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==Brief Summary==

==Detailed Summary==

Within this section, the story takes place on [[Delta Halo]], where the Covenant are in the midst of a civil war. The Elites intercept Halsey's message, learn of the existence of Onyx and its Forerunner artifacts then regroup at a Covenant world called [[Joyous Exultation]]. There, the Sangheili leader [[Xytan 'Jar Wattinree]] rallies the Elites together and discuss the apparent treachery of the Brutes and Prophets, and how to go about handling the situation. Ship Master [[Voro 'Mantakree]] speaks to his fellow ship masters and suggests that they go to Onyx, as well as be vigilant of the [[Flood]] threat. He is promoted to the rank of Fleet Master and is given command of a fleet of eighteen [[Covenant destroyer|destroyers]], two cruisers, and one carrier. They then prepare to go to Onyx, and retrieve the [[Forerunner]] technology. Meanwhile, on the [[Covenant]] Super-carrier called "[[Sublime Transcendence]]," a [[Grunt]] named [[Kwassass]] stumbles upon the [[Huragok]] who are busy examining what is revealed to be [[Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb|Admiral Whitcomb]]'s [[Nova|NOVA]] bomb. The Huragok unknowingly arm it after Kwassass messes with the arming device for sometime. Shortly after the fleet departs for Onyx, the NOVA detonates, scorching the Covenant world with over 300 km per hour winds, shattering its nearby moon, Malhiem, into a billion fragments, and disintegrating the Covenant armada, as well as severely devastating the surface of "Joyous Exultation."

===Section [[List of "seven" references in Halo|7]]: Reclaimers===

Fighting off determined Covenant pursuers, they press on into the heart of the planet to find its secrets, but not before the ONI [[AI]] communicates to Dr. Halsey the importance of shutting down a Forerunner "factory located at the "tip" of the plant that manufactures a new Sentinel every six seconds, or 600 per hour. After disabling the factory, the group proceeds to the location of Team Katana. They find eight cryopods, five of which contain members of Katana. It is unknown who or what the other three contain. Possibly Forerunner, possibly ONI personnel that were active in Zone 67. They then press on to the planet's core, where they discover a Slipspace rift that shunts those that pass through it to a miniaturized [[Dyson Sphere]] that is separated from normal space-time by [[Forerunner]] [[slipspace]] technology. Will-043 and Holly-G003 fall fighting off the Covenant forces, Will-043 engaging several Hunters in hand to hand combat, before meeting his demise, earning him even the Sangheili's respect. Halsey, Mendez, Tom, Lucy, and the other Spartans escape. Kurt remains behind in order to stop the Covenant from following the humans into the Dyson Sphere. He waits for the core doors to fully close and then he lists Kurt Ambrose as MIA under SPARTAN-051 along with the other Spartans, adhering to the tradition of never listing a fallen Spartan as KIA. He ends his life responding to the Elite Fleet Master, "''Die? Didn't you know?... Spartans never die,''" he detonates the two [[FENRIS]] nuclear warheads that the team had taken with them.

From outside [[Onyx]], the surviving UNSC prowler ''Dusk'' watches on as the planet's surface rips apart, to reveal that the entire world is constructed of literally trillions of Sentinels, all connected together to provide an impenetrable defense around the Dyson Sphere at the heart of the planet. Within this sphere, which features terrain similar to that of Earth. Dr Halsey reveals that five pods they recovered after destroying the sentinel factory are pods that suspends the user inside a Slipspace field, the user is extruded into an alternate set of spatial co-ordinates excluded from time and nothing can harm them, because technically they are not there. 5 of the remaining Spartans, known as Team Katana, are each trapped in a [[Slipspace Field Pod]]. Concluding the story, Fred-104 takes command of the remaining survivors who find themselves alone in the vast habitat. Fred orders Dr. Halsey and the others to find the Forerunner artifacts and search for method of escape. Kelly then welcomes the new Spartan III's to the Blue Team, stating that they were "going to make a great team."

{{Main|Ghosts of Onyx sequel}}

 

For several years, ''Ghosts of Onyx'' was one of the most popular ''Halo'' novels to have a sequel made. [[Frank O'Connor]] had hinted at the possibility of a follow-up to ''Ghosts of Onyx'', authored by Eric Nylund. The sequel was already in talks by early 2010.<ref>[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive32.pl?read=968949 '''halo.bungie.org:''' ''Re: Frankie, Frankie, Frankie...'' #1]</ref><ref>[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive32.pl?read=969038 '''halo.bungie.org:''' ''Re: Frankie, Frankie, Frankie...'' #2]</ref> The [[Ghosts of Onyx sequel|sequel]] to the bestselling novel was announced on July 20, 2010, and despite the earlier talks with Nylund, it was confirmed to be written by Karen Traviss, award-winning novelist and author of the ''[[Human Weakness]]'' short story in ''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''. The novel is set to be the first of several to explore the ''Halo'' universe after the events of ''[[Halo 3]]''.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/transmissions/article/2010-07-20-Bestselling-Author-Karen-Traviss-Set-To-Explore-The-Halo-Universe Bestselling Author Karen Traviss Set To Explore The Halo Universe]</ref>