Into the Fire (short story)

Into the Fire is a short story written by Kelly Gay. The novella originally appeared in Halo: Fractures, but was later added to Halo: Smoke and Shadow as a prologue.

Plot
The story opens in the city of New Tyne on the colony Venezia in January 2557, where Rion Forge completes a sale of salvaged weapons to a Sangheili customer. Drinking at a bar with the money earned a month earlier selling Forerunner tech, she considers the financial rewards for recovering and using a luminary to hunt down other relics while sitting with a fellow businesswoman, a T'vaoan salvage dealer named Nor Fel. Having formed a close business relationship over the past few years, Nor Fel trusts Rion enough to go on a salvage mission to recover an object that would keep them wealthy for the rest of their lives.

Characters

 * Rion Forge
 * Nor Fel
 * Sav Fel
 * Lessa
 * Kip
 * Niko

Locations

 * Aleria
 * Cordoba System
 * Elduros System
 * Qab System
 * Venezia
 * New Tyne
 * Stavro's
 * Vitalyevna
 * Komoya
 * Shaps System
 * Sundown
 * Sverdlosk System