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| | |name = ''Halo: Blood Line'' | ||
| | |image = Black Team.png | ||
|imageSize = 250 | |||
|Author = [[Fred Van Lente]] and Francis Portela | |||
| | |Publisher = [[Marvel Comics]] | ||
| | |Date Released = [[Halo: Blood Line #1|Issue #1]]: December 23, 2009<br> | ||
[[Halo: Blood Line #2|Issue #2]]: January 27, 2010<br> | |||
[[Halo: Blood Line #3|Issue #3]]: February 24, 2010<br> | |||
[[Halo: Blood Line #4|Issue #4]]: March 24, 2010<br> | |||
[[Halo: Blood Line #5|Issue #5]]: April 28, 2010<br> | |||
Hardcover collection: August 18, 2010 | |||
|Length = 120 pages | |||
|US Price = $3.99 | |||
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| | |ISBN = 0785140220 | ||
| | |Amazon = http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Blood-Line-Premiere-HC/dp/0785140220/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270377763&sr=8-1 | ||
|Availability = Limited series | |||
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'''''Halo: Blood Line''''', formerly known as '''''Halo: Spartan Black''''', is a five-part comic series about a [[Team Black|team]] of stranded [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] commandos, set before the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552#August|mid-2552]].<ref>[http://comics.ign.com/articles/952/952434p1.html NYCC 09: Halo Returns to Marvel]</ref> The first issue was released on the 23rd of December [[2009]], with the fifth and last issue released on April 28, [[2010]]. ''Blood Line'' is written by [[Fred Van Lente]]. | |||
==Marvel summary== | |||
{{quote|Blood Line is also a pre-"[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]" story, focused on a small Black Ops sabotage and intelligence fire team of Spartans assigned to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]], the Office of Naval Intelligence. While on a top-secret mission in enemy space, their ship crashes on a remote moon along with a Covenant cruiser. When a mysterious entity that has lurked on the moon for millions of years threatens both groups, Spartans and Covenant have to forge an uneasy alliance to take down the common threat ... but not all humans and aliens can suddenly start treating the other like allies..|Fred Van Lente}} | |||
==Plot synopsis== | ==Plot synopsis== | ||
Narrated by the AI construct [[Iona]], the parts of the story are told in nonlinear fashion, with the narrative occasionally jumping to the Spartans' training days, in flashbacks explaining the team's history. During their training, [[ | Narrated by the AI construct [[Iona]], the parts of the story are told in nonlinear fashion, with the narrative occasionally jumping to the Spartans' training days, in flashbacks explaining the team's history. During their training, [[Black-One]] and [[Black-Three|Three]] secretly had a romantic relationship. [[Victor-101|Black-Four]] was jealous of them and reported them to [[Franklin Mendez|CPO Mendez]], who sent both to the brig. [[Red Team]] heard of this and tracked down Black-One, and gave her a beating to send the message that her team should take their training seriously. One lost her left eye in the ensuing brawl, and later, Black Team gave Red Team a beating in return and got thrown in the brig for ten days as a result. The team would never speak of the incident again, and while Four put the incident behind, deep down, his jealousy toward Three remained and he even developed a delusion that he had the relationship with One. | ||
