Halo: Fireside

Fireside keyart - reusing some original Halo Wars 2 concept art for Spirit of Fire's bridge.

Halo: Fireside is a short story entry in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series, written by Alex Wakeford and published by 343 Industries on February 21, 2024 - the seventh anniversary of Halo Wars 2's release. Accordingly, the story acts as a compilation of snippets from the Halo universe, revolving around the crew of UNSC Spirit of Fire and their conflict on the Ark following the conclusion of Halo Wars 2: Operation: SPEARBREAKER.

Official synopsis

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May 2559. Having emerged into the unknown after twenty-eight years adrift in space, the crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire find that new foes are not the only challenge they face on the enigmatic Ark—but the past they left behind.

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Summary

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Appearances

Characters Artificial intelligence Isabel Serina Animal Spock (Mentioned only) Human Alice-130 (Mentioned only) Jerome-092 (Mentioned only) Ellen Anders James Cutter Morgan Kinsano Helena Gruss Terrence Hood (Mentioned only) Mary (Mentioned only) Andrew Sandmoore (Mentioned only) Devon Sparks Chloe Turpin János Varga (First appearance) Elijah Vaughan Robert Watts (Mentioned only) Jiralhanae Atriox (Mentioned only) Sangheili Jato 'Ratum Species Dengkra Forerunner (Mentioned only) Human Jiralhanae Sangheili Thorn beast Unggoy Organizations Aquarius Terraforming Solutions (Mentioned only) Covenant Covenant remnants Banished (Mentioned only) Unified Earth Government (Mentioned only) United Nations Space Command UNSC Navy Unified Ground Command UNSC Marine Corps Scout Team Wajikol Scout Team Nawal Orbital Drop Shock Troopers Hellbringers Boomerang Company Sunray 1-1 Lotus Squad Locations Installation 00 Site Ricochet Fort Jordan (Mentioned only) Echo Base (First mentioned) Quebec Base (First appearance) Epsilon Indi system Harvest (Mentioned only) Kezu system Reynes (Mentioned only) Korinth Prior system Trove (Mentioned only) Procyon system Arcadia (Mentioned only)

Events Insurrection (Mentioned only) Human-Covenant War (Mentioned only) Harvest campaign (Mentioned only) Battle for Arcadia (Mentioned only) Battle of Trove (Mentioned only) Post-Covenant War conflicts Second Ark Conflict Operation: SPEARBREAKER (Mentioned only) Weapons Human Vehicles Human AV-14 Hornet M808S Scorpion Warthog M12F Warthog Phoenix-class colony ship UNSC Spirit of Fire (Mentioned only) Covenant Covenant cruiser Syfon-pattern assault carrier Enduring Conviction (Mentioned only) Technology and equipment MQ-96 Support Drone Hank Shield world (Mentioned only) Refugia (Mentioned only) Smart AI

Gallery

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  Halo Wars 2 concept art for Spirit of Fire's observation deck, reused in the short story.

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  Artwork for the map Sentry, the location of Site Ricochet in the story.

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  Concept art of Sunray 1-1.

External links

• Halo: Fireside- The official Waypoint post in which the short story was released for free.
• Official Halo: Fireside PDF - The PDF of the short story released on Halo Waypoint (Archived copy).
• Halo: Fireside | Audiobook - The audiobook narrated by Alex Wakeford.