Editing Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)

{{Title|''Halo Encyclopedia'' (2022)}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{Disambig header|the 2022 edition of the Halo Encyclopedia|other editions printed prior to 2022|Halo Encyclopedia}}
{{Novel infobox
|image=[[File:HEnc CoverArt.png|300px]]
|author=
*[[Jeremy Patenaude]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFMasterClass}}
*[[Kenneth Peters]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFMasterClass}}
*[[Jeff Easterling]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFMasterClass}}
|cover artist=*[[Nicolas Bouvier]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFMasterClass}}
|illustrator=
*[[:Category:Images by David Heidhoff|David Heidhoff]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFMasterClass}}
*[[Isaac Hannaford]]{{Ref/Twitter|Isaac_Hannaford|1496547831020204040|Isaac Hannaford|Quote=That would be me :)|D=23|M=02|Y=2022}}
*[[:Category:Images by Jared Harris|Jared Harris]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFMasterClass}}
*[[:Category:Images by Ben Mauro|Ben Mauro]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFMasterClass}}
*[[:Category:Images by Levi Hoffmeier|Levi Hoffmeier]]{{Ref/Twitter|Id=Levi|LeviWasTaken|1454114441621037059|Levi Hoffmeier|Quote=Excited to say I've crafted some art for the #Halo Encyclopedia from @DarkHorseComics & @Halo out next year! Sketching Master Chief in my high school notes to teaching myself digital art with A Fistful of Arrows to painting [REDACTED] professionally feels...full-circle.😉|D=29|M=10|Y=2021}}
*[[:Category:Images by Stanton Feng|Stanton Feng]]{{Ref/Site|Id=CFZeta|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/zeta-testing|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Zeta Testing|D=26|M=10|Y=2021}}
|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]]{{Ref/Reuse|CFMasterClass}}
|publication=[[2022#April|April 12, 2022]]{{Ref/Site|Id=HC|URL=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3008-349/Halo-Encyclopedia-HC|Site=Dark Horse|Page=Halo: Encyclopedia HC|D=11|M=2|Y=2022}}
|media=
|length=488 pages{{Ref/Reuse|HC}}
|ISBN=978-1-50672-844-5{{Ref/Reuse|HC}}
}}
The '''''Halo Encyclopedia''''' is a reference book originally set to be published on [[2022#March|March 29, 2022]] by [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]] in conjunction with [[343 Industries]], but later delayed to [[2022#April|April 12, 2022]]. The book is a successor to the previous ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)|Halo Encyclopedia]]'' released in [[2009]], and features numerous custom-made pieces of artwork by both 343 in-house artists and several images and designs created by the fan mod [[Sins of the Prophets]]{{Ref/Site|Id=CFMasterClass|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/master-class|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Master Class|D=12|M=7|Y=2021}} and ''[[Halo: A Fistful of Arrows]]'' creator Levi Hoffmeier.{{Ref/Reuse|Levi}}

The book includes elements from across two decades of ''Halo'' history, including content from ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|CFMasterClass}}

A deluxe edition variant was additionally released, containing an exclusive lithograph, a unique cover and slipcase inspired by the [[Forerunner]] [[Cylix]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3009-942/Halo-Encyclopedia-HC-Deluxe-Edition|Page=Halo Encyclopedia HC (Deluxe Edition)|Site=Dark Horse|D=14|M=12|Y=2021}}

==Official summary==
{{Article Quote|In the 26th century, humanity relentlessly continues their fight for survival, an enduring conflict set against the backdrop of the enigmatic and ancient ringworld known as Halo.
 
The universe of Halo is remarkably vast in scale and astonishingly elaborate in detail, telling rich stories filled with bold characters, breathtaking worlds, and thrilling conflicts. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Halo, Dark Horse and 343 Industries have teamed up to deliver the most definitive guide to the universe thus far. Spanning over a hundred millennia and encompassing over a hundred thousand light years, the Halo Encyclopedia captures two decades of storytelling with stunning, never-before-seen art and the most detailed exploration of the universe’s many characters, worlds, and technologies to have ever been created.{{Ref/Site|Id=Amazon|URL=https://www.amazon.com/dp/1506728448/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_Z6A8X7WP73Q7Y4CDSST4|Site=Amazon|Page=Halo Encyclopedia|D=20|M=7|Y=2021}}}}

==Content==
The ''Halo Encyclopedia'' begins with a chronology of the events in the Halo universe. The book is divided into five sections: Humanity, Covenant, Forerunners, Flood, and Banished.

