Editing Halo: Collateral Damage

{{Title|''Halo: Collateral Damage''}}
{{Status|RealWorld}}
{{Novel infobox
|image=[[File:Halo Collateral Damage HC.png|280px]]
|author=*[[Alex Irvine]] (writer)
*Dave Crosland (artist)
*Leonard O’Grady (colorist)
*Simon Bowland (letterer)
*Zak Hartong (cover artist)
|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]
|publication=
*[[Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 1|Issue 1]]: June 6, [[2018]]
*[[Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 2|Issue 2]]: July 4, 2018
*[[Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 3|Issue 3]]: August 15, 2018
*Hardcover collection: January 29, 2019}}

'''''Halo Collateral Damage: A Master Chief Story''''', or simply '''''Halo: Collateral Damage''''', is a three-chapter mini-series produced by [[Dark Horse Comics]] that focuses on a young teenage [[John-117]] during some of his early days  in the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="Waypoint1">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/announcing-a-new-blue-team-comic-mini-series '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Halo Collateral Damage: A Master Chief Story '']</ref> ''Collateral Damage'' is written by [[Alex Irvine]], whose previous contributions include ''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'''s story ''[[Something Has Happened]]'' and ''[[Halo: Rise of Atriox]]'' [[Halo: Rise of Atriox Issue 4|Issue 4]]. The comic miniseries also shares narrative connections to the other works in the ''[[A Master Chief Story]]'' series, primarily the novel ''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' from author [[Troy Denning]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/halo-silent-storm-first-look '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Halo: Silent Storm - First Look '']</ref>

==Official Summary==
{{Article quote|The Master Chief and Blue Team are deployed by the UNSC to Alpha Corvi II, a precarious human colony world, seeking to halt the Covenant's efforts to uncover something hidden below the planet's surface.

Before they were legends in the Halo universe, they were soldiers on the front lines. Alpha Corvi II is under a full-scale attack by humanity's newfound enemy, the Covenant. While most of the UNSC's forces have been ordered to defend the colony's primary city, a Covenant strike team has infiltrated a small mining settlement. With resources limited, the UNSC sends the Spartans--the Master Chief and Blue Team--to neutralize the alien threat and discover what they're after. The Spartan strike team quickly finds out that they will have to rely on each other and a small cadre of human rebels in order to survive and complete their mission.

Writer Alex Irvine (Halo: Rise of Atriox, Halo: Tales From Slipspace) and artist Dave Crosland (Halo: Tales From Slipspace) lead us on a thrilling mission from the early days of the three-decade long Covenant War.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Halo-Collateral-Damage-Alex-Irvine/dp/1506707475/ref=pd_sim_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1506707475&pd_rd_r=JZGSWCEDKX00MTPRPP3S&pd_rd_w=8RcG5&pd_rd_wg=bmDDI&psc=1&refRID=JZGSWCEDKX00MTPRPP3S '''Amazon''': ''Halo: Collateral Damage Hardcover'']</ref>}}

==Plot synopsis==
''Halo: Collateral Damage'' takes places on [[2525|December 3, 2525]], and follows the Master Chief and Blue Team as they are deployed by the UNSC to an unstable colony world. Their mission: to terminate the Covenant's efforts to uncover something ancient and powerful beneath the planet's surface. However, as the mission takes a turn for the unexpected, the Spartan-II strike team realizes that the stakes of their mission are higher than they imagined, and they'll have to rely on each other and a small group of human rebels to survive.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint1}}

==Issues==
===Issue 1===
[[File:Halo Collateral Damage 1.jpg|left|84px]]
{{Main|Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 1}}
'''Official summary'''
{{Article quote|The Master Chief and Blue Team are deployed by the UNSC to Alpha Corvi II, a precarious human colony world, seeking to halt the Covenant’s efforts to uncover something hidden below the planet’s surface. The Spartan strike team quickly finds out that they will have to rely on each other and a small cadre of human rebels in order to survive and complete their mission.<ref>[https://www.newsarama.com/39159-dark-horse-june-2018-solicitations.html '''Newsarama''': ''Dark Horse June 2018 solicitations'']</ref>}}
{{Clear}}
===Issue 2===
[[File:Halo Collateral Damage 2.jpg|left|84px]]
{{Main|Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 2}}
'''Official summary'''
{{Article quote|The Master Chief and Blue Team split from their rebel allies while facing off against Covenant forces in the depths of a mine on Alpha Corvi II, a precarious human colony. The rebel forces have to cut off Covenant reinforcements, but in doing so, their plan may condemn Blue Team to certain destruction.<ref>[https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY180363 '''Previews World''': ''Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 2'']</ref>}}
{{Clear}}
===Issue 3===
[[File:Halo Collateral Damage 3.jpg|left|84px]]
{{Main|Halo: Collateral Damage Issue 3}}
'''Official summary'''
{{Article quote|Trapped by a cave-in and surrounded by the Covenant, Blue Team must work together with Insurrectionist rebels to fight off the alien invaders. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Spartans must do whatever it takes to complete their mission and keep a Forerunner artifact out of Covenant hands.<ref>[https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/05/23/dark-horse-frozen-predator-terminator-seeds-incognegro-burden-beasts-conspiracy-of-ravens-august-2018-solicitations/ '''Bleeding Cool''': ''Dark Horse Launches Frozen, Predator, Terminator, Seeds, Incognegro, Beasts Of Burden, Conspiracy Of Ravens in August 2018 Solicitations'']</ref>}}
{{Clear}}

