I’ve spent days compiling absolutely everything we know about Halo 5: Guardians. I know it’s sloppy and really long but please, it’s the best I could do. Help me clean this up and update it. Help me fill in the ??? sections and certify the (?) sections. Thank You.
MAIN CHARACTERS
Ok, let’s start with Spartan Locke’s team: Fireteam Osiris
Spartan Jamison Locke, Hunter-class armor, his signature weapon is a Battle rifle, he has been tasked by ONI with Hunting down the Master Chief and bringing him to justice, he has been augmented via the Spartan IV program, his sources include the Arbiter Thel Vadam, has Blue Visor, Armor color is Silver, also uses a Shotgun and Magnum often
Spartan Edward Buck, previously an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (ODST), was a playable character in Halo 3 ODST, has a sense of humor, uses a Hydra weapon, has Helljumper-class armor, has Green Visor, Armor color is Silver
Spartan Holly Tanaka, wears Technician-class armor, has Purple Visor, armor color is Silver
Spartan Olympia Vale, has Copperhead-Class armor, will have an upcoming book, has Red Visor, armor color is Red
This Fireteam as a whole seems to contain some controversy concerning hunting the chief, they all use a system called the Artemis to track chief and locate clues to his whereabouts, they have partnered with the Arbiter Thel Vadam to assist him in bringing down the Covenant Remnant and Jul Madama, enlisted by ONI
Anything else?
Now for Blue Team
John-117 (The Master Chief), wears Mark VI Gen 2-class armor, has left the UNSC, still in contact with the Sangheli, most likely attempting to resurrect his AI Cortana, trying to ring and board the Guardian, trying to get rid of Spartan Locke who is apparently only a pest, armor color is Green, Spartan II, temporarily accused of murder
Fred-104, current rank is Junior Grade Lieutenant, Spartan II, defected the UNSC to assist the Master Chief, armor color is Blue, wears Centurion-class armor, uses Spartan Laser,
Kelly-087, Wears a Hermes-class customized EVA armor variant which is enhanced with Orbital-class upgrades and resembles SPI-class(?) armor, armor color is Light Blue, Spartan II, defected the UNSC to assist the Master Chief
Linda-058, wears Argus-class armor, armor color is Brown, Spartan II, defected the UNSC to assist the Master Chief, uses a Sniper Rifle
All Spartan II’s were ordered to be capture and contained by the ONI so they are technically all being hunted, the team had been together since ???, the whole team is AWOL
THE COVENANT
Ok, next is the Covenant. The Covenant has been broken up, Arbiter Thel Vadam controls an unofficial faction, the Didact’s Hand Jul Mdama controls the Covenant Remnant which consists of Uggnoy (Grunts), Kig-Yar (Jackals), Mglekgolo (Hunters), Sangheli (Elites), Promethian Crawlers, Promethian Watchers, Promethian Knights, Promethian Soldiers
The Jirlanhe(?) (Brutes), have been mentioned in Halo Escalation, one of their current leaders, Brute Chieftain Lydus, attended a peace meeting between the Brutes (Lydus), the Elites (Arbiter Thel Vadam), and Lord Terrance Hood, the meeting was disrupted by the Covenant Remnant but if they held the meeting at a later time, most of the Brutes would now be working with Arbiter and the UNSC. Jul Mdama also has Brute slaves. It appears that Jul’s empire is slipping away
I’d put everything in Spoilers.
Characters:
Osiris Team
Jameson Locke - Spartan IV, uses Hunter armor, former ONI agent, leads the team, was part of the expedition to the destroyed Installation 04.
Edward Buck - Spartan IV, uses custom “Helljumper” armor set, formor ODST, considerable battlefield experiance, is in a relationship with ONI agent Veronica Dare and was deployed in New Mombasa during the Invasion of Earth on a covert ONI mission.
Olympia Vale - Spartan IV, uses the Copperhead class armor, linguistic specialist, spent extensive time on Sangheili controlled planets (without training), was involved in the expedition to Installation 00 better known as “The Ark” or “Lesser Ark”.
Holly Tanaka - Spartan IV, uses a set of Technician armor, survived for three years after the glassing of her homeworld and enlisted shortly afterward.
Blue Team
John 117 - Spartan II, uses GEN II Mk. VI armor, has an extensive experience and has served in thousands of operations during the Human-Covenant War. He was originally paired with the UNSC Smart A.I. “Cortana” (believed to be rampant) but failed to save her during the the attack on Earth by the Diadact. As of 2558, he is listed as AWOL after being charged with the murder of Richard Sekibo.