The story's main narrative begins as Team Black is sent to [[Operation: BLOWBACK|a covert mission]] in [[sub-sector 35|uninhabited space]]. Their [[cryo chamber]]s are hidden aboard the ONI vessel ''[[Long Time Coming]]'', which crashes on an [[unidentified moon (Sub-sector 35)|uncharted moon]] after being hit by unknown energy bombardment. Meanwhile, the [[Covenant assault carrier|Covenant carrier]] ''[[Clarity of Faith]]'' suffers a similar fate. Its command crew, led by [[Shipmaster]] [[Thon 'Talamee]] and his brother and second-in-command [[Reff 'Talamee]] set off to explore the moon's surface. | The story's main narrative begins as Team Black is sent to [[Operation: BLOWBACK|a covert mission]] in [[sub-sector 35|uninhabited space]]. Their [[cryo-chamber]]s are hidden aboard the ONI vessel ''[[Long Time Coming]]'', which crashes on an [[unidentified moon (Sub-sector 35)|uncharted moon]] after being hit by unknown energy bombardment. Meanwhile, the [[Covenant assault carrier|Covenant carrier]] ''[[Clarity of Faith]]'' suffers a similar fate. Its command crew, led by [[Shipmaster]] [[Thon 'Talamee]] and his brother and second-in-command [[Reff 'Talamee]] set off to explore the moon's surface. | ||
Black-One, Three and Four move out of their ship and soon engage the Covenant, while | Black-One, Three and Four move out of their ship and soon engage the Covenant, while Two stays behind to send a [[Slipbeacon|distress call]]. Soon after, Black-One, Reff and several other Covenant soldiers are abducted by mechanical [[Gatherer]]s. Black-Four and Three reluctantly ally with the Covenant forces in order to rescue their captured comrades. They then proceed into the vast [[Line Installation 1-4|underground installation]] where the captives are taken. Deep inside the installation, Black-One and the Covenant are encountered by the installation's [[Monitor]], [[686 Ebullient Prism]], who informs them that they will be vivisected in order to investigate immunity to the [[The Flood|Flood]]. | ||
After Two follows the rest of the Spartans into the facility, the Monitor hacks into Four's and Two's MJOLNIR [[Heads-up display|HUDs]], tricking them into attacking each other, as well as coming close to breaking their temporary truce with the Covenant. Four's grudge against Black-Three resurfaces as a result of the manipulation and he attacks Three. Meanwhile, Black-One and Reff break out of their cells. Once they manage to escape and blind the Monitor, the two discover the Installation's control center. Accessing a console, One learns that a [[Covenant fleet]] is approaching their position. She tries to contact the rest of her team but finds that Three and Four are engaged in a brawl. To stop this, One tells Four that she forgives him for the incident, giving Three the opening to jack in Iona's [[ | After Two follows the rest of the Spartans into the facility, the Monitor hacks into Four's and Two's MJOLNIR [[Heads-up display|HUDs]], tricking them into attacking each other, as well as coming close to breaking their temporary truce with the Covenant. Four's grudge against Black-Three resurfaces as a result of the manipulation and he attacks Three. Meanwhile, Black-One and Reff break out of their cells. Once they manage to escape and blind the Monitor, the two discover the Installation's control center. Accessing a console, One learns that a [[Covenant fleet]] is approaching their position. She tries to contact the rest of her team but finds that Three and Four are engaged in a brawl. To stop this, One tells Four that she forgives him for the incident, giving Three the opening to jack in Iona's [[Data crystal chip|Data Crystal Chip]] into Four's MJOLNIR armor, causing an influx of the team's various missions together to bring Four out of his tantrum. | ||
Suddenly, One is slammed into the console by a [[Mgalekgolo|Hunter]] and knocked out. Reff tries defending to Thon that the Spartan saved him. Thon replies that he honored the truce only to rescue him, and then inquires how to contact the holy city of ''[[High Charity]]''. However, Reff proclaims that they should instead blow the servants of the Prophets out sky, having developed a delusion that his kidnapping was the work of destiny. Thon proceeds to kill Reff for speaking heresy, but is impaled by Reff instead. Soon, Prism arrives at the control center and vaporizes Reff. | Suddenly, One is slammed into the console by a [[Mgalekgolo|Hunter]] and knocked out. Reff tries defending to Thon that the Spartan saved him. Thon replies that he honored the truce only to rescue him, and then inquires how to contact the holy city of ''[[High Charity]]''. However, Reff proclaims that they should instead blow the servants of the Prophets out sky, having developed a delusion that his kidnapping was the work of destiny. Thon proceeds to kill Reff for speaking heresy, but is impaled by Reff instead. Soon, Prism arrives at the control center and vaporizes Reff. | ||
