Halo: Hunters in the Dark: Difference between revisions

==Plot summary==

[[Broadside One]], the [[squad]] leader of [[Broadside]], is laying heavily wounded in a small cave after an encounter with unknown creatures on [[Installation 00]]. One of the several [[remote contact team]]s deployed to the remains of the Ark by {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}}, Broadside was attacked by the creatures and most of the team was killed. While Broadside One contemplates his fate and observes that the creatures seemed to suddenly unite together to destroy the team, an unidentified voice confirms his theory. Claiming that it requires [[human]] assistance and that it will save him, the voice orders Broadside One to surrender himself and he accepts.

Archaeologist [[Luther Mann]] recalls fleeing his homeworld of [[Verent]] at six years of age as the [[Covenant]] [[Glassing|glassed]] the planet. Although his parents became distant and cold, Mann becomes fascinated with the Covenant. Mann is homeschooled by his mother until she committed suicide when he was fifteen. Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], Mann takes advantage of the new-found [[Treaty of 2552|peace]] with several of the former Covenant species to learn more about the cultures of them and the [[Forerunner]]s. On [[2555|March 8, 2555]], Mann has been contracted by the [[UNSC]]'s [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to work on [[Installation 07]], having discovered the Halo himself. While searching for the installation's [[Control Room]], Mann, and his colleague [[Henry Lamb]], discover a countdown emanating from a certain sector of the ring. Going by worse-case scenario, the two predict that it is counting down to installation activation in approximately five weeks and inform their superior, Director [[Bob Casper]]. Casper contacts the research teams on [[Installation 03|Installations 03]] and [[Installation 05|05]], who also confirm the presence of the same countdown. Casper reports the findings to ONI leadership and a meeting is immediately scheduled between assorted UNSC leaders and scientists, including Fleet Admiral [[Terrence Hood]], Admiral [[Serin Osman]], General [[Van Zandt]], General [[Crystal Speakman]], Captain [[Annabelle Richards]], Doctor [[William Iqbal]], and Casper. Despite Osman's concerns, the rest of the group decide that the [[Sangheili]]'s help is needed in reaching [[Installation 00]] to stop the ring's activation.

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==Appearances==