Episode 1 – One Bag for Two of the Halo CE Chronicles introduces the Spartan and the AI to the public. This short episode sets the stage for the jorney yet to come. The Halo CE Chronicles will not only tell a story of redemption but show off the Halo universe as only the Custom Maps, available for the Halo CE (Custom Edition) game can.
Episode 2 – The Key to Home of The Halo CE Chronicles finds the Spartan reminiscing. Faced with uprooting from what has become a home he starts to open up to the AI about his past.
Episode 3 of The Halo CE Chronicles continues the story of the Spartan and the AI as they journey to rendezvous with friendly forces. I have been getting email about the running joke at the end of each episode and the two big questions have been: 1) When will there be more action and 2) How many wives has the Spartan had? Answer 1: Soon enough Answer 2: Stay tuned to find out. The intent of the series is to show off the Halo CE universe and explore a more thoughtful side of the Halo experience. When death, violence and combat occurs in the Halo CE Chronicles it will not occur lightly and have real and character felt consequences.
Episode 4 of the The Halo CE Chronicles - I Am What I Am - was written to explain why the AI is not like "Cortina" in the Halo series. Our Spartan's AI is just a little bit different, because it was designed for a dfferent purpose. The series will try to show how the two grow and flourish in spite of their short comings.
Episode 5 - Thy Pain be Mine - of the Halo CE Chronicles depicts the personal and real consequences of combat and death. As the Spartan and AI come face to face with realities of the war they have never had to contend with they enter a turning point in their journey.
Episode 6 – Unintended Consequences - Of The Halo CE Chronicles introduces some action to the story. After tracking down the Covenant battalion that slaughtered his friend and the Strike Team the Spartan and the AI uncover a secret base. Their probing results in some Unintended Consequences.
Episode 7 - Remembering the Future - of the Halo CE Chronicles continues the story as the Spartan deals with the loss of his friend the AI trys to understand the human concept of grief. Filmed entirely on the map Siege developed by CrowPath, it not only explores a deeply serious subject but also portrays the beauty and illuminates the detail that went into the making of the Seige map. Only within the Halo CE Game are such vistas possible.
Episode 8 – For All Things a First - of The Halo CE Chronicles continues the quest for the Strike Team's drop pod and the way home. Once again we explore the relationship between the Spartan and the AI. We find out more about the Spartan's past and the AI continues to have trouble understanding human motives. Trouble once again finds them and only through team work do they escape tightening the bond between the Spartan and the AI.
Episode 9 – Time Enough to Consider - of The Halo CE Chronicles once again exposes the AI's confusion over human motivation and the things we take for granted. Closing in on the Strike Teams hidden drop pod anticipating their escape from the Ring's surface they once again discover a larger and more sinister and have to fight their way out.
Episode 10 - 'Descent' picks up right where we left our troubled station commander in his escape from the Ring. Starting off with a re-cap of season one, Episode 10 sets the stage for what is to come. So join in the fun and let the story unfold.
Episode 11 Continues the saga of the Station Commander and his Station AI. The Fearless engineering crew is dispatched to the outpost to get things running again and the Station AI is faced with a difficult decision.
Episode 12 - Bonding, of the Halo CE Chronicles has been released to the public. This episode introduces you to three new characters as the search for the crashed Station Commander and his companion Station AI continues.
There can be times in one's life when there is clarity of purpose and a resolution to the inevitable. A time when doing the right thing is more important than the pain that must be endured or the humiliation for a failure of character. Those times are moments of realization. Moments where the path has been cleared of the detritus of indecision and strength is drawn from the weaknesses of past inactions. They don't often come with a blinding flash or in moments of stress, but mostly after time and deliberate introspection. After 231 days of isolation the station commander has had a moment of realization and does what he knows is the right thing, the hard thing.
Searching is the climax of the second act of our little play. This episode is my favorite and it answers the question why. Why is he the way he is? Why has he been married so many times? Why did he volunteer for this isolated post? The more astute of you may have picked up the hints dropped in previous episodes however, here it is explained for everyone to understand. More so than any other episode, I carefully chose the maps and imagery to further enhance the emotion of this subject. This episode took the longest to produce and edit, was actually started before any of the others and was the hardest to get just right. I will let you decide if I did. Many maps were used in this episode but in particular I have to thank the two map designers who really set the tone and dressed the stage for the emotional content I wanted to portray: Killa for his map Hypothermia and Sunny Sharma for his map Paradise.
With the satellite network now functional and the Fearless' increased scanning of the surface the Covenant presence on the ring is nearing detection. Worried that their real purpose on the ring will be exposed the Covenant gives orders to their field agents to act.
The final secret is out as our hero exposes his last hidden confidence to the AI and thereby finds harmony in their situation and the die is now cast for the inevitable clash that is to come as the Covenant too release their secret on the Fearless.
