History FanFic / HaloTheArtOfWar

* BoringButPractical: The "bureaucrat" type of commander.

* BladeOnAStick: John fights an Honor Guard who has a plasma pike supposedly a direct recreation of a Forerunner weapon. It does have the disintegration abilities of such.

* HotScientist: Dr. Marilyn Thatcher. Gorgeous brunette [[LadyInRed in scandalous red.]] Excessively flirtatious. Second best Slipspace physicist in the UNDF.

* UncannyValley: This is John's InUniverse view on Noble Team and the [=IVs=] they represent - they are so similar to his own [=IIs=] and yet different enough to be unnerving.

* ForWantOfANail: In ''Literature/HaloTheFallOfReach'', a Covenant probe was attached to a UNSC ship, allowing the Covvies to find Reach. This interrupted the special mission of John and the other [=SPARTAN-IIs=] to capture a Prophet. Here, the probe fails to return to Covenant space when its Slipspace jump misses. Meaning the [=SPARTAN-IIs=] get to proceed as planned, along with the assistance of [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Spearhead]] and [[VideoGame/HaloReach Noble]] Teams. The new tech and weapons, however, are simply RuleOfCool and SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome.

* SuperSoldier: All the [=SPARTANs=], of course, but Wa and the Shock Trooper project of which he's the sole survivor take the enhancements UpToEleven, closer to [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Adeptus Astartes]] levels. The story postulates that, in this AU, the SPARTAN-III programme was shut down after the destruction of Beta Company and a new SPARTAN-IV programme set up, with Noble now coming from the [=IVs=].

* ForWantOfANail: In ''Literature/HaloTheFallOfReach'', a Covenant probe was attached to a UNSC ship, allowing the Covvies to find Reach. This interrupted the special mission of John and the other [=SPARTAN-IIs=] to capture a Prophet. Here, the probe fails to return to Covenant space when its Slipspace jump misses. Meaning the [=SPARTAN-IIs=] get to proceed as planned, along with the assistance of [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Spearhead]] and [[VideoGame/HaloReach Noble]] Teams. The new tech and weapons, however, are simply RuleOfCool and RealityEnsues.

* StopHelpingMe: Miranda's InUniverse reaction to Kalmiya, though the latter is genuinely trying to be helpful.

* ForWantOfANail: In ''TheFallOfReach'', a Covenant probe was attached to a UNSC ship, allowing the Covvies to find Reach. This interrupted the special mission of John and the other [=SPARTAN-IIs=] to capture a Prophet. Here, the probe fails to return to Covenant space when its Slipspace jump misses. Meaning the [=SPARTAN-IIs=] get to proceed as planned, along with the assistance of [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Spearhead]] and [[VideoGame/HaloReach Noble]] Teams. The new tech and weapons, however, are simply RuleOfCool and RealityEnsues.

'''''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6367978/1/bHalo_b_the_bArt_b_of_bWar_b Halo: the Art of War]]''''' is a ''{{Halo}}'' fanfic by Havoc-legionnaire.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Most of Spearhead has issues, but they are very good at what they do. Nicole compares them to the Flying Tigers.

* TheChainsOfCommanding:

* LethalChef: Of a sort, Jonathan. The man cooks meat with gunpowder and bakes ''explosive muffins.''

* LethalChef: Jonathan cooks meat with gunpowder and bakes explosive muffins.

In this AlternateUniverseFic, the Covenant probe attached to the UNSC ''Iroquois'' never managed to transmit Reach's location to the Covenant, setting back the battle for Reach. The SPARTAN-[=IIs=] embark on Operation Red Flag, the mission to capture a Prophet that was sleeved in canon when the Covenant came for Reach. In this, they will be aided by the crew and [=ODSTs=] of the ''Pillar of Autumn'', as well as two later-generation SPARTAN teams, one of which is [[VideoGame/HaloReach Noble Team]].

* SeeTheWhitesOfTheirEyes: Discussed; the Covenant's omnidirectional firepower and superior maneuverability makes them better in a close fight than the UNSC, which is why the latter wants to stay at range as long as possible.

* EveryoneHasStandards: For all Colonel Yang's eccentricities and willingness to be lenient with Spearhead, even he thinks Serena is far too nuts to be augmented.
* {{Expy}}: Given his "Mediterrainian" appearance and his aptitude for LeParkour, Richard also appears to be an {{Expy}} of [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII Ezio]].

* SeeTheWhitesOfTheirEyes: Discussed; the Covenant's omnidirectional firepower and superior maneuverability makes them better in a close fight than the UNSC.

* StopHelpingMe: Miranda's reaction to Kalmiya, though the latter is genuinely trying to be helpful.

* UncannyValley: John's view on Noble Team and the [=IVs=] they represent - they are so similar to his own [=IIs=] and yet different enough to be unnerving.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "Admiral Preston Jeremiah Cole is still alive!"]]

** '''Jonathan''' ''(When Spearhead is forced to peel potatoes)'': Give me two cans of C8, some iron files, a wheel from warthog, an onion, a grapefruit, and a goat and we could be done with this entire pile in twenty minutes. And you don't want to know what the onion is for.

* DeadLittleSister: [[spoiler: Wa has one, who Kelly reminds him of.]]

* ForWantOfANail: In ''TheFallOfReach'', a Covenant probe was attached to a UNSC ship, allowing the Covvies to find Reach. This interrupted the special mission of John and the other [=SPARTAN-IIs=] to capture a Prophet. Here, the probe fails to return to Covenant space when its Slipspace jump misses. Meaning the [=SPARTAN-IIs=] get to proceed as planned, along with the assistance of [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Spearhead]] and [[VideoGame/HaloReach Noble]] Teams. The new tech and weapons, however, are simply RuleOfCool.

* InvisibilityCloak: This story's version of the MJOLNIR Mk V comes with active camo that includes thermal masking.

* {{BFG}}: The Spartan Combat Rifle and Augmented Helical Rail Rifle use 12.7mm. Wa carries a 20mm autocannon and pulse energy cannon. Steven's ''Loudenboomer'' is also 20mm and a successor to a .950 rifle meant for hunting [[VideoGame/HaloReach Gueta]].

* TheChainsOfCommanding:

* SuperSoldier: All the [=SPARTANs=], of course, but Wa and the Shock Trooper project of which he's the sole survivor take the enhancements UpToEleven, closer to [[{{Warhammer 40000}} Adeptus Astartes]] levels. The story postulates that, in this AU, the SPARTAN-III programme was shut down after the destruction of Beta Company and a new SPARTAN-IV programme set up, with Noble now coming from the [=IVs=].

* {{Expy}}: Given his "Mediterrainian" appearance and his aptitude for LeParkour, Richard also appears to be an {{Expy}} of [[AssassinsCreed Ezio]].

* PointDefenseless: The ''Autumn'''s 50mm cannons are replaced with laser turrets.

* StealthInSpace: One of the new upgrades to the ''Autumn'' is a set of ECM pods. In "cold" mode EM-absorbing cold plasma, combined with powering off unessential systems and hiding, makes for a difficult target, though as Colonel Yang warns Captain Keyes, "Even I can't turn a cruiser into a prowler. You can't hide right in front of [the Covenant] in the open". In "hot" mode it broadcasts ghost returns and falsifies the ''Autumn'''s exact location and velocity, though "They still can lock on to you once they get close enough."

* YoureNotMyFather: [[spoiler: Miranda to Halsey.]]