Fred 104 - Spartan II, uses Centurion type armor, was deployed in military engagements throughout the Human-Covenant War, normally with the rest of Blue Team, believed to be working with John 117 and has likewise been declared AWOl alongside the rest of Blue Team.
Kelly 087 - Spartan II, uses Hermes (modified EVA) armor, and has participated with Blue Team in major military actions during the Human-Covenant War and has been declared AWOL with the rest of Blue Team.
Linda 058 - Spartan II, has a set of Argus armor, and, like the rest of Blue Team, had fought in many battles during her career as a Spartan II in the Human-Covenant War. Is also AWOL.
Other
Thel Vadam - More commonly known by his title as “The Arbiter”, he is currently the leader of the Swords of Sangheilios and worked extensively with John 117 during the end of the Human-Covenant War. He has also cooperated with Jameson Locke on his mission to hunt down and capture John 117.
The Warden Eternal - Is the Keeper of the Domain, and ancient Precursor neural network that stored the vast knowledge of the Forerunners and Precursors. Lastest reports indicate that the Domain was largely destroyed by the firing of the Halo Arrays, but pieces remained in remote, guarded locations.
UNSC Smart A.I. “Cortana” - Originally made from a flash clone of Dr. Catherine Halsey’s brain, Cortana aided Dr. Halsey with her research of Forerunner artifacts on Reach, and was later paired with John 117, and the two proceeded to work together until the end of the Human-Covenant War (and slightly beyond). She was responsible for the Installation 04, known as “Alpha Halo”. After escaping the premature firing of Installation 04b and the subsequent destruction of Installation 00, she was stranded for several years with John 117 aboard the UNSC “Foward Unto Dawn”. She woke John 117 from cryosleep when the duo neared a Foreunner Shield world known as “Requiem”. The two repelled an attack by Covenant Remnant forces stationed at the planet, and were then pulled in by a gravity well. After crashing on the inside of the Shield World, John 117 noted odd behavior exhibited by Cortana who was entering rampancy. The two tried to contact Infinity, a nearby UNSC vessel, but accidentally released an imprisoned Forerunner known as the “Diadact”. The UNSC Infinity was pulled into the world by the same gravity well and crashed. Cortana and John 117 made teir way to the ship to help defend it and make repairs. Soon the ship was ready to leave, but encountered resistance. After John 117 cleared the way, Infinity made preparations to leave the Shield World and go to Earth. Cortana had a brief episode of ramapncy, after which Captain Del Rio order John 117 to give him her chip. When John 117 refused, Del Rio arrested him. Cortana and John 117 “escaped” the Infinity and tried to stop the Diadact. After a lengthy engagement, they ended up at Ivanoff Station. After the Diadact composed everyone on Ivanoff Station, save for John 117 and Cortana, the pair followed him to Earth and managed to stop him, but at the cost of Cortana’s life.
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That is all I could write in a single sitting. I’ll come back later and add in more.
ENEMIES
So now for new enemies, first we have Promethian Soldiers, so far we know 3 classes: Promethian Soldier, Promethian Soldier Captain, and a heavy Promethian Soldier which we do not know the name of yet, there will also be Hunter Elder’s, large more armored versions of the Mglekgolo, we also may possibly fight Lekgolo (single Hunter worms), and there will be a new Elite class that is unnamed at this point, we do not know if Promethian Knight’s, Promethian Focus Turret’s, or Promethian Watcher’s will be in the game as they have not (to my knowledge) appeared in any Halo 5 ads to this point, Brutes have no official appearance in Halo 5 so far but there is a flickering hologram in revealed gameplay that resembles a Brute in rage, ??? (Drones) have also not been revealed in/for the game
WEAPONS
Now we have weapons, I am compiling a list of weapons that are returning/being added to Halo 5, new weapons include: the Plasma Caster which is a crossbow style Covenant weapon with a fairly fast ROF and it’s projectiles bounce, it runs on a ??? (Charge or ammo) mechanic, another weapon is the Hydra, it is a heavy human weapon which works similarly to a Plasma Launcher, it fires six(?) consecutive homing sticky grenades, another new weapon is the Prophet’s Bane, it has slight differences from the energy sword including color change (it is yellow instead of blue), charge, and range, this is considered a “Legendary” weapon, there is also a new Promethian turret now verified as the Splinter Turret, the Rocket Launcher has been drastically changed in design to appear more logical, the past version should still be available as a “Legendary/Mythic” weapon, no other Legendary weapons are known at this point. Weapon’s we know that will be returning are the Assault Rifle, DMR, Battle Rifle, Magnum, SMG, Sniper Rifle, Shotgun, Spartan Laser, Railgun, SAW, Plasma Pistol, Needler, Storm Rifle, Energy Sword, Carbine(?), Lightrifle, Boltshot, Suppressor, Incineration Cannon, Frag Grenade, Plasma Grenade, Pulse Grenade, Plasma Turret, and the Mounted Turret. I will keep this list updated. The Spartan laser also has an alternate skin or legendary version which is Red and White
ARMOR
As for armor we know that the new sets are Helioskrill, Mark VI Gen 2, Copperhead, Technician, Helljumper, Nightfall (ODST), Athlon, Argus, Hunter, Hermes, Noble, Breaker, and the Mark VI Gen 1 Scarred. Returning armor includes Defender, Aviator, Commando, Mark V Gen 1, Centurion, Recruit, Air Assault, Recon, EVA, Warrior, Scout. You can also get the Recruit BRN skin and the Air Assault DPT skin. Visor colors will include Recruit, Cyan, Blindside, Sunspot, Frost, Solar, Midnight, and Verdant. Commando and Centurion have some major design changes.
