Halo: Oblivion

Halo: Oblivion
Attribution information
Author(s):	Troy Denning
Publication information
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	September 24, 2019
Media type:	Print
Pages:	400 pages
ISBN:	1982114762, 978-1982114763

Halo: Oblivion - A Master Chief Story is a print novel by Troy Denning, released on September 24, 2019, and is a sequel to Halo: Silent Storm.

Plot synopsis

In the year 2526, mere months after first contact with the Covenant at Harvest, the UNSC is desperately fighting on the planet Mesra with the objective of denying vital resources to the enemy. Blue Team is deployed to the surface, aided by the 24th Marine Engineering Brigade. As Blue Team fails to stop an assault of Drones and Wraiths, they are exfiltrated by the UNSC Night Watch, a prowler under the command of Amalea Petrov. The Spartans are briefed on their next mission: a salvage operation on the planet Netherop, where intelligence gathered from a Battle Group X-Ray wolfpack indicated a downed Covenant frigate, designated Lucky Break. As the Night Watch is in slipspace, Fleetmaster Nizat ‘Kvarosee is recalled to High Charity for debriefing by the High Prophets. ‘Kvarosee is blamed for the loss of several Covenant assets: the Ring of Mighty Abundance, the supercarrier Hammer of Faith, and two cities previously inhabited by the Forerunners. ‘Kvarosee, knowing that he will be ordered executed by the Silent Shadow, decided to use the Lucky Break, Covenant name Steadfast Strike, as bait for a trap for Spartans. Meanwhile, the Night Watch arrives at Netherop and deploys their troops to the surface, getting shot down in the process. As soon discovered, Netherop is lethally hot. Petrov tasks Blue Team with capturing the Licky Break as it is their only means of escape. En route to the crash site, Fred-104 sees what he believes to be human children watching him.

Appearances

Characters Amalea Petrov (First appearance) April Orenski (Indirect mention) Aurello (First appearance) Avery Johnson (Mentioned only) Bah'd de Gaya y Elazia de los Karim (First appearance) Catherine Halsey Franklin Mendez (Mentioned only) Fred-104 Hector Nyeto (Mentioned only) Hiyat (First appearance) Jakome (First appearance) John-117 Kelly-087 Linda-058 Marmon Crowther (Mentioned only) Michael Stanforth Michael Sullivan (Indirect mention) Minor Minister of Artifact Survey (Mentioned only) Nizat 'Kvarosee Preston Cole Prophet of Regret Prophet of Mercy Prophet of Truth Samuel-034 (Mentioned only) Tam 'Lakosee Tel 'Szatulai (Mentioned only) Thomas Lasky (Indirect mention) Yao (Mentioned only) Species Human Kig-Yar (Mentioned only) Sangheili San'Shyuum Unggoy Yanme'e Organizations Castoffs (First appearance) Covenant Fleet of Inexorable Obedience Fleet of Swift Justice (First appearance) Silent Shadow Flotilla of Unsung Piety (First appearance) Unified Earth Government Children of Mesra (First appearance) Militia of Mesra (First appearance) Fifth Ghost Battalion (First appearance) United Nations Space Command UNSC Armed Forces UNSC Navy Battle Group X-Ray Task Force Pantea (First appearance) Naval Special Warfare Command Naval Special Weapons SPARTAN-II program Blue Team UNSC Marine Corps Orbital Drop Shock Troopers 21st Space Assault Battalion (Mentioned only) 24th Marine Engineering Brigade (First appearance) Locations Alluvion (Mentioned only) Circinius system (Mentioned only) Circinius IV (Mentioned only) Corbulo Academy of Military Science (Mentioned only) Cordoba system Gao (Mentioned only) Epsilon Eridani system Reach (Mentioned only) Epsilon Indi system Harvest (Mentioned only) Ephyra system Netherop Forgotten Highway High Charity Qusdar system (First appearance) Mesra (First appearance) Karpos Mountain Range (First appearance) Doukala Xenotime Works (First appearance) Kharsis Flume (First appearance) Samalat Gorge (First appearance) Nasim Bridge (First appearance) Sarpesi Ridge (First appearance) Ytterbium Road (First appearance) Zhoist (Mentioned only) Ring of Mighty Abundance (Mentioned only) Ten Cities of Edification (Mentioned only)

Events Human-Covenant War Battle of Harvest (Mentioned only) Battle of Alpha Corvi II (Indirect mention) Operation: SILENT STORM (Mentioned only) Attack on Zhoist (Mentioned only) Battle of Circinius IV (Mentioned only) Battle of Mesra (First appearance) Operation: OBLIVION (First appearance) World War II (Mentioned only) Vehicles AV-22 Sparrowhawk CAS-class assault carrier Pious Rampage Combat bridging vehicle (First appearance) Covenant cruiser Covenant destroyer Covenant frigate Steadfast Strike (First appearance) Covenant supercarrier Hammer of Faith (Mentioned only) Gigas fighter-bomber (First appearance) Halberd-class destroyer UNSC Kayenta (Mentioned only) UNSC Chaco (Mentioned only) UNSC Cibola (Mentioned only) UNSC Mesa Verde (Mentioned only) UNSC Rio Grande (Mentioned only) Intrusion-class corvette Quiet Faith Still Devotion (Mentioned only) Worthy Silence (Mentioned only) Silent Truth (Mentioned only) Sacred Whisper (Mentioned only) M12 Warthog M12G1 Gauss Warthog (Mentioned only) Nandao fighter (First appearance) Sharpfin-class escort corvette (First mentioned) Type-26 Wraith Prowler Razor-class prowler UNSC Night Watch UNSC Phyllis Wheatley (First appearance) Umbra troop transport (First appearance) Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser UNSC Everest Weapons M68 Gauss cannon M6H magnum Nuclear weapon Fury tactical nuclear weapon Octanitrocubane (Indirect mention) Type-1 energy sword Technology and equipment Kelguid (Mentioned only) MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor MJOLNIR [GEN1] Mark IV Project COBALT Self-destruct Xenotime (First appearance)

Trivia

• When mentioning the death of Samuel-034, the book states that Sam had to use his armor's self-destruct. However, Sam died when the Unrelenting exploded.

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