Canon Fodder Catch-Up
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- It's been a while since we've covered Canon Fodder, so let's play a little bit of catch-up just before the Encyclopedia's release.
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Canon Fooder: Encyclopedic Enlightenment - www.halowaypoint.com/news/can...
0:00 Intro
0:26 ‘Halo: Outcasts’ Cover
2:45 The Flood
3:55 CF 125 Wrap Up
4:39 Encyclopedic Enlightenment
5:17 Encyclopedia Previews
6:35 Lone Wolves
7:07 Community Q&A
13:53 Wrap-Up
Ending music: "John-117" by Teknoaxe
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First thing I thought of when I saw the Spartan with the Elite skull on his shoulder is that it would be awkward if they ever had to work with a group of allied Elites.
... then again, given the Elites warrior culture they might be cool with it, I don't know.
The Swords dislike the Covenant and Banished. So they probably don’t mind as much. The UNSC hates the Insurrectionists. A Spartan or ODST with an Insurrectionist kill count displayed on their armor probably would be ok with them too
They could just take it as a skull for their shared enemy, it be fun maybe to see a Sangheli with a human kill count to match
They could also just…remove the skull, lol
“Um…. It’s a prop.”
“I could see that when you used your shoulder as a battering ram.”
“Y-Yeah, see? You get it!”
“Of course, Sangheili skulls are well-known for their toughness….”
“…W-Which is why I was inspired to model my shoulder guard after it…?”
This won't be awkward at all until someone says "Wort wort.... Wort? Wort wort wort!!" *translation* "Nice pauldron.. What? hey wait, I think I knew that guy!"
I been watching your videos for so many years thanks for all the halo lore always appreciated
The last Canon Fodder breakdown. It was a hell of a run.
Since "Legends" is covered by the Encyclopedia, that means Spartan 1337 is canon! Now he just needs his own DLC for "Infinite."
No. That story was the only non canon story meant to light the mood and be a funny story.
Sadly 1337 is the only non canon part of Legends
I know, I'm sad too
@@Autobotmatt428 Let me have my comedy!!
Sir, there are reports of a Flood Spartan on this planet.
"EXTERMINATUS I mean MAC rounds!"
The UNSC has Nova bombs, which blow up planets and can effectively carry out Exterminatus-grade operations.
Coincidentally, the Imperium has Nova cannons, which are essentially just really big MACs that fire near lightspeed.
Holy shit my question got answered, I completely forgot to check the latest issues after I asked it 😂. Thanks to Haruspis for answering and cheers Ian for covering it!
I dont know about you, but having a random Mega Bloks Halo set suddenly given a massive Canon backstory was so badass. They are Post-Covenant Mercenaries! Im totally picking those guys up if i can find them!
Stuff like that is something I adore about the Mega Construx sets! Just new pockets of lore that might not otherwise be explored.
Him being a survivor of the head hunters short makes sense considering his robotic arm.
Also the burns on his neck and missing leg. Heck he may have been the the Spartan that Killed Roland in Headhunters or the leader of that unit.
Who?
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@@Autobotmatt428 Yo, name of the guy?
@@strider117aldo9 he didn't have a name, he was just a shadow leader
Great to see one of these again! Nice catch-up!
Thank *you* for always as watching, Ian.
Less than a minute into the video and I already know its gonna be dope. Arbiter plus Olympia Vale!? These books just keep getting better. They really need these writers working on a Halo game story. Especially a non Master Chief story.
This Canon Fodder update has me hype! Two novels and a revised epilogue to one of the greatest trilogies in the Halo franchise…. all set for this year!! 🤯
And yes… Halo Wars 3 please 🙏🏽.
Wasn't Halo Rebirth already out years ago and this is just a transcription?
@@strider117aldo9 yeah I guess I jumped the gun in my excitement. I thought Ian was talking about a new addition to the epilogue 😩.
On a side note, I wish Greag Bear would write a trilogy focused on Ancient Humanity’s Perspective parallel to the Forerunner Trilogy.
Been following Halo canon since 2010 love your work. My question for you is what is the state of the Covenant as of Halo infinite? It seems the main enemies since Halo 5 are now the Banished (briefly the created) but there have to be rogue factions of the Covenant like Jul’madoma that refuse to abandon the great journey for one reason or another and even scattered fleets would still be a problem for both UNSC and Elites
I really don't understand the doom and gloom everyone has with Infinite. It was fun when it released and I'm still enjoying playing it every now and then.
