apes ▁via ▁a ▁C oven ant ▁sh utt le . ▁ ▁The ▁central ▁prem ise ▁behind ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁" The ▁Last ▁Vo y age ▁of ▁the ▁In finite ▁Su cc or " ▁was ▁to ▁show case ▁both ▁the ▁true ▁danger ▁pos ed ▁by ▁the ▁Flo od ▁and ▁the ▁inner ▁work ings ▁of ▁the ▁C oven ant ▁military ▁machine , ▁to ▁disp el ▁the ▁image ▁that ▁the ▁C oven ant ▁" simp ly ▁stand ▁around ▁waiting ▁for ▁the ▁Chief ▁to ▁bl ast ▁them ". ▁The ▁story ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Lee ▁Hamm ock ▁with ▁art ▁provided ▁by ▁Simon ▁Bis ley . ▁Hamm ock ▁described ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁writing ▁the ▁story ▁as ▁a ▁" head y ▁task " ▁since ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁respect ▁H alo ▁fans ' ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁and ▁canon , ▁ens uring ▁that ▁" char acters ▁that ▁[ the ▁fans ] ▁know ▁as ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁themselves ▁are ▁port rayed ▁apt ly ". ▁These ▁difficulties ▁were ▁mit ig ated ▁by ▁the ▁knowledge ▁that ▁fans ▁were ▁not ▁as ▁int imately ▁connected ▁to ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁character ▁of ▁R t as ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁to ▁the ▁lik es ▁of ▁the ▁Master ▁Chief ; ▁this ▁allowed ▁am ple ▁room ▁to ▁expand ▁' V ad ume e ' s ▁background ▁in ▁sync ▁with ▁the ▁H alo ▁canon ▁while ▁perm itting ▁the ▁writer ▁to ▁" br ing ▁something ▁new ▁to ▁the ▁table ". ▁ ▁Arm or ▁Test ing ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁H alo ▁universe , ▁Earth ▁and ▁human ity ' s ▁various ▁colon ies ▁are