==Appearances==
{{Featurelist|secondcolumn=title-5|title-1=Characters|
*[[Catherine Halsey]]
*[[Fran]] {{1st}}
*[[Frederic-104]]
*[[John-117]]
*[[Kelly-087]]
*[[Linda-058]]
*[[Miguel]] {{1st}}
*[[Nora]] {{1st}}
*[[Robert Watts]] {{Mo}}
*[[Samuel-034]]
*[[Whitaker]] {{1st}}
*[[Yao]] {{1st}}
|title-2=Species|
*[[Forerunner]] <small>(Technology only)</small>
*[[Human]]
*[[Jiralhanae]]
*[[Kig-Yar]]
**[[Ruuht]]ian Kig-Yar
*[[Sangheili]]
*[[Unggoy]]
|title-3=Organizations|
*[[Covenant]]
*[[United Nations Space Command]]
**[[UNSC Armed Forces]]
***[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
***[[UNSC Navy]]
****[[Naval Special Warfare Command]]
*****[[Naval Special Weapons]]
******[[SPARTAN-II program]]
*******[[Blue Team]]
****[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
*[[Insurrectionists]]
**[[United Rebel Front]] {{Mo}}
|title-4=Locations|
*[[Alpha Corvi system]]
**[[Alpha Corvi II]] {{1st}}
***[[Black Reef]] {{1st}}
***[[Bondi Beach]] {{Fm}}
***[[Jamshid]] {{1st}}
*[[Chi Ceti system]]
**[[Chi Ceti IV]]
*[[Epsilon Indi system]]
**[[Harvest]] {{Mo}}
|title-5=Events|
*[[Human-Covenant War]]
**[[First Battle of Harvest]] {{Mo}}
**[[Battle of Chi Ceti]]
**[[Battle of Alpha Corvi II]] {{1st}}
|title-6=Vehicles|
*{{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}}
*{{Pattern|Sinaris|heavy destroyer}}
*{{Class|Epoch|heavy carrier}}
*{{Class|Halberd|light destroyer}}
*{{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}}
**''[[UNSC Persian Gate]]'' {{1st}}
*[[D77-TC Pelican]]
**''[[Tango 807]]'' {{1st}}
*[[GA-TL1 Longsword]]
*[[Phantom]]
*[[Spirit]]
**{{Pattern|Dextro Xur|Spirit}}
**{{Pattern|Taaku Xur|Spirit}}
*[[Type-26 Banshee]]
*''[[Unrelenting]]''
*[[X-24 FAV]] {{1st}}
*{{Class|Vindication|light battleship}}
|title-7=Weapons|
*[[BR55 battle rifle]]
*[[M41 SPNKR]]
*[[M41 Vulcan]]
*[[M45 shotgun]]
*[[M6G magnum]]
*[[MA37 assault rifle]]
*[[MX-8 explosive]] {{1st}}
*[[Satchel charge]]
*[[Type-1 energy sword]]
*[[Type-25 plasma pistol]]
*{{Pattern|Okarda'phaa|plasma rifle}}
*{{Pattern|Pez'tk|fuel rod gun}}
*[[Type-33 needler]]
*{{Pattern|Mosa|carbine}}
|title-8=Technology and equipment|
*[[Active camouflage]]
*[[Artificial Intelligence]]
*[[Holography]]
**[[Avatar]]
*[[Jetpack]]
*[[Kig-Yar combat harness]]
**[[Kig-Yar Minor|Minor]] variant
*[[Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet]]
*[[Kindler]]
*[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]
**MJOLNIR GEN1
***[[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark IV|Mark IV]]
****[[Project COBALT]]
*[[Sangheili harness]]
**[[Sangheili Ultra|Ultra]] variant
**[[Sangheili Zealot|Zealot]] variant
***[[Sangheili Field Marshal|Field Marshal]] variant
*[[Surveillance drone]] {{1st}}
*[[Unggoy combat harness]]
**[[Unggoy Minor|Minor]] variant
*[[Wind turbine]]
}}

==Trivia==
At some point during development, ''Collateral Damage'' was named ''Halo: Forefront''.<ref>[https://davecrosland.bigcartel.com/category/video-game-art ''David Crosland's online store''] - Artwork named ''Halo: Forefront'' ([https://web.archive.org/web/20191227011501/https://davecrosland.bigcartel.com/category/video-game-art Archive.org])</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HCD Blue Team.png|Issue #1 cover art by Zak Hartong
File:Halo collateral damage2.png|Issue #2 cover art by Zak Hartong
File:HCD Issue 3 cover.jpg|Issue #3 cover art by Zak Hartong
File:HCD-EarlyJohn1.jpg|An early illustration of John-117.
File:HCD-EarlyJohn2.jpg|An early illustration of John-117.
File:HCD-EarlyJohn3.jpg|An early illustration of John-117.
File:HCD-EarlyJohn4.jpg|An early illustration of John-117.
File:HCD LindaConcept.jpg|An early illustration of Linda-058.
File:HCD KellyConcept.jpg|An early illustration of Kelly-087.
File:HCD FredConcept.jpg|An early illustration of Fred-104.
File:HCD VehicleConcepts1.jpg|Early concepts for Blue Team's Vehicle.
File:HCD VehicleConcepts2.jpg|Early concepts for Blue Team's Vehicle.
File:HCD_VehicleConcepts3.jpg|Early concepts for Blue Team's Vehicle.
File:HCD EarlyPanels1.jpg|An early comic panel page.
File:HCD EarlyPanels2.jpg|An early comic panel page.
File:HCD EarlyPanels3.jpg|An early comic panel page.
</gallery>


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