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Cover art for the story.

Cover art for the story.

Halo: The Machine Breaks is a short story in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series, released on September 5, 2024. The story focuses on a malfunctioning Promethean Knight rediscovering its humanity.

Official summary

“

2558. As Jul 'Mdama's Covenant grows stronger through acquisition of powerful Forerunner technology, one malfunctioning Promethean Knight discovers the last vestiges of its humanity.

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Appearances

Characters

Artificial intelligence

Forerunner

Ur-Didact (Mentioned only)

Human

Sangheili

Jul 'Mdama
Sali 'Nyon (Mentioned only)

Species

Forerunner (Technology only)
- Promethean
  - Promethean Crawler
  - Promethean Knight
Human
Sangheili

Organizations

Covenant remnants
- Jul 'Mdama's Covenant
United Nations Space Command
- Spartan Operations
  - SPARTAN-IV program
    - Fireteam Majestic
    - Fireteam Osiris
  - UNSC Navy
    - Office of Naval Intelligence (Mentioned only)
    - SPARTAN-II program (Mentioned only)

Locations

Absolute Record (Mentioned only)
Aktis system
- Aktis IV
Epoloch system
- Requiem (Mentioned only)
Heshdod system
- Lodestone (Mentioned only)
Khaphrae system
- Installation 03 (Mentioned only)
- Ivanoff Station (Mentioned only)
Nomos system
- Genesis
Sol system
- Earth
  - United Republic of North America
    - New Phoenix (Mentioned only)
Visper system
- Oban
Wolf 1473 system
- Coral (Mentioned only)
  - Pegasi Institute (Mentioned only)

Events

Post-Covenant War conflicts
- Battle of Aktis IV
- Battle of Oban
- New Phoenix Incident (Mentioned only)
- Raid on Ivanoff Station (Mentioned only)

Weapons

Vehicles

Ru'swum-pattern Phantom
Kerel-pattern assault carrier
- Song of Retribution
Infinity-class supercarrier
- UNSC Infinity (Mentioned only)

Technology and equipment

Composer (Mentioned only)
Durance
Janus Key
MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor
- MJOLNIR [GEN2]
  - OPERATOR-class Mjolnir
Promethean Knight
- Knight Battlewagon
- Knight Commander
Sangheili harness

External links

Halo: The Machine Breaks- The official Waypoint post in which the short story was released for free.
Halo: The Machine Breaks | Audiobook - The audiobook narrated by Alex Wakeford.

Sources

v • d • e Halo short stories, compilations, and flash fiction

Novellas	Halo: Saint's Testimony • Halo: Shadow of Intent

Compilations	Halo: Evolutions (Short stories) • Halo: Fractures (Short stories) • Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide (Flash-fiction shorts)

Halo Waypoint Chronicles	Vertical Umbrage • Winter Contention • Sunrise on Sanghelios • Saturn Devouring His Son • Battle for the Blood-Moon • Trial of Reckoning • Hippocratica • Fireside • The Third Life • Anvil Accord • The Machine Breaks • Venezian Sonata • Age of Retribution • Whispers from the Pyre

Story Shard (Fractures)	The Last Sky Marshal • Precipice • Duality

Data Drops	Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present • Cold Storage Reports • Superintendent viral campaign blog posts • Data Drop • Eleventh Hour reports • Halo Legendary Crate (Data Drops)

Game related	Manuals • Halo 2 (Conversations from the Universe) • Halo 3 (Bestiarum) • Halo: Reach (Dr. Halsey's personal journal • Legendary Edition letter) • Halo 4 (Infinity Briefing Packet) • Halo 5: Guardians (Limited Edition dossiers) • Halo Infinite (Story & Intel • Sigrid Eklund's field notes • Armory Infinitum)

Italics indicate items yet to be released. Bold indicate items included in a compilation.

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