Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo

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Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo
Halo Warfleet new cover.jpg

Author(s):

Kenneth Peters[1]

Cover artist(s):

Nicolas Bouvier[1]

Illustrator(s):

Publisher:

Egmont Publishing[1]

Publication date:

September 5, 2017[3]

Media type:

Print[1]

Pages:

96 pages[3]

Dimensions:

10 1/2" x 13 3/4"[3]

Weight:

1.7 pounds[4]

ISBN:

1681196638

 

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.[3] The book details the technology, scale, design, construction, and variety of ships, space stations, and colony worlds in the Halo universe.[1]

Official summary[edit]

“ 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[edit]

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.[1]

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.[1]

Development[edit]

Halo: Warfleet was announced on the Halo website in an issue of the Halo Community Update on October 14, 2016.[5] On January 18, 2018, Jeff Easterling and Kenneth Peters promoted the book with a lore stream, discussing the book's development and providing more insight into some of the ships featured.[6]

Appearances[edit]

Characters

Species

Organizations

Locations

Events

Weapons

Vehicles

Technology and equipment



Gallery[edit]

Concept and early art[edit]

  • An earlier version of the book's cover.

  • DAS-class storm cutter render

  • Gladius-class corvette render

  • Early version of the Gladius-class corvette.

  • Unfinished Pillar of Autumn art used on pages 24-25.

  • An early version of the Cairo Station page.

  • An early version of the Phaeton page.

  • An early version of the Pillar of Autumn page.

Final art[edit]

  • The book's full cover illustration.

  • The table of contents. Pages 4-5

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

  • Monitor diagram used on Pages 6-7

  • A human slipspace drive render, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on page 10-11

  • A Covenant slipspace drive render, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on page 10-11

  • A Forerunner slipspace drive render, by Isaac Hannaford. Used on page 10-11

  • The Milky Way galaxy by Darren Bacon. Used on page 12-13.

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

  • 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

  • Pages 20–21

  • Cairo Station art used on pages 30-31

  • In Amber Clad art used on pages 36-37

  • Infinity art used on pages 42-43

  • Pages 42–43

  • Spirit of Fire art used on pages 48-49

  • Truth and Reconciliation art used on pages 62-63

  • Pages 80–81

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

  • A cutaway illustration of the Shadow of intent.

Trivia[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Halo Waypoint - Community Update: Rockin' & Railin'
  2. ^ Spartan Games Community - Halo: Warfleet
  3. ^ a b c d Bloomsbury - Halo Warfleet
  4. ^ Amazon: Halo Warfleet
  5. ^ Halo Waypoint - Community Update: Into the Storm
  6. ^ YouTube: An Inside Look at Halo: Warfleet – A Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo
  7. ^ UNSC Pillar of Autumn model from Halo: Combat Evolved

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