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Halo 2/3 Book Posted, Pages 342-345. Page 351: Sequel Revealed

September 9, 2006- Halo: The Ark is officially available online for everyone to read. There will be several websites hosting them, and each additional one will be added to this list here. The Ark is also in this thread, from pages 342-345. Feel free to read them and post in this thread. The cover/concept art is also available for anyone who wants to see it. Just follow these links: [url=http://img370.imageshack.us/my.php?image=halocoverartfromjoeslayergk8.png]Cover art by JoeSlayer[/url] [url=http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sb2copygi6tc1.jpg]Back cover art by JoeSlayer[/url] [url=http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dandonahueconceptartvn0.png]Concept cover art by Dan Donahue[/url] [url=http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bookcoveroh0.jpg]Concept art by Paul[/url] [u]Here is the list of websites hosting Halo: The Ark[/u] [url=http://game-spectrum.com/news/entertainment/halo_the_ark.html]Game Spectrum[/url] Nov 17th, 2005- by now, there are 30 chapters of the book posted. if you dont want to look through this entire thread for them, click the link in my signature, it will take you to my official site, where all the chapters are posted. May 17, 2006- Work on the book has come to a halt as all editing (professional) has been done. There is work currently being done to get The Ark published, hopefully by TOR. Any questions about the book can be asked here, and i will answer them as promptly as possible. This is not an official bungie project. Click [url=http://www.archive.org/download/The_Ark/theark.pdf]Here[ /url] to download a pdf version of it. Actually, right click and save, otherwise it won't work. The following material is the original post from way back when, so if you're looking for the more recent stuff (that has been modified from reading the beginning works), please visit my website, which is in my signature, or click the link above to download a pdf version of it. Please do not ask for the last chapters, as i will not send them to you. Any and all news will be posted whenever it comes up, and i will say so in the subject heading, with the appropriate page number and date. Chapters are generally posted weekly, though i discuss each chapter's release date beforehand so confusion does not ensue. If anyone knows anything about the Halo 2 book, or what comes after it, let me know. Cause if nothing's happening with it, im gonna write it. Here's the prelude to halo 3(?)... Prologue Ninth Age of Reclamation/First age of Rebirth Yielding Righteousness/ Current Flagship The doors opened as the Arbiter walked into the Grand Chamber, seeing rows of his brethren. His Sangheili. They all uniformly bowed down on one knee, their heads to facing the ground. The Arbiter turned to his Spec-ops captain, now the general of the armies, and said, “You never told me there would be this many.” “I thought you would like being surprised, Arbiter.” He showed a grin, at least as best a Sangheili could. They started walking through the main aisle, with an honor guard walking behind them as protection. The Arbiter felt that the presence of the honor guards was not necessary, but understood the honor they must feel to be here, especially now. Walking past each new row allowed all to stand in that row, which alerted the Arbiter of some discrepancy. He turned his head left, and saw several rows of Lekgolo, their massive bodies gracefully rising as he passed. And further ahead, even more rows were filled with the small Unggoy, who fidgeted even while trying to keep their composer. And they all were bowing. He looked back at the Lekgolo, shocked at the amount of them in one room. He had never seen so many, and they could easily overpower the entire ship if they wanted to, but they also didn’t carry their normal weaponry, which attached directly to their arms. The Arbiter forced himself to look away so not to draw attention to himself in any negative aspect, for it could ruin his purpose here today. They climbed the ramp up to the stage, where the honor guard behind them went to the right side of him, and to the left he saw another waiting for his arrival. The Arbiter went to the front of the stage, and the Captain/General stayed behind several steps. He looked upon the crowd, understanding that the future may rest upon their shoulders. The chamber had fallen dead silent now, and the Arbiter scanned the room once more. He stood tall and came to the very edge of the stage. “As you all know, I am the Arbiter. I have been chosen for this… this honor, by our previous leaders. However, there may be