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{{Title|''Halo: Escalation Issue 19''}} | {{Title|''Halo: Escalation Issue 19''}} | ||
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|artist=*Ian Richardson (penciller)<br> | |artist=*Ian Richardson (penciller)<br> | ||
*Denis Freitas (inker)<br> | *Denis Freitas (inker)<br> | ||
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'''''Halo: Escalation Issue 19''''' was released on [[2015|June 24, 2015]] and is the nineteenth comic in the ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' series.<ref>[http://www.newsarama.com/23772-halo-escalation-with-duffy-boudreau.html '''Newsarama''' | '''''Halo: Escalation Issue 19''''' was released on [[2015|June 24, 2015]] and is the nineteenth comic in the ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' series.<ref>[http://www.newsarama.com/23772-halo-escalation-with-duffy-boudreau.html '''Newsarama''': ''HALO Comic Series Escalating Into GUARDIANS Game'']</ref> It is the first part of the story arc called ''"Absolute Record"''. | ||
==Official summary== | ==Official summary== | ||
{{Article | {{Article quote|An unexpected ally joins a team of [[Spartan]]s for a dangerous operation—a secret mission into a hidden [[Forerunner]] world where the mysterious site known as the [[Absolute Record]] awaits! The thrilling sequel to [[Halo 4|Halo® 4]]'s [[Spartan Ops]] continues from Duffy Boudreau (BlackAcre) and Ian Richardson (Noble Causes).<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/black-hammer-plants-vs-zombies-debut-in-dark-horse-comics-june-2015-solicitations '''Comic Book Solicitations''': ''Dark Horse Comics June 2015 Solicitations'']</ref>}} | ||
==Plot synopsis== | ==Plot synopsis== | ||
The issue opens on a world in the [[Urs system|Urs-Fied-Joori system]], where [[Ayit 'Sevi]] tinkers with a [[Covenant communication node]]. Two other [[Sangheili Storm]] confront him about this, one of them making note of an unknown object that 'Sevi has placed inside the device, before 'Sevi kills the both of them. In a UNSC briefing room, [[Serin Osman|Admiral Serin Osman]] briefs a trio of officers about the upcoming [[Operation: ATHENA]]. After describing 'Sevi and his role as a [[Sangheili]] agent working exclusively for ONI, Osman goes on to explain that [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] has acquired both halves of the [[Janus Key]] and that [[ | The issue opens on a world in the [[Urs system|Urs-Fied-Joori system]], where [[Ayit 'Sevi]] tinkers with a [[Covenant communication node]]. Two other [[Sangheili Storm]] confront him about this, one of them making note of an unknown object that 'Sevi has placed inside the device, before 'Sevi kills the both of them. In a UNSC briefing room, [[Serin Osman|Admiral Serin Osman]] briefs a trio of officers about the upcoming [[Operation: ATHENA]]. After describing 'Sevi and his role as a [[Sangheili]] agent working exclusively for ONI, Osman goes on to explain that [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] has acquired both halves of the [[Janus Key]] and that Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] will seek to use the Key to find the location of the [[Absolute Record]], which in turn will provide [[Jul 'Mdama|'Mdama]] the location of every [[Forerunner]] artifact in [[Milky Way|the galaxy]]. To prevent this, ONI has assembled a five-member specialist team who will stow away aboard the ''[[Breath of Annihilation]]'', one of 'Mdama's two [[CAS-class assault carrier|assault carriers]]. Once the Covenant fleet reaches the Absolute Record, the team will transmit their location for UNSC reinforcements and locate Dr. Halsey. | ||
Aboard {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} on [[2558#September|September 15, 2558]], [[Thomas Lasky|Captain Lasky]] arrives to check on [[Sarah Palmer|Commander Palmer]], who is in the process of battling a [[Mgalekgolo]] in a [[War Games]] simulation. The officer overseeing the simulation tells Lasky that Palmer has tripled her required hours in the simulation over the last month, and remarks that she has been particularly aggressive lately, while Palmer rips the Hunter's constituent [[Lekgolo]] apart. | Aboard {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} on [[2558#September|September 15, 2558]], [[Thomas Lasky|Captain Lasky]] arrives to check on [[Sarah Palmer|Commander Palmer]], who is in the process of battling a [[Mgalekgolo]] in a [[War Games]] simulation. The officer overseeing the simulation tells Lasky that Palmer has tripled her required hours in the simulation over the last month, and remarks that she has been particularly aggressive lately, while Palmer rips the Hunter's constituent [[Lekgolo]] apart. | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Escalation cover 19.jpg|Full cover art. | File:Escalation cover 19.jpg|Full cover art. | ||
File:HE19 Urs-Fied-Joori.jpg| | File:HE19 Urs-Fied-Joori.jpg|Ayit 'Sevi sabotaging a communications node in the Urs-Fied-Joori system. | ||
File:HE19 PalmerfightsHunter.jpg|Palmer fights a Mgalekgolo. | |||
File:HE19-PalmerfinishingHunter.png|Palmer killing a simulated Mgalekgolo with her bare hands. | File:HE19-PalmerfinishingHunter.png|Palmer killing a simulated Mgalekgolo with her bare hands. | ||
File:HE19 Bust Out.jpg| | File:HE19 Assembled.jpg| | ||
File:HE19 Sali imprisoned.jpg| | |||
File:HE19 Fleet jump.jpg|'Mdama's fleet jumping into slipspace. | |||
File:HE19 ruptures.jpg|The Covenant fleet being devastated by the emerging slipspace portal. | |||
File:HE19 Bust Out.jpg|The Spartans and Dr. Glassman emerge from their crate. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' | *''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' | ||
{{succession box|before=''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 18|Issue 18]]''|title=[[Halo: Escalation]] comic series|years='''''Issue 19'''''|after=''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 20|Issue 20]]''}} | {{succession box|before=''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 18|Issue 18]]''|title=''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' comic series|years='''''Issue 19'''''|after=''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 20|Issue 20]]''}} | ||
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