{"id":25562,"date":"2016-02-20T17:20:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T22:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=25562"},"modified":"2016-02-20T17:20:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T22:20:14","slug":"canon-fodder-storm-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=25562","title":{"rendered":"Canon Fodder Storm Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

BY\u00a0GRIMBROTHER ONE
\nISSUE 63<\/strong><\/p>\n

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How goes, Halo fans? This week has been a busy one at the studio as\u00a0we tackled Toy Fair 2016, and are preparing for the impending arrival of\u00a0Halo 5: Guardians\u2019\u00a0<\/em>next content update, Hammer Storm. Speaking of which, after reading\u00a0Bravo\u2019s excellent preview last week, more than a few of you inquired about when we might talk a bit about the lore behind some of Hammer Storm\u2019s upcoming aspects like maps and armor. Fortunately,\u00a0that\u00a0<\/em>particular question has a relatively easy answer: Today. So while last week we chatted about\u00a0some fun fiction that certainly sits on the outskirts of canonical relevance, this week we\u2019ll be moving the needle back much closer to the storytelling sweet spot. Let\u2019s dive in!<\/p>\n

Torque<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"cftorqueart-3a57cffb5b034101b1feae8f2722054d\"<\/a>Commissioned by Lethbridge Industrial in 2555, Auriga Station served as one of the company\u2019s preeminent research and development facilities.\u00a0 Its staff of human and AI researchers were kept busy decrypting Covenant and Forerunner records, searching for naval depots and resource caches. Fitted with the latest in UNSC fabrication systems and Sangheili-procured forges, the station could also carefully disassemble, analyze, and rebuild nearly any piece of recovered technology to aid in reverse-engineering efforts. It was this latter capability that brought Auriga Station to the attention of Cortana and her Created. Stripping bare Lethbridge\u2019s vast archives of secrets and making a mockery of their counter-cyberintrusion suites, Cortana quickly repurposed the loyalties of the station\u2019s resident AI and removed the human crew. Beating hearts have now been replaced by the inflamed obsessions of caretakers eager to use the station\u2019s tools to harvest, decompile, and rebuild new tools and weapons to be wielded by constructs advancing Cortana\u2019s plans across her growing ecumene. Meanwhile, an audacious plan has been hatched to deny the Created their prize: board Auriga Station with Spartan operatives, disable or steal the manufacturing systems on board, and wipe the AIs still bound to its holographic storage systems. In order to train for the assault a perfect recreation of a critical area on Auriga\u2019s habitat ring has been constructed in War Games, codenamed \u201cTorque.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

DECIMATOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Armor<\/strong>: The DECIMATOR is Materials Group’s attempt to reengineer key improvements of the Mjolnir Mark VII prototypes. The most successful of these efforts is the suit’s protean energy shield, which can be partially reshaped and sculpted.<\/p>\n

Helmet<\/strong>: DECIMATOR helmets have a design lineage that stretches back to the final years of the Covenant War, though few Spartan or UNICOM commanders are privy to the full details.<\/p>\n

MARAUDER<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Armor<\/strong>: A rarity in an age of highly-specialized Mjolnir variants, MARAUDER is a general-purpose powered assault armor that takes full advantage of line-replaceable modules and reprogrammable sensor arrays for maximum flexibility.<\/p>\n

Helmet<\/strong>: The MARAUDER VISR is built around the concept of hot-loadable tactical software modules optimized for particular situations. Modules are selected either by the onboard battle management system or the user.<\/p>\n

THIS ISN’T MC’S HAMMER<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"cfh5gravhammer-693a1f0253c0470998936ed54550d829\"<\/a>The Jiralhanae gravity hammer is a brutally effective melee weapon that combines a bladed war hammer with repurposed gravitic impellers integrated onto the striking face. These impellers give the weapon its namesake, and each smash produces a devastating area-of-effect pulse that leaves battered opponents in its wake. Over the course of the Covenant War and its aftermath, a variety of gravity hammer styles were encountered by UNSC forces and unfortunate civilians, sporting performance upgrades and stylistic tweaks to give their power-hungry owners a unique and lasting impression on the battlefield \u2013 oftentimes in a very literal sense.<\/p>\n

TRUTH & RECONCILIATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

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EightWalk326413: As of 2558, where is Naomi-010? Is she serving with the Spartan branch?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:\u00a0<\/strong>As of 2558, Spartan-II Naomi-010 is still enlisted and serving, however, the details of her current deployment remain classified.<\/p>\n

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When we meet again next week, you might want to come prepared for a fight, as we\u2019ll be featuring a focus on fictional fisticuffs. Plus, our next Halo LiveStream is currently scheduled for next week, where we\u2019ll be once again showing off some pretty cool stuff and having a great time along the way. Would always love for you to join us! And before we go, I want to personally wish my dad (Grim Prime) a very happy birthday today. Here’s to a\u00a0true<\/em>\u00a0Forerunner!Until next time\u2026 Live well, play Halo, and share the rock!<\/p>\n

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