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==Issues== | ==Issues== | ||
[[File:Blood Line 1.jpg|100px|right]] | |||
[[File: | ===Issue #1 Summary=== | ||
{{Main|Halo: Blood Line Issue 1}} | {{Main|Halo: Blood Line Issue 1}} | ||
{{quote|Based on the Best-Selling X-Box Game! The Spartan team codename: Black is the top-secret unconventional warfare unit of the United Nations Space Command's Office of Naval Intelligence, engaging in sabotage and assassination missions deep inside Covenant space. But when this quartet of super soldiers is shot down over a desolate moon along with a Covenant Cruiser, humans and aliens will have to forge an uneasy alliance against a common foe before an eons-old threat destroys them both!''<ref name="re">http://comics.ign.com/articles/102/1027154p1.html</ref>|IGN article}} | |||
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===Issue #2 Summary=== | |||
{{Main|Halo: Blood Line Issue 2}} | {{Main|Halo: Blood Line Issue 2}} | ||
{{quote|Greetings! I am the monitor of Line Installation 1-4. I am 6-8-6 Ebullient Prism. My function is to collect and inspect any and all specimens captured within this sector for evidence of immunity to infestation by The Flood. I require your assistance. Please do not move while you are dissected and all your tissues are properly analyzed and cataloged.|Marvel.com}} | |||
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===Issue #3 Summary=== | |||
{{Main|Halo: Blood Line Issue 3}} | {{Main|Halo: Blood Line Issue 3}} | ||
{{quote|The Elites and Spartans' uneasy alliance to rescue their captured comrades from the depths of the ancient complex is pushed to the breaking point when a traitor is revealed in their midst. But is the turncoat human, Covenant...or something even more terrifying?|Marvel.com}} | |||
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===Issue #4 Summary=== | |||
{{Main|Halo: Blood Line Issue 4}} | {{Main|Halo: Blood Line Issue 4}} | ||
{{quote|Time is running out for Spartan: Black. Their commanding officer is about to be dissected by the psychotic monitor of The Line. Their AI Iona has been infected by Forerunner technology. One of their own has turned against them, pushing their already uneasy alliance with the Elite to the brink. A massive Covenant armada is converging on their position. Only a desperate gamble will save them -- but that's why you always bet on Black.|Marvel.com}} | |||
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===Issue #5 Summary=== | |||
{{Main|Halo: Blood Line Issue 5}} | {{Main|Halo: Blood Line Issue 5}} | ||
{{Quote|THE ACTION-PACKED SERIES BASED ON THE BESTSELLING X-BOX GAME COMES TO ITS WHITE-KNUCKLE CONCLUSION! Spartans, Covenant and Forerunners engage in a furious three-way battle for control of the mysterious Line installation, the power of which rivals the fabled Halos themselves! Will Spartan: Black be able to heal the rifts within their unit long enough to secure The Line for the forces of Earth...or is this their last stand against overwhelming alien forces?|Marvel.com}} | |||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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===Characters=== | |||
*[[686 Ebullient Prism]] {{1st}} | *[[686 Ebullient Prism]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Alexander Reaves]] {{ | *[[Alexander Reaves]] {{1st}} {{Mo}} | ||
*[[Black-One]] | |||
*[[Black-Two]] | |||
*[[Black-Three]] | |||
*[[Franklin Mendez]] | *[[Franklin Mendez]] | ||
*[[Iona]] {{1st}} | *[[Iona]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Jubub]] {{1st}} | *[[Jubub]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Moreland]] {{1st}} | *[[Moreland]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Prophet of Fortitude]] {{1st}} {{Mo}} | |||