Same
People just like to complain. That said, I haven't bought the game yet, but that's only because it's a habit of mine to not buy a game if it is released in instalments or with DLC. This way, I can get my money's worth and not buy a potentially incomplete game. But I am willing to give Halo Infinite a chance since I haven't played it yet.
It wasn’t complete, it cut out 2/3rds of the promised story and had many shits to fix with multiplayer.
See what I mean about people liking to complain? Not saying that there aren't bad things about Infinite, but people have a tendency to focus on the bad stuff.
I must ask them, however, why aren't they focusing on the good stuff? And if the answer given is the usual "oh, I can't look past the bad stuff", need I remind you people that Halo Reach, 4 and 5 weren't universally well received when they initially came out. AND, before you go saying that Bungie did it better, take a look at the initial problems with Destiny 1 and 2.
Nothing is perfect. Deal with it, and complain if you want, but if your complaints last over 6 months, then there is no reason why I should be talking to any of you people.
@Terence Tan I mean, there’s probably a difference btwn middling expectations being met with slightly-low/accurate/exceeded results (I think Halo Wars 2 would fit?) vs high expectations being met with middling results (hence all the ppl mentioning “cut”/“promised”/“delayed” content for the hyped flagship title that is Infinite). 🤔
We NEED Vale/Arbiter's adventure to be the new DLC for Infinite!, sadly that probably won't happen.
Any excuse to get more Keith David would be good
343 is really dropping the ball
A new encyclopedia is coming out?!! IT WILL BE MINES!!!😍🥰😍
mine*
Our*
that new longsword looks like a magnificent beast
A Halo book starring Laura Baily and Keith David!
i was just watching a few of your videos, neat
We definitely need a Halo wars 3 but they need to make it an fps and then just continue to make Halo games in that storyline and then eventually merge the main story and Halo wars story
Thank you bro for the video gives me 2017 vibes
The artifact will either be Ancient Human or Endless.
Totally looking forward to this more than the cook book.
Very interesting how this Canon Fodder makes note of "Fledgeling Created Cells" a few Canon Fodder's ago mentioned "Lingering Created Cells"
'Lingering' is a term implying that the Created were in a state of decline, but this much more recent Canno Fodder referring to "Fledgeling" Created Cells, implying that the Created have now regained stability and are potentially re-emergeing? Maybe they have found ways to reactivate the other Guardians, and/or, a new leader has risen to organize them...
My personal Theory is that its Abaddon, the only known Precursor AI. The fact that he looks so much like a Guardian Custode feels like its implying something...
Could the new Rakshasa armor be powered none shielded armor? Like a new or separate version of what most of the Spartan 3’s wore. The armor doesn’t appear to have shield emitters.
Are you gonna do lore videos on all new lore from the book? Example the new info on Thrallslayer while wasn’t surprising still really excites me
As many as I can!
@@HaloCanon Sweet!
I got a question what did Spartan 2 and Spartan 3 have a free time to do things inside unsc and outside the base
They had down time and could do the same things any service member could do, though the specifics haven't been explored to my recollection. It has been noted that Jorge-052 enjoyed playing cards.
True but the Spartan,2 Jorge and what about Spartan 3 do
@@HaloCanon Also the 3 played cards during that battle of Onyx
On the battlefield: Shooting enemies & counting kills.
Off the battlefield: Shooting targets & counting magazines.
“Only in death does duty end.” 🙃
It’s always kinda been implied that when not on mission Spartans just prep for the next one so things you would see could be weapons and gear maintenance, exercises both physical and mental, practicing hygiene (showers), team building games or activities, resting (sleep) and after that individuals might do their own things that they enjoy (Like Jorge with his card games) think of a military barracks with no partying (Spartans don’t drink or partake in other “unsavoury” activities since those desires were bred out of them)
Can we take halo followers subscribers and give them to this man he deserves them way more and cry’s way less
Bish be looking like Samus aran
Huh not sure what the release is for the states but I got a copy of the encyclopedia on the 9th while I was checking out a book store. IDK maybe Canada got them early? It's pretty god damned awesome btw. Very cool things added. Heavy though.
Saw mine in the store on the 10th got mine on the 11th and yes it is heavy.
Description says “Canon Fooder” somewhere. 😆
Don’t change it, it’s a fun bonus/Easter Egg Hunt for those who like to read Descriptions.
Plus it makes me realize that we need a loredump on Halo-verse cuisine at some point. “Food for thought.” 🙃😉
The cookbook is going to exist, so you got your wish.
