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{{Title|''Halo: Escalation Issue 9''}} | {{Title|''Halo: Escalation Issue 9''}} | ||
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|image=[[File:HaloEscalation9.jpg|250px]] | |image=[[File:HaloEscalation9.jpg|250px]] | ||
| | |author=*[[Brian Reed]] (writer)<br> | ||
*Sergio Ariño (penciller)<br> | |||
*Juan Castro (inker)<br> | *Juan Castro (inker)<br> | ||
*Michael Atiyeh (colorist)<br> | *Michael Atiyeh (colorist)<br> | ||
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|publisher= [[Dark Horse Comics]] | |publisher= [[Dark Horse Comics]] | ||
|publication= August 27, 2014 | |publication= August 27, 2014 | ||
| | |Length=32 pages | ||
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'''''Halo: Escalation Issue 9''''' | '''''Halo: Escalation Issue 9''''' will be released on [[2014|August 27, 2014]] and is to be the ninth of twelve in the ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' series of comics.<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-709/Halo-Escalation-9/ '''Dark Horse Comics:''' ''Halo: Escalation #9'']</ref> It is the second part of the three-issue story arc ''"The Next 72 Hours"'' and features [[Blue Team]] tracking down the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] immediately following the events of the ''[[Halo 4]]'' campaign. | ||
==Official summary== | ==Official summary== | ||
{{Article | {{Article Quote|In the days following the events of [[Halo 4]], the [[John-117|Master Chief]] faced one of his greatest challenges. Halo® lead writer [[Brian Reed]] (Amazing Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel) takes the Master Chief from the fires of Halo 4 to the pages of Escalation in “The Next 72 Hours” Part 2!}} | ||
==Plot synopsis== | ==Plot synopsis== | ||
On [[Installation 03]], a day before the events of | On [[Installation 03]], a day before the events of Issue 8, [[Black Team]] observes multiple inbound [[slipspace]] signatures. The Spartans move to examine one of the objects, which has landed nearby: a giant armored figure lying on the ground. Unknown to Black, this is the [[Ur-Didact]], who awakens shortly after and proceeds to kill the Spartans. Meanwhile, a [[monitor]] appears from the [[Composer's Abyss]]. The monitor expresses its confusion over why Promethean constructs are present, and wishes to see the Halo's monitor. The monitor approaches the Didact — his armor stained in Black Team's [[blood]] — and identifies itself as [[859 Static Carillon]], the monitor of an installation called the [[Composer's Forge]] and the keeper of the [[Composer]]s. Static Carillon explains that it came to Gamma Halo to investigate the reactivation of a service portal. The Didact then asks the monitor to take him to the Composer's Forge. | ||
Continuing from the conclusion of the previous issue, [[Blue Team]] arrive in a seemingly empty Forerunner city, having made their way through the portal within the Composer's Abyss. They move further into the city and soon discover six [[Composer]]s, just before the Didact appears behind the Spartans. Holding an [[activation index]], the Promethean leader tells Blue Team that they have arrived at the Composer's Forge. Blue Team open fire, to no avail; the Didact stomps the ground, generating a shockwave that causes the Spartans to stumble. The Didact | Continuing from the conclusion of the previous issue, [[Blue Team]] arrive in a seemingly empty Forerunner city, having made their way through the [[slipspace portal|portal]] within the [[Composer's Abyss]]. They move further into the city and soon discover six [[Composer]]s, just before the Didact appears behind the Spartans. Holding an [[activation index]], the Promethean leader tells Blue Team that they have arrived at the Composer's Forge. Blue Team open fire, to no avail; the Didact stomps the ground, generating a shockwave that causes the Spartans to stumble. The Didact summons more of his Promethean minions and a frantic firefight breaks out. | ||
859 Static Carillon arrives | 859 Static Carillon arrives in the scene and begins to complain about the Didact violating their agreement in having created more of the Promethean constructs, which it deems abominations. In retort, the Didact asks the monitor to fulfill its part of their bargain. The monitor obliges, and a Halo installation appears in the sky from slipspace. Satisfied, the Didact states that he will proceed to repair the ring. Static Carillon tells the Spartans that the Didact is planning to use the Halo against humanity and [[Earth]]. Furthermore, while it is indifferent to mankind's fate, the monitor takes issue at the Didact's creation of new Prometheans from the humans of [[New Phoenix]], viewing the Prometheans as instruments of terror and chaos and deeming their presence on its installation unacceptable. Static Carillon helps the Spartans retreat back to the Gamma Halo portal in pursuit of the Didact, holding off the hordes of Promethean machines. | ||
Blue Team return to the surface of Gamma Halo from the Composer's Abyss, making it just in time as | Blue Team return to the surface of Gamma Halo from the Composer's Abyss, making it just in time as a Composer rises from the pit. John falls behind while the Didact prepares to finish off the others, starting with Kelly. However, the Master Chief sneaks behind the Didact stabs him in the eye with his [[combat knife]]. Intending to correct his mistake of not having killed the Spartan when he had the chance, the Didact grabs John by the helmet, lifts him in the air and proceeds to crush his head. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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