A Necessary Truth

"Halo is space opera with an edge, the kind of gritty universe where moral dilemma is as important as physical peril. I love working in that kind of milieu. It gives me the freedom to do things like putting Veta Lopis — an ace detective with her own concept of justice — in command of a Ferret Team of fourteen-year-old Spartans. When you get a chance to do something like that, you never know quite what's going to happen in the story. But you do know it’ll be fun to write."

- Troy Denning

A Necessary Truth is one of several short stories in Halo: Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon. Written by Troy Denning, the story follows Veta Lopis and the Ferrets during a training mission gone awry on October 14, 2553, three months after the events of Halo: Last Light.