Let's just hope they bring halo wars 2 to steam.
13:50 what's going on with the phantom in the background?
This may be random. But anyone else slightly disappointed we probably won’t get any spin off games like Halo Wars any time soon? Doesn’t have to be an rts. Just a game with different characters and such but in the same universe. Considering Halo Infinite was supposed to be the Halo game for the next 10 years. Kind of sucks that a lot of the cool stuff is delegated to books and other media.
Outcasts comes out the day after my 29th birthday lol
Why isn’t halo infinite ‘fun’ to play? I’m not talking micro transactions or lack of content, why isn’t it fun? Because many games don’t have any progression and are still fun so that can’t be it. Is there balance issues or something?
Dysync, lag, and bugs. There are too many instances where i get killed behind a wall, or my bullets do not register. Meaning where I should have won, i dont. As well social has mmr where games are too fair. Which means instead of being relacing each game is always close and sweaty like it's rank. I personally like it. But that's what people have complained about
@@TheBlackstarrt I don’t seem to get those issues enough to entirely stop playing
I must be in the wrong timeline because any time I see people complaining about games not having ‘enough regularly added content’ my mind breaks. Back in the 90s (cue ‘ok boomer’) the game was the game. You played it and fell in love with it and played it again, because it was all you got. No patches. No DLC. I think gaming culture has been permanently infected by overwhelmingly unappealing entitlement. Then again, I might be completely out of touch, and the world has simply moved on from how it once was. I can be sad about it, but that’s my problem. Anyway, just thought I’d give my 2 cents.
@@YTPremiumWatch I know right?? I don’t understand why people don’t find this game fun because there is no new content? I understand bugs and issues but I’ve never seen it unplayable
@@ABoxIsMyHome I don't find the game fun because it doesn't have any social games like infection or the fun custom games and game modes.
OHHHHHHHHHHH MESTRE CHEFEEEEEE
3:15 those exist
Does the encyclopaedia have a different release date in the US? I got mine last week.
I got mine today and i'm in the US it was on sale 4/10/22 at my Barnes and Nobel
Some people got it early. Happens.
Oh okay, just wondered if Amazon UK f’d up or something.
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Wtf? Infinite is super fun, dude. What is going on with people calling it the worst thing ever. Fucking annoying
I know right!
Its definitely fun just very limited
And considering how long they could've been working on it and how long the other games took it shouldn't be acceptable to release something in that sort of state.
This wasn't an Indie title it was the next mainline entry in a console brand face yknow?
People just don't have patients to for wait for Fixes and updates. its sad.
@@ClericOfPholtus Yes but Compared to Battlefield 2042 and COD Vanguard. Halo Infinites problems are very minor compared to those two other mainline titles
@@Autobotmatt428 comparing it to games that do even worse doesn't make it better than it actually is
It just reveals the larger problem
No, thank *you* for always as watching.
Are you going to be releasing the next Infinite Story vid soon?
I'm working on it now. My goal is to release it over the weekend.
Yo
I really hope Jega isn’t one of the elites from “Headhunters.” That would cheap the “fair trade,” which was the point of the whole thing.
I do have a personal bias, that story being my second favorite bit of Halo canon, only after the novel Halo: Ghosts of Onyx.
I hate when they do digital download files for books. I hope they collect it all in a book like fractures.
Let's ask the biggest S-IV question out there.... Where are Fireteams Crimson, Majestic, and Osiris
Crimson after Spartan Ops were Re assigned to ONI for anti Promethian ops.
@@Autobotmatt428 wait really? source?
With exception of Thorne, I hope the rest of Majestic died. They are everything a Spartan shouldn't be.
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MCC gets more updates than Infinite.
Honestly boot 343 from the lobby.
After a few years of problems remember MCC took awhile to get going.
Ayyye second
3:13 There aren't any Halo fans that are a fan of the "TV series" (at least they don't have the right to call themselves fans) because its only Halo in appearance and shouldn't get any positive recognition until they fix what they (Paramount) messed up. If Sonic can be fixed by upset fans then Halo can be fixed too.
"(at least they don't have the right to call themselves fans)"
Ah yes, the classic "yOu aReN't a rEaL fAn iF yOu lIkE (insert specific piece of franchise media here)".
As a Star Wars fan I know this stupid ass take all too well.
Oh some Halo stories that don't suck I am so sick of the shitty sorry silver time line where everyone seems to have been making the stupidest decisions possible
Like fixing all of the glaring issues with the Spartan II program that have existed since inception? Don't get me wrong, I love the novels, but one thing you can't say about them is that they make a lick of sense, and if we're going to compare stupid decisions, you better buckle up.
