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|author=[[Troy Denning]]<ref name="Amazon">[https://www.amazon.com/HALO-Retribution-Troy-Denning-ebook/dp/B01M5IJKL7/ '''Amazon.com''': ''Halo: Retribution'']</ref> | |author=[[Troy Denning]]<ref name="Amazon">[https://www.amazon.com/HALO-Retribution-Troy-Denning-ebook/dp/B01M5IJKL7/ '''Amazon.com''': ''Halo: Retribution'']</ref> | ||
|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]{{Ref/Reuse|Amazon}} | |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]{{Ref/Reuse|Amazon}} | ||
|publication=[[2017|August 29, 2017]]{{Ref/Reuse|Amazon}} | |publication=[[2017|August 29, 2017]]{{Ref/Reuse|Amazon}} | ||
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==Official summary== | ==Official summary== | ||
{{Article | {{Article Quote|December [[2553]]. Less than a year after the end of the [[Human-Covenant War|Covenant War]], a string of violent incidents continues to threaten the tenuous peace in human-held space, culminating in the assassination of UNSC fleet admiral [[Graselyn Tuwa]] and the abduction of her family. It is a provocation so outrageous that the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] must retaliate swiftly and ferociously—but only after its operatives identify her killer and rescue the hostages. | ||
This mission will be the first for homicide-detective-turned-ONI-operative [[Veta Lopis]] and her [[Ferret|young team]] of [[Spartan-III]]s, and something feels wrong from the start. The obvious suspect is an [[Castor|infamous]] [[Jiralhanae|Brute]] who leads the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], an ex-[[Covenant]] [[Covenant remnants|splinter group]] in fierce opposition to the UNSC. But Lopis and her team soon realize that the truth is much more insidious than they could ever have imagined, and with [[Frederic-104]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Linda-058]] of [[Blue Team]] for combat support, they must stop a plan hatched in the bowels of the secret research station [[Argent Moon]] — a plan so sinister it could destroy all those still reeling from thirty years of intergalactic [sic] conflict…<ref name="Know-Scope">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/know-scope '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Community Update - Know-Scope'']</ref>}} | This mission will be the first for homicide-detective-turned-ONI-operative [[Veta Lopis]] and her [[Ferret|young team]] of [[Spartan-III]]s, and something feels wrong from the start. The obvious suspect is an [[Castor|infamous]] [[Jiralhanae|Brute]] who leads the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], an ex-[[Covenant]] [[Covenant remnants|splinter group]] in fierce opposition to the UNSC. But Lopis and her team soon realize that the truth is much more insidious than they could ever have imagined, and with [[Frederic-104]], [[Kelly-087]], and [[Linda-058]] of [[Blue Team]] for combat support, they must stop a plan hatched in the bowels of the secret research station [[Argent Moon]] — a plan so sinister it could destroy all those still reeling from thirty years of intergalactic [sic] conflict…<ref name="Know-Scope">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/know-scope '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Community Update - Know-Scope'']</ref>}} | ||
==Plot synopsis== | ==Plot synopsis== | ||
In [[2553#December|December 2553]], [[Veta Lopis]] and her [[Ferret]] team—comprised of the [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-IIIs]] [[Ash-G099]], [[Olivia-G291]], and [[Mark-G313]]—are on a mission to find the abducted family of [[UNSC]] [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Graselyn Tuwa]], who was recently assassinated. While disguised, the team gain the trust of a group of [[Kig-Yar]] in league with the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], their primary suspect. While aboard the Kig-Yar's ship, which is heading to the Keepers' hidden [[Salvation Base]], the Kig-Yar attempt to [[Ostanalus|gas]] them, but the Ferrets take over the ship for themselves, posing as "believers." Meanwhile, [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]] tracks the Ferrets from aboard the {{UNSCShip|Silent Joe}}, one of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s {{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}}s, as backup. Eventually, the Ferrets infiltrate Salvation Base—on a strange [[Forerunner]] [[planet|world]]—in search of the Tuwa family. | In [[2553#December|December 2553]], [[Veta Lopis]] and her [[Ferret]] team—comprised of the [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-IIIs]] [[Ash-G099]], [[Olivia-G291]], and [[Mark-G313]]—are on a mission to find the abducted family of [[UNSC]] [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Graselyn Tuwa]], who was recently assassinated. While disguised, the team gain the trust of a group of [[Kig-Yar]] in league with the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]], their primary suspect. While aboard the Kig-Yar's ship, which is heading to the Keepers' hidden [[Salvation Base]], the Kig-Yar attempt to [[Ostanalus|gas]] them, but the Ferrets take over the ship for themselves, posing as "believers." Meanwhile, [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Blue Team]] tracks the Ferrets from aboard the {{UNSCShip|Silent Joe}}, one of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s {{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}}s, as backup. Eventually, the Ferrets infiltrate Salvation Base—on a strange [[Forerunner]] [[planet|world]]—in search of the Tuwa family. | ||
