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{{Title|''Halo: Smoke and Shadow''}} | {{Title|''Halo: Smoke and Shadow''}} | ||
{{Status|RealWorld}} | {{Status|RealWorld}} | ||
{{Novel infobox | {{Novel infobox | ||
|name=''Halo: Smoke and Shadow'' | |name=''Halo: Smoke and Shadow'' | ||
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==Official summary== | ==Official summary== | ||
{{Article | {{Article quote|Find. Claim. Profit. In a [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|post-war galaxy]] littered with scrap, it's the salvager's motto. And with [[Ace of Spades|a fast ship]] and a lust for adventure, [[Rion Forge]] has certainly made her mark on the trade. When the discovery of [[UNSC Roman Blue|a wrecked]] [[UNSC]] [[Halcyon-class light cruiser|cruiser]] brings Rion's past back to haunt her, stirring fresh hope into a decades-old wound, she's hell-bent on finding answers: What really happened to [[John Forge|her father]] and his ship, the [[UNSC Spirit of Fire|Spirit of Fire]]? This digital-first enovella also contains the complete text of Kelly Gay's short story "[[Into the Fire]]", originally featured in the collection "[[Halo: Fractures]]".{{Ref/Reuse|s&s}}}} | ||
==Plot synopsis== | ==Plot synopsis== | ||
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Niko meanwhile tinkers with the buoy. Over the course of the night he writes various decryption codes in an attempt to hack into the buoy, but is constantly denied access to a message recorded by the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s AI, Serina. He is almost asleep when the final process works. He fetches Rion to examine the message: | Niko meanwhile tinkers with the buoy. Over the course of the night he writes various decryption codes in an attempt to hack into the buoy, but is constantly denied access to a message recorded by the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s AI, Serina. He is almost asleep when the final process works. He fetches Rion to examine the message: | ||
{{Article | {{Article quote|Professor Anders captured.<br />Obtained lock on her signal.<br />Covenant ship leaving Arcadia, preparing slipspace jump.<br />Intercepted communication... Hard coordinates obtained.<br />Spinning up FTL drives.<br />Intend to follow.<br />Serina out.}} | ||
The coordinates surprise Rion greatly. The ''Spirit of Fire'''s role in the [[Battle for Arcadia]] was little understood, let alone what happened after. The coordinates indicated it successfully left the system into uncharted space, explaining why no wreckage was recovered. Rion's happiness is cut short however when Lessa notifies her that the Covenant freighter is on approach. | The coordinates surprise Rion greatly. The ''Spirit of Fire'''s role in the [[Battle for Arcadia]] was little understood, let alone what happened after. The coordinates indicated it successfully left the system into uncharted space, explaining why no wreckage was recovered. Rion's happiness is cut short however when Lessa notifies her that the Covenant freighter is on approach. | ||
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*[[Log buoy]] | *[[Log buoy]] | ||
*[[Luminary]] | *[[Luminary]] | ||
*[[Polypseudomorphine]] {{Mo}} | |||
*[[Combat harness|Sangheili combat harness]] | *[[Combat harness|Sangheili combat harness]] | ||
*[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] {{Mo}} | *[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] {{Mo}} | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HSaS Back 2018.jpg|Back cover. | File:HSaS Back 2018.jpg|Back cover. | ||
File:HSaS Chinese Cover.jpg|2023 Chinese edition published by Sichuan Science and Technology Press. Cover art by 陈彦霏 Chen Yanfei. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||