Breaking Quarantine

This article is about the short story. For the achievement, see Breaking Quarantine (achievement).

Sergeant Johnson opens fire on the Flood.

Breaking Quarantine is a story in the Halo Graphic Novel, illustrated and written by Japanese artist Tsutomu Nihei. It serves as an expansion on the events of the Halo: Combat Evolved level 343 Guilty Spark, depicting Sergeant Johnson's escape from the Flood containment facility featured in the level.

Official synopsis

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One of the untold tales from Halo is Sergeant Johnson's escape from the clutches of the Flood menace. Now's the time to reveal how the UNSC's toughest marine got out of an inescapable trap.

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Plot summary

Following contact with the Flood, Sergeant Johnson manages to avoid being overwhelmed by Pod infectors. He fires at a Pod infector which has latched onto Private Jenkins, though he fails to kill it. He watches as the Marine transforms before his eyes into a combat form. The combat form delivers a blow to Johnson's arm, throwing the sergeant out of the containment room, across a large observation chamber, and into a wall.

Several infected Marines approach Johnson, prompting him to run into a hallway. He locks the door with a spoofer and proceeds down the hallway. An infected Marine fires a shotgun at Johnson. The pellets hit the wall, missing the sergeant by inches. Johnson dives to the ground, firing the remaining rounds in his assault rifle into the combat form, ripping its head off but not killing it. He then shoots down the combat form with his pistol. He makes his way across an light bridge, jumping onto the other side just as a combat form shuts the bridge down. As he jumps across the chasm, he throws a grenade behind him. The explosion kills his pursuers, knocking him to the ground. He steps onto the lift, glad to have finally escaped the Flood.

Appearances

Characters Avery Johnson Wallace Jenkins Species Human Flood Infection form Pod infector Combat form Attacker form Organizations Unified Earth Government United Nations Space Command UNSC Marine Corps Locations Soell system Installation 04 Flood containment facility

Events Human-Covenant War Battle of Installation 04 Outbreak at the Containment Facility Weapons MA5B assault rifle M6D magnum M9 fragmentation grenade M90 shotgun Technology and equipment Elevator Hard light Light bridge Spoofer UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform CH252 helmet

Trivia

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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary contains an achievement of the same name as this story, named in reference to it due to the achievement's requirement to finish the 343 Guilty Spark in a short amount of time.