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*[[686 Ebullient Prism]] | *[[686 Ebullient Prism]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Alexander Reaves]] {{1st}} {{Mo}} | |||
*[[Black-One]] | *[[Black-One]] | ||
*[[Black-Two]] | *[[Black-Two]] | ||
*[[Black-Three]] | *[[Black-Three]] | ||
*[[Franklin Mendez]] | *[[Franklin Mendez]] | ||
*[[Iona]] | *[[Iona]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Reff 'Talamee]] | *[[Reff 'Talamee]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Thon 'Talamee]] | *[[Roland Freemont]] {{Mo}} | ||
*[[Thon 'Talamee]] {{1st}} | |||
*[[Victor-101]] | *[[Victor-101]] | ||
===Events=== | |||
*[[Operation: BLOWBACK]] {{1st}} | |||
*[[Battle of Line Installation 1-4]] {{1st}} | |||
===Locations=== | ===Locations=== | ||
*[[Sub-Sector 35]] | *[[Sub-Sector 35]] {{1st}} | ||
**[[Unnamed Moon]] | **[[Unnamed Moon]] {{1st}} | ||
***[[Line Installation 1-4]] | ***[[Line Installation 1-4]] {{1st}} | ||
===Organizations=== | ===Organizations=== | ||
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*[[Type-25 Assault Gun Carriage]] | *[[Type-25 Assault Gun Carriage]] | ||
*[[UNSC Frigate]] | *[[UNSC Frigate]] | ||
*{{UNSCShip|Long Time Coming}} | *{{UNSCShip|Long Time Coming}} {{1st}} | ||
===Weapons=== | ===Weapons=== | ||
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===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
*[[Slipbeacon]] | *[[Slipbeacon]] {{1st}} {{Mo}} | ||
*[[Gatherer]] | *[[Gatherer]] {{1st}} | ||
*[[Sentinel]] | *[[Sentinel]] | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The armor the Spartans wear in the series appears similar to the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|MJOLNIR Mk. VI]], which was not in use by the time the comic takes place. As stated by [[Frank O'Connor]], this armor is a "skunkworks prototype" produced in [[Seongnam|Songnam]], [[Korea]], explaining its unique appearance.<ref>[[Halopedia:News/21 May 2009/Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black]]</ref> | *The armor the Spartans wear in the series appears similar to the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|MJOLNIR Mk. VI]], which was not in use by the time the comic takes place. As stated by [[Frank O'Connor]], this armor is a [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Black|"skunkworks prototype"]] produced in [[Seongnam|Songnam]], [[Korea]], explaining its unique appearance.<ref>[[Halopedia:News/21 May 2009/Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black]]</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Revision as of 06:34, June 22, 2010
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Halo: Blood Line, formerly known as Halo: Spartan Black, is a five-part comic series about a team of stranded SPARTAN-II commandos in late 2552.[1] The first issue was released on the 23rd of December 2009, with the fifth and last issue released on April 28, 2010. Blood Line is written by Fred Van Lente.
Official Synopsis
- "Blood Line is also a pre-"Halo: Combat Evolved" story, focused on a small Black Ops sabotage and intelligence fire team of Spartans assigned to the ONI, the Office of Naval Intelligence. While on a top-secret mission in enemy space, their ship crashes on a remote moon along with a Covenant cruiser. When a mysterious entity that has lurked on the moon for millions of years threatens both groups, Spartans and Covenant have to forge an uneasy alliance to take down the common threat ... but not all humans and aliens can suddenly start treating the other like allies.."
- — Fred Van Lente
Issues
Issue #1 Summary
- Main article: Halo: Blood Line Issue 1
- "Based on the Best-Selling X-Box Game! The Spartan team codename: Black is the top-secret unconventional warfare unit of the United Nations Space Command's Office of Naval Intelligence, engaging in sabotage and assassination missions deep inside Covenant space. But when this quartet of super soldiers is shot down over a desolate moon along with a Covenant Cruiser, humans and aliens will have to forge an uneasy alliance against a common foe before an eons-old threat destroys them both![2]"
- — IGN article
Issue #2 Summary
- Main article: Halo: Blood Line Issue 2
- "Greetings! I am the monitor of Line Installation 1-4. I am 6-8-6 Ebullient Prism. My function is to collect and inspect any and all specimens captured within this sector for evidence of immunity to infestation by The Flood. I require your assistance. Please do not move while you are dissected and all your tissues are properly analyzed and cataloged."
- — Marvel.com
Issue #3 Summary
- Main article: Halo: Blood Line Issue 3
- "The Elites and Spartans' uneasy alliance to rescue their captured comrades from the depths of the ancient complex is pushed to the breaking point when a traitor is revealed in their midst. But is the turncoat human, Covenant...or something even more terrifying?"
- — Marvel.com
Issue #4 Summary
- Main article: Halo: Blood Line Issue 4
- "Time is running out for Spartan: Black. Their commanding officer is about to be dissected by the psychotic monitor of The Line. Their AI Iona has been infected by Forerunner technology. One of their own has turned against them, pushing their already uneasy alliance with the Elite to the brink. A massive Covenant armada is converging on their position. Only a desperate gamble will save them -- but that's why you always bet on Black."
- — Marvel.com
Issue #5 Summary
- Main article: Halo: Blood Line Issue 5
- "THE ACTION-PACKED SERIES BASED ON THE BESTSELLING X-BOX GAME COMES TO ITS WHITE-KNUCKLE CONCLUSION! Spartans, Covenant and Forerunners engage in a furious three-way battle for control of the mysterious Line installation, the power of which rivals the fabled Halos themselves! Will Spartan: Black be able to heal the rifts within their unit long enough to secure The Line for the forces of Earth...or is this their last stand against overwhelming alien forces?"
- — Marvel.com
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- The armor the Spartans wear in the series appears similar to the MJOLNIR Mk. VI, which was not in use by the time the comic takes place. As stated by Frank O'Connor, this armor is a "skunkworks prototype" produced in Songnam, Korea, explaining its unique appearance.[3]
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