User:Postmortem/Sandbox

Human

Books

Academic

• Guide to Protogenic Civilizations by Keely Iyuska
• Reunification Matrices of Hilbert Fields Within Spiral Unbounded Singularities
• San'Shyuum: Past, Present, Future? by Cadence Lux

Biographical

• Not Far from the Tree: The Autobiography of Adam Andrews by Adam Andrews - 2561
• Rendezvous with Ramen by Arturo Bustamante - 2558

Fiction

• The Dawn of Angels by Isaac Lux (Silver Timeline)
• Divine Comedy by Dante Allegieri - 14th century

Non-fiction

• The Admiralty Manual of Seamanship Volume II - 20th century
• A Soldier's Tale: Rain Forest Wars by Jeremiah Mendez - 2164

Scripture

• The Holy Bible

Documents

Academic papers

• Carver Findings by Dr. Elias Carver - 2491
• "How to Study a Halo" by Dr. Madeline Tress - (unpublished)
• The Viability of Extended Colonization by Preston Cole - 2485

Military

• CAA Factbook
• Child Rearing for Part-Time and Auxiliary Personnel
• Infinity Briefing Packet

Journals

• Dr. Halsey's personal journal
• Eklund's Field Journal

Periodicals

• Car & Pilot Magazine
• Portland Boatcop Review
• STARS magazine

Covenant

Documents

• Book of Hierarchs
• Notes on the History of the Covenant by Zo Resken - (unpublished)
• The Punished Deeds

Forerunner

Records

• Bornstellar Relation by Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting
• Requiem Terminal Dialogues

Scripture

• Twelve Laws of Making and Moving

The Mantle of Responsibility

Although the Mantle of Responsibility was a wide-ranging belief interpreted in many forms by the Forerunner, and began as a more esoteric concept involving neural physics at the hands of the Precursors it did have some precepts that were put to writing. Those few have been collected here.

Numbers

• Didact's Number
  • Fifth Permutation - The peaceful one is at war without and within.

The Twelve Laws of Making and Moving

The Twelve Laws of Making and Moving were another group of written teachings pertaining to the Mantle, especially as regards the higher rates of Forerunner who had the ability to influence worlds.

1. The Mantle shelters all.
2. All is of the Mantle, and Living Time.
3. Preserve and protect all life, for all life has its place in Living Time.
4. Living Time is the joy of life's interaction with the cosmos.
5. Struggle and suffering is a part of Living Time.
6. Living Time must not be exempt of suffering.
7. The Mantle knows all truth, so bear it in your own heart.
8. The Domain is one with the Mantle.
9. [unknown]
10. [unknown]
11. [unknown]
12. [unknown]

List of appearances

• Halo 3 (Terminals) (First appearance)
• Halo: Cryptum
• Halo: Primordium
• Halo: Silentium
• Halo: Point of Light

Sangheili culture

Much like humans, the Sangheili had many sayings and proverbs that encapsulated their cultural wisdom.

Body language

Halo: The Flood

Gesture	Meaning
Clicking lower mandibles	Equivalent of shrug

Sayings

Halo: Mortal Dictata

• "A slight against one Kig-Yar is a slight against all Kig-Yar, but fortunately they're still fighting each other over what they should do about it."

Halo: Hunters in the Dark

• "To spill blood outside of battle is a great dishonor."
• "The velithra can only walk the path one at a time."
• "Those who always look to the sky never see what is right before them." -- Saying of the Sumai clan

Halo: Empty Throne

• "It is the warrior who wields the weapon. The weapon must never wield the warrior."

Halo: Waypoint Chronicles: Volume One

• "One who has not mastered the self, who has not emerged victorious from the battle within their own mind, has no hope of mastering the foes without."

Ceremonial curveblade inscriptions

Many ancient ceremonial curveblades were inscribed with Sangheili proverbs on the hilt. Some examples of such proverbs include:

• "Words are most powerful before blades are drawn."
• "The sun warms those who stand before those who kneel in their shadows."
• "Strength comes from recognizing another's weakness."
• "When night falls, even the greatest colo herder, will still smell like a colo"
• "Do not ignore the words of those who saw the sun before you."
• "No blade is sharp enough to cut an unknown enemy."

List of appearances

• Halo: The Flood (First appearance)
• Halo 5: Guardians

Spartan battle signals

Spartan-II operatives developed their own unique battle language comprised of silent hand-signals and LED HUD sequences, which later came to be utilized by Spartan-IIIs and presumably some Spartan-IVs.

Hand signals

Gesture	Meaning
Two fingers touching helmeted faceplate	Indicates a smile

Status light signals

Spartan HUDs displayed LED status symbols for integrated members of a fireteam, capable of signaling in blue, green, amber, and red. In addition to broadcasting a solid color, the status lights could be flashed in certain sequences to signal specific messages:

Sequence	Meaning
Double-green	"Go"

Personal weapons

Some individuals customized their personal weapons for specialized uses or simply for aesthetic reasons. Some of these personalized weapons were so successful that they went on to serve as prototypes for mass-produced versions.

Human manufacture

Weapon	Notable Owners	Description
Abbey Lime	Nina Kovan	Standard S7 Sniper Rifle modified by Nina Kovan with a modified scope t