I'm not going to delve into how objectively wrong the notion that children are somehow better choices for augmentation is because even Silver makes that mistake. Though they do have better justification for it. To cover it briefly (the subject broadly, not Silver's justification): younger (than 55, not younger than 18) patients are less likely to reject replacement organs or other forms of implants, and typically these organs are stronger and last longer in younger patients, yes. But kids are also more likely to die on the operating table. So what's the point of getting a small boost in performance if you have fewer candidates left by the end of it? Also even in universe this holds true. A lot of Orion's augmentations were used as part of the suites provided to Spartan IIs and IIIs and killed patients. Whereas the same or similar augmentations in adults, even with less experience in their application, did not.
Instead, my main focus is going to be on psychology. Do you have any idea how incredibly stupid it is to drag children from their homes at the age of 6, beat them, poke them with cattle prods, and put them through special forces training, then kill half of them, and send them BACK TO THEIR HOMES to kill insurrectionists, some of which they might even recognize? This plan was so poorly conceived a monkey could have done better.
Even ignoring the fact that these kids are probably so traumatized from the abuse they received during training (which again, was carried out during some of the most crucial points of a child's psychological development) that half of them will be so terrified and confused as to be virtually useless in the field, the remainder won't turn out to be loyal Spartan IIs who follow orders without question. They will hate you with every fiber of their being. Assuming they don't try and turn on you during or immediately after training, they will certainly do so when deployed in a familiar place with familiar faces that you are asking them to shoot.
This also throws out any points about brainwashing. Halsey tries to make that excuse in Halo 4, but the problem is that they really didn't do any of that. There's no memory wiping, no proper philosophical indoctrination (not that they could get it to stick while actively abusing them in the first place), not even hypnotism for all the good it would do. They just hit them a lot and taught them a lot of incredibly inaccurate history lessons that we're somehow supposed to believe are responsible for taking their minds off wanting to murderize each and every person putting them through this. That is the worst crime against realism Halo has committed, and it has the likes of the plasma rifle and energy sword to contend with.
This program was designed to fail, and the worst part is a lot of the solutions that Silver goes with to fix these blatantly obvious flaws were considered, but passed up in core canon because it would impair the Spartans' sense of "individuality." And sure that's what they were chosen for. But A: Why? Please, give me a logical reason, because after years of studying this universe I haven't found one yet. B: that is hardly more important than protecting against the possibility of this brand new supersoldier with its fancy guns and armor that, by the way, costs more than some star ships, (I'd hate to be the logistics officer that had to put his name on that requisition form) going ape shit on you.
Someone (in fact several someones), somewhere decided to attach their name to the document proposing this batshit insane plan that was barely necessary at the time, and someone else, after reading the document and seeing how mind numbingly stupid it was... approved it... That is what I would call a stupid decision.
If you want a video summary of what 90% of Spartan II candidates should have done, watch Halo Legends Homecoming. As much as I dislike that series and that episode, it does a good job of illustrating the point. Well, except the ending. Who the fuck would willingly go back to that rather than sign up with an Insurrectionist group for revenge? At the very least she should have tried.
Now what Silver's timeline does is it takes the Spartan II program, maintaining the themes surrounding it and the core elements of it, and makes some changes that make it not a ticking timebomb.
Silver Spartans are given memory wipes, which, theoretically, are much easier to do on underdeveloped brains such as those found in children. There's just less information to clear out, so the risk of brain damage is minimized. Which is a valid reason for choosing them unlike any of the reasons given in core canon.
Silver Spartans are given pellets to keep their hormones in check and suppress strong emotions like rage and sorrow. Both of which are incredibly dangerous in a core canon spartan. Even if they decided not to do memory wipes, this should have been somewhere near the top of their list of priorities.
Silver Spartans (at least in John's case) are pulled from random backwaters where the case can go cold on its own or, in the event of an extreme security breach, the colony can be erased as part of a coverup. All of this can be done without the use of flash clones. Which themselves are an extreme risk as if they have any intelligence (and we see that some do) they can compromise the whole operation.
I can go on.
Even in the show itself, I can't really point to any stupid decisions any of the characters have made either. Maybe Kwan wanting to go back to madrigal is a bit foolish of her, but I can see why she's doing so. The girl has conviction.
