 The central premise behind the story of " The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor " was to showcase both the true danger posed by the Flood and the inner workings of the Covenant military machine , to dispel the image that the Covenant " simply stand around waiting for the Chief to blast them " . The story was written by Lee Hammock with art provided by Simon Bisley . Hammock described the process of writing the story as a " heady task " since he had to respect Halo fans ' knowledge of the characters and canon , ensuring that " characters that [ the fans ] know as a part of themselves are portrayed aptly " . These difficulties were mitigated by the knowledge that fans were not as intimately connected to the history of the character of Rtas as they were to the likes of the Master Chief ; this allowed ample room to expand ' Vadumee 's background in sync with the Halo canon while permitting the writer to " bring something new to the table " . 