The Covenant has unleashed a fire storm upon the Fearless with their new weapon and has trapped the Search and Rescue team on the ring. This episode focus on the plight of the Lieutenant, Francis and Murphy as they try unsuccessfully to evade the Covenant presence.
Our hero and his companion are still coming to terms with their new arrangement and after finally gaining some limited access to the satellite network come to the decision that they must act. Meanwhile the search and rescue team has another explosive encounter with their Covenant pursuers.
Gaia, known as Earth or Mother Earth: According to the Greeks, she was an early earth that was born from Chaos, the great void of emptiness within the universe. Who really knows where these myths arise, for in every great myth there is a sliver of truth. Gaia the mother from which all life begets. Is it possible?
Episode 20 - Home - is the action packed dramatic conclusion of battle for the energy cannon.
Episode 21 - Naming - is an epilogue to the story that answers most of the many questions people have about the characters and offers special insight into what the relationship between the Commander and the AI has become. In addition to the full season credits (please watch them) there are some selected season two outtakes. Not only that but you get to finally hear the full title theme.
It is finally released. Part one of season three of The Halo CE Chronicles has been release and is available for download in the movies section of the website. This 90 minute feature will be released in 11 parts, plus a bonus outtakes reel, once a week over the next 12 weeks.
Commander Harrington and Andrea are still learning to cope with their new arrangement and the Fearless orders them on a little field trip.
Our eleven part tale of Commander Harrington and Andrea his bonded AI on the First Ringworld found by man. Their story continues as they meet up with the marine contingent and we get to explore some of the dynamics between the Spartans and the Marines.
Continuing this eleven part tale of the First Ring the friendship grows between Commander Harrington and Sergeant Roberts as they prepare to travel to the Forerunner research facility and on the way Andrea learns a little more about the Commander's past.
The Commander and the marine squadron arrive at the Forerunner research facility to find the scientists missing and are still unaware of the danger they are in.
The marine contingent is just starting to realize the grave danger they are in, tragedy befalls them and Commander Harrington is forced to face his lack of confidence.
Commander Harrington comes to a decision and sets in motion a plan for the marines.
With the Forerunner valley now filling with water, Commander Harrington and the marines await the inevitable attack and Sergeant Roberts seeks some clarification on the Commander's plan of action.
is the lull before the storm as the marines prepare for the next attack. Sergeant Roberts pulls night watch and strikes up a conversation with Andrea.
The battle to contain the Flood begins and hard decisions must be made.
The conclusion, part 11, to The Valley of the Forerunners is now available for download. The events are best summed up by a quotation from Kahlil Gibran: "Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding".
The story of the Halo universe as seen through the eyes of Commander Harrington and his AI Andrea.
Join the Commander and Andrea as they compile the visual record of their autonomous probes and do a little SightCEing.
While the Commander and Andrea are doing some field research Arthur, the new Station AI, regains contact with and has compiled the visual summary of the autonomous probe's journey across the First Ring World found by man.
The Static story introduces a new character to the HCEC universe, Petty Officer Alex Hicks, a technical specialist in non-human technology who was dispatched in episode 20 of season two to investigate and turn off the energy cannon and any other covenant or Forerunner technology menacing the Fearless.
After wandering around for a few days his thoughts turn to his family and he finds that he is not alone.
Episode three picks up right after Alex's narrowly avoided confrontation with the Covenant Hunter. He finds himself reevaluating his already dire situation.
This episode finds Alex pondering the origins of the Ring World his is marooned on and wearying of the chase.
Alex has a brush with near disaster and finally comes to a decision and a course of action
Having been marooned on the Ring World for weeks and mercilessly pursued by the Covenant Hunter Killer, Alex decides to take matters into his own hands and rid himself of the Hunter once and for all. Don't miss a minute of this dramatic conclusion for there are surprises, twists and plenty of action.
The Ring of Life is not all philosophy and emotion; we blow a few things up crack wise and take on the fantastic and impossible. There are marines and Hogs and explosions and battles, adventure and conflict and thanks to the custom made maps for Halo CE there are vistas and imagery not seen in any other Halo game or Halo machinima. I can safely say that The Halo CE Chronicles is unlike any other Halo machinima produced today. I will let you decide if that is good or bad.
The story continues three days earlier, from part one, where we find the Commander seeing off marines Taylor, Hunter and Johnston as they start an expedition to one of the ring’s many valleys.
The Commander and Andrea join Taylor, Hunter and Johnston in the field to investigate Hunter’s startling discovery.
The story has returned to the present and the Commander, Andrea and the marines find themselves fighting off the Ring’s Sentinels as they try to escape the valley on foot.
With the Commander’s startling revelation hanging over them the marines volunteer to protect him and Andrea as they search for a way to stop the Sentinels.
The Commander and Andrea come face to face with Gaia while the marines hold off the sentinels. And one of them makes the ultimate sacrifice.