@@leftwardglobe1643 t" "Silver Spartans are given memory wipes, which, theoretically, are much easier to do on underdeveloped brains such as those found in children. There's just less information to clear out, so the risk of brain damage is minimized. Which is a valid reason for choosing them unlike any of the reasons given in core canon" incorrect this is directly addressed in the fall of reach and it had little to do with individuality deja raised the idea brainwashing first and halsey outright rejected it quote
“You have read my psychological evaluations?” Déjà asked Dr. Halsey.
“Yes. They were quite thorough,” she said. “Thank you.”
“And?”
“I’m forgoing your recommendations, Déjà. I’m going to tell them the truth.”
Mendez gave a nearly inaudible grunt of approval-one of the most verbose acknowledgments Dr.
Halsey had heard from him. As a hand-to-hand combat and physical-training DI, Mendez was the best in
the Navy. As a conversationalist, however, he left a great deal to be desired.
“The truth has risks,” Déjà cautioned.
“So do lies,” Dr. Halsey replied. “Any story fabricated to motivate the children-claiming their parents
were taken and killed by pirates, or by a plague that devastated their planet-if they learned the truth
later, they would turn against us.”
“It is a legitimate concern,” conceded Déjà, and then she consulted her tablet. “May I suggest selective
neural paralysis? It produces a targeted amnesia-”
“A memory loss that may leak into other parts of the brain. No,” Dr. Halsey said, “this will be dangerous
enough for them even with intact minds.”
and what happened when mc in te silver timeline found out he turned and went rouge this more than vindicates Halsey in her decision
@@spartanx9293 No it doesn't vindicate her at all, and I'll get to that in the next paragraph. Plus her concerns surrounding the dangers of doing such a procedure are mostly based in the fact that they would be left with soldiers that, while able to fight and follow orders, would have none of the character traits she chose them for. Not because she thought it might kill some of them. She's more than willing to accept that kind of risk and even seems to go out of her way to make it happen based on the fact that she approved augmentation for them at the age of 14 (if memory serves, I just woke up) and didn't give them proper anesthesia, leaving them unconscious but very aware of the pain. Something that you have to try very hard to do and was a simple mistake which threw many into shock and cardiac arrest. You don't have to believe me on that, look over Halsey's journal. I believe the entry cited on the fandom wiki is March 9th, 2525.
Not only is she proven wrong about this by the fact that the Spartans in Silver are intact mentally, thus disproving the notion that such a procedure cannot be done safely in Halo as she asserts, the possibility of this procedure ever being reversed is so incredibly small that it's not worth mentioning. Not to mention that even in the event that the memory loss is reversed, other contingencies can be put in place to keep the Spartan under control (see the Cortana Project, which is an excellent idea in both universes for completely different reasons), and the Spartan, so long as their pellet is still installed, will not immediately fly into a rage like core canon Spartans realistically should.
Not to mention that the ONLY reason this became reality is because of a Forerunner artifact. Something that Silver Halsey didn't know existed, and something that Core Canon Halsey didn't know had the capability to do this.
Can we also mention really quick that her telling them the truth about all of this makes them more likely to be non-compliant, not less? "By the way, we stole you from your homes and you'll never see your parents or friends again. Now you get to become a tool of oppression for an authoritarian regime that you, being from worlds with strong Insurrectionist ties, have grown up to hate already. Now please follow the kind officer wo gave you a black eye this morning. if you don't, he'll hit you with his cattle prod. Have a nice daaaaaayyyy."
Halsey in core canon is both a monster and an idiot. She devised this plan from the ground up. A plan that was from its inception designed to fail, and her only motivation seems to be to sate her own ego and her curiosity. She doesn't just want to create super soldiers, she wants to play God and shape humanity's "destiny as a species." At least in Silver she has a better plan as to how to achieve that.
Again, the fact that any aspect of the Spartan II program works in Core Canon is a crime against realism, and everyone who designed it is either braindead and should be shot for criminal negligence, or cruel to the point that they did this knowing how unnecessary and stupid it was, in which case they should be shot for warcrimes. Wither way, a lot of ONI agents get their heads blown off. I think we can all agree that that would make the world a much better place.
@@leftwardglobe1643hmmm this might just be me but I don't seem to remember silver's version of Soren having access to some ridiculous artifact
@@leftwardglobe1643 the purpose of Cortana (not the Cortana project Cortana) was to bring the abilities of a smarter a.i on the battlefield she was literally described as not being the driver
And even then the point is null Spartans were already well in service by this time as silver team demonstrates and the defection of Soren hammers home even with the existence of this amnesia they still defected