Halo: Evolutions: Difference between revisions

''Beyond'' describes an individual's opinion on the Halo rings and the implications of their existence. Cover art by Sparth and written by Jonathan Goff

''Pariah'' tells the story of [[Soren-066]], a Spartan who was one of a dozen unfortunate candidates who washed out of the program due to complications arising from the biological enhancements, and the struggles he faced afterwords. It was written by B.K. Evenson.

''Stomping on the Heels of a Fuss'' tells the story of an ONI agent named [[Connor Brien]], who was sent to investigate [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] on a remote colony world. Brien eventually gets captured by Hammadus while watching the Brutes from a tree and is thrown together with the rest of the human survivors. The human prisoners are used as amusement and food. The ONI agent conspires with a spiritual guru, Dasc, to escape. While the pack's unity slowly breaks down, the prisoners make a distraction, which gave Brien and Dasc a chance to escape. The ONI agent and the spiritual guru eventually escaped from the Brutes, but Dasc then killed Brien before the help could arrive. It was written by Eric Raab.

''Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian'' tells the story of an [[ODST]] who is put under for a surgery to remove a tumor before participating in his next mission. When the ODST awakens, he finds that he is the only human left alive on the the [[UNSC Heart of Midlothian]] after a Covenant [[Special Operations]] team has boarded and taken the ship. Living on borrowed time, the ODST has to stop the Covenant from capturing the shipboard AI and learning the location of Earth. It was written by Frank O'Connor.

''Dirt'' follows a [[Harvest]] militiaman from his time before the [[Human-Covenant War]] as he joins first the [[CMA]], and then the [[UNSC]]. After joining the [[ODSTs|ODST]], the Covenant destroy Harvest, leaving him no home to go back to. After nearly thirty years of war, he is reunited with a few of his old friends from his CMA days, but is presented with a moral crisis that eventually leads to his heroic death. It was written by Tobias S. Buckell.

The Mona Lisa follows the crew of the [[UNSC Red Horse]] as they are sent to investigate the fate of the [[UNSC Mona Lisa]], which has mysteriously come to rest near the destroyed [[Installation 04]]. After boarding the ship, a team of [[Marines]] discovers that the ship has been overridden by the [[Flood]], and begin a desperate struggle for survival against the parasite. It was written by Tessa Kum and Jeff VanderMeer.

''Palace Hotel'' follows the [[John-117|Master Chief]]'s movements from getting on the other side of the bridge in the [[Halo 2]] level "[[Metropolis]]" to right before he boards the [[Scarab]]. It was written by Robert McLees.

''The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole'' is a series of email transcripts from [[Codename: SURGEON]] to [[Codename: USUAL SUSPECTS]], and details in length the life and times of UNSC military leader [[Preston Cole]], including his possible death or survival during his famed [[Admiral Cole's Last Stand|last stand]]. It was written by Eric Nylund.