Editing Halo: The Rubicon Protocol

{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{Title|''Halo: The Rubicon Protocol''}}
{{Novel infobox
|image=[[File:HTRP FrontCover.jpg|300px]]
|author=[[Kelly Gay]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFParallel}}{{Ref/Site|Id=Simon & Schuster|URL=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Halo-The-Rubicon-Protocol/Kelly-Gay/Halo/9781982147884|Site=Simon & Schuster|Page=Halo: The Rubicon Protocol|D=22|M=7|Y=2021}}
|cover artist=[[:Category:Images by William Cameron|William "Pixelflare" Cameron]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFParallel}}
|illustrator= 
|publisher=[[Gallery Books]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFParallel}}
|publication=[[2022|August 9, 2022]]{{Ref/Reuse|Amazon}}
|media=
|length=352 pages
|ISBN=9781982147884
}}
'''''Halo: The Rubicon Protocol''''' is an upcoming ''Halo'' [[Halo novels|novel]] by [[Kelly Gay]], following surviving members of the [[United Nations Space Command]] as they [[Battle for Zeta Halo|mount a resistance]] against the [[Banished]] following their [[Battle over Installation 07|ambush]] by them in [[2559#December|late 2559]].{{Ref/YouTube|G6a4f5PntWg|HALO|Halo Infinite <nowiki>|</nowiki> Holiday 2021 Community Stream|Time=4364}} The novel was originally set to be released [[2022#March|March 15, 2022]], but later was delayed to June 28, 2022,{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-foundations|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon fodder - Foundations|D=12|M=1|Y=2022}} then delayed again to August 9, 2022.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFParallel|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/parallel-threads|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Parallel Threads|D=25|M=6|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Site|Id=Amazon|URL=https://www.amazon.com/-/en/Kelly-Gay/dp/1982147881|Site=Amazon|Page=Halo: The Rubicon Protocol (29)|D=16|M=7|Y=2021}}

In celebration of San Diego Comic Con between July 21–24, 2022, a few limited copies of ''The Rubicon Protocol'' were released early through the [[Simon & Schuster]] booth at the convention.{{Ref/Twitter|GalleryBooks|1549876808400748552|Gallery Books|@Halo fans! Attending @Comic_Con? Visit the @simonschuster booth (1128) for your early on-sale copy of HALO: THE RUBICON PROTOCOL by @KellyHGay! Supplies are limited—don’t wait! @halogear #SDCC #halo #haloinfinite #SDCC2022|D=29|M=07|Y=2022}} Additionally, on the 8th and 29 July respectively, two short previews of the book were officially released by [[343 Industries]], with a third released in a [[Canon Fodder]] on 2 August. The links to these previews can be found at the bottom of this page.

==Official summary==
{{Article quote|2560. Humanity finds its back against the wall after the United Nations Space Command flagship Infinity dropped out of slipspace into a devastating ambush launched by the Banished. As this fierce enemy alliance seeks to claim a powerful weapon hidden within the ancient Forerunner ringworld known as Zeta Halo, the surviving UNSC forces now find themselves compromised and its leadership out of reach—with remaining personnel forced to abandon ship and take their chances on the fractured, unpredictable surface of the Halo ring.

Now survival in this strange, alien environment—whether for Spartan super-soldiers or those who never thought they would see the battle up close—is measured day-to-day against a relentless and brutal adversary that always has the upper hand. Desperation grows, but the will to keep on fighting and enduring no matter the odds is never in doubt… even as the Banished seek to unleash a frightening new enemy that could doom them all...{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-of-protocols-and-prisons|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Of Protocols and Prisons|D=7|M=3|Y=2022}}}}

==Plot summary==
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==Appearances==
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{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-6|title-1=Characters|
====Artificial Intelligence====
*[[Cortana]] {{Mo}}
*[[Elfie]]
*[[Mouse]] {{1st}}
*[[Ouco]]
*[[091 Adjutant Veridity]]
*[[117649 Despondent Pyre]]

====Human====
*[[Erik Bender]] {{1st}}
*[[Lucas Browning]]
*[[Isaiah Cameron]]
*[[Deleke]] {{1st}}
*[[Robin Dimik]] {{1st}}
*[[Douglas-042]] {{Im}}
*[[Foutty]] {{1st}}
*[[Horatio Fry]]
*[[Hudson Griffin]]
*[[Etana Hensler]] {{1st}}
*[[Tomas Horvath]]
*[[M. Jaide]] {{Mo}}
*[[Gavin Jo]] {{1st}}
*[[John-117]] {{Mo}}
*[[Kim]] {{1st}}
*[[Kinney]] {{1st}}
*[[Nina Kovan]]
*[[Thomas Lasky]] {{Mo}}
*[[Vedrana Makovich]]
*[[Henri Malik]]
*[[Mosley]] {{1st}}
*[[TJ Murphy]]
*[[Owens]] {{Fm}}
*[[Sarah Palmer]]
*[[Panago]]
*[[Park]] {{1st}}
*[[Rosado]] {{Mo}}
*[[Sarkar]]
*[[Theodore Sorel]] {{Mo}}
*[[Thompson]] {{1st}}
*[[Kate Stalling]] {{1st}}
*[[Bonita Stone]]
*[[Si Wheeler]] 
*[[Unidentified Banished human inspector]] {{1st}}

