Podtacular 514: Life After Death

When our journey to #HUNTtheTRUTH began, we were introduced to war journalist Benjamin Griaud on assignment to do a profile on Master Chief Petty Officer John, Spartan 117.  As he began interviewing his sources, he quickly found out one of ONI’s best kept secrets regarding John and the Spartan II program and the anomalies happening in the outer colonies.  His actions and discoveries eventually lead him to get taken away to Midnight facility with help from the one who lead him down the rabbit hole of lies, FERO.

Unbeknownst to Ben and listeners, FERO was in fact ONI agent Maya Sankar assigned to help bring economic revival to the outer colonies discouraging violence against the UEG.  When the events started happening, she couldn’t help but fall into her role as FERO and eventually go rogue.  Over the course of season two, we see Maya make sacrifices for what she eventually believed what was the right thing to do, all the way up to this series finale.  With the event on Lika III starting to take full effect, the last thing Maya can think to do is broadcast out the events in real-time, hoping anyone in the outer colonies would hear the truth and be able to make preparations, but her decisions have a heavy cost.

It has been our pleasure to work with Toa Freak from Halo Canon on these episodes since season one.  We are also humbled by the guest appearance of Noah Eichen, Ian Torney, and Andrew Volpe, the creative minds behind Hunt the Truth.  It’s hard to see such a wonderful series such as this come to a close, but it has been one epic journey and we are very grateful for their work along with the work from the voice actors and partners who made this series a reality.  Keep shining!

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Podtacular 513: Halo 5 Hype

As of when we recorded this (over a week ago), Halo 5: Guardians is just around the corner and the hype couldn’t be much higher.  In preparation for the week to come, we gather up the last bit of news, discuss the new ranking system and empty out our submissions.  We can’t wait to see all of our fellow Spartans on Halo 5: Guardians!

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Halo Helmet Giveaway from the 405th and Stony Props

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In celebration of the release of Halo 5: Guardians, the folks over at the 405th Infantry Division in association with Stony Props is giving away nine replica Halo helmets over nine days.  Winners will randomly receive one of nine unfinished Helmet kits from some of the best artists in the community.  The giveaway started yesterday afternoon and ends on November 6, 2015 at 11:59pm eastern.  All you have to do to enter is ‘Like’ the 405th Infantry Division Facebook page, Stony Props Facebook page, any of the corresponding 405th division pages and fill out the giveaway form here.

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Halo 5 Tactics from 343 Industries’ Pro Team

The pro team at 343 Industries gives us some useful tactics that will be important as you pick up your weapons in Halo 5: Guardians later this week.  There are many new features that will be important to be aware of and know how to best use to your advantage.  Based on a lot of feedback from the beta, multiplayer has been tweaked to provide the most engaging experience including AR/Magnum starts, 18 meter radar, use of Spartan Abilities while running the flag and much more.

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The Chase and The Hunt – FERO’s Fan Trailer

Janina Gavankar, the voice behind Maya Sankar better known as FERO in Hunt the Truth has made a fan trailer for the upcoming finale to season two releasing later today.  At the beginning of season two, we discovered FERO’s true identity as an ONI operative, trying to get outer colonists to  work towards economic prosperity over their war-like urges.  We saw the inklings of doubt in how ONI was handling the situation in the outer colonies and over the last few episodes, we’ve seen a more resolute FERO wanting to tell everyone the truth they deserve to hear.  The finale of season two airs at 2:00PM Eastern today.

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New Halo 5: Guardians Xbox One Gamerpic Images

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Major Nelson shares with us some new Halo 5: Guardians images are now available in the Xbox One Gamerpic Gallery.  These twelve new gamerpics are available right now featuring headshots of Blue Team, Fireteam Osiris and other notable characters in Halo 5: Guardians.  Prepare your profile for the launch of Halo 5 by making one of these images your new gamerpic.  You can view all the available images and a .ZIP download of them all over on Major Nelson’s blog.

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Podtacular 512: The Third Life

Maya Sankar, Mashak Maradi, Bostwick and BB have escaped the Jackal pirate ship and thanks to BB’s analysis of the data from Conrad’s Point are heading to the next anomaly site. After arriving at Lika III, they’re found by Ilsa Zane who shoots them down to the surface.  Maya wakes up in the presence of Dasc Gevadim, the leader of the Triad who explains to her what happened in the crash.  Dasc leads Maya to another building from where she’s recovering for the Evaluation where Dasc asks her to hell him what she knows about him.  The explains how she believes what he’s teaching is made up to take advantage of desperate people and that the impending anomaly will kill them.  Shortly after, Mashak is brought to her and the anomaly begins.  What happens next will be revealed on the final episode of Season 2 next week.  As always, Toa Freak joins us and shines brightly with us.

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