Editing Halo: Initiation Issue 3

{{Title|''Halo: Initiation Issue 3''}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
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|image=[[File:HaloInitiation3.jpg|250px]]
|author=*[[Brian Reed]] (writer)<br>
*Marco Castiello (artist)<br>
*Michael Atiyeh (colorist)<br>
*[[Kenneth Scott]] (cover artist)
|publisher= [[Dark Horse Comics]]
|publication= October 9, 2013
|Length=32 pages
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'''''Halo: Initiation Issue 3''''' was released on [[2013|October 9, 2013]] and is the last of three in the ''[[Halo: Initiation]]'' series of comics.<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/23-763/Halo-Initiation-3/ '''Dark Horse:''' ''Halo: Initiation Issue 3'']</ref>

==Official summary==
{{Article quote|The conclusion of this three-part series reveals the story of how Commander [[Sarah Palmer]] became a [[Spartan-IV]] and leads directly into the exciting new mobile game from [[343 Industries]], [[Halo: Spartan Assault]]. Sarah Palmer and her new comrade [[Spartans]] are thrust into action when a violent [[Insurrectionist|insurgent]] group attempts to seize the [[UNSC]] [[flagship]] [[UNSC Infinity|Infinity]]. Is their Spartan cunning a match for the insurgents' brilliant guerrilla tactics?}}

==Plot synopsis==
While the Spartan-IVs prepare to fend off the attackers, [[Jun]] explains [[Ilsa Zane]]'s background: she is the only survivor of a secret, prototypical phase of the SPARTAN-IV program. Although her physical augmentations are superior to those of the mainline Spartan-IVs, they also made her mentally unstable, resulting in her defection. On the [[bridge]], the Insurrectionists are attempting to gain full control of the ''Infinity''. As they detect the approaching Spartan-IVs, Zane activates S-deck's decompression system, ejecting several of the Spartans into space, with [[Thomas Lasky]] and Jun being saved by Palmer and [[Davis]]. Lasky contacts [[Captain (NAVCOM)|Captain]] [[Del Rio]], while Palmer and Davis make their way for the bridge along the exterior hull of the ship. Zane sends a group of her henchmen to eliminate the rest of the Spartans, but Lasky manages to close a [[blast door]] between them. Meanwhile, Palmer and Davis storm the bridge, with Palmer facing off Zane in hand-to-hand combat while Davis takes on the rest of the insurgents. During the duel, Del Rio and the bridge crew enter the bridge and reactivate Aine, who opens the bridge's airlock. Palmer finally knocks Zane out, venting her into space. Later, an unconscious Zane is recovered by a [[UNSC prowler|prowler]] and wakes up to recognize an unknown individual. The narrative returns to Musa addressing the Admiralty. He states that the Spartans are to thank for exposing [[Admiral]] [[Mattius Drake]] and his rebel movement, the [[New Colonial Alliance]], as well as saving the ''Infinity'', and boldly declares the Spartans as an [[Spartan Operations|independent branch]].

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==Related articles==
*''[[Halo: Initiation]]''
*''[[Halo: Initiation Issue 1|Issue 1]]''
*''[[Halo: Initiation Issue 2|Issue 2]]''
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