Saturn Devouring His Son

Keyart for the short story.

Saturn Devouring His Son is the fourth entry in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series of short stories produced by 343 Industries. The story was released on October 31, 2023 to celebrate Halloween. The short depicts an operation by a Spartan Flood containment Fireteam, first hinted at in the final intel drop of Halo Infinite Season 04: Infection, and to coincide with the Flood-themed customisation of Season 05: Reckoning. The short story was first teased at the Halo World Championships 2023, at the Canon Fodder Live panel on October on the first day of the tournament alongside several other stories.

The short story's title is a reference to the famous painting of the same name. It follows the Halo: Evolutions short story The Mona Lisa in being a Flood horror-themed story named after a famous classical painting, in this regard.

Official synopsis

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2556. A partnership between the United Nations Space Command and Imbrium Machine Complex serves a vital role in rebuilding UNSC fleets by mining the vast asteroid belt of a gas giant. When an unexpected discovery is made by a civilian survey team, the promise of a retirement-grade payday and the hubris of a UNSC captain results in an ancient terror being unleashed.

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Appearances

Characters Artificial intelligence 000 Tragic Solitude (Mentioned only) Lycaon (First appearance) Human Abe (First appearance) Pedro Alvarez Arti (First appearance) Beck (First appearance) Francisco Goya (First mentioned) Julien Donney (First appearance) Lance (First appearance) Louisa (First appearance) Mox (First appearance) Shafiq (First appearance) Oswald (First appearance) West (First appearance) Species Human Forerunner (Mentioned only) Flood Flood attacker form Organizations BXR Mining Corporation Covenant (Mentioned only) Imbrium Machine Complex Unified Earth Government United Nations Space Command Spartan Operations Flood containment Fireteam Fireteam Leviathan (First appearance) UNSC Marine Corps Orbital Drop Shock Troopers Hellbringers UNSC Navy UNSC Home Fleet (Mentioned only) Locations Site 22 (First appearance) Marcey system (First appearance) LV-31 (First appearance) Elvie (First appearance)

Events Human-Covenant War (Mentioned only) Post-Covenant War conflicts Invasion of Earth (Mentioned only) Operation: FAR STORM (Mentioned only) Weapons Magnetic Accelerator Cannon Mk50 Sidekick Shiva-class nuclear missile Vehicles Condor (Mentioned only) Cyclops EM-120 auger (First appearance) Forerunner starship Pelican Paris-class heavy frigate UNSC Saturn Technology and equipment MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor MJOLNIR (B) Sentinels Retriever Sentinel (Mentioned only) OSTEO combat engineering suit Miscellaneous CORRUPTER Emergency Contact Protocol Upsilon Errant Vee (First mentioned) Titan Smoke

External links

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