The book's meta-narrative is framed as an communications log between [[Adjutant Revendicate]] - the [[sub-monitor]] of [[Installation 07]] created from the mind of the [[Auditor]] - and [[Invariant Bias]], Monitor of the [[Absolute Record]]. The brief exchange is present in the books opening and closing pages, and details Revendicate's wishes to enter information into the Absolute Record in the wake of The [[Harbinger]]{{'}}s [[Battle of the Silent Auditorium|defeat]] as depicted in ''[[Halo Infinite]]''. The ''Halo Encyclopedia''{{'}}s text is framed as the repository of information gathered by Revendicate, giving the book an in-universe grounding in a similar manner to the [[Curator]] meta-narrative framing [[2016]]'s ''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]''.

Binary code exists attached to images of each chapter of the book along with the "The Absolute Record" prologue and "Audit Complete" epilogue. Although they are duplicated within their chapters, every chapter's binary code is distinct from one another. Joining them together in release order forms a code translating to "revenge."

==Trivia==
*The {{Class|Lancer|fast-attack corvette}} and the {{Class|Scholte|missile corvette}} were due to be featured in the ''Halo Encyclopedia'' but were cut due to space constraints.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFFoundations|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-foundations|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Foundations|D=12|M=01|Y=2022}}

==Mistakes==
*The [[CQS48 Bulldog]] is stated as having an 8-round magazine. The correct number of rounds should be 7.
*The image captions for the [[Sangheili Honor Guardsman]] and the [[Sangheili Councilor]] are swapped.
*The [[M247H machine gun]] is given two conflicting infoboxes on pages 174-175, with the conflicting designations M247 heavy machine gun and M247H heavy machine gun. The two images seem to use the ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' model and the ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' model respectively, and provide conflicting length measurements of {{Convert|64.6|in|cm|sp=us}} and {{Convert|64.5|in|cm|sp=us}}, respectively. It is unclear whether this is intended to explicitly separate the two models into similar, albeit different weapons, or a mistake on the part of the authors.
*On pages 136 and 180, the ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' chaingun is referred to as the [[M49 Vulcan]], while on page 170 it is named as the M250 heavy machine gun.
*On page 136, the ''Halo 5: Guardians'' gauss cannon is erroneously referred to as the M69, while its dedicated infobox on page 181 refers to it as the [[M70 Gauss cannon]].
*On page 153, the image captions for the [[Series 8 jetpack]] and the [[Series 12 jetpack]] are swapped.
*The designation provided for the {{Class|Stalwart|light frigate}}'s [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] is given as the 21X5V9 MAC, contradicting the 56A2D4 established in ''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''.
*The weapons loadout listed for the {{Class|Charon|light frigate}} is retained as that established for {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} in ''[[Halo 4]]''; in ''Halo 4'', the ship was incorrectly depicted as ''much'' bigger than any UNSC frigate or cruiser, and had a massive armaments complement to match. As such, the armaments loadout provided (particularly the three [[M4093 Hyperion nuclear delivery system|Hyperion missiles]]) would not be able to fit inside the canon ''Charon''.
**The ''Halo 4''-given armaments for the ''Charon'' include 3 Hyperion missiles, and 50 [[Archer missile]] pods; the canon model (as depicted in ''Halo 3'' wouldn't be able to fit any Hyperions inside, and only has 5 Archer pods. The number of [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s and [[M870 Rampart point defense gun|Rampart]] point-defence turrets remains accurate to the canon model.
*The size statistics for the [[Klavrig Workshop Skitterer]], as listed on page 457, are enormous and much bigger than the Skitterer's in-game model or the [[:File:HW2 Skitterer.jpg|concept art]] scale reference, and even bigger than other vehicles in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' such as the [[Barukaza Workshop Locust|Locust]]. It is unclear whether this is an intentional upscaling, or an error in numbers.
*On page 458, [[Okro 'Vagaduun]]'s birth world is listed as [[Feldokra]] while ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' instead establishes that he was born on Sanghelios' blood-moon, [[Suban]].
* On page 479, the {{Pattern|Posu'gelka|needler}} is stated to be manufactured by Lodham Armory. Given [[Lodam Armory]] is a known manufacturer of the Needler, and this is the first time a “Lodham Armory” is mentioned in the series, it is most likely a typo.

