Halo: Contact Harvest: Difference between revisions

On the [[UNSC]] colony, [[Harvest]], there is only peace and prosperity. Watched by two [[A.I.]], [[Sif]] and [[Mack]], the colony produces much of Humanity's food. This peace is interrupted when a Covenant controlled vessel, ''[[Minor Transgression]]'', discovers a malfunctioned human cargo ship. The co-ordinates registered in the ship's navigation computer lead the aliens to Harvest. A [[Covenant]] [[Grunt]], [[Deacon]] [[Dadab]], is alarmed when the ship's [[Luminary]] seems to register thousands of [[Forerunner]] artifacts and an [[Oracle]], (Forerunner AI). The opportunistic Jackals plan to take some artifacts for themselves before reporting the discovery to the [[Hierarchs]], and begin surreptitiously raiding human freighters. Unfortunately for the Jackals, [[ONI]] had recently organized a strike team to counteract what they believed to be a growing [[Insurrectionist]] group, including one [[Staff Sergeant Avery J. Johnson]]. They successfully deceived ''Minor Transgression'' into boarding a freighter where they were immediately attacked by Staff Sergeant Johnson and [[Staff Sergeant Byrne]]. Staff Sergeant Johnson received a cracked skull from their meeting and Staff Sergeant Byrne was stabbed in the leg with an explosive needle. This raid marked the first meeting of the humans and Covenant forces, and makes the humans aware of a brand new threat they may be facing. Jilan destroys the vessel, with only the Deacon Dadab and his [[Huragok|Engineer]] friend ''[[Lighter Than Some]]'' escaping in an escape pod. While the UNSC prepares the [[Colonial Militia]] for a possible alien invasion, two ambitious [[Prophets]], The [[Minister of Fortitude]] and the [[Prophet of Regret|Vice Minister of Tranquility]] learn of the large amount of "relics" found on Harvest and begin to plan a coup of the current Hierarchs using this as a fulcrum. To keep the [[Elites]] from using this discovery as a way to upset the balance of power, they utilize a Brute-controlled ship, [[Rapid Conversion]], captained by [[Maccabeus]], Brute Alpha Male, and crewed by his pack of Brutes (including a youthful [[Tartarus]]), the two began a secret attempt to seize the planet. This marks the beginning of the powerful alliance between the [[Brutes]] and the Prophets, and the key to their eventual betrayal of the Sangheili.