those among you who believe that their word is heresy, regardless of when it was said. And because of my rank, my position, I will become the leader of our group, our new covenant. If anyone disagrees with my appointment as the Arbiter, speak now.” The chamber stayed noiseless, but faces animated and expressions came to color. The Arbiter looked back to his Captain/General, who nodded to him. Suddenly, one Sangheili stepped out of his row, and yelled, “Long live the Arbiter!” As the Arbiter turned back to his audience, he found that he was deafened by the cheering of his name. A wave of relief struck him, and he held his hands to show silence was required. Moments later, it was so. “You all honor me with this privilege, yet I must postpone our celebration for another time. This meeting is one of urgency, where three important things must be discussed. The first of which being the creating of a new Grand Council. After this meeting, all not stationed upon the Yielding Righteousness are to return to their home planets to decide on the council members.” “Our next goal will be to secure as many Huragok as possible. They are a necessity on every ship, world, and army. If we can take many away from the Prophets, it will give us a strategic advantage against them. They will undoubtedly be attempting the same, but we cannot allow them to take any Huragok, or the upper hand will be theirs. Do not forget their usefulness, even in the heat of battle.” The Arbiter sighed, and looked up at the lights, then directly into the holocron monitor, which was projecting his face among countless worlds. “The final article is something that has come into my thoughts several times during these past few days, something I would like express to you. The Prophets have always asked each race to join the covenant, or even allow them honorable submission, but not the Humans. These Humans are a strange race, yet nothing about them is notable in any sense with the exception to the demon. Regardless, it makes no sense for the Prophets to ‘fear’ these Humans. But I understand why they do. I have fought and killed them, as well as fought beside them as allies.” Whispers appeared throughout the room, and the Arbiter raised his voice to overrun them. “Wait!”, he yelled, and the chamber’s only sound was the Arbiter’s echoing voice. “Through my experience with these Humans, they fight with the same honor we would, use clever tactics as we do, and will die for victory if necessary. And now that we are not at the prophet’s side to protect them, they have much to fear of the Humans!” Cheers wailed throughout the room, and a group of Unggoy began jumping up and clapping. The Arbiter allowed the crowd to settle down by themselves before speaking again. “From now on, if you should see a Jiralhanae, Yanme, Kig-yar, or a Prophet, you are to conquer them, and show them who truly is strong.” He smiled as best a Sangheili could. “Even more so for the Kig-yar, if you know what I mean.” Laughter broke out, especially through the rows of Unggoy. The Arbiter walked off the stage, followed closely by both honor guards and his Captain/General. Suddenly the laughter turned to applause, as the Unggoy yelled, and the Lekgolo and Sangheili bowed again to one knee. The Unggoy followed suit quickly. With each passed row, the rising covenant would chant “Long live the Arbiter!” The Captain/General whispered gently to the Arbiter as they walked down the aisle, “ It would seen that you left a good impression with the covenant.” “No, we are not the Covenant anymore. We are the Preeminent." If you guys like this, let me know, I have about 10 more pages written, in no partucular order, and can post them if anyone wants to read them. [Edited on 12/17/2006]
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  • The story is what brings me back every once in a while, but there is nothing new to read. I need some new SB stuff like I dunno the sequel or the ideas to the sequel. Sir B if you ever check this thread anymore maybe you could do that as a gift for the holidays.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Knives91 sir brilliant i have spent the last 3 days going through all 348 pages it was completly worth it thank you for gracing us with your great work[/quote] thats what i call dedication. Some awsome talks and some very good ideas have been brought up in this thread. I have posted some of my best and worst ideas ever here. This story is what got me here.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] fat robot that was awsome, you sure do live up to your name.[/quote] how many times has that been posted anything new? the underground still pops up when you post? damn. [Edited on 12/2/2006]

