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Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo is a reference book on the Halo universe that was released on September 5, 2017.[1] The book details the technology, scale, design, construction, and variety of ships, space stations, and colony worlds in the Halo universe.[2]

Official summary

“ From the developers of the Halo video game franchise comes an official guide to the spacecrafts of the Halo universe, featuring intricately detailed cross-section illustrations.

This is the official, authoritative guide to the spacecrafts of the Halo universe, written in collaboration with 343 Industries, the developers of the “Halo” franchise.

The full-color illustrated package covers the fleets of the UNSC, Covenant, and the Forerunner factions, featuring intricately detailed cross-section illustrations of franchise favorites the Pillar of Autumn, High Charity, and the Forerunner Dreadnought. Other specialized spreads offer a closer look at the weapons used in space, the planets of the Covenant and Human colonies, and the space-faring technology that each utilize.

With illustrations from the Halo team and renowned illustrator Isaac Hannaford, this is a must-have for fans of the Halo franchise.

”

Content

Described as a more "technical" counterpart to Halo Mythos, Halo: Warfleet features ten full-color cross-sections of ships by Hans Jenssen, known for his work on Star Wars: Incredible Cross-Sections, and John Mullaney, who previously worked on ship cross-sections based on the Firefly franchise. In addition, multiple all-new secondary art pieces by various artists are included. Written by 343 Industries' internal writing team, with Kenneth Peters serving as writing lead, Warfleet also includes a variety of specific technical details and terminology formerly contained to the Halo Story Bible.[2]

The book is divided into five sections: Introduction/Technical Architecture, Human Ships, Covenant Ships, Forerunner Ships, as well as an expansive Glossary. The book is published in an "oversized" format to accommodate the detail in the larger illustrations. Each spread includes annotations to explain the functions of given parts of a ship, along with statistics and history of the vehicle in question.[2]

Development

Halo: Warfleet was announced on the Halo website in an issue of the Halo Community Update on October 14, 2016.[3]

Appearances

Characters

Species

Organizations

Locations

Events

Weapons

Vehicles

Technology and equipment



Gallery

Concept art

  • An earlier version of the book's cover.

    An earlier version of the book's cover.

  • DAS-class storm cutter render

    DAS-class storm cutter render

  • Gladius-class corvette render

    Gladius-class corvette render

  • Early version of the Gladius-class corvette.

    Early version of the Gladius-class corvette.

  • HW POA.jpg

    Unfinished Pillar of Autumn art used on pages 24-25

Final art

  • The book's full cover illustration.

    The book's full cover illustration.

  • The table of contents. Pages 4-5

    The table of contents. Pages 4-5

  • Infinity repaired over Earth, by Darren Bacon. Used on pages 4-5

    Infinity repaired over Earth, by Darren Bacon. Used on pages 4-5

  • A human slipspace drive render, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on page 10

    A human slipspace drive render, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on page 10

  • A Covenant slipspace drive render, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on page 11

    A Covenant slipspace drive render, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on page 11

  • A Forerunner slipspace drive render, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on page 12

    A Forerunner slipspace drive render, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on page 12

  • An ancient human cruiser, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on pages 14-15

    An ancient human cruiser, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on pages 14-15

  • HW longsword.jpg

    A Longsword with its weaponry, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on pages 16-17

  • The image of DAS-class storm cutters battling a Gladius-class corvette, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on pages 18-19

    The image of DAS-class storm cutters battling a Gladius-class corvette, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on pages 18-19

  • Pages 20–21

    Pages 20–21

  • Cairo Station art used on pages 30-31

    Cairo Station art used on pages 30-31

  • In Amber Clad art used on pages 36-37

    In Amber Clad art used on pages 36-37

  • Infinity art used on pages 42-43

    Infinity art used on pages 42-43

  • Pages 42–43

    Pages 42–43

  • HW Spirit of Fire.jpg

    Spirit of Fire art used on pages 48-49

  • Halo Warfleet TAC.png

    Truth and Reconciliation art used on pages 62-63

  • Pages 80–81

    Pages 80–81

  • HWF-ArdentPrayer.png

    A cutaway illustration of the Ardent Prayer. Used on pages 76-77

Trivia

The Halcyon-class light cruiser on the book's cover is based on the original depiction of the class seen in Halo: Combat Evolved (including the Marathon logo on the port side) rather than the updated model seen in Halo: Reach and later media.[4]

Sources

  1. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Bloomsbury
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CF
  3. ^ Halo Waypoint - Community Update: Into the Storm
  4. ^ UNSC Pillar of Autumn model from Halo: Combat Evolved

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