History FanFic / HaloTheArtOfWar

* MythologyGag: Colonel Yang laments under his breath that he couldn't have gotten [[VideoGame/Halo3ODST Dare]] for the ODST complement instead.

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

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Six literally doesn't have a proper name as Colonel Yang took him in straight from the orphanage.
* OnlySaneMan: Nicole is the only member of Spearhead that does not have some kind of mental disorder.

* GeniusBruiser: Maybe not genius ''per se'', but Wa is still intelligent under the rage.

* ContinuityNod: Six telling John that Carter had already brought up [[VideoGame/HaloReach the lone wolf business]].

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 [[HaloReach Noble Team]].

* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: John, who was trying to hold back against Silva, loses it when the ODST compares him to Wa.]]

* {{BFG}}: The Spartan Combat Rifle and Augmented Helical Rail Rifle use 12.7mm. Wa carries a 20mm autocannon and pulse energy cannon.

* ContinuityNod: Six telling John that Carter had already brought up [[HaloReach the lone wolf business]].

* 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 [[HaloReach Noble]] Teams. The new tech and weapons, however, are simply RuleOfCool.

* [=~Hulk's Cooldown Hug Corollary~=]: [[spoiler: Kelly nearly manages to calm Wa down, but John continues the fight.]]

* [=~It's Personal~=]: [[spoiler: Silva's beef with John, over and above the standard InterserviceRivalry, comes from the Helljumpers John killed on the ''Atlas'' years back being Silva's men.]]

* [=~You Didn't Ask~=]: [[spoiler: Colonel Yang says this of Spearhead and Wa when John broaches the subject. John calls him out on it.]]

* {{Pyromaniac}}: Jonathan is pretty much a [[TeamFortress2 Demoman]] {{Expy}}, while Richard favours a flamethrower.

* FriendlySniper: Steven, with emphasis on the [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "friendly"]], although he's more of a squad marksman than a "sneak around, take very long shots" sniper... sniper.

* {{BFB}}: Anything Jonathan makes, even the stick grenades, the blasts of which feel like an 81mm mortar shell.

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

* ContinuityNod: Six telling John that Carter had already brought up the lone wolf business.

* BangBangBANG: The Augmented Helical Rail Rifle is loud even by conventional standards and extra loud considering rail and coil weapons usually are not.
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: John, who was trying to hold back against Silva, loses it when the ODST compares him to Wa.]]

* TheChainsOfCommanding: 'Things had been so much simpler when he was just a Master Chief.'

* {{BFB}}: Anything Jonathan makes, even the stick grenades, which feel like an 81mm mortar shell.

* HealingFactor: One of the abilities granted to the Shock Troopers.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: One of Wa's pieces of equipment is a large shield.

* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: The incident with Wa could possibly have been avoided if Nicole had told John just how psycho Wa gets in his killing rages.]]

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 canonical mission to capture a Prophet. 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 [[HaloReach Noble Team]].

* ImplacableMan: Wa.

* [=~You Didn't Ask~=]: [[spoiler: Colonel Yang says this of Spearhead and Wa when John broaches the subject.]]

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

* 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 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=].

* StealthInSpace: One of the new upgrades to the ''Autumn'' is a set of ECM pods, 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" and "They still can lock on to you once they get close enough."