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  • sir brilliant i have spent the last 3 days going through all 348 pages it was completly worth it thank you for gracing us with your great work

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Zeus815 Sir B I have been following this thread for almost a year now and I still check it everyday, but it really seems that no one comes here anymore. So I was wondering,(since you have my email address), if you could just send me the sequel stuff because I lover you writing? If people were to start coming here again that would be awesome and I too would come back. I love reading other people's thoughts and ideas, yet there are none to be read. I hope you check this soon because I have read the new Halo book and I think that is quite similar to your book, but oyurs was better. Sincerely a devoted reader.[/quote] same here. if you are going to let this thread die, ill strangle you. i love the writing! if you are not going to continue this thread can you please pm me the sequels? that will be much appreciated. also come to the mirratoid clan, they are a fan fic clan and they will certainly welcome you there! by the way read my sig

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  • i'm working on the website for The ark, currently at [url]http://www.ark.contubernium.com[/url], but as you can plainly see by clicking that link, there isn't much there. So i'm working on it. Might be a while though. And there's really no point of updating people...not like I have anything to update you guys on.

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  • bump!!!!

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  • yeah i kinda wouldn't mind receiving those newsletters everynow and then. oh and does the story site have everything up yet?

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  • that was awsome, you sure do live up to your name.

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  • Sir B I have been following this thread for almost a year now and I still check it everyday, but it really seems that no one comes here anymore. So I was wondering,(since you have my email address), if you could just send me the sequel stuff because I lover you writing? If people were to start coming here again that would be awesome and I too would come back. I love reading other people's thoughts and ideas, yet there are none to be read. I hope you check this soon because I have read the new Halo book and I think that is quite similar to your book, but oyurs was better. Sincerely a devoted reader.

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  • ok you do that. wal mart sucks. they dont have any books

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  • thanks for the support cry. I've been reading GoO and it isn't that similar, at least in plot. GoO, as far as i can see (from the limited 130 pages i've managed to get through so far) is more of a side story to the Halo universe. That''s fine and there's nothing wrong with that, though I personally don't like the side stories. I like the main storyline that is going on. Of course, i know nylund is setting something up, and until I finish GoO i can't be too sure. However, in my experience, the main players always tend to make me read more thoroughly and intelligently (as opposed to just saying OOOO and Ahhhh from the cool explosions). I'm still trying to find that balance between writing things simple (as in not making the wording work for the reader and myself) and keep certain elements hidden to be revealed later.

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  • spartan, just please aprreciate a good fan fic. if you got negtive openions, keep them to yourself. please. imagine if you made a montage and posted it, and people come ans say you suck. how do you feel? by the way sir-brilliant, i have read your story. i love it! i havent read goO yet, but i bet your storyline is qiuite similiar. you got absolutely wonderful ideas. i myself as an english teacher (i just started teaching) reckon you have a awesome talent. when you become a famous novelist, i am going to the book store to buy every simgle book you will write (oh yes i will). i am also doing my best to encourage other people to come and read this story. count me in as a regular! ill visit every time i come online. may you have a good life lol. p.s even i am a teacher, it doesnt stop me playing online on my xbox live all weekend! i am a halo fan!

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  • This totally sucks. Only nerds make this kinda crap.

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  • sounds pertty good

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  • yeah can't find it i checked borders

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  • idk have you checked your local book store?

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  • is GoO available only in america or all over the world now? [Edited on 11/6/2006]

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  • i didnt think you would repost. I thought this thread was dead lol ok so what about this sequel thing

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  • hey, the regulars! Actually, i haven't read GoO completely yet, i've got another 283 pages to go. Of course, my favorite similarity is between the guns on the cover and the concept art for The Ark ([url=http://www.ark.contubernium.com/bookcover.jpg]Concept art[/url], [url=http://www.ark.contubernium.com/final_onyx_cover.jpg]GoO cover[/url]), but I can't help but think i'll find more stuff to say "OOooOoOo" and "Aaahhhhhh" to. Of course, i won't say more than that. I had planned on writting more for the sequel, but i'm not sure anyone is really interested anymore. Plus I doubt i'd want to write more on the sequel because GoO is out and it changes everything. Plus i've been so busy lately that I've barely had time to even think about what I'd be writing. If anything, i'll probably release the sequel details this week and let you guys know what I wanted to happen in it.

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  • so whats been up with this book thing of yours?

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  • And in the boook ONI has a super ship that noone knows about and that they dont use in combat.

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  • yeah you were close there SB and they also mentioned something about where Grey Team was in the book wow a lot of people changed their avatar [Edited on 11/2/2006]

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  • After reading Nylunds new book, i can see that you werent to far off. The basics of your story and his are the same. He want a different direction with main characters and shattered some of the plot that we thought was obvious. Whats next Brillaint? I am sorry that this story didnt make the big times, i was hoping.

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  • Good story when does the sequel come?

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  • interesting story

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