====Jiralhanae====
*[[Atriox]] {{Mo}}
*[[Escharum]]
*[[Gorian]]
*[[Hectarius]] {{1st}}
*[[Itacus]] {{1st}}
*[[Tremonius]] {{Mo}}

====Sangheili====
*[[Chak 'Lok]]
*[[Jega 'Rdomnai]]

====Unggoy====
*[[Glibnub]]

====Xalanyn====
*The [[Harbinger]]

|title-2=Species|
*[[Flood]] {{Mo}}
*[[Forerunner]] {{Mo}}
*[[Gasgira]]
*[[Human]]
**[[Ancestors]] {{Mo}}
*[[Jiralhanae]]
*[[Kateukal]] {{Fm}}
*[[Kig-Yar]]
*[[Mgalekgolo]]
*[[Sangheili]]
*[[Unggoy]]
*[[Xalanyn]]

|title-3=Organizations|
*[[Banished]]
**[[Bloodstars#Banished|Bloodstars]]
**[[Hand of Atriox]]
**[[Witch's Eye]] {{1st}}
*[[Created]] {{Mo}}
*[[Covenant]] {{Mo}}
*[[United Nations Space Command]]
**[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
**[[UNSC Armed Forces]]
***[[Boat crew]] {{1st}}
***[[Spartan Operations]]
****[[SPARTAN-II program]]
*****[[Blue Team]] {{Mo}}
****[[SPARTAN-IV program]]
*****[[Fireteam Intrepid]]
*****[[Fireteam Shadow]]
*****[[Fireteam Taurus]]
*****[[Fireteam Windfall]]
***[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
****[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]
*****[[Gravediggers]] {{Fm}}
*****[[Hatetriox]] {{Fm}}

|title-4=Locations|
*[[Anvil Station]] {{Mo}}
*[[Milky Way]]
**[[Bhaakto system]]
***[[Alluvion]] {{Mo}}
****[[Vaslo]] {{Fm}}
****[[Kuyik]] {{Fm}}
**[[Ephsu system]]
**[[Installation 07]]
***[[Cartographer#Installation 07|Cartographer]] {{Mo}}
***[[Conservatory (location)|Conservatory]]
***[[Outpost Tremonius (location)|Outpost Tremonius]]
***[[Redoubt of Sundering]]
***[[Tower]]
***[[House of Reckoning (location)|House of Reckoning]]
***[[Beacon tower]]
**[[Oth Sonin system]]
***[[Doisac]] {{Mo}}
****[[Teash]] {{Im}}
****[[Warial]] {{Im}}
**[[Sverdlovsk system]]
***[[Talitsa]] {{Mo}}

|title-5=Events|
*[[Bow to Stern relay]] {{Fm}}
*[[War]]
**[[First Immolation]] {{Mo}}
**[[Human-Covenant War]] {{Mo}}
**[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
***[[Created uprising]]
****[[Razing of Oth Sonin]] {{Mo}}
****[[Battle for Zeta Halo]]
*****[[Battle over Installation 07]]
*****[[Battle of the Mortal Reverie|Battle of the ''Mortal Reverie'']] {{1st}}
*****[[Battle of the beacon tower]] {{1st}}

|title-6=Vehicles|
====Human====
*[[F-41 Broadsword]]
*[[FSS-1000 Sabre]]
*[[GA-TL1 Longsword]]
*{{Class|Mulsanne|light frigate}}
**{{UNSCShip|Mortal Reverie}}
*[[Mongoose]]
*[[M9 Wolverine]]
*[[M9407 drop pod]]
*[[Pelican]]
*[[Scorpion]]
*[[SKT-29 Bumblebee]]
**''[[Echo India Bravo 08]]''
**''[[Papa Tango Delta 09]]'' {{1st}}
*{{Class|Infinity|supercarrier}}
**{{UNSCShip|Infinity}}
*[[RLT-85 Emergency Shuttlepod]]
*[[Warthog]]
*{{UNSCShip|Relentless Watch}} {{Fm}}

