Let me start out by saying that I absolutely do not own Halo and I hereby take no credit for anything except my literary work itself. From this point on, for every chapter of this piece, I want that to be clear. Halo belongs to Bungie Studios and Microsoft, and I wish to applaud them for their work. If you want to skip to the first chapter, go ahead. I needed to make that clear. I don't want anyone losing interest in my story off the bat just because I've put authors notes first, though I do intend to include some info that will help people that read on understand the story better.


That aside, this is my first fan fiction. Even noting this, I do not want anyone to go easy on me, if you feel so compelled to, tell me what you think. Point out what you don't like, be it flaws or absurdities, accuracy, character formation, etc. If you feel so compelled to, tell me what you do like. I'm open to suggestions and critics. That being said, I'm not going to beg you to review either. Do what you will, and take away what you want from this piece. I'm open to anonymous reviews if you wish to flame, and I have my email posted. I'm writing this for me, but I do want to know if my writing has any bearing in the real, open world. Thank you for taking your time to read it, if you choose to do so.

My inspiration for writing this piece came when I first saw the Halo 3: ODST live action trailer not too long ago. For those that have not seen it yet, I consider it mandatory if you wish to read and enjoy this work. Another thing is that I got a lot of information from "Halopedia" online. I highly recommend it. This is where I found out much of what I'm going to write on the ODST. If you have not guessed by now, this entire piece as I see it now will pertain entirely to the ODST. No Master Chief of Spartans here.

I wanted to give the characters somewhat of a Russian feel to them, hence some of their names. I do this not because I'm Russian, but because if you look it up you see that is what the live action trailer is supposed to convey. I want to be at least mostly canonical to the Halo universe. I wish readers to imagine that the characters aren't speaking English, but Russian. Let us suppose that the planet they come from was mostly colonized by the future Russia, for the sake of this story. Now, I do not know much of the Russian language or culture, so I do not wish for any of my possible Russian audience to become offended, I extend my apologies if you do. The Russian references are there because of the trailer, not because I claim to know anything about Russia.

Part of the purpose of this piece is to examine the brutality and the nature of war, and the idea of humans fighting for one another as a species and not against each other for once. I am sure this fiction will deserve its "M" rating due to language and graphic violence, so it would be wise to turn away if that bothers you. There will be strong romantic overtones as well, though you will not find descriptive sex here. I also warn anyone that might read that if you are religious, you may be offended and may wish to also turn away. The piece will not be brutally serious, though not a comedy. My humor is dark and cynical. If you're still reading by now, I can tell you're going to be a faithful reader. Thank you for you attention, I think you will enjoy. Moreover however, I felt the need to dedicate this to someone, though I feel like I lack someone to dedicate this too. So, I dedicate this work to that someone in my future that will grant me hope when I am hopeless, tranquility in my sorrows, and true love in my loneliness. I hope you all enjoy Fallen Angel.