==Gallery==
===Promotional images===
<gallery>
File:HEnc deluxecover.jpg|The cover for the deluxe edition of ''Halo Encyclopedia''.
File:Halo Encyclopedia (2022) Deluxe Edition.jpg|The deluxe edition of ''Halo Encyclopedia''.
File:HE2022 Table of Contents.jpg|A preview of the table of contents from the ''Halo Encyclopedia''.
File:HE2022 The Ancient Past.jpg|A preview of pages 8 and 9 featuring a chronology of the ancient past.
File:HE2022 The Human-Covenant Conflict.jpg|A preview of pages 10 and 11 featuring a chronology of the [[Human-Covenant War|Human-Covenant Conflict]].
File:Enc22 Humanity.jpg|A preview of page 14 introducing humanity.
File:Enc22 Page84.jpg|A preview of page 84 featuring [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN3)|GEN3 MJOLNIR]].
File:Enc22 Page85.jpg|A preview of page 85 featuring the [[Grappleshot]].
File:Enc22_Alpha_Nine_Page_1.jpg|A preview of page 96 featuring [[Edward Buck]], [[Michael Crespo]], and [[Kojo Agu]].
File:Enc22_Alpha_Nine_Page_2.jpg|A preview of page 97 featuring [[Taylor Miles]], [[Gretchen Ketola]], [[Jonathan Doherty]], and [[Veronica Dare]].
</gallery>

===Illustrations===
<center>''To view all of Halopedia's library of artwork from the Halo Encyclopedia, see [[:Category:Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition) images|here]]''</center>
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File:Enc22 CoverArt.jpg|The encyclopedia's cover art without logos.
File:Enc22 CovenantArtwork.png|Artwork used to introduce the [[Covenant]] chapter of the encyclopedia.
File:Enc22 ForerunnerArtwork.png|Artwork used to introduce the [[Forerunner]] chapter of the encyclopedia.
File:Enc22 FloodArtwork.png|Artwork used to introduce the [[Flood]] chapter of the encyclopedia.
File:Enc22 BanishedArtwork.png|Artwork used to introduce the [[Banished]] chapter of the encyclopedia.
File:Enc22 HumanitySplashIllustration.jpg|Art of [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] relaxing at a camp on [[Installation 07]].
File:Enc22 Lucy-B091.png|Art of [[SPARTAN-III]] [[Lucy-B091]].
File:Enc22 Silent Shadow.jpg|Art of a [[Silent Shadow]] [[Sangheili]].
File:Enc22 UssaXellus.png|Art of [[Ussa 'Xellus]].
File:Enc22 Varric-pattern heavy cruiser.png|Render of an {{Pattern|Varric|heavy cruiser}}.
File:Enc22 C718Longsword.jpg|Art of a [[C718 Longsword]].
File:HINF Pre-Release Needler Render.png|Render of a Needler.
File:Enc22 Hierarchs.jpg|Art of the Prophets of [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]], [[Prophet of Truth|Truth]], and [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]].
File:Enc22-SpartanIIs.jpg|Artwork representing the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]].
</gallery>

===Development images===
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File:Enc22 Concept ChakasAndFriends.jpg|Sketches of [[Chakas]], [[Mendicant Bias]], and [[Offensive Bias]].
File:Enc22 HumanitySketch.jpg|An early sketch of the Marine camp illustration.
File:Enc22 HumanitySketch2.jpg|Another early sketch with reference images.
File:Enc22 HumanityColorSketch.jpg|A color sketch of the Marine camp illustration.
File:Enc22 HumanityColorSketch2.jpg|Another color sketch of the illustration.
File:Enc22 ConceptSculpts Hierarch.jpg|Concept [[Wikipedia:Blender (software)|Blender]] sculpts used by [[Isaac Hannaford]] to visualize his art of the Prophets of Regret, Truth, and Mercy.
File:Enc22 ConceptSketch Hierarchs.jpg|Sketches of the Prophets.
File:Enc22 SpartanIISketch.jpg|Early sketch of the Spartan-II artwork.
File:Enc22 SpartanIIColoredSketch1.jpg|Colored sketch of the artwork.
File:Enc22 SpartanIIColoredSketch2.jpg|A near-finalized colored sketch of the artwork.
File:Enc22 ModularOffensiveBias.jpg|An exploratory painting of [[Offensive Bias]], investigating the idea of having a [[Contender-class artificial intelligence|Contender-class AI]] shell modularly placed inside a larger [[Guardian Sentinel]].
File:Enc22 LargeOffensiveBias.jpg|An exploratory painting for the scale of Offensive Bias, when compared to Master Chief.
</gallery>

===Cut content===
<gallery>
File:HINF Lancer Concept.png|''Lancer''-class fast-attack corvette.
File:HINF Scholte Concept.png|''Scholte''-class missile corvette.
File:Enc22 Krelis.jpg|Art of [[Krelis]].
</gallery>

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