VEHICLES
As for pilotable Vehicles we will see the return of the Banshee, the Mongoose, the Warthog (regular), the Ghost, the Mantis, and the Wraith (no others confirmed yet), we will also see the new Promethian fighter, the Phaeton(?), Banshee’s appear to have been under a drastic design change, as well as minor modifications to the Ghosts. Unpilotable vehicles include the Lich, Phantom, Pelican, Spirit, Guardian (not technically a vehicle), as well as an unidentified Covenant/Forerunner ship. The Spirit’s have also gone under a change, making the side open in sections instead of a whole. The human space vehicle has been announced to be an ONI Prowler, this vehicle is new to the game, the UNSC Infinity will also appear in the game. Vehicles will be available for ordinance drops in the Warzone game mode.
MULTIPLAYER
Next we will do multiplayer… This is a big one. The Beta started on ??? and ran for ??? weeks, revealing 4 in game maps and 4 forge made maps. The known maps so far are Truth, Regret (a wrecked version of Truth), Empire, Eden (a nighttime version of Empire), Breakout Arena, an unnamed mountainous Forge Canvas, an under water facility map, a large open/outside map for Warzone, and possibly a map in the guardian. The know pre-forged maps are Crossfire and Trench (on Breakout Arena) and Orion and Pegasus (on the unnamed forge canvas). The known game modes so far are Team Slayer, Breakout (Each player gets one life, an SMG, a Magnum, and a Frag Grenade, team gameplay with multiple rounds), Strongholds (capture and hold at least 2/3 zones to score), and Warzone (Big Team Battle/Firefight/Strongholds, holding all 3 zones allows a boss enemy to spawn, you fight players and AI’s, 12v12, first team to 1000). Split screen co-op has not been confirmed. The game will come with 20 maps and 15 more will be released as DLC bringing the number of new maps to a whopping 35. Spartan’s will now say random comments during battle, the announcer now says every award you achieve. Another Beta is due some time in October. Some maps now have a special weapon that will spawn at certain, announced points, these weapons include Sniper Rifles and the Prophet’s Bane.
GAMEPLAY
Gameplay is next. The cutscenes are in engine, unlike Halo 4 and Halo 2 Anniversary, so will seem not quite as realistic, the game is in ??? FPS, there is no split-screen campaign. They have added the new mechanics Clambering (pulling your self up onto ledges), thruster sprint (sprint becomes faster and builds up charge), Spartan Smash (you jump, hover, and ground pound target, instant kill), Thruster Pack (in armor), Spartan Slam (Run and ram into target, instant kill), and Smart Scope (instant zoom). Campaign will have 4 player online cooperative play, you will play as different players instead of Master Chief copies, each member of Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris will have a different loadout. There are multiple new pieces in the forge aspect of the game, none of which are named as of yet. Armor Abilities have not been confirmed for Halo 5. The plot/mission so far reveal have been Spartan Locke goes to the Arbiter to help him track down the Master Chief while the Chief (and Blue Team possibly) find and board the Guardian under the protection of the Promethians, when Fireteam Osiris arrives in a Covenant city that Jul Mdama is using as a stronghold, the Arbiter’s forces and the Covenant Remnant clash resulting in a large skirmish. The Guardian pulses causing the city to collapse, then Spartan Locke is taken down by a Promethian Soldier Captain and shot in the face. No other plot of campaign play have been revealed as of yet, it has been confirmed that the game will span 3(?) planets, one of which appears to be Sanghelios. There appears to be a boss battle agains Jul Mdama. It has been confirmed that there will be no Firefight or Spartan Ops.
