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'''''Halo Wars: Genesis''''' is a prequel to the events in ''[[Halo Wars]]''<ref>''[[Halo Wars|Halo Wars: Collectors Edition]]'' announcement</ref>. It is included in the [[Halo Wars: Limited Edition|Limited Collector's Edition]] of the game. It reveals why [[Preston Cole|Admiral Cole]] made the [[Cole Protocol]] and how and why [[James Gregory Cutter|Captain Cutter]], [[John Forge|Sergeant Forge]] and [[Ellen Anders]] all came together for ''Halo Wars''. It also reveals more about the past of the [[Ripa 'Moramee|Arbiter]] in ''Halo Wars'' and how he came to be one. It also describes the first battles of the [[UNSC]] against the [[Covenant]].

{{quote|Halo Wars: Genesis – a beautiful graphic novel by Phil Noto, Graeme Devine and [[Eric Nylund]] chronicling the [[Second Battle of Harvest|first military campaign]] against the [[Covenant]]. The novel centers around the ''[[UNSC Spirit of Fire|Spirit of Fire]]'' on a mission to discover why the Covenant are so interested in the human colony world of [[Harvest]].|SOLUS from HaloWars.com.}}

[[UNSC]] [[Battlegroup 4]] arrives at [[Harvest]] in order to investigate an [[Covenant|unknown aggression]] on October the [[List of "seven" references in Halo|7th]] [[2525]]: upon receiving a communication message, already translated by the Covenant to, "Your destruction is the will of the Gods, and we are their instrument", the ''[[UNSC Vostok|Vostok]]'' and the ''[[UNSC Arabia|Arabia]]'' are destroyed by an alien vessel. The ''[[UNSC Heracles|Heracles]]'' retreats. On the planet [[Reach]], [[ONI]] brass compare the event with the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]] and ask a retired [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] to command a force to retake Harvest. He and his fleet arrive at Harvest on the 1st of March 2526, just to find the same ship which destroyed the two frigates a few months earlier. The UNSC ships succeeded in defeating the Covenant vessel, but lost ships in the process.

Mass media are ordered to keep events regarding the Covenant secret and replace the battle information with that of a communications satellite captured by Insurgents, whom Cole was sent for; the colonies of [[Second Base]] and [[Green Hills]] are reported as Insurgent bases but were actually [[glassed]]. Also the loss of [[Chi Ceti IV]] is kept secret.  

Several battles, including those occurring at the [[Origami Asteroid Field]] and that of [[XI Boötis A System]] are more losses than victories: UNSC forces are decimated just to defeat a few enemy vessels. At the [[Battle of Groombridge-1830]], another Pyrrhic victory, Cole learns of the [[Covenant]]'s resoluteness by a [[Sangheili]] survivor and decides to create the [[Cole Protocol]].

Sgt. [[John Forge]]'s Pelican takes off as well and heads to the ''Prophecy'' but is hit by a [[Phantom]] and crash-lands upon the ''Prophecy'' hull. Forge and other [[EVA]] Marines breach and enter inside the ''Prophecy'' where they are attacked by [[Jackal Ranger]]s. Forge breaks his ankle during combat, but, with Serina's aid, is then able to find the ship's Terminal 4 to recover the ship's Black box and wipe its Nav Core, while the rest of Team Lima rescue the survivors.

Serina warns Forge that the ''Prophecy'' 's A.I. may "''act peculiar''" due to high radiation levels, and so happens: upon scanning his retina to gain access to the terminal, Forge is halted by [[FitzGibbon]], who explains he cannot allow him to enter due to his [[Career Service Vitae|CSV]]. Forge tells the A.I. he's there to ensure [[Cole Protocol]] not to be violated, and the latter lets him in the terminal room enabling radiation repair routines. Forge purges the Nav Database and heads back to the Pelicans as [[FitzGibbon]] activates the ''Prophecy'''s self-destruct sequence which destroys the ship.

The story then changes, to a Warlord Thrall named [[Ripa 'Moramee]], who had the honor of putting down the Sixteenth Unggoy Disobedience, the heretical reign of the [[Kig-Yar]] [[Kig-Yar Pirate Prince|Pirate Prince]] and showed a fondness of brutality. He soon developed a desire for greatness, and attempted a coup on his own clan leader, and failed. He then is sentenced to [[Weeping Shadows of Sorrow|imprisonment]], but escapes almost instantaneously, but is caught and captured by the [[Prophet of Regret]]. Regret questions Ripa, before deciding that he will become the Seventeenth Arbiter in the line of Immaculate Succession.

*[[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]

*[[Catherine Halsey]]

*In the flash transmission sent by [[AI]] [[Endless Summer]] to [[Kurt-051]] after the initial sighting of the sentinels on Onyx, attached file #3 says that all data pertaining to Onyx has been classified. This file is dated on January 3, 2511. However, sometime in 2531, just before ONI kidnaps Ellen Anders, she is depicted as giving a public presentation at [[Rishard University]] in a classroom. The material presented involves Onyx, which she mentions by name.

*The book shows various new attributes of the [[Elite]] society such as prison guards, prisons, clan leaders, cities, etc.

*Various [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant]] ships that have not been observed before are featured in the book. It is unknown if these ships are new classes or simply a different style of artwork.