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{{Title|''Halo: Escalation Issue 18''}} | {{Title|''Halo: Escalation Issue 18''}} | ||
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'''''Halo: Escalation Issue 18''''' | '''''Halo: Escalation Issue 18''''' will be released on [[2015|May 27, 2015]] and is to be the eighteenth comic in the ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' series.<ref name="CBR I17">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=58472 '''Comic Book Resources:''' ''Dark Horse Comics April 2015 Solicitations'']</ref> It is the end of the two-part story arc called ''"The Glass Horizon"''. | ||
==Official summary== | ==Official summary== | ||
{{Article | {{Article Quote|The Glass Horizon” part 2: On a [[Covenant]]-ravaged colony world, past and present converge for a [[Holly Tanaka|tenacious young soldier]] on a high-risk search-and-rescue mission—the gritty conclusion to another chapter of the Halo saga by Duffy Boudreau (BlackAcre) and Douglas Franchin (Person of Interest).<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=59234 '''Comic Book Solicitations:''' ''Dark Horse Comics May 2015 Solicitations'']</ref>}} | ||
==Plot synopsis== | ==Plot synopsis== | ||
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Back in 2556, the ODST team lands on Cleyell's surface and find a transmitter wedged down in a crack. When one of the ODSTs asks why someone would stash a transmitter there, another ODST finds a dead civilian with [[plasma]] burns in his body. | Back in 2556, the ODST team lands on Cleyell's surface and find a transmitter wedged down in a crack. When one of the ODSTs asks why someone would stash a transmitter there, another ODST finds a dead civilian with [[plasma]] burns in his body. | ||
Again in 2551, Tanaka and the survivors attract the Kig-Yar into a trap, hoping that the aliens make the mistake of overplaying their advantages. The two insurgents ambush the Jackals and loot their weapons, then return to the cave with supplies from their cache. Tanaka demands that they return to the compound to search for survivors but the men refuse, as going back would be utterly futile and would jeopardize their lives. Holly threatens them with her | Again in 2551, Tanaka and the survivors attract the Kig-Yar into a trap, hoping that the aliens make the mistake of overplaying their advantages. The two insurgents ambush the Jackals and loot their weapons, then return to the cave with supplies from their cache. Tanaka demands that they return to the compound to search for survivors but the men refuse, as going back would be utterly futile and would jeopardize their lives. Holly threatens them with her shotgun, but one of the men quickly disarms her. He reiterates that they will not return to the compound, but will let Tanaka come along as they set out to find other survivor camps. Four months later, the trio come across a vast glassed crater in what used to be farmland. | ||
Back on Cleyell, Tanaka and the ODSTs observe a similar sight and discover a partially intact agricultural station in the glasslands. Tanaka deduces that the distress signal must have originated from below the buildings; as there are Kig-Yar snipers likely posted in the structure itself, no survivor could have escaped along the plains. They make their way into a cave system Tanaka spotted earlier, with her taking the lead due to her experience. She warns the two ODSTs to remain quiet as the Jackals will execute any prisoners if they hear them coming. As one of the ODSTs takes a step forward, the ground gives way and he crashes through into a Kig-Yar-occupied cavern. Tanaka and the other ODST fall down the hole as well and a firefight ensues, with Tanaka and the ODSTs eventually emerging victorious. | Back on Cleyell, Tanaka and the ODSTs observe a similar sight and discover a partially intact agricultural station in the glasslands. Tanaka deduces that the distress signal must have originated from below the buildings; as there are Kig-Yar snipers likely posted in the structure itself, no survivor could have escaped along the plains. They make their way into a cave system Tanaka spotted earlier, with her taking the lead due to her experience. She warns the two ODSTs to remain quiet as the Jackals will execute any prisoners if they hear them coming. As one of the ODSTs takes a step forward, the ground gives way and he crashes through into a Kig-Yar-occupied cavern. Tanaka and the other ODST fall down the hole as well and a firefight ensues, with Tanaka and the ODSTs eventually emerging victorious. | ||
Another flashback of Tanaka's and the two other survivors' experiences on Minab years earlier shows them fleeing attacking Kig-Yar, one of the men getting injured or killed, and their eventual rescue. Back in the present, Tanaka finds a group of malnourished survivors, who are then rescued aboard a Pelican. Their return to the ''Cascadia'' is overlaid with a communique from the ship's captain, [[French (captain)|French]], to [[Jun-A266]]. French commends Tanaka for her actions during the mission and recommends her as a candidate for the [[SPARTAN-IV program]]. The issue concludes with Tanaka looking out into space, facing | Another flashback of Tanaka's and the two other survivors' experiences on Minab years earlier shows them fleeing attacking Kig-Yar, one of the men getting injured or killed, and their eventual rescue. Back in the present, Tanaka finds a group of malnourished survivors, who are then rescued aboard a Pelican. Their return to the ''Cascadia'' is overlaid with a communique from the ship's captain, [[French (captain)|French]], to [[Jun-A266]]. French commends Tanaka for her actions during the mission and recommends her as a candidate for the [[SPARTAN-IV program]]. The issue concludes with Tanaka looking out into space, facing her future MJOLNIR suit in her reflection. | ||
==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HE18-Pelicanbay.png|Tanaka and the Marines in a D79-TC Pelican's troop bay. | |||
File:HE18-Pelicanbay.png|Tanaka and the Marines in | |||
File:HE18-Tanaka&ODSTs.png|Tanaka and the ODSTs on Cleyell. | File:HE18-Tanaka&ODSTs.png|Tanaka and the ODSTs on Cleyell. | ||
File:HE18-TanakaMJOLNIR.png|Tanaka facing her MJOLNIR armor. | File:HE18-TanakaMJOLNIR.png|Tanaka facing her MJOLNIR armor. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' | *''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' | ||
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