Halo Infinite Story & Intel

Story & Intel is a collection of information tied to the several seasons of Halo Infinite.

Season 2

Story

The Story So Far

Cortana’s dominion has ended, but the merciless forces of the Banished have rushed in to fill the void, decimating all who stand in their way. Spartan Commander Agryna has enlisted a new generation of Spartans and is preparing them to face the Banished—and perhaps even more dangerous foes. But a few scattered Spartans remain in the field. These Spartans are rugged and resourceful. Hunters in the dark. Lone wolves.

Lone Wolves

Spartans Dinh and Eklund have arrived at the Academy by commandeered Phantom. But despite their attempt to find a safe haven, they have brought a new danger to the doorstep—one that threatens the security of the entire facility. While Spartan Dinh’s life hangs in the balance, the race is on to learn more about the enemy within.

Spartan Academy Commander Agryna

Even before she was approved for recruitment into the Spartan-IV program, Laurette Agryna displayed exemplary leadership and the willingness and capability to make every soldier around her better. For Agryna, every challenge is an opportunity to grow and learn from, so that solutions can be shared to the betterment of her team, the UNSC, and humanity as a whole. Spartan Agryna is currently the acting commander of the Avery J Johnson Academy of Military Science, helping ensure that the next generation of Spartan super-soldiers are ready for any challenge thrown their way.

Spartan Hieu Digh

Hieu Dinh was a field analyst with ONI Section III tasked with capturing and re-purposing Covenant technology before ultimately being recruited into the SPARTAN-IV program. As a new recruit, Dinh’s fireteam was sent to raid a fledgling Yanme’e hive within a derelict Forerunner facility. The operation met a catastrophic end, leaving Dinh seriously wounded and claiming the lives of his team. But while Hieu still bears the scars of this horrific experience, his amiable, resilient personality still lets this fierce warrior flash a smile in the face of impending death—a resilience he will need now more than ever.

Spartan Sigrid Eklund

Economical in both word and movement, Sigrid Eklund’s calm and reserved demeanor is evidence of her deeply strategic mind. Before recruitment into SPARTAN-IV, Sigrid's skills were finely honed during countless unconventional warfare operations as a UNSC Army Ranger, operating deep behind enemy lines to support resistance groups and eliminate key targets on Covenant-occupied worlds. This experience serves her well in the current conflict, particularly against the Banished and their rapidly-evolving strategies.

Iratus

Devious, cunning, and abrasive, Iratus is a Banished artificial intelligence construct—the first of its kind. Though trapped by Spartan Dinh near the shipbreaking yards on Camber, Iratus infiltrated the Spartan’s neural matrix, compromising Dinh’s armor systems and cognitive functions. Spartan Eklund managed to successfully pilot a commandeered Banished Phantom to the Academy to seek emergency assistance from Spartan Commander Agryna, but whether their efforts to save Dinh’s life are successful remains to be seen.

Intel

Intel 1

///COMMS TAP///CIV.CORP.LUXVOLUSPA///MSG:

LV106: According to the breach logs, the intrusion package was cycling an internally sourced encryption, but the retrieval signature was Jiralhanae.

LV038: I'm not surprised. Expanding our neural matrix donor pool beyond humanity was always going to draw some attention eventually. Knowing what they took, it makes complete sense.

LV106: That project was a walled garden. No one on the outside should have even known about it.

LV038: Looks like we overestimated the strength of those walls.

LV106: What would the Banished be able to do with our tech? How would they even kno--

LV038: I don't know. Nobody does. And that's what scares me the most.

Intel 2

//SND:S.MELVOIN//REC:L.AGRYNA//SUB:BAN SUITAI

Commander Agryna, we’ve finished the requested process and are ready for selective deployment. It wasn’t easy with the limited resources we have on site, but we managed to isolate a viable instance of the Iratus construct thanks to the recent exploits of your new cohort. This instance is undergoing quarantine and will be prepared for replication and distribution to qualified S-IV operatives to test within the simulation environment. Hopefully by observing these personality shards on the battlefield we’ll be able to learn more about what it’s ultimately capable of. All preliminary readings show that the contained instances should be inert and safe for integration, but we’ll be monitoring each user closely nonetheless.

