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''Homecoming'' follows [[Daisy-023]] who, after years of manipulation, escapes the Spartan training facility on [[Reach]]. The story is told in a non-linear fashion, jumping back and forth between Daisy's past escape from the facility and her present involvement in a battle against the [[Covenant]].

Like all Spartan-IIs, Daisy is abducted as a child and placed into the training and augmentation program. A few weeks after the augmentations, she, [[Ralph-103]], [[Joseph-122]], [[Oscar-129]] and another unnamed Spartan hold their trainers at gunpoint, before being granted permission to leave by Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], the creator of the Spartan-II project. The Spartans escape Reach and go their separate ways, with Daisy returning to her home planet of [[Sargasso]].

Upon arrival, she finds that the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] is already searching for her. She eludes their patrols and finds her home, where she encounters a wheelchair-bound girl whose appearance is nearly identical to hers. It is then that a [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornet]] approaches, with Halsey on board. Halsey explains via COM that the abducted Spartans were replaced with [[flash cloning|flash-clones]], to cover up the kidnappings. Halsey unsuccessfully attempts to convince Daisy to return to the training program; instead, the confused Spartan draws her weapon and aims it at the clone. She hesitates for a while, and lowers the weapon. As she begins to leave, the clone calls out to her, and gives her a small teddy bear on a chain that Daisy lost when ONI agents abducted her. Daisy returns to UNSC custody, and the clone dies soon after.

Later, during a battle on a war-torn world in the [[Human-Covenant War]], Daisy-023 assists several [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] that had been pinned down by enemy fire. As she assists the Marines in reaching an evacuation point, she encounters [[Ralph-103]], a fellow escapee who is now working as a Marine. As the evacuation [[Pelican]] dropship lands and the Marines board the vessel, Daisy is impaled by [[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher|Needler]] rounds. She unsuccessfully attempts to provide covering fire using a [[M6 Series|pistol]]; the Pelican is completely destroyed with [[Pez'tk-pattern fuel rod gun|Fuel Rod Gun]] fire, killing everyone aboard. Daisy dies soon after from the Needler rounds.

Her body is later found by [[John-117]],{{Ref/Reuse|dvd-commentary}} who places Daisy's teddy bear chain in her hands and closes her eyes.

Joseph Chou was inspired by [[Eric Nylund]]'s novel ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] ''which detailed the background of the Spartans. After discussing story ideas with Shinji Aramaki they decided to create a story about a group of Spartans that escape and ultimately one who faces their self. The story was taken to Production I.G for development where it was presented to director Koji Sawai who had worked for Production I.G in the past including work with Mamoru Oshii. I.G President Mitsuhisa Ishikawa chose Sawai for his known ability to portray females in a very strong way with both affection and beauty.

Sawai, who is presently a director for Bee Train Productions Inc., (a former subsidiary company of I.G) along with his friend Koichi Mashimo brought in their own team of artists and animators including long time writing collaborator Hiroyuki Kawasaki. Sawai's objective was to bring the studio’s own unique style and flavor with their best staff to the episode and the entire Halo Universe in the time allowed.

In their audio commentary [[Frank O'Connor]] and Joseph Chou mentioned the anime style is strikingly contrast to the story. While the story is quite dark the color pallet is very bright and traditional anime style. Chou also expressed interest in making a story similar to ''Homecoming'', but focusing more on the broader SPARTAN-II Program itself, more faithful to the depiction in ''The Fall of Reach'', rather than the individual characters that were only a side part of it in ''Homecoming''.{{Ref/Reuse|dvd-commentary}}

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*[[Human-Covenant War]]

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*The introductory narration states that humanity had established the Inner Colonies in the "heart of the Milky Way" by approximately [[2310]]. This is physically and technologically impossible, as the [[Wikipedia:Galactic Center|galactic core]] is extremely dense and is theorized to contain a [[Wikipedia:Sagittarius A*#Central black hole|supermassive black hole]]. In actuality, the entire [[human sphere]] is contained within a relatively small volume inside the [[Orion Arm]].

*During Daisy-023's first flashback, a [[Halo Array|Halo]] can be seen in the sky, despite the scene taking place on Reach.

*According to a series of "trading cards" posted on Facebook as part of a promotional campaign for ''Halo Legends'', the battle in ''Homecoming'' takes place on Harvest. However, the same cards also erroneously claim Harvest is Daisy's homeworld, and have other mistakes, such as spelling Sergeant Hauser's name as "Howser". In addition, the planet is shown to have moons in ''Homecoming'', whereas Harvest has no natural satellites. The site of the battle in the episode also has a number of visual allusions to Daisy's flashbacks of her homeworld, which could imply the scene takes place on Sargasso and would thus date the battle as late as [[2546]]. This is supported by the opening narration, which states that the [[Outer Colonies]] are already gone at the time, implying the episode takes place after 2535. Whatever the case, [[Jeff Easterling]] has stated that [[343 Industries]] have chosen to leave the setting vague for the time being.<ref>[https://twitter.com/GrimBrotherOne/status/1038898982880047104?s=19 ''Twitter: Reply by GrimBrotherOne'']</ref>

*Interestingly, the team assigned to Daisy-023 was Delta Team in the original Japanese dub, however it was changed to Gamma Team in the English dub.

 

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