While at the base, Olivia-G291 discovers a [[Turaco]] ship with evidence of a connection to [[Dark Moon Enterprises]], which planted the bodies of the Tuwa family within the detention center of Salvation Base to frame the Keepers of the One Freedom. A battle occurs when the Ferrets cross paths with the Keepers' leader, [[Castor]], but Lopis and the Ferrets escape in the Turaco with Blue Team as Salvation Base is destroyed. | While at the base, Olivia-G291 discovers a [[Turaco]] ship with evidence of a connection to [[Dark Moon Enterprises]], which planted the bodies of the Tuwa family within the detention center of Salvation Base to frame the Keepers of the One Freedom. A battle occurs when the Ferrets cross paths with the Keepers' leader, [[Castor]], but Lopis and the Ferrets escape in the Turaco with Blue Team as Salvation Base is destroyed. | ||
Castor, having also discovered the Tuwa's corpses, decides to search for the Dark Moon operatives as well. Although not working together with Lopis, they both follow the trail of evidence back to a laboratory on [[Gao]], where President [[Arlo Casille]] admits to having made dealings with Dark Moon. Casille allowed them to use his labs if they promised to deal with the Keepers, who wanted vengeance on Casille after [[Operation: | Castor, having also discovered the Tuwa's corpses, decides to search for the Dark Moon operatives as well. Although not working together with Lopis, they both follow the trail of evidence back to a laboratory on [[Gao]], where President [[Arlo Casille]] admits to having made dealings with Dark Moon. Casille allowed them to use his labs if they promised to deal with the Keepers, who wanted vengeance on Casille after [[Operation:_JOVIAN_WHISTLE|the recent conflict]] on the planet. Dark Moon had previously attempted to manufacture [[Asteroidea merozoite|a harmful bioweapon]] researched on [[Argent Moon]] using the Tuwa's remains, but they succeeded within the labs on Gao. | ||
After interrogating Casille, | After interrogating Casille, the Lopis and her Ferrets were led to [[Pinnacle Station]] above [[Meridian]], where the [[AI]] [[Sloan|Governor Sloan]] had initially advised Casille to work with Dark Moon Enterprises. The Keepers, the Ferrets, and Dark Moon with their [[bioweapon]] all converge on Pinnacle Station and a battle erupts, eventually traveling to the surface of Meridian. Although the Spartans and Ferrets manage to neutralize the bioweapon and Dark Moon, Castor escapes. | ||
After the narrative ends, it is revealed that the [[Ancilla|Forerunner Ancilla]], [[Intrepid Eye]], was behind the bioweapon plot and Dark Moon Enterprises. With her plot at least temporarily foiled, Intrepid Eye framed [[Bartalan Craddog]] with creating the bioweapon and remained secretly in control of the station and further secret projects. The Spartans and Ferrets never learn this truth, and the true mastermind of the plot is only revealed to the reader. | After the narrative ends, it is revealed that the [[Ancilla|Forerunner Ancilla]], [[Intrepid Eye]], was behind the bioweapon plot and Dark Moon Enterprises. With her plot at least temporarily foiled, Intrepid Eye framed [[Bartalan Craddog]] with creating the bioweapon and remained secretly in control of the station and further secret projects. The Spartans and Ferrets never learn this truth, and the true mastermind of the plot is only revealed to the reader. | ||
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*[[Sawtooth chaingun]] {{1st}} | *[[20mm Sawtooth chaingun]] {{1st}} | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The novel's cover is illustrated by artist Benjamin Carré, who also provided artwork for ''[[Halo Mythos]]''. | *The novel's cover is illustrated by artist Benjamin Carré, who also provided artwork for ''[[Halo Mythos]]''. | ||
*''Retribution''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s official summary describes the [[Human-Covenant War]] as "thirty years of '[[Wiktionary:intergalactic|intergalactic]]' conflict". This is an incorrect usage of the term, as the war was never fought in more than one galaxy; a more appropriate word would have been "interstellar", which is defined as occurring between stars. The [[Battle of Installation 00]] was the only battle of the war to be fought outside the galaxy, though not in another galaxy altogether, and the wording in the summary regardless implies the war was waged on an intergalactic scale consistently for its thirty-year duration. | *''Retribution''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s official summary describes the [[Human-Covenant War]] as "thirty years of '[[Wiktionary:intergalactic|intergalactic]]' conflict". This is an incorrect usage of the term, as the war was never fought in more than one galaxy; a more appropriate word would have been "interstellar", which is defined as occurring between stars. The [[Battle of Installation 00]] was the only battle of the war to be fought outside the galaxy, though not in another galaxy altogether, and the wording in the summary regardless implies the war was waged on an intergalactic scale consistently for its thirty-year duration. | ||