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{{Title|''Vertical Umbrage''}}
{{Title|''Halo: Vertical Umbrage''}}
{{Status|Canon}}
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[[File:VerticalUmbrage Shadow Cover.jpg|thumb|300px|''Vertical Umbrage'' keyart by [[:Category:Images by William Cameron|William "Pixelflare" Cameron]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFAuditory}}]]
[[File:VerticalUmbrage Shadow Cover.jpg|thumb|300px|''Vertical Umbrage'' keyart by [[:Category:Images by William Cameron|William "Pixelflare" Cameron]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFAuditory}}]]
'''''Vertical Umbrage''''' (sometimes styled '''''Vertical Umbrage: A Halo Waypoint Chronicle'''''){{Ref/Generic|[[:File:Vertical Umbrage.pdf|Vertical Umbrage official PDF]]}} is a short story written by [[343 Industries]] and released on [[2022#November|November 7, 2022]], to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the release of ''[[Halo 4]]''. The story is set in early [[2558]] during the [[Requiem Campaign]], concurrently with the [[Spartan Ops]] mission [[Memento Mori/Everything Has Gone Wrong|Everything Has Gone Wrong]]. The story follows the [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] soldiers of [[Fireteam Shadow]] as they board the {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} ''[[Panom's Canticle]]'' - a series of events overheard in the Spartan Ops level but not visualised.{{Ref/Site|Id=Waypoint|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-4-vertical-umbrage|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo 4 - Vertical Umbrage|D=07|M=11|Y=2022|LocalArchive=Archive:Vertical Umbrage}}
'''''Halo: Vertical Umbrage''''' was the first short story in the [[Halo Waypoint Chronicle]]s series written by [[343 Industries]] and released on [[2022#November|November 7, 2022]], to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the release of ''[[Halo 4]]''. The story is set in early [[2558]] during the [[Requiem Campaign]], concurrently with the [[Spartan Ops]] mission [[Memento Mori/Everything Has Gone Wrong|Everything Has Gone Wrong]]. The story follows the [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] soldiers of [[Fireteam Shadow]] as they board the {{Pattern|Zanar|light cruiser}} ''[[Panom's Canticle]]'' - a series of events overheard in the Spartan Ops level but not visualised.{{Ref/Site|Id=Waypoint|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-4-vertical-umbrage|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo 4 - Vertical Umbrage|D=07|M=11|Y=2022}}


Halopedia maintains an unaltered [[Archive:Text archives|text archive]] of the ''Vertical Umbrage'' short story, should the original page go offline. The text transcript can be found [[Archive:Vertical Umbrage|here]]. The story was also later released as a free-to-download PDF (available [[#External links|here]]), and as an audiobook on YouTube narrated by [[Alex Wakeford]] (available [[#External links|here]]).{{Ref/Site|Id=CFAuditory|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-auditory-additions|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Auditory Additions|D=15|M=12|Y=2022}}
The story was also later released as a free-to-download PDF (available [[#External links|here]]), and as an audiobook on YouTube narrated by [[Alex Wakeford]] (available [[#External links|here]]).{{Ref/Site|Id=CFAuditory|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-auditory-additions|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Auditory Additions|D=15|M=12|Y=2022}}


==Summary==
==Summary==
[[Operation: VERTICAL UMBRAGE]] takes place alongside the Halo 4: Spartan Ops mission “Everything Has Gone Wrong,” during the [[UNSC]]’s campaign to drive [[Jul ‘Mdama’s Covenant]] faction off Requiem.
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-4-vertical-umbrage Halo 4 - Vertical Umbrage] - The official Waypoint post in which the short story was released for free.
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-4-vertical-umbrage Halo 4 - Vertical Umbrage] - The official Waypoint post in which the short story was released for free.
*[[Archive:Vertical Umbrage]] - Halopedia's own archived backup of the short story.
*[https://wpassets.halowaypoint.com/wp-content/2022/11/Halo-Vertical-Umbrage-PDF.pdf Official ''Vertical Umbrage'' PDF] - The PDF of the short story released on Halo Waypoint ([[:File:Vertical Umbrage.pdf|Archived copy]]).
*[https://wpassets.halowaypoint.com/wp-content/2022/11/Halo-Vertical-Umbrage-PDF.pdf Official ''Vertical Umbrage'' PDF] - The PDF of the short story released on Halo Waypoint ([[:File:Vertical Umbrage.pdf|Archived copy]]).
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSYtZvxAGvc Halo: Vertical Umbrage | Audiobook] - The audiobook narrated by Alex Wakeford.  
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSYtZvxAGvc Halo: Vertical Umbrage | Audiobook] - The audiobook narrated by Alex Wakeford.


==Sources==
==Sources==

Latest revision as of 18:51, May 14, 2024

Official cover art.
Vertical Umbrage keyart by William "Pixelflare" Cameron.[1]

Halo: Vertical Umbrage was the first short story in the Halo Waypoint Chronicles series written by 343 Industries and released on November 7, 2022, to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the release of Halo 4. The story is set in early 2558 during the Requiem Campaign, concurrently with the Spartan Ops mission Everything Has Gone Wrong. The story follows the SPARTAN-IV soldiers of Fireteam Shadow as they board the Zanar-pattern light cruiser Panom's Canticle - a series of events overheard in the Spartan Ops level but not visualised.[2]

The story was also later released as a free-to-download PDF (available here), and as an audiobook on YouTube narrated by Alex Wakeford (available here).[1]

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The Ur-Didact's quote in the story is an alternate version of his awakening originally recorded by the late voice actor David Anthony Pizzuto in the Composing A Universe featurette included in the limited edition of Halo 4: Original Soundtrack.

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