====Banished====
*[[Banished dreadnought]]
*[[Banshee]]
*[[Chopper]]
*[[Dovotaa Workshop Griever]]
*[[Ghost]]
*[[Klavbrig Workshop Shroud]]
*[[Klavrig Workshop Skitterer]]
*[[Phantom]]
**[[Eklon'Dal Workshop Phantom|Banished Phantom]]
*[[Qavardu Workshop war-skiff]]
*[[Scarab]] {{Mo}}
*[[Seraph]]
*[[Wraith]]
**[[Terror Wraith]]

|title-7=Weapons|
====Human====
*[[BR75 battle rifle]]
*[[Energy Bayonet|Energy bayonet]]
*[[M11 combat knife]]
*[[M395 DMR]]
*[[M41 SPNKR]]
*[[M6 series]]
*[[M85 Scythe]]
*[[M870 Rampart point defense gun]]
*[[M9 fragmentation grenade]]
*[[M965 Fortress point defense network]]
*[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]
*[[MA series]]
**[[MA5 series]]
***[[MA5D assault rifle]]
***[[MA5K carbine]]
*[[MLRS-2 Hydra]]
*[[Mk50 Sidekick]]
*[[MX-10 mini-brick]] {{1st}}
*[[SRS99 series]]
**[[SRS99-S5 AM sniper rifle]]
**[[SRS99-S7 AM sniper rifle]]

====Banished====
*{{Pattern|Anskum|plasma grenade}}
*{{Pattern|Erudo'ma'keth|pulse carbine}}
*[[Flaktura Workshop Skewer]]
*[[Ghostpierce]]
*[[Kywasky Workshop Gorespike cannon]] {{Mo}}
*[[Jiralhanae combat knife]]
*[[Jovokada Workshop spike grenade]]
*[[Needler]]
*{{Pattern|Okarda'phaa|plasma rifle}}
*[[Plasma pistol]]
*[[Sicatt Workshop shock rifle]]
*[[Thrasher missile]] {{1st}}
*[[Type-1 energy sword]]
*[[Gravity hammer (fiction)|gravity hammer]]
*[[Type-25 Brute Shot]]
*[[Ukala Workshop Spike Revolver]]
*[[Veporokk Workshop Ravager]]

|title-8=Technology and equipment|
====Forerunner====
*[[Ancilla]]
**[[Monitor]]
***{{Class|Facilitator|ancilla}}
*[[Halo Array]]
*[[Beacon tower]]
*[[Conspectus network]]
*[[Cylix]]
*[[Light bridge]]
*[[Sentinel]]
**[[Aggressor Sentinel]]
*[[Slipspace portal]]
*[[Teleportation grid]]

====Human====
*[[Active camouflage]]
*[[Artificial intelligence]]
**[[Personal AI]]
*[[Biofoam]]
*[[Energy shielding]]
*[[Forward Operating Base]]
*[[Heads-up display]]
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]
**[[HIVEMIND-class Mjolnir]] {{Mo}}
**[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)]]
***[[ANUBIS-class Mjolnir]]
***[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VII|Mark VII Mjolnir]]
***[[STORMFALL-class Mjolnir]]
***[[TRAILBLAZER-class Mjolnir]]
*[[Motion sensor]]

====Banished====
*[[Jump pack]] {{Mo}}
*[[Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet]]
*[[Propaganda tower]] {{Mo}}

|title-9=Miscellaneous|
*[[Tossers]] {{Mo}}

}}

==Production notes==
Despite having narrative connections to ''Halo Infinite'', ''Halo: The Rubicon Protocol'' was reported prior to release to stand on its own and would not be "required reading" for fans to understand the game's story.{{Ref/Reuse|CFParallel}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HTRP FullCover.jpg|Full cover art with logos.
File:HTRP CoverArt.png|Full cover art without logos.
File:HTRP CoverArtSketch.jpg|Early sketch of the cover art.
</gallery>

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

==External links==
;Text previews
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-the-rubicon-protocol-preview-1 ''Halo Waypoint'', Halo: The Rubicon Protocol - Preview 1]
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-the-rubicon-protocol-preview-2 ''Halo Waypoint'', Halo: The Rubicon Protocol - Preview 2]
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-rubicon-rundown ''Halo Waypoint'', Canon Fodder #131: Rubicon Rundown (Preview 3)]
;Audiobook previews
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMAZogkq6QY ''YouTube'', Halo: The Rubicon Protocol – Preview 01]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3qzy_4e3Zs ''YouTube'', Halo: The Rubicon Protocol – Preview 02]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1WpvrjNliI ''YouTube'', Halo: The Rubicon Protocol – Preview 03]

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