History Fanfic / FinishingTheFight

Halo: Finishing the Fight is, as the author put it, "the result of what started as a series of postulated "what ifs" among the author and his friends after a night spent consuming too much root beer while playing games, and listening to far too much Immediate Music to possibly be healthy." It has since grown to a 700+ page work of fanfiction involving (the author hopes at least) passable attempts at blending military science fiction with high fantasy, alternating between the two different elements trying to understand one another and [[ChunkySalsaRule Orcs and Dark Elves being shot in the face with 26th century assault weaponry]]. The story is currently a work in progress, with two major postings sites. The first is at the [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=159198 Creative Writing Forum]] of Spacebattles.com, which stands at 44 chapters at the moment, while a slightly more polished and proofread version can be found at [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4108390/1/Halo_Finishing_the_Fight Fanfiction.net]], which currently has 24 chapters.

* On a more meta level: [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=140935&page=106 verification that at least two of Bungie's employees read and enjoyed the fic]] (scroll down to post #2639 by a poster named "Barricade").

Halo: Finishing the Fight is, as the author put it, "the result of what started as a series of postulated "what ifs" among the author and his friends after a night spent consuming too much root beer while playing games, and listening to far too much Immediate Music to possibly be healthy." It has since grown to a 700+ page work of fanfiction involving (the author hopes at least) passable attempts at blending military science fiction with high fantasy, alternating between the two different elements trying to understand one another and [[ChunkySalsaRule Orcs and Dark Elves being shot in the face with 26th century assault weaponry]]. The story is currently a work in progress, with two major postings sites. The first is at the [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=159198 Creative Writing Forum]] of Spacebattles.com, which stands at 40 chapters at the moment, while a slightly more polished and proofread version can be found at [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4108390/1/Halo_Finishing_the_Fight Fanfiction.net]], which currently has 24 chapters.

** Master Chief [[spoiler: [[strike: finishes off]] [[strike: kills]] [[strike: destroys]] ''annihilates'' Demongorgon by opening a one-way Slipspace portal inside of his body, then firing everything he has left into it.]]

* BetterToDieThanToBeKilled: [[spoiler: Mias Tarkimee]] kills himself rather than let Triel Baenre extract information from his head.

* BattleInTheRain: '“Yeah, all we need is a torrential downpour and [[OneOfUs the trope is complete]],” Cortana said.'

* {{HSQ}}: The description of [[spoiler: the Forerunners and their battles with the Flood. And Demogorgon is so extreme a LightningBruiser that even with Helm/Didact's old Class Twenty suit and its BulletTime power, Chief still has much trouble. Then again, he is '''the''' most powerful demon ever.]]

* MookHorrorShow: The perception of the Spartans as seen through Covenant eyes.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler: The Chief/Cortana in Didact's Class 20 power-armor. Full stop. They even metion that he could probably take down an entire Covenant fleet single-handidly with it. Unfortunately, they're fighting the [[EldritchAbomination Demogorgon]]]]

* WeHaveReserves: The drow employ this in their assault on Mithril Hall, and how! Casualties mount in the millions before long.

* {{HSQ}}: The description of [[spoiler: the Forerunners and their battles with the Flood.]]

* CanonImmigrant: Numerous characters from all over the Forgotten Realms' expanded universe make appearances, not least of whom are [[NeverwinterNights2 Neeshka]] and [[TheDarkElfTrilogy Drizzt]], who share main character status with Chief and the crew.

* ChunkySalsaRule: This fic invokes the trope liberally

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: What the surviving member of a Hunter pair goes into after their Bond-Brother is killed.]]

** Master Chief [[spoiler: [[strike: finishes off]] [[strike: kills]] [[strike: destroys]] ''annihilates'' Demongorgon by opening a one-way Slipspace portal inside of his body, then firing everything he has left into it.]]

* GangstaStyle: From the 22nd chapter: "Nekar, stop holding that pistol sideways, you are not here to show off!"

* WarIsHell: The description of the carnage on Azure Twelve is chilling.

* NoSoStoic: see the second TearJerker entry below

** [[spoiler: [[ManlyTears Master Chief]], after the battle with Demongorgon]]

** Master Chief [[spoiler: [[strike: finishes off]] [[strike: kills]] [[strike: destroys]] annihilates Demongorgon by opening a one-way Slipspace portal inside of his body, then firing everything he has left into it.

** [[spoiler:[[BeamSpam The]] [[MoreDakka end]] [[MacrossMissileMassacre of]] [[TeleFrag Demongorgon]].]]

* PapaWolf: Mephasm to Neeshka. So very much.

* BigDamnGunship: The Pelicans, of course.

Before long, the crew meets the natives of Faerun, and find themselves drawn ever deeper into the conflicts of the local world. As tensions mount, and armies are mustered, the Dawn’s crew is forced to pick a side and make their stand, while trying to make sense of who brought them to this strange world, and more importantly, why?