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[[File:Halo Retribution.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The cover art for ''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' was illustrated by artist [[Benjamin Carré]]<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/know-scope Halo Waypoint: Know-Scope]</ref>]] | [[File:Halo Retribution.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The cover art for ''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' was illustrated by artist [[Benjamin Carré]]<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/know-scope Halo Waypoint: Know-Scope]</ref>]] | ||
{{Quote|Halo: Retribution details maverick detective Veta Lopis' first assignment as a reluctant ONI agent, and it's a direct outgrowth of my first Halo novel, Halo: Last Light.|Troy Denning}}<ref name="interview"/> | {{Quote|Halo: Retribution details maverick detective Veta Lopis' first assignment as a reluctant ONI agent, and it's a direct outgrowth of my first Halo novel, Halo: Last Light.|Troy Denning}}<ref name="interview"/> | ||
Operation: RETRIBUTION was created for ''Halo'' author [[Troy Denning]]'s second full-length novel in the series, ''[[Halo: Retribution]]'', in which its events form the narrative of the story. By the time he was drafting the final chapter of his first ''Halo'' novel, ''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', Denning knew he wanted to write more stories about [[Veta Lopis]] and the [[Spartan-III]]s she'd met on [[Gao]].<ref name="interview"/> He came up with the idea of a "[[Ferret]]" team based on that relationship; that of a wary, embittered homicide investigator whose maternal instinct was unexpectedly awakened by a trio of battle-hardened Spartan-IIIs working their way through a very strange adolescence. It seemed natural to him to make his next book about that team's first mission. ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', the fifth numbered video game in the series, was released on October 27, [[2015]], just over a month after ''Last Light'' was published.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-5-guardians Halo Waypoint: ''Halo 5: Guardians'']</ref><ref>[http://books.simonandschuster.com/HALO-Last-Light/Troy-Denning/9781501103377 Simon and Schuster: ''Halo: Last Light'']</ref> It was while playing through ''Halo 5: Guardians''' [[campaign]] that Denning realized he wanted to know more about the backgrounds of [[Governor]] [[Sloan]] and ''[[Argent Moon]]''. After asking individuals at [[343 Industries]] about them both, he learned that their backstories were in fact relatively undeveloped, so he began formulating a way to tie them into a story involving Veta's team.<ref name="interview"/> When a second novel starring Lopis had first been approved, all 343 Industries requested is that it be set in [[2553]] and include [[Arlo Casille]] and [[ | Operation: RETRIBUTION was created for ''Halo'' author [[Troy Denning]]'s second full-length novel in the series, ''[[Halo: Retribution]]'', in which its events form the narrative of the story. By the time he was drafting the final chapter of his first ''Halo'' novel, ''[[Halo: Last Light]]'', Denning knew he wanted to write more stories about [[Veta Lopis]] and the [[Spartan-III]]s she'd met on [[Gao]].<ref name="interview"/> He came up with the idea of a "[[Ferret]]" team based on that relationship; that of a wary, embittered homicide investigator whose maternal instinct was unexpectedly awakened by a trio of battle-hardened Spartan-IIIs working their way through a very strange adolescence. It seemed natural to him to make his next book about that team's first mission. ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', the fifth numbered video game in the series, was released on October 27, [[2015]], just over a month after ''Last Light'' was published.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-5-guardians Halo Waypoint: ''Halo 5: Guardians'']</ref><ref>[http://books.simonandschuster.com/HALO-Last-Light/Troy-Denning/9781501103377 Simon and Schuster: ''Halo: Last Light'']</ref> It was while playing through ''Halo 5: Guardians''' [[campaign]] that Denning realized he wanted to know more about the backgrounds of [[Governor]] [[Sloan]] and ''[[Argent Moon]]''. After asking individuals at [[343 Industries]] about them both, he learned that their backstories were in fact relatively undeveloped, so he began formulating a way to tie them into a story involving Veta's team.<ref name="interview"/> When a second novel starring Lopis had first been approved, all 343 Industries requested is that it be set in [[2553]] and include [[Arlo Casille]], [[Castor]], and [[Intrepid Eye]], three characters introduced in ''Last Light''.<ref name="interview"/><ref name="HPETTDI">[https://www.halopodcastevolved.com/episodes/episode-168 Halo: Podcast Evolved EPISODE 168 - THE TROY DENNING INTERVIEW]</ref> Other suggestions were also made, especially relating to details relevant to the story in ''Guardians''.<ref name="interview">[https://www.gamecrate.com/interview-halo-retribution-author-troy-denning-talks-about-his-epic-new-novel/17012 Interview: ''Halo: Retribution'' author Troy Denning talks about his epic new novel]</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||