Halo: Winter Contention

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Winter Contention (sometimes styled Winter Contention: A Halo Waypoint Chronicle) is an upcoming short story written by 343 Industries and due to release on February 8, 2023, to celebrate the Halo Infinite in-game Noble Intention event. The story follows the Spartan supersoldiers of Noble Team during the Defense of Concord seven months prior to the Fall of Reach, and features the first major appearance of Rosenda-A344 in Halo media and the first appearance of Thom-A293 since his debut and death in Deliver Hope. Accordingly, the story's cover artwork depicts a stylistic take on the original Halo: Reach Noble Team artwork recreated with Halo Infinite art assets, albeit with Rosenda and Thom replacing Emile-A239 and Noble Six, respectively.

As with the previous story in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series, Vertical Umbrage, the story will be available as an audiobook on YouTube narrated by Alex Wakeford.

Official synopsis

"December 2551. Though the Covenant invasion of Concord has seen a rare UNSC victory, the Spartans of Noble Team find themselves stranded in a remote hinterland town. Though the Covenant’s orbital presence has been neutralized, the remaining alien survivors have regrouped and prepare to make a devastating final stand.
With dwindling time and no reinforcements, Kat-B320 comes up with a daring plan to do what Spartans do best and turn the tide—and it’s up to Thom-A293 and Rosenda-A344 to make it happen."

Summary

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Appearances

Characters Human Carter-A259 Catherine-B320 Jorge-052 Jun-A266 Rosenda-A344 Thom-A293 Species Human Unggoy Kig-Yar Organizations Covenant Unified Earth Government United Nations Space Command UNSC Navy SPARTAN-II program SPARTAN-III program Unified Ground Command UNSC Army Special Warfare Group Three NOBLE Team Locations Concord

Events Human-Covenant War Defense of Concord Weapons M247H machine gun Etilka SRS99-AM sniper rifle MA37 assault rifle MK50 Sidekick M9 fragmentation grenade Vehicles M862 Arctic Warthog Karo'etba-pattern Ghost Zashk-pattern Draugr Technology and equipment MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V AIR ASSAULT-class Mjolnir B-class Mjolnir COMMANDO-class Mjolnir CQC-class Mjolnir GRENADIER-class Mjolnir SCOUT-class Mjolnir

External links

• Halo: Winter Contention | Audiobook - The audiobook narrated by Alex Wakeford.