Intel 3

TRANSFER REQUEST

OFFICE BLOCK: 2797.LL

COMMREF: 38H9T44DJ-R-88

DATE: DEC 11, 2554

SND: CINCSPAR | REC: COSSPAR

RE: TRANSFER REQUEST >> [S-IV//82271-20098-SE]

Jun, I've taken a look at your recent recommendations and feel that Spartan Eklund would be an ideal candidate for this next undertaking we spoke of. Her performance while attached to Fireteam Crimson was nothing short of extraordinary, and while the results of BELLINGHAM and LATE TAXI were certainly group achievements, I’m confident her skill set can produce similar gains in more "isolated" endeavors. We'll sort out the details this week and get them sent over.

- Musa

Intel 4

CAMBER SITE RECON

UNSC COMMDROP: SY4822J93-U-17

ENCRYPTION TAG: [KARLSKRONA]

SND: [SPARTAN EKLUND, SIGRID | 82271-20098-SE]

REC: [OPEN-BAND/CLEARANCE-RESTRICTED]

Dinh and I knew there had beed a recent spike in activity on Camber, but didn't realize how far it went until we arrived. The Banished have set up shipbreaking operations in fortified positions around the Chiltift Basin - turning our own dead ships against us. There's something more here as well, but it's hard to get a read on exactly what just yet. Whatever it is, we don't think they're just camping out for scrap metal and spare parts. We're almost finished with initial recon sweeps of the perimeter and plan to press further when the next dust storm rolls through in a few hours, assuming Dinh doesn't find frouble on his own first, of course.

- Eklund

Intel 5

CONCORD ACTION REPORT

UNSC COMMREF: B7D002F78-L-44

ENCRYPTION TAG: [CALCITE]

DATE: 06 DEC 2551

SND: [SGT EKLUND] | REC: [CMD RENNA]

RE: GYPSUM

At 0720Z [MST], we cleared out the last Covenant emplacement from the Caravelle province. Lost two Wolverines to Banshee fire, but we made sure that was all they took from us. We’re making final preparations to depart from our current location and redeploy to one of the mass driver stations. Local Concordian militia groups there are holding firm but growing thin... hopefully support from the Rangers will be a welcome sight when we arrive. Still awaiting reports on yesterday’s activity at the combat fields outside Lethbridge—let us know if you receive any updates on your end, or if we need to reprioritize our focus in order to secure that location.

- Eklund

Intel 6

SURVIVAL

OFFICE BLOCK: 7421.UO

COMMREF: 88FG0H83W-B-91

• EXTUSR: So the academy remains active?
  
• COSSPAR: All reports coming out of AJAMS confirm so.
  
• EXTUSR: That’s good news, Jun. And impressive, if I'm being honest.
• COSSPAR: Spartans have a way of surviving, no matter the odds.
• EXTUSR: Well, you would know as good as anyone. Which reminds me, you never did tell me how you made it off Reach back in '52.
• COSSPAR: You’ll just have to read the reports yourself.
• EXTUSR: Unfortunately, I see your sense of humor has also survived.

Winter Update

Intel

Intel 1

EGRESS

OFFICE BLOCK: 9H7B.10

COMMREF: 572OP4MD3-H-11

SND: EXTUSR | REC: COSSPAR

RE: Nine lives?

Jun,

I took your advice about those reports. Problem is, there are several—and they don’t exactly line up. Take ITEM/466F41.LV for example, which has you crossing paths with elements of WHITE GLOVE. It notes here the loss of several personnel to a Hunter pair and squad of SpecOps Sangheili, but somehow Charlie Hotel was still able to complete her objectives at BASTLE. Of course, Covenant artillery and orbital impacts in that area make some of these details seem… debatable at best. But a second report has you rendezvous with Beta-Red for an exfil run that only shows up on a few random manifests. And the other account I pulled honestly seems too absurd to even entertain, but I can send it along anyway if you’re interested in the comedic value.

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