OTHER CHARACTERS
Other Characters that may or may not have an appearance or a part in the story of Halo 5 may include Captain Thomas Lasky (Captain of the UNSC Infinity, pictured in the background of the alternate perspective teasers, also appears in Halo Escalation), Freshman Senator Andrew Del Rio (appears in #HuntTheTruth podcast, despises Chief and Lasky), Spartan Sarah Palmer (appears in Halo Escalation, no other indicators that she will be in the game), Doctor Catherine Halsey (voice actor Confirmed, working with Jul Mdama and possibly the Master Chief), The Ur-Didact (Has been confirmed not to appear in Halo 5, Lord Terrence Hood (appears in Escalation, no other indicators that he will be in the game), Petra Janeck (appeared recently in short story, Halo Escalation, and #HuntTheTruth podcast, no other indicators that she will be in the game), Arbiter Thel Vadam (Confirmed), Shipmaster Rtas Vadum (Confirmed), Didact’s Hand Jul Mdama (Confirmed), and the Librarian (technically still in the Janus Key)
PURCHASES
Purchase section is next, Pre-Order began on ???, the Limited Edition version will come with: 14 premium Warzone Requisition packs, Halo: The Fall of Reach-Animated Series, “Metal Earth” Guardian model, “Steelbook” case, Spartan Locke’s classified orders, Dossiers of Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris, and a 14 day Xbox Love Gold Trial. The Limited Collector’s Edition will include everything listed above along with a two piece statue of the Master Chief and Spartan Locke. The game will feature obtainable credits called REQ (Requisition) points, they can be traded for multiplayer packages which will include a bundle of armor, armor skins, weapons, weapon skins, decals(?), etc. REQ points can be obtained via multiplayer, leveling up, and beating the campaign(?), or can be bought by means of microtransactions. DLC will also include 15 new multiplayer maps, some if not all DLC will be free. $1 reservation cards have been released in stores. The Limited Edition will cost $99.99. The Limited Collector’s Edition will cost $249.99.
MISCELLANEOUS
Last we have Miscellaneous, Jen Taylor has confirmed she will reprise her role as Doctor Halsey and Cortana, according to the #HuntTheSignal Campaign, Spartan Locke has stolen one of the the Master Chief’s(?) gauntlets and has discovered a weak spot in the armor, in the background of one of the multiplayer maps, a large whale-like sea creature can be seen, the game title is Halo 5: Guardians but we know of only one Guardian so far leaving the possibility of multiples, it has not officially been confirmed what the Guardian is (although it has been confirmed it is NOT a War Sphinx) it is possibly an enhanced Guardian Sentinel, the Covenant troops (not counting Hunters) will speak English again as well as Promethian Soldiers and Soldier Captains, the Master Chief apparently changes armor between the Halo Xbox One trailer and Halo 5. Thel posses one part of the Janus key while Jul posses the other, this could prove crucial in the upcoming plot, Spartan Vale will have an upcoming book called Hunters in the Night, the Artemis is also used to locate weapon cache’s.
Halo 5’s release date is October 27, 2015. I hope everyone is as excited as I am! Please, tell me what I forgot. Help me validate my info. If you post more news, make sure to put a link with it so I can authenticate it. I will constantly update this. I hope the whole community will help me out and participate. If you read the whole thing, bravo! Sorry again for the way it’s setup and Thank You.
It has been confirmed that Firefight will NOT be in Halo 5.
Well, don’t everyone talk at once!
Cool idea and thanks for your work. I would edit sections like characters, weapons, vehicles to be in list forms to make it more clean and less TLDR form… maybe put a quick description and then make the list in a quote. Something like this:
WEAPONS
Halo 5 brings old favorites and new flavors to the weapon sandbox. In addition, Some weapons have alternative legendary/mythic versions, as well as cosmetic weapon skins. Blah blah blah more description here
> UNSC
> -Assault Rifle
> -Battle Rifle
> -DMR
> -SMG
> -Pistol
> -Sniper Rifle
> -Saw
> -Shotgun
> -Spartan Laser
> -Frag Grenade
> -Rocket Launcher - Can once again lock-on to vehicles
> -Hydra NEW - Quick firing missile launcher with 6 rounds that lock-on to targets when zoomed.
