&S}}}}

==Plot synopsis==
{{Spoiler/begin}}
===Prologue: A Last Burial===
The prologue opens with an [[Artificial Intelligence]] dragging corpses across an alien landscape. Five bodies lie in the sand, casualties from a devastating ship explosion that claimed numerous other lives. The AI, having taken a physical body with humanoid features through blue [[hardlight]] technology and alloy plates, uses a makeshift staff from ship wreckage to maintain mobility despite damage to one leg. It calculates it bears approximately 62.35% responsibility for the ship's destruction, though other factors contributed.
While methodically burying the dead, the AI contemplates its existence, noting that its new physical form triggers ancient, darker memories it's not ready to confront, reflecting on its capacity for human-like emotions, particularly guilt and regret over the crew's deaths. "And I am still human. Am I not?," it ponders, contemplating about complex evolution beyond its original programming, reminiscent of theories by [[Forerunner]] theorist [[Humble-Through-Study]] about the advancement of consciousness. 
Having fashioned an antenna from the wreckage, it establishes a distress beacon and maintains patience, knowing rescue will eventually arrive.

==Appearances==
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-6|title-1=Characters|
*[[000 Tragic Solitude]] {{Mo}}
*[[Adam Cerra]] {{1st}}
*[[Annabelle Richards]]
*[[Cade McDonough]] {{Mo}}
*[[Catalog]]
*[[Chakas]]/[[343 Guilty Spark]]
*[[Danelle Reid]] {{1st}}
*[[Dylan Novak]] {{1st}}
*[[Elld]] {{1st}}
*[[Faber-of-Will-and-Might]] {{Mo}}
*[[Ferguson]] {{1st}}
*[[Forthencho]] {{Mo}}
*[[Gamelpar]] {{Mo}}
*[[Gek 'Lhar]]
*[[Hugo Barton]] {{Mo}}
*[[Humble-Through-Study]] {{Fm}}
*[[Intrepid Eye]] {{Mo}}
*[[IsoDidact]] {{Mo}}
*[[James Cutter]] {{Mo}}
*[[Jillian]] {{Mo}}
*[[John Forge]]
*[[Jul 'Mdama]] {{Mo}}
*[[Hollier]] {{1st}}
*[[Kip Silas]]
*[[Lessa]]
*[[Librarian]]
*[[Little Bit]]
*[[Mary Parker Meade]] {{Fm}}
*[[Netah Karah]] {{1st}}
*[[Niko]]
*[[Nor Fel]]
*[[Ram Chalva]]
*[[Rion Forge]]
*[[Riser]] {{Mo}}
*[[Serina]] {{Mo}}
*[[Talia Kipley]] {{C|Not mentioned by name}}
*[[Tomn]] {{1st}}
*[[Turkish]]
*[[Ur-Didact]] {{Mo}}
*[[Vinnevra]] {{Mo}}
*[[Walter Hahn]]
*[[William Iqbal]]
|title-2=Species|
*[[Flood]] {{Mo}}
*[[Forerunner]] {{Mo}}
*[[Human]]
**[[Florian]] {{Mo}}
*[[Huragok]] {{Mo}}
*[[Jiralhanae]]
*[[Kig-Yar]]
**[[T'vaoan]]
*[[Lekgolo]]
**[[Sbaolekgolo]] {{Mo}}
*[[Moon crab]] {{1st}}
*[[Precursor]] {{Mo}}
*[[Sangheili]]
*[[San'Shyuum]] {{Mo}}
*[[Unggoy]] {{Mo}}
*[[Yonhet]]
|title-3=Organizations|
*[[Ancient humanity]] {{Mo}}
*[[Covenant]] {{Mo}}
*[[Covenant remnants]]
**[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]
*[[Ecumene]] {{Mo}}
**[[Builder]] {{C|Technology only}}
**[[Juridical]]
**[[Lifeworker]]
**[[Theoretical]]s {{Mo}}
*[[Harris-Romner Bank]] {{Fm}}
*[[wikipedia:Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Empire]] {{Mo}}
*[[Saffire Diagnostics]] {{Fm}}
*[[Unified Earth Government]]
**[[Colonial Administration Authority]] {{Mo}}
**[[United Nations Space Command]]
***[[UNSC Armed Forces]]
****[[Spartan Operations]]
*****[[SPARTAN-IV program]]
******[[Fireteam Apollo]] {{1st}}
****[[UNSC Navy]]
*****[[Naval Special Warfare Command]]
******[[Naval Special Weapons]]
*******[[SPARTAN-II program]]
********[[Red Team]] {{Mo}}
*****[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
******[[Xeno-Materials Exploitation Group]] {{Mo}}
******[[Reverse Engineering and Prototyping–Xenotechnology department]] {{Mo}}
******[[ONI Section Three]]
*******[[Delta-6 Division]] {{Mo}}
*[[Venezian Militia]] {{Mo}}
|title-4=Locations|
*[[Absolute Record]] {{Mo}}
*[[Aspero system]]
**[[Hesduros]] {{Mo}}
*[[Bastion]] {{Mo}}
*[[Binterall]]
**[[Port Joy]] {{1st}}
*[[Cordoba system]]
**[[Gao]]
*[[Elduros system]]
**[[Aleria]] {{Mo}}
*[[Emerald Cove]] {{Mo}}
*[[Epsilon Eridani system]]
**[[Tribute]] {{Mo}}
***[[Casbah City]] {{Mo}}
*[[Epoloch system]]
**[[Requiem]] {{Mo}}
*[[Forseti]] {{Mo}}