*[[Prophet of Fortitude]] {{ | |||
*[[Reff 'Talamee]] {{1st}} | *[[Reff 'Talamee]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Roland Freemont]] {{Mo}} | *[[Roland Freemont]] {{Mo}} | ||
*[[Thon 'Talamee]] {{1st}} | *[[Thon 'Talamee]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Victor-101]] | *[[Victor-101]] | ||
===Events=== | |||
*[[Battle of Line Installation 1-4]] {{1st}} | |||
*[[Battle of Verge]] {{Mo}} | |||
*[[Operation: BLOWBACK]] {{1st}} | |||
*[[Spartan-II training]] | |||
===Locations=== | |||
*[[ | *[[Oasis VI]] {{1st}} {{Mo}} | ||
*[[ | *[[Sanghelios]] | ||
*[[ | **[[State of Thasanee]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[ | *[[Sub-sector 35]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[ | **[[Unidentified moon (Sub-sector 35)|Unidentified moon]] {{1st}} | ||
* | ***[[Line Installation 1-4]] {{1st}} | ||
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*[[ | |||
===Organizations=== | |||
*[[Covenant]] | *[[Covenant Empire]] | ||
**[[Covenant | **[[Covenant Navy]] | ||
*[[Forerunner]] | *[[Forerunner]] | ||
*[[United Nations Space Command]] | *[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
**[[UNSC Navy]] | **[[UNSC Navy]] | ||
***[[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command]] | ***[[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare Command]] | ||
****[[SPARTAN-II | ****[[SPARTAN-II Program]] | ||
*****[[Red Team]] | *****[[Red Team]] | ||
***[[Office of Naval Intelligence]] | ***[[Office of Naval Intelligence]] | ||
****[[Team Black]] | ****[[Team Black]] | ||
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===Species=== | |||
*[[Human]] | |||
*[[Jiralhanae]] | |||
*[[Kig-yar]] | |||
*[[Mgalekgolo]] | |||
*[[Sangheili]] | |||
*[[San 'Shyuum]] | |||
*[[Unggoy]] | |||
*[[Yanme'e]] | |||
===Vehicles=== | |||
*[[Covenant assault carrier]] | |||
*[[ | |||
**''[[Clarity of Faith]]'' {{1st}} | **''[[Clarity of Faith]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*[[D77-TC Pelican]] | *[[D77-TC Pelican]] | ||
*[[M12 | *[[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle]] | ||
*[[Type-26 | *[[Type-26 Assault Gun Carriage]] | ||
* | *[[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft]] | ||
* | *[[Type-52 Troop Carrier]] | ||
*[[UNSC frigate]] | *[[UNSC frigate]] | ||
*''[[Long Time Coming]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Long Time Coming]]'' {{1st}} | ||
===Weapons=== | |||
*[[Assault cannon]] | *[[Assault cannon]] | ||
*[[BR55 | *[[BR55 Battle Rifle]] | ||
*[[M41 | *[[M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun]] | ||
*[[M6D | *[[M6D Personal Defense Weapon System]] | ||
*[[M6 | *[[M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle]] | ||
*[[M7 | *[[M7/Caseless Submachine Gun]] | ||
*[[M90 | *[[M90 Close Assault Weapon System]] | ||
*[[MA5C | *[[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System]] | ||
*[[Paint pellet gun]] | *[[Paint pellet gun]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Sentinel Beam]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Sniper Rifle System 99D-S2 Anti-Matériel]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher]] | ||
*[[Type- | *[[Type-33 Light Anti-Armor Weapon]] | ||
* | *[[Type-50 Sniper Rifle System]] | ||
*[[Type- | *[[Type-51 Carbine]] | ||
===Technology=== | |||
*[[Gatherer]] {{1st}} | *[[Gatherer]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Holography]] | *[[Holography]] | ||
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Black]] | *[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Black]] | ||
*[[Monitor]] | *[[Monitor]] | ||
*[[Sentinel]] | *[[Sentinel]] | ||
*[[Slipbeacon]] | *[[Slipbeacon]] {{1st}} | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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==Related pages== | |||
*[[Halopedia:News/21 May 2009/Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black|Halopedia Interview with Fred Van Lente]] | |||
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[[Category:Canon]] | [[Category:Canon]] |