What if the Halo show...didn't suck? Just a fun idea of writing a trailer for a show/movie version that was more faithful to the original games.

Crossposted to Archive of Our Own

New Mombasa. One of the most thriving cities on Earth, reduced to a ghost town in a span of one night. The Covenant own it now, and anybody who could've stopped them is either dead or gone. Or, so they think

15 years after the New Phoenix Incident, old soldiers have been sent out to be more than just another weapon. For them, the war has come to a close, and they've nothing more to do but reap the benefits that they've fought for their entire lives. Step into one last day, and say goodbye.

A little something i'm cooking up behind the scenes, but I don't think I'll reveal it all quite yet. Waiting to... see how the landscape reacts. As usual, expected awesome original characters, combat scenes (because this is Halo and not Love and the Restless) and clear pacing.

[FIRST INSTALLMENT] Ludo "The Plague" 'Macdemee and his commanding officer join the Arbiter on his mission to stop the mad Brute Chieftain, Tartarus. More and more surviving victims of Tartarus's cruelty join the team as it fights through tens of crazed enemy warriors to the one thing powerful enough to bypass the Halo control room's defenses: a Scarab walker.

This file contains information about members within an infamous PMC that roams around the Milky Way Galaxy. Only personell with clearance can read it. Those without it will face a small punishment.

Warheads on foreheads, as some would say.

James Ellis is an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, a special operations branch of the United Nations Space Command. While fighting alongside Kilo-Five on the planet Reach he meets the enigmatic Spartan-010, Naomi. Comradery brings them together as the world burns, but not everything is as it seems; secrets about the Spartan program and James' past with ONI threaten to tare them apart.

"Storm is deployed to Sanghelios on a diplomatic mission to study the Sangheili culture and forerunner artifacts. While there they find friends, foes, fantastic sights, and treacherous climates both planetary and political."

CIVILIAN SOS BEACON DETECTED. UNSC CORVETTE PRIMO VICTORIA DISPATCHED. ASSIGNED MISSION LEAD: SPARTAN COBB. SITUATION DEVELOPING.

Re-readopted from JTF0012. Noble Team has been tasked to defend Reach to their last breath from invading Covenant forces, an impossible mission. Can the meeting between a female Sangheili and Noble Six change the course of the battle and more importantly, the Universe? fem. Sangheili/Male Noble Six

The Human-Covenant War has raged across a dozen worlds, leaving them as glassed tombs. As the War comes to Skopje, the elite members of JTF Barracuda seek to end the invasion by eliminating every Covenant leader they can. But as these elite operator's sabotage, assassinate, and disrupt the Covenant, a far greater threat may be looming. Closer than anyone realizes.

There was always cracks within such things. Rated T for violence, death, and profanity.

In order for Project Rolling Thunder to get off the ground, this Covert Operation of Specialists will need to make sure that it's worth the price. In a Galaxy of enemies, and on the brink of annihilation; desperate measures are not the only option.

Pulled from her assignment to eliminate pockets of the Covenant remnant, Kelly-087 is given a new mission after she stumbles upon an atrocity: to hunt down and kill one of her own. A Spartan. On Kelly's mission to destroy her target, she will come face to face with not only the terrible will of her quarry, but of her own harbored doubts. Extreme prejudice authorized.

The Didact has returned. With the power of the Domain and a legion of religious zealots, he craves only one thing: Humanity's extinction. As he begins his relentless assault, Blue Team desperately search for a means to stop him. But as the bodies begin to pile up, it becomes clear that a small strike force may not be enough. Just how much are they willing to sacrifice for victory?

Reach Fell. Noble Six and Kat manage to get on to the Pillar of Autumn. Installation 04 is found, and so Six and Kat are dispatched along with John-117 and Cortana to the mysterious Ring. For as long as they still live, Noble will survive. Alternate ending of Halo Reach and events of Halo CE.

A prequal to Confused Love in War, we follow ODST Scott Sterling in a life changing deployment early into the Human-Covenant War. On the same planet, an Elite is about to have their life changed as well. Lies will be uncovered, minds will be warped, lives questioned, and a lot of stuff will happen that Scott was never prepared to handle. Let's see how it plays out, shall we?

The defenders of Crystal, a human mid-rim colony, must hold the line against the Jul'Mdama's Storm, until reinforcements can arrive

This was the tale of how one team of Spartans survived the storm... And fought through the nightmares of the Covenant. Rated T for violence, death, and profanity.

After a major op goes wrong, and a year on the run from Cortana and her Created, Wolf Team's ship, the Molon Labe, is primed to assist the UNSC Infinity in putting Cortana down once and for all. But the Banished have other plans. His team scattered, hunted, and defeated, Scott Edwards must survive on the hostile surface of Zeta Halo alone.

Or 'How I became the bane of Humanity's enemies'. It just happened. I was there. It was ugly as hell, but now I'm helping as much as I can. Of course, things had to start in Harvest... but I'm not alone. (Halo Marine!Insert) (Some characters have been Genderbent, just a few)

Some of the Post-War armor, weapons, and equipment of the UNSC Armed Forces (Post-War AU)

Somehow, someway, she is here. The woman who died on that planet. We were told she was dead. But here she was. She turned to leave, but I grabbed her arm before she could. "Wait! Please stay." She turned to me with surprise, it turned into a simile that matched her face nicely. "Alright…I'll stay…"