Editing Halo: Blood Line Issue 1

{{Title|''Halo: Blood Line Issue 1''}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
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|author= *[[Fred Van Lente]] (author)
*Francis Portela (pencils, inks, colors)
*Nate Piekos (letters)
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|publication= [[2009|December 23, 2009]]
|Length= 32 pages
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'''''Halo: Blood Line Issue 1''''' was released on [[2009|December 23, 2009]] and is the first of five in the ''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'' series of comics.<ref>[http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=13523 '''Marvel.com''': ''Halo: Blood Line (0000) #1'']</ref>

==Official summary==
{{Article quote|Based on the Best-Selling X-Box Game! The Spartan team [[Team Black|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 Empire|Covenant]] [[Milky Way Galaxy#Covenant|space]]. But when this quartet of [[SPARTAN-II Program|super soldiers]] is shot down over a [[unidentified moon (Sub-sector 35)|desolate moon]] along with a [[Clarity of Faith|Covenant Cruiser]], [[human]]s and aliens will have to forge an uneasy alliance against a common foe before an eons-old threat destroys them both!}}

==Plot synopsis==
The story begins with [[United Nations Space Command Priority Transmission 90872H-11|a priority transmission]] sent by [[Admiral]] [[Roland Freemont]], commander of [[FLEETCOM Sector One]], to [[Vice Admiral]] [[Alexander Reaves]]. The message is to reassign [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-II]] [[Team Black]] with [[Operation: BLOWBACK|a mission]] to perform sabotage to Covenant vessels encountered in [[Sub-sector 35|Sub-Sector 35]], along with gathering intelligence.

The team is deployed to their mission in [[cryo-chamber]]s onboard the ''[[Long Time Coming]]'', a civilian prospecting ship commissioned by the ONI. As they prepare to jump into [[Slipstream space|Slipspace]], the ship intercepts a burst transmission of unknown origin, displaying a pi-constant baseline and a repeated binary message. The shipboard AI [[Iona]] does not recognize the signal to be of human or Covenant origin, and asks [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Moreland]] for more time to analyze the contents.

Meanwhile, the [[Covenant assault carrier]] ''[[Clarity of Faith]]'', on a mission to regroup with a supply convoy, receives the same signal. The ship's second-in-command, [[Major Domo Sangheili|Major]] [[Reff 'Talamee]] is curious about the transmission, thinking it could be [[Forerunner]] in origin, while his brother, [[Shipmaster]] [[Thon 'Talamee|Thon]] does not show any particular interest in it.

Back on ''Long Time Coming'', the Captain and the co-pilot infer that the message is likely to be a radio echo of some sort, and Moreland tells Iona to ignore it and initiate the jump. Simultaneously, Thon orders the ''Clarity of Faith'' to jump into Slipspace despite Reff's suggestions to investigate the signal. As the ''Long Time Coming'' makes the jump, Iona realizes that the transmission was a warning of navigational hazards in the area, and before they can react, the ship is bombarded by bursts of energy. The same happens to the ''Clarity of Faith'', and both ships drop out of slipspace, and subsequently crash on [[unidentified moon (Sub-sector 35)|a moon]].

The crew of the ''Long Time Coming'' is killed in the crash, and Iona opens Team Black's cryo pods. The Spartans assess the situation, and soon realize that the planetoid they are on does not have a breathable atmosphere. According to Iona's surface scans, a sprawling underground complex is located nearby. [[Black-One]], the team's leader, orders [[Black-Two]] to stay on the ship and raise an [[Slipbeacon|emergency beacon]] to [[UNSC Fleet Command|Fleet Command]], while she and the rest of the team take a [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|Warthog]] and head to the underground structure, with [[Victor-101|Black-Four]] taking Iona with him. Outside, they discover the moon's surface to be filled with shipwrecks.

Meanwhile, the crew of the ''Clarity of Faith'' recover from the crash and proceed to take any serviceable vehicles from the cargo bay and move out from the wreckage. Some time later, the Spartans drive amongst the wreckage and investigate one of the crashed ships closer. Black-Four notes that the ships were destroyed from within before being shot down. Just before they can to move out, a [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith]] opens fire on them. The Spartans take cover, and return fire. The story ends just as the Spartans notice [[Gatherer|a large, tentacled machine]] appearing behind them.

==Gallery==
===Work in Progress===
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File:HBL-Issue1-Making of page 18.jpg|Making of page 18.
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===Final===
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File:HBL Report 1.png|Opening summary.
File:HBL-Issue1-FullPage-BlackTeam.jpg|The first Black Team panel in the comic.
File:HBL-Issue1-FullPage-TheGatherer.jpg|Image of the Gatherer.
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