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> Covenant
> -Plasma Pistol
> -Storm Rifle
> -Carbine
> -Needler
> -Energy Sword
> -Fuel Rod Canon
> -Plasma Grenade
> -Plasma Caster NEW - Quick firing plasma launcher with 5 rounds that explode on timer. Alternative firing mode where overcharged rounds stick to targets and travel further.
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> Forerunner
> -Bolt Shot - No longer overloads into shotgun blast. Instead has a 3-round burst that tracks targets
> -Suppressor - Now ammunition tracks targets
> -Light Rifle - Much higher damage output when zoomed, at expense of fire rate.
> -Pulse Grenade
Thanks you for the suggestion, I would really like to do that but it will take time. Give me a while to get it set up. And thanks for the verification in weapons. Will do my best. Am already getting more information and will update these pages with a new bundle of info withing 24 hours.
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> Cool idea and thanks for your work. I would edit sections like characters, weapons, vehicles to be in list forms to make it more clean and less TLDR form… maybe put a quick description and then make the list in a quote. Something like this:
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> WEAPONS
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> Halo 5 brings old favorites and new flavors to the weapon sandbox. In addition, Some weapons have alternative legendary/mythic versions, as well as cosmetic weapon skins. Blah blah blah more description here
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> > UNSC
> > -Assault Rifle
> > -Battle Rifle
> > -DMR
> > -SMG
> > -Pistol
> > -Sniper Rifle
> > -Saw
> > -Shotgun
> > -Spartan Laser
> > -Frag Grenade
> > -Rocket Launcher - Can once again lock-on to vehicles
> > -Hydra NEW - Quick firing missile launcher with 6 rounds that lock-on to targets when zoomed.
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> > Covenant
> > -Plasma Pistol
> > -Storm Rifle
> > -Carbine
> > -Needler
> > -Energy Sword
> > -Fuel Rod Canon
> > -Plasma Grenade
> > -Plasma Caster NEW - Quick firing plasma launcher with 5 rounds that explode on timer. Alternative firing mode where overcharged rounds stick to targets and travel further.
> >
> > Forerunner
> > -Bolt Shot - No longer overloads into shotgun blast. Instead has a 3-round burst that tracks targets
> > -Suppressor - Now ammunition tracks targets
> > -Light Rifle - Much higher damage output when zoomed, at expense of fire rate.
> > -Pulse Grenade
The Railgun is returning, but with an extended ammo capacity of 11 rounds (you can carry 11 rounds, but it’s still 1 per clip). The Incineration Cannon now works off of a battery.
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> > Cool idea and thanks for your work. I would edit sections like characters, weapons, vehicles to be in list forms to make it more clean and less TLDR form… maybe put a quick description and then make the list in a quote. Something like this:
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> > WEAPONS
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> > Halo 5 brings old favorites and new flavors to the weapon sandbox. In addition, Some weapons have alternative legendary/mythic versions, as well as cosmetic weapon skins. Blah blah blah more description here
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> > > UNSC
> > > -Assault Rifle
> > > -Battle Rifle
> > > -DMR
> > > -SMG
> > > -Pistol
> > > -Sniper Rifle
> > > -Saw
> > > -Shotgun
> > > -Spartan Laser
> > > -Frag Grenade
> > > -Rocket Launcher - Can once again lock-on to vehicles
> > > -Hydra NEW - Quick firing missile launcher with 6 rounds that lock-on to targets when zoomed.
> > >
> > > Covenant
> > > -Plasma Pistol
> > > -Storm Rifle
> > > -Carbine
> > > -Needler
> > > -Energy Sword
> > > -Fuel Rod Canon
> > > -Plasma Grenade
> > > -Plasma Caster NEW - Quick firing plasma launcher with 5 rounds that explode on timer. Alternative firing mode where overcharged rounds stick to targets and travel further.
> > >
> > > Forerunner
> > > -Bolt Shot - No longer overloads into shotgun blast. Instead has a 3-round burst that tracks targets
> > > -Suppressor - Now ammunition tracks targets
> > > -Light Rifle - Much higher damage output when zoomed, at expense of fire rate.
> > > -Pulse Grenade
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> The Railgun is returning, but with an extended ammo capacity of 11 rounds (you can carry 11 rounds, but it’s still 1 per clip). The Incineration Cannon now works off of a battery.
Where did you find that?