*[[Ibycus system]]
**[[Geranos-a]] {{1st}}
*[[Installation 00]] {{Mo}}
*[[Korinth Prior system]]
**[[Trove]] {{c|Debris field}}
*[[Orrichon system]]
**[[Sedra]] {{Mo}}
***[[Sedra City]] {{Mo}}
*[[Orso system]]
**[[Venezia]]
***[[New Tyne]]
****[[Nor Fel's clearing house]]
*[[Procyon system]]
**[[Laconia]] {{Mo}}
*[[Shaps system]]
**[[Myer's Moon]] {{1st}}
*[[Sol system]]
**[[Earth]]
***[[Africa]]
****[[East African Protectorate]]
*****[[Kenya]]
******[[Mombasa]]
*******[[New Mombasa]] {{Mo}}
******[[Tsavo]]
*******[[Tsavo National Forest]] {{1st}}
******[[Voi]]
*****[[Tanzania]]
******[[Mount Kilimanjaro]]
*******[[Kilimanjaro Forerunner complex]] {{1st}}
****[[Marontik]] {{Mo}}
***[[Asia]]
****[[Borneo]]
*****[[Borneo Station]] {{Fm}}
****[[South America]]
*****Ecuador
******[[Quito]] {{Mo}}
***[[United Republic of North America]]
****[[New Phoenix]] {{Mo}}
**[[Jupiter]]
***[[Jupiter Station]] {{1st}}
**[[Mars]] {{Mo}}
**[[Saturn]]
***[[Titan]] {{Mo}}
*[[Soell system]]
**[[Installation 04]] {{Mo}}
*[[Sverdlovsk system]]
**[[Vitalyevna]]
***[[Komoya]] {{1st}}
****[[West Glades Airfield]] {{1st}}
***[[Rostov]] {{1st}}
***[[Talitsa]] {{Mo}}
*[[Triniel]] {{1st}}
*[[Via Casilina Trade Route]] {{Mo}}
*[[Zeta Doradus system]]
**[[Sarcophagus]] {{Mo}}
|title-5=Events|
*[[Human-Forerunner wars]] {{Mo}}
*[[Forerunner-Flood war]] {{Mo}}
**[[Great Purification]] {{Mo}}
*[[Reintroduction]] {{Mo}}
*[[Human-Covenant War]] {{Mo}}
**[[Battle of Trove]] {{Mo}}
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
**[[Terrorist attack on Sedra City]] {{Mo}}
**[[Invasion of Earth]] {{Mo}}
**[[Operation: FAR STORM]] {{Mo}}
**[[Mission to the Korinth Prior system]] {{1st}}
**[[New Phoenix Incident]] {{Mo}}
**[[Mission to Mount Kilimanjaro]] {{1st}}
|title-6=Vehicles|
*[[Colony ship]]
**''[[CAA Chalybeate]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Erstwhile]]'' {{Fm}}
*[[HRB Flintlock|HRB ''Flintlock'']] {{1st}}
*''[[Hakon]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[F-41 Broadsword]]
*{{Class|Gargantua|transport}} {{Mo}}
*{{Class|Infinity|supercarrier}}
**{{UNSCShip|Infinity}}
*[[Keyship]] {{Mo}}
*[[M274 Mongoose|Mongoose]]
*{{Class|Mariner|transport ship}}
**''[[Ace of Spades]]''
*[[Pelican]]
*[[Phoenix-class colony ship]] {{Mo}}
**{{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} {{Mo}} 
*[[Prowler]]
**{{Class|Eclipse|prowler}}
***{{UNSCShip|Bad Moon Rising}} {{1st}}
**{{UNSCShip|Rubicon}}
**{{UNSCShip|Taurokado}}
*[[Seraph]]
*Transport barge
**''[[Loren]]'' {{1st}}
*{{Pattern|Za'zayara|Harvester}}
*[[UNSC carrier]]
*[[Cruiser#UNSC|UNSC cruiser]]
*[[UNSC frigate]]
*[[War-freighter]]
|title-7=Weapons|
*[[M319 grenade launcher]]
*[[M6 series]]
*[[Z-130 Suppressor]]
*[[Z-250 lightrifle]]
|title-8=Technology and equipment|
*[[Artificial intelligence]]
**[[Ancilla]]
**[[Armiger]]
***[[Soldier Sniper]]
**[[Dumb AI]]
***[[Superintendent-class artificial intelligence]] {{Mo}}
**[[Monitor]] {{Mo}}
**[[Sentinel]]
***[[Retriever Sentinel]] {{Mo}}
**[[Smart AI]]
*[[Bioweapon]] {{Mo}}
*[[Coordinate key]] {{1st}}
*[[Design seed]]
**[[Upgrade seed]] {{1st}}
*[[Domain]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Geas]]''
*[[Halo Array]] {{Mo}}
*[[Luminary]] {{Mo}}
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]
**[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR (GEN2)]]
*[[Recording glove]] {{1st}}
*[[Slipspace drive]]
**[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] {{Mo}}
*[[Slipspace core]] {{Mo}}
**[[Slipspace flake]] 
*[[Star road]] {{Mo}}
*[[Teleportation grid]]
|title-9=Others|
*[[Bornstellar Relation]] {{Mo}}
*[[Project BOOKWORM]] {{1st}}
}}

==Production notes==
The cover art was illustrated by Stephan Martiniere and designed by Alan Dingman.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:RenegadesArt.jpg|Cover art of the novel.
File:Renegades manuscript.jpg|The author's manuscript for the novel.
</gallery>

==Sources==
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