Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual
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The Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual is a reference book on the Halo universe that was released by Scholastic Inc. on September 25, 2018.[1] A re-release of the reference book was published by Simon & Schuster on August 6, 2024.[2]
Official summary[edit]
| “ | Spartans. Humanity's first-and last-line of defense in a hostile 26th century galaxy. You have been selected to join their ranks.
The Official Spartan Field Manual is a guide to every element of the United Nations Space Command (UNSC) SPARTAN-IV program, disseminated to all newly-augmented Spartans. Inside these pages is the guidance you'll need to put your enhanced strength, speed, and skills to use in both War Games training simulations and, ultimately, joint combat operations. This manual is essential for getting to know the weapons and vehicles you will be using on the battlefield, as well as the allies and enemies you can expect to encounter. COMPULSORY READING FOR ALL SPARTAN-IV FIRETEAM LEADERS AND COMMANDERS. |
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Content[edit]
The Official Spartan Field Manual is written and presented as an in-universe book provided to SPARTAN-IV personnel assigned aboard UNSC Infinity, similar to the Infinity Briefing Packet included in the Limited Edition of Halo 4. The book is framed as being written and updated just prior to the first level of Halo 5: Guardians; page 11 contains a note written on October 17, 2558 from the ship's Captain Thomas Lasky to the reader, noting that Infinity is preparing to depart from the Sol system to conduct an assault on Jul 'Mdama's Covenant on Kamchatka. Interspersed throughout the book are addendums and notes from two other Spartans, Tedra Grant and Gabriel Thorne, which comment upon and challenge the propagandised/sanitised information provided by the UNSC to the reader.
The book is divided into ten sections:
- Introductions
- the SPARTAN-IV Program
- Physical Fitness Guidelines
- History of the Spartan Program
- ONI Augmentation Report
- Battlefronts
- Spartan Dossiers
- UNSC Organization
- Alien Factions
- Spartan Armory
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Re-release[edit]
On August 2024, the Official Spartan Field Manual was re-released by the publisher Simon & Schuster. For the updated release, the Manual featured an audiobook version:
- Chris Henry Coffey – Narrator[3]
- Elle Newland – Spartan Tedra Grant, reprising her role from Spartan Ops[3]
- Pete Simonelli – Spartan Gabriel Thorne[3]
Errors[edit]
- On page 62, the Truth and Reconciliation is referred to as a carrier.
- On page 74, it states that John-117 was in cryosleep for six years, instead of four years.
- On page 84, Operation: PROMETHEUS is dated June 2537 instead of July.
- On page 85, the approval of the SPARTAN-III program is dated 2431 instead of 2531.
- On page 113, an occurrence of Fireteam Jackknife is written with a single “k”.
- On page 141, the abbreviation for the rank Crewman is indicated as “CR” instead of “CN”, repeating the abbreviation for Crewman Recruit.
- On page 153, the image used for the Sangheili Zealot is that of a Sangheili Officer.
- On page 181, the redundancy “Mark V and Mark V” was most probably intended to be “Mark V and Mark VI”.
- On page 195, the size and weight statistics given for the fuel rod gun do not correspond to any of the known models of the weapon (including the Gespu-pattern, which is pictured on the page).
Gallery[edit]
Artwork by Josh Kao.
Artwork by Josh Kao.
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